The Envelope Sessions

The Envelope Sessions is the second release from Ben Gibbard's solo project ¡All-Time Quarterback!. The tape was a limited release on Elsinor Records and is now out of print. Tracks from this tape were later taken and put together with the ¡All-Time Quarterback! EP and re-released by Barsuk records on the ¡All-Time Quarterback! album. The tracks "Don't Touch the Tape," "Lullaby, Lullaby," "Dig It!" and "Stark Mobile" were excluded from the re-release.

Ben recorded these songs straight to walkman, accompanied only by a toy guitar. The track "Underwater!" went on to become a Death Cab For Cutie song, released on 7" inch as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club in March 2000.

Track listing

 * 1) "Don't Touch the Tape"
 * 2) "Underwater!"
 * 3) "Sock Hop"
 * 4) "Lullaby, Lullaby"
 * 5) "Dig It!"
 * 6) "Cleveland"
 * 7) "Stark Mobile"
 * 8) "Factory Direct"
 * 9) "Empire State"

Credits
Ben Gibbard: Toy guitar, vocals.

The Envelope Sessions were written June 3–5, & 7, 1999 and recorded live onto a Sony Walkman.