The 3Ds Unveil Early Recordings
Researched and compiled by Bruce Russell (Dead C), The 3D's - Early Recordings 1989-90 is exactly that - a selection of tracks from the Dunedin band's formative years. The compilation features seven previously unreleased demo tracks from The 3Ds, alongside digitally re-mastered versions of the band's first two EPs - Fish Tails (1990) and Swarthy Songs For Swabs (1991).
Done on a porta-studio, many of these unheard demos were originally recorded for Xpressway and the album also includes a version of Meluzina Man off the Xpressway Pile Up compilation and the unheard track The Burrymen. The compilation also includes a 16-page booklet with liner notes written by Bruce Russell detailing the history of the band.
Having re-released The 3Ds three albums - Hellzapoppin' (1992), The Venus Trail (1993) and Strange News From The Angels (1996) - last year, Early Recordings shows how this melodically noisy outfit, that went on to influence the likes of Superchunk and Pavement, all began.
Early Recordings 1989-90 is set for release on Flying Nun Records in New Zealand on 30 May and the United States on 14 June.
