Purple Tape

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Purple Tape
Lisa Loeb - Purple Tape album cover.jpg
Demo album by
Released1992
Recorded1991–1992
Genre
Length32:43
Label Self-released
Producer Juan Patiño
Lisa Loeb chronology
Purple Tape
(1992)
Tails
(1995)

Purple Tape is the first album by Lisa Loeb, self-released in 1992 on audio cassette only, used to pitch her to record companies. The record features mostly Loeb's voice accompanied by a guitar. Loeb would later include and re-record the majority of these songs on her later albums Tails and Firecracker .

Contents

While some songs of the album were later released as b-sides on some of Loeb's singles, the album did not see its CD release until January 22, 2008, when it was released as a two-CD including an extensive interview with Loeb about the album. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lisa Loeb.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Snow Day"3:33
2."Train Songs"3:19
3."Hurricane"3:50
4."Come Back Home"3:39
5."It's Over"3:37
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."This"3:02
2."Days Were Different"3:28
3."Guessing Game"2:21
4."Do You Sleep?"3:41
5."Airplanes"2:16
2008 Interview CD with Lisa Loeb and Andy Denemark
No.TitleLength
1."The Purple Tape: Introduction and History"2:34
2."Early Days in NYC"1:04
3."Liz and Lisa"1:18
4."Why the Purple Tape?"0:57
5."Gigging in NYC"1:54
6."Nine Stories"0:37
7."Marketing and the Music Business"3:09
8."Recording the Purple Tape"3:27
9."The Purple Tape Artwork"1:53
10."Song Writing"1:52
11."Snow Day"4:49
12."Train Songs"3:50
13."Hurricane"3:20
14."Come Back Home"3:11
15."It's Over"3:59
16."This"4:02
17."Days Were Different"1:20
18."Guessing Game"2:44
19."Do You Sleep?"4:06
20."Airplanes"2:38
21."Bringing the Past to the Present"1:41
22."Snow Day" (Live In-Studio)4:05
23."Stay (I Missed You)" (Acoustic)2:58

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References

  1. "Lisa Loeb to release The Purple Tape 2-disc set January 22 | pegasusnews.com | Dallas / Fort Worth". Pegasusnews.com. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2012.