Audio cassette tape: They Might Be Giants. Debut album. Bar/None Records, Hoboken, N.J.; Restless, Culver City, CA. 1987 issue.

Object/Artifact

DescriptionAudio cassette tape: They Might Be Giants. First album by the band, They Might Be Giants. Bar/None Records, Hoboken, N.J.; marketed by Restless Records, Culver City, CA. 7 72603-4. Copyright 1986. (1987 issue.) This is the second cassette issue of the album, see below. Released on Nov. 4, 1986 as a 12 LP (long-play) vinyl phonographic record. Commonly referred to in discography for this band as the "The Pink Album" which is a reference to the pink color used as the primary field color in the cover artwork. According to online discography for this band (http://www.discogs.com/They-Might-Be-Giants-They-Might-Be-Giants/release/875858), Bar/None issued the first cassette version in 1987 (A-HAON-002) with the joint issue (7 72603-4) by Bar/None and Restless following later the same year. Cover artwork shown in full plus inside of the printed insert where there is a black-and-white illustration of a running snowman plus promotional text for Restless catalog. Bar/None Records was founded in 1986. This album was its second one. ---- Cassette type is an obsolete format.

Entry/Object ID

2014.013.0155

Acquisition

Accession

2014.013

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Made/Created

Date made

1986 - 1987

Notes

Date: 1986-1987

General Notes

Note

Notes: Information as found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(album) ==== [album title] They Might Be Giants Studio album by They Might Be Giants Released November 4, 1986 Recorded 1985-86 at Studio Pass and Dubway Studio, NYC Genre Alternative rock Length 38:28 Label Restless / Bar/None Producer Bill Krauss ==== Track list: Side one No. Title Length 1. "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" 2:20 2. "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" 2:12 3. "Number Three" 1:27 4. "Don't Let's Start" 2:36 5. "Hide Away Folk Family" 3:21 6. "32 Footsteps" 1:36 7. "Toddler Hiway" 0:25 8. "Rabid Child" 1:31 9. "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" 1:58 Side two No. Title Length 10. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" 2:10 11. "She's an Angel" 2:37 12. "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" 2:51 13. "Boat of Car" 1:15 14. "Absolutely Bill's Mood" 2:38 15. "Chess Piece Face" 1:21 16. "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" 1:58 17. "Alienation's for the Rich" 2:25 18. "The Day" 1:27 19. "Rhythm Section Want Ad" 2:21 Total length: 38:28 ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-12-18

audio cassette, case front insert: They Might Be Giants