The "Error" 7" mistakenly credits itself as Swirlies
#2 when it is really #3
"Pitchblende#3 should have theoretically received a Swirlies number.
I just didn't know they actually used the track until it was too late(who
in their right mind would have?). But, since there exists no indication
that we are responsible for the noise on the track I suppose we can
just sort of ignore it. True fans please note: the version of "Sea
Wolf" on "Strictly East Coast Sneakyflute Music" does
not have the Matt Sheppeck vocal! This is a must have as it is Shep's
only appearance on a Swirlies song!
"I Don't Wanna Be a Clone: Best of Swirlies in the Studio 99-01"
contains nascent versions of songs form "Cats." However, as
it was never sold or even given away to the public, it does not have
an assigned number.
I also have included information on Raspberry Bang as it was the first
record for both Seana and Damon (me)
All releases are listed chronologically except I think the Pitchblende
thing came out before "Salons" but "Salons" took
so long to come out after it was done (kinda done) that these two are
negligible as far as order goes
* "A Kinder Gentler Genocide"
7"
1990 Wasted Effort Records
4 band comp featuring Raspberry Bang (pre-Swirlies Damon & Seana)
playing "Loose Pockets"
1. "Swirlies/Drop Dead"
split cassette
5/4/1991 Fast Forward Records
25 to 30 home dubbed copies
Giveaway for a show at Fast Forward Records, Providence, RI.
Featuring 4 tracks from our 12/90 demo tape: "Didn't Understand,"
"Trudy," "Crush(original mix)," and "Chris
R" and two songs from our first live show 1/25/91: "Sleepytime"
and "A Hair Thing"
2. "Didn't Understand" in two formats:
"Rabbit"
cassingle
10/26/91 self released
about 100 made
Sold at the Lotsa Pop Losers festival in Virginia.
featuring "Didn't Understand," "Sarah Sitting"
and "Chris R"
All hand stamped with potato stamps on cassette face
"Didn't Understand"
7"
February 1992 Slumberland Records #15
a few on aqua vinyl without sleeves
1st pressing on black vinyl with red sleeve and detailed insert
2nd pressing on red vinyl with red sleeve and catalog only insert
3rd pressing on purple vinyl with purple cover
Features the same songs as the "Rabbit" cassingle
3. "Error"
7"
Spring 1992 Pop Narcotic Records #1
1st pressing black vinyl
2nd pressing purple vinyl featuring original mixes of "Park the
Car (by the side of the road)" and "Upstairs"
Some sold at live shows came with special color covers/sticker by
Ron Regé Jr
4. "Red Fish Dreams"
split double 7" with Kudgel
Summer 1992 Cinderblock/Nervous Records
Featuring alternate mix of "Crush" and original mix of
"Her Life of Academic Freedom"
Hand screened/woodblock covers by Tinuviel (Kill Rock Stars) and Linsey
Herman
A bunch of the Tinuviel covers were screened on newsprint
5. "What to do About Them"
LP/CD/CS
Fall 1992 Taang Records #63
Compiles remixed version of Upstairs from Error session, remixed
version of "Her Life of Artistic Freedom", previous singles
and new material
* "One Last Kiss"
CD
1992 Spin Art Records
Compilation featuring "Chris R"
* "TDK Mailrock"
CD
Fall 1992
Compilation featuring "Park the Car"
6. "Blondertongue Audiobaton"
LP/CD/CS
February 1993 Taang Records #67
Contains remixed version of "Park the Car" from the Error
session
7. "Brokedick Car"
CD/12"/7"/CS
July 1993 Taang Records
7" on blue vinyl
* "Unnecessary Niceness"
CD/LP
Fall 1993 Rough Trade
Compilation featuring "Park the Car by the Side of the Road"
* "Venue 94"
CD
January 1994
Carlsberg sponsored compilation for the Venue 94 Festival in Denmark
featuring "Park the Car"
8. "November"
split 7" with Pitchblende
January 1994 Simple Machines Records
Released as part of the "Working Holiday" monthly 7"
series
Featuring 8trk version of "Trudy" recorded in the MIT dorms
and above a donut factory
* "Shreds Volume 1"
CD
Summer 1994 Shredder Records
Compilation featuring "Wrong Tube (edit)" buried amongst
a lot of hardcore and emo songs
9. "Sneaky Flutes and Sneaky Flute Music"
CD
December 1995 Taang Records #111
EP of songs from the upcoming "Salons" LP and sneakyflute
shananagins
The light-switch on the cover is supposed to resemble an "11"
10. "They Spent their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World
of the Salons"
March 1996 Taang records #101
CD/LP (combines Taang #101with Taang #132)
This was the longest labor of love, taking a full two years to record
and release
* "Pitchblende CD#3 Pitchblende Quartet"
CD
Fall 1995 Matador records Ole190-2
Features excerpts of the longtime Swirlies tour mantra "Every
Single Day I Walk by the Chocolate Factory/Sea Wolf"
Features the vocal stylings of longtime roadie Matt Sheppeck
11. "Vents of the Ocean Floor"
split 7" with Iris
October 1996 Bubblecore Records BC-009
Features 4trk version of "His Love Just Washed Away"
Alias "The Lucky Number 11 Release"
12. "Indie Rock Blueprint"
CD
August 1996 Go! Records
Compilation featuring a live version of "Two Girls Kissing"
from some Middle East Café show
* "Sea-D volume 2",
CD
Fall 1996 Feedback Distribution
Sampler CD compilation featuring "San Cristobal de las Casas"
13. "Flygirl Zine #7"
7"
March 1997 Flygirl
Compilation featuring tracks by: John Davis, Dennis Callari, Lou
Barlow, Stuffed Bear, Ruby Falls and Swirlies Our track: "Indian
Ocean Nosedive"
14. "The Tarquin Records All-Star Holiday Extravaganza"
CD
December 1997 Tarquin Records tq-019
Holiday compilation featuring Damon & Ron Regé Jr. (aka
Swirlies/The Puffins) playing "Christmas in Kenmore Square"
15. "Strictly East Coast Sneaky Flute Music"
CD/double LP
Spring 1998 Taang records #132
The double LP combines both Taang 101 and 132 minus a few songs from
132
Gatefold cover with ostrich centerfold
16. "SFE 001"
cassingle
June 1998 Sneaky Flute Empire #001
25 copies
Made for a show at The Knitting Factory, NYC,
Contains "One Light Flashing I Love You" and a 4trk version
of "Pony"
17. "SFE 002"
cassingle
September 1998 Sneaky Flute Empire #002
* "Upload: A Continuous Mix By DJ Soul Slinger"
CD
1998 Jungle Sky US
CD featuring a different mix/edit of "Protect Yourself From Aliens (Soul Slinger Remix)"
100 copies
Made for the September '98 East Coast/Midwest Swirlies tour with Reverberation
(albatross)
Contains " One Light Flashing I Love You ", "Indian
Ocean Nosedive" and "Sneaky Flutes Get Funky"
18. "SFE 005"
split cassingle with Seana and the Sharks
October 1999 Sneaky Flute Empire #005
35 copies
made for a show at the Middle East Upstairs Boston
Contains "Fireball" by Seana (Carmody) and the Sharks (the
Sharks being Damon and Rob)
Contains "Jack Bucky's Theme", "Subway (c+w)"
and "You Make Me Sad Girl (version 1)" by the Swirlies
* "Gummy"
cassette
October 1999 Black Apple Records
Compilation featuring(yet again) "Indian Ocean Nosedive"
* "Sneaky Flute Empire presents The Yes Girls"
cassingle/CD
April 2000 Sneaky Flute Empire
45 copies some being on CD
Intended promotional cassette (that I ended up selling in desperation
for cash) for April 2000 Yes Girls US Tour with Timonium
Supposedly in anticipation of "Damon Andy Rob Ron: the Yes Girls"
CD's pending release
Featuring "One Light Flashing I Love You", "Subway
(c+w)", and "You Make Me Sad Girl".
19. "SFE 006"
cassingle
March 2000: Sneaky Flute Empire #006
Featuring "Dolphins Dance With our Music" and "March
of the Sneaky Flutes"
20. "Damon Andy Rob Ron: The Yes Girls"
CD
May 2000 Pehr label 010/Sneaky Flute Empire #007
500 copies
A compilation of Sneaky Flute Empire cassingles and other tunes
* "CMJ sampler for 2000"
CD
October 2000 Pehr Label
Promo features (not again!) "Indian Ocean Nosedive"
* "Random Access Music Machine: US Pop Life Volume 7 Experimental"
CD
February/March 2001 Contact Records CR-015
Japanese compilation features "Dolphins Dance With Our Music"
* "Like Clockwork"
CD
Spring or summer 2001? Pehr label
Compilation featuring "Indian Ocean Nosedive"
21. "Nevah Have I Evah: A Sneaky Flute Empire Family Album"
CD
June 2001 Sneaky Flute Empire #008 (later copies: RCA #001)
Compilation featuring the following Yes Girls songs: "Under
the Boardwalk", "Bones"(with Mew), "Jack Bucky,
an Interlude", "Vacuum" and "Jack Bucky's Theme-reprise(Jacky's
redemption)"
Also features the following Swirlies songs: "Calling Doctor
Funk", "Little Tail", "Rare Moment", "Le
Bag" and "Ocean"-the last four songs being four track
versions
Came packaged in a brown envelope with white hand stamped CD sleeve
and booklet. Original covers have stamp plus lipstick kiss courtesy of Andy's sis. Later
covers have turkey stamp and other minor variations. Versions sold
on UK tour of 2002 also credit Richmond County Archives as label and
replace the booklet with a more complete insert
* "Maximum Wage, a Bureau of Dissonant Culture Compilation"
CD
August 2001 Bureau of Dissonant Culture #2001
Compilation featuring the four track version of "One Light Flashing
I love You"
* "I Don't Wanna Be a Clone: Best of Swirlies in the Studio
99-01"
CD-R
January 2002 Dr. Laasoko Records
Ok, this isn't really a release (though maybe it should have recieved a number). It was the demo
sent out during our label procurement period for "Cat's of the
Wild." Sent and fabricated in unknown quantities by Robbie Laakso.
Art is similar to what appears on the "Cats" inner tray.
Tracking on all songs is markedly different than on "Cats"
Features "One light flashing I love You (original Supersonic
mix)", "Rare Moment (midnight mix)", "Give Us
Moon Rocks (original mix), and "LeBag (picked up out of the trash
in desperation mix)"
* "Scituate Loves Dear Alan Sheppeck"(unreleased)
7"
September 2002 Amberly Records (aka a complete sham)
Features "One light Flashing I love You"(24 track version)
and "Sleepytime"(8 track version-original mix)
Both tracks were stolen by the "label" owner, and the single
was never released. The original mix of "Sleepytime" now
exists only in the strange reality (and possession) of one really
demented denizen of Reading, UK.
* "NPU Let's Go"
CD-R
December 2002 Metal Queen Projects MQ#3
Compilation featuring "Rare Moment"(4-track) by Swirlies
proper and "Bones" by Mew and the Yes Girls.
Edition of 150 home burns
22. "Cats of the Wild: Volume Two" in two formats:
"Cats of the Wild: Volume Two"
CD
April 8, 2003 Bubblecore records bc-040
"Cats of the Wild: Volume Two"
CD
May 2003 P-Vine Record, Japan PCD-2205
The Japanese issue includes lyrics and the following bonus tracks:
the 7 inch mix of "Crush" rescued after years in basement
storage in Weymouth, Mass; "Trudy" from the "Working
Holidays" 7 inch; "His Love Just Washed Away (4-track)"
from the Bubblecore 7 inch; and "Dolphins Dance with our Music"
from the Pehr release- thus completing the digitization of every commercially
released Swirlies track.
* "2003 Pre Listen"
CD
March 2003 Bubblecore records
Free giveaway at SXSW 2003 Austin, TX
* "Little Darla has a Treat For You"
CD
2003 Darla records
Compilation: featuring some track off Cats of the Wild: Volume Two.
* "Radio Cookie Scene 0012"
CD
June/July 2003 Blues Interactions/Radio Cookie Scene records, Japan
Free giveaway with Cookie Scene Vol. 31. June 2003
Compilation featuring: "One Light Flashing I Love You" (Album
Version)
23. "Swirlies' Magic Strop: At the Salon of WBCN"
CD-R/Web Download
April 9, 2005 Sneaky Flute Empire Records #009
One month limited free download. The First of the Strops. Live radio
broadcast on WBCN recorded in May 1995.
24. "Swirlies' Magic Strop: Winsome Zamula's Hammer of Contumely
CD-R/Web Download
May 10, 2005 Sneaky Flute Empire Records #010
One month limited free download. The Second of the Strops. Live radio
broadcast on KVRX recorded April 29 2000 during the final throes of
the Yes Girls' lonesome journey through America. One of many Yes Girls
line-ups featuring Damon, Adam Garcia, and Dr. Bobby Laasoko (aka
Rob) in the can.