For more information on these releases go to Negativmailorderland. All information listed here is current as of 10/22/01. THE OFFICIAL, TERRIBLY ACCURATE, MINUTIA-FILLED NEGATIVLAND DISCOGRAPHY Edited by Geo. Prepared with contributions from Jon Leidecker, Paldek, and Negativland. This discography is an attempt to chronologically document the various releases by Negativland and reproduces information from the packages of those releases deemed interesting while excluding most non-personnel or track-related liner notes. Note that compilation appearances and OVER THE EDGE releases are each listed in separate sections. Please forward any corrections/additions to: georgeprepared@mac.com. Negativland, Seeland Records and this website are completely supported by people like you. So if you appreciate what we do here, please consider buying directly from us via Negativmailorderland. NEGATIVLAND LP/CD (Seeland 001) release date: May 1980 Mark Hosler and Richard Lyons - Tapes, electronics, rhythms, booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc. David Wills - Synthesizer, voice, tape. Occasionally you will hear the talents of: Peter Dayton - guitars, viola. W. Kennedy M. - guitar. Joan - bellbeating. Recorded Dec. 1979-April 1980. Every copy of NEGATIVLAND, whether LP or CD, features a completely original hand-made cut-and-paste front cover, mostly out of advertising images cut out of old magazines. 15,000 copies have been produced so far. The back cover text is the same on each LP copy, but is laid over different wallpaper samples. The CD issue comes in a 5X5" reel-to-reel tape box decorated with the above-mentioned design and several cardstock inserts, including one of several different recipe cards, and a SEAT BEE SATE button. There are no song titles on this release; tracks are only numbered (1-20). POINTS LP/CD (reissue) (Seeland 002) release date: February 1981 (timings taken from CD issue) 1. Harry to the Ferry (3:54) 2. The Answer Is (4:26) 3. Scolding Box (5:21) 4. That Darn Keet (1:50) 5. Dear Mary (1:46) 6. "Clutch Cargo '81" (3:48) 7. BABAC D' BABC... (5:03) 8. A Nice Place to Live (2:51) 9. A Bee Fly (:58) 10. No Hands (3:09) 11. Potty Air (5:53) All titles performed, produced, recorded, and mixed by negativland: Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, and David Wills - Tape, synthesizer, oven grill, booper, viola, wurlitzer organ, parakeets, saxophone, mini-pops junior, banging piano, moped, puppies, grinder, guitar, bass, bannana chair (sic), insects, drums, singing, meat, radio, paper, etc. David's Mother - accordion on "Harry to the Ferry" Aunt Louise - singing on "Harry to the Ferry" Bob Jackson - clarinet on "The Scolding Box" Peter Dayton - bass on "That Darn Keet" Mark's Mom - kitchen noises on "'Clutch Cargo '81'" Ian Allen - tape processes on "No Hands" "BABAC D' BABC..." was additionally reassembled by Ian and Mark Originally pressed on black vinyl, although later vinyl editions were on translucent blue vinyl. LP packaged with 8 1/2 X 11 printed insert (reproduced in CD) and a small card indicating that the unusual crystal-clear innersleeve was a "SELF CLEANING INNERSLEEVE". In fact, it wasn't, but it DID have the unusual effect of making the disc highly charged with static electricity, thus causing LOTS OF DUST to cling to the record! This card was, of course, left out of the CD version. The innersleeve was never heard from again. A BIG 10-8 PLACE LP/CD (reissue) (Seeland 003) release date: October 1983 (timings taken from CD reissue; CD features more detailed track listings than LP) 1. Theme from A BIG 10-8 PLACE (2:58) 2. A BIG 18 PLACE Part One (13:22) 3. Clowns and Ballerinas (1:34) 4. Introduction (:49) 5. Four Fingers (3:05) 6. 180-G: A BIG 10-8 PLACE Part Two (15:49) For their contributions (to this project, our live performances and our radio show) we'd like to thank Richard Lyons, Peter E. Dayton, Chris Grigg, Pyke Allen, Don Joyce, Phil Freihofner, Lauren (singing on "Clowns and Ballerinas") and Mark's dad for the whistling solo on "Four Fingers". "180-G" is narrated by David. Packaged in stiff cardboard fold-around cover with large clip-out collage of many uses of the word "land" printed on the reverse. LP record and the following items are contained inside : large poster, with words to 180-G translated into French, German, Italian and Japanese; information sheet; "Negativland: No Other Possibility" bumpersticker; "inspected by [bandmember]" slip; "Ham Operator Convicted" UPI reprint; baggie of lawn clippings (or lawn bark if seasonably appropriate). Each outer bag is hand embossed with the phrase "A Jammer Can". ESCAPE FROM NOISE LP/CD/CASSETTE (SST 133/RecRec 17/Penguin 30041) CD (Seeland 006 - reissued 1999) Release Date: 1987 (timings taken from CD issue) 1. Announcement (1:51) 2. Quiet Please (2:17) 3. Michael Jackson (2:08) 4. Escape From Noise (2:36) 5. The Playboy Channel (1:32) 6. Stress in Marriage (1:35) 7. Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song (3:08) 8. Over the Hiccups (1:28) 9. Sycamore (2:29) 10. Car Bomb (2:03) 11. Methods of Torture (1:23) 12. Yellow Black and Rectangular (2:14) 13. Backstage Pass (1:15) 14. Christianity Is Stupid (3:55) 15. Time Zones (5:28) 16. You Don't Even Live Here (2:30) 17. The Way Of It (1:12) 18. Endscape (:37) Escape From Noise was made by: Mark Hosler: singing, synthesizers, guitars, voice tapes, percussions, rhythm loops, bomb parts, David manipulation, tiny metal banjo,recorder, lots of other noises, mix. Don Joyce: yelling, talking tapes, electric tympani, synthesizer, lyrics, singing, Booper bee, bomb parts and assembly, noises everywhere, mix. Chris Grigg: drums, synthesizer, singing, computer and software, field recordings, mix. David Wills: talking, shortwave, family tape, bomb parts, regular Booper. Richard Lyons: singing, lyrics, voice. With contributions from: Ian Allen- helicopter (9), rhythm loop (10), bell (15). Jello Biafra c/o Dead Kennedys- toilet flushing (5). Das c/o Big City Orchestra- voice tapes (2). Dina Emerson- wordless vocals (16). Steve Fisk- Optigon (sic) and voice tapes (3). Tera Freedman- voice tape (13). Phil Freihofner- bomb parts (10). Ed Markmann- paid voice. Fred Frith- urban drum and halfspeed violin (3). Jerry Garcia c/o Grateful Dead- mouth sounds and chimes (13). Alexander Hacke c/o Einsturzende Neubaten- percussion and metal noises (14). Mickey Hart c/o Grateful Dead- percussion and prepocessed animals (13). Tom Herman c/o Tripod Jimmy [ed. note: also Pere Ubu]- Torture Guitars (11). Henry Kaiser- doublespeed disco guitars (2). Louisa Michaels c/o Step One Nursery School- singing (8). Mark Mothersbaugh c/o Devo- jazz bass, jimi hendrix, e-cussion saxophone, noises (5). The Residents- hooting and clanging (16). Rev. Ivan Stang c/o The Church of the SubGenius- larynx (14). Rand Weatherwax c/o CBS - orchestra hits and e-cussion (2). Rob Wortman c/o Kingshouse- leaf blower (16). LP edition originally issued with a 20-page booklet featuring article reprints, reviews and photographs from 1979-1987 (the printing negatives for the book are now lost) and a Car Bomb bumper sticker. Originally issued on black vinyl although unauthorized colored vinyl pressings exist. The Penguin version was issued on vinyl only in Greece (now out of print) and was distributed by CBS!!! In 1999 Seeland reissued ESCAPE FROM NOISE in a reworked package designed for the CD format. Negativland always intended the original EFN artwork to be for the LP format only, and were never happy with Don Joyce's original painted cover image reduced to such small size on the first CD issue. The new version features that artwork full size as the front cover, with the remainder of the artwork reformatted throughout the package by ace designer Dan Lynch (http://www.sp3d.com). The new version of EFN is NOT remastered or remixed in any way, save for the addition of some CD mastering tomfoolery, nor is there ANY extra material added. HELTER STUPID LP/CD/CASSETTE (SST 252, RecRec 29) release date: October 1989 HELTER STUPID (21:55) 1. Prologue 2. Helter Stupid THE PERFECT CUT (25:41) 1. The Perfect Cut (Canned Music) 2. The Perfect Cut (Rooty Poops) 3. The Perfect Cut (Good as Gold) 4. The Perfect Cut (Piece of Meat) 5. The Perfect Cut (White Rabbit and a Dog Named Gidget) 6. The Perfect Cut (11 Minutes) 7. The Perfect Cut (48 Hours) The jacket and accompanying insert for the release have no production or personnel credit information other than a "thank you" paragraph. The insert has detailed background information on Negativland's media prank which sparked the project with a full-page advertisement for Christianity is Stupid T-shirts on the other side (with outdated ordering information). The NO OTHER POSSIBILITY video release (Seeland 005) features the Channel 5 news segment used on this record A limited number of the Swiss RecRec version on CD and vinyl is available from Negativmailorderland. It is interesting to note that the RecRec LP version utilized a specifically different, glossy ink for the "bloody" effect on the "Helter Stupid" words splattered across the cover, which is closer to the original artwork intention than the SST LP version. U2 12"EP/CASSETTE/CD (SST 272) release date: August 1991 1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - 1991 A Capella Mix (7:15) 2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Special Edit Radio Mix (5:46) Not available in any store (legitimately, or at a normal price, anyway) as swift and immediate legal action on the part of U2's label and management decimated this release almost as soon as it hit stores. A total of 6951 copies (the official count) made it out for sale, of which about 1600 or so were 12" vinyl EP's and cassettes and perhaps 5300 were CD's, plus 692 promotional copies. No production or personnel credits are listed. LP label art features spy pilot Gary Powers, Sr. on side A and a bassett hound on side B (also on the CD issue). Bootleg CD copies do exist; it is relatively easy to spot counterfeits by the fuzzy, dupey-looking images screenprinted on the disc itself, and also by the UPC code on the back; if it is made up of dots instead of being solid, then it's a bootleg. There are also vinyl bootlegs of "U2"; some known versions include a 7" with a xeroxed sleeve originating in the U.S., a pink vinyl 10" out of Germany, and a recent compilation CD of various artists based around the "U2" tracks (FU2 - STUPIDLAND). For an exhaustive overview of the entire U2 debacle, see Seeland 013 "Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2". The famed recording is also downloadable from various web locations including this one. In 2001, a mysterious bootleg label called Seelard Records (sic) produced a "reissue" of the infamous U2 record, "These Guys Are From England and Who Gives a Shit" (see below), which, unlike other circulating bootleg versions, has much related material added (we are currently stocking this version at Negativmailorderland). GUNS 12"EP/CASSETTE/CD (SST 291) release date: 1992 1. Then (8:05) 2. Now (8:36) Material on this release originates from a piece commissioned for New American Radio in 1990. Released as an immediate follow-up to the withdrawn U2 single, the back cover states that "this recording is dedicated to the members of our favorite Irish rock band, their record label, and their attorneys. The music is two U". No personnel listings. THE LETTER U AND THE NUMERAL 2 MAGAZINE AND CD (Seland 008, ReCDec 51) release date: September 1992 96-page magazine detailing U2 legal fracas, packaged with a 25-minute CD entitled "39. Crosley Bendix Discusses the Copyright Act", released as a limited edition of 4000 . Two months after release, SST Records crushed it out of existence with a lawsuit claiming, among other things, copyright infringement based on reproductions of press releases sent to the press by SST; "in essence, suing the band for printing (their) threat to sue the band" (Village Voice). An unknown quantity of magazines were shipped prior to the lawsuit, probably the majority of the press run. After SST and Negativland settled out of court, the contents of the magazine were reprinted in their entirety as the first section of Seeland 013, FAIR USE: THE STORY OF THE LETTER U AND THE NUMERAL 2 with a few slight modifications and deletions. The 25 minute piece from the CD comprises the second half of the CD accompanying "Fair Use". A limited number of copies of the original magazine and CD package were discovered in a dust-encrusted box and are available through Negativmailorderland. FREE CD (Seeland 009) release date: 1993 1. Freedom's Waiting (2:21) 2. Cityman (5:56) 3. The Gun and the Bible (2:48) 4. Truck Stop Drip Drop (4:00) 5. The Bottom Line (3:25) 6. Crumpled Farm (4:23) 7. Happy the Harmonica (10:01) 8. Pip Digs Pep (4:51) 9. We Are Driven (7:04) 10. View to the Sun (3:58) 11. I Am God (5:19) 12. Our National Anthem (4:51) Negativland had help from: Steve Fisk (all keyboards on "Freedom's Waiting"), Bob Basanich (slide guitar on "Truck Stop Drip Drop", clean guitar, distortion guitar, synthesiser [sic], plucked violin and percussion on "Happy the Harmonica"), Jane Timberlake (intro/outro lyrics and vocal on "We Are Driven"), Alicia Rose [A.K.A. Miss Murgatroid] (harmony vocal on "Cityman"), Richard Klein (mandolin and slit drum on "View to the Sun"), Randall Hunting and Scot Whitney (graphics assistance), Byram Abbott (tape contribution), Pat Maley, Dan Ruderman and Scott Guitteau (dollars assistance), and the Universal Media Netweb. "Happy the Harmonica" was adapted by a record by Frank Luther. Everything else was found or made by Negativland. No personnel credits listed. Front of jewel case has "Free" sticker on it, which forms CD title. NEGATIVCONCERTLAND 2CD (bootleg issue; Atomic Novelties) Disc 1 1. Introduction (2:17) 2. Dick Vaughn Speaks (5:06) 3. The Hellbound Plane (7:02) 4. Long Distance Dedication (6:25) 5. The Copyright Law (part 1) (9:34) 6. Time Zones (5:01) 7. The U-2 Spy Plane Incident (7:49) 8. U2 Part 1 (with the Weatherman) (7:00) Disc 2 1. The Copyright Law (part 2) (21:27) 2. Perfect Scrambled Eggs (7:24) 3. Christianity Is Stupid (6:02) 4. Proud To Be An American (lip-sync) (3:50) 5. (end of concert) (2:25) 6. Mark Hosler speaks (2:54) 7. Four Fingers (8:47) Recorded on May 5, 1993 at the Belly-Up Tavern in San Diego, California. A bootleg release; $5 from the sale of every CD was anonymously donated to Negativland's defense fund in the wake of the "U2" lawsuits. The black and white packaging includes: Loose visual descriptions of the action on stage during each piece and the band's set up, form letter from Casey Kasem concerning his final stance on Negativland's "U2" single, "Fair Use" essay by Negativland. NEGATIVCONCERTLAND is a DAT recording made from deep within a noisy, enthusiastic audience, with no "direct" line from the sound system; the band is playing through an overdriven rock club P.A., and their sounds frequently become inaudible under the hooting and cheering of the people standing directly around the microphone. (Negativland's note: This was also, unfortunately, the worst-performed and worst-mixed show of Negativland's entire west coast "Music For Lawyers" tour.) Also, many sections in the performance were highly dependent on the visuals, resulting in several puzzling or tedious moments when presented on two unedited discs. Still, as a souvenir or for a dedicated fan, this poorly-recorded set remains the only comprehensive document of Negativland's 1993 tour. FAIR USE: THE STORY OF THE LETTER U AND THE NUMERAL 2 BOOK AND CD (Seeland 013) release date: November 1995 CD: 1. Part One: Snuggles (2:46) 2. Part Two: Keep Your Evenings Free (4:20) 3. Part Three: Please Don't Sue Us (4:01) 4. Part Four: Gimme The Mermaid (4:30) 5. Part Five: It Ain't Legit (4:29) 6. Part Six: You Must Respect Copyright (2:30) 7. Part Seven: How Long Have You Been Waiting For U2? (7:48) 8. Part Eight: A Nickel Per Fish Sandwich (8:00) 9. Part Nine: Only a Sample (8:02) 10. CROSLEY BENDIX DISCUSSES THE U.S. COPYRIGHT ACT (25:56) Sources appearing on "Dead Dog Records": Wise Guy, Casey Kasem, A Real Dog, The Shangri-La's, Usha Uthup, Wild Bill Hickock, Jingles P. Jones, Elizabeth Claire Prophet, David Ross, Big Daddy, The Edge, Paul McGuiness, The Chipmunks, Slim Whitman, Holger Hiller, Lightning Hopkins, Chumbawamba, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, James Gabbert, Ray Reinhardt, Scott Beach, Led Zeppelin, Jim Bohannon, Johann Strauss, Little Roger and the Goosebumps, Tom Waits, Marilyn Quayle, David Byrne, The Code, The Little Mermaid, Dean Martin, Danny O'Day and Farfel, Black Flag, The Weatherman, Byram Abbott, James Harrison, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Jeff Koons, The History of Radio, Nina Totenberg, 2 Live Crew, Roy Orbison, Alan M. Turk, Perez Prado, Brian Robertson, The Jerky Boys, Dan Lynch, Ewan Hughes, Merle Travis, U2, Art Rogers, The Pretenders, Stupidland, TM Productions, Rush Limbaugh, MTV Music Video Awards, B.P. Fallon, Zoo Radio Transmit, Mike Oldfield, Zoo T.V.(T.V.), Crime Photographer, Radioactive Goldfish, Art Rogers, Bob Basanich, Tibetan Monks, Bono, Taco Bell, Dana Carvey, Spy Plane Sound Effects Record, Larry King, Evolution Control Committee, Mark Hamill, Batman, George David Weis, Alan Durshewitz, Charles Ferris, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Spence, Xerox Technology, Brian Eno, Bing Crosby, Wendy Carlos, The Andrews Sisters, Dick Haymes, Ethel Merman and a lot of original sounds made and played by Negativland. "Dead Dog Records" (Parts 1-9) was recorded and mixed by Negativland in the Summer and Fall of 1994. Track 10 of this CD was first released in 1992 as part of the original magazine/CD package "The Letter U and The Numeral 2". It was the only track on that CD. 270-page book detailing U2/Letter U and the Numeral 2 lawsuits, reprinting aforementioned magazine virtually in its entirety in addition to hundreds of more pages of material. No personnel credits. Included in an appendix are essays by L. Ray Patterson, Jason Marcus, John Oswald, Alan Korn, and Walter Alter. Later printings have slight changes in credits and other places. The third printing is actually of superior contrast and overall printing quality than previous editions. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING 7" (Eerie Materials) release date: May 1997 1. Truth In Advertising (3:17) 2. Greatest Taste Around (2:16) 3. Taste In Mind (1:40) "Truth In Advertising" is taken from a longer piece, ADVERTISING SECRETS, as commissioned by New American Radio. "Greatest Taste Around" is a slightly different mix than the version on the DISPEPSI CD. "Taste In Mind" is an outtake track from that CD, although the sleeve note erroneously lists it as available on DISPEPSI. No personnel credits. DISPEPSI CD (Seeland 017) release date: July 1997 1. The Smile You Can't Hide (1:34) 2. Drink It Up (3:46) 3. Why Is This Commercial? (2:18) 4. Happy Hero (5:03) 5. A Most Successful Formula (3:30) 6. The Greatest Taste Around (2:14) 7. Hyper Real (:54) 8. All She Called About (3:23) 9. I Believe It's L (6:21) 10. Humanitarian Effort (:32) 11. Voice Inside My Head (3:46) 12. Aluminum or Glass: The Memo (3:46) 13. Bite Back (5:31) All of the cola commercials that were appropriated, transformed, and reused in this recording attempted to assault us in our homes without permission. Other sources reused include: talk radio, MOMMIE DEAREST, tabloid TV, Pepsi and Shirlie, documentary TV, Bryan Ferry, the news, Ice-T, public service announcements, Asha Bhosle, MC Lyte, The Clio Awards, traditional Burmese music, the OJ Simpson Trial, motivational marketing tapes by advertising executives. "DISPEPSI" would not have been possible without the help of Steve Fisk ("I Believe it's 'L'" keyboarding and drum boxing), Shawn Wolfe (graphics wrangling), Catherine Carter (tuneless found warbling), Peter Conheim (authoritative voicing and number crunching), Harold Boihem (video jiggling), Arjan Schulte and John Skelton (commercial contributions), Craig Baldwin (image looting), Pat Maley (drum butchering), Matt Spiro and James LeBrecht (digital master assembling), and free legal advising from our team of lawyer operated salad shooters - Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Kohel Haver, Alan Korn, Jeffrey Selman and Peter Shaver. Fearing trademark problems (as advised by five volunteer lawyers), the DISPEPSI title does not appear anywhere on or inside the release. A sticker on the original pressings of the disc instructed buyers to phone a "word of mouth line" to learn the actual title. Three months after the release of DISPEPSI, however, PepsiCo officially stated that it had no intention of ever taking legal action against Negativland for trademark or copyright infringement, so Negativland began using the actual title in press releases and on this website. CD packaged with One World Advertising fold-out. No personnel listings. Collector note: Due to a pressing mix-up, one 1997 repressing of the CD was inadvertently manufactured with a gospel recording inside (including the Christian anti-homosexual hit "It's Not Natural"), although the disc was silkscreened with the DISPEPSI artwork. The pressing was recalled, but not before a handful of copies (around 200) were sold, and not all of those were returned as defective. Certainly one of the rarest Negativland collectables...if not the only. Well, OK, except for U2. HAPPY HEROES CD (Seeland 018) release date: March 1998 1. Mertz #1 (1:43) 2. Jolly Green Giant (7:23) 3. Mertz #2 (1:14) 4. Chicken Diction (3:49) 5. The Black Hole Tube (3:48) 6. O.J. And His Personal Trainer Kill Ron and Nicole (3:12) 7. Happy Hero: The Remedia Megamix (5:02) 8. Mertz End (:13) Sources re-used on this recording include: Orson Welles, anonymous voiceover out-takes from ads, Green Giant Peas ad, Melanie, Colonel Sanders, KFC ad, The Beatles bird, Vangelis, the OJ Simpson trial, Michael Jackson TV interview, a movie about Alan Freed (ed. note: AMERICAN HOT WAX), California crickets, Hallmark audio christmas card. HAPPY HEROES was created with the help of: Ernst Long (trumpet squawking on "Chicken Diction"), Phil Friehofner (Mertz organing), John Reiger (Orson supplying), Shawn Wolfe (pea-brain design and pixelsmithing), Dan Lynch (giant and chicken graphiking), Tracy Johnson and Chank (O.J. peeking), Lars Fox (digital master assembling), Peter Conheim (more number crunching), Jon Land (worldwideweb wrangling), Fridatronics (Black Hole Tubes of TransrealityTM), Eddy Idle & The Idlers, ColtTM Firearms, Inc. and a big dish of peas. Packaged with small fold-out poster of One World Advertising/Bloody Green Giant. "O.J. And His Personal Trainer Kill Ron and Nicole" is an altered remix of a track originally available as a download from the Negativworldwidewebland web site. No personnel listing. NEGATIV(E)LAND: LIVE ON TOUR CD (SST CD 335, bootleg issue) 1. Christianity is Stupid (4:20) 2. Murder and Music (6:59) 3. Escape From Noise (5:37) 4. Time (13:49) 5. Fourfingers (sic) (8:14) 6. The Record Industry (13:47) 7. Christianity is Stupid (pt. 2) (13:17) Ultra-minimal packaging is limited to one 2 -sided tray card, printed in black and white, which reads: "This recording made possible by special agreement with Negativland" (sic, written in a friendly cursive font) and "Recorded from a live broadcast" (sic). The back cover reads: "'Perceptually and philosophically, it is uncomfortable wrenching (sic) of common sense to deny that once something hits the airwaves, it is literally in the public domain.' ... NEGATIVLAND." This release, which was issued by SST to compete with Negativland's DISPEPSI CD in late 1997, is a bootleg in the most dubious sense of the word. It is _not_ authorized by Negativland, but pretends that it is, and as such flies in the face of the group's "yes-please-tape-us" edict. This CD has no information on it about when or where it was recorded; it was, in fact, recorded live in New York at the Knitting Factory in June of 1989 and was never broadcast in any way, shape or form. It is not "made possible by special agreement with Negativland". LIVE ON TOUR is based on what would have been a legitimate Negativland "live" double-CD called LIVE STUPID, which was legally contracted for as part of the SST/Nland settlement over the U2 fracas. Instead of issuing LIVE STUPID in 1992 as planned, Greg Ginn (SST) sat on the finished tapes and artwork, which was his prerogative (although rather foolishly, since it could have sold very well and made Ginn a lot of cash had he issued it then). Nothing came of it and after five years, Negativland presumed it was forgotten and never to be released. But in 1997, when faced with the imminent release of a major Negativland work on the band's Seeland label, SST rushed LIVE ON TOUR into stores in an apparent attempt to cash in. Unfortunately, though, SST chose to re-edit and shorten the LIVE STUPID master tape (without consulting the band, of course), change song titles at random, throw out the original artwork, original photographs and extensive liner notes that had been made to go with it, replace it all with a generic black and white cover, and even misspell the band's name in a snide nose-thumbing. They didn't even use the DAT master tape for it...LIVE ON TOUR is generated from a hissy-sounding cassette dub! And if that isn't enough, it retails for $17.98. In an effort to counter its release, Seeland sent a neon-colored RIPOFF ALERT letter was sent to major retailers and distributors; the word was spread rapidly, and SST's sales have been appropriately low. Even before the mass-mailing of the alert letter, research indicated that most retail buyers smelled a rat and avoided the release. THE ABCS OF ANARCHISM CD (Seeland 020) release date: April 1999 1. The ABCs of Anarchism (12:50) 2. Smelly Water (5:35) 3. © is for Stupid [ABCs re-mix by DJ Dr. J. Land](2:46) Sources used in making this recording include:Drums, synthesizers, guitars, bass, trumpet, singing, BBC TV, BBC radio, PBS, Doris Lessing, Teletubbies, The Ramones, World Wrestling Federation, Cookie Monster, Ice Cube, "Swimming With Sharks", Beastie Boys, Hampshire College E3 Audio Archive, James Brown, Spice Girls, The Who, CB radio, "M*A*S*H" Soundtrack, Elvis Costello, Noam Chomsky, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, "Wild Style", Memphis Public Television, Grandmaster Flash sampling from Chic, "Meet Me In St. Louis", water, Water Plant ad agency discussion tape, Mr. Squeaky Carrot, "They Drive By Night", "Life With Father", "Auntie Mame", unknown advertising demo tape, the Country Bunny Children's Boutique located in Laurelwood across from Oak Court Mall, and some whiskyvodkalagercider. Composed, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, edited, manipulated, and appropriated by Negativland and Chumbawamba Art direction and design by Negativland and Peter Huestis. Thanks to Vicki Bennett and People Like Us. Some of the "lyrics" on track one are from Alexander Berkman's book "ABC of Anarchism". Liner notes contain a children's story featuring the Rolypolies (cartoony characters which mysteriously resemble those of a popular British childrens' show of the time). No personnel listing. Due to another surreal manufacturing mix-up, the initial pressing of this release inadvertently contained a Latin cumbia music CD, though the disc itself depicts the correct artwork. VERY few of these mistaken copies, if any, made it out to the general public and were thought to have been sent in early promotional mailings. The error was caught before the CD went into wide release. The defective copies bear the serial number "04589-A EXITOS RUMBO AL 2000" and are 70 minutes in length (as opposed to the Negativland CD's 20 minute running time)... as if you couldn't tell which is the wrong one by listening to it! (It's pretty decent contemporary cumbia and a good listen, actually.) THESE GUYS ARE FROM ENGLAND AND WHO GIVES A SHIT CD (Seelard 0021; bootleg issue) release date: 2001 1. OVER THE EDGE 12/31/89 (excerpts) 7:59 2. Long Distance Dedication #1 (live) 6:19 3. 1991 A Cappella Mix - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 7:15 4. Special Edit Radio Mix - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 5:47 5. Long Distance Dedication #2 (live) 7:03 6. Copying is a Criminal Act (live) 5:07 7. Wake Up America (live) 4:03 8. The Black Lady of Espionage (live) 5:00 9. Deliberate Sabotage (live) 2:59 10. A Cappella Version - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (live) 7:16 11. Edited Special Edit Radio Mix - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 5:42 Of the multiple U2 NEGATIVLAND bootlegs which have surfaced over the years, this album-length CD on the mysterious Seelard Records (sic) label is surely the most comprehensive. In addition to the two original EP tracks (tracks #3 and #4 on the disc) the release is rounded out by a host of live and early run-throughs of the material, none of which is available elsewhere. Track #1 is a highly-condensed edit of a New Year's Eve 1989 Over The Edge radio broadcast in which the soon-to-be-nefarious material was first run up the sonic flagpole, complete with extremely bizarre vocalizings by the Weatherman. On the first live version which follows it on the disc, an entirely different U2 song from the one on the familiar tracks is used and abused ("Where the Streets Have No Name"). The EP tracks themselves appear to have been exacto-mastered from an existing CD original. Following the two familiar cuts is the most unusual feature of the disc: tracks #5 - #10 are live recordings from San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in 1993. All six cuts are unreleased in any legitimate form, and appear to be taken from an excellent direct recording of the concert. As such, they are the only available high-quality versions of any of the music performed on the Music For Lawyers tour, only poorly represented on the "Negativconcertland" and "Live on Tour" bootlegs as mentioned elsewhere. Four of the six tracks are otherwise unreleased compositions written for the tour. Lastly, the disc features a truly "Special Edit Radio Mix" of the EP's legendarily profane B-side which bore that title as a gag; in this case, all the profanity has been absurdly bleeped out. Packaging credits list contributors to this final track as "Byram Abbott and The Jet Black Hair People", but it's pretty hard to trust a bootleg. We'll probably never know who's responsible for this hatchet job. Over The Edge OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 1: JAMCON '84 CD (reissue - Seeland 004)/CAS (SST 223 - out-of-print) original release date: 1985 reissue: 1994 JAMCON'84 1. Introduction, JamJamJam, A Little History, Jam This Guy: An Interview With W6DR, Jamming the "Sports Line", Am I On?, Three Year Olds on the Air, etc. (16:11) 2. Crosley Bendix Reviews JamArt and Cultural Jamming (3:33) 3. The Worst Programming Ever, Mind Jamming, A Report by Rex Everything, etc. (6:48) 4. C. Eliot Friday's Presidential Campaign Shortwave Broadcast (5:17) 5. Two or Three People Listening, You Motherfucking Son of a Sack of Piece of Shit, Attempts to Jam and The End (8:24) NEGATIVLAND'S 4th OF JULY STOCKHOLDERS' PICNIC 6. Walking and Driving and Hiking to the Picnic, Introduction to the Show, Parade of Condiments (5:22) 7. Stockholders' Meeting (with Crosley Bendix), Insects in Your Pop Bottle, An Abrupt Ending (13:59) 8. BODY ENGLISH (14:20) JAMCON'84 is edited entirely from a five hour live radio mix originally broadcast in May 1984. Participants in JAMCON'84 were: Don Joyce, David Wills, Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Chris Grigg, Ian Allen and Kent Hastings. NEGATIVLAND'S 4th OF JULY STOCKHOLDERS' PICNIC is a brief excerpt from a show broadcast on July 4th, 1985. Participants in the picnic were: Don Joyce, Mark Hosler, Ian Allen, Peter Dayton, Richard Lyons, David Wills, Stoney Burke and Dan Ruderman. It was not included on the original cassette release of JAMCON '84. BODY ENGLISH was written and directed by Don Joyce and John Rieger, with contributions from all the participants. It was broadcast at 9:00 am on January 21, 1985 as a mutation of President Reagan's second inaugural address. Participants in BODY ENGLISH were: Don Joyce, John Rieger, Ian Allen, Mark Hosler, David Wills, Richard Lyons, Chris Grigg, Vic Bedoian, Russ Jennings and Julia Randall. It was not included on the original cassette release of JAMCON '84. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 1 1/2: THE STARTING LINE CD (Seeland 014) release date: 1995 THE STARTING LINE 1. The Drive Line: World's Most Beloved & Exalted Status Symbol, Metallic Root Beer, Lada, etc. (7:12) 2. Stir the Stumps: Answer Man, Hitler's Staff Car, Chappaquiddick, Transient Peaks, Carnuba Wax, etc. (14:17) 3. Receptacle Programming, Fear of Freeways Mix, Defend the Fuel, Total Asshole, etc. (3:42) 4. Auto Trivia: Cool Cars, Cheaper Cheese, Limousines of Pope Paul VII, etc. (11:37) 5. Chevy Innovation and JamJamJam (1:30) ROTOTILLER SINGALONG 6. It Fell in Port Costa, Rototiller Mix, Bottlebrush Bushes, etc. (6:05) 7. Phone-In Singalong, Song List, What the World Needs Now, Tammy, Drug Free, Transient Peaks, etc. (12:05) 8. This Disco's Out of Sight, A Lot About Mucus, Sammy the Whammy, LIFE'S Unanswered Questions, No Other Possibility, etc. (9:51) 9. Pure Full Stereo Rototiller and So Long (7:04) This single-CD release is packaged in a double-width jewel box; included is a handy Dick's Auto Hive keychain and an unbelievably convincing-looking newsprint mockup of a "page" from the Contra Costa Times, featuring an article by Dick Goodbody. No personnel credits. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 2: PASTOR DICK: MURIEL'S PURSE FUND CD (reissue - Seeland 016)/CAS (SST 901 - out-of-print) original release date: 1989 (as PASTOR DICK) reissue: 1996 timings taken from CD issue: 1. A Thrilling Choice, Dayle Embree Testifies (5:10) 2. Ask Pastor Dick, Muriel's Purse Fund, Bible Quiz (16:47) 3. Hell Car (5:13) 4. Men's Continental Faith Breakfast Incorporated, Your First Day In Heaven, More Bible Quiz (9:09) 5. Christianity and the Cults, Joseph Smith, Brainwashing at the Cuckoo Club (7:28) 6. I Love My B.I.B.L.E., More Bible Quiz, The Weatherman Clears It Up (2:33) 7. Whisper a Prayer (2:45) 8. Drunk At Last, A Date With Ham, etc. (6:29) 9. Forty-three Fuck You's, Sign Off and the News (17:27) Participants in PASTOR DICK: MURIEL'S PURSE FUND were - Richard Lyons, David Wills, Don Joyce, Mark Hosler, Chris Grigg, Helen Holt, Ian Allen and Kent Hastings. The CD reissue of this title differs from the deleted cassette version, in that it includes previously unavailable material but also is shorn of approximately 12 minutes found on the cassette. It was decided that the removed material was extraneous and not necessary for inclusion in the reissue. Unlike the cassette, the CD is packaged with a Jack Chick-type bible tract ("Flagship Faith, Vol. 17, #1") and an envelope with "My Offering" printed on it. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 3: THE WEATHERMAN'S DUMB STUPID COME OUT LINE 2CD (Seeland 019)/CAS (SST 902 - out-of-print) original release date: 1989 (as THE WEATHERMAN) reissue: 1998 1. The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come Out Line, part one (44:36) 2. The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come Out Line, part two (45:40) Participants in THE WEATHERMAN shows: David Wills, Richard Lyons, Don Joyce, Mark Hosler, Chris Grigg, and Ian Allen. The CD version of this title is an exact reissue of the original release. No material is added, none is taken away from the original master. The insert includes a frighteningly comprehensive Weatherman dictionary not found in the original release. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 4: DICK VAUGHN CAS (SST 904 - out-of-print) 1. The California Superstation (47:10) 2. Moribund Music of the 70's (47:54) release date: 1990 Participants in the DICK VAUGHN shows: Dick Vaughn, Enrico Gomez, Dr. Oslow Norway, Crosley Bendix, The Weatherman, Richard Lyons, Don Joyce, David Wills, Mark Hosler, Chris Grigg, Jim Brian, and Doug Wulff. See expanded version, below. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 4: DICK VAUGHN'S MORIBUND MUSIC OF THE 70's 2CD (Seeland 022) release date: October 2001 DICK ONE 1. Introduction (1:37) The California Superstation (55:29) 2. Ron Baile's School of Broadcast, The Mating Line, More On Music, etc. (8:14) 3. James Gabbert's Delight, Pat Boone's Cow, Evening Magazine, etc. (7:44) 4. Roy Storey's Sports Line #1 (2:46) 5. More More On Music, Suicide Man, Idle Threats, etc. (7:51) 6. Celebrity Wives Quiz, More Idle Threats, People Are Talking, etc. (9:29) 7. Roy Storey's Sports Line #2 (3:18) 8. Earwitness News and Back to More Music, etc. (9:00) 9. TV Trivia, Dick or Dukes of Hazzard, More More on Music, Suicide Man Again, etc. (9:00) 10. Ringo is Dead (6:55) 11. An Apology to Roy (Roy Storey's Sports Line #3) (3:14) Moribund Music of the 70's (Part One) (13:17) 12. Introduction, Witness for the Documentation, Disclaimers and Floaters, etc. (8:03) 13. More Music, How to Use Your Cubulax, Ford For President, etc. (5:14 DICK TWO Moribund Music of the 70's (Part Two) (37:19) 1. Off-Air Comments #1, Household Vocable, Wrong Cues Begin, Is He Stoned?, etc. (4:27) 2. News Headlines, More Wrong Cues, Top 10 Countdown, etc. (6:15) 3. Off-Air Survey: You MUST Be Hearing These Recordings! (6:58) 4. Countdown Continues, Still More Wrong Cues, Moribund Music of the 80's, etc. (5:17) 5. Off-Air Comments #2, Suicide Man: It Doesn't Seem to Be Flowing Very Well, Ruining the Concept, Six Months of My Life, etc. (7:41) 6. More Off-Air Surveys: Rainbow Gets Jammed, Suicide Man's Universal Theory (6:38) Post-Moribund Pre-Mortem 7. Oslo Norway and Psychic Freeze (4:38) 8. Crosley Bendix and the Damage Done (6:30) 9. Dick Vaughn, Popular TV-mentalist (1:22) 10. Dick Is Dead (15:20) Dick Vaughn's Memorial Concert (12:13) 11. A Tape for All Deaths (5:00) 12. The Hell-Bound Plane Participants in THE CALIFORNIA SUPERSTATION and MORIBUND MUSIC OF THE 70's shows (1984): Richard Lyons, Don Joyce, David Wills, Mark Hosler, Chris Grigg, Earl Yazel, Jim Bryan and Doug Wulff. Participants in RINGO IS DEAD were Rob Wortman, Arne Ryason and Brook Hinton (Kings House), with Don Joyce. Participants in POST-MORIBUND PRE-MORTEM and DICK IS DEAD were Negativland, Dr. Oslo Norway, and Crosley Bendix. Participants in DICK VAUGHN'S MEMORIAL CONCERT were Chris Grigg, Don Joyce, Mark Hosler and Dick Vaughn. David Wills appeared via remote television broadcast only. Bass guitar in THE HELL-BOUND PLANE covertly overdubbed by Peter Conheim. Reedited, remixed, and remastered with the assistance of George Prepared and Enrico Gomez, with thanks to the Dick Vaughn Archives. Live recording (tracks 11-12) by Steve Vernon and mixed by Negativland. This expanded reissue edition of the original DICK VAUGHN cassette is a vastly different version from the original release. While approximately 98% of the originally released material is included, it is resequenced and surrounded by previously unreleased elements. THE CALIFORNIA SUPERSTATION gains most of its new bulk with the addition of more "Roy Storey Sports Line" episodes, as well as numerous short sections restored from the five-hour original master tapes of the broadcast. RINGO IS DEAD is a condensation of an OTE show by frequent Negativland collaborators Kings House, originally broadcast in 1984. MORIBUND MUSIC OF THE 70's features behind-the-scenes audio documentation never released to the public in any form. OSLO NORWAY AND PSYCHIC FREEZE appears in slightly condensed form. DICK VAUGHN'S MEMORIAL CONCERT was recorded live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California, during the "Music For Lawyers" tour of 1993. The material has never before been issued in high quality or in any "official" form. See THESE GUYS ARE FROM ENGLAND AND WHO GIVES A SHIT for additional material taken from this same concert recording. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 5: CROSLEY BENDIX RADIO REVIEWS CD (Seeland 010) release date: 1993 1. Style (1989 - 6:15) 2. Domestic Art (1987 - 11:33) 3. Squant (1993 - 8:41) 4. Movies (1987 - 7:13) 5. Dance (1988 - 7:25) 6. Progress (1984 - 3:25) 7. Numbers (1985 - 3:52) 8. Electricity (1987 - 7:38) 9. Fear (1986 - 5:57) 10. Technology (1987 - 9:14) Featuring contributors Kings House (Rob Wortman, Brook Hinton, Arne Ryason) on tracks 9-10. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 6: THE WILLSAPHONE STUPID SHOW 2CD (Seeland 011) release date: 1993 THE WILLSAPHONE STUPID SHOW 1. Moments to Remember, Raining Hard, etc. (13:30) 2. I'm the Vegetable, Wired Up House, Steamin' Mad at Dirt, etc. (10:30) 3. HOME CABLE T.V. REPAIR CORNER (8:26) 4. Fruitcakes, Suka-Brand Coffee, Power Failure, Citizen's Band Parakeet, etc. (10:34) 5. Moldy Bagels (2:05) 6. Cats, In Between Frequencies, etc. (3:50) 7. (More) Weatherman vs. The Monkees, HOME CLEANING FOCUS CORNER, etc. (12:14) 8. A Rash of Rabid Skunks (2:19) 9. Dreams About Fire, Mr. Dirt, White Clouds in the Sky and The End (9:43) THE WILLSAPHONE STUPID SHOW II 1. Oven Noises (3:40) 2. Introduction, First Club Soda, Toads, etc. (10:51) 3. Fuck You, Tough Darts, Jingle Bells, etc. (5:32) 4. Weather Reports, WEATHER HOT LINE (7:54) 5. Toilet Noises, Lumpy Gravy, etc. (4:12) 6. Comb Music (9:23) 7. Acting Silly, Chewing Up ShaNaNa, etc. (5:05) 8. Ho-Ho-Ho, No More Recordings, Easy-Off, etc. (6:54) 9. FAKE BACON AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC HOT LINE (7:58) 10. (Still More) Weatherman vs. The Monkees, Casual Talk (5:54) 11. Barnacle Bill and Final Comments (6:43) Participants in The Willsaphone Stupid Show I: David Wills, Don Joyce and Richard Lyons. Participants in The Willsaphone Stupid Show II: David Wills, Don Joyce, Buzzy Linhart, Chris Grigg and Richard Lyons. OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 7: TIME ZONES EXCHANGE PROJECT 2CD (Seeland 012) release date: 1994 PART ONE: TIME ZONES EXCHANGE PROJECT 1. Executive Window, Memo to Friday, Memo From the Future, Dickie Diamond and the Media Shifter (11:38) 2. The Piddle Diddle Report: Sandamanians, Transinfiltration, Nothing is Too Wonderful to be True (8:12) 3. The Piddle Diddle Report: Human Values, Where is Friday?, A Call from Howland Island and the President (6:41) 4. The Piddle Diddle Report: Strike It Rich, This Fabled Island, Cary Grant Tapes a Ghost (18:32) 5. The Piddle Diddle Report: After the Rain, Let's Take a Few Calls, Photos of Mrs. Gorbachev, Computercoup, Atom Spy (8:46) 6. The Piddle Diddle Report: Sergio Caracus, Frankenstein Meets Cyclops, What Was On The Island?, Who Was On The Island?, Agoraphobia (7:27) 7. The Piddle Diddle Report: A Future Confronting the Past which is Our Future, Last Call from Howland Island, Eaten by a Black Hole, Returned to your Rightful Channel (7:31) PART TWO: TESTWAVE 1. A Unique Cultural Simulcast, Cubulax Guidelines, Dickie Diamond Grabs the Gusto, Russian National Anthem, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (8:13) 2. Americo-Soviet Free Market Osmosis, Mertz, Intercontinental Phone Mess (7:29) 3. Russian-Factoids, Natural Woman, Toilet Paper (4:48) 4. Ads and Smiles, Hey You-Buy This!, Innovation, Shilling For Attention (8:08) 5. Mertz, A Force of Nature, Hard and Soft Thinking, The Good Life, Cars (6:59) 6. One Bar of Soap, Rubles, Mertz, It's As If We Never Left Home, Negativ Thoughts, Nuts-Oh Nuts!, You Will Be Rearranged (9:47) 7. Passage to the 4th Dimension, Memo to Howland, Calling Radio Moscow (5:19) 8. A Presidential Campaign Shortwave Broadcast by C. Eliot Friday (2:40) 9. The Piddle Diddle Report: What's to Come, The Quantum Edge, Fiber Optics, Experimental Sharpness (9:15) 10. A Place in Time To Put Time In It's Place, Do You Have a Job?, Das Vedanya, Mertz, Credits, So What Was I Looking For? (9:32) Insert booklet features some of the most detailed, lovingly-rendered artwork to be found on any Negativland CD (as designed by Dan Lynch and Negativland). OVER THE EDGE, Vol. 8: SEX DIRT CD (Seeland 015) release date: 1995 1. A Special Opening (0:56) 2. Sex Dirt (7:59) 3. Shake Your Pants #2 (4:36) 5. Pump Gag (3:46) 6. Lick The Crack (7:03) 7. Penis And Sperm (3:01) 8. Gonna Sing Now (3:39) 9. Too Much Spurt (2:39) 10. Digital Fantasy Man (5:05) 11. Almost Lost It There (2:22) 12. Don't Stop Doin' It (2:03) 13. I Don't Want Anything In The Toilet (5:28) 14. Seat Bee Sate (6:16) 15. Shake Your Pants #1 (5:37) 16. Getting Sexy (7:20) The SEX DIRT improvised music mix was performed by: David Wills - voice, singing, bottles, oven grill, professional strength 409, The Bissell, moist towelettes. Chris Grigg - processed guitar, CD player, processed bass, synthesizer, drum box, David samples. Mark Hosler - grand piano, electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, drum box, David samples. Don Joyce - cart machines, turntables, CD player, booper, David tapes. Byram Abbott - David samples, sex samples, dirt samples. Allison Holt - occasional bah bah bah's, spring scraping. Also on the show were Cindy Mah, Peter Dayton, some friend of David's and Jessica from KPFA (who helped us set up and engineer their grand piano). CD package includes a detailed "Sexual I.Q. Test" insert and a custom-printed moist towelette.