Purple Tape

Purple Tape is an album by Lisa Loeb, self-released in 1992 on audio cassette only, used to pitch her to record companies. The record features mostly Loeb's voice accompanied by a guitar. Loeb would later include and re-record the majority of these songs on her later albums Tails and Firecracker.

This article is about the Lisa Loeb album. For the Raekwon album, see Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... For the Pixies album, see Pixies (EP).

Purple Tape
Demo album by Lisa Loeb
Released	1992, 2008
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	Alternative pop, rock
Length	32:43
Label	Self-released
Producer	Juan Patino
Lisa Loeb chronology
Purple Tape (1992) Tails (1995)

While some songs of the album were later released as b-sides on some of Loeb's singles, the album did not see its CD release until January 22, 2008, when it was released as a 2-CD including an extensive interview with Loeb about the album.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Lisa Loeb.

1. "Snow Day"
2. "Train Songs"
3. "Hurricane"
4. "Come Back Home"
5. "It's Over"
6. "This"
7. "Days Were Different"
8. "Guessing Game"
9. "Do You Sleep"
10. "Airplanes"

Interview disc (CD version only)

In depth interview with Lisa Loeb by Andy Denemark

1. The Purple Tape: Introduction & History
2. Early Days in NYC
3. Liz and Lisa
4. Why The People Tape?
5. Gigging in NYC
6. Nine Stories
7. Marketing & the Music Business
8. Recording The Purple Tape
9. The Purple Tape Artwork
10. Songwriting
11. "Snow Day"
12. "Train Songs"
13. "Hurricane"
14. "Come Back Home"
15. "It's Over"
16. "This"
17. "Days Were Different"
18. "Guessing Game"
19. "Do You Sleep"
20. "Airplanes"
21. Bringing the past to the present
22. Live In-Studio "Snow Day"
23. Acoustic "Stay (I Missed You)"

References

1. "Lisa Loeb to release The Purple Tape 2-disc set January 22 | pegasusnews.com | Dallas / Fort Worth". Pegasusnews.com. 2007-12-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-04.