User:JustinTime55/sandbox/Shoes for Industry: The Best of the Firesign Theatre
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Shoes For Industry! | ||||
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Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Comedy | |||
Label | Laugh.com | |||
Producer | The Firesign Theatre | |||
The Firesign Theatre chronology | ||||
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Shoes For Industry: The Best of the Firesign Theatre is the eighteenth comedy album by the Firesign Theatre. Released in 1993 as a two-disk CD on Laugh.com, it is a compilation of tracks from the group's recorded albums. It is an expanded version of the 1976 Columbia Records LP compilation Forward Into The Past, containing 31 tracks comparied to the previous 18. Unlike the LP, it also contains some selections from two solo albums, Proctor and Bergman's TV or Not TV and Phil Austin's Roller Maidens From Outer Space. Its release occurred on the 25th anniversary of the of the group's recording career, and their reunion national tour, Back From the Shadows.[1]
Track listing
editDisc one
editNo. | Title | Time | Album |
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1 | Temporarily Humbolt County | 9:14 | Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him |
2 | Beat The Reaper! | 2:53 | Waiting For the Electrician or Someone Like Him |
3 | I Was A Cock-Teaser For Roosterama! | 3:05 | Dear Friends |
4 | Ralph Spoilsport Motors | 7:05 | How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All |
5 | The American Pageant | 9:07 | How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All |
6 | The Chinchilla Show | 2:38 | Dear Friends |
7 | The Further Adventures of Nick Danger | 28:06 | How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All |
8 | Stab From The Past | 1:16 | Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
9 | Ersatz Bros. Coffee | 0:47 | Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
10 | "High School Madness!" | 6:48 | Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
11 | Napalmolive | 0:52 | Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
12 | Shoes for Industry! | 0:29 | Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers |
13 | 40 Great Unclaimed Melodies! | 2:26 | Dear Friends |
14 | Station Break | 2:14 | Single release |
Disc two
editNo. | Title | Time | Album |
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15 | Forward Into The Past | 6:03 | Single release |
16 | The Holygram's Song (Back From The Shadows Again) | 1:49 | I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus |
17 | The Breaking of The President | 6:16 | I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus |
18 | Deputy Dan Has No Friends | 2:27 | Dear Friends |
19 | La Bomba Shelter | 1:10 | Not Insane or Anything You Want To |
20 | Young Guy, Motor Detective | 8:02 | Not Insane or Anything You Want To |
21 | Toad Away | 3:08 | Dear Friends |
22 | Not Quite The Solution He Expected | 8:37 | The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra |
23 | Bear Whiz Beer | 0:30 | Everything You Know Is Wrong |
24 | Happy Hour News | 2:51 | Everything You Know Is Wrong |
25 | The Golden Hind | 4:34 | Everything You Know Is Wrong |
26 | Air Force Training Film | 3:17 | Everything You Know Is Wrong |
27 | Police Street | 14:53 | In the Next World, You're on Your Own |
28 | Communist Love Song | 4:02 | TV or Not TV |
29 | C'mon Jesus | 3:40 | Roller Maidens From Outer Space |
30 | Nasi Goring | 2:51 | TV or Not TV |
31 | Give Up This Day | 2:01 | TV or Not TV |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Simels, Steve (1993). Putting It Simply, There's Never Been Anything Like The Firesign Theatre Before or Since (liner notes). Laugh.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Shoes For Industry: The Best of the Firesign Theatre (liner notes). Laugh.com. 1993. Retrieved February 18, 2019.