Scat Records to Reissue Guided by Voices' Early Albums

Guided by Voices did not become indie It Boys until they released the critical favorite Bee Thousand in 1994, but the kings of lo-fi pop had been making great albums since their earliest days in the late eighties. For a long time, the only way to get those albums was in the Box CD box set that has been out of print for quite some time. 

That is about to change as Scat Records is releasing GBV's pre-Bee Thousand albums on multiple formats. The label had already rereleased 1933's Vampire on Titus last summer. Next month will see the release of the eclectic Propeller on vinyl, CD, and cassette for those who were always disappointed that Guided by Voices' albums don't sound quite shitty enough. 

After getting those two albums that immediately precede Bee Thousand out of the way, Scat will wind way back to the beginning and reissue GBV's LP debut, Devil Between My Toes, "in early summer-ish" according to the label's website. The site promises the rest of those early LPs (Sandbox, Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia, and the spectacularly underrated Same Place the Fly Got Smashed) "over the next two years." Hopefully that will also include the R.E.M.-by-any-other-name mini-album Forever Since Breakfast.