A Little Nonsense (Now and Then)

A Little Nonsense: Now and Then is a 3-CD boxed set by the progressive rock band echolyn. Most notably, the set includes newly mastered versions of their long-out-of-print debut album, echolyn and EP, And Every Blossom. The masters had previously been locked away in the vaults at Epic Records/Sony Music, but were graciously returned to the band in 2000 by Michael Caplan, the A&R guy that originally signed echolyn to Sony 550 in 1994. The set also includes a newly mastered version of When the Sweet Turns Sour, the band's thought-to-be swan song of demos and live tracks from 1996. The third disc digs deep into the echolyn archives to feature an early song called "The Edge of Wonder (Erad-glitch)" from the band's demo cassette, "The Art of Group Earwax Mining" from 1989. The remainder of disc 3 features several songs from Cowboy Poems Free recorded live in the studio prior to the album's release as a demo for then-Inside Out Music executive, Jim Pitulski, as well as re-recordings of four echolyn "classics."

A Little Nonsense: Now and Then
Compilation album by
echolyn
Released2002
Recorded1989-2000
GenreProgressive rock
LabelVelveteen Records
ProducerEcholyn
Echolyn chronology
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(2002)		 A Little Nonsense: Now and Then
(2002)		 The End is Beautiful
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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ProgArchives[1]

Track listing
Disc 1 - Chapter 1: Debut
No.TitleLength
1."The Fountainhead (a. Dominique, b. Howard Roark, c. The Banner)"2:57
2."The Great Men"8:31
3."On Any Given Night"5:02
4."Carpe Diem"5:08
5."Shades"11:08
6."Clumps of Dirt"4:24
7."Peace in Time"6:41
8."Meaning and the Moment"7:21
9."Breath of Fresh Air"3:39
10."Until It Rains"5:18
11."The Velveteen Rabbit"7:31


Disc 2 - Chapters 2 & 3: "And Every Blossom" and "When the Sweet Turns Sour"
No.TitleLength
1."Bright Sides"3:04
2."Ballet for a Marsh"4:30
3."Lunch in the Sun"3:53
4."Blue and Sand"4:25
5."100 Diversions"7:10
6."Another Day"3:29
7."When the Sour Turns to Sweet" (original version by Genesis)4:59
8."Meaning and the Moment" (original version on echolyn)4:49
9."The Currents of Me"7:25
10."Patchwork"3:31
11."This Time Alone"9:09
12."A Little Nonsense (live at ProgDay '95)" (original version on Suffocating the Bloom)7:07
13."As the World (live at ProgDay '95)" (original version on As the World)6:56


Disc 3 - Chapters 4-6: The Edge of Wonder, Live Cowboy and New Versions
No.TitleLength
1."The Edge of Wonder (Erad-glitch)" (from the demo cassette "The Art of Group Earwax Mining")4:09
2."Texas Dust (live)" (recorded live in the studio 1999, original version on Cowboy Poems Free)5:34
3."Swingin' the Axe (live)" (recorded live in the studio 1999, original version on Cowboy Poems Free)3:21
4."Gray Flannel Suit (live)" (recorded live in the studio 1999, original version on Cowboy Poems Free)5:09
5."As the World 2000" (original version on As the World)4:36
6."Suffocating the Bloom 2000" (original version on Suffocating the Bloom)4:18
7."Carpe Diem 2000" (original version on echolyn)6:03
8."Shades 2000" (original version on echolyn)14:34

Personnel
Band Members
Guests Musicians
  • Katharine Shenk - violin (disc 1, tracks 1, 11)
  • Kimberly Shenk - cello (disc 1, tracks 1, 11)
  • Brian Buzby - alto saxophone (disc 1, track 10)
  • Nancy Sheehan - cello (disc 2, track 1)
  • Jeffery Myers - violin (disc 2, track 1)
  • Dainis Roman - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (disc 2, tracks 1, 3)
  • Evan Jachnowitz - alto saxophone (disc 2, track 3)
  • Dorothy Cooper - trumpet (disc 2, track 3)
  • Alex Kahn - trombone (disc 2, track 3)

Credits
  • Disc 1 - Mastered at Sony Studios 2000. Thanks to Michael Caplan.
  • Disc 2 - Mixed and mastered by Brett Kull at Farmhouse Studios 2002, except tracks 11 and 12. Tracks 11 and 12 mixed by Brett Kull and Chris Buzby.
  • Disc 3 - Mixed and mastered by Brett Kull at Farmhouse Studios 2002.
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References
  1. "ProgArchives (A Little Nonsense: Now and Then)". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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