If I Could Hear You, I Would Hit You (1991) [Baby Huey, BABY-001]

If I Could Hear You, I Would Hit You (1991) [Baby Huey, BABY-001, 7"]

What Does This 7" Sound Like?

Descriptions of this release from available catalog inserts:

[Insert from BABY 005]
"Compilation featuring The Primordial Undermind (ex-Crystallized Movements guitarist
Eric Arn with guest Bevis Frond), Nothing Painted Blue (early stuff), Shoeface, and
The Bux (pre-Refrigerator). Last copies."

[Insert from Shrimper Catalogue 1991]
"4 previously unreleased songs by SHOEFACE, THE BUX, NOTHING
PAINTED BLUE and PRIMORDIAL UNDERMIND. Limited pressing of 600!
Better than whooping cough in a skating rink."

[Insert from Shrimper Catalogue 1992 Winter]
"Now out-of-print, but I still have a few copies. Four flavors
of pop-noise guitar by Shoeface, the bux, Nothing Painted
Blue, and The Primordial Undermind."

From the sleeve:

The Primordial Undermind
Swimming the Ultramaroon
Martin Crowley - drums
Nick Saloman - bass
Mike Hasselmo - bass
Eric Arn - guitars, vocals
178 S. Meredith Ave
Pasadena, CA 91106

The Bux
Chicken Wire Teeth
I.O. Coca - vocals
Dennis - guitars
Scot - drums
PO Box 1837
Upland, CA 91785

Nothing Painted Blue
Go To Waste
Franklin Bruno - guitars, vocals
Michael Neelon - bass
Kyle Brodie - drums
PO Box 1243
Upland, CA 91786

Shoeface
Can't You See
Bob - guitars, vocals
Nathan - bass
Mark - drums
c/o Fartblossom
PO Box 818
Pomona, CA 91769

Baby Huey
c/o B. Chen
8732 East Ardendale
San Gabriel, CA 91775

Mastered By:
John Golden

Technical Assistance:
Robert Vodicka

Thanks to: Robert Vodicka, Bob Durkee,
Lucy Beloian, Bevis Frond, Biff Sanders,
Nathan Wilson, John Hughes, Dan Do-
berman, Rick in Riverside, KSPC, Benton
Yoshida (Arn's vocal coach), Marky,
Dennis, and Bob's folks.

I.O. Coca is an alias of Allen Callaci. The Bux were the original form of Refrigerator and are catalogued on that index.

Shoeface is given only first names here but that's Bob Durkee, Nathan Norio Wilson, and Mark Hower. The Shoeface track here, "Can't You See", was re-recorded in 1994 for Lift. The very crunchy version here in 1990 is possibly pulled from the self-titled Shoeface cassette, which I don't have a copy of to confirm (hello) but it could be from a radio session, too, with this many KSPC DJs in the mix.

The Nothing Painted Blue song here, "Go To Waste", is the first track on the 1997 Nothing Painted Blue compilation Emotional Discipline. From the liner notes on that release:

rec. May 3, 1988 in Claremont CA by Bob Durkee on 2 tracks.
KYLE: Kim now lives in Kansas City, MO.
FRANKLIN: The sole holdover from The Born
Leaders, Kyle's and my band at
Upland High. Some lyrics I had
written accidentally fit a riff penned
by our early bandmate Chuck
Featherstone, who inexplicably
played guitar right-handed and bass
left-handed. I added the Bm/G
change.
KYLE: Chuck didn't like the extra chords,
which I always thought was a
reflection on both his ego and his
taste. Last I heard, he was writing
for an English-language newspaper
in Saudi Arabia, presumably with
his right hand.

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