THE LONESOME DEATH OF ELECTRIC CAMPFIRE (Japanese release — Wizzard in vinyl) 8/2006 BONUS CD

CD 1:
1. Real Enough For Me (Gordon)
2. Doin' Time (Leventhal)
3. Something New (Gordon)*
4. Straight in the Eyes (Gordon)
5. You Can Call Me (Gordon)
6. Mola, Guay, Ok (Gordon)*
7. Little Girl Blue (Leventhal)
8. The Emperor Strikes Out (Rodriguez/Gordon)*
9. (Stuck In) New York in the Summertime (Leventhal)
10. Bullets and Babies (Gordon)
11. Willoughby Station (Leventhal)
12. A Girl I've Never Met (Gordon)

Tony Leventhal---vocals, bass
Seth Gordon---vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
Robbie Rist---vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
Nelson Bragg---vocals, drums, percussion

Produced and recorded by Robbie Rist
Additional recording by Missy Buettner
Recorded at the Boathouse, Northridge, CA
*Produced and recorded by Mitch Easter at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC
*Additional Production, recorded and mixed by Steve Refling at Lincoln Lounge, Venice, CA
Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen Mastering

CD 2:
1. God Only Knows
Nelson—Lead Vocals
Produced by Robbie Rist
Engineered by Robbie Rist and Missy Buettner
Recorded at The Boathouse, Northridge CA

On our 2005 Spanish tour, Nelson thought it would be fun if we played a Brian Wilson/Beach Boys cover, as a nod to his “other” gig: percussionist/vocalist with Brian Wilson (for those of you who don’t know, Nelson has been in Brian’s band for several years and played on the recent SMILE album). Our “power pop” version went over so well in Spain that when we got back, we decided to record it. This is basically live in the studio, exactly the way we played it in Spain. A big Beach Boys fan we know said it sounded (amazingly enough) “like The Beatles covering the Beach Boys.” High praise, indeed. I’m just glad we didn’t embarrass ourselves!

2. Something New/Mola, Guay, OK
Produced by Robbie Rist
Engineered by Robbie Rist and Missy Buettner
Recorded at The Boathouse, Northridge CA

These are Robbie’s remixes of the original album mixes. Note the trademark Rist “dry” sound! I think “Mola Guay Ok” especially rocks a bit harder with the guitars up in the mix and minus the layers of reverb that are on the original.

3. Straight in the Eyes
Tony—vocals, bass
Seth—lead guitar, vocals
Bob Morehead—drums
Produced and Recorded by Bob Smith
Recorded at Earworks Audio, Virginia Beach, VA

We recorded this version in 1990 for a compilation called Handprints (good luck finding a copy) of Norfolk/Virginia Beach bands who had recorded at Bob Smith’s studio Earworks. This version features our original drummer Bob Morehead. We were a trio in those days, and I played “lead” guitar. We always wanted to redo this song and finally got around to it for “Electric Campfire”. . There’s a video out there somewhere of this version too. Maybe I’ll put it up on the site sometime.

4. Willoughby Station/Doin' Time
Tony—everything

Tony’s original demo of these two songs. As you can hear, these were pretty fully formed before we started recording them. We just changed some of the arrangement and a few lyrics.

5. Mola, Guay, Ok
Seth—vocals, guitars

Seth’s original demo of the song. If you can call one take, two acoustic guitars and vocals a demo! A Spanish friend and I were chatting online one night when I mentioned that because my Spanish was so mediocre, it sometimes made it difficult to chat with fans from Spain. Occasionally, rather than constantly grab my Spanish-English dictionary, I would just say “mola” or “guay” (two Spanish words for cool) in response when I was completely lost. She suggested that would make a great idea for a song. I wrote and recorded this the next day.

6. Stuck in New York
Tony—everything

Tony’s original demo.

7. Something New
Seth—vocals, guitar
Tony—bass
Robbie—lead guitar, drums, vocals
Produced by Robbie Rist

We recorded this demo version before Nelson was in the band, so Robbie played drums. It was recorded when Robbie’s studio was still in the basement of the great power pop band Sparklejets UK Mike Simmon’s house.

8. Little Girl Blue
Tony—everything

Tony’s original demo.

9. A Girl I've Never Met
Seth—everything

This was originally written in 4/4 time, as you can hear by the demo. It was Nelson’s idea to put it into a waltz-time, giving the song a ‘70’s era Saturday Night Live vibe (I can’t explain what that means, you just know it when you hear it). Listening back to the finished song in the studio, Nelson couldn’t help but do a “Don Pardo” voiceover every time the intro started. I wish we had recorded it!

10. Highway Star
Robbie—lead vocals
Produced and Recorded by David Myhr
Recorded at Moby Dick, Madrid, Spain
Mixed by Robbie Rist

Yeah, that Highway Star. This was recorded in at the club Moby Dick, in Madrid, during our 2003 Spanish tour. Our good friend David Myhr (best known for his work in the great pop band The Merrymakers) recorded several shows for us on this tour, using his mobile recording unit. We wanted to release those recordings as a live album. Robbie wanted to call the album LIVE AT THE DICK (of course). Unfortunately, we were all extremely sick by the time we started recording, so the vocals were, ahem, a bit rough. Robbie, on the other hand, could blast through ANYTHING unscathed, so his lead vocals on our version of the Deep Purple tune SHRED! The video of this recording is included on the cd, and you can also download it here on our website. It must be seen to get the full effect.

11. Dejame (english version)
Seth—lead vocals, guitar
Tony—bass, vocals
Robbie—lead guitar, drums, marimba, vocals
Produced and Recorded by Mitch Easter
Recorded at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC

This was recorded before Nelson was in the band, in between the sessions for HOLLAND TUNNEL, and ELECTRIC CAMPFIRE. So, this is a Robbie tour-de-force, as he plays drums, lead guitars, and the marimbas in the solo! This track was added as a bonus to the Spanish version of HOLLAND TUNNEL only. It’s an English language version of the Spanish classic pop hit by Los Secretos. Unbelievably, it was the theme song to the Spanish hit film, LA FIESTA. And out of nowhere, the song became a top 40 radio hit in Spain.

12. Hang On
Seth—lead vocals, guitar
Tony—bass, vocals
Robbie—lead guitar, drums, vocals
Produced and Recorded by Mitch Easter
Recorded at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC

Recorded at the same session as Dejame, this was for the Teenage Fanclub tribute album, WHAT A CONCEPT, released by Not Lame, and unavailable anywhere else.

13. Dejame (english version)
Seth—guitar
Tony—bass, vocals
Robbie—lead guitar, drums, marimba, vocals
Produced and Recorded by Mitch Easter
Recorded at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC

This is a “karaoke” mix of the song. We thought that if we did any “live” tv in Spain, we might need a backing track mix. This mix actually includes everything except the lead vocals. Robbie’s backing vocals are now much louder in the mix. Note to my Spanish fans and friends: I am hereby acquitted of mispronouncing my “jotas” (the j sound in Dee--Jaaa—Meee)!!!! As you can now clearly hear, it’s Robbie’s Deee—HAAAAA—Meeeee, not mine! Mola, guay, ok?!!?

THE LONESOME DEATH OF ELECTRIC CAMPFIRE (Zebra Records - 02/2005)

1. Real Enough For Me (Gordon)
2. Doin' Time (Leventhal)
3. Something New (Gordon)*
4. Straight in the Eyes (Gordon)
5. You Can Call Me (Gordon)
6. Mola, Guay, Ok (Gordon)*
7. Little Girl Blue (Leventhal)
8. The Emperor Strikes Out (Rodriguez/Gordon)*
9. (Stuck In) New York in the Summertime (Leventhal)
10. Bullets and Babies (Gordon)
11. Willoughby Station (Leventhal)
12. A Girl I've Never Met (Gordon)

Tony Leventhal---vocals, bass
Seth Gordon---vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
Robbie Rist---vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
Nelson Bragg---vocals, drums, percussion

Produced and recorded by Robbie Rist
Additional recording by Missy Buettner
Recorded at the Boathouse, Northridge, CA
*Produced and recorded by Mitch Easter at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC
*Additional Production, recorded and mixed by Steve Refling at Lincoln Lounge, Venice, CA
Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen Mastering

LIVING IN THE HOLLAND TUNNEL (ONE EYE OPEN) 2001

1. More Important Things (Gordon)
2. It Wasn't Just Me (Gordon)
3. Yes World (Leventhal)
4. Coronation (Gordon)
5. Get In Line (Leventhal)
6. Funk #50 (Gordon)
7. Pearly Gates (Gordon)*
8. Sheepwalking (Leventhal)
9. Comes As No Surprise (Gordon)
10. Robin's Problem (Leventhal)
11. C'mon Over To My Side (Leventhal)*
12. Sunflowers (Gordon)

Produced By Mitch Easter and The Mockers
Recorded by Mitch Easter at The Fidelitorium, Kernersville, NC
*Produced By Brad Jones and The Mockers
Additional Production by Mitch Easter
Recorded by Brad Jones at Alex The Great, Nashville, TN
Mixed By Mitch Easter

Seth Gordon-vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
Dean Howell---lead guitar, vocals
Tony Leventhal---vocals, bass
Jon Niefeld-drums, percussion, vocals

The long awaited second CD. Mitch Easter produced this one, and boy does that young man know his way around a recording studio! Great sounds, great ideas, just an all-around great guy. His patent-pending magic fingers are featured on "Yes World", with a "fuzz" bass solo worthy of Jack Bruce, and in some kinda "Durango" bass thing in "Comes As No Surprise."
"New " drummer (only 4 years in Mocker Corp.) Jon Niefeld, late of The Rembrandts and Bug, two Minneapolis pop bands you might have heard of, found time to not only be our timekeeper on this one, but he also does some amazing backing vocal arranging and singing. Dean Howell, in our humble opinion one of the best guitarists not just in the pop scene, but in any scene, plays his usual brilliant lead guitar as on our first album, but this time takes it up another notch. From the Glen Campbell-esque country pop of "Sheepwalking" to the ultra-melodic Brian May style runs in "Funk #50, Dean does it all.

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MOCKSVILLE AND HARMONY (ONE EYE OPEN) 1995

1. Martha (Gordon)
2. Here Come The Lackeys (Gordon)
3. Invisible Ink (Gordon)
4. Life Begins (Whenever You Go Away) (Leventhal-Gordon)
5. Selective Memory (Gordon)
6. Mary Alice (Leventhal-Gordon)
7. Leventhitis
8. 5 Minutes Before (Leventhal)
9. It Isn't Always Mine (Gordon)
10. Outdoor Café (Gordon)
11. (I Don't Want To Need) Someone Like You (Leventhal)
12. Gray Area (Gordon)
13. I'd Give Anything (Leventhal)

Tony Leventhal-Vocals, bass
Seth Gordon---Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Dean Howell---Lead guitar
Shawn Pelton-Drums, percussion

Produced by Michael Mazzarella
Additional Prodution by Gary Wade
Engineered by Gary Wade
Recorded at Levelhead Music, NYC
Mixed at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ

Our debut disc, recorded over a few years in NYC, with Michael Mazzarella of The Rooks producing. The late Gary Wade was also a big part of this record, not only engineering, and adding production, but also doing tons of backing vocals. Richard X. Heyman is featured on "Here Come The Lackeys." Shawn Pelton (now of Saturday Night Live fame) was our drummer back then. Jan Press played lead guitar on "Martha", "Lackeys" and "Someone Like You."

SMELLS LIKE SPAIN (SNAP) 1997

1. C'mon Over To My Side (Leventhal)*
2. Outdoor Café-Alternate Mix (Gordon)++
3. Speedboat (Leventhal)##
4. Have Love Will Travel (Berry)##
5. 5 Minutes Before-Acoustic Version (Leventhal)**

Seth Gordon-Vocals, Guitar
Dean Howell-Lead Guitar, Vocals
Tony Leventhal-Vocals, Bass
Jon Niefeld-Drums, Vocals
(Except Where Noted)

* Produced And Engineered By Brad Jones
Recorded At Alex The Great Recording
Nashville, Tennessee

++ Produced By Michael Mazzarella
Additional Production By Gary Wade
Recorded At Levelhead Music, NYC
Mixed At Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ
Shawn Pelton-Drums

##Produced By The Mockers And The Gripweeds
Engineered By Kurt Reil
Recorded At The House Of Vibes

**Recorded Live On Radio 3, Radio Nacional De Espana
Diario Pop With Jesus Ordovas, 7/19/96
Tony And Seth-Acoustic Guitars And Vocals

This is kind of an odds and sods collection of extra tracks and alternate mixes that we released on the Spanish label SNAP to promote our tour of Spain in 1997. This is the Brad Jones mix of "C'mon Over To My Side." "Outdoor Café" is a different mix from our first album, mostly noticeable on the "Leslie" effect on the guitars. "Speedboat" is a great surf instro that Tony wrote for his first band, the Surf Piranhas and "Have Love" is our take on the Richard Berry classic, filtered through the Sonics, of course. The last track is an acoustic version of "5 Minutes Before" we recorded live for Spanish National Radio on Jesus Ordovas' (the Spanish John Peel!) show Diario Pop.

FIREWORKS VOL. 2 (Sound Asleep) 1998

1. Back To You - Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings
2. Kimberly - Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings
3. Work In Progress - Bill Lloyd
4. Ring Around The Moon - Bill Lloyd
5. Here Comes The Night - Jonny Polonsky
6. I Watch You Walk - Jonny Polonsky
7. Godsend - Will Kimbrough
8. Diamond In A Garbage Can - Will Kimbrough
9. Since You Met Me - The Luxury Liners
10. Think She's Coming Around - The Luxury Liners
11. Look Over There - Kevin Johnson & The Linemen
12. Helen - Kevin Johnson & The Linemen
13. All Her Colors - The Hayley Mills Brothers
14. Wish I Had Someplace To Go - The Hayley Mills Bros.
15. Surround You - John Moremen
16. All In Your Mind - John Moremen
17. Lonely Way To Go - The Volebeats
18. The Hideout - Buttercup
19. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window - The Schramms
20. Your Sweet Dreams - The Quinsonics
21. Anything Can Happen - Winchester
22. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Pete Holly
23. Pearly Gates - The Mockers
24. Losing Battle - Joey Kline & The Strike 3
25. Tommy Womack - You're Not Made For This World

This compilation was put together by Jerker Emanuelson, on his amazingly cool Swedish label, Sound Asleep Records. Jerker is a big pop fan and has always been a great supporter of the band. He asked us if we could contribute to his new comp, and we had just recorded
"Pearly Gates" with Brad Jones. This is the original mix, and also features a few different vocals, guitars and keyboards

SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD (LAZY CAT) 1998

1. ROSS---My Sister
2. Her Majesty's Buzz---Fixed On You
3. Richard X. Heyman-Everything The Same
4. Chewy Marble---I Want You Only
5. George Usher---Orpheus Turning
6. Dorian Gray---There Is A Light
7. Devin Hill/Right Time Now
8. Charlie Chesterman and The Legendary Motorbikes---Tigerman
9. Javelin Boot---Suspense
10. Sugarplum--Pop Stuff
11. Lauren Agnelli & Dave Rave---Love of Money(Stupid Cupidity)
12. The Mockers---I'd Give Anything-psychedelic mix
13. Dust in My Head---Easy Ride
14. Sorority Incorporated-Timothy Onions
15. The Merrymakers---Strange Kind of Girl
16. The Marlowes---Why Didn't I Think Of That
17. The Beatifics---This Year's Jessica '98
18. Chris von Sneidern---Go On, Go On

We met Maki Kobayashi, the Queen of Pop, as well as the head of the great label Lazy Cat, at Poptopia back in 1997. We were excited to find out that she not only bought our record in Japan, but also actually liked it! After she started Lazy Cat, we were more than happy to contribute this alternate "psychedelic" mix of "I'd Give Anything" from our first album. This mix has weirder effects, and has a longer fade.

CELT AND POP (O'CONNOR'S) 1997

1. Emily Ni Murchu - Out of Season
2. Emily Ni Murchu - Black Boys on Mopeds
3. Insanity Wave - Next Big Thing
4. The Mockers -Selective Memory
5. Happy Losers - Under a Song
6. Nerk Twins - Dream of Love
7. Runallena - La estralla del coindado de abajo
8. The Floors - Midnight Call
9.Shauna Fitzpatrick - Dry
10. Kaelia - La estralla del sur
11. Halle-Bop - Lay Down Sally
12. Patricia Munn - Edge of the Bed

This rare Spanish compilation was put together by Colman Gota, bass player of the Spanish pop band Insanity Wave, to promote his family's Irish pub in Madrid. O'Connors is famous for the acoustic shows of touring pop bands like The Posies. We've played there many times, and Seth did a solo show there in 1999. This mix of "Selective Memory" is appropriately missing the string section featured on the album version.

POP THAT (no label) 1997

1. Trinket---Ocean
2. Cone Of Silence---Pound Of Flesh
3. The Mechanical Bride---Space Boy
4. Kristian Hoffman---That's Our Secret
5. The Legendary Loose Screws---Bring Out The Sandy
6. The Andersons---Snub
7. Timebomb Symphony---Perfect Rose
8. Ultraviolet Eye---She Forgot MyBroken Hand
9. Single Bullet Theory---Find A Way
10. Twenty Cent Crush---Goodbye
11. Slow Motorcade---Missing in Action
12. The Hutchinsons---She's Got Me Flying
13. Spanish Kitchen-Living Memory
14. The Barry Holdship Four---Twist Of Faith
15. The Mockers-Here Come The Lackeys
16. Spinning Jennies-Snocone
17. The Roswells-C'mon C'mon
18. Wonderboy---Insecurity Girl
19. The New Sheridans---52 Flirtations
20. Dreamworld---Poptopia

This comp was given away at the Poptopia fest in LA when we played there in 1997. It's the same version of "Here Come The Lackeys" that's on our debut album.

HANDPRINTS A COMPILATION (WAX PUPPY) 1990

1. Bo Weasels-Little A-Hole
2. The Ledges-Second Wife
3. Mercy Train-Look Like Fire
4. The Barflys-Heart Of Stone
5. 61 Seconds-The Friend
6. Money Talks-Don't Stand Me Up
7. Strangled Prose-Skywatching
8. The Janitors-Horny In The Morning
9. Shadowvine-Heatherwood
10. Rellik-Guppies
11. The Mockers-Straight In The Eyes
12. Antic Hay---Watchdog
13. Hurry Sundown---Alligator Head
14. The Defenders---I Heard That
15. Gasoline---Coffeehouse Cowboy
16. Buttsteak---Punch
17. Model Prayer---Hand Of Love

This impossible to find CD was the first comp we were on, way way back in 1990. It was put out by local (Norfolk, VA) nice guy and studio owner Bob Smith. We recorded "Straight in The Eyes" at Bob's studio Earworks, and in those days we were, ahem, a power trio, with Bob Morehead on drums, and Seth (!) on lead guitar. We also did a low budget video for this song.
We brought it back into the fold after 7 years, featuring it in our live sets on our '97 tour of Spain.
Who knows, maybe we'll re-do it for the next album!

LA FIESTA OS (DRO EAST WEST) 2003

1. Deluxe---For Myself
2. The Mockers---Dejame (english version)
3. Hombres G---Voy a Pasarmelo Bien
4. Los Secretos---Te he Echado de Menos
5. La Tercera Republica---Me Rindo
6. El Canto del Loco---Pasion
7. Jaime Irrutia---¡Que Barbaridad!
8. M Clan---Carolina
9. Seguridad Social---Quiero Tener tu Presencia
10. Danza Invisible---En Celo
11. Celtas Cortos---Cuentame un Cuento
12. Los Sinsong---Tiempo de Rebajas
13. Mojinos Escocios---La Liebre
14. Platero y Tu---El Roce de tu Cuerpo
15. Lombardi---Una Vez Mas
16. Duncan Dhu---No Puedo Evitar (pensar en ti)
17. La Sonrisa de Julia---Volar Contigo
18. Los Secretos---Cada Dia
19. Piratas---El Equilibrio es Imposible

THE BEST OF LITTLE STEVEN'S CAVESTOMP! (CAVESTOMP RECORDS) 2001

1. Thee Monarchy V---Empty Place in Your Heart
2. The Mockers---C'Mon Over My Side
3. DC Rogues---Sit One Out
4. See Jane Run---She Let Me Go
5. Pope Spooky---She Rocks n Roll All Night and Day
6. The Hypno-twists---U Need It Bad
7. The Elephant Men---Red Light
8. TV Sound---End of the Arrogance
9. Muck and the Mires---A Little Twist
10. Clover---Carry On
11. Mellocandy---Without Me Without You
12. Teenage Cannibal Head---Run and Hide
13. The Dilettantes---Really Glad to See You
14. The Deadites---Hey Little Ghoul
15. Jet Weston's Combo A Go-Go---Gonna Find a Cave
16. The Giljoteens---Without You
17. The Creepy T's---Tiki Walk
18. The Smoke Rings---High School Love
19. Purple Wizard---The Stalker
20. The Priests---Little Girl

LOS NIKIS TRIBUTE - 10 AÑOS EN SING SING 2003

1.- The Emperor Strikes Out - The Mockers
2.- Por el interés te quiero Andrés - El canto del loco
3.- Diez años en Sing Sing - F A N T A
4.- Mi chica se ha ido a Katmandú - Baby Horror
5.- La rebelión de los humanos - Borja Torero y las Electroyonkies
6.- Hablo en inglés - Nobel
7.- Salvaje pasión - DDT
8.- Saturno es aburrido - Un pingüino en mi ascensor
9.- Negocios sucios - GTO 95
10.- La naranja no es mecánica - Vinillos
11.- Silvia Sobrini - Los Marrones
12.- Brutus - Silvia Sobrini
13.- Gammaglobulina - No Picky
14.- La fiesta medieval - Los Inhumanos
15.- Olaf el vikingo - Las Pirañas
16.- Tina tiene que espabilar - 4Teen Killers
17.- La amenaza amarilla - Fangoria
18.- Maldito cumpleaños - Airbag
19.- Los niños del Brasil - La Amenaza Amarilla
20.- Las ventajas de ser de aquí - LKan
21.- Sangre en el museo de cera - Intronautas
22.- Ernesto - Pereza
23.- Aurelio el misionero - La hormiga atómica