The Mountain Goats - First two cassettes

Taboo VI: The Homecoming

The Mountain Goats' first cassette. It's not exactly the highest quality recordings, even by the lo-fi standards of early Mountain Goats, but you take what you can get with stuff like this. It's good. Especially the "This Magic Moment" cover, "Going To Alaska," and "Ice Cream, Cobra Man." But none of it sounds too much like the rest of Darnielle's recordings. Download.

The Hound Chronicles

The Mountain Goats' second cassette. (I think.) Higher quality recordings than the tape above, better songs, and almost double the length. It feels like it was the first real Mountain Goats album, and Darnielle has even said that he never meant "Taboo VI" to be heard by anyone other than some friends and family...so there you have it. Download.