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1-1	Chip Chapman -	They Are Asleep (Grandiose Norway Version)	9:50
1-2	Chip Chapman -	CMIX	2:40
1-3	Chip Chapman -	Getting Ahead/Orbit/Painting The Roses Red (Original And Uncut)	6:09
1-4	Chip Chapman -	Music For Gamelan And Synthesizer	10:09
		Percussion [Gamelan] - Cal Arts Gamelan Orchestra
1-5	Le Forte Four -	Microzone	5:34
1-6	Le Forte Four -	Japanese Super Heroes	10:50
1-7	Chip Chapman -	SMIX	7:35
1-8	Chip Chapman -	Suburban Magic (Electrolux Version)	5:15
		Bass - Steve Jackson (4) Bassoon - Steve Braunstein
1-9	Chip Chapman / Le Forte Four -	Suburban Magic	8:35
2-1	Le Forte Four -	Ka-Bella-Cha-Cha	0:42
2-2	Le Forte Four -	Some Problem With The Cord Or Something	0:32
2-3	Le Forte Four -	Ka-Bella-Binsky Bungo (Excerpt)	6:27
2-4	Le Forte Four -	Good Worker	0:44
2-5	Le Forte Four -	Aye Ma Ma (I'm Amok)	0:13
2-6	Le Forte Four -	Meanwhile Back At The Tulip Boat, Stinky And Gus Make Warplanes/Your Living Constutuion (Dies)	0:33
2-7	Le Forte Four -	Before Docking In Space	0:19
2-8	Le Forte Four -	Candy Wrapper Blues/A Little Sloppy Still	0:18
2-9	Le Forte Four -	Bikini Tennis Shoes (One Pair)	4:16
2-10	Le Forte Four -	Joe's Nose Solo	0:49
2-11	Le Forte Four -	Song Of The Electric Drill	0:19
2-12	Le Forte Four -	I Can't Even Think/On The Dawning Of A Giant Face/Joe's Dead/Marriage/Twinkle
2-13	Le Forte Four -	What Do You Do, Radiator?/The Grocery Store Is My Heaven	0:32
2-14	Le Forte Four -	Fade It Out	0:12
2-15	Le Forte Four -	The Pope Speaks	0:23
2-16	Le Forte Four -	Crank Up The Kids	1:48
2-17	Le Forte Four -	Bongo Madness	3:29
2-18	Le Forte Four -	Ka-Bella Reprise	6:06
2-19	Le Forte Four -	Steven, Steven	1:01
2-20	Le Forte Four -	Sonnet	1:06
2-21	Le Forte Four -	Ballad De Forte Four	0:26
2-22	Le Forte Four -	It's Raining Bongos	1:05
2-23	Le Forte Four -	They Are Asleep	4:32
		Bass - Dan Weiss Drums - Jay Ross Flute [Rhythm] - Susan Farthing
2-24	Le Forte Four -	Music Hall Bootleg (Excerpt)	0:18
		Bass - Steve Jackson (4)
2-25	Le Forte Four -	Painting The Roses Red	0:27
2-26	Le Forte Four -	Enough Fun/That Feedback Again	1:08
2-27	Airway -	Live At LACE, Part One	13:26
		Vocals - Vetza
2-28	Airway -	Live At LACE, Part Two	14:56
		Vocals - Vetza
3-1	Le Forte Four -	Birth Of Largie Schrapnel	1:06
3-2	Le Forte Four -	The Very First Song I Ever Wrote	0:58
3-3	Le Forte Four -	M-M-M	1:22
3-4	Le Forte Four -	Keep That Point Up/4000 Holes In Glackburn, Lancashire
3-5	Le Forte Four -	Telethon Returns	0:23
3-6	Le Forte Four -	From The 12 Pages	3:56
3-7	Le Forte Four -	Tree Shredding Blues	2:11
		Bass - Steve Jackson (4)
3-8	Le Forte Four -	To The Crow	1:11
3-9	Le Forte Four -	Balanced Comfort	16:13
3-10	Le Forte Four -	Telethon Returns	0:14
3-11	Le Forte Four -	Internal C.B. Breakage	0:25
3-12	Le Forte Four -	Good Friday Tape Dumb Session No.1	1:47
3-13	Le Forte Four -	Reel World	0:37
3-14	Le Forte Four -	Columbia-Princeton Low Priority Soybean Meal	1:02
3-15	Le Forte Four -	Telethon Returns	1:18
3-16	Le Forte Four -	Down The Congo In A Backwards Canoe	1:27
3-17	Le Forte Four -	Telethon Returns Continues	0:31
3-18	Le Forte Four -	Welcome To 35 South Raymond	1:30
		Bass - Steve Jackson (4) Organ - Ken (11)
3-19	Le Forte Four -	Darker Skratcher	4:09
		Synthesizer [Electric Music Box] - Bob Frazier (2)
3-20	Le Forte Four -	Diorama I	0:49
3-21	Le Forte Four -	Diorama II	0:47
3-22	Le Forte Four -	HHHMMM	1:25
3-23	Le Forte Four -	Telethon Returns	0:25
3-24	Le Forte Four -	Good Friday Tape Dumb Session II	1:45
3-25	Le Forte Four -	Shoe Spot/Meet The Detectives	2:22
3-26	Le Forte Four -	Simple Circus	1:13
3-27	Le Forte Four -	Amazing Three (Instrumental)	5:33
3-28	Le Forte Four -	Japnese Super Heroes	2:59
		Performer [Toys], Vocals - Susan Farthing
3-29	Le Forte Four -	Amazing Three (Live)	3:41
		Performer [Toys], Vocals - Susan Farthing
3-30	Le Forte Four -	Speed Racer	2:01
		Performer [Toys], Vocals - Susan Farthing
3-31	Le Forte Four -	Man Has A Dream	2:04
		Performer [Toys], Vocals - Susan Farthing
4-1	Doo-Dooettes -	Mojave	8:15
		Organ [Electric] - Dennis Mehaffey Synthesizer - Harold Schroeder
4-2	Doo-Dooettes -	Silver Hours	5:35
4-3	Doo-Dooettes -	(Twenty-Four)	5:37
4-4	Doo-Dooettes -	Children Undressing Animals	15:01
		Percussion, Cornet, Voice - Dennis Mehaffey Synthesizer, Organ - Harold Schroeder
4-5	Fredrik Nilsen -	Green	6:39
4-6	Doo-Dooettes -	Live Outside	23:18
4-7	Doo-Dooettes with John Duncan -	Close	13:26
		Drums - John Duncan
5-1	Unknown Artist -	Intro	0:25
5-2	Electric Willy -	Her Father's Love	1:25
5-3	Smegma -	Geek The Geeker	1:15
		Bass - Ju Suk Reet Meate Vocals - Ace Farren Ford , Cheez-it-Ritz , Chucko Fatts , Pizza Tioux*
5-4	ACE=1, c/s & Helene Elana Armand* -	HEA/AOS	0:59
5-5	Mr. Foon's Bandaloon -	Microphobia	5:58
5-6	Ju Suk Reet Meate -	Hot Bee's Head Hit The Wax	4:35
5-7	Smegma -	"Difference"	3:57
5-8	Smegma -	1980 A.R. (After Radiation)	7:28
5-9	Smegma -	PROWING NOSE	5:14
5-10	Smegma -	Die Wo-Wo	1:35
5-11	Smegma -	"I Am Not Artist"	6:15
5-12	Smegma -	Ladies Nite At The "Ortho Lounge"	4:02
5-13	Smegma -	HALF A BILLION	7:51
5-14	Airway -	Perpendicular Thrust	3:53
		Technician - Jerry Bishop Vocals - Vetza
5-15	Airway -	Live	4:38
		Vocals - Vetza
5-16	Vetza & Airway -	Racing In The Streets	1:37
		Technician - Jerry Bishop Vocals - Vetza
5-17	CV Massage -	Naked	7:06
		Performer - John Duncan , Michael Le Donne-Bhennet , Paul McCarthy
5-18	CV Massage -	Sea Chantey	2:48
		Performer - John Duncan , Michael Le Donne-Bhennet , Paul McCarthy
6-1	Dennis Duck & Kevin Laffey -	Schlagerziet	3:02
6-2	Doo-Dooettes -	Zombie	3:04
6-3	Doo-Dooettes -	I Got A Right To Sing The Blu	4:21
		Engineer - Brent Wilcox
6-4	Doo-Dooettes -	The Flying Eyes (Complete)	18:28
6-5	Doo-Dooettes -	Baby	1:36
6-6	Doo-Dooettes -	Bird And Bee Orchestra (Incorporating Run Off Groove)	6:29
		Featuring - Joseph T. Jacobs
6-7	Doo-Dooettes -	Schlagerzeit (Tolstoy's Anemic)	3:01
6-8	Doo-Dooettes -	Dr. Phibes Visits Chicago	4:58
6-9	Doo-Dooettes -	Scrapyard	3:19
6-10	Doo-Dooettes -	Red Wrec. Said	2:11
6-11	Doo-Dooettes -	That Latin	2:11
		Featuring - Joseph T. Jacobs
6-12	Doo-Dooettes -	Untitled (Source Piece For Side 2 Runoff Groove)	2:12
6-13	Foundation Boo -	Slow Piece #1 Of 3	10:26
7-1	Joe Potts with Vetza -	Mother Daughter	2:55
		Vocals - Vetza
7-2	Doo-Dooettes -	L.A. Nickel	8:35
7-3	Doo-Dooettes / Junichi Kawara - Chie Mukai -	Collaboration	8:37
7-4	Fredrik Nilsen -	Insecticide, A Philosophic Didactic	2:52
7-5	Solid Eye -	Satie Bongos	2:38
		Cello [Two-by-cello] - Bill Leavitt* Sampler [Mirage], Engineer - Steve Thomsen
7-6	Solid Eye -	Blender Meadow	2:59
		Cello [Two-by-cello] - Bill Leavitt* Sampler [Mirage], Engineer - Steve Thomsen
7-7	Harold Schroeder -	Silent Rituals	3:39
		Guitar, Bass, Tape, Voice - Harold Schroeder
7-8	Kevin Laffey -	Berlin Zug Und Der Düsseldorf Hop	4:39
7-9	Slimy Adenoid & Pablums, The -	Under My Gums	3:38
		Marimba - Reverend Toad Eater, The
7-10	Monitor (3) -	Pet Wedding	2:17
		Bass - Laurie O'Connell Drums - Jeff Rankin Guitar - Michael Uhlenkott Keyboards - Steve Thomsen
7-11	Monitor (3) -	Beak	1:53
		Bass - Laurie O'Connell Drums - Jeff Rankin Guitar - Michael Uhlenkott Keyboards - Steve Thomsen
7-12	Dennis Duck -	One O'clock Jump (Excerpt) (From "Dennis Duck Goes Disco")	4:52
7-13	Dennis Duck -	Davey The Worm	2:57
7-14	Paul Is Dead -	Crazy	3:42
7-15	Paul Is Dead -	Jasper Johns	3:10
7-16	Friends Of Leslie -	Freak Show (For Mayo Thompson)	3:13
7-17	Friends Of Leslie -	The Four People	2:56
7-18	Doo-Dooettes -	Jesus Theme	8:12
8-1	Dinosaurs With Horns -	Carny	3:04
8-2	Rick Potts -	Platform Swimfins	3:10
		Performer [Cocktails] - Jerry Bishop
8-3	Gothic Hut -	Autobody Experience	2:60
		Drums, Percussion - Walter Lab Guitar - John Dyer , Nic Greene Keyboards, Effects, Percussion - Bob Mrozek Oboe - Catharine Del Russo* Sitar - Matt Levonian Trombone - Richard Acosta Tuba - Norm Pearson*
8-4	Rick Potts -	Objects In The Mirror	3:04
		Keyboards, Drum Programming - Steve Thomsen Vocals - Barbara Ann Jaekel
8-5	Rick Potts -	Malathion L.A.	4:53
8-6	Rick Potts -	Squirrel-Proof Man	4:23
		Keyboards, Drum Programming - Steve Thomsen
8-7	Rick Potts -	Step Into The Shadow	3:43
		Keyboards, Effects, Drum Programming - Steve Thomsen
8-8	Gothic Hut -	Undermatter	4:36
		Engineer - Phil Singher Guitar - Doug Henry , John Dyer
8-9	Steaming Coils -	Blathering Hemispheres	4:03
		Drums, Guitar, Vocals - Brad Laner Vocals - Grashtaht Schtant
8-10	Monique Experience -	Donde Esta Mi Cuerpo	5:29
		Engineer - Ricky Mixx Vocals - Kari Birmingham , Sarah Seager
8-11	Gothic Hut -	Jeannie Wants Her Tambourine	5:13
		Bass - Matt Levonian Drums, Percussion - Walter Lab Guitar - John Dyer , Nic Greene Keyboards, Effects, Percussion - Bob Mrozek
8-12	Gothic Hut -	Unintentional Laugh	3:24
		Drums, Percussion - Walter Lab Guitar - John Dyer , Nic Greene Keyboards, Effects, Percussion - Bob Mrozek Trombone - Richard Acosta Tuba - Norm Pearson*
8-13	Gothic Hut -	Uvula Broach	3:37
		Bass - Nikolas Dodet Engineer - John Dyer Guitar - John Dyer , Tony Lovett Keyboards, Effects, Percussion - Bob Mrozek
8-14	Rick Potts -	Parasitic Twin	4:23
8-15	Rick Potts -	Look Who Buried Their Car	4:11
		Mixed By - Joseph Hammer
8-16	Rick Potts -	Sausage In A Bottle	1:34
8-17	Rick Potts -	Yet To Appear	2:49
		Mixed By - Joseph Hammer
8-18	Rick Potts -	Platform Swimfins (Reprise)	4:25
8-19	Rick Potts -	Draw Spunky	4:44
9-1	Tom Recchion -	Lepidoptera	2:13
9-2	Tom Recchion -	Music For Homemade Instruments	1:58
9-3	Tom Recchion -	The Blue Blue Moon	3:12
9-4	Tom Recchion -	Jazz 2,000 A.D. Part 3	4:08
9-5	Tom Recchion -	Back Beat	8:00
9-6	Tom Recchion -	Martin Denny In Spain	4:23
9-7	Tom Recchion -	Mother	6:06
		Voice - Gerald Bole
9-8	Tom Recchion -	Stodgy Old Sayings	4:20
		Voice - Gerald Bole
9-9	Tom Recchion -	Pinky Takes A Walk	5:26
9-10	Tom Recchion -	Herself A Cocoon	4:01
9-11	Tom Recchion -	Infancy In The Water	3:57
9-12	Tom Recchion -	Untitled	4:42
9-13	Tom Recchion -	The Little Green Thing	5:07
9-14	Tom Recchion -	The Real Strungaphone	16:18
10-1	Gerald Bole -	Moonlight	2:09
10-2	Gerald Bole -	Spain	2:45
10-3	Gerald Bole -	Hawaii	3:20
10-4	Gerald Bole -	Elephants	1:25
10-5	Gerald Bole -	If Mississippi...	0:33
10-6	Gerald Bole -	Will You Elope?...	0:16
10-7	Gerald Bole -	Lament	3:55
10-8	Gerald Bole -	March	2:36
10-9	Doo-Dooettes -	Pole-land	11:56
10-10	Monique Et Aviv -	I Am I	2:56
		Vocals - Kari Birmingham , Sarah Seager
10-11	Monique Et Aviv -	J'Attends	2:21
		Vocals - Kari Birmingham , Sarah Seager
10-12	Monique Et Aviv -	I Want To Go Outside	2:19
		Vocals - Kari Birmingham , Sarah Seager
10-13	Monique Experience -	Someone's In The Bathroom	3:04
		Vocals - Kari Birmingham , Sarah Seager
10-14	Precambrian Three -	Jewel Of Denile	10:15
		Violin - Michael Uhlenkott
10-15	Dinosaurs With Horns -	Interesting Jewelry	1:58
10-16	Dinosaurs With Horns -	Sabertina's Country	3:49
10-17	Dinosaurs With Horns -	Totally Gone	2:51
10-18	Dinosaurs With Horns -	Deep	11:02
11-1	Rick Potts -	The Very First Song I Ever Wrote	0:54
11-2	BDR Ensemble -	Station Event	25:11
		Performer - John Duncan , Michael Delle Donne-Bhennet*
11-3	Joe Potts -	Extended Organ (Three Chord Fade)	32:43
11-4	Extended Organ -	Untitled 1	3:44
		Performer - Paul McCarthy
11-5	Extended Organ -	Untitled 2	10:13
		Performer - Paul McCarthy

Credits

Artwork By [Packaging Design] - Tom Recchion
Engineer - Paul McKenna (tracks: 9-01 to 9-14) , Randy Farrar (tracks: 6-02, 6-04 to 6-12) , Richard McIlvery (tracks: 6-02, 6-04 to 6-12)
Mastered By - Gary Todd
Performer - Chip Chapman (tracks: 1-01 to 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-14, 5-16) , Dennis Duck (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 4-07, 5-05, 5-14, 5-16 to 5-18, 6-01 to 6-13, 7-03, 7-12 to 7-15, 7-18, 8-02, 10-09) , Fredrik Nilsen (tracks: 4-03 to 4-07, 5-17 to 5-18, 6-02 to 6-13, 7-02 to 7-04, 7-14 to 7-15, 7-18, 8-10, 10-09, 10-13, 10-16, 11-4, 11-5) , Joe Potts (tracks: 1-03 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-14 to 5-16, 7-1, 7-09, 11-3 to 11-5) , Joseph Hammer (tracks: 7-05 to 7-06, 8-01, 8-04 to 8-07, 8-13 to 8-15, 10-15 to 10-17) , Juan Gomez (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-18, 4-02, 4-04, 7-07, 7-14 to 7-15, 10-14) , Kevin Laffey (tracks: 5-14, 5-16, 6-01, 6-06, 6-10, 6-13, 7-08, 8-10, 10-13) , Rick Potts (tracks: 1-03, 1-05 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-16, 6-04, 6-07, 7-05 to 7-06, 7-09, 7-13 to 7-15, 8-01 to 8-19, 10-13, 10-15 to 10-17, 11-1) , Tom Potts (tracks: 1-03, 1-05 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-20 to 2-21, 2-25, 3-01 to 3-26, 5-14, 5-16) , Tom Recchion (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-18, 4-02 to 4-04, 4-06 to 4-07, 5-14, 5-16 to 5-18, 6-02 to 6-13, 7-02 to 7-03, 7-07, 7-14 to 7-18, 8-10, 9-01 to 9-14, 10-09, 10-13 to 10-14, 11-2, 11-4, 11-2, 11-4, 11-5)
Piano - Gerald Bole (tracks: 10-01 to 10-08)
Producer - Gary Todd , Ron Lessard

Notes

Numbered edition of 350 copies with extra disc, extra 8-page booklet and vellum back cover with text in Japanese. Additionally, this set is signed by almost everyone who appears on the set.

Tracks 1-05 to 1-07 and 1-09 originally released on the LP "Spin 'N Grin".
Tracks 2-01 to 2-26 originally released as the LP "Bikini Tennis Shoes".
Tracks 2-27 and 2-28 originally released as the LP "Live at LACE".
Tracks 3-1 to 3-26 and 4-1 to 4-5 originally released as the double LP "Live at The Brand".
Tracks 5-1 to 5-5 originally released on the compilation LP "Blorp-essette, Volume One".
Track 5-6 originally released on the compilation LP "Blorp-essette, Volume Two".
Tracks 5-7 to 5-13 originally released as the LP "Glamour Girl / 5 Years Wasted".
Tracks 6-2 to 6-11 originally released as the LP "Look To This".
Track 7-01 originally released as the b-side to the 7" "The Residents".
Track 7-04 originally released on the cassette "Music From Norway" on Solid Eye.
Track 7-07 originally released on the compilation LP "I.D. Art #2".
Track 7-09 originally released as a 7" record.
Tracks 7-10 and 7-11 originally released as a 7" record by World Imitation.
Track 7-12 originally released on the cassette "Dennis Duck Goes Disco".
Tracks 7-13 and 8-02 originally released on the compilation LP "Dark Scratcher".
Track 7-15 originally released on the compilation LP "Blub Krad"
Track 7-18 originally released on the compilation cassette "Bethel" released by John Balance.
Track 8-03 and 8-11 released on the LP "Big Holes" on Show Me Records & Tapes.
Track 8-08 originally released on the LP "Show Me Yer Belley" on Show Me Records & Tapes.
Track 8-09 originally released on the LP "Never Creak" by Rotary Totem Records.
Tracks 10-15 to 10-17 originally released on the cassette "Dinosaurs With Horns" by Solid Eye.
Track 11-2 originally released on the cassette "Station Event" by AQM.
All above released published by Los Angeles Free Music Society unless otherwise noted.

All other tracks previously unreleased.

Packaged in a foil stamped box with 36-page four color booklet of photos, 60-page book of extensive notes and essays, and poster discography.

Contributors to the booklet of essays are Dennis Cooper, Gary Todd, Byron Coley, David Toop, Jerry Bishop, Tony Mostrom, Takuya Sakaguchi, Fredrik Nilsen, Michael Uhlenkott, Juan Gomez, Tom Recchion, Kevin Laffey, Sarah Seager, Dennis Duck, John Duncan, Paul McCarthy, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Ace Farren Ford, and Dinosaurs With Horns.

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