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Dear Friends 
Studio album by The Firesign Theatre Released 1972 Recorded September 1970 - February 1971 Genre Comedy Length 74:07 Label Columbia Producer The Firesign Theatre Professional reviews 
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The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
The Firesign Theatre chronology I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus
(1971)Dear Friends
(1972)Not Insane or Anything You Want To
(1972)Dear Friends is The Firesign Theatre's fifth album to be released on Columbia Records. It is a compilation album, collecting the best bits from the group's nationally syndicated radio program, also titled Dear Friends.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks by The Firesign Theatre
Side One - “A Properly Religious Opening”
- Toad Away – 3:19 - 12/9/70
- Sodom And Jubilee – 3:15 - 12/9/70
- Freezing Mr. Foster – 2:38 - 11/8/70
- I Was A Cock-Teaser For Roosterama! – 3:05 - 11/8/70
- Deputy Dan Has No Friends – 2:28 - 11/8/70
- The Someday Funnies – 1:56 - 1/10/71
- A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Inquisition – 1:42 - 10/18/70
Side Two - “The T.V. Set”
- The T.B. Guide – 5:50 - 11/1/70
- 40 Great Unclaimed Melodies! (Live From The Ash Grove 11/15/70) – 2:27 - 11/15/70
- The Chinchilla Show – 2:39 - 10/11/70
- Live From The Senate Bar (If You Call That Living) – 2:55 - 10/4/70
- Minority Street – 1:11 - 12/9/70
- Dr. Whiplash – 3:24 - 1/24/71
Side Three - “Animals Vegetables and Minerals”
- Echo Poem – 2:02 - 1/17/71
- The Small Animal Administration – 1:54 - 11/1/70
- The Giant Toad – 1:04 - 11/1/70
- The T.V. Glide – 3:34 - 12/9/71
- Balliol Bros. – 0:45 - 11/8/70
- Poop's Principles – 2:25 - 11/1/70
- International Youth-Sex On Parade – 1:41 - 10/18/70
- Brickbreaking – 2:03 - 1/24/71
- Coal! – 3:00 - 11/1/70
Side Four - “It's Sure Realistic!”
- Duke Of Madness Motors – 1:23 - 1/17/71
- Mark Time! – 3:52 - 11/1/70
- Driving For Dopers – 4:29 - 1/10/71
- Praise The Hoove! – 2:22 - 12/9/70
- Bob's Brazerko Lounge – 0:57 - 1/24/70
- $100.00 Ben – 3:19 - 1/24/70
- Sleep – 1:07 - 1/24/70
The dates following the track listing for the tracks on this album indicate the date of the live show at which this track was recorded.
Information about this LP
Between September 9, 1970 and February 17, 1971 The Firesign Theatre performed a one hour live show on radio station KPFK in Los Angeles titled Dear Friends. These live shows were recorded by the group and then edited into a slightly shorter shows which the group syndicated to radio stations across the country on 12 inch white label LPs.
The group later collected what they thought were the best segments from the Dear Friends radio program and compiled this double album from those selections. The tracks on each side were selected thematically and each side was given its own sub-title.
Issues and reissues
This album was originally released simultaneously on LP, cassette, 8-track, and reel-to-reel.
- LP - Columbia KG-31099
- Cassette - Columbia GA-31099
- 8-Track - Columbia GT-31099
- Reel-to-Reel - Columbia GR-30199
It has been reissued on CD at least twice
- 1992 - Mobile Fidelity MFCD-758
- 2001 - Laugh.com LGH1074
Personnel
- Firesign Theatre – Composer, Producer:
- Philip Austin – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Liner Notes
- Peter Bergman
- David Ossman – Percussion, Vocals, Liner Notes
- Phil Proctor – Flute, Violin, Vocals, Liner Notes
- Phil Cross – Engineer
- Bill Driml – Engineer
- Vaughn "The Live Earl Jive" Filkins – Engineer, Improvisation
- John Fresno – Bass, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
- Anne Garner – Cover Tinting
- Bill McIntyre – Producer
- John Rose – Photography
- Phil Yamamoto – Design, Photo Tinting
References
- Firesign Theatre. Dear Friends. Columbia Records, 1972.
- "FIREZINE: Linques!." Firesign Theatre FAQ. 23 January 2006 <http://firezine.net/faq/>.
- Marsh, Dave, and Greil Marcus. "The Firesign Theatre." The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1983. 175-176.
- Smith, Ronald L. The Goldmine Comedy Record Price Guide. Iola: Krause, 1996.
The Firesign Theatre Performers Albums CommercialWaiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him · How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All · Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers · I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus · Dear Friends · Not Insane or Anything You Want To · The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra · Everything You Know Is Wrong · In the Next World, You're on Your Own · Forward into the Past · Just Folks . . . A Firesign Chat · Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe · Fighting Clowns · Lawyer's Hospital · Shakespeare's Lost Comedie · The Three Faces of Al · Eat or Be Eaten · Shoes for Industry: The Best of Firesign Theatre · Anythynge You Want To · Back from the Shadows · Pink Hotel Burns Down · Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death · Boom Dot Bust · Bride of Firesign · Radio Now Live! · Papoon For President · All Things FiresignNon-commercialDear Friends - Syndicated Radio Program · A Firesign Chat with Papoon · Let’s Eat - Syndicated Radio Program · The Proctor-Bergman Report · The Cassette ChronichlesRelatedTV or not TV · How Time Flys · Roller Maidens From Outer Space · What This Country Needs · Give Us a Break · Daily Feed 1988 Newsreel - The Daily Feed · The George Tirebiter Story Chapter 1: Another Christmas Carol · George Tirebiter's Radiodaze · The George Tirebiter Story Pt.2 Mexican Overdrive / Radiodaze · A Capital Decade Daily Feed 1989 Newsreel - The Daily Feed · The George Tirebiter Story Pt.3 The Ronald Reagan Murder Case · Down Under Danger · Tales Of The Old Detective And Other Big Fat Lies · David Ossman's Time CapsulesBibliography The Firesign Theatre's Big Book Of Plays · The Firesign Theatre's Big Mystery Joke Book · The Apocalypse Papers, a Fiction by The Firesign Theatre · Backwards Into The Future: The Recorded History of the Firesign Theatre
Categories:- 1972 albums
- The Firesign Theatre albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab albums
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