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They Might Be Giants' official website [http://www.tmbg.com tmbg.com] has a service where every once in a while, a new, rare, or live song can be downloaded from [http://www.tmbg.com/freeTunes.html tmbg.com/freeTunes.html] if you know the super-secret password that you can find out by signing up [http://www.tmbg.com/sign.html here].
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[[File:Hippieinolivedrab.png|right|thumb|Richard Nixon]]
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[[tmbg.com]]'s '''Free Tunes''' was a service that ran from 2003-07 where a new, rare, or live song would be released from the band periodically as a free MP3 download.
  
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=== Free Tunes (2003-2007) ===
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Here are all of the songs known to have been featured on the Free Tunes page. The MP3 links required a username and password ('''tmbg''' / '''thespinesurfs'''), which was viewable after signing up for TMBG's mailing list.
  
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The current song showcased on the Free MP3 page is a new "highly alt." version of [[Particle Man]], recorded live at Nola Recording's XM Studio in New York City.
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*2007/11/06 - [[The Shadow Government (Live At XM Studio)]]
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*2007/11/06 - [[Mr. Me (Live At XM Studio)]]
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*2007/11/06 - [[Withered Hope (Live At XM Studio)]]
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*2007/05/30 - [[I Got My T-Shirt Back]]
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*2007/05/30 - [[Name]]
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*2007/04/13 - [[Employee Of The Month]]
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*2007/01/12 - [[Greasy Kid Stuff]]
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*2006/12/15 - [[Vestibule (Demo)]]
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*2006/10/17 - [[Got Getting Up So Down (Extended)]]
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*2006/05/09 - [[Kendra McCormick]]
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*2006/03/13 - [[(She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future]]
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*2006/03/03 - [[Miniature Sidewalk Whirlwind]]
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*2006/02/10 - [[Valentine]]
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*2005/12/17 - [[Yeah, The Deranged Millionaire]]
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*2005/12/10 - [[I Enjoy Being A Boy]]
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*2005/12/06 - [[Turtle Songs Of North America]]
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*2005/06/10 - [[Pictures Of Pandas Painting]]
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*2005/05/07 - [[Particle Man (Live At XM Studio)]]
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*2005/04/29 - [[E Eats Everything (Live At Amoeba Records)]]
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*2005/04/29 - [[Flying V (Live At Amoeba Records)]]
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*2005/03/25 - [[Anaheim]]
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*2005/03/25 - [[Clap Your Hands (Live Almanac)]]
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*2005/02/26 - [[Love Is Eternity]]
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*2005/01/21 - [[Brooklyn|Celebrate Brooklyn]]
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*2005/01/21 - [[Dallas|Trees (Dallas)]]
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*2004/12/17 - [[Columbia, MO]]
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*2004/11/19 - [[Doctor Worm / The Famous Polka (Live)|Doctor Worm and The Famous Polka]] live in [[Shows/2004-10-01|NYC on October 1, 2004]]
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*2004/11/11 - [[Albany|The Egg]]
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*2004/08/27 - [[On The Drag]]
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*2004/08/27 - [[Vancouver (Soundcheck)]]
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*2004/08/27 - [[Experimental Film]] live in DC
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*2004/07/28 - [[Houston]]
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*2004/07/28 - [[John Lee Supertaster (Blue Note Show)]]
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*2004/07/15 - [[Twisting (Blue Note Show)]]
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*2004/07/15 - [[Bastard Wants To Hit Me]] live at Blue Note
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*2004/07/15 - [[Columbia (Soundcheck)]]
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*2004/07/04 - [[The Bloodmobile]]
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*2004/04/13 - [[The Spine Surfs Alone (Part 1)]] (demo)
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*2004/01/13 - [[Dirt Bike (Other Thing)]]
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*2004/01/13 - [[Mr. Me (Other Thing)]]
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*2003/11/25 - [[Rest Awhile]]
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*2003/11/25 - [[Words Are Like]]
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*2003/11/25 - [[Down To The Bottom Of The Sea]]
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*2003/11/02 - [[Become A Robot (Live)]]
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*2003/11/02 - [[Robot Parade (Banjo)]]
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*2003/11/02 - [[I Love To Sing]]
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*2003/10/19 - [[Wearing A Raincoat (Demo)]]
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*2003/10/19 - [[Taste The Fame]] (listed as "Taste The Mix")
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*2003/10/19 - [[Renew My Subscription (Demo)]]
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*2003/10/10 - [[Idlewild]]
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*2003/08/20 - [[Pop-A-Shot]] (listed as "I Pop a Shot")
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*2003/08/20 - [[Canada Haunts Me]]
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*2003/08/20 - [[Anqui]] (listed as "Aqui")
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*2002/08/02 - [[Tiny Doctors]] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20030904101613/www.tmbg.com/mp3/tinyDoctors.mp3 download])
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*2002/05/29 - [[To The Bubblecraft]]
  
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=== theymightbegiants.com Free MP3s ===
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==== 2002-2003 ====
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These songs were available on the free MP3s page on [[theymightbegiants.com]] between 2002 and 2003:
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*[[Mas Fun]]
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*[[Damn Good Times (Demo)]]
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*[[Rest Awhile]]
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*[[Man, It's So Loud In Here (Hot 2002 Remix)]]
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*[[Concrete And Clay]]
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*[[Feast Of Lights]]
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*[[Ant (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Your Mom's Alright]]
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*[[S-E-X-X-Y (Kendal Mintcake Remix)]]
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*[[Words Are Like]]
  
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Here are all of the songs known to be featured on the Free Tunes page, with the newest at the top:
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==== 2006 ====
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*[[Particle Man (Live At XM Studio)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/ParticleManLiveatXM.mp3 download])
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In 2006, theymightbegiants.com posted a few more free MP3s:
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*[[E Eats Everything (Live At Amoeba Records)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/e-eats.mp3 download]) and [[Flying V (Live At Amoeba Records)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/flyingv.mp3 download])
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*[[Bob Dylan]] introducing [[Bangs]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140409035208/http://www.theymightbegiants.com/mp3/Bob%20introduces%20Bangs.mp3 download])
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*[[Anaheim]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/Anaheim.mp3 download]) and [[Clap Your Hands (Live Almanac)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/ClapYourHandsLIVE.mp3 download])
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*[[Call Connected Thru The NSA]] ([http://bit.ly/2u0qb0x download])
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*[[Love Is Eternity]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/LoveIsEternity.mp3 download])
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*[[P.S.O.K. (Paul Stanley of Kiss)]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20061230132145/http://theymightbegiants.com/mp3/2%20P.S.O.K..mp3 download])
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*[[Brooklyn|Celebrate Brooklyn]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/Brooklyn.mp3 download]) and [[Trees|Trees (Dallas)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/Dallas.mp3 download])
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*[[Columbia, SC|The Blue Note (Columbia)]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/ColumbiaSC.mp3 download])
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*[[Doctor Worm]] and [[The Famous Polka]] live played consecutively in [[Shows/2004-10-01|New York City on October 1, 2004]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/mp3/06DrWorm-Famous.mp3 download])
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*[[Albany|The Egg]] ([http://www.tmbg.com/06Albany.mp3 download])
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=== Early [[Dial-A-Song]] Online ===
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[[File:DASdial.gif|right]]
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Shortly after the creation of the [http://web.archive.org/web/19970406000925/www.tmbg.com/index.html original] [[tmbg.com]] in [[1996]], up until [[2000]] when dialasong.com spun off into an interactive streaming site, TMBG ran a Dial-A-Song page that was updated every few months with some new (and old) music.
  
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Not arranged in featured order from this point:
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==== QuickTime MOV era ====
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Songs featured on the pre-Flash version of www.dialasong.com:
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*1999/03/17 - [[Theme For TheSmokingGun.com]]
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*1999/01/29 - [[You're Watching...]]
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*1998/11/04 - [[Dark And Metric]]
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*1998/11/04 - [[Unforgotten]]
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*1998/11/04 - [[Operators Are Standing By]]
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*1998/10/19 - [[Four Of Two (Demo)]]
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*1998/10/01 - [[Finished With Lies (Demo 1)]]
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*1998/09/16 - [[She Was A Hotel Detective]]
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*1998/09/03 - [[On The Drag (Demo)]]
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*1998/08/19 - [[Rest Awhile (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*1998/08/03 - [[Certain People I Could Name]]
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*1998/07/13 - [[The Edison Museum (Edisongs Version)]]
  
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*[[Bastard Wants to Hit Me]] live at Blue Note
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==== WAV era ====
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*[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]
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Songs featured on the old www.tmbg.com/dial/ page:
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*[[Dee Dee And Dexter]]
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*1997/05/02 - [[The Summer Breeze (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Dirt Bike (Other Thing)]]
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*1997/05/02 - [[Swing Is A Word]]
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*[[Experimental Film]] live in DC
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*1997/05/02 - [[What Bothers The Spaceman? (Demo)]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[Houston]]
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*1997/05/02 - [[Wreck It Apart]]
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*[[I Love To Sing]]
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*1997/05/02 - [[Your Own Worst Enemy (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[John Lee Supertaster]] live at Blue Note
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*1997/03/31 - [[Maine (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[John Linnell]])
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*[[Mas Fun]]
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*1997/03/31 - [[Rat Patrol (Dial-A-Song)]] ([http://web.archive.org/web/19971210063535/http://www.tmbg.com/dial/sound/rat.wav download])
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*[[Mr. Me (Other Thing)]]
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*1997/03/31 - [[Schoolchildren Singing Particle Man]]
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*[[On The Drag]]
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*1997/03/31 - [[Subway Token To Brooklyn]] ([http://web.archive.org/web/19970406000700/http://www.tmbg.com/dial/sound/brooklyn.wav download])
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*[[Particle Man]] (live at XM)
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*1997/02/28 - [[The Bells Are Ringing (Demo)]]
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*[[Renew My Subscription (Demo)]]
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*1997/02/28 - [[Feel Good Sublet (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Vancouver]] (soundcheck version)
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*1997/02/28 - [[So Long, Mockingbird (Demo)]]
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*[[Robot Parade (Banjo)]]
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*1997/02/28 - [[Tryptophan]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[The Spine Surfs Alone (Part 1)]] (demo)
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*1997/02/08 - [[Nixon's The One (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[Taste The Fame]]
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*1997/02/02 - [[When Tornadoes Take Over The World]]
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*[[The Bloodmobile]]
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*1997/01/24 - [[The Edison Museum (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Twisting]] live at Blue Note
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*[[Wearing A Raincoat (Demo)]]
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==== Original Dial-A-Song Online ====
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The earliest online Dial-A-Song service was run by [[Bo Orloff]] from 1994 to 1996. Orloff was the former executive vice president of [[The Hornblow Group]] and was the 'assistant manager' of They Might Be Giants from 1989 to 1993. In 1994 he launched a semi-official website dedicated to the band (www.dnai.com/~obo/tmbg). This was one of the first websites devoted to a rock band. In January 1994 a private beta version of the site was launched,{{ref|https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.tmbg/c/u37uXLW7lc0/m/mH3LBcVgs5QJ}} and by April it was public.{{ref|https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.tmbg/c/4JJdjz04-ug/m/KGypJELDTH8J}} The site had a 'Dial-A-Song Online' service from the outset. The band supplied Orloff with songs to feature on his site, including some exclusive material.{{ref|https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.tmbg/c/G-L2q-Eov_E/m/BEE7UDprB8QJ}} The website also featured the [[John Henry]] HyperCard stack, and gave current information about the band. In October 1995 [[TMBG Web Space going official|it became the band's official website]] and Orloff was hired to create the upcoming tmbg.com site. Orloff's site shut down in February 1996, and the [https://web.archive.org/web/19970206154623/http://www.oven.com/clients/tmbg.html design business OVEN] was chosen to create tmbg.com instead. A fanmade bootleg titled ''[[The Low Fidelity Experience]]'' was compiled in May 1996,{{ref|https://www.tmbg.org/discussion/mail/list/archive/1996/Digest.2-131}} and it collected many of the Dial-A-Song recordings that had been featured on the site.{{ref|https://www.tmbg.org/discussion/mail/list/archive/1996/Digest.2-106}}
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Songs known to have been featured on Orloff's site (www.dnai.com/~obo/tmbg/Dial-A-Song_Online.html):
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*[[Ana Ng (Live NYC)]]
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*[[Feel Good Sublet (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[I Palindrome I (Dial-A-Song 2)]]
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*[[Maine (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[John Linnell]])
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*[[Mainstream U.S.A.]]
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*[[Mario Speaks]]
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*[[Nixon's The One (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[Operators Are Standing By (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Rat Patrol (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Rock Club (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[So Long, Mockingbird (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[Stormy Pinkness (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Subway Token To Brooklyn]]
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*[[Swing Is A Word]]
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*[[The King Of Wingo]]
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*[[The Summer Breeze (Dial-A-Song)]]
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*[[Tryptophane]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime]]
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*[[What Bothers The Spaceman? (Dial-A-Song)]] ([[Mono Puff]])
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*[[When Tornadoes Take Over The World]]
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*[[Why Does The Sun Shine?]] (Live on ''Nick Rocks'')
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*[[Wreck It Apart]]
  
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This list is likely incomplete and the chronology of these tracks release is not known. Most of the songs were AU file downloads. Some of the tracks were re-released, unaltered, on the later Dial-A-Song Online services.
  
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Many many more earlier...
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 13 October 2024

Richard Nixon

tmbg.com's Free Tunes was a service that ran from 2003-07 where a new, rare, or live song would be released from the band periodically as a free MP3 download.

Free Tunes (2003-2007)[edit]

Here are all of the songs known to have been featured on the Free Tunes page. The MP3 links required a username and password (tmbg / thespinesurfs), which was viewable after signing up for TMBG's mailing list.

theymightbegiants.com Free MP3s[edit]

2002-2003[edit]

These songs were available on the free MP3s page on theymightbegiants.com between 2002 and 2003:

2006[edit]

In 2006, theymightbegiants.com posted a few more free MP3s:

Early Dial-A-Song Online[edit]

DASdial.gif

Shortly after the creation of the original tmbg.com in 1996, up until 2000 when dialasong.com spun off into an interactive streaming site, TMBG ran a Dial-A-Song page that was updated every few months with some new (and old) music.

QuickTime MOV era[edit]

Songs featured on the pre-Flash version of www.dialasong.com:

WAV era[edit]

Songs featured on the old www.tmbg.com/dial/ page:

Original Dial-A-Song Online[edit]

The earliest online Dial-A-Song service was run by Bo Orloff from 1994 to 1996. Orloff was the former executive vice president of The Hornblow Group and was the 'assistant manager' of They Might Be Giants from 1989 to 1993. In 1994 he launched a semi-official website dedicated to the band (www.dnai.com/~obo/tmbg). This was one of the first websites devoted to a rock band. In January 1994 a private beta version of the site was launched,[1] and by April it was public.[2] The site had a 'Dial-A-Song Online' service from the outset. The band supplied Orloff with songs to feature on his site, including some exclusive material.[3] The website also featured the John Henry HyperCard stack, and gave current information about the band. In October 1995 it became the band's official website and Orloff was hired to create the upcoming tmbg.com site. Orloff's site shut down in February 1996, and the design business OVEN was chosen to create tmbg.com instead. A fanmade bootleg titled The Low Fidelity Experience was compiled in May 1996,[4] and it collected many of the Dial-A-Song recordings that had been featured on the site.[5]

Songs known to have been featured on Orloff's site (www.dnai.com/~obo/tmbg/Dial-A-Song_Online.html):

This list is likely incomplete and the chronology of these tracks release is not known. Most of the songs were AU file downloads. Some of the tracks were re-released, unaltered, on the later Dial-A-Song Online services.

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