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| Listen | Track Name | Length |
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| 1. |  |
When I Say Cohen
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3:12 |
| 2. | |
Collections
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4:19 |
| 3. | |
A Face I Know
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3:43 |
| 4. | |
Making Love In Summertime
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4:43 |
| 5. | |
Gay Peace
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2:41 |
| 6. | |
Whole of the Law
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4:58 |
| 7. | |
Age of Metals
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3:13 |
| 8. | |
A Will In Firm Fashion
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5:23 |
| 9. | |
Patron Saint of the Mediocre
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7:16 |
| 10. | |
A Coming Age
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4:06 |
About Parasol Records
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois-based Parasol Records and associated labels, Mud, Spur, Hidden Agenda and Reaction Recordings were a natural outgrowth of Parasol Mail Order, which opened its mailbox in 1991. Owner Geoff Merritt began Parasol Records by releasing his friends CDs and 7" singles including early guitar-driven titles from Velvet Crush & Three Hour Tour.
When Merritt wanted to document the post-Nirvana Urbana-Champaign music scene of the early-mid 1990s, he created the Mud Records imprint for more rock-oriented titles. Early Mud singles from Hum and Hardvark pre-date those bands' respective major label experiences, and more recently Mud has released CDs from highly touted indie-rock bands Braid, Sarge and Absinthe Blind.
In 1997, another label, Hidden Agenda, was added to the roster. Posies/R.E.M. member Ken Stringfellow released his first solo CD This Sounds Like Goodbye on Hidden Agenda, and since then Hidden Agenda has released 50+ titles including CDs by Bettie Serveert, Club 8 and the Grammy Award nominated The Soundtrack Of Our Lives.
Still, Parasol may be best known for releasing a 4-song CD single in 1996 by then unknown band White Town. The BBC picked up on that EP's lead track, "Your Woman," and the band was signed to EMI for the world and had a #1 hit in seven countries.
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