The First Session
The First Session is an EP from the American alternative rock band Hole, released in 1997 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. It collects the whole of the band's first studio session, recorded on 17 March 1990, so it captures Hole at the very start, before anything had been pressed to an album.
It arrived with a twenty-page booklet about the group's early career, leading up to their debut album, Pretty on the Inside, in 1991. That makes it a handy companion for anyone tracing how the band began, well before Live Through This and Celebrity Skin. It was also Hole's last release for Sympathy for the Record Industry.
The First Session: tracklist and credits
4 tracks · 12:56Tracklist
- 1Retard Girl4:48
- 2Phonebill Song1:48
- 3Turpentine4:02
- 4Johnnie's in the Bathroom2:18
- Produced by
- Hole, James Moreland, Eric Erlandson
- Recorded at
- Rudy's Rising Star (Los Angeles)
- Recorded
- 17 March 1990
- Label
- Sympathy for the Record Industry
- Length
- 12:56
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1995, 1997)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 August 1997 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 26 August 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 1995 | |
| US release | 26 August 1997 | earliest US date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1997 | XW | Sympathy for the Record Industry | 790168301162 | original |
| 26 August 1997 | US | Sympathy for the Record Industry | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |