Girly Sound

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Girly Sound
Girly Sound cover
Studio album (Bootleg) by Girly Sound
Released 1991
Genre Indie Rock
Producer(s) Liz Phair
Professional reviews
Girly Sound chronology
Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word To Ya Muthuh
(1991)		 Girls Girls Girls
(1991)


Girly Sound[1] (aka girlysound[2]) is the moniker under which singer-songwriter Liz Phair recorded several self-produced cassettes in 1991. Recorded on a 4-track tape recorder in her childhood bedroom at her parent's house and initially given only to two people by Phair, Chris Brokaw and Tae Won Yu, these tapes became somewhat of a sensation in the American tape trading/zine subculture. In 1992, Phair signed a deal with Matador Records on the strength of a tape she had sent in consisting of 6 Girly Sound tracks. Phair's debut album Exile in Guyville is largely a reworking of songs from these tapes. None of the Girly Sound tapes has ever been given an official release (5 tracks were released in 1995 on the Juvenilia EP), though Phair has frequently gone back and reworked many of the songs for her studio albums throughout her career. As a result, Phair's Girly Sound tapes are still one of the most sought-after alternative-rock bootlegs.

Although originally consisting of a total of 3 cassettes, the most common version of the Girly Sound tapes that circulated among Phair's fans was an incomplete 2 disc compilation of songs from all 3 tapes released on the "Bliss and Phetish" bootleg label. An earlier bootleg compilation of Girly Sound material, "Secretly Timid", was also released. Early in 2006, mp3s of first generation copies of the first 2 tapes were introduced via Phair's online community, bringing to light the original tracklisting, correct song names, and album titles and more importantly introducing a number of songs that did not appear on the previous Girly Sound bootlegs. The third Girly Sound tape and information of its complete contents remains elusive.


Contents

[edit] Track listing (Original Tapes)

"Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word To Ya Muthuh"
Single cover
Released 2006 (first generation, as tape one)
Recorded circa 1991
Writer(s) Liz Phair
Tracks Shane, 6 Dick Pimp (as Six Dick Pimp), Divorce Song, Go West, Johnny Sunshine, and Money (as Shitloads of Money) were reworked and later released.
Track listing

Side One

  1. "White Babies" 3:15
  2. "Shane" 4:49
  3. "6 Dick Pimp" 3:25
  4. "Divorce Song" 3:54
  5. "Go West" 3:42
  6. "Don't Hold Your Breath" 4:15
  7. "Johnny Sunshine"

Side Two

  1. "Miss Lucy" 2:37
  2. "Elvis Song" 5:02
  3. "Dead Shark" 3:33
  4. "One Less Thing" 4:47
  5. "Money" 3:43
  6. "In Love With Yourself" 4:04
  7. "Fuck or Die" 3:20
"Girls Girls Girls"
Single cover
Released 2006 (first generation, as tape two)
Recorded circa 1991
Writer(s) Liz Phair
Tracks Fuck and Run, Soap Star Joe, Ant In Alaska (as Go On Ahead), Girls Girls Girls, Polyester Bride, Thrax (as Jealousy and Tell Me You Like Me from the Whitechocolatespaceegg demos), Clean (as Never Said), and Shatter were reworked and later released.
Track listing

Side One

  1. "Hello Sailor" 6:08
  2. "Wild Thing" 3:54
  3. "Fuck and Run" 4:38
  4. "Easy Target" 5:07
  5. "Soap Star Joe" 3:26
  6. "Ant In Alaska"
  7. "Girls Girls Girls" 7:28

Side Two

  1. "Polyester Bride" 7:46
  2. "Thrax" 4:47
  3. "Miss Mary Mack" 4:33
  4. "Clean" 4:00
  5. "Love Song" 6:25
  6. "Valentine" 4:19
  7. "Shatter"

The third tape remains unreleased.

[edit] Track listing (Two Disc version released on Bliss and Phetish label)

(The original titles of many songs were not always known and are commonly referred to with these and other alternate titles)

  1. "Black Market White Baby Dealer"
  2. "Johnny Sunshine"
  3. "Elvis, Be True"
  4. "Fuck or Die"
  5. "Flower"
  6. "Open Season"
  7. "Whip-Smart"
  8. "Go, Speed Racer"
  9. "California"
  10. "South Dakota"
  11. "Stratford-On-Guy"
  12. "Shane"
  13. "Give Me My Boyfriend Back"
  14. "Divorce Song"
  15. "Go West"
  16. "If I Ever Pay You Back"
  17. "In Love With Yourself"
  18. "Hello, Sailor"
  19. "Wild Thing"
  20. "Fuck and Run"
  21. "Gigalo"
  22. "Fire Up The Batmobile"
  23. "What Makes You A Slave"
  24. "It's Not That Easy"
  25. "Chopsticks"
  26. "Do You Love Me?"
  27. "Soap Star Joe"
  28. "I Know It's Not Easy"
  29. "Miss Lucy"
  30. "Dead Shark"
  31. "One Less Thing"
  32. "Money"

[edit] Song appearances and rerecordings

  • "Johnny Sunshine", "Flower", "Stratford-On-Guy", "Divorce Song", "Fuck and Run", and "Soap Star Joe" were re-recorded for Exile in Guyville.
  • "Whip-Smart", "Shane", "Go West", and "Chopsticks" were re-recorded for Whip-Smart.
  • "California", "Fire Up The Batmobile" (as "Batmobile"), "South Dakota", "Dead Shark" and "It's Not That Easy" (as "Easy") appear on the Juvenilia EP.
  • "Give Me My Boyfriend Back" (as "Six Dick Pimp") was re-recorded for the Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy Soundtrack.
  • "Money" (as "Shitloads of Money") and "Polyester Bride" were re-recorded for whitechocolatespaceegg.
  • "Gigalo" (as "Can't Get Out of What I'm Into") was re-recorded and appears as a bonus track on the Japanese pressing of Somebody's Miracle.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tae Won Yu (contributor) (ca. 1992). GIRLY SOUND - Girly Sound cassette. Chemical Imbalance fanzine (online mirror). Retrieved on August 30, 2006.
  2. ^ Juvenilia liner notes. Matador Records (1995). Retrieved on August 30, 2006.

[edit] External links

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