| the early tapes |
| Kid Icarus and the Angel Land Demos Catalog # Sum 001 Released: Fall 1996 Label: Summersteps Format: Cassette Status: Out of Print Kid Icarus' first release recorded after the demise of Eric's first group Suetta. It was mostly assembled on handheld tape recorders and boom boxes. Some tracks were engineered by an anonymous friend of a friend who fled the make shift recording studio for unknown reasons. Unfortunately, most of the cassette has not withstood the test of time,. The tape has a great feeling of sadness and isolation to it for the most part. Through all of the tape hiss, one can hear an audible longing for better times. |
| Kid Icarus - Try This At Home/ Summer 1998 (a.k.a The Cucumer Album) Catalog # Sum 004-004.5 Released: 1997-1998 Label: Summersteps Format: Cassette/CD-R Status: Out of Print Actually two separate releases, but both share a similar catalog number. These releases chronicled the growth of Kid Icarus as a home taper and songwriter. Try This At Home was recorded mostly on a two track reel to reel that Eric had acquired at a local radio station. The problem was that the reel to reel had sync up problems and caused the tape to sound out of time for most of the songs. Enlisting the help of some friends, Eric re-recorded most of tracks into tape decks run through Radio Shack stero mixers and others at the half-functioning studios of local college station, WUSR, after the studios had closed down for the night. These sessions produced the Summer 1998 cassette. Because Eric felt that the cassette was not entirely a new product, he asked Summersteps to number the release 4.5. Although the fidelity was low, it was the best Icarus album yet. The album featured song fragments spliced between beds of found sounds, droney instrumentals, and whispered late night confessionals into handheld tape recorders. Although currently out of print, Summersteps is eventually planning some sort of re-issue of these two releases. Perhaps, into a cohesive whole, including the best performances from each album. |
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| Kid Icarus - An EP Catalog# Sum 006 Released: Spring 1999 Label: Summersteps Format: Cassette single Status: Out of Print (Reissue Possible) This was an extremely limited handmade cassette release that featured individually designed packages. The EP introduced the world to the new and upcoming singer-songwriter Cassie Rose. Her rendition of Jandek's "Spanish In Me" recieved favorable airplay and reviews. She was also responisible for the co-writing of two songs on this EP "The Kafka Song" and "Vega-Table Girl". The rest of the EP is part warm up for Kid Icarus' next LP Maps of The Saints and also features covers of Syd Barrett's "Gigolo Aunt" and The Beatles' "Norweigan Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" along with "I'm Only Sleeping". |
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| Unfortunately at this time these tapes are out of print. Please direct any inquiries about these to Summersteps Records. |