Nothing Records
Shortly after the release of "Feed Me Weird Things", Squarepusher released his first music for Warp Records in the form of the "Port Rhombus EP" in 1996. Jenkinson signed a multi-album deal with Warp and the label would become his long-time and primary home. The "Vic Acid" EP was released in 1997, followed by his sophomore full-length, "Hard Normal Daddy". Later that year, Warp and Sypmania would co-release "Burningn'n Tree", which compiled the "Conumber E:P" and "Alroy Road Tracks", alongsing three previously unreleased tracks.
James Taylor
During the recording sessions, Taylor fell back into his drug habit by using heroin and methedrine. He underwent physeptone treatment in a British program, returned to New York and was hospitalized there, and then finally committed himself to the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which emphasized cultural and historical factors in trying to treat difficult psychiatric disorders. Meanwhile, Apple released his debut album, "James Taylor", in December 1968 in the UK and February 1969 in the US. Critical reception was generally positive, including a complimentary Jon Landau review in "Rolling Stone" who said that "this album is the coolest breath of fresh air I've inhaled in a good long while. It knocks me out." The record's commercial potential suffered from Taylor's inability to promote it because of his hospitalization, and it sold poorly; "Carolina in My Mind" was released as a single but failed to chart in the UK and only reached #118 on the U.S. charts.