Hello Recording Club Discography: Compilations and Other Releases

        Other releases on the Hello Recording Club label.

Mono Puff Unsupervised SPECIAL PRE-COMMERCIAL RELEASE EDITION album 1996 May

        John Flansburgh (vocal, electric guitars, electronic instruments)
        Hal Cragin (bass)
        Steve Calhoon (drums)
        with
        Mike Viola (lead guitar)
        Jay Sherman-Godfrey (Frippertronic solo on [1])
        Elina Lowensohn
        Jim O'Connor
        Erik Sanko
        Yuval Gabay (rhythm beds)
        Nancy Lynn Howell (on [2])

    CD: 1996.05     US Hello hel-65
                Guitar Was the Case
                Unsupervised, I Hit My Head
                Don't Break the Heart {Rigby}                      [1]
                Distant Antenna
                The Devil Went Down to Newport
                  (Totally Rocking) {Widmer/Freedberg}
                What Bothers the Spaceman?
                Hello Hello {Glitter/Leander}
                Dr. Kildare
                So Long, Mockingbird
                Careless Santa
                Don't I Have the Right?                            [2]
                To Serve Mankind
                Nixon's the One

They Might Be Giants Live!! New York City 10/14/94 ep 1994 November

        Recorded live in New York, 10-14-94.  Radio show includes intros,
        cues, and advert.  Included as a bonus CD for 1994 subscribers.

        John Flansburgh (guitars, vocals)
        John Linnell (accordion, keyboards, saxophone, vocals)
        Brian Doherty (drums)
        Tony Maimone (bass, ukelele)
        Randy Andos (trombone, tuba)
        Jim O'Conner (trumpet)

    C5: 1994.11     US Elektra PRCD 9083-2 (promo, white p/b s/s, cover
                        sticker)
          0'41  Introduction
          2'23  O. Do Not Forsake Me
          2'42  Don't Let's Start
          3'06  AKA Driver
          0'17  “We'll Be Right Back”
          0'14  “Welcome Back”
          2'37  Why Does the Sun Shine?
          2'48  Purple Toupee
          4'15  Sleeping With The Flowers
          1'40  Chess Piece Face
          2'17  Particle Man
          2'57  She's An Angel
          3'29  The Statue Got Me High
          2'56  Band Intros
          2'38  Whistling In The Dark
          3'20  Ana Ng
          0'19  “We'll Be Right Back”
          0'19  “Welcome Back”
          3'07  Turn Around
          2'36  I Palindrome I
          3'16  Birdhouse In Your Soul
          3'12  Snail Shell
          2'26  Twistin'
          1'23  Dig My Grave
          0'36  “Goodnight”
          0'05  Cepastat Spot

A Hello CD of the Month Club sampler HELLO 1994 SAMPLER compilation 1994

    C5: 1994        US Hello HEL-1994 (promo)
          (37 second preview of Hello '95):
                They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh's MONO PUFF:
                  Nixon's the One
          (samples of Hello '94 ep's):
                DRINK ME: Sugar Lump Lump
                ANDY PARTRIDGE of XTC: (Some Lovely) My Brown Guitar
                JOHN LINNELL of They Might Be Giants: Maine (from State
                  Songs ep)
                THE MINUS FIVE (Scott McCaughey w/REM's Peter Buck + NRBQ's
                  Tom & Terry): Brotherhood of Pain
                CHAZ & THE MOTORBIKES: New Lease on Life
                PORTASTATIC (Mac from Superchunk): A Bear That Chokes
                SPANISH FLY: Ave. B
                BRIAN DEWAN: Happy Go Dumpy Summer
                THE JICKETS: Jicket Island
                PETER STAMPFEL: Laura the Horse
          (samples of Hello '93 ep's):
                HELLO THE BAND: Hello Hello
                EUGENE CHADBOURNE: Dreamt I Was Young Again
                RESIDENTS: Teddy
                FRANK BLACK: Duke of Earl
                NELORIES: Banana
                FLAT OLD WORLD: Who Killed Poor Robin
                THE MINUS FIVE: Loser So Supreme
                BRIAN DEWAN: Obedience School
                BAND OF WEEDS: The Ocean
                DUPLEX PLANET: That's Halloween

Hello 1993 Sampler compilation 1993

    CD: 1993        US Hello HEL-S (promo)
                Frank Black: Sir Rockaby
                Nelories: Banana
                Hello The Band: Hello Hello
                Scott Mccaughey with Peter Buck from REM and Tom & Terry
                        from NRBQ: Loser So Supreme
                Brain Dewan: Obedience School
                The Residents: Teddy
                Band Of Weeds: Blow, Wind, Blow
                Eugene Chadbourne: Dreamt I Was Young Again
                Flat Old World: Angel's Voice
                Duplex Planet: That's Halloween!

        They Might Be Giants' semi-legendary cassette-only self-released
        ‘pre-first album’, re-released as a bonus to subcribers.

    CT: 1993        US Hello HEL-T
          side one:
                (Put Your Hand Inside the) Puppet Head
                When It Rains It Snows
                Number Three
                Don't Let's Start
                You'll Miss Me
                Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
                Biggest One
                32 Footsteps
                Boat of Car
                Cowtown
                Chess Piece Face
                Rabid Child
          side two:
                Youth Culture Killed My Dog
                Alienation's For The Rich
                The Day
                (She Was a) Hotel Detective
                Which Describes How You're Feeling
                Toddler Hi-Way
                Become A Robot
                I'm Def
                Hell Hotel
                They Might Be Giants
                Nothing's Going To Change My Clothes