The Flaming Lips – Scratching The Door: First Recordings (CD)
Product Details
Before Wayne Coyne stepped to the microphone himself, the Flaming Lips were a scrappy Oklahoma outfit finding their footing in the early 1980s underground, drawing from the same well of classic rock and punk energy that fueled countless garage bands, but with an already restless creative spirit that would eventually reshape psychedelic music entirely. These recordings document the raw starting point of one of rock's most unlikely long-arc success stories.
SCRATCHING THE DOOR highlights tracks recorded by The Flaming Lips’ original line-up, which featured Wayne Coyne’s brother Mark on vocals. The album includes the band’s first and second cassette demos, in addition to The Flaming Lips first self-released EP, and marks the first time all of these recordings have been collected together on a single release. Among the other featured tracks are covers of The Who’s “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere,” Led Zeppelin’s “Communication Breakdown” and the theme song from the 1960’s Batman television series, which previously appeared on Rykodisc’s 2002 compilation, Finally The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid.
Tracklist
Self Titled EP (1984)
1st Cassette Demo (1983)
2nd Cassette Demo (1983)
Hear It Is Demos
Hear It Is Session Outtake
UPC: 603497860302
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 4.20.18
Format: CD