David Thomas (2) – Monster

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Label:	Tim/Kerr Records – hr 110
Format:	CD , Album, Reissue CD , Album, Reissue CD , Album, Compilation CD , Album, Reissue CD , Album Box Set , Compilation
Country:	UK
Released:	Jun 23, 1997
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Experimental

Tracklist

		The Sound Of The Sand
1-1	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	The Birds Are Good Ideas	1:58
1-2	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Yiki Tiki	2:16
1-3	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	The Crickets In The Flats	4:58
1-4	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Sound Of The Sand	3:27
1-5	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	The New Atom Mine	5:14
1-6	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Big Dreams	2:21
1-7	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Happy To See You	3:32
1-8	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Crush This Horn, Pt. 2	1:49
1-9	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Confuse Did	2:32
1-10	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Sloop John B	5:09
1-11	David Thomas & The Pedestrians*–	Man's Best Friend	4:28
		Variations On A Theme
2-1	Richard Thompson–	Pedestrian Walk	4:35
2-2	Richard Thompson–	Bird Town	2:43
2-3	Richard Thompson–	A Day At The Botanical Gardens	3:21
2-4	Richard Thompson–	The Egg & I	2:54
2-5	Richard Thompson–	Who Is It?	3:40
2-6	Richard Thompson–	Song Of The Hoe	6:03
2-7	Richard Thompson–	Hurry Back	4:20
2-8	Richard Thompson–	The Rain	5:18
2-9	Richard Thompson–	Semaphore	5:10
		More Places Forever
3-1	David Thomas (2)–	Through The Magnifying Glass	2:58
3-2	David Thomas (2)–	Enthusiastic	4:46
3-3	David Thomas (2)–	Whale Head King	5:50
3-4	David Thomas (2)–	Song Of The Bailing Man	4:42
3-5	David Thomas (2)–	Big Breezy Day	3:23
3-6	David Thomas (2)–	The Farmer's Wife	4:32
3-7	David Thomas (2)–	New Broom	4:21
3-8	David Thomas (2)–	About True Friends	4:35
		Monster Walks The Winter Lake
3-9	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	My Theory Of Spontaneous Simultude / Red Tin Bus	3:06
3-10	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	What Happened To Me	2:45
3-11	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Monster Walks The Winter Lake	11:13
3-12	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Bicycle	4:17
3-13	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Coffee Train	2:24
3-14	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	My Town	3:19
3-15	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Monster Magee, King Of The Seas	2:14
3-16	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Monster Thinks About The Good Days	3:37
3-17	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	What Happened To Me	2:41
		Blame The Messenger
4-1	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	My Town	3:07
4-2	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	A Fact About Trains	4:24
4-3	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	King Knüt	5:27
4-4	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	When Love Is Uneven	3:27
4-5	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	The Storm Breaks	3:34
4-6	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	The Long Rain	4:11
4-7	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Having Time	4:53
4-8	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	Friends Of Stone	3:18
4-9	David Thomas And The Wooden Birds–	The Velikovsky 2-Step	6:50
		Meadville
5-1	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Obsession Written-By – Moliné*	4:29
5-2	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Nobody Knows Written-By – Pere Ubu	9:38
5-3	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Red Sky Written-By – Pere Ubu	5:37
5-4	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Can't Help Falling In Love Written-By – Creatore*	3:52
5-5	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Nowheresville Written-By – Moliné*	6:00
5-6	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Fire Written-By – Pere Ubu	5:35
5-7	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Kathleen Written-By – Pere Ubu	10:26
5-8	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Surfer Girl / Around The Fire Written-By [Around The Fire] – Pere Ubu Written-By [Surfer Girl] – Wilson*	10:31
5-9	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Beach Boys Written-By – Pere Ubu	6:38
5-10	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Weird Cornfields Written-By – Moliné*	5:52
5-11	David Thomas & Two Pale Boys*–	Busman's Honeymoon Written-By – Pere Ubu	5:35

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Licensed To – Cooking Vinyl
Licensed From – Hearpen Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Hearpen Music
Copyright © – Cooking Vinyl
Recorded At – Regents Park Studios
Recorded At – Suma Recording Studio
Recorded At – Cold Storage
Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
Recorded At – Surrey Sound Studios
Recorded At – Vara Studio
Recorded At – Paradiso Amsterdam
Recorded At – Trans Musicales De Rennes
Recorded At – Ubu, Rennes
Recorded At – Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce
Overdubbed At – Suma Recording Studio
Mixed At – Suma Recording Studio
Remixed At – Suma Recording Studio
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – C5902
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – C5903
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – C5904
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – C5905
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – C5906

Credits

Arranged By – Thomas* (tracks: 1-10)
Design [Designed By] – John Thompson (17)
Edited By [Digitally] – Paul Hamann (tracks: 3-9 to 3-17)
Engineer – Z. Crnkovic (tracks: 5-4)
Featuring [Overdubs] – Tan-Tan* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Mixed By [Band Sound] – Dids (tracks: 5-05 to 5-11)
Performer – Tony Maimone (tracks: 3-1 to 4-9)
Photography By [Photos By] – Vic Vinson
Producer – Leo Blokhuis (tracks: 5-1)
Recorded By – Phil Bodger (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-11)
Recorded By [Overdubs] – Paul Hamann (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Recorded By [Portions] – Steve* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9)
Remix – Paul Hamann (tracks: 2-1 to 3-8)
Transferred By [Digital Transfer By], Engineer [Eq By] – Paul Hamann
Written-By – Trad.* (tracks: 1-10)

Notes

This box contains all tracks from the five albums originally released from 1981 to 1987 plus 74 minutes of live material from the Two Pale Boys. Packaged in heavy cardboard clamshell box with soft fold-out tray inserts. Includes a 16-page booklet with detailed credits to each original release, photography and artwork.

Cat.# is HR 110 on box; hr 110 on last page of booklet.

Digital transfer and eq at Suma in October 1996 and January 1997.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-11 recorded at Regent's Park Studios (London), May to June 1981, except track 1-7, recorded at Suma in January 1981. Overdubs recorded at Suma. Mixed at Suma.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-9 recorded at Suma in March 1983. Portions were recorded at Cold Storage (London), Sunrise Studios (Kirchberg, Switzerland), and Surrey Sound (London). Remixed with additional overdubs and revisions at Suma in October 1989 and January 1990.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 recorded at Suma, July to September 1984. Remixed at Suma, October 16 to 18, 1996.
Tracks 3-9 to 3-17 recorded live in the studio at Suma on November 18, 20 & 21, 1985, using the Sumex custom digital processor and a Sony F1 betamax video recorder. There were no overdubs. Digitally edited at Telarc.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-9 recorded at Suma on September 23 & 24, 1986. Edited at Telarc.
Track 5-1 recorded 11/23/96 at VARA Radio, Hilversum. Track 5-2 recorded 11/24/96 at the Paradiso, Amsterdam. Tracks 5-3 and 5-5 to 5-11, recording produced by Couleur 3 Radio. Recorded 12/6/96 at the Festival Transmusicales, Salle Ubu, Rennes. Track 5-4 recorded 11/3/96 at Slovensko Mladisko Gledalisce in Ljubljana.

This compilation ℗ 1997 Hearpen Music under exclusive license to Cooking Vinyl.
This compilation © 1997 Cooking Vinyl under exclusive license from Hearpen Music.

Made in England.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 11297 15212 8
Barcode (Scanned): 711297152128
Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, CD1, Variants 1 & 2): C5902 HR 110 DISC 1 · 1:1 ˍMASTEREDˍ BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, CD2, Variants 1 & 2): C5903 HR 110 DISC 2 ꞉ 1:0 .MASTERED. BY NIMBUS
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Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, CD4, Variants 1 & 2): C5905 HR 110 DISC 4 · 1:0 ˍMASTEREDˍ BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, CD5, Variant 1): C5906 HR 110 DISC 5 ꞉ 1:0 [Nimbus logo]
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Mastering SID Code (Mirrored, CD1, CD4, Written Twice, Variants 1 & 2): IFPI L122
Mastering SID Code (Mirrored, CD2, CD3, CD5, Written Twice, Variants 1 & 2): IFPI L123
Mould SID Code (CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, Variant 1): ifpi 2322
Mould SID Code (CD5, Variant 1): ifpi 2311
Mould SID Code (All CDs, Variant 2): ifpi 2311
Label Code: LC 7180
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Other (CD1 Individual Cat.#): hr 110a
Other (CD2 Individual Cat.#): hr 110b
Other (CD3 Individual Cat.#): hr 110c
Other (CD4 Individual Cat.#): hr 110d
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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Monster (Box Set, Compilation, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Compilation, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album)	Bomba Records (4)	HR 110, BOM 6601-5	Japan	1997
New Submission	Monster (Box Set, Compilation, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album, Compilation, CD, Album, Reissue, CD, Album)	Hearpen	HR 110	US	2002
	Monster (4×CD, Album, Compilation)	Cooking Vinyl	COOK CD 320	UK	2004