POND "The Early Years: 2008 - 2010" 2xLP (Mango Vision Color Vinyl RSD 2025)
POND "The Early Years: 2008 - 2010" 2xLP (Mango Vision Color Vinyl RSD 2025)
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“Early Years is made up of three albums: Psychedelic Mango (2008), Corridors of Blissterday (2009) and Frond (2010). The first two were never originally mastered, which meant we could just take the 16bit WAV from the CD copies we found and master them for the first time. The CDs, by the way, were from the CD Pressing Plant down the road from us, we just took our digital 8-track files down there and asked for “some CDs please!”.
Frond was mastered and luckily the guy who mixed it (Sam Ford) had the pre-mastered mixes for us to use. We did flirt with the idea of running these onto tape or mastering them with heaps of valve gear to try and ‘warm’ the very digital recordings up, but at the end of the day, they were made by three bozos with very limited recording knowledge, skill and equipment, but a lot of imagination. It made sense to try and improve them with this master, but also keep the spirit true to the original recordings. We hope you enjoy the early years of Pond.” --Jay Watson
“From the band's conception under the teeming purple branches of Mulberia, its first steps around a filthy share-house carpet in Daglish, to some of its first words - "mango" "duck" "bucket" - these songs form a sepia photo album of Ponds giddy first days, lovingly re-touched and remastered by Jay and Gin.
They were the best of times, and probably not anywhere near the worst of times. Just some barely adult idiots with limited access to money or the internet trying to be silly and trippy in equal measures, while lacking the intellect or maturity to see how vastly overambitious they actually were.” --Nicholas Allbrook This Record Store Day 2025 release is pressed on “Mango Vision” vinyl.
Tracklist
1. That is How We Came - taken from Psychedelic Mango
2. Psychedelic Mango Vision - taken from Psychedelic Mango
3. Don’t Look at the Sun or You’ll Go Blind - taken from Psychedelic Mango
4. Sweet Loretta - taken from Corridors of Blissterday
5. Mist in my Brain Forest - taken from Corridors of Blissterday
6. Betty Davis - taken from Frond
7. Torn Asunder - taken from Frond
8. Annie Orangetree -taken from Frond
9. Mussels Tonight - taken from Frond
10. Sunlight Cardigan - taken from Frond
11. Frond - taken from Frond
Record Store Day 2025 limited edition release. Available in store on Saturday April 12th 2025 and online Sunday April 13th at 5am Pacific!
Limited to: 1700
Label: Spinning Top Records
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