THE BITS BETWEEN THE BITS

This was put out as the Ozrics were applying themselves to putting out their first LP, Pungent Effulgent, and so was consciously put together as a capstone to the series of cassettes they self-published over the span from 1985-1989 as they were making a name for themselves. As the title implies, it's essentially a grab-bag of material which didn't otherwise make it onto one of the cassettes, and as such the sound quality can vary a little - the later cassette releases sounded very good, but as might be expected the production values on the earliest ones weren't quite there yet.

As such, the earliest tracks here are a little rougher - and because they hail from a time when the group were still feeling out their direction, some of the material here is rather atypical for the Ozrics. Then again, in some respects that diversity is the collection's strength, because it does at least mean it's always full of surprises.