Are a Drag

~ Release by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Early prints of this CD list the final track as 'Stepping Out'. The track title has since been corrected to 'Cabaret'.

Annotation last modified on 2006-12-07 12:33 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Over the Rainbow
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
41:31
2Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music, Evita Music Ltd., Leeds Music (MCA), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
32:29
3Science Fiction Double Feature
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Science Fiction/Double Feature
lyricist and composer:
Richard O’Brien
arranger:
Richard Hartley
part of:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Rocky Horror Show (1973 stage musical)
3.752:34
4Summertime
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2.352:09
5Favorite Things
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3.651:52
6Rainbow Connection
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
The Rainbow Connection (The Muppets Movie)
writer:
Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
publisher:
Fuzzy Muppet Songs and Welbeck Music Corp.
part of:
The 52nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Muppets Movie (film soundtrack)
3.652:18
7Phantom of the Opera Song
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Christine, The Phantom)
additional lyricist:
Mike Batt
lyricist:
Charles Hart (British lyricist) and Richard Stilgoe
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Group Ltd (not for release label use!)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
revision of:
The Phantom of the Opera (lyrics without Charles Hart’s words)
2.651:45
8I Sing the Body Electric
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
I Sing the Body Electric
lyricist:
Dean Pitchford
composer:
Michael Gore (composer)
2.651:43
9It’s Raining on Prom Night
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
It’s Raining on Prom Night (Grease, 1971 musical)
writer:
Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Grease (1971 musical)
3.652:56
10Tomorrow
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Tomorrow (Annie)
lyricist:
Martin Charnin
composer:
Charles Strouse
publisher:
Charles Strouse Publishing, Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and WC Music Corp.
part of:
Annie (Charles Strouse musical)
3.51:30
11What I Did for Love
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
What I Did for Love (from “A Chorus Line”)
lyricist:
Edward Kleban
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
publisher:
American Compass Music Corp., Chappell Morris Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch musical)
2.651:46
12Cabaret
recording engineer:
Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
producer:
Ryan Greene and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
bass guitar [bass]:
Fat Mike
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dave
guitar:
Jackson (alias of Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters) and Joey
vocals:
Spike
recorded at:
Motor Studios in San Francisco, California, United States
cover recording of:
Cabaret (title song from the Kander & Ebb musical)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb (lyricist)
composer:
John Kander (composer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
2.653:21

Credits

Release

photography:Jay Blakesberg (photographer)
liner notes:Christopher M. Dodge
mastering:Joe Gastwirt
additional background vocals:Karina Deniké
Sara K. Fisher (background vocals for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)
mastered at:OceanView Digital Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/756331 [info]
ASIN:US: B00000IPAQ [info]