Texas is the Reason Discography
5 Jun 2006, 12:17
Dates are written as dd/mm/yy.
Track listings only contain tracks by TiTR.
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Texas is the Reason/Samuel - Split (7") - 1995 - Simba Recordings/Art Monk Construction
Track Listing:
1. Something to forget
Pressings:
- Black vinyl (£3-7)
- No CD or colour pressings. Just one pressing on the black.
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Texas is the Reason - Texas is the Reason - 7/11/95 - Revelation
Track Listing:
1. If it's here when we get back it's ours
2. Dressing Cold
3. Antique
Pressings:
- CD
- Black vinyl (7") - test pressings /4
- Black vinyl (7") - First pressing /5200 (~£3)
- Green vinyl (7") - Second pressing /300 (~£10)
- Pink/brown marble (tan) vinyl (7") - last pressing /330 (~£5)
- Rumoured pressing - Gold vinyl (7")
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Texas is the Reason - Do you know who you are? - 30/04/96 - Revelation
Track Listing:
1. Johnny on the spot
2. The magic bullet theory
3. Nickel wound
4. There's no way I can talk myself out of this one tonight (the drinking song)
5. Something to forget (version 2)
6. Do you know who you are?
7. Back and to the left
8. The day's refrain
9. A jack with one eye
Pressings:
- Advanced promo cassette (£10-20)
- CD
- Black vinyl - test pressings /4
- Black vinyl - first pressing /3080 (~£7)
- White vinyl - second pressing /92 (£60-80) - 6 copies exist without the name on the sleeve
- Clear red vinyl - last pressing /327 (£10-15)
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Texas is the Reason/The Promise Ring - Split (7") - ??/05/96 - Jade Tree
Track Listing:
1. Blue Boy
Pressings:
- Clear blue vinyl /500 (~£13)
- Clear red vinyl /300 (~£10)
- Pink vinyl (~£15)
- Black vinyl (~£5)
- White vinyl (~£20)
- Gold vinyl (anyone confirm?)
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Texas is the Reason/Samiam - Live Split (Recorded 28/05/96 - Kaucherkaner, Amsterdam, Holland) - 1999 - Your Choice Records
Track Listing:
1. Nickel wound
2. Magic bullet theory
3. Johnny on the spot
4. Dressing cold
5. A jack with one eye
6. Antique
Pressings:
- CD (~£35)
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Compilations
- Bliss
Track:
1. If it's here when we get back it's ours
- Dig the New Breed
2. Johnny on the spot
- In-Flight Program - Revelation
Track:
2. Back and to the left
- Nowcore! The Punk Rock Revolution - 1999 - K-Tel
Track:
14. A jack with one eye
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Unofficial Bootlegs:
Live at Coney Island High (NYC) - 24/03/96 (video):
1. Johnny On The Spot
2. Magic Bullet Theory
3. If It's Here when We Get Back It's Ours
4. Blue Boy
5. Dressing Cold
6. Back And To The Left
7. A Jack With One Eye
8. Antique
Live at Velvet Elvis (Seattle, WA) - 16/07/96 (audio)
W/ The Promise Ring & Jejune - CBGB's - 22/08/96 (video):
Songs by The Promise Ring:
1. Everywhere in Denver
2. Between Pacific Coasts
3. Pink Chimneys
4. Scenes from France
5. Saturday
6. A Picture Postcard
7. Red Paint
8. E Texas Ave
9. Watertown Plank
Songs By Texas Is The Reason:
1. Johnny On The Spot
2. Magic Bullet Theory
3. If It's Here when We Get Back It's Ours
4. Dressing Cold
5. Blue Boy
6. Antique
7. A Jack With One Eye
8. Back And To The Left
Jejune set (possibly not recorded)
Live at the Irving Plaza (NYC) - 25/11/06 (video):
(unsure of the order or whether this is the complete set)
Back and to the left
A jack with one eye
Nickel wound
Blue boy
There's no way I can talk myself out of this one tonight
Every little girl's dream (unreleased)
When rock n roll was just a baby (unreleased)
Rafael (Seam cover)
Download reunion show set
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Covered By:
- The Commercials covered 'Back and to the left'
- Spitalfield have been known to cover them live
Comments
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kryptonite22 I never realised they had that many splits and things. I am a bit of a casual fan, though. 'Back and to the Left' has to be my favourite track.
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andrewbiles Yeah, there were a few bits and bobs, but definately not enough.
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andrewbiles
Glad you've found it useful, I've updated it a little bit now.
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andrewbiles
Sorry, not sure about that one. I'd guess that it was probably 300 or so pressed, but that's just based on the amounts for the other pressings. It's most likely from the first few pressings of the record, but I honestly don't know for certain.
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PIN20 TITR is prabably my favourite band ever, and it's so good to see a detailed discography! I went to last November's New York show, I witnessed such an amazing event I get choked up just thinking about it. I am desperately lacking friends that are TITR fans, please e-mail me if you want to talk about them more! lyndonwade@yahoo.com.au
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PIN20
Actually, I remembered a link to TITR's first show: http://lakeeriemonster.blogspot.com/2007/04/test.html I can also tell you that the band played every track at their recent two reunion shows, as well as the two unreleased tracks and Seam cover. I've also got a bootlegged video of TITR opening for Gameface and Lifetime at The Church in Philadelphia in '95...unfortunately it's still in Australia so i'm not going to be much help on set lists. Thanks for all the TITR info!
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andrewbiles
Unfortunately that link isn't their first show. Their first show was roughly a year before that, in May 1995. Great show list reference here on their myspace blog. 03/22/96- First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA w/ Lifetime, Gameface. That show? Did you go? I'm sure there's probably a hell of a lot of bootleg videos out there, just hard to discover them and get ahold of copies. I'm very jealous of you making the reunion shows.
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PIN20
Thanx for the link, that show list is fantastic! Do you know from about which date they were playing their two new tracks? I am surprised with all the footage of last year's reunion shows, there is hardly any footage of those two tracks...or the Seam cover. Do you know of any? Yeah, that is the show I have the bootleg video of. I was not there, just an ebay purchase. It would be good if all this TITR info was collected onto one website; show dates, set lists, ticket stubs, detailed discography, interviews, merchandise, etc, etc. Something like www.beastiemania.com, that is compiled by fans of the Beastie Boys. Just a thought, cheers.
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andrewbiles
Yeah, it's a shame there isn't a proper TiTR website. Would be nice to have a collected place for all the info and somewhere where people could maybe share bootlegs and stuff. There's a good Christie Front Drive website, one like that would be perfect. I assume that the two new tracks and Seam cover were only played at the two reunion shows, but I honestly don't know. I very rarely spot bootlegs of their shows and the ones I have I've not seen a mention of new songs. Should think they were written when they were originally together and intended for release but just forgotten about?
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PIN20
It's sometimes hard to decipher fact from fiction with these guys, but in the lead up to the two recent NY shows, they said the two unreleased tracks were played during their final 1997 shows, but never made it to the recoding studio. Strangely, the new album had a title 'It's Happening Again' which was an alternative URL to their website, but it does not work anymore. There was one video posted of 'When Rock N Roll Was Just A Baby', but it was incomplete. I don't know if it is still active, I will post the address if I find it.
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PIN20
You can see some of 'When Rock N Roll Was Just a Baby' here - http://one.revver.com/watch/116637 Or a very short bit of their cover of Seam's 'Rafael' here - http://one.revver.com/watch/116634 There's also a bunch of other songs played on the night (25/11/06), which were probably some of the better quality examples I have seen. I have ordered the March 07 issue of AP magazine, which includes the definitive history of TITR...I think it needs to be put up online somewhere. I'll let you know when I manage to do that if I'm not put away for breach of copyright!
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andrewbiles
Think I have those videos on my harddrive somewhere, will have to look later though. Got most of one of the reunion shows thanks to someone on myspace uploading them. Please do upload that AP stuff if you get the chance, even on one of those photo sites or something. The cost of getting a copy sent over here hasn't really ever seemed worth the effort for what I'd expect to be a 4/5 page article. Would have been nice if they had maybe put out a last 7 or something for the reunion show with those two tracks on it. Would leave a better memory than a poster. Maybe someone needs to speak to them about putting one last piece out. Wonder if there were more tracks that never got heard...
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beneathmiskin
Anywhere to get Something to Forget Version 1 for cheap vinyl or mp3 ahhhh?
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beneathmiskin
oops sorry didnt realize this wasnt a forum...sorry : /
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Jacktheskipper Could someone possibly reup the Reunion Show Set?!?!
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beneathmiskin
i second that notion
