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Recorded
  
Noise New York

Artist
  
King Missile

Producer
  
Kramer

Genre
  
Experimental music

Length
  
65:57

Release date
  
1990

Label
  
Shimmy Disc

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Released
  
1990; rereleased September 7, 2004

Similar
  
Fluting on the Hump, Mystical Shit, The Way to Salvation, They, Royal Lunch

Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump is a compilation of avant-garde band King Missile's third album, Mystical Shit, and first album, Fluting on the Hump. The package was first released in 1990 and rereleased on September 7, 2004.

Contents

Fluting on the Hump was initially released exclusively in LP format. This compilation constitutes its only release on CD.

Track listing

All lyrics by John S. Hall (except "Love You More," a Buzzcocks cover).

Mystical Shit

  1. "Title Track" (Hall, Dave Rick) – 3:09
  2. "Rock-n-roll Will Never Die" (Hall, Chris Xefos) – 1:54
  3. "No Point" (Hall, Rick) – 3:35
  4. "Gary & Melissa" (Hall, Rick) – 2:18
  5. "Frightened & Freezing" (Hall, Xefos) – 2:09
  6. "How to Remember Your Dreams" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 3:06
  7. "The Fish That Played the Ponies" (Hall, Rick) – 2:36
  8. "Jesus Was Way Cool" (Hall, Xefos) – 2:42
  9. "Open" (Freeman, Hall) – 4:36
  10. "The Sandbox" (Hall, Rick) – 1:44
  11. "The Neither World" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 3:35
  12. "She Didn't Want" (Hall, Rick) – 2:47
  13. "Cheesecake Truck" (Hall, Rick) – 1:10
  14. "Equivalencies" (Hall, Rick) – 3:14
  15. "Love You More" (Pete Shelley) – 1:45
  16. "Fourthly" (Hall, Xefos) – 3:24

Fluting on the Hump

  1. "Lou" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:53
  2. "At Dave's" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:59
  3. "Muffy" (Alex DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:28
  4. "Take Stuff from Work" (Hall, King Missile) – 2:12
  5. "Sensitive Artist" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:38
  6. "Wuss" (Hall, King Missile) – 1:42
  7. "Heavy Holy Man" (DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:12
  8. On the LP version of the album, a short instrumental called "Pygmies and Drums" appears between "Heavy Holy Man" and "Fluting on the Hump." Producer Kramer disliked the track and removed it from the CD compilation.
  9. "Fluting on the Hump" (Hall, King Missile) – 2:26
  10. "Dick" (DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:17
  11. "That Old Dog" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:13

Personnel

Mystical Shit

  • John S. Hall – lead vocals, harmonica, flute on "Gary & Melissa" and "The Neither World"
  • Dave Rick – guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Xefos – bass, piano, synthesizer, accordion, organ, tuba, backing vocals
  • Steve Dansiger – drums, percussion

    • Fluting on the Hump

  • John S. Hall – lead vocals (except on "Heavy Holy Man")
  • Dogbowl – guitar, backing vocals
  • R.B. Korbet – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Heavy Holy Man"
  • Alex DeLaszlo – bass, harmonica, saxophone, backing vocals
  • George O'Malley – xylophone, chimes, shouting

    • Songs

    1Title Track3:09
    2Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die1:55
    3No Point3:35

    References

    Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump Wikipedia
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