Sound" on the band's official YouTube channel. The album is a compilation of "collected EPs, singles, B-sides and early work," including a re-release of the Lon Gisland EP. Personnel Condon plays a rotary-valve trumpet and the ukulele as his main instruments. He bought the ukulele as a joke stage prop, but found he liked the sound and was able to play it despite a wrist injury that inhibited him from playing guitar. Condon also plays the piston trumpet, euphonium, mandolin, accordion, various keyboard instruments, and a modified conch shell that appears on The Flying Club Cup. Live, Beirut's roster generally consists of: Zach Condon – trumpet/flugelhorn/ukulele Nick Petree – drums/percussion/melodica Paul Collins – electric bass/upright bass Kyle Resnick - trumpet Ben Lanz – trombone/sousaphone/glockenspiel Aaron Arntz - piano/keyboards Past members include: Kristin Ferebee – violin Jason Poranski – guitar/mandolin/ukulele Heather Trost – violin/viola Jon Natchez – baritone sax/mandolin/glockenspiel/keyboards Tracy Pratt – trumpet/euphonium/flugelhorn Greg Paulus – trumpet Kelly Pratt – trumpet/french horn/glockenspiel/keyboards Jared van Fleet – piano Perrin Cloutier – accordion/cello Sharon Van Etten, who contributes vocals to two tracks on The Rip TideThe majority of the members of Beirut have performed live as well as appeared on recorded material. Side projects Realpeople Realpeople is Zach Condon's electronic side-project. It was under this name that Condon made his first (unreleased) album, The Joys of Losing Weight, and the name to which the Holland EP is credited. The Joys of Losing Weight, which was made when Condon was fifteen, has never been released officially, but has been leaked on the internet. 1971 Condon has also released an EP, Small-Time American Bats, under the name "1971". The EP was recorded with his friend Alex Gaziano on guitar and vocals, when they were both around 16 years old (2002). Gaziano is a founding member of Kidcrash, another band from Santa Fe. Soft Landing Soft Landing was a project started by Beirut members Paul Collins (bass) and Perrin Cloutier (accordion) and Mike Lawless. Their eponymous debut album was released on October 12, 2010 on Ba Da Bing records, and has been described as "a pop version of Beirut" and freak-folk, with a heavy emphasis on dance beats and sheer energy. Pompeii Records Pompeii Records is the record label founded in 2009 by Zach Condon in order to give the band and himself full control over their music. The first recordings released on the label were