Researched and compiled by Bruce Russell (Dead C) The 
3Ds - Early Recordings 1989-90 is exactly that. A selection of
tracks from the Dunedin bands formative years. 

The compilation features seven previously unreleased demo 
tracks, alongside digitally re-mastered versions of the bands 
first two EPs - Fish Tails (1990) and Swarthy Songs For 
Swabs (1991). 

The compilation also includes a 16 page booklet with liner notes 
written by Bruce Russell detailing the history of the band. 
Having re-released The 3Ds three albums - Hellzapoppin 
(1992), The Venus Trail (1993) and Strange News From The 
Angels (1996) - last year, Early Recordings show how this 
melodically noisy outfit, that went on to influence the likes of 
Superchunk and Pavement, all began