Daniel Johnston - 1990 (1990)

 

1. Funeral Home
2. Held the Hand
3. Some Things Last a Long Time
4. Tears Stupid Tears
5. Don't Play Cards With Satan
6. True Love Will Find You in the End
7. Whiz Kid
8. Ain't No Woman Gonna Make a George Jones Outta Me
9. Big Big World
10. Her Blues
11. Ghost of Our Love
12. December Blues
13. Hard Time
14. Girls

1990 is arguably Daniel's best known album other than his unfinished album Hi, How Are You? It contains the songs Some Things Last a Long Time and True Love Will Find You in the End, though a demo of the latter was originally released on his Retired Boxer album from 1984. The majority of the album was recorded in 1988 but the sessions were also left unfinished when Daniel suffered a mental breakdown. In fact the album was supposed to be called 1989 and released that year but it couldn't be finished in that time.

1990 was also not Daniel's first attempt at recording a studio album. His first one would be Continued Story from 1985 where he was backed by a band called the Texas Instruments. However following the release of 1990, Daniel released two EPs. The Big Big World EP was released in 1991 but was recorded in 1986 and features Daniel being backed by a different band called the Rhythm Rats. Next is the Laurie EP which released in 1992 but was recorded in 1989.

The first half of the album is the "solo" half and features tracks from 1990 as well as a version of the song Whiz Kid which is from the Laurie EP but originally came from the Merry Christmas album. The second half is the "band" half and features tracks from the Continued Story album and the Big Big World EP.

Mr. Bungle - Early Bungle Demos (2 CD) (1990)

Disc 1:
1. Quote Unquote (taken from the 1990 rough mix)
2. Slowly Growing Deaf (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
3. Squeeze Me Macaroni (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
4. Carousel (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
5. Egg (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
6. Stubb (A Dub) (taken from the 1990 rough mix)
7. My Ass is On Fire (taken from the 1990 rough mix)
8. The Girls of Porn (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
9. Love is a Fist (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
10. Thunderball (taken from the 1990 rough mix)

Disc 2:
11. OU818 (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
12. Bloody Mary (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
13. Nicotina (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
14. Evil Satan (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
15. ( ) (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
16. Goosebumps (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
17. Jumping (Part One) (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
18. Freight Train (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
19. Definition of Shapes (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
20. Waltz For Grandma's Sake (taken from the 1988 demo Goddammit I Love America!)
21. No Strings Attached (taken from the 1987 demo Bowel of Chiley)
22. Mr. Nice Guy (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)
23. Nothing (taken from the 1989 demo OU818)

Before Mr. Bungle recorded their first album in 1991, they had released 4 demo tapes by then. Their first demo from 1986 called The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny was re-recorded as their fourth album in 2020. The next one after that was the Bowel of Chiley demo from 1987 which had lower quality but more material. Their next demos, Goddammit I Love America! in 1988 and OU818 in 1989, were higher quality and sounded closer to the band's first album. Then they recorded some rough mixes for it in 1990 which included a song that wouldn't be released until their second album in 1995. In fact, I think every demo starting with their first includes a song that would be recorded at least twice. 

Evil Satan from their first demo was re-recorded on Bowel of Chiley but not on the re-recorded version of the demo. Carousel was recorded on Bowel of Chiley and then re-recorded on Goddammit I Love America! and then re-recorded again on their first album. Definitions of Shapes and Incoherence were also recorded on Bowel of Chiley and then Goddammit I Love America! Egg was also recorded on Goddammit I Love America! and then re-recorded on their first album. 5 songs from the OU818 demo were re-recorded for the first album but Mr. Nice Guy didn't make the cut. Platypus was recorded for the first album and got re-recorded for Disco Volante in 1995 and Thunderbird was recorded for the first album but was left unreleased. I think it's the theme song to the James Bond movie of the same name that inspired the name of Disco Volante. It had their own series of demos but I chose to not include them. The only song that didn't get a demo was Dead Goon.