The Three Eps Vinyl

In underground dance music vinyl eps have been a longstanding medium for releasing new material e g.

The three eps vinyl.

These generally contained 20 30 minutes of music and about seven tracks. The three e p s is a compilation album of the first three releases by scottish musical group the beta band comprising the eps champion versions the patty patty sound and los amigos del beta bandidos. This set never lent itself to the vinyl format anyway. A great piece of work but unfortunately there would appear to be a manufacturer problem with the vinyl production.

20th anniversary edition remastered vinyl at juno records. The three ep s collects champion versions with the beta band s subsequent two releases. The acclaimed scottish band released just three albums and three eps between 1996 and 2004 when they disbanded and it s those three eps champion versions the patty patty sound and los amigos del beta bandidos that were brought together to form their first album. Released and remastered on three vinyl albums one crayola crayon red one yellow and one blue there s but a single thing that sweeps through my mind as i hold this collection and that s the cameo beta band s ep the ep not the band made in the movie high fidelity where john cusack was determined to see how many of the the three ep s he could sell simply by playing the darkly dreamy and haunting track dry the rain in his record shoppe.

An intermediate format between eps and full length lps is the mini lp which was a common album format in the 1980s. The album was released on 28 september 1998 in the united kingdom by regal and on 26 january 1999 in the united states by astralwerks. The patty patty sound was beautiful campfire psychedelia culminating in a seven minute long two chord love song she s the one for me. Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years by both fans and their musical peers alike the beta band formed in st.

In college we d throw the cd on during a study session of course. The beta band the three eps. Fourteenth century sky by the dust brothers. Andrews scotland in 1996.

Released and remastered on three vinyl albums one crayola crayon red one yellow and one blue there s but a single thing that sweeps through my mind as i hold this collection and that s the cameo beta band s ep the ep not the band made in the movie high fidelity where john cusack was determined to see how many of the the three ep s he could sell simply by playing the darkly dreamy and haunting track dry the rain in his record shoppe.