Altered Zones

Between Emeralds' Does It Look Like I'm Here and Mark McGuire's Living With Yourself, 2010 was quite a prolific year for the Cleveland trio. But the band have no shortage of tricks up their sleeves, from synth player John Elliot's new Spectrum Spools label to a recent Outer Space tour, and now, a double LP retrospective from guitarist Mark McGuire. Faithful to its name, A Young Person's Guide compiles the best of McGuire's solo material from 2007-2010, handpicked from impossible-to-find cassettes and CD-Rs like Patterns of Development and A Pocket Full of Rain, originally issued in runs as low as 60 copies. --Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones

MP3: Mark McGuire: "Brain Storm (For Erin)"

A Young Person's Guide is out May 10th on Editions Mego. Complete liner notes after the jump.

DISC ONE
1. DREAM TEAM 17:18
From the 2008 CDR "DREAM TEAM" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 2 editions of 75 copies
2. THE MARFA LIGHTS 9:10
From the 2009 2xCS & CDR "A POCKET FULL OF RAIN" on PIZZA NIGHT & WAGON
CS art by Sam Goldberg, CDR art by Mark McGuire, limited to 130 CS's & 200 CDR's
3. CLAGUE WOODS 1:46
From the 2007 CDR "PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 75 copies
4. SLIPSTREAMS 1:22
From the 2007 CDR "PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 75 copies
5. STRANGER THAN PARADISE 4:56
From the 2009 business card CDR "STRANGER THAN PARADISE" on EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A RECORD LABEL, SO WHY
CAN'T I?
Art by Ryan Kuehn, limited to 99 copies
6. FLIGHT 6:44
From the 2007 CDR "PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT"
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 75 copies
7. GHOSTS AROUND A TREE 11:45
From the 2007 CDR "PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT"
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 75 copies
8. THE PATH LINED WITH COLORFUL STONES 9:45
From the 2008 2xCS & CDR "LIGHT MOVEMENT" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 100 CS's & 100 CDR's
9. THE WIND ON THE WINDING ROAD, PT II
From the 2008 CS & 2009 CDR "OPEN CHORDS" on PIZZA NIGHT & HIGH SPIRITS
Art by Sam Goldberg, limited to 150 copies

DISC TWO
1. RADIO FLYER 10:38
From the 2009 2xCS & CDR "A POCKET FULL OF RAIN" on PIZZA NIGHT & WAGON
CS art by Sam Goldberg, CDR art by Mark Mcguire, limited to 130 CS's & 200 CDR's
2. ICY WINDOWS 9:05
From the 2010 CS "BETWEEN FAMILY" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 150 copies
3. THE LONESOME FOGHORN BLOWS 1:56From the 2009 2xCS & CDR "A POCKET FULL OF RAIN" on PIZZA NIGHT & WAGON
CS art by Sam Goldberg, CDR art by Mark McGuire, limited to 130 CS's & 200 CDR's
4. TIME IS FLYING 9:57
From the 2010 CS "TOUR SPLIT W/SAM GOLDBERG" on PIZZA WAGON
Art by Sam Goldberg, limited to 150 copies
5. SUN SHINING THROUGH THE OPEN BARN DOOR 2:54
From the 2009 2xCS & CDR "A POCKET FULL OF RAIN" on PIZZA NIGHT & WAGON
CS art by Sam Goldberg, CDR art by Mark McGuire, limited to 130 CS's & 200 CDR's
6. EXPLOSION ALARM 1:28
From the 2009 CDR "LOSING SLEEP" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 60 copies
7. SICK CHEMISTRY 4:22
From the 2009 2xCS & CDR "A POCKET FULL OF RAIN" on PIZZA NIGHT & WAGON
CS art by Sam Goldberg, CDR art by Mark McGuire, limited to 130 CS's & 200 CDR's
8. SKIES 9:34
From the 2008 2xCS & CDR "LIGHT MOVEMENT" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 100 CS's & 100 CDR's
9. OVER THE WATER 3:54
From the 2010 CS "BETWEEN FAMILY" on WAGON
Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 150 copies
10. THE INVISIBLE WORLD 7:37
FROM THE 2010 CS "THE INVISIBLE WORLD" on CYLINDRICAL HABITAT MODULES
Art by Julian Gulyas, limited to 100
11. INSIDE WHERE IT'S WARM 13:26
FROM THE 2010 CDR "THINGS FALL APART" on WAGON

Art by Mark McGuire, limited to 150 copies
ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, TAPES, AND GUITAR-SYNTHESIZER
PERFORMED AND RECORDED BY MARK MCGUIRE 2007-2010.
Compiled by Mark McGuire and Peter Rehberg
Mastered at Piethopraxis, Köln, January 2011
Photos by Mark McGuire.
Layout by Stephen O'Malley