Hey there, you glorious panoramic cross-section of music lovers you.
I thought you might like to have a little more specific information about what’s on the discs in the upcoming Sluggo! Deluxe and SuperDeluxe packages.
One CD, one DVD-A and one DVD in a digi-pak, plus booklet with all original art and new liner notes.
Disc one is a CD containing the new stereo mix of Sluggo! (done in 2012 and 2013 by Mike Harris and myself), plus two bonus tracks.
1. Potato
2. I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound
3. Why Am I Your Guy?
4. Looking For Nina
5. Frozen Beef
6. TRANQUILLADO
7. What Happened Next
8. Chatfield Manor
9. Beautiful
10.”I Guess I’ll Peanut”
11. Voyage To Manhood
12. Egg Zooming
13. Own
14. I’m Afraid
15. Cardboard Dog
16. Sluggo
(bonus tracks):
17. Craney
18. Bob Dylan’s Nose (studio version)
“Craney” was recorded during the Sluggo! sessions, and originally released on Something With A Pulse, a benefit record for drummer Mark Craney. “Bob Dylan’s Nose” was previously only available in a live version on the Soap Scum Remover VHS); it was originally intended to be part of Sluggo! This studio version of “Nose” was never completed, but it is a pretty scorching track recorded live in the studio by Bryan Beller, Joe Travers and myself.
Disc two is a DVD-Audio disc with the complete album in:
PCM 16/48 Stereo
DTS 24/48 5.1 Digital Surround
MLP 24/96 Lossless Stereo
MLP 24/96 Lossless 5.1 Surround
Disc Three is a standard DVD containing a plethora of material, including over two hours of live and studio video footage, the original 1997 Sluggo! CD mix, more bonus tracks, and additional ephemera.
1. MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS
Club Tavern – Madison, WI – 8/8/98
Lineup: Keneally/Beller/Ziegenhagen/Smith
1. Frang Tang, The Valentine Bear
2. Killer Fish
3. Voyage To Manhood
4. Top of Stove Melting
5. Egg Zooming coda
6. My Dilemma
7. Spoon Guy
8. Uglytown
9. Blameless
10. Frozen Beef
11. Day Of The Cow 1
12. Snowcow
13. Day Of The Cow 2
14. Pencil Music/Credits
2. MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS
Club Clearview – Dallas, TX – 8/26/98
Lineup: Keneally/Beller/Ziegenhagen/Smith
1. Intro
2. ‘Cause Of Breakfast
3. Frozen Beef
4. I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound
3. MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS
Sacred Ground – San Pedro, CA – 6/12/98
Lineup: Keneally/Beller/Ziegenhagen/Travers/
Tedde/DeCerbo
1. Beautiful
2. TRANQUILLADO (rare live version with Mark DeCerbo and Bob Tedde on vocals)
3. Own
4. Gloss
4. SLUGGO! PIANO SESSIONS
Footage from Signature Sound Studio of the original album sessions, with MK on grand piano
1. SLUGGO take 1 (master)
2. SLUGGO take 2 (unreleased alternate)
3. DRUM-RUNNING take 2 (unreleased, incomplete)
4. DRUM-RUNNING take 3 (master)
5. TRANQUILLADO take 1 (excerpt; unreleased, incomplete)
6. TRANQUILLADO take 2 (unreleased, incomplete)
7. TRANQUILLADO take 5 (complete; some parts are in final master)
8. DRUM-RUNNING take 4 (unreleased alternate)
9. TRANQUILLADO take 6 (complete; some parts are in the final master)
5. SLUGGO! 1997 CD mix
1. Potato
2. I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound
3. Why Am I Your Guy?
4. Looking For Nina
5. Frozen Beef
6. TRANQUILLADO
7. What Happened Next
8. Chatfield Manor
9. Beautiful
10.”I Guess I’ll Peanut”
11. Voyage To Manhood
12. Egg Zooming
13. Own
14. I’m Afraid
15. Cardboard Dog
16. Sluggo
6. BONUS TRACKS
1. Craney
2. Bob Dylan’s Nose
3. Frozen Beef (original studio demo recorded in 1996)
4. Cardboard Dog (solo piano track)
7. ORIGINAL TRACKING SHEETS FROM THE SLUGGO! DOUBLE TIME STUDIO SESSIONS
Accompanied by reduction mixes from the multi-tracks
8. CREDITS
Featuring photos from the 1998 tours and an instrumental mix of “I’m Afraid”
9. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MENU MUSIC
With unreleased snippets, reduction mixes from the multi-tracks and an unreleased piano solo version of “Beautiful”
Plus some additional stuff for you to poke around and discover.
A signed, numbered limited edition of 1000 copies.
Contains everything in the Deluxe edition, plus a fourth disc in a gatefold digi-pak:
MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS
LIVE AT MAMA KIN
Boston, MA August 15 1998
Lineup: Keneally/Beller/Ziegenhagen/Smith
1. Guest Host Intro
2. BSSOC
3. Immigrant Song
4. Natty Trousers
5. Why Am I Your Guy?
6. Them Dolphins Is Smart
7. 1988 Was A Million Years Ago
8. Yep, Them Dolphins Is Smart, Alright
9. Bullys (sic)
10. Tug
11. Vent
12. Potato
13. Pencil Music
14. The Car Song
15. Voyage To Manhood
16. Top of Stove Melting
17. Inca Roads
That’s everything!
We’re doing a few shows in California in December, playing music from Sluggo! and You Must Be This Tall and other songs too. If production schedules go according to plan we will have Sluggo! for sale at the shows. All info about the four shows is located HERE.
Thanks to all who’ve pre-ordered and have had such great things to say about the new stereo mix (which you receive as a download link when you pre-order Sluggo! for no additional charge). It’s a little unnerving to present a brand new mix of an album so many of you know and appreciate, and the fact that the response to the new mix has been so overwhelmingly positive validates my choice to remix the thing. I’m ridiculously thrilled about the audio on the MLP lossless surround layer on the DVD-A – I’ll be eager to hear what you guys think of it.
All right, time to drive home! Talk at you soon!
Love,
Mike