Here is the bootleg of the month:

Living Death in the Cellar of Sin (December 1981) - Dead Milkmen (mp3, 47 MB)

Song Listing

1. The Milkmen Moo
2. Get Happy
3. She Loves Me Hard
4. Help Me Lord
5. Cerebectocismio
6. Idiot
7. Mary is a Mushroom
8. Plum Dumb
9. Bang Bang
10. Girl With The Curly Hair
11. Guitar Strings
12. Middle Finger
13. Stuffed Animal
14. Mellow Fellow
15. The Milkmen Moo (reprise)
16. Get Happy You Jerks

This psuedo-live recording by the 'ficticious' Dead Milkmen came to me by way of a posting on the Dead Milkmen's Free-for-All message board last month. It was recorded in one afternoon in late November 1981 in the basement of my parent's house while I was home from college on thanksgiving break, and 'released' the next month with a quickly drawn up cover. Present for this incarnation of the Dead Milkmen were Rodney, Garth ("Pope Garth O'Niel") and me.

In the fiction, this 'show' was the first of the Dead Milkmen's tour of the Congo (where they were curiously famous) and was recorded for release as their next album. This recording is not exactly a live recording, however, because an overdub was made to enhance instrumentation on a couple of the songs (believe it or not). But, both the original take and the overdub were done in one take (discouting stopping the tape recorder to change instruments).

Another story about the tape: in late 90s, while gathering up my collection of the 'ficticious years' tapes, I discovered that this one would not play. It was my only copy and the tape was all jammed up. Rather than toss it out, I sent it to my friend Colin who somehow fixed it and made a copy for Jason, the Cult Leader Lettuce. Jason recently digitized his copy and posted it on the Milkmen's mesage board. Thanks to Colin Smith and Jason.