The Vinyl Countdown

The Vinyl Countdown
EP by Relient K
Released	August 1, 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Christian rock
Length	7:28
Label	Mono Vs Stereo
Producer	Unknown
Relient K chronology
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do (2002) The Vinyl Countdown (2003) Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand (2003)

The Vinyl Countdown is the fourth EP by Christian rock band Relient K, released exclusively on a clear red 7" vinyl record on Mono Vs Stereo Records. It was released in 2003, a few months after the band's third full-length album, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do was released. The Vinyl Countdown was followed a few months later by the band's Christmas CD, Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand, giving the band three releases in one year, and also the second recording on MVS.

The 7" was dedicated to super fan Jesse Alkire (with a note in the bottom corner of the vinyl sleeve reading "Here's to Jesse Alkire"). Jesse is a good friend of lead singer Matthew Thiessen and the rest of the band and received the dedication because he helped write the title track off the release, "The Vinyl Countdown."^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Thiessen

Side A

1. "The Vinyl Countdown" – 2:35
2. "Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying" – 0:28

Side B

1. "We're Nothing Without You" – 3:47
2. "Five Iron Frenzy Is Either Dead or Dying (Wannabe Ska Version)" – 0:38

Credits

• Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Matt Hoopes – guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Pittman – bass
• Dave Douglas – drums, backing vocals (drums on "We're Nothing Without You only)
• Brett Schoneman - drums (all but "We're Nothing Without You")

The credits in the booklet of The Bird and the Bee Sides showed that Philmore drummer and former Relient K fill in drummer, Brett Schoneman, played drums on every song of this EP except "We're Nothing Without You".

Trivia

"The Vinyl Countdown" is probably a play on the name of one of 1980s band Europe's best known songs: "The Final Countdown".