Album name: Lambskin Temple
Release date: November 19, 1996
Release format: cassette
Studio name: Metal XOR Studio
Tracks:
1. Pin Needles in the Eye of the Beholder
2. Fly in the Garden
3. Last Summer (Train to Chicago)
4. I Never Knew (This Is Earth)
5. Heritage
6. Sunny Days
7. Didn't See It Coming
8. Burst
9. Used to Be Like
10. Hey, Mama!
11. I Wish I Was Born in the UK
12. I Wanna
13. Angel Breaths
14. Born to Be Wild
15. I'm On Stage
16. The Sound a Tree Makes . . .
17. Wicked Game (Autumn version)
18. notEworthy
19. Harry's Symbol (w/solo + junk)
This album came from a jam session that Harry, Jason, and Jimmy had on Saturday, September 21, 1996 in Jason's driveway. This was unofficially known as "Isthmus Jam 2".
This time they did not use the 4-track recorder but a standard boom box set in the center of the trio. And this time they had a drummer, Jimmy. Jason played bass and sang some of the songs while Harry played guitar and sang the rest of the songs.
They filled two 90-minute cassettes during this jam. Most of the songs were originals created in the typical Isthmus fashion . . . "start playing and make everything up as you go along!" There were a few covers recorded and two of them ended up on the album, including "Wicked Game" which has appeared on every Isthmus album.
It was a few weeks later in October that the tapes were logged out. Then in November Jason put together a play list for the album. And since this was not recorded on the 4-track recorder there was no way to add instruments or parts to the songs, so what was recorded that day was the final take of each song. The album was completed within days of the final play list being established and was released.
On one of Jason's notes about this album, a suggestion for the album title was Bull Dozer but they went with Lambskin Temple instead when Harry mentioned that was the name of a building he saw in St. Louis.
This album was also the first to use colored paper for the album cover. All previous tape covers were printed on white paper.
Next week's Album of the Week: New Mexico Igloo by Isthmus from 1996.
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