Six Pence for the Sauces explained

Six Pence for the Sauces
Type:	EP
Artist:	Drake Tungsten
Cover:	DrakeTungsten_SixPence.jpg
Released:	1996
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	11:44
Label:	Peek-A-Boo Records
Producer:	Britt Daniel
Prev Title:	Clocking Out Is For Suckers
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Upon Further Consideration
Next Year:	1998

Six Pence for the Sauces was the second and last record released by Drake Tungsten. The five-song EP included two future Spoon tracks, as well as a Pixies cover. 1996 marked the end of Drake Tungsten, as well as the birth of Spoon - the musical group that Britt Daniel has performed with post-Tungsten.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Do the Manta Ray" - 2:12
2. "Cool It You Need" - 3:52
3. "Chicago at Night" - 3:17
4. "He Was Soon To Undergo an Experience for which his Long Training as an Aristocrat, a Gentleman, and an Officer Had Scarcely Prepared Him" - 1:09
5. "I Could Be Underground" - 1:14

Notes

• "Do the Manta Ray" is an instrumental Pixies cover of "Dancing the Manta Ray", which appears as a B-side on the "Monkey Gone To Heaven" single.
• "Chicago at Night" was later re-recorded and re-released on Spoon's third LP, Girls Can Tell.
• "I Could Be Underground" was later re-recorded and re-released on Spoon's 30 Gallon Tank EP.

External links

• • Peek-A-Boo Records: Drake Tungsten page
• Spoon Official Website

Notes and References

1. Raoul Hernandez, "Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington." The Austin Chronicle, January 25, 1999.