Name: I Before E (Vague Remix) by This "Blue Piano"
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: The band's first radio "hit" and early audience favourite, from The John the Baptist E.P. (originally released 1984). Slightly remixed from 2-track stereo master to emphasize the dance beat.

An edited version of this track (with fade ending) appeared on the 1985 VOT compilation entitled "Listen." The mix is slightly different and you can hear Steve's count-in on the final bridge. This is the band's preferred, unedited version with the rock-out ending.

Where Am I To Go?

Where Am I To Go? - Alternate Mix

A modern cover of a This "Blue Piano" classic. All instruments and vocals by Ulysses Underwood.

Ground's Gone

A track written by me with Norman Mackay. Originally demoed by This "Blue Piano", all instruments on this 2024 version are played by me.

Falling Down Again

Friends Again-A Reader Decides (Aborted Single) 1985

A golden oldie from the heyday of Montreal's finest softcore quartet. From the Silent Sound demo sessions that resulted in the bootleg release "The NHL Suitcase" (1985).

The NHL Suitcase (bootleg)

Then I Saw You

An early T"BP" classic that first appeared on the Dick and Jane Eat God cassette-only album (originally released 1983). This version was later recut in studio (from the early 1986 Schmeeb Sessions) for an as yet-unreleased album and slightly remixed from the 2-track stereo master in 2012.  Enjoy.

City of Tears

City of Tears remix 2012

The band's first radio "hit" and early audience favourite, from The John the Baptist E.P. (originally released 1984). Slightly remixed from 2-track stereo master to emphasize the dance beat.

The John the Baptist E.P.

I Before E

I Before E (Vague Remix)

Another previously unreleased gem from the T"BP" canon.  Words & music by Stephen Lamont. Recorded during the Silent Sound sessions (January 1986) for a four-song demo that resulted in the bootleg release "The NHL Suitcase" .

The NHL Suitcase

Jerusalem

Demo version of a band & audience favourite track, from the legendary Schmeeb Sessions (January 1986). Note that the instruments were deliberately separated into different channels to facilitate pre-production work for what was to be a second full-length album that never came to be.

Then I Saw You (demo take 2)

A long-delayed upload of an audience favourite. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. 

Music & lyrics by Stephen Lamont (SOCAN). Recorded in early 1986 in suburban Montreal.

(We Are Always) Cut

"We take you now to the bedrooms of Outremont/Every part of me/From the heart of me..." 

Pure softcore, 1981-1986. Only the good live on.

I Before E (Vague Remix)

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