Don't forget that in addition to reading these notes, you can also listen to the MP3 (which happily comes on your disc) of Rusty Spell talking through the entire collection. These notes will attempt to tell you when the songs were recorded and where they came from.
1998:
* Burton/Spell: Chemical Radiation Vibe -- Recorded for
the fun of it one day.
* Rusty Spell: Rock-a-Bye Moon -- Recorded the day Rusty got his
Yamaha keyboard, eventually recorded as a duet and then as a
track by The Mnemonic Devices.
* The Mnemonic Devices: Strange Powers -- Recorded for and
originally included on Verfrumdungseffekt-A Tribute to Stephin
Merritt.
* Rusty Spell: Railroad Boy -- Recorded for and originally
included on the Merritt tribute.
* The Mnemonic Devices: Plant White Roses -- Original music track
recorded in 1997 for "Crazy," but recorded here as a
joke which ended up being on the Tribute to Stephin Merritt.
* The Mnemonic Devices: When You Were My Baby -- Recorded for a
possible Merritt collection, Liza's vocals added 2002.
* Rusty Spell: Georgina's Theme -- Recorded as the theme song for
The Georgina Show featured on Rusty and Debi's Lighthouse 107
radio recording.
* Rusty Spell: Dream -- Recorded to be the first song Rusty
recorded after learning actual guitar chords.
* Burton/Spell: The Tighten Up -- Recorded, for some reason.
* Rusty Spell: French Stewart -- Recorded, for no reason.
1999:
* Rusty Spell featuring Tommy Burton: Message for Joe --
Recorded on Rusty's answering machine.
* Burton/Spell: The Four Loves -- Recorded as another Rusty and
Tommy experiment.
* Rusty Spell featuring Lee Rozelle: Talking Reagan -- Recorded
at space camp, music added 2002.
* Rusty Spell featuring Lee Rozelle: Cotton -- Recorded at space
camp to get down some of the goofiness of the time and screw
around (as were the rest of the Lee Rozelle tracks).
* Rusty Spell featuring Lee Rozelle: Every Time You Go Away
* Rusty Spell featuring Lee Rozelle: Naked Santa Claus
* Rusty Spell featuring Lee Rozelle: The TV
* Rusty Spell featuring Amal Dorai -- Recorded at space camp,
when Amal wanted to show off.
* Rusty Spell featuring Liz Goodridge -- Recorded at space camp,
when Liz wanted to show off.
* Rusty Spell: The One -- Recorded during the main Alterna-Chick
recordings, but discarded after it sounded too much like the song
"Liza."
2000:
* Rusty Spell: Pretending -- Recorded as a possible
Immaculate Conceptions song, though Rusty sooned realized the
folly in that.
* Rusty Spell: Out of My Way -- Recorded to test out the new
Soundfonts, Soundblaster Live, and Cakewalk 9.
2001:
* Rusty Spell: I'm Singin' While I'm Playin' the Guitar
-- Recorded as a "testing 123" for Tommy Burton's first
album.
* Tommy Burton: Like a Virgin -- Recorded during Tommy's solo
album session, additional music added 2002.
* Rusty Spell: Expunge -- Recorded, we suppose, to expunge.
* Rusty Spell: I Won't Techno for an Answer -- Recorded for
possible inclusion of techno album.
* Rusty Spell: Oh Death -- Recorded to be a Moby ripoff.
2002:
* Rusty Spell featuring Kristina Lucenko: Our Hurricane
-- Recorded as a "practice track" for Kristina for
singing the song live.
* Rusty Spell featuring Kristina Lucenko: Jackie Chan Outtakes --
Recorded during the practice track, a blooper.
* Rusty Spell: Stephanie Says -- Recorded for Stephanie Green as
a present.
* The Immaculate Conceptions: 100,000 Fireflies -- Recorded
during the time of the rest of the album, not included because it
was a cover (same as the other song).
* The Immaculate Conceptions: Bootylicous
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: The Thong Song -- Recorded
(as well as all the songs with Lately David) during a rehearsal
in which Rusty might have possibly played some songs live with
Lately David, though ended up not.
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: I'm Singin' While I'm
Playin' the Guitar
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: Make It Funky
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: Waterbelly
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: The Snake Charmer
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: Hubba Hubba
* Rusty Spell featuring Lately David: Our Hurricane
* Rusty Spell featuring Liza Marshall: Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me
Beget -- Recorded for 69 Love Songs, this one was so horrible
that another was recorded to replace it.
* Rusty Spell featuring Liza Marshall: Doo Doo -- Recorded while
recording one of the 69 Love Songs, randomly.
* Tommy Burton: Promises -- Recorded for this album, as well as
the other Tommy Burton songs from 2002.
* Tommy Burton: All Through the Night
* Tommy Burton: Greyhound Girl
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