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a work in progress
version 1.79/September 6, 2009
This discography is divided into two sections. The first section deals with recordings which feature Art and/or Artie Barnes, whether as performers, songwriters, producers, or any combination thereof. The second section deals with recordings which features their alter egos, Bill Mumy and Robert Haimer, in the same capacity.
Additions, corrections, and general comments would be greatly appreciated. Send them to nunki@surfcity.net.
The most recent version of this discography can be found at http://www.inanotherroom.com/barnes.html.
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All songs are written, produced, performed, and recorded -- usually in Lumania -- by Art & Artie Barnes, except where indicated.
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1979
Barnes & Barnes
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Fish Heads (2:23)
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performed by Barnes & Barnes
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performed by Barnes & Barnes with SuLu
The catalog numbers are listed only in the run-out grooves. The songwriting credit for both songs is given as "Art & Art Barnes," as Robert Haimer was not yet known as Artie. "Fish Heads" was premiered on The Dr. Demento Show in 1978.
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1979
Damaskas and Barnes & Barnes
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A Day in the Life of Green Acres [Vic Mizzy/John Lennon/Paul
McCartney?] (3:24)
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performed by Damaskas and Barnes & Barnes
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performed by Damaskas (no
Barnes & Barnes involvement)
This record does not actually provide a songwriting credit for "A Day in the Life of Green Acres," but Mizzy/Lennon/McCartney seems like the logical credit. The song sets the lyrics of the "Green Acres" theme song (written by Vic Mizzy) to the tune of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney).
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1979
Various artists
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The
Rhino Brothers' Circus Royale
includes:
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Fish Heads
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late 1979
Barnes & Barnes
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Something's in the Bag
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 1)
[7"; Lumania BB 201/202]
The catalog numbers are listed only in the run-out grooves. 200 copies were pressed on blue vinyl. 400 were pressed on black vinyl. Both tracks would be included on Barnes & Barnes' first album Voobaha.
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1980
Various artists
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Dr.
Demento's Dementia Royale
includes:
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Three Drunk Newts
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performed by Barnes & Barnes
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performed by Barnes & Barnes with Friends
[CS; Rhino RNC 010 (reissued as R4 70010)]
The "Friends" on "I Gotta Get a Fake I.D." are guest vocalists Damaskas, SuLu, Dr. Demento, and hand musician/hiccup artist "Musical Mike" Kieffer. "Three Drunk Newts" has since been included on the CD reissue of Voobaha, while "I Gotta Get a Fake I.D." can now be found on Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection.
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Aug. 1980
Barnes & Barnes
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Voobaha
side one:
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Please Please Me [John Lennon/Paul McCartney] (2:50)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 1) (2:31)
Gumby Jaws Lament (3:26)
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"Weird Al" Yankovic: accordion
Clip Clop (Ode To Equus) (3:53)
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Janit Baldwin, Joan Farber, Diane Callait: background vocals
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Brian Greer: "yeah"
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Joan Farber: additional vocals
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Fish Heads (2:23)
Sewey Hole (2:49)
The Lumanian Love Song (3:26)
Cemetery Girls (4:30)
Something's in the Bag (4:24)
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Heather Blodgett: child's voice
When You Die (version 1) (0:48)
This album was released on CD (with bonus tracks) in 1996 and 2006.
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Mar. 1981
Wild Man Fischer
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Pronounced
Normal
side one ("coming"):
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Pronounced Normal [Barnes & Barnes]
Don't Be a Singer [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
It's Nice to Have Things [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes/Dr. Demento]
I Swear to God My Love Was True [Fischer]
Talking [Barnes & Barnes]
Watch Out for the Sharks [Sanmartino/Sanmartino]
When You're Younger [Fischer]
Yesterday [John Lennon/Paul McCartney]
Fish Heads [Barnes & Barnes]
Mistakes [Fischer]
Frank [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
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It's a Money World [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
The Mope (part 2) [Fischer]
The Righteous [Fischer]
Oh Linda, No Laurie [Fischer]
The Bouillabaisse [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
One Minute [Fischer]
In My Room [Brian Wilson/Gary Usher]
I'm a Christmas Tree [Fischer]
Let Us Live As One [Fischer]
Pronounced Normal (reprise) [Barnes & Barnes]
My Sweet Little Cathy [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
[CD; Collectors' Choice Music ? (released in 2007)]
Produced by Barnes & Barnes. "Don't Be a Singer" was later re-recorded by Barnes & Barnes for the Amazing Adult Fantasy LP. All of the songs from this album are included on the two-CD set The Fischer King.
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Apr. 1981
Wild Man Fischer
-
side one:
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Don't Be a Singer [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:30)
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I Got a Camera (version 1) [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:06)
Do the Salvo [Fischer] (0:28)
A single drawn from the Pronounced Normal album. Neither of the songs on the B-side are from that album, but a different version of "I Got a Camera" was included on Fischer's next album, Nothing Scary. All tracks are produced by Barnes & Barnes and were later included on the two-CD set The Fischer King.
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Nov. 1981
Barnes & Barnes
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Spazchow
side one:
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(intro) (0:17)
I Need You [Gerry Beckley] (2:27)
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Gerry Beckley: bass, additional vocals
Fletchy's Revenge (3:14)
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Sarah Taylor: additional vocal
Cats (3:11)
(link) (0:19)
For You (1:55)
Where's the Water (4:24)
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(intro) (0:30)
Swallow My Love (3:07)
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Joan Farber: additional vocal
(link: I Love You Baby) (0:16)
Slut (4:04)
(link) (0:33)
Roadblock (3:58)
Unfinished Business (3:42)
(link) (0:10)
The Inevitable Song (2:47)
Heart Ghosts (1:40)
This album was released on CD (with bonus tracks) in 1997, at which time the link tracks were given individual titles.
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late 1981
Barnes & Barnes
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Love Tap (2:18)
Party in My Pants (special long-version, party mix) (4:04)
[7"; Rhino RNOR 012]
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1982
Various artists
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Demento's
Mementos
includes:
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Doctor of Dementia [Dr. Demento/Barnes & Barnes] (4:15)
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performed by Dr. Demento with Barnes & Barnes
[CS; Eccentric PVCC 8912]
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1982
Barnes & Barnes
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I
Had Sex With E.T.
side one:
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So Bold (2:43)
I Had Sex With Pac-Man (1:20)
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If You Hurt No One (3:37)
I Had Sex With E.T. (1:20)
Technically this EP has no title, but it is generally referred to as the "I Had Sex With E.T." EP. By far the most obscure of Barnes & Barnes' major releases, this EP was released in a very limited number (reported as both 200 and "a few hundred") before being pulled due to what Bill Mumy has called "serious bigtime showbiz legal problems."
"I Had Sex With Pac-Man" and "I Had Sex With E.T." are different sets of lyrics set to the same tune, which was also used for "I Had Sex on TV" (see below), "I Had Sex With Santa" (released on the Sicks CD in 2005) and two unreleased tunes: "I Had Sex With Madonna" and "I Had Sex With Your Mother."
The catalog numbers are listed only in the run-out grooves.
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Nov. 1982
Barnes & Barnes
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Fish
Heads / Barnes & Barnes Greatest Hits
side one:
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Fish Heads (2:22)
I Had Sex on TV (1:21)
Swallow My Love (3:07)
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Work the Meat [Barnes & Barnes/Bill Frenzer] (2:52)
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performed by Barnes & Barnes and Ogden Edsl
produced by Barnes & Barnes and Bill Frenzer
Available only as a shaped picture disc made to look like a fish head. "Party in My Pants" is the slightly abbreviated version which would later appear on Zabagabee. "Work the Meat" has since been included on Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes. "I Had Sex on TV" is not available anywhere else.
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1983
Barnes & Barnes
-
Soak
It Up
side one:
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Soak It Up (3:18)
Before You Leave (Positive Life) [Mark Mothersbaugh/Barnes & Barnes] (4:42)
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Succeed (3:03)
Monkey Life [Barnes & Barnes/Annerose Bucklers] (3:09)
Objectivity (3:41)
[CS; Boulevard ?]
This release features these additional musicians:
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Mike Baird: drums and cymbals
Doane Perry: additional drums and cymbals
Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell: additional vocal harmonies (including Beckley on "Succeed" and Bunnell on "Before You Leave")
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1983
Various artists
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The
World's Worst Records, Vol. 1
includes:
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Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 1)
[CS; Rhino RNC 809]
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1983
Various artists
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Horror
Rock Classics, Vol. 2
includes:
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Cemetery Girls
Released only as a bat-shaped disc.
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1983
Hot Food to Go!
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Fries
includes:
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Frogs Are Fun
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Artie Barnes: guest vocal
This EP was a picture disc in the shape of a basket of fries.
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Feb. 1984
Wild Man Fischer
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Nothing
Scary
side one:
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Intro [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Derailroaded [Fischer]
Larry and the New Wave [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Sparking Diamonds [Fischer]
Music Business Shark [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Don't Ever Get Mad at Me [Robert Williams]
My Friend Robert [Fischer]
The Omar Walk [Fischer]
I Looked Around You [Fischer]
Oh God, Please Send Me a Kid [Fischer]
Back in Time [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Track Star [Fischer]
I Got a Camera (version 2) [Barnes & Barnes]
Scotty's Got a Cake [Robert Williams]
Walking Thru the Underground [Fischer]
Merry Go Round [Fischer]
You're a Liar and a Thief [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
All I Think About Is You [Gerry Beckley]
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Outside the Hospital [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Big Boots [Fischer]
Ping Pong Ball Head [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Real Cool Cowboy [Fischer]
One of a Kind Mind [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
The Record Player Song [Fischer]
When You Record Singers [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
Wild Man Fischer Records (AKA: Larry's Record Company) [Fischer]
Gimmie a Ride Down the Hill [Barnes & Barnes]
Bad Leg [Fischer]
I Worry About My Friends [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
The Rain Song [Dewey Bunnell]
The Pep [Fischer]
Love Love Love in Everything You Do [Fischer]
Larry in Las Vegas [Fischer]
Outro [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes]
[CD; Collectors' Choice Music ? (released in 2007)]
Produced by Barnes & Barnes, recorded between 1980 and 1983. All of the songs from this album are included on the two-CD set The Fischer King.
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1984
Barnes & Barnes
-
Amazing
Adult Fantasy
side one:
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Learn to Kiss the Enemy (4:42)
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George Englund: saxophone
Gerry Beckley, Annerose Bucklers: additional vocals
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Steve Perry, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Jay Gruska, Joseph
Williams: additional vocals
Nothing Funny (2:38)
I Don't Remember Tomorrow (3:40)
Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping (3:42)
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Don't Be a Singer [Larry Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (3:58)
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Wild Man Fischer: additional vocal
ZZ Top Beard (3:00)
Music Doesn't Matter (0:26)
Ah A (1:30)
The Little Man (1:57)
Music Spazchow (3:00)
Bang Bang [Sonny Bono] (2:52)
Excerpts from anonymous telephone messages left on Barnes & Barnes' answering machine are featured throughout the album.
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1984
Various artists
-
The
World's Worst Records, Vol. 2
includes:
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Party in My Pants
[CS; Rhino RNC 815]
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Oct. 1985
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records
of All Time - Vol. IV: The 1970s
includes:
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Fish Heads
[CS; Rhino RNC 823 / R4 70823]
This was available both individually and as part of a six LP (but not cassette) box set (Rhino RNBC 490).
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Oct. 1985
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records
of All Time - Vol. VI: Christmas
includes:
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I'm a Christmas Tree [Larry Fischer]
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performed by Wild Man Fischer and Dr. Demento
produced by Barnes & Barnes
[CS; Rhino RNC 825 / R4 70825]
A previously unreleased outtake from Fischer's album Pronounced Normal. Barnes & Barnes also provide sleigh bells on the recording. This LP was also available as part of the box set mentioned in the previous entry.
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1986
Barnes & Barnes
-
Sicks
side one:
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If You Wanna Be Happy [Carmela Guida/Frank Guida/Joseph Royster]
(3:04)
Homophobic Dream #22 (2:16)
Pussy Whipped [Barnes & Barnes/David Jolliffe/Miguel Ferrer] (3:39)
Dead Baby Hunt (2:07)
Pizza Face (2:38)
Lick Lap (2:20)
Scary Love (3:41)
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Doane Perry: additional drums and percussion
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Pineapple Princess [Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman] (3:20)
Sit on My Lap and Call Me Daddy (2:53)
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Eileen Davis: additional vocals
Love Button (2:50)
Pre-School Games (2:18)
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Eileen Davis: additional vocals
I Hate the Boss (2:05)
[CS; Rhino RNC 70828]
A sticker on the album cover reads: "Warning! The sickest songs ever collected on one record." "Scary Love" and "I Hate the Boss" are 1983 recordings originally intended for the unreleased Kodovoner album. "Baby Come Home" is actually an Artie Barnes solo recording. When "Pussy Whipped" was re-recorded by Bill Mumy's bands Seduction of the Innocent and The Jenerators (with Miguel Ferrer handling the lead vocal on both occasions), the songwriting credit was listed as Mumy/Ferrer/Jolliffe, suggesting that Robert Haimer was not involved with writing this song.
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1986
Barnes & Barnes
-
Pizza Face
Pineapple Princess [Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman]
[7"; Rhino PRO-7828]
A promotional-only single.
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1986
Various artists
-
Bizarre
Music Television
[VHS; Rhino Video RNVD 2907]
[LD; Image Entertainment ID8469RH]
Includes the complete "Fish Heads" video.
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1987
Barnes & Barnes
-
Zabagabee:
The Best of Barnes & Barnes
side one:
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Fish Heads (2:23)
Blithering (3:21)
-
produced, recorded and mixed by Gerry Beckley
Gerry Beckley: background vocal, keyboards, drum programming
Ah A (1:29)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 2) (2:34)
Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping (3:38)
Unfinished Business (3:44)
Pussy Whipped [Barnes & Barnes/David Jolliffe/Miguel Ferrer] (3:39)
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What's New Pussycat? [Burt Bacharach/Hal David] (2:45)
-
produced, recorded and mixed by Bob Casale
Don't You Wanna Go to the Moon (3:30)
Pizza Face (2:38)
Love Tap (2:19)
I Don't Remember Tomorrow (3:44)
Cemetery Girls (remix) (4:45)
When You Die (version 2) (1:57)
Cats (3:11)
Something's in the Bag (4:26)
Swallow My Love (3:16)
Loch Ness Lady (1:27)
The Ballad of Jim Joy (3:03)
[CS; Rhino RNC 70836 / R4 70836]
[CD; Rhino RNCD 70836]
The last five tracks appear only on the CD version. This collection features four previously unreleased songs -- "Blithering," "What's New Pussycat?," "Loch Ness Lady," and "The Ballad of Jim Joy" -- plus a new recording of "When You Die" which features an extra verse. "Blithering," "What's New Pussycat," and the new "When You Die" were recorded specifically for this compilation, while "Loch Ness Lady" and "The Ballad of Jim Joy" were recorded a few years earlier, possibly in 1983 for the unreleased Kodovoner album.
Several other tracks have been remixed, most noticeably "Cemetery Girls," which has an extended introduction, and "Soak It Up," which lacks some of the overdubs and reverb included on the original release because the master mix tapes were missing at the time this album was prepared. (The tapes were finally recovered in 2000.)
Among the other tracks remixed for this compilation: "Boogie Woogie Amputee" (while not drastically different from the original, it was considered enough of an improvement for the remix to be used on the CD release of Voobaha as well as Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes), "Cats," "Something's in the Bag," and "Swallow My Love."
Although most of the remixes remain exclusive to this compilation, the five previously unreleased recordings -- "Blithering," "What's New Pussycat?," "Loch Ness Lady," "The Ballad of Jim Joy," and the new "When You Die" -- have since appeared as bonus tracks on the Amazing Adult Fantasy and Sicks CDs.
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1987
Various artists
-
The
Spirit picture disc
[LP; Ordinary Records 5001]
Music inspired by Will Eisner's classic comic "The Spirit." Artie Barnes contributes vocals and keyboards. Bill Mumy contributes guitar.
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1988
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All
Time
includes:
-
Fish Heads (2:24)
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1989
Barnes & Barnes
-
Zabagabee:
The Best of Barnes & Barnes
[VHS; Rhino Video RNVD 1903]
A video documentary of sorts which also includes the promotional videos for "Fish Heads," "Love Tap," "Soak It Up," "Ah A," "Party in My Pants," "Pizza Face," and version 2 of "When You Die." An otherwise-unavailable instrumental by Barnes & Barnes plays over the closing credits. (This is in fact "A Power Play," a song from the Kodovoner sessions which also exists in a vocal version.) Many familiar faces appear in interview segments, while the videos themselves feature appearances by such people as Bill Paxton, Dr. Demento, Rae Dawn Chong, Teri Hatcher, Miguel Ferrer, and Flea.
The video has a 1987 copyright, but it does not appear to have reached stores until 1989.
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1989
Barnes & Barnes
-
Touch Yourself (2:47)
Background Boy [Curtis James] (5:29)
[7"; Lumania 22]
Both of these songs were included (in identical versions) on the Loozanteen album, issued two years later. In the tradition of previous singles released on Lumania Records, the catalog number is listed only in the run-out grooves.
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1989
Various artists
-
Worse
Than Slime No. 1
includes:
-
I Married Mama (2:16)
-
performed by Barnes & Barnes
-
performed by Wild Man Fischer
remote production by Barnes & Barnes
-
performed by Dr. Demento
produced by Barnes & Barnes
-
performed by Wild Man Fischer and Barnes & Barnes
produced by Barnes & Barnes
-
performed by Dangling Participles
produced by "G. Martin"
This track is actually by Barnes & Barnes in disguise.
-
performed by Barnes & Barnes
-
Barnes & Barnes are among the contributors to the collection
of song fragments which make up the unlisted track 19 on the CD.
-
performed by Barnes & Barnes
[CD; Beat Brothers BBRCD 6002]
"(Track 19)" and "Touch Yourself" appear only on the CD version.
"Vowels" is a recording from 1976 or 1977, making it one of the earliest Barnes & Barnes recordings to be heard by the public. It was remixed for this release.
"Touch Yourself" was later included on Loozanteen. "I Married Mama," "Worse Than Slime," and "Vowels" have since become available as bonus tracks on the Sicks CD. Both Wild Man Fischer tracks were later included on The Fischer King.
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1989
Crispin Hellion Glover
-
The
Big Problem [does not equal] The Solution. The
Solution = Let It Be
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Overture [Barnes & Barnes] (0:33)
-
David Eastly: horns
The New Clean Song [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (2:15)
Auto-Manipulator [Glover/Charles Henry Frieder] (4:08)
Clowny Clown Clown [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (2:55)
Getting Out of Bed [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (2:35)
These Boots Are Made for Walking [Lee Hazelwood] (4:03)
-
David Eastly: horns
Never Say "Never" to Always [Charles Manson] (0:54)
selected readings from Oak Mot part I [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (6:40)
selected readings from Oak Mot part II [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (2:02)
selected readings from Oak Mot part III [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (3:21)
selected readings from Oak Mot part IV [Glover/Barnes & Barnes] (6:19)
-
"Weird Al" Yankovic: accordion
[CS; Restless ?]
[LP; Restless ?]
Barnes & Barnes produced and play all instruments (except as listed above). Artie Barnes produced Glover's second album, The Big Love Album, in 1994, but it has yet to be released. The rumored track listing for that album: "Prayer for the Heart," "I Kiss My Love So Tenderly," "What is This Thing Called Love?," "Like a Virgin," "I Loved You Once," "Light My Fire," "The Rose," "I'm So Happy I Could Cry," "Index," "I Saw Some Hair," "...And I Love You," "Heaven," "In Bloom," and "Little Drummer Boy."
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1989
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty
CD of All Time
includes:
-
I'm a Christmas Tree [Larry Fischer] (1:12)
-
performed by Wild Man Fischer and Dr. Demento
produced by Barnes & Barnes
This is slightly different from the version of the song released four years earlier. After Dr. Demento flubs a line, the CD allows us to hear him say "I got ahead." The earlier release omitted this remark.
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May 1991
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento - 20th Anniversary Collection
includes:
-
Fish Heads (2:24)
[2CS; Rhino R4 70743]
-
1991
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento - 20th Anniversary Collection
[VHS; Rhino Home Video RNVD 1964]
Includes the complete "Fish Heads" video. This was also issued on laserdisc.
-
Oct. 1991
Barnes & Barnes
-
Loozanteen
-
Loozanteen (1:42)
Fire in the Hole (3:18)
The Invisible Maniac (4:05)
-
from the feature film The
Invisible Maniac (1990)
Why Don't You Kill Me Now (3:40)
Talk Line (4:14)
Love Is So Noisy (5:03)
Lovely in Loveland (1:25)
-
from the television series Santa
Barbara
Homophobic Dream #23 (0:46)
Background Boy [Curtis James] (5:27)
Drinking With the Devil (2:08)
-
from the feature film Double
Trouble (1991)
Touch Yourself (2:45)
Spanking Thru My Hard Times (0:58)
Wax Your Carrot/The Boogie Man and Dan (2:43)
I Love to Ride the Bus (4:05)
I Feel Depressed (4:43)
The CD longbox (remember those?) featured the warning/promise "Music for adolescent adults."
"Talk Line" is an Artie Barnes solo recording. "Half" is an Art Barnes solo recording.
-
1994
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's Basement Tapes No. 2
includes:
-
High School Gym (2:08)
-
performed by Barnes & Barnes with SuLu
[CS; The Demento Society (unnumbered?)]
Released exclusively as part of the 1994 membership package for the Demento Society (the Dr. Demento fan club), the "Fish Heads" B-side makes its CD debut. It has since been included on the Voobaha CD.
-
June 1995
Various artists
-
Tales
From the Rhino: The Rhino Records Story
includes:
-
Fish Heads (2:24)
-
Aug. 1995
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection: More of
the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time
includes:
-
I Gotta Get a Fake I.D. (3:05)
-
performed by Barnes & Barnes, with Friends
[2CS; Rhino R4 72124]
Originally released on Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale, this is the only place to find this track on CD.
-
Dec. 1995
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's Basement Tapes No. 4
includes:
-
Anniversary Anthem [Art Barnes] (2:36)
-
performed and produced by (Art) Barnes
[CS; The Demento Society (unnumbered?)]
Released exclusively as part of the 1996 membership package for the Demento Society. This song is not available anywhere else. "Anniversary Anthem" was written and recorded especially for Dr. Demento's 25th anniversary show, which is where it was premiered a few months prior to this release.
-
Aug. 1996
Barnes & Barnes
-
Voobaha
original album tracks:
-
Please Please Me [John Lennon/Paul McCartney] (2:51)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 2) (2:33)
Gumby Jaws Lament (3:27)
De Pumped Out Blues (2:26)
Clip Clop (Ode To Equus) (3:53)
I Hope She Dies (3:16)
Party in My Pants (3:32)
Fish Heads (2:25)
Sewey Hole (2:51)
The Lumanian Love Song (3:24)
Cemetery Girls (4:29)
Something's in the Bag (4:24)
Linoleum (4:07)
When You Die (version 1) (0:46)
-
The Vomit Song (1:55)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (early version) (2:05)
High School Gym (2:13)
Three Drunk Newts (3:05)
Voyeur (3:55)
Cruising Thru Westwood (3:36)
Neanderthal Love (2:57)
Please Squeeze My Knees Louise (3:51)
-
Joan Farber: additional vocal
-
Joan Manners, Brian Greer: background vocals
The CD reissue of Barnes & Barnes' first album includes nine bonus tracks recorded between 1978 and 1980. Only two of these ("High School Gym" and "Three Drunk Newts") were previously released, although a very brief excerpt from "I Love You Baby" had been included as a link track on Spazchow.
-
late 1996
Various artists
-
The
Dr. Demento Collection: The Mid '70s
includes:
-
Fish Heads
[CS; Time Life R4-7173]
This album is available only by mail order.
-
Oct. 1997
Barnes & Barnes
-
Spazchow
original album tracks:
-
(link: Explain Pain) (0:17)
I Need You [Gerry Beckley] (2:29)
Spooky Lady on Death Avenue (3:20)
Fletchy's Revenge (3:17)
(link: Plane Pain) (0:20)
Love Tap (2:21)
Cats (3:11)
(link: Train Pain) (0:20)
For You (1:56)
Where's the Water (4:28)
(link: Pub Pain) (0:30)
Swallow My Love (3:09)
And Other Things Too (E's Epistle) (2:08)
(link: Blue Pain (I Love You Baby)) (0:16)
Slut (4:06)
(link: Eternal Pain) (0:35)
Roadblock (4:01)
Unfinished Business (3:46)
(link: British Birds Pain) (0:10)
The Inevitable Song (2:49)
Heart Ghosts (1:45)
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(link: Bonus Pain) (0:46)
(link: Scary Pain) (0:17)
The Boogie Man (5:11)
Women Rattle Me (3:11)
(link: Backwards Pain) (0:17)
I Killed Her With Love (3:16)
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"Weird Al" Yankovic: accordion
Mook E Bare (1:17)
The Longest Dream (3:14)
(link: Moog Madness Pain) (0:44)
Love Won't Save Me (6:06)
(link: Otherworldly Pain) (0:25)
Passively Vicious (3:11)
The CD reissue of Barnes & Barnes' second album includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks (plus five additional link tracks) recorded around the same time as the original album, with the exception of "Women Rattle Me," which dates from the Voobaha period. Four of the bonus tracks would be more accurately described as Barnes OR Barnes recordings, as "I Killed Her With Love" and "Love Won't Save Me" are Artie Barnes solo recordings, while "Mook E Bare" and "The Longest Dream" are by Art Barnes alone.
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Dec. 1997
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's Basement Tapes 6
includes:
-
Cats (3:12)
[CS; The Demento Society (unnumbered?)]
Released exclusively as part of the 1998 membership package for the Demento Society. This is the familiar recording from the Spazchow album.
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1998
Various artists
-
Flabby
Road II
includes:
-
A Day in the Life of Green Acres [Mizzy/Lennon/McCartney?] (3:22)
-
performed by Damaskas and Barnes & Barnes
This collection of Beatles novelty songs includes a Barnes & Barnes obscurity otherwise available only as a 1979 single. The sound quality suggests this recording was mastered from the original vinyl. This appears to be an unauthorized release, although it was available from vendors that do not ordinarily sell "bootlegs."
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Dec. 1998
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's Basement Tapes 7
includes:
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Doctor of Dementia [Dr. Demento/Barnes & Barnes] (4:11)
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performed by Dr. Demento with Barnes & Barnes
[CS; The Demento Society (unnumbered?)]
Released exclusively as part of the 1999 membership package for the Demento Society. This song originally appeared on the Demento's Mementos album and makes its CD debut here.
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Aug. 1999
Wild Man Fischer
-
The
Fischer King
disc one includes:
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Pronounced Normal [Barnes & Barnes] (2:59)
Don't Be a Singer [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:53)
It's Nice to Have Things [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes/Dr. Demento] (2:25)
I Swear to God My Love Was True [Fischer] (0:36)
Talking [Barnes & Barnes] (3:05)
Watch Out for the Sharks [Sanmartino/Sanmartino] (0:48)
When You're Younger [Fischer] (0:47)
Yesterday [John Lennon/Paul McCartney] (1:54)
Fish Heads [Barnes & Barnes] (0:35)
Mistakes [Fischer] (0:31)
Frank [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:38)
It's a Money World [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:38)
The Mope (part 2) [Fischer] (1:01)
The Righteous [Fischer] (0:47)
Oh Linda, No Laurie [Fischer] (2:17)
The Bouillabaisse [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:19)
One Minute [Fischer] (0:12)
In My Room [Brian Wilson/Gary Usher] (2:20)
I'm a Christmas Tree [Fischer] (0:24)
Let Us Live As One [Fischer] (1:12)
Pronounced Normal (reprise) [Barnes & Barnes] (1:07)
My Sweet Little Cathy [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (3:21)
I Got a Camera (single version) [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:06)
Do the Salvo [Fischer] (0:28)
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I'm a Christmas Tree [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:08)
-
duet with Dr. Demento
Hello Eileen, It's Larry [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:12)
Teen Age Idol [Lewis] (2:30)
People [Bob Merrill/Jule Styne] (2:18)
Intro [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:34)
Derailroaded [Fischer] (1:03)
Larry and the New Wave [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:53)
Sparking Diamonds [Fischer]
Music Business Shark [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:15)
Don't Ever Get Mad at Me [Robert Williams] (1:17)
My Friend Robert [Fischer] (1:03)
The Omar Walk [Fischer] (0:48)
I Looked Around You [Fischer] (1:22)
Oh God, Please Send Me a Kid [Fischer] (1:15)
Back in Time [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:24)
Track Star [Fischer] (0:45)
I Got a Camera (album version) [Barnes & Barnes] (0:36)
Scotty's Got a Cake [Robert Williams] (1:12)
Walking Through the Underground [Fischer] (1:21)
Merry Go Round [Fischer] (1:35)
You're a Liar and a Thief [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:43)
All I Think About Is You [Gerry Beckley] (1:57)
Outside the Hospital [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (3:34)
Big Boots [Fischer] (0:54)
Ping Pong Ball Head [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:30)
Real Cool Cowboy [Fischer] (1:45)
One of a Kind Mind [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:46)
The Record Player Song [Fischer] (0:36)
When You Record Singers [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:54)
Wild Man Fischer Records [Fischer] (1:39)
Gimme a Ride Down the Hill [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:45)
Bad Leg [Fischer] (1:17)
I Worry About My Friends [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:34)
The Rain Song [Dewey Bunnell] (1:40)
The Pep [Fischer] (0:34)
Love Love Love in Everything You Do [Fischer] (0:58)
Larry in Las Vegas [Fischer] (4:20)
Outro [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:00)
Scotty's Got a Cake (alternate version) [Barnes & Barnes] (1:08)
I'm Sorry, Frank Zappa [Fischer] (0:42)
My Mother Was Right [Fischer] (0:08)
Don't Ever Get Mad at Me (original drum version) [Robert Williams] (1:08)
Last Man in the City [Fischer] (1:22)
I Wish I Was a Comic Book [Fischer] (0:31)
Norman [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:39)
I Gotta Quit the Music Business, Bye Art, Bye Harold [Fischer] (0:29)
It's a Hard Business [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:42)
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duet with Rosemary Clooney
Great Big Man [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:59)
This two-CD compilation includes all 61 of the previously released Fischer recordings produced by Barnes & Barnes: the 22 tracks from Pronounced Normal, "I Got a Camera" and "Do the Salvo" from the "Don't Be a Singer" single, the duet version of "I'm a Christmas Tree" from Dr. Demento's Christmas albums, the 34 tracks from Nothing Scary, and "I Wish I Was a Comic Book" and "Norman" from the Worse Than Slime compilation.
Also included are 12 unreleased recordings produced by Barnes & Barnes. "God, Send Me Leonard and Sandra," "Hello Eileen, It's Larry," "Teen Age Idol," and "People" were recorded in December 1983, toward the end of the Nothing Scary sessions. The alternate version of "Scotty's Got A Cake," "I'm Sorry, Frank Zappa," "My Mother Was Right," the "original drum version" of "Don't Ever Get Mad At Me," and "I Gotta Quit the Music Business, Bye Art, Bye Harold" were recorded between July 1980 and December 1983, also during the Nothing Scary sessions. "It's a Hard Business" was recorded March 15, 1986, and was played on The Dr. Demento Show long before its first official release here. "Flaming Carrot Theme Song" was recorded January 1987. "Great Big Man" was recorded April 16, 1989.
A final unreleased recording, "Last Man in the City," does not list an official producer but is credited as "recorded" by Barnes & Barnes circa 1983.
In addition to the 74 tracks listed above, this collection includes an additional 26 tracks (including Fischer's complete Wildmania album) which do not have any Barnes & Barnes involvement.
The debut release on the Rhino Handmade label was limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies and sold only via the internet (http://rhinohandmade.com). It took two years to sell out.
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May 2000
Barnes & Barnes
-
Yeah:
The Essential Barnes & Barnes
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Kiss Me Where It Stinks (4:08)
The Public Toilet (3:12)
Say Hello (2:32)
-
Seth Mumy: spoken intro
-
Liliana Mumy: additional vocal
Party in My Pants (3:32)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 2) (2:34)
Linoleum (4:06)
Cats (3:12)
E's Epistle (2:09)
Work the Meat [Barnes & Barnes/Bill Frenzer] (2:57)
Fighting the Demon (4:10)
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Dewey Bunnell: background vocal
-
Gerry Beckley: harmony vocal
Learn to Kiss the Enemy (4:44)
The Little Man (1:59)
Pineapple Princess [Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman] (3:04)
Homophobic Dream #22 (2:17)
Pizza Face (2:39)
Sit on My Lap and Call Me Daddy (2:55)
So Bold (2:44)
Tunnel Walker (3:36)
What's It Like to Be You (3:15)
Touch Yourself (2:56)
(unlisted sound collage) (0:28)
This long-delayed compilation (three other labels -- Varese Sarabande, Renaissance, and Rhino -- were attached to the project before it finally came out on Oglio) includes some of Barnes & Barnes' best known songs (although only five songs overlap with their previous "best of" album, Zabagabee) along with eight unreleased recordings.
"Kiss Me Where It Stinks," "The Public Toilet," and "Feminine Parts" were recorded especially for this album. "Say Hello" was started in 1993 and completed for this album. "Fighting the Demon" and "Don't Up the World" are taken from the unreleased Kodovoner album. "So Bold" is a 1988 re-recording (and partial re-writing) of a song released in 1982 on the obscure I Had Sex With E.T. EP. "Tunnel Walker" is a previously unreleased song from 1988.
In addition to the eight new recordings, seven songs make their CD debut: "Work the Meat," "If You Hurt No One," "Learn to Kiss the Enemy," "The Little Man," "Pineapple Princess" (in an earlier mix than the version on the Sicks LP), "Homophobic Dream #22," and "Sit on My Lap and Call Me Daddy."
"E's Epistle" is the song known as "And Other Things Too (E's Epistle)" on all previous releases.
"Unfinished Business" was intended for inclusion on this album until it was bumped in favor of the freshly recorded "Feminine Parts." An unreleased version of "Blithering" was also considered but did not make the final lineup. (It would eventually appear on the Amazing Adult Fantasy CD in 2005.)
The sound collage which closes the CD is an excerpt from "Don't Be a Singer" from Amazing Adult Fantasy.
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Feb. 2001
Various artists
-
The
Very Best of Dr. Demento
includes:
-
Fish Heads (2:25)
-
Sep. 2002
Various artists
-
Laughter
Is A Powerful Weapon (Funny Musicians For A Serious Cause)
includes:
-
I Married Mama
Barnes & Barnes donated a track (previously available only on the Worse Than Slime compilation) to this CD benefiting the Twin Towers Orphan Fund. For ordering information, see www.funnymusicians.com.
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Jul. 2005
Barnes & Barnes
-
Kodovoner
the Soak It Up EP:
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Soak It Up (3:19)
Before You Leave (Positive Life) [Mark Mothersbaugh/Barnes & Barnes] (4:40)
Succeed (3:05)
Monkey Life [Barnes & Barnes/Annerose Bucklers] (3:06)
Objectivity (3:41)
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A Wave for Brian Wilson (2:17)
Fighting the Demon (4:03)
So Bold (2:23)
Superman Will Save the Day (3:33)
Scary Love (3:39)
Girl of My Dreams (3:43)
-
Shaun Cassidy: vocal
Don't Fuck Up the World (2:51)
Suburban Obscurity (3:07)
-
Eileen Davis (Mumy): monologue
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Gerry Beckley: harmony vocal
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A Power Play (2:26)
Positive Life #2 (4:05)
Fox Hole (4:34)
Lies and Spies (4:03)
Ripen and Rot (3:20)
If You Hurt No One (3:43)
Pay for Your Ticket (2:59)
Everything You Do (2:42)
Honorable Mention (1:42)
Doane Perry and Mike Baird provide additional drums and percussion.
Although several tracks have been available previously, this is the first ever release of the complete Kodovoner LP recorded by Barnes & Barnes between December 1981 and June 1983. The CD begins with the five songs from 1983's Soak It Up EP, followed by the 10 songs intended for Kodovoner. Four of the 10 have been released previously: "Scary Love" and "I Got a Job" (better known as "I Hate the Boss") on 1986's Sicks and "Fighting the Demon" and "Don't Fuck Up the World" on 2000's Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes. However, the Kodovoner version of "Fighting the Demon" includes additional overdubs which are missing on the Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes version.
Although two versions of "So Bold" have been released before (on the I Had Sex With E.T. EP and Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes), this is a previously unavailable third version.
Of the bonus tracks, only "If You Hurt No One" has been released before (on the I Had Sex With E.T. EP and Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes), although "A Power Play" is somewhat familiar since its instrumental backing track played over the closing credits of the Zabagabee video. "Everything You Do" is an early incarnation of "The Ballad of Jim Joy."
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Jul. 2005
Barnes & Barnes
-
Amazing
Adult Fantasy
original album tracks:
-
Learn to Kiss the Enemy (4:45)
Don't You Wanna Go to the Moon (3:35)
Modern Romantic Point of View (3:26)
Blithering (2:13)
Nothing Funny (2:40)
I Don't Remember Tomorrow (3:45)
Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping (4:07)
Don't Be a Singer [Larry Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (4:02)
I Want to Live in Your Brain (3:26)
ZZ Top Beard (3:05)
Music Doesn't Matter (0:27)
Ah A (1:29)
The Little Man (1:59)
Music Spazchow (3:03)
You Can't Escape Your Destiny (2:59)
-
George Englund: saxophone
-
The Quiet Point (0:41)
Walk My Dog (4:27)
-
Sarah Taylor: lead vocal
-
George Englund: flute
The Little Man (original version) (2:00)
Loch Ness Lady (1:28)
Oh Me Oh My (3:48)
The Inevitable Song (second version) (4:43)
"Blithering" and "You Can't Escape Your Destiny" were intended for the original Amazing Adult Fantasy LP but dropped at the last minute due to phasing problems discovered during mastering. The CD reissue restores them to their intended spots in the album sequence. Both of these tracks are previously unheard, although a later re-recording of "Blithering" had appeared on Zabagabee.
"The Little Man (original version)" was featured on The Dr. Demento Show in 1983, but this is its first commercial release. "The Ballad of Jim Joy" and "Loch Ness Lady" were previously available on Zabagabee. "Walk My Dog" was available in very limited form on Robert Haimer's 1984 CDR in 2004.
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Jul. 2005
Barnes & Barnes
-
Sicks
original album tracks:
-
If You Wanna Be Happy [Carmela Guida/Frank Guida/Joseph Royster]
(3:06)
Homophobic Dream #22 (2:18)
Pussy Whipped [Barnes & Barnes/David Jolliffe/Miguel Ferrer] (3:41)
Dead Baby Hunt (2:12)
Pizza Face (2:39)
Lick Lap (2:22)
Scary Love (3:38)
Pineapple Princess [Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman] (3:04)
Sit on My Lap and Call Me Daddy (2:56)
Baby Come Home (3:08)
Love Button (2:52)
Pre-School Games (2:21)
Smelly Finger Blues (2:27)
I Hate the Boss (2:06)
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Auto Suck (1:28)
I Married Mama (2:15)
Worse Than Slime (3:23)
Blithering #2 (3:21)
The Ballad of Scott Ehrlich (2:41)
I Had Sex With Santa (1:23)
The Ballad of Hall and Oates (2:23)
What's New Pussycat [Burt Bacharach/Hal David] (2:48)
Condomized (2:18)
Vowels (1:24)
When You Die #2 (2:03)
"I Married Mama," "Worse Than Slime," and "Vowels" were previously available on the Worse Than Slime compilation. "Blithering #2," "What's New Pussycat," and "When You Die #2" were first released on Zabagabee. Most of the remaining bonus tracks were played on The Dr. Demento Show in the mid-'80s, but they receive their first commercial release here. "Condomized" is a parody of The Beatles' "Yesterday."
This CD went out of print very quickly and is now most likely to be found on eBay.
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Dec. 2005
Various artists
-
Laughter
Is a Powerful Weapon Volume 2 (Funny Musicians for a Serious Cause)
includes:
-
Granny and the Kid
Proceeds from this CD were donated to the American Red Cross to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. This version of "Granny and the Kid" (a song first attempted in 1973) was recorded in July 2005 and premiered on The Dr. Demento Show at the end of that month. Robert Haimer sold CDRs of the song on eBay prior to its first "official" release on this CD. It will also appear on the forthcoming reissue of Voobaha.
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Oct. 2006
Barnes & Barnes
-
Voobaha
original album tracks:
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Please Please Me [John Lennon/Paul McCartney] (2:53)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (mix 1) (2:34)
Gumby Jaws Lament (3:27)
De Pumped Out Blues (2:29)
Clip Clop (Ode To Equus) (4:00)
I Hope She Dies (3:17)
Party in My Pants (3:33)
Fish Heads (2:28)
Sewey Hole (2:52)
The Lumanian Love Song (3:31)
Cemetery Girls (4:34)
Something's in the Bag (4:27)
Linoleum (4:09)
When You Die (version 1) (0:51)
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The Vomit Song (1:56)
High School Gym (2:17)
Three Drunk Newts (3:08)
Voyeur (3:55)
Cruising Thru Westwood (3:39)
Neanderthal Love (3:01)
Granny and the Kid (2005) (3:28)
I Gotta Get a Fake I.D. (3:07)
High Heels and Cheese (5:05)
Political Statement (1975) (0:47)
Boogie Woogie Amputee (1973) (2:17)
Fish Heads (1976) (1:26)
This remastered version of Barnes & Barnes's debut album includes six bonus tracks not on the previous CD release: "High Heels and Cheese," "Political Statement," the 1973 version of "Boogie Woogie Amputee" and the 1976 version of "Fish Heads" are previously unreleased. "Granny and the Kid" and "I Gotta Get a Fake I.D." make their first appearance on a Barnes & Barnes album. (Note that the earlier CD includes three songs not on this release: "Please Squeeze My Knees Louise," "I Love You Baby," and the 1978 version of "Boogie Woogie Amputee.")
Feb. 2008
Wild Man Fischer
-
Lost
and Found Pep
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I Got a Camera (single version) [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:06)
Do the Salvo [Fischer] (0:28)
I'm a Christmas Tree [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:08)
-
duet with Dr. Demento
Hello Eileen, It's Larry [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (1:12)
Teen Age Idol [Lewis] (2:30)
People [Bob Merrill/Jule Styne] (2:18)
Scotty's Got a Cake (alternate version) [Barnes & Barnes] (1:08)
I'm Sorry, Frank Zappa [Fischer] (0:42)
My Mother Was Right [Fischer] (0:08)
Don't Ever Get Mad at Me (original drum version) [Robert Williams] (1:08)
Last Man in the City [Fischer] (1:22)
I Wish I Was a Comic Book [Fischer] (0:31)
Norman [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:39)
I Gotta Quit the Music Business, Bye Art, Bye Harold [Fischer] (0:29)
It's a Hard Business [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (2:42)
-
duet with Rosemary Clooney
Great Big Man [Fischer/Barnes & Barnes] (0:59)
A download-only compilation of the rare tracks that previously appeared on The Fischer King.
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May 2008
Hot Food to Go!
-
Adrenaline
Drum
[CD; Beat Brothers BBRCD 6006]
Art and Artie Barnes are given special thanks in the liner notes.
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May 2008
Dr. Demento
-
Dr.
Demento Reads Grimm's Fairy Tales
-
Little Red Riding Hood (8:07)
Rumpelstiltskin (8:55)
Rapunzel (7:09)
Dr. Demento narrates the stories to musical scoring by Artie Barnes, who also produced and provides additional voices. These were originally recorded for an unfinished album for Kid Rhino in the 1990s. Robert Haimer sold a very small number of CDRs of this material on eBay, but this is otherwise a download-only release.
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July 2009
Barnes & Barnes
-
Opbopachop
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Middle Aged Lament (1:06)
When Uncle Hy Takes the Train to Kansas City (5:44)
My Bad (4:04)
Heinous Anus (3:27)
The Pope Said Nope (3:01)
Life Is What You Do in Between Orgasms (4:01)
Homophobic Dream #24 (3:35)
Old Queens (3:39)
Sleepover (4:42)
So Long Mama (2:31)
I Am Stevie (4:06)
Oh the Pain (4:27)
Our Dead Dads (2:49)
Napnoop: the Middle Aged Men Suite (12:01):
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Did My Time in Yesterday
The Middle of My Life
Ask Me If I Care
Cry Die Guy
A Young Man's Game
Mama, Where's Papa?
Did My Time in Yesterday (reprise)
• iTunes)][CD; Lumania BB92044 (available from CDBaby.com)]
The first new Barnes & Barnes album in 18 years! Recorded in July-August 2008 with the exception of "Ice Cream Bed," which was largely recorded in 1999 when the working title for the next Barnes & Barnes album was Middle Aged Men. "I Am Stevie" is based on "Untitled Idea," an instrumental which appears on Robert Haimer's 1990 CDR. The CD is available from cdbaby.com. The download is available from cdbaby, Amazon, and iTunes.
Additional musicians:
-
Seth Mumy: handclaps on "Heinous Anus," electric guitar on "The Pope
Said Nope," keyboard on "Did My Time in Yesterday (reprise)"
"Weird Al" Yankovic: accordion on "Oh the Pain" and "Ask Me If I Care"
Faithe and Wynn Haimer, Eileen, Seth and Liliana Mumy: additional vocals on "Ask Me If I Care"
Charles W. Mumy and Jack Haimer: additional vocals on "Our Dead Dads"
Molly: bark on "Our Dead Dads"
A few of these recordings have been heard on The Dr. Demento Show but have never been released on record. (Note that several Artie Barnes solo tracks previously listed here are now available on Robert Haimer's demo CDs, listed in the other section of this discography.)
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Granny and the Kid (1973)
Dog Hump (early 1970s)
-
The above two songs are mentioned in the Voobaha
CD liner notes. "Granny and the Kid" was revisited in 2005.
Enema Delight (1973)
-
An unreleased song written around the same time as "Boogie Woogie
Amputee."
When Uncle Bob Comes to Dinner
One More Squirrel With Mustard
Beautiful Naked Women
He Was a Surfer With My Wallet
Real Happy
Sox and Sweat
Sol The Geek
The Vomit Song (1978)
-
Portions of this song were re-recorded for the purpose of radio
airplay. The original version eventually turned up on the Voobaha
CD in 1996, while the toned down version remains unreleased.
-
Written in response to Dr. Demento's refusal to play "The Vomit Song"
on the radio.
-
An early version of this track was played on The
Dr. Demento Show in 1979. The Voobaha
version features re-recorded vocals with a slight lyric change.
Clip Clop (Ode to Equus) (1979)
-
This song was re-recorded for release on Voobaha.
-
Barnes & Barnes added some of their own lyrics to the Nancy
Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walking" when they performed this
song live on The Dr. Demento
Show October 14, 1979.
-
The first song recorded for Spazchow
is five minutes long. Artie likes it, while Art doesn't. It is
scheduled for release on the new Voobaha
CD in October 2006.
-
Barnes & Barnes and Shaun Cassidy performed this song live on The
Dr. Demento Show.
-
Performed by Damaskas with Artie Barnes and "Weird Al" Yankovic. Aired
August 17, 1980 on the KMET edition of The
Dr. Demento Show.
-
Performed by Barnes & Barnes with Mr. Cheese, this was a
tribute to baseball star Steve Garvey. It was recorded November 7,
1982. Mr. Cheese is co-writer Paul Gordon.
-
Artie calls this Three Stooges-inspired track "probably the sickest
song we ever recorded." Dr. Demento declined to play it based on the
advice of his radio station's lawyer.
-
In addition to the version of "Fox Hole" included on the Kodovoner
CD, there is a second version which is essentially an Art Barnes solo
performance.
I Had Sex With Madonna (1985)
-
Two more variations of the tune used for "I Had Sex With Pac-Man,"
"I Had Sex With E.T.," "I Had Sex on TV," and "I Had Sex With Santa."
"I Had Sex With Your
Mother" is by far the rarest version (and will likely stay that way,
since Art wants it to remain unreleased). It is filled with lyrics
unlikely
ever to be heard on the radio.
-
An early version of the song which would later appear on Sicks
features some different lyrics.
-
Performed by Barnes & Barnes and "Weird Al" Yankovic. This is
also known simply as "The Anniversary Song" and should not be confused
with Art Barnes' "Anniversary Anthem."
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Barnes & Barnes' first recording of this song is included on
both Yeah:
The Essential Barnes & Barnes
and Kodovoner.
They apparently attempted the
song at least two times after that. The third version may have been
recorded for the unreleased 1988 album.
-
An Art Barnes solo recording.
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Performed by Dr. Demento with Barnes & Barnes.
-
In the liner notes for Yeah:
The Essential Barnes & Barnes,
Bill Mumy refers to "nine unreleased songs that we recorded in 1988 and
submitted to our record label at the time, Rhino, for an untitled album
release. They passed on it." Two of those nine songs ("So Bold" and
"Tunnel Walker") are included on that compilation. Other unreleased
songs from these sessions include "Last Time I'm Playing Nice,"
"Inevitable Song #2," and a cover of The Doors' "Can't See Your Face in
My Mind." The Loozanteen
tracks "Love Is So Noisy," "Background
Boy," and "Why Don't You Kill Me Now" were also originally intended for
the 1988 album, although they are presumably not among the "nine
unreleased songs" mentioned by Mumy since they are not unreleased. It
is
possible that the third version of "Fighting the Demon" and the Loozanteen
track "Half" date from these sessions as well.
-
Credited to Barnes & Barnes and John W. Christensen but
actually recorded without Art Barnes' involvement.
-
Barnes & Barnes recorded two versions of this song. The Loozanteen
version was recorded in Studio Spazchow, the unreleased version in
Lumania.
-
A topical recording set to the tune of America's "A Horse With No Name."
-
A unique a capella performance of this song (also sung at the start of
"I Love You Baby") was featured on The
Dr Demento Show in 2007, sourced
from a videotape given to the doctor by Barnes & Barnes in 1991.
-
An Art Barnes solo recording, in reaction to Star
Trek VI.
-
A first attempt at this song began in December 2003. It was entirely
re-recorded for Opbopachop.
-
Barnes & Barnes re-recorded this song (first attempted in 1973)
twice in 2005. They recorded a simple guitar/vocals version at Art's
house April 15, 2005, followed by a fully produced version in July.
Only the fully produced version has been officially released. ("Granny
and the Kid" was also included in a rare Barnes & Barnes live
performance June 11, 2005 in Long Beach, California. That concert was
shot on digital video and is under consideration for DVD release.)
This section deals with recorded appearances by Robert Haimer and/or Bill Mumy which do not feature the Barnes & Barnes aliases. This section does not even pretend to be complete.
-
July 1970
John Stewart
-
Willard
side one:
-
Big Joe [Stewart]
Julie Judy Angel Rain [Stewart]
Belly Full of Tennessee [Stewart]
Friend of Jesus [Stewart]
Clack Clack [Stewart]
Hero From the War [Stewart]
Back in Pomona [Stewart]
-
Willard [Stewart]
Golden Rollin' Belly [Stewart]
All American Girl [Stewart]
Oldest Living Son [Stewart]
Earth Rider [Stewart]
Great White Cathedrals [Stewart]
Marshall Wind [Stewart]
Bill Mumy is credited with playing cowbell on this album by the former member of the Kingston Trio and writer of The Monkees' "Daydream Believer." He probably doesn't appear on all the tracks.
CD reissues of this album have paired it with another Stewart album, California Bloodlines. The 1989 German CD California Bloodlines/Willard Minus 2 (Bear Family BCD 15468) omits "Great White Cathedrals" and "Marshall Wind," while the 2001 U.K. release Calfornia Bloodlines/Willard (Beat Goes On BGOCD 532) includes both albums in their entirety on two CDs.
-
April 1972
John Stewart
-
Sunstorm
side one:
-
Kansas Rain [Stewart]
Sunstorm [Stewart]
Bring it on Home [Stewart]
Lonesome John [Stewart]
Drive Again [Stewart]
-
An Account of Haley's Comet [Stewart/Stewart]
Joe [Stewart]
Light Come Shine [Stewart]
Cheyenne [Stewart]
Arkansas Breakout [Stewart]
[CD; Collectors' Choice CCM 407 (released in 2004)]
Bill Mumy is credited with handclaps on this album. He probably does not appear on every song. The album was released on CD in Germany in 1995, long before its eventual release in the US.
-
late 1973 or early 1974
Various artists
-
Sunshine:
Original Television Soundtrack
includes:
-
My Sweet Lady [John Denver]
-
performed by Cliff DeYoung
Bill Mumy contributes guitar, banjo, harmonica, and vocals to this soundtrack album. He co-starred in the TV movie. The album went gold in Australia.
-
early 1974
Cliff DeYoung
-
My Sweet Lady [John Denver]
Sunshine on My Shoulders [John Denver/Mike Taylor/Richard Kniss]
[7"; MCA 40156]
This single from the Sunshine soundtrack reached #17 on the Billboard singles chart. Mumy definitely plays on the A-side. I have not determined whether he plays on the B-side.
-
1976
David Cassidy
-
Gettin'
It in the Street
includes:
-
I Never Saw You Coming [Bill Mumy/David Jolliffe/Jay Gruska/David
Cassidy]
This album has been released on CD in Japan, and the song is included on the 1991 Japanese CD release The Best of David Cassidy.
-
1976
Rosemary Clooney
-
Look
My Way
includes:
-
Roses in the Garden [Bill Mumy/Paul Gordon]
-
1977
Shaun Cassidy
-
Born
Late
includes:
-
It's Up to You [Bill Mumy/Shaun Cassidy/David Jaffe]
This reached #6 on the Billboard albums chart.
-
1979
Shaun Cassidy
-
That's
Rock 'n' Roll: Shaun Cassidy Live
side one:
-
Break for the Street [Cassidy/Cassidy]
Hey Deanie [Eric Carmen]
She's Right [Cassidy/Cassidy]
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' [Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil/Phil Spector]
Hard Love [Cassidy/Cassidy]
-
That's Rock and Roll [Eric Carmen]
Bad Boy [Larry Williams]
Slow Down [Larry Williams]
Rip It Up [Robert Blackwell/John Marascalco]
Da Doo Ron Ron [Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector]
Bill Mumy plays guitar on this live album.
-
1980
Bill Mumy
-
Bill
Mumy
side one:
-
What Has Happened Before [Mumy] (4:12)
Much Too Early or a Little Too Late [Mumy] (2:50)
I Could Dance Tonite [Mumy] (2:57)
Down by the Waterfront [Mumy/Paul Gordon] (3:52)
Believing in This Love [Mumy] (2:03)
Take a Picture to Remember [Mumy] (3:05)
-
He's So Clever [Mumy/Jay Gruska] (3:04)
Restless [Mumy] (3:41)
I'll Never Stop the Winter [Mumy/Jay Gruska/David Jolliffe] (3:00)
Rushlake Green [Mumy] (0:47)
The Sky Is Falling [Mumy] (4:08)
If We Use Our Imagination [Mumy/Paul Gordon] (3:55)
This album was never released commercially. A pressing of 200 copies was made to give to friends and to secure publishing and recording deals. It comes in a plain white jacket with handwritten song titles and musician credits. The principal musicians are Bill Mumy (guitars, vocals), Dennis Belfield (bass), Jay Gruska (keyboards, background vocals), and Carlos Vega (drums).
Although "I Could Dance Tonite" was later recorded by Marlene with Seawind, and "What Has Happened Before" was revived by Mumy on the second Jenerators album, most of these songs remain unreleased.
-
1981
Debi Neal
-
Debi
Neal
includes:
-
Lighten the Shadows [Debi Neal/Bill Mumy]
-
July 1982
America
-
View
From the Ground
includes:
-
Never Be Lonely [Gerry Beckley/Bill Mumy] (3:57)
You, Girl [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:31)
Love on the Vine [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:17)
[CD; One Way __ 18497 (released in 1996)]
-
July 1982
Marlene with Seawind
-
Summer
Nights
includes:
-
I Could Dance Tonight [Bill Mumy]
Semi-Forgotten Movie [Bill Mumy/Paul Gordon]
[CD; CBS/Sony 32DH 842 (Japan; release date unknown)]
This album by Japan-based (but Phillipines-born) singer Marlene was released in Japan but apparently not the U.S. Both Mumy-penned songs have also turned up on Marlene compilation CDs in Japan. "Semi-Forgotten Movie" is on 1991's The Best of the Best (CBS/Sony CSSL 1716), while "I Could Dance Tonight" is on 1993's We're All Alone (CBS/Sony SRCL 2587).
-
June 1983
America
-
Your
Move
includes:
-
Love's Worn Out Again [Gerry Beckley/Bill Mumy] (3:35)
Someday Woman [Gerry Beckley/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:52)
[CD; One Way ? (released in 1998)]
-
1984
Jay Gruska
-
Which
One of Us Is Me
side one:
-
Desperate Eyes [Gruska/Walsh] (4:34)
Atlanta Calling [Gruska/Landau] (3:19)
Tattoo [Berg/Gruska] (4:17)
The Motion [Gordon/Gruska] (4:25)
Cancun [Gordon/Gruska] (3:41)
-
Which One of Us Is Me [Gordon/Gruska] (3:25)
Take a Number [Gruska/Williams] (3:17)
Famous [Gruska/Kerber] (4:00)
Circus [Gordon/Gruska] (3:33)
Baby Theme [Gruska] (2:48)
Bill Mumy contributes background vocals on this album, but probably not on all of the songs listed above. This has been released on CD in Japan (Warner Bros. WPCR 10510).
-
Sep. 1984
America
-
Perspective
includes:
-
(Can't Fall Asleep to a) Lullaby [Dewey Bunnell/Steve Perry/Bill
Mumy/Robert Haimer]
Lady With a Bluebird [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer]
Fallin' Off the World [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy]
[CD; One Way __ 19357 (released in 1998)]
-
Nov. 1984
America
-
(Can't Fall Asleep to a) Lullaby [Dewey Bunnell/Steve Perry/Bill
Mumy/Robert Haimer]
Fallin' Off the World [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy]
[7"; Capitol B 5430]
-
1990
Seduction of the Innocent
-
The
Golden Age
-
The Truth Hurts [Mumy] (3:18)
Pussy Whipped [Mumy/Ferrer/David Jolliffe] (3:40)
True Detective [Mumy/Ferrer] (3:43)
Sunshine Superman [Donovan Leitch] (4:44)
More Fun [Collins] (3:24)
Reality Break [Mumy] (3:50)
Dreamwalker [Mumy/Ferrer] (4:10)
Super Hero Blues [Mumy] (2:42)
King Jack [Mumy] (4:06)
Flame On [Mumy] (3:29)
Underground [Collins] (2:54)
The Golden Age [Mumy] (5:29)
Vintage Pulp [Mumy] (1:09)
[CS; Beat Brothers BBCS 7003]
The band consists of comic book professionals Bill Mumy (guitars, vocals), Miguel Ferrer (drums, vocals), Max Allan Collins (keyboards, vocals), and Steve Leialoha (bass). (John Christensen joined the band for later live appearances.) Mumy also produced. Guests include "Weird Al" Yankovic on "Reality Break" and "Super Hero Blues" and Robert Haimer on "More Fun."
-
June 1991
America
-
Encore!
More Greatest Hits
includes:
-
Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday) [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert
Haimer] (3:36)
On Target [Gerry Beckley/Bill Mumy] (3:53)
Hell's on Fire [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:17)
(Can't Fall Asleep to a) Lullaby [Dewey Bunnell/Steve Perry/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (4:12)
The cover of this album was the inspiration for the photo on the inside of the Loozanteen CD booklet.
-
Sep. 1993
Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy (under a variety of aliases)
-
The
Dinosaur Album - A Musical Adventure Through
The Jurassic Age
side one:
-
The Dinosaur Dance [Haimer/Mumy]
-
performed by Rocky Stone
-
performed by The Scelidosaurus
-
performed by The Bore Brothers
-
performed by Bronto Brooce
-
performed by Pterodactyl Terry
-
performed by Grandpa Albert
-
performed by The Brachiosaurs
-
Watch Out [Harold Bronson/Haimer/Mumy]
-
performed by The Nervous Nanosauruses
-
performed by The Dinosaur Convention
-
performed by Harry The Caveman
-
performed by The Fossil Family
-
performed by The Ultrasaurus
-
performed by Daddy Drypto
A cassette-only release on Rhino's children's label. Despite the many aliases, all songs are actually performed and produced by Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy, who are fully credited in the cassette inlay but not on the outside packaging.
-
late 1993
Various artists
-
This
Land Is Our Land - The Yogi Bear Environmental
Album
side one:
-
This Land Is Your Land [Woody Guthrie]
Yabba-Dabba-Doo It [Haimer/Mumy]
Smarter Than the Average Bear [Haimer/Laura Raty]
The Cause and Effect Song [Haimer/Laura Raty]
Don't Waste the Water [Haimer/Mumy]
Sunshine on My Shoulders [John Denver/Mike Taylor/Richard Kniss]
-
Rocky Mountain High [John Denver/Mike Taylor]
Run From Mr. Ranger [Haimer/Mumy]
A Rainbow Rainbow World [Haimer/Mumy]
Camping Out Tonight [Haimer/Mumy]
Our Planet Earth [Haimer/Laura Raty]
This Land Is Your Land (reprise) [Woody Guthrie]
Another cassette-only release on Rhino's children's label. Produced by Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy. Vocals by Henry Corden (as Fred Flintstone), Frank Welker (Barney Rubble), Greg Burson (Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quickdraw McGraw, Yogi Bear, George Jetson), Tony Pope (Boo Boo, Ranger Smith), and Penny Singleton (Jane Jetson).
-
Feb. 1994
Rosemary Clooney
-
Still
on the Road
includes:
-
Still on the Road [Bill Mumy/Earl Brown] (4:39)
-
May 1994
America
-
Hourglass
includes:
-
Sleeper Train [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (4:20)
Greenhouse [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (2:35)
Although this is its first release on record, America had performed "Greenhouse" in concert as early as 1987.
-
1994
The Jenerators
-
The
Jenerators
-
Hell's on Fire [Mumy/Dewey Bunnell/Haimer] (2:51)
Before You Leave [Mark Mothersbaugh/Mumy/Haimer] (3:01)
If I Give You All I Got [Mumy/Jolliffe] (3:29)
Don't Wanna Wait [Mumy] (2:40)
Grown Up Child Star [Mumy] (3:14)
Call Me Up [Mumy/Paul Gordon] (3:04)
Dying to Be Heard [Mumy] (3:08)
Follow the Dream [Mumy] (3:17)
Why Don't You Kill Me Now [Mumy/Haimer] (4:31)
Dancin' With My Baby [Jolliffe] (3:46)
When I Was Loved by You [Mumy] (2:57)
Don't Go Drinkin' from the Well No More [Mumy] (3:12)
Clorice [Mumy/Jolliffe] (3:04)
Pussy Whipped [Mumy/Jolliffe/Ferrer] (4:01)
Produced by Frank Wolf and Bill Mumy. The band consists of Bill Mumy (guitars, vocals), David Jolliffe (vocals), Miguel Ferrer (drums, vocals), Gary Stockdale (bass, vocals), Tom Hebenstreit (keyboards, guitar) and Alphons Kettner (guitar). Three songs were previously recorded by Barnes & Barnes: "Before You Leave," "Why Don't You Kill Me Now," and "Pussy Whipped." "Hell's on Fire" was previously recorded by America. "Dying to Be Heard" would be re-recorded for Bill Mumy's next solo album (although even the Jenerators version was recorded by Mumy alone).
-
1994
Christensen / Schultz
-
Songs
from the Xenozoic Age
includes:
-
Liturgy [?]
-
Robert Haimer: keyboards
-
Bill Mumy: guitar overdubs
-
Bill Mumy: guitar overdubs
-
Robert Haimer: keyboards
Bill Mumy: guitar overdubs
-
Nov. 1994
Sarah Taylor & Bill Mumy
-
I've Got Some Presents for Santa [Mumy] (2:32)
-
vocal by Sarah Taylor
produced, recorded, and performed by Bill Mumy
-
vocal by Sarah Taylor
produced, recorded, and performed by Robert Haimer & Bill Mumy
"I've Got Some Presents for Santa" was played on The Dr. Demento Show in December 1991, only at that time the song was credited to "Barnes & Nibble." The commercial release of the same recording three years later used Mumy and Taylor's real names.
-
Feb. 1996
America
-
In
Concert
includes:
-
Love on the Vine [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer]
Never Be Lonely [Gerry Beckley/Bill Mumy]
A live recording from 1982. It should be noted that there exists an America album with the same title from 1985 which does not include any Mumy/Haimer tunes.
This was reissued as Greatest Hits Live (King Biscuit Flower Hour 40015) in 2003.
-
May 1996
Various artists
-
The
Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
includes:
-
Bill Mumy interview (includes Greensleeves) [traditional] (3:04)
-
performed by Bill Mumy
-
performed by Bill Mumy and Marta Kristen
-
performed by Bill Mumy
-
performed by Bill Mumy
The first five discs of this six-disc box set are devoted to incidental music from Irwin Allen's 1960s TV series (Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants). The Mumy content is limited to disc 6, entitled Interviews and Sound Effects. It includes a 1965 performance of "Greensleeves" and a 1967 performance (with Marta Kristen) of "Sloop John B" -- both taken from episodes of Lost in Space -- plus 1996 recordings of the same two songs.
-
July 1996
Bread
-
Retrospective
[CD; Rhino R2 73509]
[CS; Rhino R4 73509]
Robert Haimer is credited as "compilation assistant" on this Bread collection.
-
1996 or later
Cherie Currie and friends...
-
Unplugged in Hollywood - 1996
-
Midnight Music [Cherie Currie/Kim Fowley/Steven T.]
You're So Bad for Me Baby [?]
Don't Believe in Heaven [?]
If I Give You All I Got [Bill Mumy/David Jolliffe]
Hell's on Fire [Bill Mumy/Dewey Bunnell/Robert Haimer]
Landslide [?]
Cheesecake [?]
The Way I Feel Tonight [?]
Turn Back [?]
Love Hurts [Boudleaux Bryant]
Cherry Bomb [Kim Fowley/Joan Jett]
Bill Mumy plays on this live album (which I haven't heard) by the former Runaways singer, but I don't know on which tracks (although the two songs he co-wrote are the most likely suspects).
-
Apr. 1997
Bill Mumy
-
Dying
to Be Heard
-
Nero's Fiddle [Mumy] (4:02)
My Sweet Seleena [Mumy] (3:48)
Ambiguous Sky / Monte [Mumy] (6:07)
In the Grand Scheme of Things [Mumy] (3:26)
Dying to Be Heard [Mumy] (3:34)
Our Beautiful Life [Mumy] (5:41)
Yes You in the Blue [Mumy] (5:13)
Waiting (Little Seattle Junkie) [Mumy] (4:47)
Denver Thing [Paul Gordon/Mumy] (2:58)
I Know We All Go [Mumy] (3:18)
So I Sit by the Sea [Mumy] (2:25)
The Ballad of William Robinson [Mumy] (2:50)
The Great Domain (version 1) [Mumy] (2:40)
[CD; Renaissance RMED 00202 (released August 1997)]
Bill Mumy plays all the instruments himself except for the one-note keyboard part on "The Ballad of William Robinson," which is played by his son Seth Mumy. "The Great Domain" is the unlisted closing track. "Denver Thing," the only song not written by Mumy alone, was written in 1970. "So I Sit by the Sea" was largely written in England in 1980, around the same time as "The Longest Dream" (from the Spazchow CD).
-
Feb. 1998
Various artists
-
They
Came From Outer Space: The Alien Songbook
includes:
-
The Ballad of William Robinson [Mumy]
-
performed by Bill Mumy
-
Apr. 1998
Various artists
-
MADD
presents Honor Them All
includes:
-
Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday) [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert
Haimer] (3:36)
-
performed by America
[CS; Windham Hill __ 11339]
A benefit album for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
-
summer 1998
Bill Mumy
-
Kiss
My Boo Boo
side one:
-
Kiss My Boo Boo [Mumy]
I'm Bigger Than I Used to Be [Mumy]
Choo Choo Train [Mumy]
Clip Clop [Haimer/Mumy]
Santa, I've Been Good [Mumy]
The Shooby Dooby Song [Mumy]
Fish Heads [Haimer/Mumy]
I'm Not Tired [Mumy]
-
I Went to Bed All by Myself [Mumy]
Magic Words [Mumy]
Goin' to Grandmas [Mumy]
Glad to Be What I Am [Mumy]
The Food Color Song [Mumy]
Up in the Air [Mumy]
Where Did All the Bubbles Go? [Mumy]
Time to Say Goodnight [Mumy]
This cassette-only release is described on the cover as "music for kids." No producer is credited. Mumy plays all instruments. Two songs are reworkings of songs from Barnes & Barnes' first album. "Clip Clop" has almost entirely different lyrics, while "Fish Heads" retains the original lyrics while adding a new verse.
-
Oct. 1998
The Jenerators
-
Hitting
the Silk
-
Love Is Here for Everyone [Mumy] (3:39)
Grace of God [Mumy/Jolliffe] (4:03)
In the Greenhouse [Dewey Bunnell/Mumy/Haimer] (4:35)
Beyond the Rim [Mumy] (3:08)
On the Right Track [Mumy/Hebenstreit] (3:30)
Too Good to Be True [Mumy] (4:05)
Babble On [Mumy] (4:17)
The Truth Hurts [Mumy] (3:55)
A Long Way From Wonderland [Mumy] (3:48)
How to Do It Right [Mumy] (3:11)
What Has Happened Before [Mumy] (3:17)
Hitting the Silk [Mumy] (2:01)
Come 27 [Mumy] (4:43)
Produced by Frank Wolf and Bill Mumy. The band now consists of Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Stockdale, Tom Hebenstreit, and Chris Ross. David Jolliffe and Alphons Kettner are no longer members of the band, although Jolliffe still appears on a few tracks recorded prior to his departure. "In the Greenhouse" was previously recorded (as "Greenhouse") by America. "The Truth Hurts" was previously recorded by Seduction of the Innocent. "What Has Happened Before" was previously recorded by Bill Mumy for his unreleased 1980 solo album.
-
Dec. 1998
The Be Five
-
Trying
To Forget
-
Tell Me How [Mumy/Gary Stockdale] (5:13)
If You Want Candy [Mumy] (3:17)
When You Were by My Side [Mumy] (3:47)
I Don't Know Who You Are [Mira Furlan/Mumy] (3:24)
High on the Strength of Your Love [Mumy] (4:05)
How Was I to Know [Mumy] (4:53)
Lovely in Loveland [Mumy/Haimer] (4:22)
Might Be You [Mumy] (3:14)
The Touch of Your Hand [Mumy] (4:54)
Can't Imagine Blues [Mumy] (3:08)
Put It on Down [Peter Jurasik/Mumy] (4:01)
It's Just a TV Show [Mumy] (4:27)
[CD; Renaissance RMED 00201 (released July 1999)]
Produced by Bill Mumy and Frank Wolf. This album consists of songs sung by the stars of TV's Babylon 5 (which had ended its run prior to this album's recording): Bill Mumy, Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan, Peter Jurasik, and Andreas Katsulas. They are backed by Mumy (guitar), Jennifer Condos (bass), Chris Ross (drums, percussion), Harpo Hilfman (keyboards), George Englund (saxophone), Steve Lukather (guitar), and Babylon 5 co-star Patricia Tallman (additional vocals). "Lovely in Loveland" was originally recorded by Barnes & Barnes.
The initial release of this CD was limited to 2,500 copies and sold at science fiction conventions. It was later released in a non-limited edition with a different cover.
-
Aug. 1999
Bill Mumy
-
In
the Current
-
Lost in Babylon [Mumy] (3:37)
Angel's Observation (Just Like the Other Ones) [Mumy] (4:23)
I'll Walk the Walk [Mumy] (4:40)
The Climb [Mumy] (3:22)
We Could Use a Little Something [Mumy] (4:18)
In the Current [Mumy] (3:52)
It's Not the Same [Mumy] (2:58)
Needed to Let You Know [Mumy] (2:52)
How I Loved My Girlfriend [Mumy] (4:19)
Stronger Than Gravity (To Delenn From Lennier) [Mumy] (3:46)
Can't Win This Game (Bound to Die) [Mumy] (4:33)
I Don't Know You (The Wheel of Faith) [Mumy] (3:08)
Halfway Home [Mumy] (5:08)
To Nicolette [Mumy] (1:32)
Produced by Bill Mumy, who plays all instruments.
-
July 2000
America
-
Highlights:
30 Years of America
includes:
-
(Can't Fall Asleep to a) Lullaby [Dewey Bunnell/Steve Perry/Bill
Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:45)
Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday) [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (3:34)
Greenhouse [Dewey Bunnell/Bill Mumy/Robert Haimer] (2:36)
Three previously released songs co-written by Mumy and Haimer are included on this three-CD box set. In addition, Robert Haimer is credited with "compilation assistance" and is quoted a few times in the liner notes.
-
late summer/early fall 2000
Bill Mumy
-
Pandora's
Box
-
Pandora's Box [Mumy] (3:49)
She'll Never Know [Mumy] (3:42)
Good Enough [Mumy] (4:07)
When You Wander [Mumy] (4:25)
Done Me Little Good [Mumy] (3:46)
Buried Treasure [Mumy] (5:45)
Simple Man [Graham Nash] (2:18)
Hard Road Home [Mumy] (3:20)
Before You Get to Heaven [Mumy] (6:04)
Matters of the Heart [Mumy] (4:08)
Keep Your Secret [Mumy] (3:41)
Woe, the Lover's Tune [Mumy] (4:49)
It's Not Your Fault [Mumy] (4:44)
Maybe Next Time [Mumy] (2:08)
Produced by Bill Mumy, who plays all instruments.
Renaissance Records reportedly went bankrupt just weeks before this album was scheduled for release in October 2000. As a result, it never made it to record stores. However, Bill Mumy's website had been offering it for sale prior to its release date, and copies remained available until at least 2003. It now appears to be sold out.
-
Nov. 2000
Various artists
-
Mark
and Brian: Little Drummer Boys
includes:
-
I've Got Some Presents for Santa [Bill Mumy] (3:05)
-
performed by Sarah Taylor and The Jenerators
This live recording from 1992 appears on this collection of highlights from Mark and Brian's L.A.-based radio program. No producer is credited.
-
May 2001
Bill Mumy
-
After
Dreams Come True
-
You Were There [Mumy] (3:07)
Friend of Mine [Mumy] (3:38)
As Good As It Gets [Mumy] (4:10)
Walking That Road [Mumy] (2:23)
Passion Fades [Mumy] (3:14)
The One Who Flirted With Disaster [Mumy] (3:46)
Dave Guard's Up [Mumy] (1:53)
Watch Out for the Fall [Mumy] (3:49)
Can't Go Back in Time [Mumy] (4:00)
Driving Without Any Brakes [Mumy] (3:35)
After Dreams Come True [Mumy] (4:28)
The Dog That Caught the Car [Mumy] (3:55)
Too Good to Be Mine [Mumy] (3:32)
Taken by the Light [Mumy] (3:52)
The First Day of School [Mumy] (1:53)
(unlisted track) [Mumy] (2:15)
Produced by Bill Mumy, who plays all instruments.
-
Feb. 2003
Various artists
-
Dr.
Demento's Hits From Outer Space
includes:
-
The Ballad of William Robinson [Mumy]
-
performed by Bill Mumy
-
Apr. 2003
Bill Mumy
-
Ghosts:
The Best of Bill Mumy
-
Always Open [Mumy] (3:56)
She'll Never Know [Mumy] (3:42)
The Climb [Mumy] (3:20)
You Were There [Mumy] (3:06)
Yes, You in the Blue 2 [Mumy] (5:14)
Woe, the Lover's Tune [Mumy] (4:48)
Nero's Fiddle [Mumy] (4:02)
Take It Back [Mumy] (3:17)
The Dog That Caught the Car [Mumy] (3:54)
Can't Win This Game [Mumy] (4:34)
Pandora's Box [Mumy] (3:47)
Taken by the Light [Mumy] (3:49)
Done Me Little Good [Mumy] (3:44)
Dave Guard's Up [Mumy] (1:52)
It's Not the Same [Mumy] (2:58)
The Recalcitrant Princess [Mumy] (4:30)
Dying to Be Heard [Mumy] (3:35)
I Don't Know You [Mumy] (3:10)
Just a Drop of Rain in the Ocean [Mumy] (3:06)
The Great Domain (version 2) [Mumy] (3:13)
This CD combines highlights from Bill's four previous albums with five new recordings: "Always Open," "Take It Back," "The Recalcitrant Princess," "Just a Drop of Rain in the Ocean," and a new recording of "The Great Domain." Liliana Mumy provides the vibes and marimba keyboard on "The Recalcitrant Princess." Otherwise, all instruments are played by Bill Mumy. Despite the slightly different title, "Yes, You in the Blue 2" is the exact same recording as "Yes You in the Blue" on Dying to be Heard.
-
Oct. 2003
-
Willard
includes:
-
Ben [Don Black/Walter Scharf]
-
performed by Crispin Hellion Glover
produced by Crispin Hellion Glover and Robert Haimer
[DVD; New Line ?]
Crispin Glover stars in this film and contributes a cover version of Michael Jackson's 1972 hit which plays over the closing credits. The DVD includes a music video for the song among the bonus features. The song has not been released in an audio format.
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Dec. 2003
Redwood
-
Lost
But Not Really
disc one:
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We've Been Friends [Gordon] (2:51)
The Pleasant Years [Gordon/Mumy/John Stewart] (3:21)
Banjo Breeze [Mumy] (3:07)
Just Like Old Man River [Gordon] (2:48)
Lonesome Dealer [Mumy] (2:55)
Yes, You in the Blue [Gordon] (4:33)
It Seems to Me a Lullaby [David] (2:39)
Antiques [Mumy] (2:19)
Lost, But Not Really [Gordon/Mumy] (2:59)
Brother James - Been a Long Time Now [Gordon/Mumy] (3:09)
Father of an Outlaw [Mumy] (3:32)
Another Morning Song [Gordon] (2:26)
Bless the Children [Gordon/Mumy] (1:24)
How You're Gonna Leave Me When I'm Down [Gordon/Mumy] (2:03)
Grass Grows Fast [Mumy] (2:32)
Say Hello [Gordon] (2:29)
4 Alone [Gordon/Mumy] (1:39)
Christmas Time [Gordon] (2:40)
Solomon [Gordon] (3:46)
How Can We Continue to Go On [Gordon] (2:37)
Jana, the Lonely Loving Lady [Mumy] (2:55)
Big Mama [David] (2:42)
Clearly Much Older [Gordon/Mumy/Henson/Conant] (3:01)
-
Notch on a Gun [Mumy] (2:26)
Beautiful Day - Several People [Gordon/Mumy] (2:28)
Who Believes He Can Fly [Mumy] (3:26)
Traveler, Rambler [Gordon] (2:16)
It's Winter Again [David] (3:12)
Tune to a Tuna [Gordon] (4:41)
8 La's [Gordon/Mumy] (3:42)
Night County Moon [Mumy] (3:00)
To Rachel [David] (2:49)
It Was Nice Loving You [Gordon] (2:08)
Home [Mumy] (2:46)
Denver Thing [Gordon/Mumy] (2:44)
A Lingering Look [Mumy] (2:26)
Keep on Lovin' You [Mumy] (1:58)
What I'm Really Doin' Here [Gordon/Mumy] (3:02)
Rainy Road [Mumy] (2:34)
100 Dreams [Gordon] (3:02)
You Didn't Say That Was Wrong [Gordon/Mumy] (3:25)
Jan's Song [Gordon] (2:44)
Sleepy Baby [Gordon/Mumy] (1:48)
Rolling Along [Gordon] (3:02)
Happy Song [Gordon] (1:34)
Bill Mumy, Paul Gordon, and Gary David performed under the name Redwood from 1969 to 1974. This two-disc set consists of new recordings by the trio of songs they wrote during their original run.
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May 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1978
-
Yours for the Taking [Haimer] (4:13)
You're OK (version 2) [Haimer] (3:30)
Demons in Your Eyes [Haimer/Mumy] (4:57)
Nobody Wants Your Love [Haimer/Mumy] (4:38)
If You Want Her Love [Haimer] (2:26)
Blow Everybody Down [Haimer] (6:26)
I'll Never Let You Down [Haimer/Mumy] (5:32)
Ode to Alan [Haimer] (6:23)
How Do You Do [Haimer/Mumy] (3:29)
A Different Song (version 1) [Haimer] (4:09)
In May 2004, Robert Haimer began selling CDRs of his home demos on eBay. The discs are arranged chronologically and accompanied by detailed liner notes written by Robert. For the most part, these songs have never been heard before in any form.
-
May 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1977
disc one:
-
Let's Not Say Goodbye [Haimer] (6:04)
Down for the Count [Haimer/Mumy] (4:05)
Hit and Run Lover [Haimer] (2:58)
Don't Talk to Strangers [Haimer] (3:54)
You're OK (Ghost) (version 1) [Haimer] (3:16)
I Answer (version 1) [Haimer] (5:04)
To Reality [Haimer] (5:29)
Candlelight [Haimer] (4:51)
A Goodbye Song [Haimer] (2:50)
I'll Never Forget [Haimer] (3:49)
The Art of Loving [Haimer] (2:57)
These Feet o' Mine [Haimer/Mumy] (2:58)
She's a Dancer [Haimer/Mumy] (5:35)
Jakarta [Haimer] (5:28)
We Can Never Really Be Just Friends [Haimer] (4:12)
27 Years (version 1) [Haimer] (7:38)
Moon Taxi [Haimer] (5:36)
-
Clockwork [Haimer] (3:05)
So Much for Goodbyes (version 1) [Haimer] (5:07)
I'm Insane [Haimer] (3:57)
How Long Has It Been [Haimer] (5:40)
Keep on Your Toes [Haimer/Mumy] (3:52)
A Certain Kind of People (version 2) [Haimer] (4:39)
Parellel [Haimer] (3:10)
The Wrong Game to Begin [Haimer] (4:13)
I Won't Be There [Haimer] (5:24)
Nobody Said It Was Easy (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:31)
In Between [Haimer] (5:29)
Magical Madness [Haimer/Mumy] (3:52)
She Told Me [Haimer] (3:58)
Watching for Sails [Haimer/Mumy] (5:57)
Hey Brown Eyes [Haimer] (3:22)
I Know She Knows [Haimer] (7:03)
-
Jul. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1976
disc one:
-
Sweeping Time into the Corner [Haimer] (3:56)
Maggie [Haimer] (3:06)
Morning's Got Me Grinning [Haimer] (2:51)
Harder Everyday (version 1) [Haimer] (3:38)
The Man with the Dying Bird (version 1) [Haimer] (3:59)
The Other Side of Never (version 1) [Haimer] (4:23)
Not a Song (version 1) [Haimer] (4:28)
The Man with the Dying Bird (version 2) [Haimer] (3:50)
Don't Worry (version 1) [Haimer] (2:18)
Don't Worry (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:06)
We Cry When We're Alone (version 1) [Haimer] (3:50)
A Certain Kind of People (version 1) [Haimer] (3:01)
A Stranger Comes [Haimer] (2:11)
Why Does It Feel So Good... [Haimer] (2:12)
The Man with the Dying Bird (version 3) [Haimer] (3:47)
I Could Have Loved Her So [Haimer] (4:01)
We Cry When We're Alone (version 2) [Haimer] (3:39)
-
Sailing the Sea [Haimer/Mumy] (5:51)
Marionettes [Haimer] (3:15)
Time Flies By [Haimer] (1:07)
Stars [Haimer] (0:50)
Scoreboard [Haimer] (3:20)
The Other Side of Never (version 2) [Haimer] (3:27)
Not a Song (version 2) [Haimer] (4:07)
Without Ever Knowing Why [Haimer] (1:56)
Everybody Knew My Name [Haimer] (4:41)
Nights Are Easier [Haimer/Mumy] (1:23)
Everywhere Is Nowhere [Haimer/Mumy] (4:59)
Watch Me Fall Again (version 1) [Haimer] (5:13)
Watch Me Fall Again (version 2) [Haimer] (5:06)
Watch Me Fall Again (version 3) [Haimer] (4:26)
Harder Everyday (version 2) [Haimer] (3:31)
Lorelei in the Rain [Haimer/Mumy] (3:58)
-
Jul. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1979
-
Things Are Getting Weird [Haimer] (2:13)
Harder Everyday (version 3) [Haimer] (3:13)
Were We Ever Meant To Love [Haimer] (4:51)
Heaven Only Knows [Haimer] (3:08)
I Was Such a Child [Haimer] (4:37)
Nobody Said It Was Easy (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:32)
I'm Gone [Haimer] (4:06)
Ode to James and Raymond [Haimer] (3:46)
Maybe in a Letter (version 1) [Haimer] (4:23)
Don't Ask Why [Haimer] (5:01)
-
Jul. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1980
-
Chasing the Wind in the Night (version 1) [Haimer] (4:12)
Baby Baby It's You [Haimer] (3:49)
I Killed Her With Love [Haimer] (3:21)
So Much for Goodbyes (version 2) [Haimer] (4:41)
Joanie [Haimer] (5:22)
She Don't Care [Haimer] (4:46)
I Don't Wanna Sleep Alone [Haimer] (3:47)
Love Won't Save Me [Haimer] (6:19)
"I Killed Her With Love" and "Love Won't Save Me" are the same performances which previously appeared as bonus tracks on the Spazchow CD.
-
Aug. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1985-1986-1987
-
Letting Go (version 1) [Haimer] (3:06)
Grandchild [Haimer] (4:05)
27 Years (version 2) [Haimer] (7:11)
Sexual Affair (version 3) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:11)
The Unspoken Rule [Haimer] (3:55)
Chasing the Wind in the Night (version 2) [Haimer] (3:36)
Maybe in a Letter (version 2) [Haimer] (3:34)
A Pain in the Action [Haimer] (1:23)
To Be in Love with You Again [Haimer] (3:25)
Tonight We'll Fall in Love Again [Haimer/Mumy] (3:12)
Robert's Aborted Brilliance [Haimer] (3:08)
Robert's Grand Idea [Haimer] (3:03)
Tonight Let's Fall in Love Again (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy] (4:07)
Why Is No One Laughing [Haimer] (3:25)
Don't Worry (version 3) [Haimer/Mumy] (2:51)
Time to Fly [Haimer] (2:46)
I'll Do What It Takes (version 1) [Haimer] (2:50)
I'll Do What It Takes (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:21)
Ode to Mouse [Haimer] (2:36)
Your Old Boyfriend (version 1) [Haimer] (2:58)
Your Old Boyfriend (version 2) [Haimer] (3:19)
-
Aug. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1988-1989
-
Spasms of Love [Haimer] (2:58)
Letting Go (version 2) [Haimer] (3:18)
So Wonderful [Haimer] (4:30)
Tonight Let's Fall in Love Again (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:50)
The Man with the Dying Bird (version 4) [Haimer] (3:31)
Lock and Key (version 1) [Haimer] (3:24)
I Want the Batman for Christmas [Haimer] (1:57)
Help Me Walk Away [Haimer] (3:10)
A Different Song (version 2) [Haimer] (4:06)
Lonesome [Haimer] (4:15)
I Know This to Be True (version 1) [Haimer] (4:31)
-
Sep. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1982-1983
[track listing needed!]
[CDR]
-
Sep. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1984
-
Missy A [Haimer] (3:10)
Walk My Dog [Haimer/Mumy] (4:30)
You're Rich (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy/Sarah Taylor] (3:17)
You're Rich (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy/Sarah Taylor] (3:10)
Life Weary [Haimer] (1:35)
Take Me Seriously (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:16)
Stare Into the Sun [Haimer] (4:13)
Sexual Affair (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy] (2:48)
Sexual Affair (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:37)
Elisa [Haimer] (2:35)
She Lived Life That Way [Haimer] (4:21)
Solve the Mystery [Haimer] (3:01)
Resentment [Haimer] (2:36)
Take Me Seriously (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:20)
-
Sep. 2004
Robert Haimer
-
1990
-
Talk Line [Haimer] (4:18)
I Knew What Was Real [Haimer] (3:57)
I Love to Ride the Bus [Haimer] (2:14)
Sleep Without Dreaming [Haimer] (3:31)
Sgt. Pepper Used to Shave My Uncle [Haimer] (3:45)
I Know This To Be True (version 2) [Haimer] (4:19)
Chasing the Wind in the Night (version 3) [Haimer] (3:33)
Untitled Idea [Haimer] (4:04)
Give Us Another Try [Haimer] (3:53)
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This [Haimer] (3:46)
Lock and Key (version 2) [Haimer] (3:33)
Dog Lives [Haimer] (2:55)
Up Close and Personal [Haimer] (3:40)
I Will Marry You [Haimer] (3:57)
Angel in the Wings [Haimer] (4:29)
I'm in Good With Santa Claus [Haimer] (2:08)
Lovely in Loveland (version 1) [Haimer/Mumy] (1:31)
Dreaming in Circles [Haimer] (4:05)
Lovely in Loveland (version 2) [Haimer/Mumy] (3:29)
"Talk Line" and the second "Lovely in Loveland" are slight variations on the same basic tracks that appear on Loozanteen, while "I Love to Ride the Bus" and the first "Lovely in Loveland" are completely different recordings. (This version of "I Love to Ride the Bus" was previously heard on The Dr. Demento Show.)
-
Apr. 2005
Robert Haimer
-
1991-1996
-
The Center of My Universe [Haimer] (4:05)
Because I Like the Name [Haimer] (2:47)
Love Finds Us Everywhere [Haimer] (1:04)
I Want Nirvana for Xmas [Haimer] (2:12)
I Stole Captain Kirk's Toupee [Haimer] (2:34)
The Carrot King [Haimer] (3:49)
People Are Stranger [The Doors] (2:53)
I'm Cooking Up a Storm on My Shrimp Boat [Haimer] (3:14)
Under the Pizza Tree [Haimer/Mumy] (3:42)
Mama's Berry Pie [Haimer/Mumy] (3:17)
Whisky Bar [The Doors] (3:52)
L.A. Burning [The Doors/Haimer] (5:44)
Black Hole [Haimer] (2:30)
I Must Have Done Something Right (version 1) [Haimer/Elizabeth Pavone] (2:39)
I Must Have Done Something Right (version 2) [Haimer/Elizabeth Pavone] (2:42)
Hippity Hop [Haimer/Elizabeth Pavone] (2:36)
I Love You So Much I Can Smell It [Haimer] (3:36)
Sing Into My Face [Haimer] (2:41)
It's How You Play the Game [Haimer/Mumy] (2:32)
I Answer (version 2) [Haimer] (5:06)
-
Apr. 2005
Robert Haimer
-
The
Hollywood Spectrum Tapes 1973-1974
-
Why Does It Feel So Good (version 1) [Haimer] (2:10)
Softly Whispered Ramona [Haimer] (2:55)
Dishpan Desperation (version 1) [Haimer] (3:11)
Giving Another Concert to Myself (version 1) [Haimer] (3:04)
Sorrowful Lady (version 1) [Haimer] (4:20)
They Can Take Away My Soul [Haimer] (4:07)
To Whom It May Concern (version 1) [Haimer] (3:23)
I Bid You Farewell (version 1) [Haimer] (5:25)
To Whom It May Concern (version 2) [Haimer] (3:18)
A Heart Divided [Haimer] (3:59)
Sorrowful Lady (version 2) [Haimer] (4:28)
Dishpan Desperation (version 2) [Haimer] (3:30)
Giving Another Concert to Myself (version 2) [Haimer] (3:01)
I Bid You Farewell (version 2) [Haimer] (5:10)
Joan [Haimer] (3:46)
Why Does It Feel So Good (version 2) [Haimer] (2:02)
Believe [Haimer] (4:35)
Love Has Found Us a Home [Haimer] (4:08)
Survival [Haimer] (4:47)
Stainless Steel and Plexiglass [Haimer] (3:51)
Paper Bullet [Haimer] (0:41)
-
Apr. 2005
The Jenerators
-
Pony
Up
-
She'll Never Know [Mumy]
Pay First [Jolliffe/Mumy/Stockdale]
Love What I Keep [Mumy]
Look What You've Done [Stockdale]
My Sweet Seleena [Mumy]
Just Ain't Enough [Mumy]
Love in Need of Restoration [Mumy]
To Love Somebody [Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb]
Give You All I Got [Mumy/Jolliffe]
What Has Happened Before [Mumy]
Good Enough [Mumy]
Sweet Little Angel [King]
Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Bob Dylan]
Pussy Whipped [Mumy/Jolliffe/Ferrer]
Produced by Frank Wolf. The Jenerators now consist of Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, Gary Stockdale, David Jolliffe, and Tom Hebenstreit. Chris Ross plays on five tracks but is not credited as an official band member. Several songs are familiar from previous Mumy projects -- "She'll Never Know" and "Good Enough" from Pandora's Box, "My Sweet Seleena" from Dying to be Heard, "Give You All I Got" from the first Jenerators album, "What Has Happened Before" from both Mumy's semi-released 1980 album and the Jenerators' Hitting the Silk, and the frequently recorded "Pussy Whipped" -- but these are new recordings.
-
Apr. 2005
Bill Mumy
-
Los
Angeles Times
-
Los Angeles Times [Mumy]
Sorry Man [Mumy]
Love Multiplies [Mumy]
When Roger Was Jim [Mumy]
You Never Know [Mumy]
If I Ever Make It Back to Laurel Canyon [Mumy]
There's a Reason [Mumy]
Into a Storm [Mumy]
Mary Magdalene [Mumy]
In Dark Water [Mumy]
Elvis Said [Mumy/Paul Gordon]
The End of the Year [Mumy/Matt Beckley]
Let's Call It a Day [Mumy]
Floatin' a Dream [Mumy]
Come a Brighter Day [Mumy]
This album has yet to be released in CD form, but it is available as an authorized download.
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Sep. 2005
Bill Mumy
-
Postcards
from Oblivion: Songs from the Cornfield Volume One
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Postcard from Oblivion [Mumy]
Love You Bizarro [Mumy]
Good Bad Baby [Mumy]
Lost and Found [Mumy]
The Cure to Everything [Mumy]
Something Better [Mumy]
Sweet Dream's Nightmare [Mumy]
Gone Today Here Tomorrow [Mumy]
A Lifetime Till Tomorrow [Mumy]
First Thing You'll Be [Mumy]
Cold in the Cornfield [Mumy]
Molly My Dear [Mumy]
This album has not been released in CD form, but it is available as an authorized download. These are mostly outtakes from the sessions for Mumy's other solo albums.
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Sep. 2005
Bill Mumy
-
House
of Straw: Songs from the Cornfield Volume Two
-
House of Straw [Mumy]
Something That I Can't See [Mumy]
In a Beige MG [Mumy]
All Wrapped Up [Mumy]
House of Mystery [Mumy]
Blame It on God [Mumy]
Willpower [Mumy]
Liliana [Mumy]
No One in This World [Mumy]
Couldn't Sleep Last Night [Mumy]
Bound for Down the Line [Mumy]
Drowning in Heaven [Mumy]
Spungy's Tune [Mumy]
This album has not been released in CD form, but it is available as an authorized download. As with the previous volume, these are mostly outtakes from the sessions for Mumy's other solo albums.
-
Sep. 2005
Bill Mumy
-
Live:
Without a Net
-
You Were There [Mumy] (3:17)
The Climb [Mumy] (3:57)
It's Not the Same [Mumy] (3:31)
Take It Back [Mumy] (3:46)
Done Me Little Good [Mumy] (3:44)
Nero's Fiddle [Mumy] (4:23)
Bound for Down the Line [Mumy] (3:38)
Just a Drop of Rain in the Ocean [Mumy] (3:16)
Dying to Be Heard [Mumy] (4:16)
The Dog That Caught the Car [Mumy] (3:57)
Down in the Mine [Mumy]
In the Grand Scheme of Things [Mumy] (3:36)
I Don't Know You [Mumy] (3:27)
Taken by the Light [Mumy] (4:00)
The Great Domain [Mumy] (4:09)
Take a Picture to Remember [Mumy] (3:44)
Help [Mumy] (3:16)
This live album has not been released in CD form, but it is available as an authorized download.
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Apr. 2006
Gerry Beckley
-
Horizontal
Fall
includes:
-
Love & Leaving [Bill Mumy/Gerry Beckley]
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Jul. 2006
Bill Mumy
-
With
Big Ideas
-
With Big Ideas [Mumy]
Rising Falls [Mumy/Gerry Beckley]
Cherokee Books [Mumy]
No Free Parking [Mumy]
A Little Goes a Long Way [Mumy]
The Fire [Mumy]
Overdue [Mumy]
Man of His Word [Mumy]
It's Only Forever [Mumy]
Mystery Road [Mumy]
Missing the Missing [Mumy]
Fish Out of the Water [Mumy]
God's Perfect Design [Mumy]
Save Me a Seat on the Aisle [Mumy]
Produced by Bill Mumy and Russ Kunkel. Musicians on the CD include Gerry Beckley, Steve Bishop, Carlos Cordova, Russ Kunkel, and Gary Stockdale.
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Sep. 2006
Robert Haimer
-
The
Essential Robert Haimer Volume 1
includes:
-
Hey Brown Eyes (1977) [Haimer] (3:23)
I Know She Knows (1977) [Haimer] (7:03)
Baby Baby It's You (1980) [Haimer] (3:53)
So Much for Goodbyes (1980) [Haimer] (4:43)
You're OK (1982) [Haimer] (3:20)
I Knew What Was Real (1990) [Haimer] (4:00)
Love Has Found Us a Home (1975) [Haimer] (4:00)
Sgt. Pepper Used to Shave My Uncle (1990) [Haimer] (3:47)
Stare Into the Sun (1984) [Haimer] (4:14)
I Know This to Be True (1989) [Haimer] (4:28)
The Other Side of Never (1976) [Haimer] (3:28)
Joanie (1980) [Haimer] (5:26)
Letting Go (1988) [Haimer] (3:20)
27 Years (1977) [Haimer] (7:38)
Sleep Without Dreaming (1990) [Haimer] (3:35)
Let's Not Say Goodbye (1977) [Haimer] (6:04)
Nobody Wants Your Love (1978) [Haimer/Mumy] (4:39)
[MP3/AAC; various download services]
A "best of" drawn from Haimer's demo CDs previously sold on eBay.
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Jan. 2007
America
-
Here
& Now
includes:
-
Love & Leaving [Bill Mumy/Gerry Beckley]
-
Jul. 2007
Bill Mumy
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The
Landlord or the Guest
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My Reflection in Your Mirror [Mumy] (3:18)
Change Myself [Mumy] (6:04)
Harrigan by the Sea [Mumy] (2:27)
No Show [Mumy] (3:15)
Up the Hill [Mumy] (3:11)
How Does It Go [Mumy] (2:23)
The Landlord or the Guest [Mumy] (3:10)
Everything and Nothing Has Changed [Mumy] (4:39)
When I Was Loved by You [Mumy] (2:35)
Strangers Like Me [Mumy] (4:08)
Why Does It Hurt [Mumy] (3:15)
Stubborn Girl [Mumy] (3:32)
I Drove by Your House Last Night [Mumy] (3:41)
Goodbye [Mumy] (2:51)
Produced by Bill Mumy.
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Jul. 2008
Bill Mumy
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Circular
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Never Gonna Stop [Mumy] (3:32)
You Know You Never Know [Mumy] (3:48)
Johnny's Gone to Heaven [Mumy] (3:26)
Man of Pride [Gerry Beckley/Mumy] (5:12)
Care [Mumy] (4:05)
A Deal's a Deal [Mumy] (4:09)
The Heart's Fantasy [Mumy] (3:55)
Don't Have Anything [Mumy] (2:40)
Turn Yourself Around [Mumy] (2:37)
The Past Won't Be Denied [Mumy] (2:12)
History [Mumy] (4:38)
Circular Blues [Mumy] (3:28)
Hereby Invited [Mumy] (2:10)
I'll Seeya Around [Mumy] (0:27)
Produced by Bill Mumy. Additional musicians: Chris Ross (drums, percussion), Sarah Taylor (additional vocals).
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Jun. 2009
Sarah Taylor
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The
Cure To Everything
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Don't Give a Damn With Me [?] (4:21)
The Cure to Everything [?] (4:15)
Waiting [?] (5:46)
He Doesn't See Me [?] (3:34)
I Could Have Danced All Night [?] (0:51)
I've Got a Feeling [John Lennon/Paul McCartney] (3:52)
Easy to Forget It All [?] (4:12)
Bad Medicine [?] (2:21)
Haunted By Your Love [?] (3:50)
Man of Pride [Gerry Beckley/Mumy] (5:31)
We Are One [?] (2:34)
The Great Domain [Mumy] (4:02)
Birds [?] (4:04)
Produced by Bill Mumy.
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Aug. 2009
Bill Mumy
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Carnival
Sky
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When It Comes From One of the Guys [Mumy]
A Garden Turned to Weeds [Mumy]
Blizzard of Time [Mumy]
You Told Me Once [Mumy]
Long Enough to Tell [Mumy]
Red Light Burning [Mumy]
Nothing to Brag About (John Wilkes Booth) [Mumy]
No Man's Land [Mumy]
The Next Big Thing [Mumy]
Scene of the Crime [Mumy]
Reconnect to This World [Mumy]
Like a Fire in the Rain [Mumy]
All songs written, recorded and mixed in Lumania Studios.
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Aug. 2009
Bill Mumy
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Speechless
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Depth of Feel [Mumy]
Pardon Me Asking [Mumy]
Even Where the Wind Don't Blow [Mumy]
Come Stay With Me in My Hole in the Ground [Mumy]
Caught My Shadow [Mumy]
Barns [Mumy]
Winter Soldier Watching [Mumy]
Speechless [Mumy]
Wish It Away [Mumy]
Night for Day [Mumy]
If We Have Another Day Tomorrow [Mumy]
When I'm Missing Your [Mumy]
An all-instrumental album. Written, performed, recorded and mixed in Lumania Studio by Bill Mumy, May 11-25, 2009
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Aug. 2009
Bill Mumy
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Carnival
Sky/Speechless bonus CDR
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Out and in Focus [Mumy] (2:23)
Check the Meter [Mumy] (3:33)
Blues for Healing [Mumy] (2:54)
Dance the Twist of Fate [Mumy] (3:26)
If I Ever Make It Back to Laurel Canyon [Mumy] (3:33)
This limited-edition bonus CDR is included with the joint purchase of Carnival Sky and Speechless from Global Recording Artists.
The following songs have been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office but are apparently unreleased. It is possible that they have never even been properly recorded. (Note that Robert Haimer's "Hey Brown Eyes" no longer appears in this section because it is available on his 1977 CD.)
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In a Way (1982)
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Written by Bill Mumy (words) and Jay Gruska (music). Performer unknown.
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Written by Debi Neal and Bill Mumy. Performer unknown.
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Written by Gerry Beckley and Bill Mumy. Performer unknown.
The Disney Channel's 1991 Adventures in Wonderland TV series featured an enormous number of songs written or co-written by Robert Haimer OR Bill Mumy. (They didn't write any songs together for this project.) I have never seen the series, but it is my impression that all of the songs in the show were performed by people other than Haimer and Mumy. To the best of my knowledge, none of the songs have been released on record. I am aware of 73 songs written for the show by either Haimer or Mumy. What follows is an alphabetical listing of these songs, with the number in parentheses indicating the episode number of the show in which the song appeared (when known).
- All You Need Is Stuff [Ryan S. Moore/Mumy] (127)
- Back Where You Began [Mumy]
- Belated Bunny [Mumy] (112)
- Beware the Walrus [Mumy] (166)
- Born to Act [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (189)
- A Bunny Who Needs Money [Mumy] (142)
- Can't Chew, Can You? [Mumy] (118)
- Comic Book Boogie-Woogie [Mumy] (174)
- Cookin' Up Riddles [Mumy] (189)
- Cooking With Candy [Mumy] (111)
- Couch Potatoes Are We [Mumy] (169)
- Dare to Be Goofy [Mumy] (141)
- The Department of Missing Royalty [Mumy] (184)
- Every Word in the Dictionary [Mumy] (134)
- Everybody Be Somebody [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (167)
- Eye, Eye, Ma'ma [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (161)
- Fare-Thee-Well Spell Remover [Mumy] (165)
- Give a Dog a Break [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (190)
- Going, Going, Gone! [Mumy] (183)
- Goodbye, Old Paint [Mumy] (105)
- Graduation Day [Mumy] (172)
- Have No Fear [Mumy] (179)
- Have No Fear, Tweedles Are Here [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (146)
- I Did It for Dear Old Granny [Mumy] (136)
- If I Could Turn Back the Time [Mumy] (179)
- It Grows on You [Mumy] (170)
- It Just Tears Me Up [Mumy] (176)
- It's a Funny Thing [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (121)
- It's a Guy Thing [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty]
- It's Considered Inconsiderate [Mumy] (124)
- It's Foolproof! [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (160)
- It's Fun to Be Scared [Mumy]
- It's Got to Be in Here Somewhere [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (117)
- A King for Real [Mumy] (139)
- The Last Word [Mumy] (168)
- Lend a Helping Hand [Mumy] (182)
- Man's Best Friend [Mumy] (190)
- May the Best Hatter Win [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (158)
- Mystery Mail [Mumy] (175)
- No Hard Feelings [Mumy] (109)
- Our Queen's All Heart [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (157)
- Picnic on a Bun [Mumy] (133)
- Picture Perfect [Mumy] (168)
- Pop Goes the Pretzel [Mumy]
- The Purple Potato Pancake Polka [Mumy] (191)
- Royal Delivery [Mumy]
- Royal Rivals [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (185)
- The Royal Treatment [Mumy] (120)
- Scrub a Dub Dub [Mumy]
- A Serious Situation [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (141)
- Shhh! Surprise! [Mumy] (129)
- Stacking the Deck [Ryan S. Moore/Mumy] (131)
- The Stone Age Rock [Mumy] (171)
- The Taffy Tango [Mumy] (157)
- Take Me to Your Tweedles [Mumy] (137)
- A Taxing Situation [Dave Gage/Mumy/Linda Moss] (192)
- Thanks, But No Thanks [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty] (180)
- That's My Boy [Mumy] (161)
- Those Wonderland Christmas Traditions [Mumy] (164)
- Time Out (For Time Travel) [Mark Mothersbaugh/Mumy] (178)
- To Eat or Not to Eat [Haimer/Laura Renee Raty]
- Try a Little Variety [Mumy] (180)
- Try, Try, Try a Triathlon [Mumy] (158)
- A Very Able Bunny [Mumy] (123)
- We'll Believe It, When We See It [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (178)
- White Elephants Into Gold [Mumy] (127)
- With a Song in My Hat [Mumy] (196)
- The Wonderful Rag [Mumy] (125)
- Wonderland Workout [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (136)
- Words of Wisdom [Mumy] (168)
- "X" Marks the Spot! [Mumy/Laura Renee Raty] (193)
- You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover [Mark Mothersbaugh/Mumy] (185)
- You've Gotta Shake a Few Hands [Mumy] (130)
Please send additions, corrections, and comments regarding this discography to nunki@surfcity.net.
Special thanks and cheese go to Chris Mezzolesta, Jeff Morris, Annie Sattler, Cavan Fang, Ellen K. Hynes, Andy Hamlin, Russ Josephson, Mark Heiss, Joey Migeed, Lestatkatt, Jason Polland, Peter David, Bill Mumy, and Robert Haimer for their much-appreciated contributions to this discography.
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Highly recommended links:
- Voobaha: The Official Website of Barnes & Barnes
- Oglio Records (several Barnes & Barnes CDs can be ordered here)
- Collectors' Choice Music (the 2006 Voobaha CD can be ordered here)
- Jeff Morris' Dr. Demento website
- Bill Mumy's official website
- Wood Records' Barnes & Barnes tribute CD (although outside the scope of this discography, this CD is a must for Barnes & Barnes fans)
Yeah.