Length of Growth 1981-89 (vol. 2)

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	1.	Letter To a Fanzine 03:31
	2.	Hall of Shame 01:52
	3.	Hamburger Boy 02:26
	4.	Origin of My Silly Grin 03:33
	5.	Fool That Set It Off 03:23
	6.	Animated Innocence 02:11
	7.	Time To Name The Dog 02:58
	8.	Fertile Crescent 04:13
	9.	Duet Between Buyer And Seller 01:42
	10.	Real Bad 02:34
	11.	Martin Luther King And Martin Luther Drinking 02:43
	12.	End of the Seventies 02:06
	13.	Appetite 03:22
	14.	Physical Fact 01:56
	15.	The Wind Blows, The Law Breaks 04:32
	16.	Authentic 01:43
	17.	Alfalfa Omega 03:14
	18.	Day Old 03:01
	19.	So Far 02:31
	20.	Directions To The Party 01:56
	21.	Before We Stopped To Think 03:20
	22.	Violent Gesture 02:27
	23.	Visual Artist 02:29
	24.	Long And Slow Decline 02:29
	25.	Exercise 01:50
	26.	Same Moon 03:00
	27.	Standing At The Crosswords 02:40

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All songs by Ron House/Great Plains. All tracks originally appeared on earlier 12” and 7” vinyl releases: 1983’s “Mark, Don & Mel” EP (New Age 005); 1984’s “Born in a Barn” LP (Homestead 004); 1986’s “Naked at the Buy, Sell, and Trade” LP (Homestead 048) and “Dick Clark” 7” single (Shadowline 0386, NL); 1987’s “Before We Stop to Think” EP (Shadowline 0387, NL); 1988’s “Sum Things Up” LP (Homestead 093-1); and 1989’s “Exercise” 7” single (Homestead 129-7). “Letter to a Fanzine” appeared on Homestead’s 1986 “Wailing Ultimate” compilation, and “Standing at the Crosswords” appeared on 1988’s “Human Music” compilation.

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released August 5, 2020

Ron House, vox, guitars; Matt Wyatt, guitar, vox; Mark Wyatt, keyboards, vox; Dave Green, drums -- with Hank O'Hare, bass; Mike Hummel, bass; Paul Nini, bass; Bill Bruner, bass; Jim Castoe, drums.

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Great Plains Columbus, Ohio

Great Plains were a ‘seminal’ 1980s Columbus, Ohio band whose releases appeared on the New Age (US), Homestead (US), Demon (UK), Acid Tapes (UK), and Shadowline (NL) labels. Their expanded catalog has been released digitally by the Old 3C Label Group.

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