Editing Yo La Tengo (section)

===Bar/None and Alias Records, 1990–1992===
Yo La Tengo reunited with Dave Schramm in 1990 to record ''[[Fakebook (album)|Fakebook]]'', an album of mostly [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] tunes, including [[cover version|covers]] of [[Cat Stevens]], [[Gene Clark]], [[the Kinks]], [[Daniel Johnston]], among others. It also featured five original songs, including an acoustic version of "Barnaby, Hardly Working". Again produced by Gene Holder, the album's [[Folk music|folk]] sound was a change of pace for the band. Years later, Kaplan recalled that the album was "just me and Georgia looking for an excuse to record with Dave Schramm and Al Greller" who played guitar and [[double bass]] on the album, respectively.<ref name="drownedinsound.com">{{cite web |publisher=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=June 12, 2009 |first=Andrzej |last=Lukowski |title=Popular Condo Meltdown: catching up with Yo La Tengo |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137093-popular-condo-meltdown--catching-up-with-yo-la-tengo |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710164203/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137093-popular-condo-meltdown--catching-up-with-yo-la-tengo |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1991, with Dave Schramm in tow, Yo La Tengo collaborated with [[Daniel Johnston]] on the song "Speeding Motorcycle" which was released as a single. The band also released a 7" single on [[Bar/None Records]] with the song "Walking Away from You" backed with a cover of [[Beat Happening]]'s "Cast a Shadow." Gene Holder produced the single and played the bass. The ''That Is Yo La Tengo'' EP released later that year included some tracks that would end up on the group's next LP.

After the release of ''That Is Yo La Tengo'', [[James McNew]] (who also records under the solo moniker [[Dump (band)|Dump]]) began playing bass with the band, forming the trio that continues to make up the band today. According to McNew,{{cquote|I originally signed on as a fill-in for a short US tour, and a 4-week summer tour of Europe with Eleventh Dream Day. One night after a show in [[Münster|Munster]], I was to look after our box of merchandise while Ira and Georgia went gallovanting [''sic''] through the town, meeting their policemen. Needless to say, during our soundcheck in Hamburg the next day, it suddenly dawned on me that I had left the box filled with copies of this EP back at the club in Munster. Oh man, was I in trouble... Sure... blame it on the rookie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/annotated.html |title=Matador Annotated Discography |publisher=Matadorrecords.com |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318233040/http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/annotated.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref>}}

The band recorded ''[[May I Sing with Me]]'' in Boston with Holder producing and [[Lou Giordano]] engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/annotated.html |title=Yo La Tengo Annotated Discography, 1997 |publisher=Matador Records |access-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318233040/http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/annotated.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref> The album was released on [[Alias Records]] in 1992. Three of the album's eleven songs ("Swing for Life", "Out the Window" and "Five-Cornered Drone") were carried over from the ''That Is Yo La Tengo'' EP and feature Holder on bass. The ''Upside-Down'' EP was released on CD in support of the album, rounding out the band's releases on Alias.