Discography: Hello Recording Club EPs
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Monthly releases on the Hello Recording Club label.
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Mono Puff The Steve Calhoon Years ep 1996 December |
John Flansburgh (vocals, guitars)
Hal Cragin (bass)
Steve Calhoon (drums)
DJ ***** (Five Star) (turntables, percussion)
Jay Sherman Godfrey (guitar)
Eric Schermerhorn (lead guitar on [1])
Joe McGinty (keyboards on [2])
Mark Feldman (violin on [3])
C5: 1996.12 US Hello hel-612
2'39 Backstabbing Liar [1]
2'00 Poison Flowers [2]
Night Security (featuring Barry Carl) [3]
2'59 Hillbilly Drummer Girl [2]
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Mono Puff The Hal Cragin Years ep 1996 November |
John Flansburgh (vocals, guitars)
Hal Cragin (bass)
Steve Calhoon (drums)
DJ ***** (Five Star) (turntables, percussion)
Joe McGinty (keyboards on [1])
Eric Schermerhorn (lead guitar on [2])
C5: 1996.11 US Hello hel-611
2'33 Mr. Hughes Says [1]
3'04 Imaginary Friend [2]
1'57 Dedicated [1]
3'10 What Everybody Knows
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You Were Spiraling You Were Spiraling ep 1996 October |
Tom Brislin (keyboards, vocals, percussion)
Bob Hart (electric and double basses, percussion)
Eric Nilla (drums, percussion)
with
David Devine (guitar)
Sylvia Mincewicz (electric and acoustic violins, spoken word)
Brian Dewan (electric zither, spoken word)
Chris Lee (cello)
Cliff Pecota (baritone saxophone)
C5: 1996.10 US Hello hel-610
C5: 1997? US Hello hel-610 (diff. p/s, 2nd printing)
Your New Boy
Is That the Last Glass of Water?
Crisis @ 92 Credits
Marching Band
Tony Williams
No Transformation Here
Blues for Orange
If You Were A Word
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Hal Sirowitz Hal Sirowitz ep 1996 September |
Most selections read are from Mr. Sirowitz's Mother Said published
by Crown Books. Recorded by John Flansburgh at Hello Studio in
Brooklyn.
C5: 1996.09 US Hello HEL-69
Deformed Finger
Destroyed By A Habit
Finding Your Way Back Home
Girlfriend Over For Dinner
Magnified
Trial and Tribulation
My Version Of It
Always Giving Commands
Timing
The First Hurdle
Two Second Kiss
Mother Disapproval
Dangerous Kissing
A Dog's Heart
A New Toy
Dark Red
First And Last Time
Chopped Off Arm
Missing Finger
Body Parts
All In The Family
Emergency Situation
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John Linnell House of Mayors ep 1996 August |
C5: 1996.08 US Hello HEL-68
Preamble: Fernando Wood (1855-58, 1860-62)
Processional
DeWitt Clinton (1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15)
Processional
John Purroy Mitchel (1914-17)
Will you love me in December as you do in May? {Walker/Ball}
Processional
Fiorella LaGuardia (1934-45)
David Dinkins (1990-93)
House of Mayors
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Laura Cantrell Laura Cantrell ep 1996 July |
Laura Cantrell (guitar, vocal)
Will Rigby (percussion)
Artie Bageur (bass)
Robin Goldwasser (background vocal, ukelele)
with
Peter Roze (electric and acoustic guitar)
Jon Graboff (mandolin)
Jay Sherman-Godfrey (guitar, cello)
Skip Krevins (lap steel)
Brian Dewan (autoharp)
John Flansburgh (guitar, 12-string guitar)
David Hamburger (vocal)
Jeremy Tepper (harmonica)
C5: 1996.07 US Hello hel-67
Cellar Door
Roll Truck Roll
No Place For Me
The Curse of Hook Mountain
Lee Harvey Was A Friend Of Mine {Bennison/Cotton}
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Soul Coughing Soul Coughing ep 1996 June |
Mark De Gli Antoni (sampler, guitar)
M. Doughty (casio, vocal)
Yuval Gabay (drums, knobs, vocal)
Sebastian Steinberg Fender (bass, electric guitar)
C5: 1996.06 US Hello hel-66
El Burro In The Underworld
My Ass Is In The Bronx
Come On And Dig Me 'Cause I'm The Fly Pygmy
Sack Full Of Puppies
Pounded Cub Scout
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Will Rigby Will Rigby ep 1996 April |
Written, played, produced, and recorded by Will Rigby
with
The Unmentionables:
Jon Graboff, Bruce Bennett (guitars)
Blackie Pagano (bass)
Peter DeCost (drums)
Jay Sherman Godfrey (cello)
Will and Bruce (ahhs)
Amy McMahon Rigby (vocals, additional lyrics)
John Flansburgh (mix, guitar and some recording)
Eric Peterson (guitars and names)
Peter Holsapple (keyboards)
Spike Priggen (bass and names)
Lisa Jenio, Hazel Rigby (vocals)
C5: 1996.04 US Hello HEL-64
Dave
Get Away Get Away
From Beyond the Grave
Paper Hat
Red Bra & Panties
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The Gothic Archies Looming in the Gloom ep 1996 March |
All songs written and recorded by Stephin Merritt.
C5: 1996.03 US Hello HEL-63
The Abandoned Castle of My Soul
Your Long White Fingers
The Dead Only Quickly
In a Cave
City of the Damned
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Hello Family Santa Special ep 1995 December |
C5: 1995.12 US Hello HEL-512
Holiday Greetings from Hello
Brian Dewan: The Island of Misfit Toys
Candy Butchers: Give Me a Second Chance (for Christmas)
Spondee: Elf's Blues
Mono Puff: Careless Santa
Amy Allison and The Maudlins: Toyland
Brian Dewan: Silver and Gold
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Dave Schramm Dave Schramm ep 1995 November |
C5: 1995.11 US Hello HEL-511
Number Nineteen
I Saw Him Fall
A Woman's Name
Talking to Me Poor
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Amy Allison and The Maudlins Amy Allison and The Maudlins ep 1995 October |
Amy Allison (vocals etc)
Rob Meador (guitar)
Simon Heathcote (guitar)
Arti Baguer (bass)
Charlie Shaw (drums)
Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel)
Mark Amft (bass)
Steve Lewis (guitar)
C5: 1995.10 US Hello HEL-510
The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter
Hate at First Sight
This Misery
Put It In a Box
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Philco Bendyx Philco Bendyx ep 1995 September |
Daron M (guitar, vocals)
Jonny Lemaster (bass, vocals)
D.Kal Coda (drums, vocals)
C5: 1995.09 US Hello HEL-59
Far Too Gone
Uncomfortable Girlfriend
Tasty Candy
The Secret Days
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The Coctails The Coctails ep 1995 August |
C5: 1995.08 US Hello HEL-58
Grassland
Dark Green
Luke? Luke?
The Hell To Pay
Fins, Limbs, and Wings
Alderaan
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Freedy Johnston Freedy Johnston ep 1995 July |
C5: 1995.07 US Hello HEL-57
On The Way Out
Hotel 17
Scribbler
You Get Me Lost
Over the Rainbow
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Spondee Spondee ep 1995 June |
Mark Donato (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums)
Robin Goldwasser (vocals, cello, tenor guitar)
our special guests:
Jay Sherman-Godfrey (electric guitar on [1])
Rolf Conant (fake drums on [1,2])
C5: 1995.06 US Hello HEL-56
Sinners of July
Dog With Back Legs Broken
My Baby Just Cares For Me [1]
Hole in the Afternoon [1]
One To Go [2]
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Alaska Alaska ep 1995 May |
John Chumbris (bass, bkgd singing)
John Howie (drums)
Chris Stamey (guitar, singing)
with
Mitch Easter (guitar textures)
C5: 1995.05 US Hello HEL-55
My Advice to You
Stupid Pop-Rock Song
Yeahyeahyeah (atomic mix)
14 Shades of Green
Rock Manager
Yeahyeahyeah (party mix)
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My Dad is Dead My Dad is Dead ep 1995 April |
All songs, instruments and vocals by Mark Edwards.
C5: 1995.04 US Hello HEL-54
Bittersweet
Taxi Driver
Shades of Blue
Dark Age Revival
Always and Forever
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John Flansburgh's Mono Puff John Flansburgh's Mono Puff ep 1995 March |
John Flansburgh
with
Jim O'Connor (trumpet on [2])
Ralf Conant (drum programming on [2])
Mark Donato, Robin Goldwasser, Nancy Lynn Howell, Jay Sherman
Godfrey (vocals on [1])
C5: 1995.03 US Hello HEL-53
Tryptophan
Dr. Kildare
Unsupervised, I Hit My Head
So Long Mockingbird [1]
What Bothers the Spaceman? [2]
0'35 Nixon's the One
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Chaz and the Motorbikes Chaz and the Motorbikes ep 1994 December |
Brian Charles (guitar)
Charlie Chesterman (singing, guiter, harmonica)
John Clarke (drums, good ideas)
Kentucky Jim Faris (bass)
C5: 1994.12 US Hello HEL-412
Jack Hammers
Hamburg Romance
The Missing Person's Waltz
A New Lease on Life Parts #1 and #2
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Andy Partridge Andy Partridge ep 1994 November |
Andy Partridge (all instruments)
C5: 1994.11 US Hello HEL-411
2'55 Prince of Orange
3'20 It's Snowing Angels
2'29 Candymine
3'58 Some Lovely (My Brown Guitar)
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Spanish Fly Insert Tongue Here ep 1994 October |
Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet, cornet, trumpet, crooning)
Marcus Rojas (tuba, tubapercussion, tubasinging)
Tronzo (slide guitar)
with
Ben Perowsky (drums, percussion)
Spanish Fly, Hal Willner, Vicki Stanburry, Laurie Gallucio, Amanda
Reisman (background vocals)
C5: 1994.10 US Hello HEL-410
Tongue Insert / Tongue Sandwich
Ave. B
Love Song 110
Joshua
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Brian Dewan Brian Dewan ep 1994 September |
C5: 1994.09 US Hello HEL-49
Unidentified Flying Objects
Happy-Go-Dumpy Summer
Any Other Way
Decoy In the Rough
The Latest Theory
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John Linnell State Songs ep 1994 June |
Brian Doherty (drums)
John Linnell (everything else)
C5: 1994.06 US Hello HEL-46
3'45 South Carolina
1'47 Oregon
1'02 Pennsylvania
2'03 Maine
8'28 Nevada
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Peter Stampfel Peter Stampfel ep 1994 May |
Peter Stampfel (guitar, vocal, mandolin, slide whistle,
bird calls)
Jonathan Best (keyboards)
Eliot Sharp (guitar, saxophone)
with
Lautius Harris (snare drum on [1])
Derwin Perkins (electric guitar on [1])
Mark Bingham (acoustic guitar, bass on [1])
Cornell Williams, Floyd Turner, LD Hirams, Alfred Penns (vocals
on [1])
Phil Diano (baritone saxophone)
C5: 1994.05 US Hello HEL-45
Bad Karma
Laura the Horse
Our Lady of Oklahoma
Love Song for Hathor
Haunted Heart
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The Jickets The Jickets ep 1994 April |
Chett Grant (lead vocals)
Sid Gilbert (keyboards, lead vocal on [1])
Larry Lamé (guitars)
Petey Phillips (drums, bass on [1])
Kjeld Hyfelt (bass on [2])
C5: 1994.04 US Hello HEL-44
Jicket Island
The William Smith Story [2]
Manhattan Bridge
Tell The Seeker [1]
Good Day for Ya
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Drink Me Five Songs ep 1994 March |
Mark Amft (vocals, etc.)
Wynne Evans (guitar)
with
Will Holshouser (accordion)
C5: 1994.03 US Hello HEL-43
NYC
Penthouse to Pavement
Sugar Lump-Lump
42nd St.
Rats
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Portastatic Portastatic ep 1994 February |
Mac McCaughan (everything)
except
Jon Wurster (drums on [1])
Jennifer Walker (bass on [2])
Ash Bowie (drums on [2])
C5: 1994.02 US Hello HEL-42
Slant Roof
A Bear That Chokes [2]
Why Pinch Yourself [1]
Flat Roof
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The Minus Five The Minus Five ep 1993 December |
Scott McCaughey
Ken Stringfellow
Jon Auger [sic]
Terry Adams
Tom Ardolino
Jim Sangster
Peter Buck
C5: 1993.12 US Hello HEL-312-41
Loser So Supreme
Only One Thing
Brotherhood of Pain
Drunkards Lullaby
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Frank Black Frank Black ep 1993 November |
Performed by Frank Black and Eric Drew Feldman.
C5: 1993.11 US Hello HEL-311
2'58 Sir Rockaby
3'24 Calistan
2'22 Space Is Gonna Do Me Good
2'42 Duke of Earl
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Duplex Halloween Planet Duplex Halloween Planet ep 1993 October |
Conceived by David Greenberger. Music composed by Phil Kaplan.
Stories from Duplex Planet (issue #116).
David Greenberger (talking, balalaika, background vocals)
Phil Kaplan (guitar, keyboards, vocal)
Sean Slade (alto clarinet, background vocals)
George Cartwright (saxophone)
C5: 1993.10 US Hello HEL-310
Halloween
The Witches, The Witches
That's Halloween
Godd Ole Mum
Take It Off
Greed
Run Home Screamin'
Tricks or Treat
All Hallow's Eve
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Hello the Band Hello the Band ep 1993 September |
Joshua Fried
Rolf Conant
with
Jay Sherman Godfrey (guitar on [1])
Eric Sanko (bass on [2])
Robin Goldwasser (female vocal on [3])
C5: 1993.09 US Hello HEL-39
Sodium Mask
(Since You Joined) The Corporation [2]
Town To Town [3]
Lullaby To Nightmares [1]
Hello Hello [2]
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The Residents Prelude to “The Teds” ep 1993 August |
For information on The Residents call 1-800-795-3933 or write:
Ralph America, 109 Minna Street #391, San Francisco, CA 94105.
C5: 1993.08 US Hello HEL-38
Teddy
I Tried To Cry
The Cry of a Crow
Struggle
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Eugene Chadbourne Eugene Chadbourne ep 1993 July |
Eugene Chadbourne (guitar, banjo, bass, percussion, editing
effects, etc.)
C5: 1993.07 US Hello HEL-37
Hello Medley 1:
Escape from Straitjacket
Escape from Life
One Dyin' and Buryin'
Nefertiti
People Will Vote
Hello Medley 2:
One Dyin' and Buryin' (reprise)
Mickey
Ducks On The Pond
Dreamt I Was Young Again
Another Needle Since
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Kurt Hoffman's Band of Weeds Kurt Hoffman's Band of Weeds ep 1993 June |
Kurt Hoffman (clarinet, tenor sax)
Frank London (trumpet)
John Schroeder (alto sax)
Richard Keene (tenor sax, baritone sax)
Anee DeMarinis (accordion)
David Strauss (tenor banjo)
Garo Yellin (cello)
Ray Stewart (tuba)
Dickie Dworkin (drums)
C5: 1993.06 US Hello HEL-36
Blow, Wind, Blow
Melancholy of Weeds
The March
The Ocean
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Flat Old World Flat Old World ep 1993 May |
Diane Stockwell
Nancy Lynn Howell
Robin “Who Killed Poor Me?” Goldwasser
Mark Lerner
Tuba Jones
G. Douglas Pierson
Billy X. Finke
Mark Donato
with
Stephen Lewis
Todd Weeks
Two different cover stickers available.
C5: 1993.05 US Hello HEL-35 (custom-printed sticker)
Angel's Voice
Hippie Song
Rough & Rocky
Poor Robin
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The Nelories The Nelories ep 1993 April |
C5: 1993.04 US Hello HEL-34
Waiting
Banana
Bubbly
Plastic Sky
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Brian Dewan Brian Dewan ep 1993 March |
Brian Dewan (vocal, electric zither, etc.)
C5: 1993.03 US Hello HEL-33
My Eye
Wastepaper Basket Fire
Tobacco's But An Indian Weed
Obedience School
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