The Tape of Only Linda

The Tape of Only Linda
Studio album by The Loud Family
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Rock, power pop
Length	46:19
Label	Alias Records
Producer	Mitch Easter
The Loud Family chronology
Slouching Towards Liverpool (1993) The Tape of Only Linda (1994) Interbabe Concern (1996)

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The Tape of Only Linda is the second full-length album by The Loud Family, led by guitarist and singer/songwriter Scott Miller. The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape of a recording of a live performance of "Hey Jude" by Paul McCartney in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.

Track listing

1. "Soul Drain" (Miller/Smith/Wieneke)– 4:12
2. "My Superior" (Smith/Miller)– 4:49
3. "Marcia and Etrusca" (Miller/Becker/Smith/Wieneke/Poor)– 7:14
4. "Hyde Street Virgins" (Miller)– 4:02
5. "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" (Miller/Becker/Smith/Wieneke/Poor)– 3:32
6. "It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" (Miller/Smith/Wieneke/Poor/Becker)– 4:38
7. "Better Nature" (Wieneke)– 3:25
8. "Still Its Own Reward" (Miller)– 4:12
9. "For Beginners Only" (Smith)– 2:41
10. "Ballet Hetero" (Miller/Poor/Smith)– 7:27

Personnel

• Jozef Becker - drums, percussion, drum programming
• Scott Miller - lead vocal (le mis), guitar, serioushouse guitar, classical guitar
• R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar and backing vocals
• Zachary Smith - lead guitar, funhouse guitar, electromagnetic 12-string guitar, limited-market-appeal pedal effect guitar, controversial sounds
• Paul Wieneke - keyboards, not-all-that-sleighbell-like-sound, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Better Nature" and "For Beginners Only"

with:

• "Waxy" Bill Dupp - harmonica
• Mitch Easter - real time frequency analysis
• Kid Shaline - backing vocals
• Ken Stringfellow - funny-Seattle-tuning-guitar, great and powerful ahs, duet vocal on "Still Its Own Reward"

References

1. Deming, Mark. The Tape of Only Linda at AllMusic