Transmissions to Horace

Transmissions to Horace
Released	1993

Transmissions to Horace is The Mountain Goats's third released cassette. It was released in 1993 under the label Sonic Enemy. It was re-released in the compilation album Bitter Melon Farm.

Tracks

Side 1

1. "Going to Cleveland"
2. "Early Spring"
3. "Historiography"
4. "No, I Can't"
5. "Alpha Desperation March"
6. "Going to Monaco"

Side 2

1. "Star Dusting"
2. "Teenage World"
3. "Going to Santiago"
4. "Sail On" (Lionel Richie)

"Extra Tracks"

• On September 13, 2013, user "SteveBell" posted information on the Mountain-Goats.com forums about (and later uploaded to Archive.org) bonus tracks on his copy of Transmissions to Horace. All of the songs appear to be performed by The Extra Glenns, and according to John Darnielle they were recorded very early in his career, possibly even before Taboo VI: The Homecoming, the first Mountain Goats cassette.

1. "Sure" (from Sidereal Rest)
2. "Greasepaint Friday" (Unreleased)
3. "The Moon" (Unreleased)
4. "(Untitled - Sliding Down the Right Pathway)" (Unreleased)
5. "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen cover, live)
6. "Infidelity" (live)
7. "Rockin' Rockin' Twilight of the Gods" (live)

Overdubbed Copies

• On September 10, 2022 user "DenvereSports" posted a thread to /r/theMountainGoats detailing a copy of Transmissions to Horace which was dubbed over a copy of "Straight from the Heart" by The Gap Band. This was later uploaded to Archive.org. The reasoning behind this overdubbing is unclear, although some have speculated that Darnielle likely just ran out of blank tapes.

References

Bitter Melon Farm
Singles/EPs: Songs for Petronius • Songs for Peter Hughes Tapes: Transmissions to Horace Compilations: • I Like Walt • You and What Army? • Howl!...A Farewell Compilation of Unreleased Songs • In Release City • I Present This • The Wheel Method • Dog So Large I Cannot See Past It • Those Pre-Phylloxera Years