The story of Beat Happening - Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford - began in Olympia, Washington at the dawn of the 1980s. After playing their first ever shows in Japan, the trio released five albums and four EPs throughout 1984 to 1992 and, whilst they may have played their last show in 1992 and made their final recording in 2000, it’s tricky to define their cessation. Along with the music they made and the shows that they played, Beat Happening created a connectivity that is still completely present.
TRACK LISTING
LP1 + 2: ‘Beat Happening’
Foggy Eyes
Bad Seeds
I Let Him Get To Me
I Spy
Run Down The Stairs
In Love With You Thing
I Love You
Down At The Sea
Our Secret
What’s Important
Fourteen Bad Seeds (live)
Run Down The Stairs
In My Memory
Honey Pot
The Fall
Youth
Don’t Mix The Colors
Christmas
Fourteen
Let’s Kiss
1, 2, 3
Look Around
I Love You (demo)
LP3: ‘Jamboree’
Bewitched
In Between
Indian Summer Hangman
Jamboree
Ask Me
Crashing Through Cat Walk
Drive Car Girl
Midnight A Go-Go
The This Many Friends Club
LP4: ‘Black Candy’
Other Sid
Black Candy
Knick Knack
Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive
Gravedigger Blues
Cast A Shadow
Bonfire
T.V. Girl
Playhouse
Ponytail
LP5: ‘Dreamy’
Me Untamed
Left Behind Hot Chocolate Boy
I’ve Lost You Cry For A Shadow
Collide Nancy Sin
Fortune Cookie Prize
Revolution Come And Gone
Red Head Walking
LP6: ‘You Turn Me On’
Tiger Trap
Noise
Pinebox Derby
Teenage Caveman
Sleepy Head
You Turn Me On
Godsend
Hey Day
Bury The Hammer
LP7: ‘Music To Climb The Apple Tree By’
Angel Gone
Nancy Sin
Sea Hunt
Look Around
Not A Care In The World
Dreamy
That Girl
Secret Picnic Spot
Zombie Limbo Time
Foggy Eyes
Knock On Any Door
Sea Babies
Tales Of Brave Aphrodite
Polly Pereguinn
I Dig You