This was incredibly time-consuming but
here is everything in one place rather than aging in a basement. Cassettes don’t “hold up” very well but they’ve been all transferred to cdr’s and the results are nothing short of an aural history of the band. RJP: “I couldn’t remember half this stuff. It was like going through the baby pictures.” All the regular cd’s are approximately 80 minutes long but it’s available in mp4/AAC (iTunes format) form on dvd-r for those interested or in one cd form below.
a series of letdowns:
THE BOXED SET (2005)
Listen to excepts on downloads page
Contains every 3RDegree recording that isn’t “officially” released. Every basement jam, every incarnation of a song, rough mixes with original vocals or instruments, cover songs, radio interviews, radio commercials that aired in music stores and on Q 104.3, never heard material from the Robert James/Rob Durham/Jeff Cascone period, Unreal material dating back to 1988 and more.
All in all:
12 cd’s of studio & basement recordings
1 cd of 2 whole concerts
2 cd’s “at the piano”
1 cd of 2 interviews
