THE COMPLETE AT THE DRIVE IN/MARS VOLTA/SPARTA WAVE

sneed · Post by **sneed** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:43 am

Taken from MP3X for the board's listening enjoyment:

This is basically every major At The Drive In/Sparta/Mars Volta release...I'm missing only "Hell Paso" which is three songs and is the first thing they ever released, and Austere from Sparta which is just an EP of 3 shittier sounding songs that ended up on Wiretap Scars anyway...Notice the DVD video I ripped from their new Anthology cd/dvd...It took me over 12 hours of work to write this and upload everything...

What would I suggest someone who's NEVER heard At the Drive In? Start with Relationship of Command and work backwards...regardless, theres enough shit here to keep you busy if you're a fan or just curious, enjoy.

Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (124 kbps/June 1995)

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http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2BJ8SCN3ZB3Z41MZOM5X1DFWTB

Tracklisting:
1. Bradley Smith
2. Instigate the Role
3. Ludvico Drive-In
4. Circuit Scene

Acrobatic Tenament (198kbps/Feb 1996)

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http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2TQMXSO8XMXVP0QWFOHXK4I0UJ

Tracklisting:

1. Star Slight
2. Schaffino
3. Ebroglio
4. Initiation
5. Communication Drive-In
6. Skips on the Record
7. Paid Vacation Time
8. Ticklish
9. Blue Tag
10. Coating of Arms
11. Porfirio Diaz

EL GRAN ORGO (198kbps/Sept 1997)

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http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RKEBCJ791GG70RCPWOZ3YIGW2

At the Drive-In's El Gran Orgo EP fuses punk, hardcore, and emo on tracks like "Honest to a Fault" and "Give It a Name." The EP's original pressing sold out in three days, a testament to At the Drive-In's underground popularity. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracklisting:

1 Give It a Name (2:36)
2 Honest to a Fault (1:29)
3 Winter Month Novelty (3:40)
4 Fahrenheit (2:23)
5 Picket Fence Cartel (2:25)
6 Speechless (2:30)

barknee · Post by **barknee** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:20 pm

muchos props cable, that early shit is much appreciated... ATDI are still one of the most overrated bands in recent history though.

sneed · Post by **sneed** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:36 pm

barknee wrote:muchos props cable, that early shit is much appreciated... ATDI are still one of the most overrated bands in recent history though.

I disagree on overrated...

it's taken me over 4 years for just relationship of command to sink in, and when it did, it unfolded into something else...that album is just amazing...

peep napoleon solo, that song is

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:03 pm

Mad props on this. Sparta released a live EP as part of an Mountain Dew campaign and that jammed too.

sneed · Post by **sneed** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:11 am

blessingindisguise wrote:Mad props on this. Sparta released a live EP as part of an Mountain Dew campaign and that jammed too.

really? never heard of this, but from what I'm told, Sparta is THE worst live band ever, so a live cd isn't something I'd listen to, espc by them and considering I don't like live albums...

cynosure · Post by **cynosure** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:05 pm

atdi was crazy, relationship of command was in constant rotation for a while.

then i heard about the mars volta, and these guys are becoming one of my favourite bands of all time.

sparta on the otherhand, i don't really care for.