A few trial runs, some careful proofing and numerous small adjustments later (a tiny piece of newsprint stuck onto the packing can make all the difference), the finished job emerges: crisp, tangibly different, immensely satisfying.
He also felt that it was a tangibly different time for his fellow Pixies - bassist Kim Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, and drummer David Lovering.
"I came to Scotland in 1987 and was struck by how significant country music is," says Frith, who notes that radio station playlists in Scotland are tangibly different to those across the border, playing a considerable amount of country music.
But male teachers also bring a different perspective and style to their classes, and the culture of a male-led class can be tangibly different (not necessarily better, but different) from a class led by a woman.
You can scan a photograph or the pages of a book, but the original remains tangibly different, if only because it was printed on different stock with inks of different composition.
It also encouraged him to think of how sound falls in the landscape, of the way it is echoed and absorbed in a way that is tangibly different to a concert hall or gig venue.
