What I've Learned So Far [two-volume set!]

by Paul Kotheimer

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Spineless Books You have no idea how lucky you are to have access to this music. These gems from the Kotheimer catalog are the sort of thing where you would have a tape of a tape of a tape, or a soon to be defective CDRW. I think I may have given my copies back to Paul, they were so rare. They are probably in this picture. That might be my Sharpie. This includes some of the “Two-Flat” sessions songs that are all Chicago. Listen to the last song and see if you’re tempted to start over from the beginning. Favorite track: Truly Happy.

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1.	She's Aloft 02:35		buy track
2.	All of the Above, John 03:24		buy track
3.	How We Do Things 03:03		buy track
4.	Dear Abby 02:57		buy track
5.	When The Rain Falls 02:47		buy track
6.	Windshield Wipers 04:13		buy track
7.	Skyscraper Corridors 02:19		buy track
8.	The Portent 02:17		buy track
9.	Funny Pages 02:58		buy track
10.	Good Morning, Hometown 04:20		buy track
11.	Tonic & Gin 02:44		buy track
12.	Susan 03:18		buy track
13.	The Drivin' Song 03:07		buy track
14.	Black-Eyed Susans 03:09		buy track
15.	What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am? 02:21		buy track
16.	You Can't Fool Me 02:36		buy track
17.	When I Die 03:15	info	buy track
18.	[The Professor's Daughter : ghost vocal demo version] 05:18	info	buy track
19.	Alligator Fishing 03:26		buy track
20.	Day Job 04:19		buy track
21.	Ghost Town Youths 02:18		buy track
22.	Wanderlust 04:35		buy track
23.	Utopian Pop Song 02:09		buy track
24.	Bean 04:24		buy track
25.	Big Wishes Ballad 03:07		buy track
26.	I Will Never Sing This Song 03:53		buy track
27.	The Motorcade 04:07		buy track
28.	Big Wheel 01:35		buy track
29.	Hey, Whatever 02:46		buy track
30.	Truly Happy 02:21		buy track

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In February 1998, a 74-minute CD entitled *What I've Learned So Far* was released to the world by the hand-made record label. That disc was a compromise. The original plan was this two-volume "demo anthology" spanning the earliest 10 years of Paul Kotheimer's career, of which only a few copies were made in 1997.

Here is that 2-volume set, almost in its entirety. "Strange Days, Richard," "Manhattan Fragment," and "Sputnik Lullabye" are omitted from this track list as they soon became part of the SPUTNIK LULLABYE album.

Some of these recordings may be making their internet debut after over 20 years in the archive.

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released October 25, 1997

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Paul Kotheimer Urbana, Illinois

For 30 years now, or maybe more, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Then he used a bunch of gizmos and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Now he uses a different bunch of gizmos and a computer. It's the 21st century, after all! ... more

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