bass, vocals Stephen Desaulniers
design Hank Trotter
tracks 2-5, 2-13 drums Keith Levreault
illustration Whiting Tennis
lead guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals Bruce Tull
liner notes David Berman
mandolin, drums Tom Shea
tracks 2-5, 2-13 mixed by Peter Keppler
mixed by Scud Mountain Boys
mixed by [dance the night away] Michael Deming
mixed by [dance the night away] Thom Monahan
tracks 2-5, 2-13 recorded by Peter Keppler
recorded by [dance the night away] Scud Mountain Boys
recorded by [dance the night away] Thom Monahan
vocals, guitar Joe Pernice
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 2-5, 2-7 to 2-12 written-by Joe Pernice
tracks 1-3, 1-10 written-by Stephen Desaulniers
Copyright (c) Sub Pop Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sub Pop Records
Published By Bony Gap Music
Published By Polygram International
Published By Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Published By Peterman & Co. Ltd.
Recorded At Wendell Recording Studio
Mixed At Studio .45
Mixed At Wendell Recording Studio
Glass Mastered At WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Glass Mastered At WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
This release comprises reconfigured and expanded versions of the first two albums by Scud Mountain Boys. Both were recorded in member Bruce Tull's kitchen. The compilation was reissued with new artwork by Ashmont Records/One Little Indian in 2011.

Pine Box was originally a self-released cassette, reissued on vinyl by Northampton MA label Chunk Records in 1995 (CH1009), soon after the release of Dance The Night Away (CH1007). Pine Box features 10 tracks on the LP, expanded to 14 tracks on The Early Year by tracks 1-5, 1-6, 1-10 and 1-14. Dance The Night Away was originally a 15 track CD, reduced to 13 tracks here; Peter Graves' Anatomy and Reservoir (both of which also appear on Pine Box) have been omitted; Sweet Sally and Closing Time have been moved to CD1 (1-6, 1-14); and the previously unissued Blood and Bones (2-8) and Fiery Coffin (2-12) have been added. The two versions of Silo (1-1, 2-9) and Freight Of Fire (1-5, 2-1) are different recordings.

Writing/Publishing:
All songs by Joe Pernice, Bony Gap (BMI), admin. by Bug Music except: There Is No Hell by Pernice/Desaulniers; Glacier Bay by Desaulniers/Pernice; Helen by Ricci Bonanno, Bony Gap, (BMI); Wichita Lineman by Jimmy L. Webb, Polygram International (ASCAP); Where's The Playground Susie by Jimmy L. Webb, Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP); Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves by Robert Stone, Careers BMG Music Publishing Inc. (BMI); Please, Mr. Please by Benjamin Augustus, Peterman and Co. Ltd. (PRS).
Barcode: 0 98787-0389-2 7 (Text)
Barcode: 098787038927 (Scanned)
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Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: PRS