The Get Up Kids / Braid

"Post Marked Stamps No. 4" is a split EP between Kansas City, Missouri band The Get Up Kids and Chicago, Illinois group Braid. The album is the fourth in the "Post Marked Stamps" series, a set of nine split EPs between various bands put out by Tree Records in 1997. There were 2 different pressings of the album; One distributed in the United States, and another sold in Europe during the band's joint European tour.[1] Each song was recorded separately, with "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" recorded at Red House Studios in Eudora, Kansas, and "Forever Got Shorter" recorded at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois. The set included a sealed envelope that contained three postcards; One postcard for each song, including recording information and lyrics, and a third featuring poetry by Vigue Martin.

Post Marked Stamps No. 4
EP (Split EP) by
The Get Up Kids/Braid
ReleasedSeptember, 1997
RecordedRed House Studios, Eudora Kansas
Private Studios, Urbana Illinois
GenreEmo, indie rock
Length5:29
LabelTree
ProducerEd Rose, Brendan Gamble
The Get Up Kids chronology
Woodson
(1997)		 Post Marked Stamps No. 4
(1997)		 Four Minute Mile
(1997)
Braid chronology
Niagara
(1996)		 Post Marked Stamps No. 4
(1997)		 First Day Back
(1997)
Alternative cover
Alternative cover for the European version of the album

Track listing
Side A - The Get Up Kids
No.TitleLength
1."I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel"2:55
Side B - Braid
No.TitleLength
1."Forever Got Shorter"3:34

Additional releases
  • The Get Up Kids re-released this version of "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" on their B-Sides collection Eudora, however, for unknown reasons cut out some of the opening drums. They also re-recorded the song for their second full-length studio album Something to Write Home About.
  • Braid re-released "Forever Got Shorter" on the "Movie Music, Vol. 1" collection. The song is also included on their live album "Lucky to Be Alive".
  • Tree Records released the entire Post Marked Stamps series on Compact Disc in 1999.[2]

Personnel

The Get Up Kids

Braid

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References
  1. "Post Marked Stamps #4 | Braid, The Get Up Kids". Dead Format. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. "Beyond Failure: Tree Records Post-Marked Stamps Singles". Beyondfailure.blogspot.com. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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