The Complete Factory Showroom Sessions
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Bootleg by They Might Be Giants | |||||
| First released | 1996 Release details / collectors: Show | Hide |
Tracks | 22 | |||
| Label | Elektra | Length | 68:20 | |||
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The Complete Factory Showroom Sessions is an unofficial title given to a 1996 internal Elektra cassette that leaked to the public. The collection includes nearly the entire Factory Showroom album and its associated B-sides, as well as seven other songs that had not been released at the time of its leak. A copy of the tape first made its way to fans via a friend of producer Pat Dillett.[1] By February 1997, copies were circulating among a group of fans, and in March they spread to the wider online fan base.[2]
Two recordings from this cassette, versions of "Older" and "On The Drag," have not been released and are exclusive to this tape. The five other songs that were exclusive to this tape eventually saw a release on Long Tall Weekend in 1999. "I Can Hear You" is absent from the collection, likely due to being a wax cylinder recording. "We've Got A World That Swings" is also absent, possibly because it appears to be a solo John Linnell home recording due to the use of entirely MIDI instruments and some of the same samples used on Linnell's House Of Mayors project.
The title of this tape is misleading—it does not collect the complete recordings from the Factory Showroom sessions. It is more accurately described as a compilation of recent recordings that the band had in reserve. While much of the material was recorded for the Factory Showroom album, some songs (e.g. "Spiraling Shape" and "New York City") originate from unrelated earlier recording sessions.
Track listing[edit]
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| 1 | New York City | 3:02
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| 2 | Metal Detector | 3:50
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| 3 | XTC vs. Adam Ant | 3:37
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| 4 | Spiralling Shape | 4:24
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| 5 | Until My Head Falls Off | 2:53
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| 6 | Senssurround | 3:02
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| 7 | How Can I Sing Like A Girl | 4:32
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| 8 | Pet Name | 4:04
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| 9 | S-E-X-X-Y | 3:51
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| 10 | Token Back To Brooklyn | 1:01
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| 11 | On The Drag | 2:46
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| 12 | James K. Polk | 3:04
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| 13 | Your Own Worst Enemy | 1:45
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| 14 | Counterfeit Faker | 2:12
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| 15 | Certain People | 3:30
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| 16 | The Bells Are Ringing | 3:32
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| 17 | Unforgotten | 3:06
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| 18 | Exquisite Dead Guy | 2:02
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| 19 | Reprehensible | 3:17
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| 20 | You're Older | 1:57
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| 21 | TMBG Got Lost | 4:39
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| 22 | Rat Patrol | 2:04
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