People In Stores, 5/29/1981. Digital
Scope and Contents
People in Stores (aka PiS) was a Boston-based band from the formative post-punk era of the early 80s. The band performed in the Boston area and elsewhere in New England from 1979-1983. PiS had a uniquely strange and intellectual approach to the crafting of a pop song. Band members were co-founders with other Boston bands of Propeller - the artist-run collective record label. The band recorded a single, an EP and contributed to the Propeller Records compilation tape during its recording days.
Live performance recorded at Jonathan Swift’s in Harvard Square in Cambridge on Friday 29 May 1981, performing with Mission of Burma.
David Drucker - guitar, vocals ; Karen Gickas - drums, vocals ; Ken Travers - guitar, vocals ; Sev Coursen - alto sax, percussion ; Justin Burrill (Wild Stares) - guest bass.
Dates
- Creation: 5/29/1981.
Conditions Governing Access
The Freedman audio collection is largely inaccessible due to ongoing preservation work. However, digital access copies of some tapes are available; please contact the Loeb Music Library for questions about access.
Extent
1 audiocassettesGeneral note
Side 1 (Note: Previously recorded content can be heard in the first few seconds of the recording):
00:18-02:08 - Don’t Really Lie (Travers) vocals: David Drucker
02:48-06:28 - 54-81 (Gickas) vocals: Karen Gickas
06:35-09:00 - White Funk (Drucker) vocals: David Drucker
09:20-11:30 - Peeping Tom (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers
12:05-15:40 - I Turned You In (Drucker) vocals: Karen Gickas
16:05-19:35 - Factory (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers, David Drucker
20:20-23:45 - Let’s be Creative (M. Cudahy) vocals: David Drucker, Karen Gickas
23:45-25:20 - long break / tune up
25:20-27:25 - Metaphor (Drucker) vocals: David Drucker
27:35-30:10 - Live in A Dream (Travers) vocals: Karen Gickas
30:20-33:00 - Cheap Detective (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers
33:00-33:20 - End of first set - ambient crowd noise
33:21 - Previously recorded content on tape
General note
Side 2:
00:45-02:38 - She Shakes Me (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers
02:43-04:52 - War at Home (Drucker) vocals: David Drucker
04:57-09:04 - In Reverse (Travers) vocals: Karen Gickas
09:17-11:28 - Vacation (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers
11:34-15:45 - Cat and Mouse (Travers) vocals: Karen Gickas
15:50-18:25 - Science to You (Drucker) vocals: David Drucker, Ken Travers
19:00-22:38 - Factory (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers, David Drucker
22:54-25:18 - Mannequin (Travers) vocals: Karen Gickas
25:37-27:38 - Metaphor (Drucker) vocals: David Drucker, Ken Travers, Karen Gickas
27:35-30:10 - 54-81 (Gickas) vocals: Karen Gickas
32:00-35:05 - Cheap Detective (Travers) vocals: Ken Travers
Repository Details
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