''Camper Vantiquities'' is a 1993 rarities
compilation album
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by
music
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al group
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California, in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk, folk, alternative, country, and world music, among other ge ...
, released on
I.R.S. It included the earlier EP ''
Vampire Can Mating Oven'' and a number of other unreleased tracks, compiled by bassist
Victor Krummenacher
Victor Krummenacher (born April 7, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and guitarist. He is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven.
Career
In addition to co-founding Camper Van Beethoven, Krummenacher is also a co-fou ...
a few years after the band split up. The 2004 re-release added several more tracks, all demo versions of songs that appeared on the band's two
Virgin Records
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albums.
Track listing
Original 1993 version
#"Heart" (David Lowery) – 3:08
#"Never Go Back" (Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, Lowery, Chris Pedersen, Jonathan Segel) – 3:24
#"Seven Languages" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) – 4:12
#"Axe Murderer Song" (Lowery) – 2:28
#"SP37957" (Krummenacher, Lowery, Jonathan Segel) – 3:04
#"Crossing Over" (Krummenacher, Lowery, Chris Molla, Segel) – 3:24
#"Guardian Angels" (Lowery, Molla) – 2:06
#"
I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (Ray Davies) – 3:24
#"AC Cover" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) – 3:01
#"
Porpoise Mouth" (
Joe McDonald) – 2:38
#"(We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) – 2:58
#"We Eat Your Children" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) – 3:49
#"
Six More Miles to the Graveyard" (Hank Williams) – 2:57
#"Ice Cream Everyday" (Box O' Laffs, Curkendall, Hart, Lowery, Molla) – 4:04
#"Processional" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) – 3:48
#"
Photograph
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" (George Harrison, Ringo Starr) – 3:14
#"Om Eye (Sweet Isthmus)" – 2:06
idden track
2004 CD reissue
#"Heart" – 3:07
#"Never Go Back" – 3:24
#"Seven Languages" – 4:12
#"Axe Murderer Song" – 2:28
#"SP37957" – 3:04
#"Crossing Over" – 3:24
#"Guardian Angels" – 2:06
#"I'm Not Like Everybody Else" – 3:24
#"AC Cover" – 3:01
#"Flowers (Fox Demo)" – 3:03
#"One of These Days (Fox Demo)" – 3:27
#"Humid Press of Days (Fox Demo)" – 2:55
#"All Her Favourite Fruit (Fox Demo)" – 5:14
#"Silent Monster" – 2:54
#"Porpoise Mouth" – 2:38
#"(We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art" – 2:58
#"We Eat Your Children" – 3:49
#"Six More Miles to the Graveyard" – 2:57
#"Ice Cream Everyday" – 4:04
#"Processional" – 3:48
#"Photograph" – 3:33
Personnel
*
Anthony Guess – Drums
*
Victor Krummenacher
Victor Krummenacher (born April 7, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and guitarist. He is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven.
Career
In addition to co-founding Camper Van Beethoven, Krummenacher is also a co-fou ...
– Bass
*
Greg Lisher
Gregory Allen Lisher (born November 29, 1963) is the lead guitar player for Camper Van Beethoven. He is also one of the founding members of the Camper Van Beethoven spin-off Indy prog rock group Monks of Doom.
He has also released four solo rec ...
– Guitar
*
David Lowery – Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
*Chris Molla – Guitar, Mandolin
*
Chris Pedersen – Guitar, Violin, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals (background)
*
Jonathan Segel
Jonathan Segel (born September 3, 1963) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.
Early life and education
Segel was born in Marseille, France, a ...
– Guitar, Violin, Keyboards, Vocals
References
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Camper Van Beethoven albums
1993 compilation albums
I.R.S. Records compilation albums