| Powderfinger | ||||
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| EP by Powderfinger | ||||
| Released | August, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 Broken Toys Studios, Brisbane |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 22:43 | |||
| Producer | Leroy Bath, Ian Taylor and Powderfinger | |||
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Powderfinger is the eponymous first studio recording by Australian rock group Powderfinger. Many refer to it as The Blue EP. The EP launch was at the Orient Hotel, Friday the 21st of August 1992; the band were supported by local act Lolita Carbine. The disk garnered the attention of some rock fans and more so gained the attention of Polydor record executives who, through this EP, signed the band. By the time the band were signed, they had just finished recording the follow-up EP Transfusion, which was the first work released on the Polydor label. Powderfinger contains the first version of "Save Your Skin", a song that would be re-recorded at almost twice the length for their debut album the following year and be released as the third and final single accompanying it.
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Following three years of playing locally throughout Brisbane and South-East Queensland, Powderfinger decided to record some of the songs they had written. They recorded 6 songs and released them August 1992. Not expecting a high amount of exposure, the group only had 1500 copies of the Ep manufactured. Six months after the EP's release, the group re-entered the studio and recorded their follow-up EP Transfusion, which proved more successful and the group's success continued. As time passed, it became more difficult to acquire a copy of the EP as the group's fame increased. As of 2008, few copies of the EP are sold, though those that are sold have earned in excess of A$400 at times.[1]
All music written by Bernard Fanning, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton and Jon Coghill. Lyrics by Fanning, Collins, Haug, Middleton and Coghill, except "Take a Light", written by Fanning and Haug.