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The Story of Hearpen Records
David Thomas made Hearpen Records in 1975 to put out Pere Ubu records. The name derives from an anglo-saxon word for harp. The "p" is a transliteration of the Anglo-Saxon thorn, a character that was pronounced th. HEARTHAN (pronounced hay-are-than, rhymes with van) gradually gave way to HEARPEN (pronounced hay-are-pen) as the label's name. The logo got designed on a day it was HEARTHAN. A rule evolved that written the name is "Hearpen" while integrated into a design it becomes "Hearthan." Hearpen is the favored pronunciation in all cases. Confusion was the foundation on which our business grew.On December 11 2007 hearpen.com went online. It is a web site dedicated to sales of high quality audio downloads from Pere Ubu, David Thomas, Rocket From The Tombs, 15-60-75 and related bands. There are too many releases to list here. Only hard goods releases are listed below.
Hearpen Records
PO Box 4
Utica PA
USA 16362
The Hearpen Records Catalog
| HR 101 |
30 Seconds Over Tokyo b/w Heart of Darkness, Pere Ubu, 1975.
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| HR 102 |
Final Solution b/w Cloud 149, Pere Ubu, 1976.
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| HR 103 |
Street Waves b/w My Dark Ages, Pere Ubu, 1976.
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| HR 104 |
The Modern Dance b/w Heaven, Pere Ubu, 1977.
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| HR 105 |
Shirley b/w She Smiled Wild, Mirrors, 1977.
Side 1, written by Crook-Klimek, recorded at Owl Studio, June 1975 by Jaime Klimek, Paul Marotta, Jim Crook, Michael Weldon and Jim Jones. Side 2, written by Klimek, recorded in the basement, August 1975 by Klimek, Crook, Weldon and Jones. Songs copyrighted Mirror Music. Sleeve photos by Joyce Faust and Jill Marotta. Sleeve design by Michael Weldon. |
| HR 106 |
Jeffrey I Hear U (5:44) b/w The Elephant Man (5:58), The Girls, 1979
Produced by David Thomas. Recorded at Suma, February 10 1979. Engineered by Ken and Paul Hamann. Songs written by Dagley-Hild-Amos-Condo and copyright Holy Shroud. Sleeve design by Jim Harkey, Mark Dagley and Daved Hild. Pressed at 33 1/3 rpm. |
| HR 107 |
You're Gonna Miss Me b/w Hand Piece, Pressler-Morgan, 1979.
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| HR 108 |
Here In The Life (3:36) b/w (It's In) Imagination (4:41), 15-60-75, 1979.
Produced by David Thomas. |
| HR 109 |
Allocated to the T/K box set reissue of the Pere Ubu 45s.
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| HR 110 |
Monster, David Thomas, 1997. (box set)
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| HR 111 |
Bay City, David Thomas and foreigners, 2000
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| HR 112 |
Jimmy Bell's Still In Town, 15-60-75, 2000.
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| HR 113 |
The Shape of Things, Pere Ubu, 2000.
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| HR 114 |
Surf's Up!, David Thomas and two pale boys, 2001.
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| HR 115 |
The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs, Rocket From The Tombs, 2002.
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| HR 116 |
Rocket Redux, Rocket From The Tombs, 2004.
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| HR 117 |
One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams, Pere Ubu, 2004.
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| HR 118 |
18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest, David Thomas and two pale boys, 2004.
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| HR 119 |
Why I Hate Women, Pere Ubu, 2006.
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| HR 120 |
Why I Remix Women, Pere Ubu, 2006.
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| HR 143 |
The Inward City, 15-60-75, 2009. Produced by David Thomas.
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