Acoustic Shards

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Acoustic Shards
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 31, 2007
RecordedJuly 2, 1991 [1]
Genre Acoustic
Length52:01
Label Avabella
Buckethead chronology
Pepper's Ghost
(2007)
Acoustic Shards
(2007)
Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot
(2007)
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Acoustic Shards is Buckethead's second special release. It consists of acoustic recordings culled from tapes that were reportedly recorded on July 2, 1991, when Buckethead was 22 years of age.

Contents

The album was released on May 31, 2007, by Jas Obrecht, through his label Avabella, who also released the DVDs Young Buckethead Vol. 1 and Young Buckethead Vol. 2. [3] The album was engineered by Tyler Stipe [4]

"For Mom" was first released officially on the album Colma (1998) and "Who Me?" followed on Monsters and Robots (1999).

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."For Mom" (Early Version)2:39
2."Who Me?" (Early Version)3:02
3."Little Gracie"2:11
4."Ed's Rhapsody / Midnight Dance / Jars"2:55
5."Ganryu Island / Sasaki's Gone"2:14
6."Ghosts Upstairs"2:39
7."Spirals"3:48
8."Cubes, Chunks & Crumbles"3:27
9."Thugs"7:38
10."Dinging / Ah-Ji-Jee"2:38
11."Johnny"2:17
12."Stay Out of the Shed"3:00
13."Serape"1:46
14."Longing"10:33
15."Box Elders"1:14
Total length:52:01

Credits

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