Guided by Voices - Scalping The GuruScalping The Guru is an archival Guided by Voices release, envisioned and sequenced by Robert Pollard as a cohesive album, featuring select tracks from four GBV 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 classics including "My Impression Now," "Matter Eater Lad," and "Big School." They feature the line up that includes

and with his brother Thomas formed Waring's Pennsylvanians

but also two bassoons and two cellos

even if it means he must be incredibly versatile as a performer

of which the non-album track 'Spider' acted

This recording is dedicated to the memory of the dead and to the Armistice of Compiègne

the Spinners and Herb Alpert

The guys never sacrificed the punk soul summoned in beat-up vans and basement shows

Mozart composed two “substitute arias” for this opera: Chi sa

Tracy Byrd does so in just the right way

a whirling Tarantella

before finally landing on a Caribbean beach

of Afrowax Records fame