The Sun was The Cat Empire's first studio recorded 'EP'. It was recorded at Adelphia Studios in June/July 2002, and mixed by "the carpenter of music, Angelo Andrianakis". The album wasn't ever released for retail sale, with a rumoured 1200 copies being independently produced and sold (mainly) on their 2002 US tour, but also at some shows in Australia. As such, very few authentic copies of the album are available. The artwork was quite 'rare' to actually find on the internet up until recently (with many websites using a fan-made picture of The Cat Empire logo emblazened on a picture of the sun). Some of the albums' tracks are found on other recordings: - The Chariot and Two Shoes appear in their original form (albiet with different bits added in the middle and at the end, respectively) on 2003 release, Tapes, breaks and out-takes. - Rhyme and Reason appears as a bonus track on the iTunes version of So Many Nights (with the label (Demo) added after the track name) - The Sun appears on various recordings - Live @ Adelphia, On the Attack and the newly released Fishies digital single. Most, if not all of the songs have been re-recorded onto different albums: - The Mother Place and Rhyme and Reason were re-recorded at Sing Sing Studios in January, 2005, ready for release on The Car Song and Two Shoes singles (respectively) - The Rhythm, The Chariot, The Crowd and Hello were all re-recorded for the debut album released in 2003 - Two Shoes and The Night That Never Ends were re-re