| The Pingry EP | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | May 13th, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Early 2005
December, 2002 (Cell Phone Call) Early 2003 (Yearbook) May, 2004 (Good Day) | |||
| Venue | The Bling Pig, Ann Arbor, MI Frieze Basement, Ann Arbor, MI | |||
| Studio | Joe Hawley's attic, Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | |||
| Length | 23:30 | |||
| Label | Independently Released | |||
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The Pingry EP is the third extended play released by Tally Hall on May 13th, 2005 after a live performance at Pingry School, the high school that Tally Hall's keyboardist Andrew Horowitz attended, in Martinsville, New Jersey. Tally Hall would distribute the EP physically to those who attended the show, with the band also distributing the EP at The Ark on June 1st 2005.[1] The Pingry EP consists of acoustic demos, live recordings, and one-take demoes recorded between 2002 and 2005. All of the tracks on the EP would be re-recorded on Tally Hall's first studio album Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, which was released later that year in October, with Yearbook, Cell Phone Call, and Just a Friend being omitted. Although, Just a Friend would eventually receive a studio recording in 2006 and be properly released as a part of Marvin's due to the Needlejuice Records reissue of the album in 2021.
The bulk of the Tracks off the EP were recorded in the Music Classroom of the University of Michigan with Bora Karaca upon the invite of Joe Hawley.[2] Cell Phone Call was recorded at Tally Hall's first gig in the basement of the Frieze Building in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 7, 2002 during a moment where Joe Hawley, who wasn't a member of the band yet, calls Rob Cantor, interrupting the stage banter between him and Zubin Sedghi.[3] It is the hidden track off the EP.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Bidding" | Hawley | Hawley, Cantor, Sedghi | 2:31 |
| 2. | "Taken for a Ride (Acoustic)" | Horowitz | Sedghi, Cantor, Hawley | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Be Born (Acoustic)" | Cantor | Cantor | 3:23 |
| 4. | "The Whole World And You (Acoustic)" | Horowitz | Horowitz | 1:41 |
| 5. | "All Of My Friends (Acoustic)" | Hawley | Hawley | 2:44 |
| 6. | "Good Day (Mitch Show Albom Excerpt)" | Horowitz | Hawley, Cantor, Sedghi, Mitch Albom | 0:44 |
| 7. | "Yearbook (Demo)" | Cantor | Cantor | 2:31 |
| 8. | "Just A Friend (Live Cover)" | Biz Markie | Cantor, Sedghi | 4:05 |
| 9. | "Cell Phone Call (Live Banter)" | N/A | N/A | 1:17 |
| Total length: | 23:30 | |||
Source:[4]
Personnel
[edit]Tally Hall
[edit]- Rob Cantor – vocals, guitar, songwriting
- Zubin Sedghi – bass, vocals
- Andrew Horowitz – keyboards, percussion, vocals, songwriting
- Joe Hawley – vocals, guitar, songwriting
- Ross Federman – drums
Other musicians
[edit]- David Tenerelli – Trumpet (1)
- Brian Kaufman – Tuba (1)
Technical Personnel
[edit]- Steve Gallagher – engineer (5)
- Bora Karaca – engineer (1,2,3,4)
Source:[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Coz Baldwin's post on the 2005 Pingry School Spring Fling and the release of The Pingry EP". tallyhall.livejournal.com.
- ^ "Who's Bora? - Hidden In The Sand". Hidden In The Sand. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ tapiocattundra / hailey (2022-04-23). 540 (Tally Hall) - Live at the Frieze Basement (December 7th 2002) (PARTIAL). Retrieved 2025-08-29 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "Back cover for the Pingry EP". 2005.
