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The Muffins
Baker's Dozen (12CD + DVD Box)
Format12CD + DVDLabelCuneiform RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Big Tip! Box set of all previously unreleased materials by US avant / progressive rock band The Muffins. "The finest progressive band that America produced." - Fred Frith. It is an all-too-rare occurrence for a band, throughout its career, to create music that continually pushes the envelope and transforms the landscape. It is an even rarer occurrence for such a band to reunite after a long separation, and embark on a second musical career that proves as innovative as the first. The Maryland-based progressive rock/avant-jazz group were formed in Washington, DC in the early 1970s and recorded four albums before disbanding in 1981. In 1998 the group reformed and recorded a further five albums and a DVD. AllMusic describes their music as a "unique blend of Canterbury progressive, fusion, improvisation and much more."
Format
1-1 through 1-6 previously released on cassette as Three Improvisations Live At The Music Carry-Out (not yet in database).
DVD 2.1 through DVD 2.8 previously released on compact disc as [r=3653597].
Release notes
1-1 through 1-6 previously released on cassette as Three Improvisations Live At The Music Carry-Out (not yet in database). DVD 2.1 through DVD 2.8 previously released on compact disc as [r=3653597].
| Baker's Dozen | |||
| 1-1 | Prelude | 0:30 | |
| 1-2 | Phase 1 - Portable Hollow | 14:01 | |
| 1-3 | Interlude 1 | 0:39 | |
| 1-4 | Phase 2 - Buzz Aldrin | 19:05 | |
| 1-5 | Interlude 2 | 0:34 | |
| 1-6 | Phase 3 - What A Place For A Wart | 5:09 | |
| 1-7 | Brix | 3:23 | |
| 1-8 | Three Days That Won't Soon Fade | 2:41 | |
| 1-9 | English | 2:50 | |
| 1-10 | Bartok Stockpot | 8:13 | |
| 1-11 | The Return Of Uncle Don | 4:31 | |
| 1-12 | Blind Cave Tetra | 2:36 | |
| 2-1 | English | 2:47 | |
| 2-2 | Teddy Roosevelt | 3:30 | |
| 2-3 | Egress Gnome Odd/Impromptu Factory | 8:45 | |
| 2-4 | Wombat | 2:58 | |
| 2-5 | 1916/Why Pursue It/Captain Tugg Tocatta/Swasbuckler With A Brainblock | 10:06 | |
| 2-6 | Courtesy Of Your Focal Interest Span/Please Do Not Open Dr. Fisher | 4:21 | |
| 2-7 | The Manilla Robots/Joe Crop On A Toxic Planet/The Bush | 10:43 | |
| 2-8 | Chronometers | 21:19 | |
| 2-9 | Creznor Okay | 4:30 | |
| 3-1 | Intro | 0:22 | |
| 3-2 | Solemn Music | 1:39 | |
| 3-3 | President Nixon's Retirement | 14:04 | |
| 3-4 | 3 Ways Till Sunday | 4:36 | |
| 3-5 | Carbons | 15:52 | |
| 3-6 | Expected Freedom | 6:10 | |
| 3-7 | Prince Albert In The Can | 7:24 | |
| 3-8 | Monkey With The Golden Eyes | 4:43 | |
| 3-9 | Amelia Earhart | 18:12 | |
| 4-1 | Intro | 0:28 | |
| 4-2 | Expected Freedom | 9:25 | |
| 4-3 | Band Of Brothers | 4:15 | |
| 4-4 | Expected Freedom | 10:45 | |
| 4-5 | Not Alone Solo | 1:25 | |
| 4-6 | Amelia Earhart Solo | 1:21 | |
| 4-7 | Imprimatur | 10:58 | |
| 4-8 | Not Alone | 14:17 | |
| 4-9 | Closing Hours | 17:07 | |
| 5-1 | Monkey In The Middle | 6:44 | |
| 5-2 | Lady In A Brown Paper Bag | 13:33 | |
| 5-3 | Amelia Earhart | 19:41 | |
| 5-4 | Monkey With The Golden Eyes/Hobart Got Burned | 9:57 | |
| 5-5 | The Adventures Of Captain Boomerang | 24:44 | |
| 6-1 | Not Alone Solo | 1:22 | |
| 6-2 | Whistling While We Work | 3:01 | |
| 6-3 | To-ing And Fro-ing | 18:24 | |
| 6-4 | Children And Art | 22:25 | |
| 6-5 | Not Alone | 12:19 | |
| 6-6 | Under Dali's Wing | 4:17 | |
| 6-7 | Horsebones | 4:32 | |
| 6-8 | The Grammy Snap | 6:17 | |
| 7-1 | Under Dali's Wing (False Start) | 0:13 | |
| 7-2 | Under Dali's Wing | 3:34 | |
| 7-3 | Horsebones | 3:01 | |
| 7-4 | Horsebones | 3:52 | |
| 7-5 | Zoom Resume | 8:05 | |
| 7-6 | Boxed And Crossed | 6:22 | |
| 7-7 | Zoom Resume | 2:58 | |
| 7-8 | Bit Hand | 3:03 | |
| 7-9 | Wonder World | 4:16 | |
| 7-10 | Not Alone Solo | 1:52 | |
| 7-11 | Silence | 0:07 | |
| 7-12 | Chrestomathy | 5:31 | |
| 7-13 | Through Shawn's Lens | 4:27 | |
| 7-14 | Father Tongue | 4:31 | |
| 7-15 | Dirty Trousers | 3:16 | |
| 8-1 | Horsebones | 2:25 | |
| 8-2 | Under Dali's Wing | 3:11 | |
| 8-3 | Squeaker's Dream | 5:34 | |
| 8-4 | Boxed And Crossed | 6:17 | |
| 8-5 | Zoom Resume | 7:28 | |
| 8-6 | Queenside | 6:44 | |
| 8-7 | Angle Dance | 5:28 | |
| 8-8 | Antidote To Drydock | 5:08 | |
| 8-9 | World Maps | 10:25 | |
| 8-10 | Bob The Bat | 1:44 | |
| 9-1 | In The Black Room | 3:15 | |
| 9-2 | Ups And Downs | 4:27 | |
| 9-3 | Poetry Drive | 4:53 | |
| 9-4 | North Of Muffin Head | 3:57 | |
| 9-5 | She Wears Her Dead Mother's Hat | 2:51 | |
| 9-6 | Talking With The Planets | 5:32 | |
| 9-7 | Down From The Sun Tower/Impossible John | 3:46 | |
| 9-8 | Dancing In The Street | 2:43 | |
| 9-9 | Horny Toads | 7:17 | |
| 9-10 | There Not There | 4:46 | |
| 9-11 | Vocabulario | 5:25 | |
| 9-12 | Hobart Got Burned | 6:14 | |
| 9-13 | Silence | 0:23 | |
| 9-14 | The Highlands | 6:05 | |
| 9-15 | The Two Georges | 5:33 | |
| 9-16 | Breaking The X | 7:42 | |
| 10-1 | Walking The Duck | 3:14 | |
| 10-2 | These Castle Children | 6:37 | |
| 10-3 | World Maps/Down From The Sun Tower/Impossible John/Military Road | 12:13 | |
| 10-4 | Under Dali's Wing | 3:48 | |
| 10-5 | Horsebones | 2:33 | |
| 10-6 | Dear Mona | 2:59 | |
| 10-7 | People In The Snow | 5:12 | |
| 10-8 | Out Of The Boot/Nan's True Hole | 8:12 | |
| 10-9 | East Of Diamond/The Adventures Of Captain Boomerang | 12:34 | |
| 10-10 | Silence | 0:10 | |
| 10-11 | Writing Blind | 5:48 | |
| 10-12 | Combo | 10:39 | |
| 11-1 | Intro | 0:46 | |
| 11-2 | These Castle Children | 6:24 | |
| 11-3 | The Adventures Of Captain Boomerang | 25:41 | |
| 11-4 | The Ugly Buttling | 3:47 | |
| 11-5 | Walking The Duck | 3:05 | |
| 11-6 | Dear Mona/Impossible John/People In The Snow | 10:19 | |
| 11-7 | East Of Diamond | 13:49 | |
| 11-8 | The Man In The Skin-Painted Suit | 3:19 | |
| 11-9 | Childhood's End | 6:46 | |
| 11-10 | Stethtorus Punctum | 3:51 | |
| 12-1 | Intro | 0:18 | |
| 12-2 | Exquisite Corpse/Out Of The Boot/Sam's Room | 14:53 | |
| 12-3 | Smaller But More Heads | 5:17 | |
| 12-4 | Maya | 4:44 | |
| 12-5 | Aquatone | 5:15 | |
| 12-6 | Angel From Lebanon | 6:26 | |
| 12-7 | Queenside/Antidote To Drydock/Angle Dance | 7:25 | |
| 12-8 | Choombachang | 4:22 | |
| 12-9 | Amelia Earhart | 12:06 | |
| 12-10 | Beat 10/In The Ghost Light | 8:09 | |
| 12-11 | KGB | 4:34 | |
| NEARFest 2005 | |||
| DVD-1.1 | Intro | ||
| DVD-1.2 | These Castle Children | ||
| DVD-1.3 | The Adventures Of Captain Boomerang | ||
| DVD-1.4 | The Ugly Buttling | ||
| DVD-1.5 | Walking The Duck | ||
| DVD-1.6 | Dear Mona/Impossible John/People In The Snow | ||
| DVD-1.7 | East Of Diamond | ||
| DVD-1.8 | The Man In The Skin-Painted Suit | ||
| DVD-1.9 | Childhood's End | ||
| DVD-1.10 | Stethtorus Punctum | ||
| DVD-2.1 | The Angel's Shard | 3:28 | |
| DVD-2.2 | Not Yet Awake | 9:14 | |
| DVD-2.3 | Fishing In America | 2:32 | |
| DVD-2.4 | Dynamite Is Not The Solution | 5:33 | |
| DVD-2.5 | When Fela Comes To Town | 3:23 | |
| DVD-2.6 | King Fish | 4:49 | |
| DVD-2.7 | Bats And Birds | 11:14 | |
| DVD-2.8 | Yukapoe's Lament | 7:16 | |
- Billy Swann
- Bass (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10), Bass [fretless Fender Precision], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Piano [acoustic], Tin Whistle [pennywhistle], Drums, Percussion (3-1 to 3-9), Bass, Guitar (10-1 to 10-12), Bass, Guitar (12-1 to 12-11), Bass, Guitar (9-1 to 9-16), Bass, Guitar, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Alto Recorder, Percussion, Whistle, Voice (5-1 to 5-5), Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Whistle (6-1 to 6-8), Bass, Guitar, Sounds [plastic tube], Tenor Saxophone, Percussion (4-1 to 4-9), Bass, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Sounds [radio], Vocals (7-1 to 7-15), Bass, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals (8-1 to 8-10), Bass, Voice (2-1 to 2-9), Electric Bass [Gibson EB0], Voice (1-1 to 1-12)
- Barry Crell
- Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Gordon Bosler
- Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Joe del Tufo
- Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Jon Yarger
- Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Matt Greenberg
- Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Matt Urban
- Directed By, Cameraman (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Paul Sears
- Drums (10-1 to 10-12), Drums (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10), Drums (12-1 to 12-11), Drums (9-1 to 9-16), Drums, Percussion (4-1 to 4-9), Drums, Percussion, Soprano Saxophone (6-1 to 6-8), Drums, Percussion, Soprano Saxophone (7-1 to 7-15), Drums, Percussion, Soprano Saxophone, Xylophone, Vocals (8-1 to 8-10), Drums, Percussion, Xylophone, Gong, Voice (5-1 to 5-5), Drums, Xylophone, Steel Drums, Percussion (3-1 to 3-9)
- Stuart Abramowitz
- Drums (2-1 to 2-9)
- Mike Bass
- Drums, Xylophone, Piano [acoustic] (1-1 to 1-12)
- Dave Newhouse
- Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Woodwind, Horn [toy], Voice (1-1 to 1-12), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Yamaha], Woodwind, Piano [acoustic] (8-1 to 8-10), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Yamaha], Woodwind, Xylophone [toy], Tambourine, Voice (2-1 to 2-9), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Piano [acoustic], Woodwind, Tin Whistle [pennywhistle], Percussion (3-1 to 3-9), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Woodwind, Harmonica, Tenor Recorder, Percussion (4-1 to 4-9), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Woodwind, Percussion (7-1 to 7-15), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Woodwind, Piano [acoustic], Percussion (6-1 to 6-8), Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Woodwind, Tin Whistle [pennywhistle], Horn [bicyle], Tenor Recorder, Percussion, Voice (5-1 to 5-5), Keyboards, Woodwind (12-1 to 12-11), Keyboards, Woodwind, Harmonica (10-1 to 10-12), Liner Notes [Muffins history narrated and assembled by], Synthesizer [Roland RU-20], Keyboards [Yamaha], Woodwind (9-1 to 9-16), Synthesizer [Roland RU-20], Synthesizer [Nord Electro 2], Keyboards [Yamaha], Woodwind, Harmonica (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10), Written-By (1-7, 1-8, 1-12, 2-4, 2-6, to 2-9, 3-4, 3-8, 4-5, 4-8, 5-2, 5-4 to 6-1, 6-5, 6-6, 6-8 to 7-2, 7-5, 7-7, 7-10, 8-2, 8-5 to 8-10, 9-7, 9-12, 9-15, 10-1, 10-2, 10-4, 10-6, 10-7, 10-9, 10-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 to 11-8, 12-2, 12-6 to 12-8, 12-11)
- Ian Beabout
- Engineer [Sourcing], Tape Op [transferring], Post Production [restoration], Mastered By (1-1 to 9-15), Mastered By, Mixed By (9-1 to DVD-2.8)
- Eric Kearns
- Graphic Design, Layout, Design [booklet]
- Ena Scott
- Guest [with], Alto Saxophone (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Sam Newhouse
- Guest [with], Alto Saxophone (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Nathan Berry
- Guest [with], Trumpet (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Michael Zentner
- Guitar, Violin, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Voice (2-1 to 2-9), Guitar, Violin, Voice (1-1 to 1-12)
- Dorian Mancuso
- Lighting (DVD1 to DVD-10)
- Chad Hutchinson
- Other [NEARFest Founders and Organizers] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Rob LaDuca
- Other [NEARFest Founders and Organizers] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Studio M Live
- Producer (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Kevin Feeley
- Production Manager (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Mark Chapman
- Proofreader [Proofing]
- Bill McCullough
- Recorded By (8-1, 8-2)
- Brett Kull
- Recorded By (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Brian Rapp
- Recorded By (2-1 to 2-4)
- Carl Merson
- Recorded By (9-8, 9-9, 9-11 to 9-13, 10-1 to 10-9)
- Colleen Scott
- Recorded By (2-5 to 2-8, 3-1 to 3-7, 5-1 to 6-5, 6-7, 6-8, 7-9, 7-10, 8-3 to 8-5), Recorded By [probably] (4-1 to 4-9)
- Mike Potter
- Recorded By (9-14, 9-15, 10-11, 12-1 to 12-11)
- Steve Feigenbaum
- Reissue Producer [Release coordination], Curated By [Performance selection], Edited By, Directed By
- Tom Scott
- Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Bell Tree (7-1 to 7-15), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Keyboards [Casio], Percussion (9-1 to 9-16), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Keyboards, Programmed By, Percussion (10-1 to 10-12), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Keyboards, Programmed By, Percussion (11-1 to 11-10, DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Keyboards, Programmed By, Percussion (12-1 to 12-11), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Maracas, Xylophone, Whistling, Bell Tree, Voice (1-1 to 1-12), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Bell Tree (8-1 to 8-10), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Kalimba, Soprano Recorder [double], Bell Tree (3-1 to 3-9), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Melodica, Xylophone, Soprano Recorder, Bell Tree, Voice (2-1 to 2-9), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Soprano Recorder, Bell Tree, Voice (5-1 to 5-5), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Tin Whistle [pennywhistle], Bell Tree (4-1 to 4-9), Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Xylophone, Bell Tree (6-1 to 6-8)
- Phil Liebowicz
- Technician [Front-of-house] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Mike Halvern
- Technician [Monitors] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Designatronix
- Technician [Sound], Lighting (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Jimmy Tanner
- Technician [Stage] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)
- Doug Moon
- Video Editor, Authoring [DVD] (DVD1.1 to DVD-1.10)

















































