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Side A
Enough's Enough
Fighting An Urge
I Think It's Pride

1989 Side B
Just So You Know
It's Allright (live)
Howie (live)

Kristen Hall was recorded live in John Fristoe's living room except "Howie" and "It's Allright," recorded live at Trackside Tavern, Decatur, GA on July 6th, 1989. (Cassette only)

Side A
I Don't Need You Anyway
It's Allright
Chicago 5am
Truth Hurts (Don't It?)
Grandpa's Song
1990 Side B
Howie
Change Your Mind
Just So You Know
Stranger In My Bed
Fade Away Blind

Real Life Stuff was my very first record. It was recorded in a friend's living room with one microphone and mixed onto the first DAT recorder I ever saw. The DAT had been smuggled into the U.S. so all of the instructions were in Japanese. (Hence the count for"Grandpa's Song") somehow we managed. Anyway, it's a little rough around the sonic edges, but remains the favorite amongst die-hard fans. Guest artists include... Emily Saliers, Dede Vogt, and Simone Simonton. - 1990

Side A
Bed We Made
Trouble Times
Too Long Running
1991 Side B
Not Since I
Found You
Enough's Enough

As soon as I got a publishing deal (1991) and started receiving a salary, I put together my first band. It featured David Franklin on bass, Simone Simonton on drums, and Cooper Tisdale on guitar. With the band I was able to take my music beyond the walls of Atlanta's local folk clubs (something Amy Ray always stressed to me as important) and into alternative rock clubs throughout the southeast. That year we toured with Indigo Girls and sold this tape - The Kristen Hall Band Bootleg - at shows. Originally recorded as demos, it was produced/engineered by Ed Roland of Marching Two-Step fame. - 1991 (Cassette only)

Side A
Empty Promises
Too Long Running
I Gave Everything
I Should Know
Colder
Fading Away

1992 (Daemon)
1993 (High Street) Side B
Out In The Country
I Have My Reasons
Safe And Warm
Bed We Made
Peaches
Trouble Times

Fact & Fiction is probably my favorite record. So many wonderful memories and people are attached to this. John Ashton of Psychedelic Furs, Cindy Wilson and Sara Lee of B-52's, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, and many more. It was the first time my songs truly came to life, and it was absolutely thrilling. Many good things came out of this too. Among which, a TV episode of "The Heights" was based on and featured the song "Fading Away", the song "Out in the Country" was featured on the Putamayo World Folk Music album, and, in 1993, it landed me my first major label record deal with Windham Hill's High Street Records -1992

Empty Promises
(re-mastered)
Just So You Know
(band bootleg version)

1993 Very Busy Man
(previously unreleased)
It Ain't Me Babe
(from "A Tribute to
Bob Dylan Vol. 1" )

Kristen Hall Radio Compilation was something Windham Hill put together to use as an introduction to radio stations. It features the previously unreleased song, "Very Busy Man" which I wrote about my then-manager Russell Carter. This was another song engineed by Ed Roland of Collective Soul when he was working at Real to Reel. - 1993

Side A
Cry Tomorrow
Heaven Knows
Open Arms
Proud Man
Nothing
Following My Compass

1994 Side B
Prey To You
Moment In A Day
Just So You Know
Seeds Of A Lifetime
Let It Rain
Don't Tell Me

Be Careful What You Wish For was my first big "studio" album. I was able to work with some legendary players like Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta (who've played with everyone from John Lennon & Paul McCartney to Peter Gabriel), John Sebastian (a legend himself), Bill Dillon (Daniel Lanois, Sarah McLachlan), and, of course, Sara Lee (B-52's, Indigo Girls). Probably the greatest thing to come of this record was the track "Let It Rain" which eventually made it into the hands and onto the debut album of Canadian sensation, Amanda Marshall, who went on score an international hit with the song. - 1994

Side A
So Hard
Million Years
Easier Than This
Long Way Down
Memory #1

1996 Side B
Thru Cryin'
You Don't Know
Mary
Hole In My Head
Truth Takes Time

Thumbprint is a collection of demos from 1996. Some were recorded in real studios, some were recorded in my house on a boombox. I wanted to release this because sometimes I think songs sound better as demos. There's a certain magic that is never recaptured once you've thought too much about them. Friends who lent their talent include... Cooper Tisdale, Jez Graham, Michelle Malone, Don Conoscenti, Don McCollister, Travis McNabb, Brett Norton, and Newt Carter. -1996

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Side A Enough's Enough Fighting An Urge I Think It's Pride	1989	Side B Just So You Know It's Allright (live) Howie (live)
Kristen Hall was recorded live in John Fristoe's living room except "Howie" and "It's Allright," recorded live at Trackside Tavern, Decatur, GA on July 6th, 1989. (Cassette only)

Side A I Don't Need You Anyway It's Allright Chicago 5am Truth Hurts (Don't It?) Grandpa's Song	1990	Side B Howie Change Your Mind Just So You Know Stranger In My Bed Fade Away Blind
Real Life Stuff was my very first record. It was recorded in a friend's living room with one microphone and mixed onto the first DAT recorder I ever saw. The DAT had been smuggled into the U.S. so all of the instructions were in Japanese. (Hence the count for"Grandpa's Song") somehow we managed. Anyway, it's a little rough around the sonic edges, but remains the favorite amongst die-hard fans. Guest artists include... Emily Saliers, Dede Vogt, and Simone Simonton. - 1990

Side A Bed We Made Trouble Times Too Long Running	1991	Side B Not Since I Found You Enough's Enough
As soon as I got a publishing deal (1991) and started receiving a salary, I put together my first band. It featured David Franklin on bass, Simone Simonton on drums, and Cooper Tisdale on guitar. With the band I was able to take my music beyond the walls of Atlanta's local folk clubs (something Amy Ray always stressed to me as important) and into alternative rock clubs throughout the southeast. That year we toured with Indigo Girls and sold this tape - The Kristen Hall Band Bootleg - at shows. Originally recorded as demos, it was produced/engineered by Ed Roland of Marching Two-Step fame. - 1991 (Cassette only)

Side A Empty Promises Too Long Running I Gave Everything I Should Know Colder Fading Away	1992 (Daemon) 1993 (High Street)	Side B Out In The Country I Have My Reasons Safe And Warm Bed We Made Peaches Trouble Times
Fact & Fiction is probably my favorite record. So many wonderful memories and people are attached to this. John Ashton of Psychedelic Furs, Cindy Wilson and Sara Lee of B-52's, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, and many more. It was the first time my songs truly came to life, and it was absolutely thrilling. Many good things came out of this too. Among which, a TV episode of "The Heights" was based on and featured the song "Fading Away", the song "Out in the Country" was featured on the Putamayo World Folk Music album, and, in 1993, it landed me my first major label record deal with Windham Hill's High Street Records -1992

Empty Promises (re-mastered) Just So You Know (band bootleg version)	1993	Very Busy Man (previously unreleased) It Ain't Me Babe (from "A Tribute to Bob Dylan Vol. 1" )
Kristen Hall Radio Compilation was something Windham Hill put together to use as an introduction to radio stations. It features the previously unreleased song, "Very Busy Man" which I wrote about my then-manager Russell Carter. This was another song engineed by Ed Roland of Collective Soul when he was working at Real to Reel. - 1993

Side A Cry Tomorrow Heaven Knows Open Arms Proud Man Nothing Following My Compass	1994	Side B Prey To You Moment In A Day Just So You Know Seeds Of A Lifetime Let It Rain Don't Tell Me
Be Careful What You Wish For was my first big "studio" album. I was able to work with some legendary players like Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta (who've played with everyone from John Lennon & Paul McCartney to Peter Gabriel), John Sebastian (a legend himself), Bill Dillon (Daniel Lanois, Sarah McLachlan), and, of course, Sara Lee (B-52's, Indigo Girls). Probably the greatest thing to come of this record was the track "Let It Rain" which eventually made it into the hands and onto the debut album of Canadian sensation, Amanda Marshall, who went on score an international hit with the song. - 1994

Side A So Hard Million Years Easier Than This Long Way Down Memory #1	1996	Side B Thru Cryin' You Don't Know Mary Hole In My Head Truth Takes Time
Thumbprint is a collection of demos from 1996. Some were recorded in real studios, some were recorded in my house on a boombox. I wanted to release this because sometimes I think songs sound better as demos. There's a certain magic that is never recaptured once you've thought too much about them. Friends who lent their talent include... Cooper Tisdale, Jez Graham, Michelle Malone, Don Conoscenti, Don McCollister, Travis McNabb, Brett Norton, and Newt Carter. -1996