Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof is a split EP between Kansas City, Missouri emo band The Get Up Kids and the San Diego, California punk outfit Rocket From the Crypt. The album was released on colored vinyl in 2000 on Vagrant Records. There were seven different pressings of the album, with each pressing on different colored vinyl. Each song was recorded separately; "Up On The Roof" was recorded at West Beach Recorders in the summer of 1999 while the band was recording their second full-length album Something to Write Home About. "Free Language Demons" was recorded at Big Fish Studios in San Diego, during the recording session for the band's Vagrant Records debut, Group Sounds.
Track listing
Release Info The EP was released on 7" colored vinyl, in four batches; The most widely available was the white vinyl, with 3,000 copies produced. There were also 800 orange copies made, 500 blue copies, and only 300 gray colored records. The Get Up Kids re-released "Up on the Roof" on their B-Sides collection Eudora in 2000.
Personnel
Rocket From the Crypt – Band Speedo – guitar, vocals Petey X – bass Apollo 9 – saxophone Atom – drums ND – guitar JC 2000 – trumpet
Rocket From the Crypt – Production Production – Rocket From the Crypt Ben Moore – Engineer, Mixing
Other Personnel Jeremy Dean – Package Design
The Get Up Kids – Band Matt Pryor – Vocals, Guitar Jim Suptic – Guitar, Backing Vocals Rob Pope – Bass Ryan Pope – Drums James Dewees – Keyboards
The Get Up Kids – Production Alex Brahl – Producer, engineer Don Zientara – Additional Engineer (Inner Ear Studios) Jay Gordon – Additional Engineer (West Beach Studios)
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