Homemade CDs & DVDs

Savvy Show Stoppers II
Released August 9, 1998
Re-released July 31, 1999
Homemade 005 [CD-R]

• "Laser Men"
• "Shadowy Countdown" [live]
• "Having An Average Weekend" [2nd version]
• "Good Cop Bad Cop" [1st version]
• "Rover & Rusty"
• "Here Kitty"
• "The Cat Came Back" (traditional)
• "Baby Elephant Walk" (Mancini)
• "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse" [1st version]
• "The Alouette, She Was Canada's First Satellite, Way Before The Americans Even"
• "Batman" (Hefti)
• "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore" [live]
• "Santa's Compromise"
• "Faster, Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho" [medley]
• "Winterfresh"
• "Deck The Halls" (traditional)
• "The Twelve Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas" [medley]
• "Early One Morning" (traditional)
• "The Jehrney"
• "Song Of The Lobster"
• "Like You"
• "Woman Shake" [1st version: live]
• "Friendly Town" (Livingston/Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
• "You May Now Kiss The Bride" [medley]
• "Theme From Love Story / Bird Dance" [medley]
• "Popcorn" (Kingsley)
• "Reid Does Neil" [medley]
• "Tired Of Waking Up Tired" (Catto)
• "Aunt's Invasion" [1st version]
• "Vibrolux Deluxe"
• "Having An Average Weekend '78"
• "Tape, Tape, You Bought Our Tape"
• "Vinyl"

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The CBC Tapes
Released February 6, 1999
Homemade 011 [CD-R]

LIVE FROM HIGH ATOP THE CBC CAFETERIA IN DOWNTOWN MONTRÉAL:

• "Misty" (Garner/Burke)
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "Hot Box Car"
• "Misogomy & The Object"
• "Misty" (Garner/Burke)
• "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse"
• "Musical Interlude"
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "Misty" (Garner/Burke)
• "D. Tour"
• "(Relax) You Will Think You're A Chicken"
• "Like You"
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother"
• "Aunt's Invasion"
• "Trip To Upper Volta"
• "Misty" (Garner/Burke)
• outro

EXCERPTS FROM THE BRAVE NEW WAVES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL:

• intro
• "White Diamonds" [medley]
• "Deck The Halls" (traditional)
• "Silver Bells" (Evans/Livingston)
• "Auld Lang Syne" (Burns)

FROM SOMEWHERE IN CANADA:

• "Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers"
• "Misogomy & The Object"
• "Bang Bang" [live] (Bono)

FROM BRAVE NEW WAVES:

• interview with Brent Bambry, November 26, 1989

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50,000,000 Shadowy Men Fans Can't Be Wrong
Released November 21, 1999
Homemade 015 [CD-R]

• "Aunt's Invasion"
• "Telepathetic"
• no free stuff tonight
• "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo"
• "Three Piece Suit"
• "Spy School Graduation Theme"
• "Honey, You're Wasting Ammo"
• visit your relatives
• "Good Cop Bad Cop"
• "I Know A Guy Named Larry" (Prima/Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
• "Memories Of Gay Paree"
• "Running Meredith"
• celebrities
• "Who Painted Whistler's Mother"
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "We'll Be Right Back!"
• "Rover & Rusty"
• we're from Canada
• [title unknown]
• "Mecca" (Nader/Gluck)
• "Reid's Situation"
• "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School"
• "Spend A Night, Not A Fortune"
• Canada's lineage to Scotland
• "(Relax) You Will Think You're A Chicken"
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse"
• "Hot Box Car"
• you all from around here?
• [title unknown]
• "5 American 6 Canadian"
• "Zombie Compromise"
• is Marie here?
• "Baby Elephant Walk" (Mancini)
• "The Cat Came Back" (traditional)
• "Run Chicken Run" (Wray/Cooper)
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "16 Encores" [medley]

NOTES:

• Recorded live at The Cattle Club, Sacramento, California, July 15, 1993
• "Telepathetic" is one of three titles for the same song. The Ramblin' Ambassadors titled it "Twenty Original Fembots" on their album Avanti, and Atomic 7 titled it "Daddy's Little World" on their second album … en Hillbilly Caliente.
• The cover is intended to be a parody of the Elvis Presley album 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong.
• According to Don Pyle, this recording runs too fast.

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London Calling
Released August 12, 2000
Homemade 031 [CD-R]

KEY WEST, LONDON, ONTARIO, 1/21/87 (SECOND SET):

• "Trip To Upper Volta"
• "Theme From T.V."
• "You Spin Me Round '86"
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School"
• "Jackpot"
• "Good Cop Bad Cop"
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• who said that?
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "Zombie Compromise"
• "Egypt Texas"
• "Woman Shake"
• "In Search Of Boola Boola"

CALL THE OFFICE, LONDON, ONTARIO, 2/25/89 (FIRST SET):

• "Good Cop Bad Cop"
• "Trip To Upper Volta"
• "Bang Bang" [live] (Bono)
• we're the Shadowy Men …
• "Siesta Cinema"
• [title unknown]
• "Jackpot"
• last time we were in London …
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "Shadowy Countdown"
• "You Spin Me Round '86"
• "Off Our Back Conrad Black"
• speaking of highway driving …
• "D. Tour"
• "Musical Interlude"
• "Mecca" (Nader/Gluck)
• we don't play surf music, man …
• "Gypsies Stole Our Brains (So We Hired Some Spies To Get Them Back For Us)"
• "Bennett Cerf"
• [title unknown]
• "The Streets Of Cairo" (Thornton)

CALL THE OFFICE, LONDON, ONTARIO, 3/18/91:

• "Haig, Earl"
• "Shake Some Evil"
• "Plastics For 500, Bob"
• "Three Piece Suit"
• "Our Weapons Are Useless"
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"

NOTES:

• The cover is intended to be a parody of an early CD edition of London Calling by The Clash.

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Live At The Railway
Released August 13, 2000
Homemade 032 [CD-R]

• the taper speaks
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "Haig, Earl"
• "I Weep For The Lonely Spanish Boy Who Dreams Of Faraway Lands"
• "Mecca" (Nader/Gluck)
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "Cheese In The Fridge"
• "Run Chicken Run" (Wray/Cooper)
• We're giving away a live tape tonight
• "Hawaiian Shirts" (Vaughn)
• "Running Meredith"
• We're going to Victoria tomorrow
• "Who Painted Whistler's Mother"
• "The Alouette, She Was Canada's First Satellite, Way Before The Americans Even"
• "Babakganoosh"
• "Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers"
• "Leadfoot"
• "The Chicken Dance" (traditional)
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• "Musical Interlude"
• "Shadowy Countdown"

NOTES:

• Recorded live at The Railway Club, Vancouver, August 25, 1990
• The cover is intended to be a parody of The Who's Live At Leeds.

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Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Released August 13, 2000
Homemade 033 [CD-R]

• "Fortune Tellin' Chicken"
• "Musical Interlude"
• "The Jehrney"
• "Leadfoot"
• "Hot Box Car"
• "Spy School Graduation Theme"
• "Off Our Back Conrad Black"
• "Good Cop Bad Cop"
• This song is in response …
• "We're Not A Fucking Surf Band"
• "Reid's Situation"
• "Aunt's Invasion"
• "I Weep For The Lonely Spanish Boy Who Dreams Of Faraway Lands"
• "Haig, Earl"
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "Cheese In The Fridge"
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "Who Painted Whistler's Mother"
• "Shadowy Countdown"
• "Theme From T.V."
• "Plastics For 500, Bob"
• "Babakganoosh"
• "Autumn Leaves" (Mercer/Kozma/Prevert)
• "16 Encores" [medley]

NOTES:

• Recorded live at The Town Pump Club, Vancouver, April, 1991
• The cover is intended to be a parody of The Beatles, aka The White Album.
• The version of "16 Encores" is an earlier, shorter version of the medley. It's made up of "All The Young Dudes", "Lola", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Having An Average Weekend", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Louie, Louie", "Can't Get Enough", "All Right Now", "School's Out", "You Really Got Me" and "Autumn Leaves"

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The Sound And The Fury
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet On CKLN Radio
Released March 11, 2001
Homemade 037 [CD-R]

FROM CKLN RADIO, TORONTO, APRIL, 1994:

• "16 Encores" [medley]
• interview, part 1
• "Autobahn" (Hütter/Schneider/Schult)
• interview, part 2

THE "WHAT WAVE" DEMO TAPE, 1988:

• "Batman" (Hefti)
• "Woman Shake '88"
• "You Spin Me Round '88"
• "Aunt's Invasion"
• "I Weep For The Lonely Spanish Boy Who Dreams Of Faraway Lands"

FROM THE "WHAT WAVE" BONUS TAPE "LIVE IN LONDON":

• "Bennett Cerf"

NOTES:

• Despite the plans mentioned in the interview, "Autobahn" was never released, and "16 Encores" was unreleased until the release of the box set Oh, I Guess We Were A Fucking Surf Band After All…

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Sing Along With The Shadowy Men … And Their Pals!
Released March 11, 2001
Homemade 037 [Enhanced CD-R]

WITH AL & GEORGE:

• "Route 601" (Westerholm)
• "Brain Operation" (Westerholm)

both tracks taken from The Al and George Story

FROM COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL:

• "Harlem By The Sea" (Hagen)
• [title unknown] [with Stan Lee]
• "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo" [with Stan Lee]
• "Siesta Cinema" [with Jaime Hernandez]
• "Big Baby" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle/Burns) [with Charles Burns]
• "Batman" (Hefti) [with Frank Miller]

all tracks taken from Comic Book Confidential.

WITH BRUCE McCULLOCH:

• "Daves I Know" (McCulloch)
• "Terriers" (McCulloch)

"Daves I Know" taken from Shame Based Man and "Terriers" from episode #308 of The Kids In The Hall.

WITH FRED SCHNEIDER:

• "Sugar In My Hog" (Schneider/Diamond/Pyle/Connelly)
• "Lick" (Schneider/Diamond/Pyle/Connelly)
• "Secret Sharer" (Schneider/Mosher)

all tracks taken from Just Fred.

BONUS TRACKS:

• "Autobahn" (Hütter/Schneider/Schult)
• "16 Encores" [medley]
• "Shadowy Bangers From A Shadowy Duplex" (Jansen) [Chixdiggit!]
• "(Ode To) Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet" (Perkins) [Yesterday's Kids]
• "It's Not Enough" (Thunders) [The Heartbreakers]

ENHANCED CONTENT:

• The videos for "Musical Interlude", "Shadowy Countdown", and "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore"
• The trailer for Dogma. "Run Chicken Run" appears about 0:47 into the clip.
• The Taco Bell commercial that uses "Zombie Compromise". It's about 0:22 into the clip.

NOTES:

• The packaging is intended to look like a children's album.
• The entry for Comic Book Confidential has more details about those songs.
• The FAQ page has details on "It's Not Enough".

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The Demo Tape
Released July 14, 2002
Homemade 053 [3″ CD-R]

THE DEMO TAPE:

• link #1: Batman surfs
• "Customized" [1st version]
• link #2: (instrumental)
• "Eggs Rancheros"
• link #3: "Cowabunga Begorrah"
• "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School" [1st version]
• "Is Parent's Burning?"
• link #4: Drag race

BONUS TRACK:

• The Truth About J.F.K.

NOTES:

• Pressing of the original self-released demo tape on 3-inch CD-R.
• Bonus track taken the soundtrack of a film Shadowy Men showed to open one of their theme shows (probably in 1987) that they called "The Truth About J.F.K." The film was a Super-8 movie with a reconstructed set of Dealey Plaza and Kennedy motorcade. Reid narrates the story over the silent film and presents an alternate theory on the events of the day that involve spilled ketchup and a practical joke gone awry.
• "Eggs Rancheros" is one of two titles for the same song. Atomic 7 titled it "The Whirly Girly Revue" on their album … Something For The Girl With Everything. Episode 6 of Season 1 of The Kids In The Hall has a little of this song near the end of the episode.

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New & Used
Released March 23, 2003
Homemade 059 [3″ CD-R]

• "New & Used"
• "Misogomy & The Object" [slightly different mix]
• "Trip To Upper Volta"
• "Siesta Cinema" [slightly different mix]
• "Las Vegas Scene" (Tomsco) [live]
• "New & Used" [live]

NOTES:

• The first second or two of "Las Vegas Scene" is missing.
• The "slightly different mixes" are not very different at all from the official versions.

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6th Birthday Party - Live At The Rivoli
Released January 30, 2006 [DVD-R]

• "Plastics For 500, Bob"
• "Babakganoosh"
• "Cast A Shadow" (Beat Happening)
• "D. Tour"
• "Good Cop Bad Cop"
• "5 American 6 Canadian"
• "Theme From TV"
• "Three Piece Suit"
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "Running Meredith"
• "Customized"
• "Reid's Situation"
• "Cheese In The Fridge"
• "Haig, Earl"
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• "Hungry For Love" (Mills) [with Ken Priestley]
• "Eggs Rancheros"
• "The Alouette, She Was Canada's First Satellite, Way Before The Americans Even"
• "Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers"
• "Rover & Rusty"
• "Siesta Cinema"
• "Misogomy & The Object"
• "Egypt Texas"
• "Off Our Back Conrad Black"

NOTES:

• Filmed live by Derek von Essen at The Rivoli, Toronto, October 19, 1990.
• Ken Priestly was Reid's bandmade in Good Guys and was in very early rehearsals for Shadowy Men.
• "Eggs Rancheros" is one of two titles for the same song. Atomic 7 titled it "The Whirly Girly Revue" on their album … Something For The Girl With Everything. Episode 6 of Season 1 of The Kids In The Hall has a little of this song near the end of the episode.

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Call The Office '86
Released March 14, 2006
Homemade 067 [CD-R]

• "Customized"
• "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother"
• "Having An Average Weekend"
• "Who's Afraid Of Alyson Hymer / Wow Flutter Hiss"
• "Shake Some Evil"
• "Bennett Cerf"
• "Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers"
• "Cheese In The Fridge"
• "Harlem By The Sea" (Hagen)
• "Gypsies Stole Our Brains (So We Hired Some Spies To Get Them Back For Us)"
• "Goldfinger" (Barry/Bricusse/Newley)
• "Shadowy Countdown"
• "Vibrolux Deluxe"
• [title unknown]
• "Theme From T.V."
• "(Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken"
• [title unknown]

BONUS #1:

• link #1: Batman surfs
• "Customized" [1st version]
• link #2: (instrumental)
• "Eggs Rancheros"
• link #3: "Cowabunga Begorrah"
• "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School" [1st version]
• "Is Parent's Burning?"
• link #4: Drag race

BONUS #2:

• The Truth About J.F.K.

BONUS #3:

• "New & Used"
• "Misogomy & The Object" [slightly different mix]
• "Trip To Upper Volta"
• "Siesta Cinema" [slightly different mix]
• "Las Vegas Scene" (Tomsco) [live]
• "New & Used" [live]

NOTES:

• Recorded live at Call The Office, London, Ontario, July 17, 1986.
• The bonus sections contain the material that was on the 3″ CDs listed above (The Demo Tape and New & Used)

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The Peel Sessions
Released January 17, 2007 [CD-R]

• "Telepathetic"
• "They Used To Pay Him To Watch The Trains"
• "The Jehrney"
• "The Last Of My Hiccups"
• "16 Encores" [medley]

NOTES:

• Recorded on May 23, 1993 at Maida Vale Studio 3. Broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on June 26, 1993, except for "The Last Of My Hiccups" which was added to the November 6, 1993 encore broadcast.
• The cover is intended to be a parody of the The Peel Sessions EPs issued by Strange Fruit.
• "Telepathetic" is one of three titles for the same song. The Ramblin' Ambassadors titled it "Twenty Original Fembots" on their album Avanti, and Atomic 7 titled it "Daddy's Little World" on their second album … en Hillbilly Caliente.
• The version of "16 Encores" is an shorter version of the medley. It starts with "All The Young Dudes".