Matt Burden Music: The Grammer Years (Revisited) • Early Recordings 2004-2009 (2023)

The Grammer Years (Revisited) - Early Recordings 2004-2009

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Volume 1 - Candy Rot EP (2004)

1. Never Gonna Be So Lonely (Lost & Found)

2. Bittersweet (Version 1)

3. Rot

4. Fairy Dust

5. Bittersweet (Version 2)

Vocals and Guitar: Matt Burden

Recorded 2004 in 312-F Den, Effort, PA

Written, Recorded and Mixed by Matt Burden

Volume 2 - Polyester In Paradise (2004)

1. Mosh Neat

2. Bittersweet (Version 3)

3. Johnny + Bonny

4. Bigger Than Yer...

5. Pick It (To The Bone)

6. Masturbation Proclamation

7. No Body Likes Me

8. Blow! Blow!

9. True Colors

10. MJ Harding's Note (Takes 1 & 2)

Vocals, Guitar and Harmonica: Matt Burden

Recorded 2004 in 312-F Den, Effort, PA

Written, Record and Mixed by Matt Burden

Volume 3 - Scum Valley Fun Day (2005)

1. Party Soup

2. Factory Star (Ramification Demo)

3. Hello Ugly (Long Version - Ramification Demo)

4. Pauly (On The Corner) (Ramification Demo)

5. Give Me Five Dollars (Ramification Demo)

6. Hair On The Soap (Ramification Demo)

7. (Drum Break) (Ramification Demo)

8. (Silence)

9. Cripple Pink

10. Break Down Devils

11. Central Mistake

12. Better Than This

13. (Step Into My) Garden Mellow

14. 5th Street

15. Party Soup Pt. 2

Vocals and Guitar: Matt Burden

Vocals and Bass Guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6: Tim Talbot

Vocals on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6: Paul Rigolini

Drums on tracks 2 and 7: Ryan Werley

Ramification demos recorded 2005 in 312-F Den, Effort, PA

Solo songs recorded 2004 or 2005 in 312-F Den

Written, Recorded and Mixed by Matt Burden

Volume 4 - Kissing Contest EP • The Alternate Pink Sleeves (2009)

1. Places You'll Go (Early Version)

2. Some Things Never Change (Early Version)

3. In The Snow (Early Version)

4. Dora (Pick Up Your Buttons - Early Version)

5. Vulgar To The Point (Early Version)

6. Don't Love You Anymore

Vocals, Guitar and Harmonica: Matt Burden

Recorded 2009 in the ice box, Bethlehem, PA

Written, Recorded and Mixed by Matt Burden

Bonus! Volume 5 - Haymaker Hideaway (Covers 2004-2023)

1. True Love Will Find You (Daniel Johnston Cover - Recorded 2009)

2. Laura Laurent (Bright Eyes Cover - Recorded 2009)

3. Lover I Don't Have To Love (Bright Eyes Cover - Recorded 2009)

4. Memories (Leonard Cohen Cover - Recorded 2009)

5. For Today (The Cat That Walked From Shelbyville) (Jandek Cover - (Recorded 2018)

6. Birthday (Nancy Sings) (Jandek Cover - Recorded 2018)

7. Fay (Jandek Cover - Recorded 2018)

8. Variant (Jandek Cover - Recorded 2018)

9. Destroyer (Kinks Cover - Recorded 2004)

10. I Know A Guy (Blink-182 Cover - Recorded 2004)

11. Attitude (Misfits Cover - Recorded 2005) (Ramification Demo)

12. Last Caress (Misfits Cover - Recorded 2005) (Ramification Demo)

13. Halloween (Misfits Cover - Recorded 2005) (Ramification Demo)

14. Dancing With A Corpse (Hellörd, Aka Aaron Frye Cover - Recorded 2023)

15. Schoolgirls In Chains (Hellörd, Aka Aaron Frye Cover - Recorded 2023)

16. Savory (Jawbox Cover - Recorded 2023)

17. Radiotricity (Lilys Cover - Recorded 2023)

18. Claire Hates Me (Lilys Cover - Recorded 2023)

19. Like To See You Again (Lewis Balue Cover - Recorded 2023)

20. Just Now (John Martyn Cover - Recorded 2023)

21. Nothing So Hard (Guided By Voices Cover - Recorded 2023)

22. Stingy Queens (Guided By Voices Cover - Recorded 2023)

Ramification (2004 - ) Poster

TGY Program Poster

Discography Catalog Insert

Culled mostly from cassettes recorded during middle & high school - The Grammer Years (Revisited) is a 5 volume box set featuring the earliest existing recordings, from multitrack tape buggery to beginner digital takes. The very first Ramification recordings dating back to 2004-05 are chronicled on the third volume, 'Scum Valley Fun Day'. The fourth volume, 'Songs For Sasha', is an alternate version of Pink Sleeves, the debut LP in the album release series. 'Haymaker Hideaway' is a collection of all the various covers recorded over the past 20 years of making music.

Vocals, Guitar and Drum-typing: Matt Burden

Bass Guitar on tracks 11, 12 and 13: Tim Talbot

Drums on tracks 11, 12 and 13: Ryan Werle

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14 recorded in the ice box, Bethlehem, PA

Tracks 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 recorded in 312-F den, Effort, PA

Recorded and Mixed by Matt Burden

Special Edition Series: No. 5