Trex - Wino Three Girls (1989)

  1. Take a Break [0:02] 1989-01-?? - 1989-01-??
  2. Song With No Lyrics [4:52] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  3. Bad Point [6:06] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  4. Spanish Talking [1:08] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  5. I Do Care [7:27] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  6. IV Filler [1:30] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  7. HN Filler [7:29] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  8. Tunes from the Bottle (demo) [3:24] 1989-04-11 - 1989-04-11
  9. Talking About Tunes [0:14] 1989-04-11 - 1989-04-11
  10. Sucking Helium [1:58] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  11. Schnell (demo) [2:25] 1989-06-?? - 1989-06-??
  12. Maybe (demo) [3:36] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??
  13. Are You Gonna [4:17] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  14. Pretty Piano [2:22] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  15. Introducing Josh [1:24] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  16. Josh's Rap [4:07] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  17. Josh's Blues [1:03] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  18. We Know Three Girls [3:32] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  19. Empty Funk Take 1 [3:52] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  20. Empty Funk Take 2 [6:52] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  21. Herbie Wake Up [7:59] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  22. Sarah Kemble Knight [2:30] 1989-0?-?? - 1989-0?-??

This collection of songs is a lot looser than Five Dollar Drummer. It introduces real drums, and includes a little bit of everything else up until now: keyboard, piano, percussion, guitar, cornet, mellophone, vocals, and talking. It even has guest appearances by my sister Jessica and my friend Josh. Yes, lots of noises. Lots of noise.

The lyrics are all over the place too. Attempts at Spanish, stuff for school ("I Do Care" and "Sarah Kemble Knight"), musical letters to friends ("Maybe", "Are You Gonna"), and the weird "Herbie Wake Up", which features surreal writing from an unknown author.

The title is a "clever" reference to "We Know Three Girls" and the wino in "Tunes from the Bottle". Hmm.

Some of my notes say that these songs were recorded during 1988 and 1989. Others say that the preceding album ended in early 1989. This seems to rule out 1988, unless I assembled the tapes out of order, which is unlikely. I'll assume for now that Wino Three Girls was recorded entirely in 1989. Not that anyone cares!