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Stereolab
Banach-Tarski Rhubarb Moderator (with Explosions) - A Collection of Their Greatest Hits!

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Disc One: 1991-1996
01. Three-Dee Melodie - 5:03, from Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
02. French Disko - 4:27, originally appeared on the Jenny Ondioline EP (1993)
03. New Orthophony (full version) - 6:26, initially unreleased (recorded 1994); taken from Aluminum Tunes (Switched On, vol. 3) (1998)
04. Avant Garde M.O.R. - 4:10, from The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993)
05. The Way Will Be Opening - 4:10, originally appeared on the Super-Electric 10" (1991); taken from Switched On (1992)
06. Pack Yr Romantic Mind - 5:06, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)
07. Pop Quiz - 3:44, originally appeared on the Music for the Amorphous Body Center soundtrack EP (1995)
08. Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (mellow) - 1:45, from The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993)
09. Golden Ball (studio) - 6:26, originally appeared on the Jenny Ondioline EP (1993)
10. Les Yper-Sound - 4:05, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
11. Crest - 6:05, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)
12. Changer - 4:11, from AMC Radio 1 Sessions (2002); original version on the Stunning Debut Album 7" (1991)
13. Nihilist Assault Group (Parts 1, 2, 3) - 7:13, originally appeared on the Wow & Flutter EP (1994)
14. Peng 33 - 2:58, from AMC Radio 1 Sessions (2002); original version on Peng! (1992)
15. Lo Boob Oscillator - 6:37, originally appeared on the Lo Boob Oscillator 7" (1993)
16. Ping Pong - 3:02, from Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
17. Cybele's Reverie - 2:56, originally appeared on the Cybele's Reverie EP (1996)
18. Tone Burst (Country) - 2:13, initially recorded for an abandoned split- 7" w/ Spectrum (1993)

Disc Two: Jenny Ondioline
19. Jenny Ondioline - 18:08, from Transient Random-Noise Bursts w/ Announcements (1993)

Disc Three: 1996-2008
20. Metronomic Underground - 7:55, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
21. L `Exotisme Intérieur - 3:22, from the Explosante Fixe 7" (2008)
22. One Finger Symphony - 2:06, from Chemical Chords (2008)
23. Caliméro (w/ Brigitte Fontaine) - 6:27, from the Caliméro / Cache Cache 7" (1998)
24. Miss Modular - 4:29, from Dots & Loops (1997)
25. Kyberneticka Babicka pt. 1 - 4:32, originally appeared on the Kyberneticka Babicka 7" (2005); taken from Fab Four Suture (2006)
26. Olv 26 - 5:42, from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
27. Spinal Column - 2:53, from the Miss Modular EP (1997)
28. Theme from 'Get Carter' - 3:23, originally appeared on the Volume 14 - Reading '95 comp. (1995)
29. Plasmids (w/ The High Llamas) - 1:23, from Turn On (1997) - a split LP w/ The High Llamas
30. Mass Riff - 4:26, from the Instant "O" in the Universe EP (2003)
31. Cellulose Sunshine - 2:36, from Chemical Chords (2008)
32. Vonal Declosion - 3:34, from Margerine Eclipse (2004)
33. University Microfilms International - 4:02, from the Rose, My Rocket Brain EP (2004)
34. Fluorescences - 3:23, originally appeared on the Fluorescences EP (1996)
35. Brakhage - 5:31, from Dots & Loops (1997)
36. Moodles - 7:23, originally appeared on the Captain Easychord EP (2001);
37. Escape Pod (From the World of Medical Observations) - 3:57, originally appeared on The Free Design EP (1999)
38. Jump Drive Shut-Out - 2:38, from the Solar Throw-Away 7" (2006)

Notes:

Somewhere here or elsewhere, I recently read a reasonable argument for Stereolab as a proper "singles band," and they are to the extent that they have a lot of 7"s that are a real pain in the ass to track down, but ultimately there is no convenient way to navigate their catalog. Actually, their best material is spread across so many formats & tucked away in so many nooks & crannies that, were it not for the helpful Switched On compilations & box sets, seeking any kind of comprehensive overview would be a fool's errand. I have been collecting their records since 1992 &, while I can't claim to have everything, I have hopefully taken in enough over the years to be able to assemble something approximating a reasonable, general "best-of" compilation.

Chronologically & stylistically, Emperor Tomato Ketchup is an obvious dividing line - it is their last release to feature any of the VU/motorik tendencies of their early years & their first to embrace the post-rock, IDM, pop & jazz elements which informed their later records. So the installments are divided b/w pre-&-post-1996 tracks, with ETK tracks on either side & "Jenny Ondioline" presented separately as their career centerpiece (duh). I realize I cheated a bit by extending the play length to encompass an extra disc, The Groop's catalog is difficult enough to pare down w/o having to make space for a twenty-minute superjam.

Obviously, this is ridiculously subjective, so I encourage ILXors to mess w/ the trax lineup & argue for their substitutions/omissions/etc. b/c I am aware that Stereolab is pretty sacred business around here.

*Listen to this playlist (on Grooveshark - sorry, no Spotify, but this should work universally).

*Webmail me for a link to yr own copy..

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, "Souvenir"

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Disc 1 - "Radio"
01. Electricity - 3:39, Single (1979)
02. Red Frame/White Light - 3:10, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
03. Messages - 4:06, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
04. Enola Gay - 3:33, Organisation (1980)
05. Souvenir - 3:39, Architecture & Morality (1981)
06. Joan of Arc - 3:48, Architecture & Morality (1981)
07. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) - 4:12, Architecture & Morality (1981)
08. Telegraph - 2:57, Dazzle Ships (1983)
09. Locomotion - 3:53, Junk Culture (1984)
10. Talking Loud and Clear - 4:20, Junk Culture (1984)
11. (Forever) Live and Die - 3:38, The Pacific Age (1986)
12. Sailing on the Seven Seas - 3:45, Sugar Tax (1991)

Disc 2 - "Semaphore"
01. Almost - 3:40, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
02. Stanlow - 6:30, Organisation (1980)
03. She's Leaving - 3:28, Architecture & Morality (1981)
04. Sealand - 7:47, Architecture & Morality (1981)
05. Georgia - 3:24, Architecture & Morality (1981)
06. Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) - 2:21, Dazzle Ships (1983)
07. The Romance of the Telescope - 3:27, Dazzle Ships (1983)
08. Silent Running - 3:34, Dazzle Ships (1983)
09. All Wrapped Up - 4:25, Junk Culture (1984)
10. La Femme Accident - 2:50, Crush (1985)
11. If You Leave - 4:30, Single (1986)

Pillbox, can't wait to sink into the SLab comp, but I'm pretty sure that AMC Radio 1 Sessions ought to be ABC Radio 1 Sessions?

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[Jorge Ben] - Jorge Ben

1. A Banda do Zé Pretinho (A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
2. Chove Chuva (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
3. Zagueiro (Solta o Pavão, 1975)
4. Take It Easy, My Brother Charles (Jorge Ben, 1969)
5. Oba Lá Vem Ela (Força Bruta, 1970)
6. Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (África Brasil, 1976)
7. Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando Os Alquimistas (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
8. Amante Amado(A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
9. Ive Brussel (Salve Simpatia, 1979)
10. Carolina, Carol Bela (Carolina 12", 1969
11. Georgia (Tropical, 1977)
12. Comanche (Negro E Lindo, 1971)
13. Menina Mulher da Pele Preta (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
14. Mas que Nada (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
15. Pais Tropical (Jorge Ben, 1969)
16. Santa Clara Clareou (Bem Vinda Amizade, 1981)

Jorge Ben has released over 30 albums so I tried to limit the compilation to what I consider his most essential songs up until 1981. Hopefully this songs will pique interest to newcomers and will prompt them to check out the rest of his catalogue.
Spotify doesn't work in my country terribly sorry for not providing a streaming playlist.
Cover is a lazy revamp of his 1969 self titled album so I decided to be extra lazy and give the same title to the compilation.
Hope you enjoy.

xp - yr right, AMC was a typo.

Pixies-24 favorites
1.Debaser
2.Allison
3.Alec Eiffel
4.Vamos
5.Velouria
6.Cactus
7.No.13 baby
8.Wave of mutilation
9.Subbacultcha
10.Levitate me
11.Monkey gone to heaven
12.Ana
13.Silver
14.Rock music
15.U-mass
16.Gouge away
17.Gigantic
18.There goes my gun
19.The sad punk
20.The happening
21.Bone machine
22.Space(I believe in)
23.Hey
24.Motorway to Roswell

xp - Thanks for the Jorge Ben! I only have the s/t and Africa Brasil (AB being one of my favourite albums ever), I'll check out the other selections.

that stereolab comp is going to kick so much ass at work today. Someone said earlier than 2 discs seems like both too much and not enough. 90 minutes is probably the right amount of Stereolab.

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The Best of The (Square) Roots Crew

1. Writers Block (Organix)
2. Rising Down (Rising Down)
3. Rolling Heat (Phrenology)
4. Dynamite! (Things Fall Apart)
5. Don't Feel Right (Game Theory)
6. The Seed 2.0 (Phrenology)
7. Table of Contents Pt. 1 & 2 (Things Fall Apart)
8. 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) (Rising Down)
9. Proceed (Do You Want Me?!!!!??!)
10. Break You Off (Phrenology)
11. Push Up Ya Lighter (Illadelph Halflife)
12. Walk Alone (How I Got Over)
13. Don't Say Nuthin (The Tipping Point)
14. Distortion To Static (From The Ground Up EP)
15. Guns Are Drawn (The Tipping Point)
16. Clones (Illadelph Halflife)
17. Do You Want Me?!!!!??! (Do You Want Me?!!!!??!)
18. Dear God 2.0 (How I Got Over)
19. You Got Me (The Roots Come Alive)
20. What They Do (Illadelph Halflife)

Email me at samuelpooley @ gmail .com for either the doom or the roots and i'll get back to you in the next couple days.

I'm putting together my beach boys comps and am having an existential fanboy crisis over whether to put in "Girl Don't Tell Me" over "California Girls". Everything else is pretty much set. It's basically impossible to justify but I really want to do it.

do it then. its a highly subjective best of from yr point of view and i think we all like this thread because of such personal touches.

" New Pop-Wunderkind ": Todd Rundgren's Golden Era (1970-1978)

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Disk One: Does Anybody Love You?

1. We Gotta Get You A Woman ( Runt ,1970)
2. Love Of The Common Man ( Faithful ,1976)
3. *Marlene *Skip to 4:14 ( Something/Anything ,1972)
4. *Determination *Skip to 1:34 ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
5. The Range War ( Runt:The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren ,1971)
6. Does Anybody Love You? ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
7. All The Children Sing ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
8. Slut ( Something/Anything ,1972)
9. *Believe In Me *Skip to 4:33 ( Runt ,1970)
10. Just One Victory ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
11. *Lucky Guy *Skip to 2:32 ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
12. I Saw The Light ( Something/Anything ,1972)

Disk Two: A Dream Goes On Forever

1. Wailing Wall ( Runt:The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren ,1971)
2. Couldn't I Just Tell You ( Something/Anything ,1972)
3. A Dream Goes On Forever ( Todd ,1974)
4. You Don't Have To Camp Around ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
5. Piss Aaron ( Something/Anything ,1972)
6. Real Man ( Initiation ,1975)
7. Hello It's Me ( Something/Anything ,1972)
8. You Need Your Head ( A Wizard, A True Star ,1973)
9. Can We Still Be Friends ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
10. The Night The Carousel Burned Down ( Something/Anything ,1972)
11. Hurting For You ( Hermit Of Mink Hollow ,1978)
12. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference ( Something/Anything ,1972)

* Finally got around to doing this and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I download Rundgren's complete discography about 4 months ago and slowly started dipping into all his LP's, having previously only heard 'Hermit Of Mink Hollow'. I would now consider myself to be slightly obsessed with his songs. Genius isn't a word to be used lightly, but the amount of brilliant production, chord progressions, hooks and melodies is undeniable. My interest kind of trailed off after Hermit....there are some decent tracks from later albums, but overall they pale in comparison to his best period (1970-1978). I sequenced it in a build up and release way, that avoids having too many ballads in a row and hopefully sustains interest. Also, some tracks kind of compliment & bleed into each other (e.g the cymbals and synths of 'All the Children Sing' flows nicely into the style of 'The Night The Carousel Burned Down' . Mainly, I just wanted to make a decent introduction to Todd Rundgren, thus the inclusion of obvious tracks like 'I Saw The Light', 'Hello It's Me' etc. Anyways, have a listen and see what you think.

I've been doing Spotify playlists for the compilations I'm most interested in, links are below for anyone who wants them:

Stereolab

OMD Disc 1

OMD Disc 2

Pixies

Haven't forgotten my XTC and Rain Parade lists, just back from holiday, will organise once decompressed.

Those Stereolab and Roots comps look unreal. Can't wait to dig into them.

Yeah, excellent work on the 'lab, Pillbox. Kudos in particular for not doing it chronologically, which is the obvious temptation but not very Stereolab-esque (cf. Switched Ons 2 and 3 and the Oscillions box), and for the way you deal with the millstone that is Jenny O.

Including a track by Turn On is my only quibble. A separate "Stereolab side projects" best of / anthology is surely called for! ;)

Unrest, Can't Sit Still: 1986 - 1993

1. "Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl" (7-inch mix), from International Hip Swing
2. "Winona Ryder" (Xx Version), from B.P.M. (1991-1994)
3. "Malcolm X Park," from Malcolm X Park
4. "I Do Believe You Are Blushing," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
5. "Can't Sit Still," from Malcolm X Park
6. "Suki," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
7. "The Gas Chair," from Malcolm X Park
8. "Nation Writer," from Isabel Bishop e.p. CD
9. "Bavarian Mods" (Remix), from B.P.M. (1991-1994)
10. "Cherry Cherry" (7" 45 version), from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
11. "Imperial," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
12. "Angel I'll Walk You Home," from Perfect Teeth
13. "Where Are All Those Puerto Rican Boys," from "Cath Carroll" promotional CD
14. "Cath Carroll," from Perfect Teeth
15. "Champion Nines," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
16. "Teenage Suicide" (credited to "Naomi Wolff"), from Teenbeat 50
17. "Cats," from Fuck Pussy Galore" (And All Her Friends) CD/compilation
18. "June," from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)
19. "Make Out Club," from Perfect Teeth
20. "Christina," from Malcolm X Park
21. "Wednesday & Proud (7" Remix), from Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition)

^feeling this

hey guys who emailed me about roots/doom - i promise i will get off my arse and download the last couple tracks i don't have on my pc, compile it up and send it to you by friday. surprisingly busy two weeks, sorry!

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‘I have heard, you wish to walk me through your meadow’

XTC – Post Breakdown 1983-2000

Disc 1.
1. Summer’s Cauldron - Skylarking
2. Ladybird - Mummer
3. I Remember The Sun – The Big Express
4. Harvest Festival – Apple Venus
5. In Loving Memory Of A Name - Mummer
6. Season Cycle – Skylarking
7. The Wheel & The Maypole – Wasp Star
8. Earn Enough For Us – Skylarking
9. Across This Antheap – Oranges & Lemons
10. Rook – Nonsuch
11. Beating Of Hearts – Mummer
12. Wrapped In Grey – Nonsuch
13. Another Satellite – BBC Version

Disc 2.
1. Red Brick Dream – B-Side
2. Knights In Shining Karma – Apple Venus
3. Chalkhills & Children – Oranges & Lemons
4. Me & The Wind – Mummer
5. The Ugly Underneath – Nonsuch
6. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul – Skylarking
7. One Of The Millions – Oranges & Lemons
8. Ballet For A Rainy Day – Skylarking
9. River Of Orchids – Apple Venus
10. Deliver Us From The Elements – Mummer
11. Easter Theatre – Apple Venus
12. Extrovert – Rag & Bone Buffet
13. Sacrificial Bonfire - Skylarking

The Yo La Tengo compilation is terrific. I would replace Untitled with Nowhere Near since From A Motel 6 is on the other disc and is a better version of the same song, but I made a playlist and have been jamming it most of the week now and I'm loving it. Nice work.

XTC – Post Breakdown 1983-2000

What's the point of leaving out the best 5-6 years of the band??

Okay, well I don't agree that those were necessarily the best years. But the point of dealing only with the second half of their career was because I feel that a lot of it was/is rather unfairly maligned.

A+++ on the bonzo dog band comp imo.

i will get to my foetus thirlwell thing after i survive yet someone elses wedding this weekend

Maresnest - much respect for your eternal love of XTC, but I gotta say I'd have significantly different picks from the albums. 5 tracks from Mummer, just 1 from The Big Express, and 7 from Skylarking? That seems unbalanced, I guess you're down on TBE but it's my all-time fave. Tracks you didn't pick that I'd substitute:

Mummer: Great Fire / Human Alchemy
The Big Express: Wake Up / All You Pretty Girls / This World Over
Oranges & Lemons: Garden Of Earthly Delights / Poor Skeleton Steps Out
Nonsuch: The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
Wasp Star: Boarded Up

Funny that I think of Unrest as a band that put out 2 or 3 albums (not technically correct, but that's how it feels) and yet they seem awfully hard to reduce to one CD. No major complaints with the compilation (well, maybe the absence of She Makes Me Shake Like A Soul Machine) but it's still missing a fair amount of stuff I love.

A+++ on the bonzo dog band comp imo.

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You have justified my love.

I'm glad I could work in both the light (What Do You Do, Quiet Walks) and the heavy (We Are Normal, 11 Moustachioed Daughters) to show that the music was as good as the comedy. Should have squeezed in "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies" though.

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Jorge Ben - Jorge Ben

1. A Banda do Zé Pretinho (A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
2. Chove Chuva (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
3. Zagueiro (Solta o Pavão, 1975)
4. Take It Easy, My Brother Charles (Jorge Ben, 1969)
5. Oba Lá Vem Ela (Força Bruta, 1970)
6. Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (África Brasil, 1976)
7. Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando Os Alquimistas (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
8. Amante Amado(A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
9. Ive Brussel (Salve Simpatia, 1979)
10. Carolina, Carol Bela (Carolina 12", 1969
11. Georgia (Tropical, 1977)
11. Comanche (Negro E Lindo, 1971)
12. Menina Mulher da Pele Preta (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
13. Mas que Nada (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
14. Pais Tropical (Jorge Ben, 1969)
15. Santa Clara Clareou (Bem Vinda Amizade, 1981)

Stream at Grooveshark.

K, here's the Jorge Ben compilation available for stream. Spotify is unavailable in my country so I used grooveshark. Only song I couldn't find is Georgia, which is a shame since it's a nice balearic exercise which I thought fitted great between Carolina and Comanche. Hope you enjoy.

Hey Gerald, you are right about the balance issue. On choosing, the idea of balance didn't come into it at-all for me.

If I had given myself a another track per cd I would most likely have included 'Seagulls Screaming' and 'Train Running Low On Soul Coal'

It does give the impression that I may be down on TBE, but I do dig it's many charms.

FWIW Red Brick Dream (a TBE b-side) is my favourite XTC song of all time.

I've noticed that the songs I leave off are often the ones that stay stuck in my head days after finishing a mix--in the case of Unrest, "Lucifer Rising."

Pete that looks like a really nice Unrest comp.

Although nothing from kustomkarnal?

I've tried to get into Kustom Karnal, and won't ever sell it, but it just feels like a misfire top to bottom.

got to take the rough with the smooth sometimes...

was there a time limit for people to post their tracklists? can i post a replacement if someone hasn't posted theirs?

You're welcome to take The Cure and/or Prince, I don't think I'm gonna get around to 'em. :(

I began working on Kraftwerk but felt awful because I couldn't really imagine anyone enjoying my mix - there's nothing on there that will surprise existing Kraftwerk fans (I like a lot of their older semi-rare stuff but it doesn't really flow on a mix very well with their more well-known electropop stuff), and it doesn't really serve as a very good intro for non-Kraftwerk fans because my fav songs by them are pretty predictable - you could probably go to allmusic.com and look for the songs with checkmarks by them and do just as well. I listened to a working version of the playlist and just felt like shit so I stopped.

I gave up on Microphones/Mt. Eerie because, after not really listening to his stuff for a couple years, I realize I loved the way they sounded sitting by myself in my car on the roof of my lol college parking garage, hilariously stoned and poofing out battie smoke through a doob tube, more than it sounds to me today after working for the man all day. When I was in <3 with the microphones I used to be able to bike out to a trail and walk around in the woods and lay in the middle of some guy's field all day without anyone bothering me or caring that I was gone. Now I'm stuck in the city, bummed out, etc, and the music doesn't really transport me to a different place so much as painfully remind me of good times that I can't get back to anymore. /emo So I quit making that one as well.

Sorry, I suck!

I'm going to get around to the Smog/Callahan one... someday. I know how it sounds in my head, I just haven't gotten around to doing it.

Brilliant choice to end the Stereolab compilation with Jump Drive Shout Out.

ZS i'd be really interested in seeing both mixes. I've only dabbled in Kraftwerk and know nothing about Microphones/Mt Eerie, so can only be curious. Isn't the key to this that you just throw out what you like regardless of whether it's sequenced well or rare or well known? I'd love to see/hear your window onto those two if you still feel up to it :)

you could probably go to allmusic.com and look for the songs with checkmarks by them and do just as well

I did just that for Kraftwerk and in the end it didn't do much for me aside from a few obvious things I already dug. They're a very difficult band to anthologize.

Pillbox, listening to and digging Stereolab right now, have never really heard any of this before!

I now am not only procrastinating but also am stuck just posting on my tooch - one day when you least expect it, y'all may get a compilation or two in ya mailbox.

with a vol.2 featuring stuff they've released since you promised

Sorry, I suck!

Yes you do! I was looking forward to your Elverum comp! (I'm only familiar with Glow 2 and Twas Hot.)

Mine is almost ready! Had loads of distractions but now the time for Dagmar approacheth.

Saturday night probably isn't the best time for this, is it? But still...

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Some Questions About Dagmar Krause

Disc 1 – My Work Takes Me Out of Town

1. Some Questions About Hats (Slapp Happy/Henry Cow, Desperate Straights, 1974)
2. Song of Investment Capital Overseas (Art Bears, The World as it is Today, 1981)
3. Ballad of (Bourgeois) Welfare (Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler, 1988)
4. Working at the Ministry (Slapp Happy, Ça Va, 1998)
5. In Two Minds (Art Bears, Hopes and Fears, 1978)
6. Sweetheart (Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, Babble, 1979)
7. Casablanca Moon (Slapp Happy, Acnalbasac Noom, rec. 1973, rel. 1980)
8. The Young Lieutenant (Commuters, 1982)
9. War (Henry Cow, In Praise of Learning, 1975)
10. Victory (News from Babel, Work Resumed on the Tower, 1984)
11. FREEDOM (Art Bears, The World as it is Today, 1981)
12. He’s Out Now (I.D. Company, I.D. Company, 1970)
13. Surabaya Johnny (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)

Disc 2 – Slapp a Happy Platter on the Gramophone

1. Dawn (Slapp Happy, Acnalbasac Noom, rec. 1973, rel. 1980)
2. Heading for Kyoto (Slapp Happy, Sort Of, 1972)
3. Im Gefängnis Zu Singen (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)
4. First Things First (Art Bears, Winter Songs, 1979)
5. Black Gold (News From Babel, Work Resumed on the Tower, 1984)
6. Dünne, Gläserne Frauen (I.D. Company, I.D. Company, 1970)
7. Everybody’s Slimmin’ (Slapp Happy, bonus track on Acnalbasac Noom, rel. 1990)
8. Seven (Dagmar Krause & Marie Goyette, A Scientific Dream and a French Kiss, 1998)
9. Betty Dupree (City Preachers, Der Kürbis, Das Transportproblem Und Die Traumtänzer, 1969)
10. The Secret (Slapp Happy, Casablanca Moon, 1974)
11. Alabama Song (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)
12. Blue Flower (Slapp Happy, Sort Of, 1972)
13. It Really Doesn’t Matter/We Know Who We Are (Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, Babble, 1979)

Yikes, that cover's quite big, which only emphasises how bad I am at doing that sort of stuff. Damn.

The first side is meant to be the darker, proggier stuff, and the second is supposed to be lighter and poppier, which is why it's so Slapp Happy dominated (also, a lot of it still isn't poppy at all, ha). Also, I unabashedly love Everybody's Slimmin', even though it is incredibly stupid.