Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof

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.[1] 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.[2]

Free Language Demons /
Up On the Roof
EP by
ReleasedDecember 2000
RecordedBig Fish Studios in San Diego, California
West Beach Recordings in Hollywood, California
Mixed at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia
GenrePunk rock, emo, indie rock
Length5:18
LabelVagrant
ProducerRocket From the Crypt
Alex Brahl
The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids chronology
Central Standard Time/Vasil + Bluey
(1999)
Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof
(2000)
Eudora
(2001)
Rocket From the Crypt chronology
Cut Carefully and Play Loud
(1999)
Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof
(2000)
Group Sounds
(2001)

Track listing

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Side A – Rocket From the Crypt
No.TitleLength
1."Free Language Demons"2:33
Side B – The Get Up Kids
No.TitleLength
1."Up On the Roof"2:45

Release Info

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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.[3] The Get Up Kids re-released "Up on the Roof" on their B-Sides collection Eudora in 2000.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Rocket from the Crypt Discography – Split w/ the Get Up Kids – Pette Discographies: A Record Collector's Guide". Pette Discographies. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  2. ^ "Rocket From The Crypt / Get Up Kids, The – Free Language Demons / Up On The Roof (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. December 2000. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. ^ "Rocket from the Crypt Discography – Split w/ the Get Up Kids – Pette Discographies: A Record Collector's Guide". Pette Discographies. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-08-09.