Powderfinger (EP)

Infobox Album
Name = Powderfinger
Type = EP
Artist = Powderfinger


Released = flagicon|Australia April 1, 1993
Recorded = February 1993
Broken Toys Studios, Brisbane
Genre = Rock
Reviews =
Length = 22:43
Label =
Producer = Leroy Bath, Ian Taylor and Powderfinger
Last album = —
This album = "Powderfinger" (1993)
Next album = "Transfusion" (1993)

"Powderfinger" is the eponymous first studio recording by Australian rock group Powderfinger. Many refer to it as "The Blue EP". It was released in 1993 and garnered the attention of some rock fans and more so gained the attention of Polydor record executives who, through this EP, signed the band. By the time the band were signed, they had just finished recording the follow-up EP "Transfusion", which was the first work released on the Polydor label. "Powderfinger" contains the first version of "Save Your Skin", a song that would be re-recorded at almost twice the length for their debut album the following year and be released as the third and final single accompanying it.

Background

Following three years of playing locally throughout Brisbane and South-East Queensland, Powderfinger decided to record some of the songs they had written. The recorded these songs in February 1993 and released it only four weeks after completing recording on 1 April, 1993. Not expecting a high amount of exposure, the group only had 1500 copies of the album manufactured. Six months after the EP's release, the group re-entered the studio and recorded their follow-up EP "Transfusion", which proved more successful and the group's success continued. As time passed, it became more difficult to acquire a copy of the EP as the group's fame increased. As of 2008, few copies of the EP are sold, though those that are sold have earned in excess of $400 (AUD) at times. [cite web|url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002989/Powderfinger.html|title=Powderfinger Biography|author=Christina Fuoco|date=2001-05-29|accessdate=2007-10-21|publisher=musicianguide.com]

Track listing

All music written by Bernard Fanning, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton and Jon Coghill. Lyrics by Fanning, Collins, Haug, Middleton and Coghill, except "Take a Light", written by Fanning and Haug.
# "Take a Light" – 3:48
# "Sacrifice (Blackjack)" – 3:15
# "Freedom" – 4:00
# "If I Tried" – 3:27
# "Save Your Skin" – 1:50
# "Lighten My Load" – 3:05
# "It's No Crime" – 3:28

Personnel

Powderfinger

*Bernard Fanning - Acoustic guitar, lead vocals, blues harp, tambourine and pianocite web|url=http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=724|publisher=Australian Council for the Arts|title=Powderfinger (Blue EP)|accessdate=2007-10-21|work=Australian Music Online]
*John Collins - Bass guitar
*Ian Haug - Lead and rhythm guitars and backing vocals
*Darren Middleton - Lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar and backing vocals
*Jon Coghill - Drums and percussion

Additional musicians

*Anne Deller - Backing vocals
*Lachlan Dolie - Keys

Production

;Recorded at Broken Toys Studios, Brisbane
*Produced by Leroy Bath and Ian Taylor
*Co-produced by Powderfinger ( [sic] "with general spanners thrown in by the band")
*Executive producers: Mr & Mrs Middleton, Geoff Viner, Paul Piticco and Powderfinger

Artwork

*Design and art by Powderfinger
*Art Direction by John Collins
*Graphics by Seneca Studios Australia
*Photography by Ian Waldie

Notes