VelvetCrush were from Champaign, IL. In The Presence Of Greatness was their 1991 debut recording, first released on Ringers Lactate Records, then reissued on Sony Japan and Creation UK. This reissue adds 3 tunes from their Ash & Earth EP, including covers of songs by Teenage Fanclub (Everything Flows) and Modern Lovers (She Cracked). All tracks recorded in Princeton, NJ, at the home studio of Matthew Sweet (and produced by Sweet). Without NOrth American distribution for nearly a decade, the original release generated praise in Option and Rolling Stone, among other publications.