''The Complete Recordings'' is a

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for

Oh-OK Oh-OK was an American musical group from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1981 with singer/lyricist Linda Hopper, bassist/vocalist/lyricist Lynda Stipe, and drummer David Pierce. Other members later included drummer David McNair and guitarist Matthew S ...

released by

Collector's Choice Music Collectors' Choice Music (CCM) is an Itasca, Illinois-based record label and retailer of music on CD. Originally the company was primarily in two businesses, but since 2010 only in the second. CCM was best known for reissuing albums originally re ...

on June 24, 2002. The compilation includes all of the band's previous releases as well as a live set from 1984—shortly before the group broke up.

Track listing

;''Wow Mini Album'' # "Lilting" (

Lynda Stipe Lynda L. Stipe (born September 30, 1962) is an American singer and bass guitarist. She is best recognized for her involvement in the bands Oh-OK, Hetch Hetchy and Flash to Bang Time. She is the younger sister of R.E.M.'s lead singer Michael ...

) – 1:03 # "Brother" (Carol Levy) – 1:28 # "Playtime" (Stipe) – 2:02 # "Person" (Stipe) – 2:32 ;''Furthermore What'' #

"Such N Such" (Stipe) – 2:05 # "Guru" (Stipe) – 3:03 # "Choukoutien" (Stipe) – 2:54 # "Straight" (

Linda Hopper Linda Elizabeth Hopper is an American singer and the vocalist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Her pop punk/power pop vocal style helped to define the band's sound and she has co-written their minor hit singles "Slowly, Slowly ...

) – 2:24 # "Giddy Up" (Hopper) – 1:52 # "Elaine's Song" (Stipe) – 3:14 ;Live tracks #

"Random" (Stipe) – 1:25 # "Is It?" (Stipe) – 2:12 # "Whore Boy" (Ingrid Schorr) – 1:46 # "Round Is Funny" (Stipe) – 1:19 # " Let's Get Together" ( Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman) – 1:46 # "Here We Go" (Stipe) – 1:47 # "Sunday Morning" (Hopper-Stipe) – 2:22 # "Down by the Beach" (Stipe) – 2:05 # "Shock (Sic Transit)" (Stipe) – 2:46 # "Lilting" (Stipe) – 2:04 # "Jumping" (Oh-OK, Stipe) – 1:35 # "Courage Courage" (Stipe) – 2:50 # "

Psycho Killer "Psycho Killer" is a song by American rock band Talking Heads, released on their debut studio album '' Talking Heads: 77'' (1977). The group first performed it as the Artistics in 1974. The band also recorded an acoustic version of the song fe ...

" (

David Byrne David Byrne (; born May 14, 1952) is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American New wave music, new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has ...

Chris Frantz Charton Christopher Frantz (born May 8, 1951) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist, Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frant ...

, and

Tina Weymouth Martina Michèle Weymouth ( ; born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, ...

) – 1:52

Personnel

''Wow Mini Album'' *

– vocals, noises * David Pierce – drums *

– bass guitar, vocals ''Furthermore What'' * Linda Hopper – vocals *

David McNair David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

– drums * Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals *

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...

– guitar "Random" :Recorded for the various artists compilation ''Squares Blot Out the Sun'' in November 1982 at 688 in Atlanta, Georgia * Linda Hopper – vocals * David Pierce – drums * Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals Remaining live set :Recorded April 6, 1984 in Atlanta * Linda Hopper – vocals * David McNair – drums * Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals * Matthew Sweet – guitar Other personnel *

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became a ...

and Carola Dibbell –

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References

External links

Liner notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Complete Recordings 2002 compilation albums Matthew Sweet albums Oh-OK albums Compilation albums published posthumously Albums produced by Michael Stipe Collectors' Choice Music compilation albums