Travels in Constants, Vol. 12

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Travels in Constants, Vol. 12
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EP by
Released18 March 2001
RecordedSub Station Studio
Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Genre Instrumental rock
Length13:12
Label Temporary Residence Limited
Producer Michael Brennan Jr., Kevin Lynch
Mogwai chronology
EP+6
(2000)
Travels in Constants, Vol. 12
(2001)
Rock Action
(2001)
Travels in Constants chronology
Travels in Constants, Vol. 11
(2001)
Travels in Constants, Vol. 12
(2001)
Travels in Constants, Vol. 13
(2001)

Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 is an EP by the Scottish group Mogwai, and is part of Temporary Residence Limited's Mail order Travels in Constants series. It was released in 2001 through Temporary Residence Limited. The EP was included in its entirety on the 2014 reissue of Come On Die Young .

Contents

Overview

Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 features three songs, "Untitled", "Quiet Stereo Dee" (an alternate version of "Stereodee" from 4 Satin , the 1997 EP), and "Arundel" (a cover of a Papa M song from the 1999 album, Live from a Shark Cage ), all recorded at Sub Station Studio in Cowdenbeath, Scotland in 1999, and produced by Michael Brennan Jr. and Kevin Lynch.

Cover art

The album cover features a still of Stevie Chalmers scoring the winning goal for Celtic F.C. in the 1967 European Cup Final against Internazionale.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mogwai, except "Arundel", written by Papa M.

  1. "Untitled" – 6:07
  2. "Quiet Stereo Dee" – 4:06
  3. "Arundel" – 2:59

Personnel

Release history

Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 was made available through Mail order in 2001.

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States18 March 2001 Temporary Residence Limited CD TRR13/TIC12

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