The Purple Tape is the name given by fans to the Pixies' original 17-track demo tape, recorded at Fort Apache Studios in March 1987 by Gary Smith, due, quite simply, to its mostly purple appearance. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Pixies are an American Alternative rock band formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1986 Fort Apache Studios is a New England recording studio internationally renowned for Alternative rock sessions produced there since 1986 Gary Smith is an Entrepreneur, record producer and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by Alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Eighteen tracks were recorded in the session; a cover of Larry Norman's "Watch What You're Doing" was cut from the final tape. Larry David Norman ( April 8 1947 &ndash February 24 2008) was an American musician singer songwriter and producer Eight of the tracks were released in 1987 as the band's debut, Come on Pilgrim and the remaining nine were released under the title Pixies in 2002 by Sonic Unyon records. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Come On Pilgrim is the debut release from the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released on the British Independent record label See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Sonic Unyon Recording Company is a Hamilton Ontario -based Record label, ( Wilson Street near James Street North) that has put out releases by

Original

Back cover with original track listing

1. "Levitate Me" - 2:30
2. "The Holiday Song" - 2:08
3. "I've Been Tired" - 2:36
4. "Break My Body" - 2:00
5. "Down To The Well" - 2:36
6. "Rock A My Soul" - 1:40
7. "I'm Amazed" - 1:40
8. "Build High" - 1:41
9. "In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)" - 1:43
10. "Caribou" - 3:17
11. "Here Comes Your Man" - 2:50
12. "Subbacultcha" - 2:52
13. "Vamos" - 3:10
14. "Broken Face" - 1:23
15. "Nimrod's Son" - 2:15
16. "Isla De Encanta" - 1:42
17. "Ed Is Dead" - 2:32

Several of the tracks on the tape appeared in later albums (albeit rerecorded), such as "I'm Amazed", "Broken Face", and "Break My Body" on Surfer Rosa, "Here Comes Your Man" on Doolittle, "Down To The Well" on Bossanova, and a revised "Subbacultcha" on Trompe Le Monde. Surfer Rosa is the first full-length album by the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British Independent Doolittle is the second Studio album from the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989 on 4AD. Bossanova is the third album by the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released in August 1990 on the English Independent Trompe le Monde is the Pixies ' fourth and final full-length studio Album, released on September 23, 1991 through the 4AD ^[1] A cover of "In Heaven" (Lady In The Radiator Song), from the surrealist David Lynch film Eraserhead, features on the demo. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer Eraserhead is a 1977 Surrealist Horror film written and directed by David Lynch. "Down To The Well" and "Rock A My Soul" also appeared on a Sound Waves EP. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify

The original "Subbacultcha" and "I'm Amazed" both had a different chorus line to later releases, which were both dropped for apparently sounding too weak. The removed chorus from "Subbacultcha" later appeared as the basis for "Distance Equals Rate Times Time", a separate song immediately following the revised "Subbacultcha" on Trompe le Monde. Trompe le Monde is the Pixies ' fourth and final full-length studio Album, released on September 23, 1991 through the 4AD

A version of "Tame" that appears on some bootlegs is purported to come from these sessions, although that has not been confirmed.

Come on Pilgrim (1987)

See main article. Come On Pilgrim is the debut release from the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released on the British Independent record label

1. "Caribou"
2. "Vamos"
3. "Isla De Encanta"
4. "Ed Is Dead"
5. "Holiday Song"
6. "Nimrod's Son"
7. "I've Been Tired"
8. "Levitate Me"

Pixies (2002)

Cover of the 2002 release

This official release is often nicknamed "The Purple Tape", though it is missing the tracks from Come on Pilgrim. It contains the previously unreleased "Rock A My Soul".

1. "Broken Face"
2. "Build High"
3. "Rock A My Soul"
4. "Down To The Well"
5. "Break My Body"
6. "I'm Amazed"
7. "Here Comes Your Man"
8. "Subbacultcha"
9. "In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)"

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