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Albums Of The Week: Guided by Voices | Scalping the Guru

Revisit the beloved Ohio indie-rock icons' scrappy four-track garage days with this superb compilation of hard-to-find rarites from a quartet of early ’90s EP releases.

THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:Scalping The Guru is an archival Guided By Voices release envisioned and sequenced by Robert Pollard as a cohesive album, featuring select tracks from four EPs released in 1993-1994 by Domino, City Slang, Siltbreeze and Engine Records. These hard-to-find records are essential for fans of Vampire On Titus and Bee Thousand, with GBV classics including My Impression Now, Matter Eater Lad and Big School.

On Scalping The Guru, Guided By Voices were Robert Pollard with Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Jim Pollard, Dan Toohey, Greg Demos and Larry Keller. These songs were recorded on four-track cassette by Tobin Sprout. Some songs were lovingly fucked with by Mike Hummel.”