Beat Happening/Screaming Trees

Beat Happening/Screaming Trees
EP by Beat Happening and Screaming Trees
Released	April 1988
Recorded	July 1987, New World Video, Ellensburg, Washington
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	12:27
Label	K/Homestead HMS110-1
Producer	Steve Fisk
Beat Happening and Screaming Trees chronology
Even If and Especially When (1987) Beat Happening/Screaming Trees (1988) Invisible Lantern (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[2]

Beat Happening/Screaming Trees is an EP and a one-off collaboration between Beat Happening (from Olympia, Washington) and Screaming Trees (from Ellensburg, Washington). The 12-inch EP was originally released on Homestead Records in 1988, and it was later reissued as part of Beat Happening's box set Crashing Through in 2002. The journal of Kurt Cobain contains a draft of a letter sent to Mark Lanegan, in which he described "Polly Pereguinn" as his favorite pop song of the 1980s.

The album itself was recorded in the back room of the Conner's family video store, New World Video, which was also used as a practice space for the Screaming Trees.

Track listing

1. "Sea Babies"
2. "Tales of Brave Aphrodite"
3. "Polly Pereguinn"
4. "I Dig You"

Credits

Personnel

• Mark Lanegan - Vocals
• Calvin Johnson - Vocals
• Heather Lewis - Drums, Backing Vocals
• Gary Lee Conner - Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Van Conner - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bret Lunsford - Guitar
• Mark Pickerel - Drums

Additional Personnel

• Steve Fisk - Producer
• Chris Gehringer - Mastering

References

1. "Beat Happening/Screaming Trees - Beat Happening". Allmusic.
2. Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.