PURGE AND SLOUCH

= Lyrics and Song Information

= Artist Information

= Recording Information

TRACK LISTING

	1	Slander	1:13	Gelb/Perry/Dircks
	2	Bender	4:46	Gelb	(Live on "Goods & Services")
	3	Swamp Thing	5:00	Gelb
	4	Santana, Castanada & You	5:06	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	5	Blue Lit Rope	6:06	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	6	Overture (Part 1)	3:15	Gelb
	7	Rice Road Rumba	0:33	Gelb
	8	Corridor	7:30	Gelb	(Restless only)(Also on "Official Bootleg" & "Selections")
	9	Slice & Dice Blues	1:52	Gelb/Convertino
	10	High Lonesome Curl	3:26	Gelb
	11	New Carjack City Blues	1:25	Gelb
	12	Owed Ode	2:53	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	13	Overture (Part 2)	0:47	Gelb
	14	Here On The Planet	1:55	Gelb
	15	Elevator Music	7:19	Gelb	(Different mix on "Official Bootleg")
	16	Song For The Accountants	3:56	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	17	Dock Of The Bay	1:22	Redding/Cropper
	18	Tripping Moon	4:42	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	19	Thin Lizzy Tribute/Personality Flaws/Last Word Johnny	6:23	Gelb	(Restless only)
	20	Bed Of Nails	5:40	Gelb	(Restless only)(Version on "Official Bootleg")
	21	Dance Of The Cicadas	2:10	Gelb/Convertino/Burns
	22	Disclaimer	0:46	Gelb	(Brake Out only)
	23	Smokey Joe's Deep Blue Pancakes	12:39	Gelb	(Brake Out only)(Also on "Official Bootleg")
	24	Overture (Finale)		Gelb	(Restless LP only)

PERSONNEL

	Howe Gelb	Sings, Guitars, Piano, Harp,Samples
	John Convertino	Drums
	Paula Jean Brown	Bass, (15)
	Joey Burns	Acoustic Bass, Bass
	Malcolm Burn	Guitar (8,23), Bass (4,7,9,17)
	Rainer Ptacek	Dobro (2,3)
	Al Perry	Guitar (1,3)
	Loren Dircks	Guitar (1,2,3)
	Mark Walton	Bass (8,20,23)
	Neil Harry	Pedal Steel (2,3,15)
	Vicky Petersen	Backing Vocal (8)
	Susan Cowsill	Backing Vocal (8)

This entire purge(ing) was spun in Harvey's living room, guest bedroom and porch....and mostly sung slouched on the couch. Jessica assisted above and beyond. Harv never recorded an album before and did so nicely. Some overture stuff was recorded by Howe with those microphone earplugs (thanx Sabine Gietzelt for the healthy hunch) at John's and Howe's in the corridor, Barrio Viejo. All was concieved, mustered and forgotten in Tucson during the summer of '93. Slight intentional reference to Lisa Germano's song "Bad Attitude" in "Swamp Thing".

Thanks in bulk to all the Restless folks: Joe, Bill, Liz, Staci, Mel, Tammy, Pat, Wendy, Rich, Clark....and everybody.

The Enemy folks: Mike, Sylvia, Rosalie and soon Barbara.

Yep to Flower Booking & Susanne as well as Tom Johnston & Richard Grabel & always Regina, Bettina & Joyce & Brother Rick for the roadwork & David.

Thanks more to Rainbow Guitar, Mark for the tiny tape deck & the folks at ABS: Barry, Nigel etc. 
& particularly Boosta, Anthony & Steve

Listen. The air in the room took precedence. Lyrics were just luggage. Should have been wordless. Instead it got sputtered on. We thought we would run with Metal Machine Music Volume II.... but instead an immensely quiet record took place.... waking blankly. Pictured here in the insert (not) is a black and white shot of two Octavia pedals (those flying saucer things) I used with the new $50.00 supro git. John mostly held a brush in one hand and a stick in the other while he shadowed the drums. (A fine cross of feathering wisp and urk of a Louisville slugger.) I can't imagine a 13½ minute blues drench without ol' Mark Walton. (Now we never have to do that again). And Malcolm swung by to liquify the clotted grooves. Joey and Paula retain their master status. Rainer and Neil were as slippery as ever. Al and Loren kicked this pup off nicely. We loved the air in this thing and we won't be playing it live 'cause it was only for when it was Whenever. (The next record will be severely shorter.) 
I don't know what we did here, 'cept purge and slouch.