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Four years later, the band decided to throw in the towel, with a series of shows (including three in Seattle) serving as their last hurrah. The album was also made available as a free download from Harvey Dangers website. "Harvey Danger: Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?". Harvey Dangers third full-length album - appeared on the bands own Phonographic imprint in 2005. "Harvey Danger: Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?". "Harvey Danger – Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?". "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? – Harvey Danger". ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. John Goodmanson – Production, engineering, mixing.Lin – Guitar, organ, violin, backing vocals "Radio Silence" (Includes hidden track after 5:15, a partial recording of "Carjack Fever" played backwards.)Īdapted credits from the album's media notes. Īll lyrics are written by Harvey Danger all music is composed by Harvey Danger. let it sing let it cryand roll out the carpets no such thing you mustnt pry all hail to another confession and its losing me where have all the merrymak. "Private Helicopter" was released to radio on October 13, 1998. The album title comes from a line in the song "Radio Silence". All of the recordings, except one ("Carjack Fever"), became Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? The total cost of the recording was about $3,000.
Three more songs (" Flagpole Sitta", "Wooly Muffler", and "Wrecking Ball") recorded at the June 1996 session, were sent on a one-off cassette tape to Slash/London Records at the request of Greg Glover, an intern who was convinced on the strength of the recordings that he should fund a full album. "Private Helicopter", "Terminal Annex", and "Carjack Fever" were recorded on Maand released on a commercially produced cassette tape, titled simply Harvey Danger, which was sold by the band at their shows and sent to music industry professionals. The album was recorded over three different sessions with John Goodmanson at John & Stu's Place in Seattle, WA. The album has been described by Fuse as "a definitive indie power pop punk record at a time and place where grunge reigned supreme".
On July 29, 2014, 17 years to the day after the album's initial release, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? was re-released, for the first time as a vinyl LP, by No Sleep Records. Rather than pigeonholing themselves into a sub-genre, Harvey Danger seem to have incorporated a variety of 'alternative' influences - notably the Pixies, the Wedding Present, and Joy Division- plus bits of Gang of Four. As the song gained national attention, the album was picked up and reissued by Slash Records, a label associated with London Records. The second song on the album, " Flagpole Sitta", received extensive airplay in the United States and resulted in the band's initial fame.
It was initially released by the independent record label the Arena Rock Recording Company on July 29, 1997. Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? is the debut studio album by American rock band Harvey Danger.