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Crain

Crain was a band from Louisville, Kentucky, and was around from 1989 to 1996 or so. I was in the band until 1992. More info on the history of Crain can be found at crainspeed.com and at Tim Furnish’s website.

Live on WMBR, Cambridge, Mass. – April, 1992

This was recorded by Bob Weston during Crain’s Speed LP tour in April of 1992.

The DC Sessions – April, 1992

These songs are from the 1992 Inner Ear Studio recording session in Washington, DC. Produced by Don Zientara. Originally released on three different compilation albums.

Visit CrainSpeed.com for downloads and info about the reissue of Speed with these songs included.

  • Stabilizer – Guest backing vocals by Amy Pickering
  • Breathing Machine
  • Blistering

The Speed LP – 1991

The Speed LP was produced by Steve Albini, and was recorded in the basement studio in his house in Chicago. Much fun was had by all during the recording process.

Visit CrainSpeed.com for downloads and info about the reissue of Speed.

Sound on Sound Sessions – 1989

17 songs were ambitiously recorded during this session, but only a handful were ever released. Here is that handful and a few more.

  • The Fuse – Originally released on a split 7-inch with Endpoint (then called Deathwatch) by Slamdek (More info here. The 7″ was numbered to 500 copies, and was given away free at a show at the Zodiac Club in Louisville. This is song featurs Drew Daniel (now of Matmos) singing from the 1989 Sound On Sound Studio session in Louisville.
  • Painful Answer – Originally released on Crain’s full-length 7″.
  • Proposed Production – Originally released on Crain’s full-length 7″.
  • Crawl Out Of The Water – The second of the two songs Drew Daniel sang on.
  • Fuckerman – Unreleased to this point.
  • Not Today – Unreleased to this point.
  • The Reach – Unreleased to this point.

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  1. Brandon

     /  September 2, 2006

    Where can I download the song that are not on Speed or Heater?

  2. will

     /  September 2, 2006

    They are on this page…

  3. Is it possible to get post heater recordings? do they exist?
    CFS

  4. will

     /  November 16, 2006

    Well, I wasn’t in the band during or after Heater, so I don’t have anything. You might try Tim Furnish: http://www.parlour.net

  5. jeff

     /  May 3, 2010

    thanks for the tunes!

  6. Just gotta say, wish I could’ve made it to the Cerebellum reunion in May. The videos on your blog are great, I never thought I’d actually get to see “Proposed Production” live. I’m going to try really hard to make it for the show in July. And the new(ly recorded) tracks sound great, especially “Crawl Out Of The Water.”

    I do have a question: you mention 17 tracks for Crain’s Sound On Sound session in 1989. There are 7 here: any chance of getting the other 10? If you don’t have them, do you remember what they were? (When it comes to Crain, I am a completist.)

    SPEED remain one of my all-time faves 15 years running. It just never wears on the ears. Thanks for contributing your amazing drum work to the band all those years ago.

  7. will

     /  June 5, 2010

    I may have those tracks around somewhere. I’m pretty sure I do, and I’ll try to add them. Thanks for stopping by, thanks for the kind words, and maybe I’ll see you July 31.

    Will

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