A BLDG 141 track from their 1997 EP "Looking For Genies". We absorbed this one into our live PR sets. Enjoy...

April Morning - BLDG 141

Cemetery Town (Live)

Written in Aaron's living room, recorded on a jam box an awful long time ago. Can't get much more "demo" than this...

Feel My Way Around

This is the near--complete version that was meant for inclusion on Please.Quiet.Recording. Unfortunately, all of the drum tracks were lost in a computer mishap of some sort, and we ended up scrappng it until the next record.

I Know (PQR Lost Track)

Bldg 141 was the precursor to Paging Raymond. Jim and Aaron recorded a bunch of acoustic demos in their apartment around 1996. Some, like April Morning, Casey's Daughter, Falling Apart, and Testify were resurrected for Raymond live shows.

Stay Down, Stay Low - Bldg 141

Another pre-Raymond demo from Jim and Aaron's disaster of an apartment, circa 1996.

In A New Light - Bldg 141

Get your flannel on and journey back to 1992 with Bev - Tim, Jim, and Aaron's post-high school teenage angst band. When everyone was trying to sound like Nirvana, we were trying to sound like Toad The Wet Sprocket. We didn't, but we tried...

Tomorrow - Bev Meets The Trapper

Recorded for Roots Diner a long way back, real late in the evening...

Wake Up Caroline (Acoustic)

Before Paging Raymond there was, well, Paging Raymond. This is from the tape that launched the whole thing. Kinda. Way back in 1995, Aaron and Steve went into the studio - all right, it was some guy's basement, but he did recording in it - and put down 8 songs under the Raymond name. Another treasure from the vaults...

Rest Assured

Before Paging Raymond there was, well, Paging Raymond. This closet classic is from Full Degenerate Bohemian House, recorded by Aaron and Steve in 1995. This song features Steve on lead vocals. The vocal effect on the first verse was inspired (or blatantly ripped-off) by the vocal on "Human Wheels", which was out around that time. The babbling at the beginning is from the jam box-recorded demo of the same song. That's how we did it before the internet, kids...

Blind Eye

Paging Raymond is/was an alt-country / roots rock band from Indianapolis. The group counted Old 97's, Whiskeytown, and the Jayhawks among their influences, and like those artists embraced and incorporated pop hooks and strong vocal harmonies into their Americana sound. They released two CD's, the largely acoustic "Please.Quiet.Recording." and the more electrified "Bridges Left To Burn" before going into hibernation is 2004. The band occasionally resurfaces for a reunion show, most recently in 2011. While both Paging Raymond albums are available on iTunes, the songs here are unreleased demos and live recordings that turn up from time to time.

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