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SEVEN MARGARET EXPLOSION CDs & ONE 45 AVAILABLE HERE
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – CIVILIZATION
Margaret Explosion “Civilization” song titles include:
1. En Plein Air 5:22
2. High Life 4:21
3. Let’s Do That Again 5:38
4. Big Bass Bounce 6:04
5. Descending a Staircase 5:11
6. Possibility 4:31
7. Bar Car 5:21
8. Super Eight 5:33
9. Seventeen 3:33
10. Tonic Party 8:01
11. Speak Easy 6:11
12. Patron Saint 5:27
All songs by Dodd, Fournier, Frank, LaBonne and Martin
©2017
Recording by Arpad Sekeres
Peggi Fournier – Soprano Sax
Bob Martin – Guitars/Pedals
Pete Labonne – Piano, Synth, Guitar;
Ken Frank – Upright and Electric bass
Paul Dodd – Drums;
Jack Schaefer – Bass Clarinet on Big Bass Bounce
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – DISAPPEAR
This cd is sold out. The songs are available here as free downloads.
Margaret Explosion “Disappear” song titles include:
1. Contemplation 5:55
2. Fisterra 5:46
3. When We Were Young 6:21
4. Journeyman 5:38
5. Fertile Crescent Moon 5:54
6. Happy Mobiling 7:06
7. Girls With Balloons 4:46
8. Dump Truck 5:54
9. Fallopian 6:04
10. Dreamland 5:58
11. Shadow Boys 5:49
12. Sugar Salt 5:39
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – Soprano Sax
Bob Martin – Guitar
Ken Frank – Upright Bass
Jack Schaefer – Bass Clarinet
PeteLaBonne – Grand Piano
Paul Dodd – Drums
Disappear was recorded live at the Little Theater Cafe in Rochester, New York and mastered at Saxon Studio by Dave Anderson.
All songs by Margaret Explosion. ©2014
MARGARET EXPLOSION 45 RPM – JUGGLER/PURPLE HEART
Margaret Explosion 45 (Double A Side) song titles include:
Juggler 4:15
Purple Heart 4:52
Recorded live at the Little Theatre Cafe in Rochester, New York
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – Soprano Sax
Bob Martin – Guitar
Ken Frank – Upright Bass
Jack Schaefer – Bass Clarinet
PeteLaBonne – Grand Piano
Paul Dodd – Drums
All songs by Margaret Explosion ©2011
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – LIVE DIVE
Margaret Explosion “Live Dive” song titles include:
1. Lakeshore Boulevard 7:03
2. Five Star Surf 5:39
3. Live Dive 6:12
4. Lyell Avenue 5:15
5. Forever Wild 4:27
6. Rain Dance 7:18
7. Beautiful Iraq 6:19
8. Super Slinky 6:37
9. Into the Dream 6:30
10. Hyperlinks 6:19
11. Sleep Michael Jackson 6:50
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – saxophone;
Bob Martin – guitar;
Ken Frank – bass;
Paul Dodd – drums;
Pete LaBonne plays piano on Five Star Surf and Super Slinky
Jack Schaefer plays guitar on Lyell Avenue and Super Slinky
Phil Marshall plays guitar on Rain Dance
Charles Jaffe plays piano on Forever Wild
All songs by Margaret Explosion ©2009
Spontaneously composed and performed live in Rochester, New York
at venues including Little Theater Cafe, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Flat Iron Cafe, Bug Jar and The Bop Shop
Cover photography by Andrew Meyer. Band photo by Brian Peterson.
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – SKYHIGH
Margaret Explosion “Skyhigh” song titles include:
1. Alice 7:06
2. Ten Minutes of Evolution 5:05
3. Bilbao 4:16
4. The Last Song 3:48
5. Sleep of Reason 4:17
6. OK Corral 7:56
7. Shep’s Paradise 5:47
8. Shimmy Cove 4:11
9. 4 am 4:44
10. Ionia 5:19
11. Fossil Box 6:36
12. Ticklish 4:41
13. Playground Tavern 3:23
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – saxophone;
Pete LaBonne – piano
Bob Martin – guitar;
Ken Frank – bass;
Paul Dodd – drums
All songs by Margaret Explosion ©2006
except 4 am by Bob Martin
Recorded at Studio 145
Package design by 4D Advertising,
Band photo by Brian Peterson
“El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos” – Goya
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – 1969
Margaret Explosion “1969” song titles include:
1. Galicia 6:27
2. Tip Toe 3:38
3. Drop Out 3:29
4. New Gait 5:24
5. Lullaby 3:22
6. Excuse Me 3:46
7. Stretched Out 4:29
8. Assembly Line 6:12
9. Rewind 1:30
10. 1969 8:53
11. Don’t Wake Me 4:25
12. Greg Sings 5:53
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – sax
Greg Slack – bass
Bob Martin – guitar
Paul Dodd – drums
Recorded & mixed at Studio 55
All songs by Margaret Explosion ©2003
except “Don’t Wake Me” (Fournier, Dodd)
Package design by 4D Advertising
“1969” is an organic exploration of wide open sonic landscapes. Recorded live to four tracks at Studio 55, the sax, guitar, drums and bass lineup seeks to recapture that period that zoomed by when rock met jazz. The Margaret Explosion lineup includes three former members of Personal Effects and the new cd includes an instrumental of “Don’t Wake Me” from Personal Effects’ 1983 debut album.
MARGARET EXPLOSION CD – HAPPY HOUR
Margaret Explosion “Happy Hour” song titles include:
1. Floating at the Bug Jar 6:00
2. Canoe 5:06
3. Cowboy 4:06
4. Kronos 4:05
5. EcoTourist 4:18
6. Tunisia 4:24
7. Funky Clave 4:56
8. Jungle Extraordinaire 5:03
9. Melancholy Drift 4:27
10. Train 5:15 11 N.O. Shuffle 4:44
12. Peggy Lee 4:23
13. Snake Charm 5:00
Bonus track – Three Chins
Outtake from “Happy Hour “featuring Phil Marshall on guitar
Margaret Explosion is
Peggi Fournier – sax
Greg Slack – bass on all tracks and guitar on Peggy Lee,
Paul Dodd – hand drums/percussion
Michael Rizzo – drum kit
Pete LaBonne – Yamaha electronic piano and Farfisa organ Jack Schaefer plays guitar on Floating at the Bug Jar, guitar and cello on Kronos and clarinet and bass clarinet on N.O. Shuffle
Bob Martin plays guitar on Eco Tourist, Tunisia and Melancholy Drift.
Phil Marshall plays guitar on Cowboy and Train
Scott “Fex” Smith plays trumpet on Funky Clave, Jungle Extraordinaire and N.O. Shuffle
Recorded & mixed at Studio 55
All songs written and produced by Margaret Explosion ©2003
INVISIBLE IDIOT CD – OUTTA SIGHT, OUTTA MIND
Invisible Idiot is actually the original Margaret Explosion and this is the first cd. It was recorded and released while a new Margaret Explosion lineup was performing around town.
Invisible Idiot song titles include:
1. son of telly savalis
2. kudzoo
3. slinky
4. pimientos de padron
5. suitcase of beer
6. sparky’s shed
7. mega lounge
8. abstract express
9. millions of brazilians
10. harmonium continuum
11. coconut
12. knight shifter
13. pipedreams
14. beach fires
15. jujubee
16. as is
17. jack lord
18. lava lamp
19. spit
Invisible Idiot is:
Peggi Fournier -sax
Jack Schaefer – guitar, bass clarinet, cello, tenor sax, flute, piano, glockenspiel, field tapes
Pete LaBonne – bass
Paul Dodd- percussion
Shelley Valachovic – shakers, dancing
All songs by Invisible Idiot, Published by Lint Music ©1999
Recorded in the Living Room,
Mixed at Arpad’s,
Mastered by Tom Green at Grenadier
Package design by 4D Advertising
Engraving by Paul Klem