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Teen-Beat 317.

Mark Robinson

Origami and Urbanism

CD (U.S.A.)

Origami
Bye-Bye Bunny Smith Sqare
Almond Dainties
Rewind, Welcome Back
Hospital Bruiser
Hair Messer-Upper
Telephone Diary Talker
Whippany Parsippany
Spoo-kay

F.U.S.A.
Sashimi Sashay
Urbanism

CD AND LP (EUR):

SIDE ONE:

Lake District
Spray on the Fixative
Blinking Lights
Sashimi Sashay
Goodbye Bunny Smith Sqare

SIDE TWO:

The Whippany Elks
Perks and Presents
Welcome Back, Eject
Shut My Mouth
She Was Precise
New York License Plate

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O-card slip case,
jewel case with clear tray.

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LINER NOTES

PLAYERS

Mark Robinson, vocals, guitar

GUEST PLAYERS

Lois Maffeo, vocals

Evelyn Hurley, vocals

PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY

Calvin Johnson

at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, USA

July, 2001

RECORDING ASSISTANCE

Adam Forkner

at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, USA

ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY

Mark Robinson

in Joseph 'Bunny' Smith Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Spring, 2003

"GOODBYE BUNNY SMITH"

"SASHIMI SASHAY"

RECORDED BY

Mark Robinson

in Joseph 'Bunny' Smith Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Spring, 2003

DRUM SAMPLES
ON "BLINKING LIGHTS"

Matt Datesman, drums

D. Trevor Kampmann, recording

MASTERED BY

D. Trevor Kampmann

at pulCec, Washington, D.C., USA

SEQUENCING (EUROPE) BY

Tom Steinle
and Jan Lankisch

Tomlab, Köln, Germany

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Mark Robinson,

© 2003

(BMI)

COVER STAR

Mark Robinson

PHOTOGRAPHY

Evelyn Hurley

COVER DESIGN

Mark Robinson, Teen-Beat Graphica

POSTER DESIGN

Jan Lankisch, Tomlab

ET CETERA

The song titles on the latter-issued U.S.A. edition differ from the European edition, even though most of the songs are identical.

"Lake District" (Europe)
    also known as "F.U.S.A." (U.S.A.)

"Spray on the Fixative" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Telephone Diary Talker" (U.S.A.)

"Blinking Lights" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Almond Dainties" (U.S.A.)

"Goodbye, Bunny Smith Square" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Bye-Bye Bunny Smith Sq." (U.S.A.)

"Welcome Back, Eject" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Rewind, Welcome Back" (U.S.A.)

"Shut My Mouth" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Hospital Bruiser" (U.S.A.)

"Perks & Presents" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Hair Messer-Upper" (U.S.A.)

"The Whippany Elks" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Whippany Parsippany" (U.S.A.)

"She Was Precise" (Europe)
    a.k.a. "Spoo-Kay" (U.S.A.)

The U.S.A. edition has two exclusive tracks: "Origami" and "Urbanism". The European edition has one exclusive track entitled "New York License Plate".

Originally recorded in 2001, this album was abandoned unfinished. Mark then got a telephone call in March of 2003 from Jan Lankisch from Tomlab in Köln, Germany asking him to release an album in Europe. He then completed the album and it was jointly released by Tomlab and Teen-Beat.

Mark's volunteer live-show second guitarist co-horts are thanked in the PACKAGE: "A six-string thank-you to:

RELEASE DATE (EUROPE/JAPAN)

September 9, 2003

RELEASE DATE (U.S.A.)

November 17, 2003

FORMAT

compact disc
vinyl L.P.

LENGTH

CD (U.S.A.):
45 minutes, 3 seconds

12 tracks

CD (Europe):
36 minutes, 47 seconds

10 tracks

LP:
36 minutes, 47 seconds

10 tracks

CATALOGUE No.

Teen-Beat 317

TOM 30 (Europe/Japan)

DETAILS

LP

pressed on black vinyl.

JACKET:
full-colour on uncoated stock.

LABEL:
full-colour on white paper.

Manufacturing managed by Tomlab, Köln, Germany.

Includes Mark Robinson poster.

Released with both the Tomlab and Teen-Beat imprints.

CD (U.S.A.)

1,066 pressed.

PACKAGE:
Full-colour O-card, no booklet or tray card.

JEWEL CASE:
with clear transparent tray.

LABEL:
Pantone 5807 (beige), Pantone 1795 (red), white, and black inks, with a design much different than the rest of the package.

Printed and pressed by
Bellwether Mfg., Bloomington, Indiana.

CD (Europe)

INSERT:
4-page full colour folder and tray card.

JEWEL CASE:
with clear transparent tray.

LABEL:
white, red, yellow, and light blue inks.

Manufacturing managed by Tomlab, Köln, Germany.

Released with both the Tomlab and Teen-Beat imprints.

POSTER (Europe)

18" x 24" full-colour on glossy paper.

Included inside the vinyl LP.

Manufacturing managed by Tomlab, Köln, Germany.

Released with both the Tomlab and Teen-Beat imprints.

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

Em: Taste
Em: Proposal
Em: Presentation
Em: Performance
Babe Rainbow
Catalog & Classify
Home Free

ALBUMS

Black Christmas
KingXmas
Sammy Supreme My Man [Mark E. Superstar]
Superstar [as Superstar]
Blue [as Olympic Death Squad]
Tiger Banana
Canada's Green Highways
Em: Template
Origami & Urbanism
An Architectural Classic
The BJ Rubin Show Soundtracks
The Porn Eaters

COMPILATIONS

Extremism...
Teen-Beat Fifty
1999 Teenbeat Sampler
2000 Teenbeat Sampler
2001 Teenbeat Sampler
2002 Teenbeat Sampler
2003 Teenbeat Sampler
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2003
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2004
2004 Teenbeat Sampler
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2005
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2006
Teen-Beat No.1 Record Label
2010 Teen-Beat / Other Music Sampler

ALSO

Eggs, A Pit with Spikes (Ruined by Robinson)
Tuscadero, The Mark Robinson Re-Mixes
Teen-Beat Circus Tour No.2
Teen-Beat 15th Anniversary Celebrations
The Mark Robinson tee-shirt
Teen-Beat's Sweet 16th Anniversary
Mark Robinson poster
Teen-Beat's 17th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 18th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 19th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 20th Anniversary Commemorative
Mmm Pop Muzik radio programme
Teen-Beat's 21st Anniversary
Mmarkk
Teen-Beat Graphica Exhibition

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SONGS

Almond Dainties
Aluminum
Angels in Waiting
The Anti-Kidnapping Song
Arlington Station
Astro
Auld Lang Syne
Babe Rainbow
Between
Blinking Lights
Broken Christmas I
Broken Christmas II
Bye-Bye Bunny Smith Sqare
Caitlin
Can't You Wait?
Catalog & Classify
ChDemo
Chimney Head
Christmas on 'S' Street
The Christmas Song
Deck the Halls
Difficult Situations
Dilated Pupils
Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Dorothy "Dottie" Doyle Shortcut
Empire
Eyeball
Fantastic and Spectacular
French Good Looks
Full-length Taffeta Gown
F.U.S.A.
Goodbye Bunny Smith Sqare
Greg Hershey Where are You?
Hair Messer-Upper
Home Free
Hospital Bruiser
Hustler
I'm Still Breathing
I Am the King of Prussia
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells
Lake District
Leo, Lord
Lost Innocence
Maple Leaf
Meet
Merry Christmas
Merry Little Christmas
Misplaced on the Kitchen Floor
Mmm Pop Musik theme
Neues Forum
Newfoundland
New Teen-Beat Theme
New York License Plate
Nineties Go Time Salsation
Nkd Santa
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
100% Guaranteed
Origami
Peanuts & Cracker Jack
Perks and Presents
Putting Up Good Numbers
Rain
Rewind, Welcome Back
Rip Off
Rindge & Latin Scuffle
Ruggles Muggle Toodle-Loo
Rudolph
'S' St. Intro
Sammy's Mean Mustard
Santi Bomb
Sashimi Sashay
Saturday Nite Xmas
She Makes Me Free to Be Me
She Was Precise
Shut My Mouth
Short Sleeve
Show Your Age
Shut My Mouth
{Silence!}
Silent Night
Ski Jump
Sskii Jjumpp
So Movie Star
Sometimes I Can Breathe
Spalding
Spoo-kay
Spray on the Fixative
Starfighter
Stuttgart Please Please
Syvain Cote
Taste
Tasty Black Licorice
Teen-Beat Theme
Telephone Diary Talker
This Is Riot Gear
The Time of Our Lives
To the Ocean
Two-Wheeled Love Machine
Up On a High-Winded Creature
Urbanism
Vive la France
Volunteers Conquering Fires
Wakefield Street
Water Crashing In
(We Don't Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
Welcome Back, Eject
When You Swim
The Whippany Elks
Whippany Parsippany
White Christmas
White X-Mas
Why Hello, Dali!
W.N.Y.U.
Wonderful
Xmastoyou
Yeah, Uh-Huh