Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Temporarily Humbolt County 2. Beat the Reaper! 3. I Was a Cock-Teaser For Roosterama! - (mono) 4. Ralph Spoilsport Motors 5. American Pageant, The 6. Chinchilla Show, The - (mono) 7. Further Adventures of Nick Danger, The 8. Stab From the Past 9. Ersatz Bros. Coffee 10. High School Madness! 11. Napalmolive 12. Shoes For Industry! 13. 40 Great Unclaimed Melodies! - (mono) 14. Station Break
DISC 2: 1. Forward Into the Past 2. Holygram's Song, The (Back From the Shadows Again) 3. Breaking of the President, The 4. Deputy Dan Has No Friends - (mono) 5. La Bomba Shelter 6. Young Guy, Motor Detective 7. Toad Away - (mono) 8. Not Quite the Solution He Expected 9. Bear Whiz Beer 10. Happy Hour News 11. Golden Hind, The 12. Army Training Film, The 13. Police Street 14. Communist Love Song 15. C'Mon Jesus 16. Nasi Goring 17. Give up This Day (With R. Reverend Sport Trendleberg)
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes THE BEST OF THE FIRESIGN THEATRE... contains two disc's worth of material compiled in honor of the group's 25th anniversary. It includes a 23-page booklet with track annotations, recording information and extensive liner notes. The Firesign Theatre: Peter Bergman, Philip Proctor, David Ossman, Philip Austin. Producers include: Gary Usher, James William Guercio, Philip Austin, Steve Gilmore, David Ossman. Compilation producer: Bob Irwin Recorded between 1967-1975. Includes liner notes by Steve Simels. Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York). The Firesign Theater has been called, with some justification, the Beatles of comedy. Their best work--created in a white heat of inspiration in the late '60s and early '70s-- is a multi-layered and extremely funny mix. Their approach incorporates tropes from old radio drama, literary Magical Realism, aural found objects and collage, the Goon Show, science fiction, topical counter-cultural satire, Lewis Carroll word play, and a complete mastery of the potential of the recording studio. The two-CD "best-of" SHOES FOR INDUSTRY doesn't include all the Firesign's most mind-bending material (their first three albums really should be in everybody's collection), but it's a well-constructed anthology and is gorgeously re-mastered. Highlights include the hilarious hard-boiled detective parody "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" (which originally occupied one side of their second LP), plus the best moments from their masterpiece DON"T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS and lots more, including the sui generis "I Was a Cock-Teaser for Roosterama!"
Editorial Reviews ...Fans and neophytes alike can brush up with [SHOES FOR INDUSTRY]... - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (10/29/1993)
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