DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST IN THE SUN

'''Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun''' is an album by Colorfinger, released in 1990 on Shindig Records.
The album started out as a solo album for future Everclear singer Art Alexakis. Before the album was complete, he produced a handful of cassette copies with the same title under the name Alexakis for distribution at the Gavin Convention. The differences between the Alexakis version and the Colorfinger version is that Alexakis' does not include "Separation" but does include "The Not So Easy Hoe (Fun With The Gay Bar Song)", which has not appeared anywhere else. Also, the Alexakis version included rough mixes of all of the songs.
When the album was nearly finished, Art formed a band with several of the musicians who worked on the album under the name Colorfinger. (Colorfinger drummer Eric Neves did not play on the album.) They decided to release the record under the band's name rather than as an Art Alexakis solo album. The album was issued on Art's own Shindig Records.
The label produced 1000 copies of the CD, most of which were given out as promos to radio stations and music media. By the time the band embarked on a US tour in support of the album, they had completely run out of copies on CD. (Cassette copies were still readily available.)
Eventually, Shindig's distributor Rough Trade went bankrupt, and the label followed, taking the album out of print. As Everclear found its success, CD copies were auctioned for as much as $200 on Ebay.
In recent years, Alexakis discussed the possibility of re-releasing the album. He apparently remixed the original recordings in 2002 with the intention of releasing them on his new label, Popularity Recordings. However, the album was not re-issued, and Popularity has since dissolved.
One interesting note about the band is that although the drummer on this album was Keith Owings, he was never officially a Colorfinger member. Since Colorfinger didn't officially form until the record was recorded, Eric Neves was the only official drummer.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Track listing

#"Kill the Sun"
#"Anita Sonic Love"
#"Eleanor Young"
#"Carolea"
#"Culver Palms (or Why I Don't Believe in God)"
#"13 Years"
#"Separation"
#
★ Only appears on the Colorfinger version
#"The Color Pit"
#"Chucklehead's Laments"
#"Static"
#"The Not So Easy Hoe (Fun With The Gay Bar Song)"
#
★ Only appears on the Alexakis version
#"? (The Gay Bar Song)"
#"Kill Jerry Garcia"

Personnel

★ Art Alexakis: Vocals, Guitar

★ Karl Maruyama: Guitar, Vocals, 2nd Engineer

★ Buz Deadwax (aka Buz Rico): Bass Guitar

★ Keith Owings: Drums

★ Damian Rasmussen: Backing Vocals, Associate Producer

★ Larry Tracy: Pedal Steel

★ Jeff Davis: Backing Vocals

★ Liza James: Backing Vocals

★ Kevin Army: Backing Vocals, Tracking Engineer