Hilarious and snappy settings for the poems of the octagenarian Ernest Noyes Brookings, with Brave Combo, Fred Frith, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Andy Partridge (XTC), The Splatter Trio, and more. ~ Myles Boisen, All Music Guide
Place of General Happiness
09/18/1993
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Mitch Marine
- Drums
- Tony Maserati
- Mixing
- Phil Milstein
- Tapes
- Vinnie Nobile
- Trombone, Vocals
- Bill Noland
- Organ, Marimba, Engineer, Drum Programming, Producer, Bass
- Tim O'Heir
- Guitar
- Gino Robair
- Drums
- Kamal Sabir
- Hi Hat
- Jim Sangster
- Bass
- Sean Slade
- Producer, Engineer
- Terry Slemmons
- Engineer
- Johnny Spampinato
- Guitar
- Martin Swope
- Guitar, Radio, Vocals
- Conrad Uno
- Producer, Engineer
- Vince Valium
- Drums
- Dan Vitale
- Vocals
- Ken Winokur
- Percussion, Vocals
- Bob Winsor
- Engineer
- Ed Yazijian
- Violin
- Roger Miller
- Trumpet, Arranger, Vocals, Keyboards
- Ed Bair
- Engineer
- Mike Johnson
- Vocals
- Gary Leib
- Synthesizer, Vocals, Mixing
- Billy Martin
- Berimbau
- Trish Milliken
- Vocals
- Kevin Laffey
- Guitar
- Russ Smith
- Bass, Vocals
- Yorum Vazan
- Engineer
- Joe Harvard
- Guitar
- Rich Bates
- Producer, Engineer
- Phil Kaplan
- Guitar, Vocals
- Jon Proudman
- Drums, Spoons
- No Man's Band
- Performer
- Lonesome Bob
- Vocals, Producer
- Rick Diamond
- Bass
- Bruce Millard
- Guitar
- Jim Jones
- Guitar, Vocals
- Rick Potts
- Organ
- Alex Sergay
- Engineer
- Matt Verdery
- Guitar
- Aaron Spade
- Guitar, Vocals
- John Cerreta
- Keyboards
- Kurt Block
- Guitar
- Glenn Jones
- Guitar
- Gary Smith
- Piano
- Paul Smith
- Producer, Mixing, Engineer
- Maestro Subgum & the Whole
- Performer
- Lauren Hirshon
- Guitar
- Bob Jacobson
- Trumpet, Recitation
- Rick Scott
- Synthesizer, Vocals
- Jenny Magnus
- Vocals
- Ned Folkerth
- Drums
- Colm O'Reilly
- Vocals
- Micky Greenberg
- Piano
- Phil Franklin
- Drums
- Michael Gregory
- Guitar, Drums, Keyboard Bass, Drum Programming, Producer, Vocals, Keyboards
- Roger Miller
- Trumpet, Keyboards, Vocals, Arranger
- Splatter Trio
- Performer
- Victor Banana
- Performer
- Willie "Loco" Alexander
- Performer
- John Cameron
- Keyboards
- Andy Partridge
- Engineer
- Rubber Rodeo
- Performer
- Incredible Casuals
- Performer
- Oren Bloedow
- Bass, Vocals
- Erik Lindgren
- Piano, Electronic Percussion, Vocals
- Chandler Travis
- Bass, Vocals, Engineer, Producer
- Doug Allen
- Bass
- Jim Anderson
- Producer, Engineer
- Jim Arhelger
- Drums
- Jeffrey Barnes
- Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
- Rick Barry
- Percussion
- Samm Bennett
- Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Sampling, Producer
- Myles Boisen
- Bass, Guitar
- Bob Drake
- Engineer
- Paul DuGre
- Engineer
- Mark Ferranti
- Bass
- Ken Field
- Percussion, Vocals, Sax (Soprano)
- Carl Finch
- Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Fred Frith
- Bass, Violin, Mellotron, Vocals, Guitar
- Jim Fitting
- Harmonica
- Rob Gal
- Bass, Producer, Guitar, Engineer, Lap Steel Guitar, 6-String Bass
- Lou Giordano
- Producer, Engineer
- Tim Hensley
- Organ
- Bubba Hernandez
- Bass
- Tad Hutchison
- Drums
- Dave Kerman
- Vocals
- Paul Q. Kolderie
- Bass
- Bob Holmes
- Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
- Bim Skala Bim
- Performer
- Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
- Performer
- Anne Richmond Boston
- Vocals
- Brave Combo
- Performer
- Men & Volts
- Performer
- XTC
- Performer
- The Young Fresh Fellows
- Performer










