Cybernetic Dreams of Pi, released in 1983, is The Slickee Boys

The Slickee Boys

The Slickee Boys were a Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band whose most-remembered lineup consisted of guitarist Marshall Keith, guitarist Kim Kane, singer Mark Noone, and drummer Dan Palenski. The band has become a legend in the D.C. punk community...

 second "proper" album (third, if you count the compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Here to Stay

Here to Stay (Slickee Boys album)

Here to Stay compiles all five Slickee Boys 7"s from 1976–1981 . It was released by the German label Line Records with a catalog number of LLP 5170....

), and the first to be recorded all in one place at the same time. It was released on LP by the Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 record label Twin/Tone (catalog number TTR 8337). Along with songs penned by the band, there are cover versions of songs by Hamilton Streetcar and the Status Quo. To support the album, the band shot music videos for "Life of the Party" and "When I Go to the Beach", the latter video receiving semi-regular airplay on MTV, thanks to a second place finish on that channel's Basement Tapes show. A CD version with eight additional tracks was released 22 years later.

Track listing

1. "Escalator 66" – 2:39 (Marshall Keith, Mark Noone)
2. "You've Got What It Takes" – 3:37 (Noone)
3. "Life of the Party" – 3:25 (Noone)
4. "When I Go to the Beach" – 2:42 (Noone)
5. "Pushin' My Luck" – 3:45 (Kim Kane, Keith, Noone)
6. "Invisible People" – 3:32 (Ralph Plummer)
   • Originally recorded by Hamilton Streetcar, 1968
7. "Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:16 (Keith, Kane)
8. "Say Goodbye" – 3:03 (Noone)
9. "Time Spent Waiting" – 3:06 (Keith, Noone)
10. "The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith)
11. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:41 (Francis Rossi
    Francis Rossi
    Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.- Career :...
    
    )
    • Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968
12. "Marble Orchard" – 6:02 (Kane)
13. "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:22 (Noone) [CD bonus track]
14. "Glendora
    Glendora (song)
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    " – 2:39 (Ray Stanley) [CD bonus track]
    • Originally recorded by Perry Como
      Perry Como
      Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
      
      , 1956
15. "Golden Love" – 3:48 (Kane) [CD bonus track]
16. "Forbidden Alliance" – 2:32 (Keith, Noone) [CD bonus track]
17. "A Question of Temperature" – 3:31 (Mike Appel
    Mike Appel
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    , Ed Schnug, Don Henny) [CD bonus track]
    • Originally recorded by the Balloon Farm
      The Balloon Farm
      The Balloon Farm, a musical act from New Jersey, took its name from a New York City nightclub. It is best known for its sole hit song, "A Question of Temperature," which made the Billboard charts in February 1968, peaking in the top 40....
      
      , 1967
18. "Reverse Psychiatry" – 4:03 (Noone, Keith, Emery Olexa) [CD bonus track]
19. "Without a Word of Warning" – 2:22 (Snuff Garrett
    Snuff Garrett
    Snuff Garrett is a retired American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s. His nickname is a play on Garrett's Snuff, a brand of snuff....
    
    , Leon Russell
    Leon Russell
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    , Gary Lewis
    Gary Lewis (musician)
    Gary Lewis is an American musician who was the eponymous leader of Gary Lewis & the Playboys.-Early life:Gary Lewis is the son of comedian and actor Jerry Lewis...
    
    ) [CD bonus track]
    • Originally recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
      Gary Lewis & the Playboys
      Gary Lewis & the Playboys were a 1960s rock group fronted by Gary Lewis, son of comedian Jerry Lewis. They are best known for their 1965 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "This Diamond Ring."-Original members:* Gary Lewis - Drums and vocals...
      
      , 1965
20. "(I'm) Misunderstood" – 2:34 (Ed Kuepper
    Ed Kuepper
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    , Chris Bailey) [CD bonus track]
    • Originally recorded by the Saints
      The Saints (band)
      The Saints are an Australian rock band, which formed in Brisbane in 1974 as punk rockers. Founders were Chris Bailey , Ivor Hay , and Ed Kuepper . Alongside mainstay Bailey, the group has had numerous line-ups...
      
      , 1978

The band

• Mark Noone — Lead vocals
• Marshall Keith — Lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , back-up vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Kim Kane — Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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  , organ
  Electronic organ
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• Dan Palenski — Drum
  Drum
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  s, back-up vocals
• John Chumbris — Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Emery Olexa — Bass guitar ("Escalator 66", "Life of the Party", "When I Go to the Beach", "Pushin' My Luck", "Invisible People", "The Crawling Hand")

Additional credits

• Recorded at Inner Ear Studio, Arlington, Virginia
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• Kim Kane — Cover art
• Tom Shea — Photos
• Dedicated to Richard Sobol
• Steve Carr — Digital remastering (for CD)
• Digitally remastered at Hit & Run Recordings

Alternative versions

• The LP was also released by the German Line label (1000 copies on white vinyl with significantly different cover artwork, catalog number LILP 4.00094) and on New Rose, too (with the Twin/Tone cover art, catalog number ROSE 33).
• An expanded CD version was released on Dacoit in 2005 (catalog number 2005-3). The CD includes eight additional songs: all four songs from 1979's 3rd EP ("Gotta Tell Me Why", "Glendora", "Golden Love", "Forbidden Alliance") plus four songs "found in the trunk of Kim Kane's orange Fury
  Plymouth Fury
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  " ("A Question of Temperature", "Reverse Psychiatry", "Without a Word of Warning", "(I'm) Misunderstood"). The cover art was slightly altered.

Sources

• LP, CD and cassette liner notes
• ASCAP Ace
• BMI Repertoire