Sooner or Later (Bob Ostertag album)

Sooner or Later is the debut studio album of Bob Ostertag, released in 1991 by RecRec Music.[1][2]

Sooner or Later
Studio album by Bob Ostertag
Released	1991
Recorded	January – June 1990
Studio	Bear Cave (San Francisco, CA)
Genre	Free improvisation sound collage
Length	43:23
Label	RecRec
Bob Ostertag chronology
Attention Span (1990) Sooner or Later (1991) Burns Like Fire (1992)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

"Blue" Gene Tyranny of AllMusic gave Sooner or Later four and a half out of five stars.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Part One"	29:11
2.	"Part Two"	14:12

Personnel

Adapted from the Sooner or Later liner notes.[4]

Musicians

• Fred Frith – guitar (2)
• Chaquito – voice
• Bob Ostertag – sampler

Production and design

• Tom Erbe – engineering, mastering
• Lucija Kordic – cover art, design
• David Wojnarowicz – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Switzerland	1991	RecRec	CD, LP	ReCDec 37
United States	2000	My Very Own Record Label/Seeland	CD	MVORL-3, Seeland 514
	2009	Free Music Archive	DL
United Kingdom	2013	RēR Megacorp	CD	ReR B01

References

1. Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines. McFarland & Company. p. 188. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span". CD Review Digest. Peri Press. 6 (4): 410. 1992. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
3. Gene Tyranny, "Blue". "Bob Ostertag: Sooner or Later (Tarde O Temprano) > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
4. Sooner or Later (booklet). Bob Ostertag. Zürich, Switzerland: RecRec Music. 1992.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Sooner or Later at Bandcamp
• Sooner or Later at Discogs (list of releases)