| Some Small History | ||||
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| Released | September 9, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Mac McCaughan | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Some Small History is a collection of "rarities, collecting B-sides, compilation tracks, EPs, fanzine vinyl, and previously unreleased material recorded between 1990 and 2007"[2] from the band Portastatic. It was released on Merge Records on September 9, 2008.[3]
The album includes a number of cover songs including songs by Ryan Adams, The Undertones, The Magnetic Fields, Prefab Sprout, Sandy Denny and The Strawbs, Hot Chip, Galaxie 500, American Music Club, and Bob Dylan. The release was a limited edition of 3000 copies.
Merge Records also released a bonus download from their website with 11 rare tracks that did not make the album.[4]
One additional rare track, "Do You Want to Buy a Bridge?" from the "Spying On the Spys" 7" single was not included because Mac McCaughan found the song to be "embarrassing."[5]
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "MergeRecords.com". Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portastatic - Some Small History Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-11-09
- ^ "MergeRecords.com" Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MergeRecords.com"