mark harrington songs, etc

recording details & song titles

Mark Harrington

toronto

experimental

artists

The older releases are cruder, 4-track cassette works. These were more experiments than final pieces, and are not recommended for audiophiles. Though technically "no longer available", copies are out there; contact TEA. The new works are acoustically brilliant, however. : )

Rubbernekkerz

CDs: Rx | 1/3rd | Tripping in the Dark

Mark Harrington

Digital only: Shutting Down

CDs: Trash Icon | Capricorn Flakes

Tapes: Tale of Two Cities | Small | Lather Rinse Repeat | Help Yourself | Chaos Theory

Rubbernekkerz

CDs:Tripping in the Dark

PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 2010

PAGING:1 compact disc: digital

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on insert.

CONTENTS: Guilty 3:28 / Behind the Scenes 2:29 / Moon Landing 4:10 / Another New Low 2:52 / Muted Cries 3:49 / The Rest of My Life 3:56 / The Stone of the Sun 3:45 / Haunting 3:35 / Some Good Times 4:15 / Guilty 'Mea Culpa' Remix 3:09

CDs: 33 1/3rd

PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 2006

PAGING:1 compact disc: digital

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on insert.

CONTENTS: #1 - Where You Really Are - #2 - Amnesty On Sorrow - #3 - Mood Swinger - #4 - Only Just Today - #5 - Years - #6 - Never Be The Same Again - #7 - Lemmings - #8 - Saint Jude - #9 - Smile - #10 - Funny And Sad - #11 - Awfully - #12 Changes (by Bowie)

Mark Harrington

TITLE: Alter

PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 2009

PAGING:1 compact disc: digital

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on insert.

CONTENTS: Sometimes
Onlookers
The Unknown Truth
Hot Air
You Win Some
Candidly
Painted into the Corner
October Traveller
Blueprints (the Early Report)
Known Incompatibility

TITLE: Trash Icon
PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 1999

PAGING:1 compact disc: digital

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on insert.

CONTENTS: One-Way Street -- Dream Underground -- Catharine -- Ticking Bomb -- Empty Room -- The Three-Legged Waltz -- Dysfunctional -- Existentialist Afternoon (the book exchange) -- Tale of Two Cities -- Loud Music -- Chain Letter -- Eastern Thought -- Blood Bond -- Cars (by Gary Numan) -- Catharine (Retro 80's mix)

TITLE: Tale of Two Cities
PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 1996. RELEASED: 1997

PAGING:1 sound cassette : analog, chromium dioxide tape, digital source.

NOTES: Credits and titles on insert.

CONTENTS: Catharine -- Dysfunctional -- Blood Bond -- Existentialist Afternoon (the book exchange) -- Ticking Bomb -- Tale of Two Cities -- Chain Letter -- Catharine (Retro 80s remix) < not same versions as Trash Icon >

TITLE: Small

PAGING:1 sound cassette (e.p.): analog, chromium dioxide tape.

NOTES: Totally analog, low-fi, intentionally low-tech recording. Credits and titles on insert.

CONTENTS:Catharine -- Uncommon Cold -- Dysfunctional -- Ticking Bomb -- Transmission -- Crickets -- Last Thing -- Promise -- On Sale

TITLE: Capricorn Flakes
PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 1993.

PAGING:1 sound cassette : analog. / 1 compact disc: digital

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on insert.

CONTENTS: Wear Black -- Open Negotiations -- Promise to Myself -- Heads You Lose -- Beg to Differ -- The Last Thing I Need -- Different Steps -- I Can't Compete -- The Year the House Fell Down -- Unceremoniously-- Lucky Pennies -- Message.

TITLE: Lather Rinse Repeat
PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, © Mark Harrington 1991.

PAGING:1 sound cassette : analog, Dolby processed, chromium dioxide tape.

NOTES: Credits and lyrics on folder.

CONTENTS: Maria Ave. -- Different steps -- October traveller --Heads you lose -- Free trade blues -- Ask me -- Message -- Finish line -- The year the house fell down -- Washing machine -- Life cycle -- Onlookers 2 -- Glut -- Wear black

TITLE: Help Yourself

PAGING:1 sound cassette : analog, Dolby processed, chromium dioxide tape.

NOTES: Lyrics and credits on folder.

CONTENTS: Man's world -- The Funeral -- Wear black -- (two years') Anger -- Labour Day -- I can't compete --Two years and counting -- Heads you lose -- Age of ambiguity -- Ask me -- Sun on the lake -- Sun on the rocks

TITLE: Chaos Theory

PUBLISHED: Toronto, ON : TEA, c Mark Harrington 1989.

PAGING:1 sound cassette : analog tape.

NOTES: the sound quality was quite unforgivable, so let's leave it at that! Featured the first version of "Eastern Thought", later to appear on Trash Icon.