Albums & CDs

all songs written by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet except where noted.

You can order the 2012 issue of the album at Mammoth Cave Recording Co.'s site.

• "Good Cop Bad Cop" [2nd version]
• "Musical Interlude"
• "Theme From T.V."
• "Zombie Compromise"
• "Malfunction" (The Dundrells)
• "Shake Some Evil"
• "You Spin Me Round '86" [live]
• "Run Chicken Run" (Wray/Cooper)
• "Bennett Cerf" [1st version]
• "Egypt Texas"
• "Customized" [2nd or 3rd version - see notes]
• "Our Weapons Are Useless"
• "Shadowy Countdown"
• "Harlem By The Sea" (Hagen)
• "Having An Average Weekend" [1st version]
• "Boogie In G" (Diamond/Shavers)

• "Misty" (Garner/Burke)
• "Summer Wind" (Mayer/Mercer)
• "Big Baby" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle/Burns)
  vocals on "Big Baby": Charles Burns

• "Vibroluxe Deluxe"
  (sequenced between "You Spin Me 'Round '86" and "Run Chicken Run")

• "Malfunction" is the Shadowy Men version of a song by The Dundrells called "Melinda".
• On the original album and CD, "Customized" is a rerecorded 3rd version. On the 2012 reissue, the original single version (what I've labeled the "2nd version") is used.
• "Harlem By The Sea" is the Shadowy Men version of an older jazz standard called "Harlem Nocturne".
• "Boogie In G" is not listed on the sleeve. It's technically not a Shadowy Men song either. It was recorded by Reid and his friend Bruce Shavers, and is Reid's earliest recording. "Boogie In G" is also not included on the download version of the 2012 reissue.
• Down the spine of the vinyl sleeve are little cartoon bones with the legend "note the clever 'spine' gag!"
• The vinyl and CD sleeves are definitely different. The lettering and the S Men on the vinyl sleeve are obviously a different color, but the words are bigger on the vinyl, the little stars are in slightly different places, and the S Men are subtly different. Scans are on the Savvy Show Stoppers cover page.
• The tall building (with the curved towers) in the cover photograph is Toronto City Hall.
• There are two slightly different versions of the CD cover art (as well as the disc label). One has the Cargo logo as on the back of the CD, the other has the Cargo label on top of a Canadian flag. The cover art on the first one says "Made In Canada", while the second doesn't. Yeah, it's a subtle difference, but we strive for completeness.
• The first 500 copies of the UK release on Glass came with a free copy of Reid Does Neil.
• The Mammoth Cave issue is limited to 1000 copies and comes in a new gatefold cover with new art by Don Pyle and witty liner notes from "Anne Rand", who's listed as a "part-time managerial assistant".

• "Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham"
• "Reid's Situation"
• "I Know A Guy Named Larry" (Prima/Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
• "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School" [2nd version]
• "Aunt's Invasion" [2nd version]
• "Running Meredith"
• "Bang Bang" [live] (Bono)
• "Hot Box Car"
• "In My Room" (Wilson)
• "Dewy Drops Of Spring"
• "5 American 6 Canadian"
• "Who Painted Whistler's Mother"
• "Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers"
• "Jackpot"
• "D. Tour"
• "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother"
• "Misogomy & The Object"
• "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo"
• "Who's Afraid Of Alison Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "You Spin Me Round '86"
• "Babakganoosh"
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham (Reprise)"

• "Vinyl"
• "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd)

• "Tape, Tape, You Bought Our Tape"
• "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd)

• "Thanks For Buying The CD"
• "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd)

• "Vinyl", "Tape, Tape, You Bought Our Tape", "Thanks For Buying Our CD" and "Shakin' All Over" are not listed on the sleeve. Also, "Vinyl" isn't the "official" title. According to Don Pyle, they never really thought of them as "songs". But in an interview, Reid referred to "Tape, Tape, You Bought Our Tape" and "Thanks For Buying The CD", so I'm considering those the official titles.
• The album was available on black vinyl and pink vinyl.
• There are two different CD faces (with the same lettering), one's plain white and one's sorta yellow.
• The vinyl sleeve looks just like the CD cover, but the cassette cover is a bit different. Scans are on the Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham cover page.
• On the spine of the vinyl sleeve is the legend "100% bonleless spine gag #2"

• "Unwatchable*"
• "Spend A Night, Not A Fortune"
• "Three Piece Suit"
• "Fortune Tellin' Chicken"
• "(Relax) You Will Think You're A Chicken"
• "Plastics For 500, Bob"
• "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse" [2nd version]
• "The Singing Cowboy"
• "Farbs"
• "Spy School Graduation Theme"
• "Cheese In The Fridge"
• "Autumn Leaves" (Mercer/Kozma/Prevert)
• "Unwatchable**"
• "Mecca" (Nader/Gluck)
• "Haig, Earl"
• "Algoma Reflections"
• "We're Not A Fucking Surf Band"
• "Peas Porridge Rock"
• "Honey, You're Wasting Ammo"
• "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore"
• "Off Our Back Conrad Black"
• "We'll Be Right Back!"
• "What I Like About Grease"
• "Memories Of Gay Paree"
• "Babywetsitself ™"
• "Shakin' All Over" [live] (Kidd)
• "Sport Fishin'"

• "Autumn Leaves","Mecca", "Shakin' All Over", and "Sport Fishin'" are not listed on the sleeve. Also, "Sport Fishin'" is probably not the "official title" of the last, sub 10-second track. I wanted to note it though.
• "Mecca" is referenced on a number of web sites as "13", presumably because it's track #13 on the CD, and because of the voice at the beginning that says "13".
• "Autumn Leaves" is the little 5-note piece after "Cheese In The Fridge". It's actually the finish from a cover the S-Men used to do, but now it's been reduced to just those chords.
• On the spine of the vinyl sleeve is the legend " ... what ... you were expecting a spine gag maybe?"
• In the inner circle of the CD is the legend "PLEASE RELEASE ME. LET ME GO". As Marc Matsumoto pointed out, "This is, of course, the lyric to the 1967 Engelbert Humperdinck hit "Release Me" (the song that famously kept The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane" from the Number One position on the British Singles Chart)." Of course, it also works as something the fish on the CD face might be saying. Look at the underside of the CD to see it clearly.
• There are two different lettering colors on this CD. Scans are on the Sport Fishin' cover page.

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