John Bender - Memories Of Mindless Mechanical Monologues 1976-1985

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I Don't Remember Now, I Don't Want To Talk About It 1978-1980
A1	–John Bender	Side One	0:37
A2	–John Bender	Victims Of Victimless Crimes Lyrics By [Words], Music By – Jack Gorski	4:14
A3	–John Bender	Time Stops, We Move On	4:42
A4	–John Bender	It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Baby Lyrics By [Words], Music By – Faust	5:57
A5	–John Bender	It's Something To Do	5:17
B1	–John Bender	One Side	0:48
B2	–John Bender	Victims Of Victimless Crimes Lyrics By [Words], Music By – Jack Gorski	4:15
B3	–John Bender	Walk Down Wet Street	5:32
B4	–John Bender	You Put These Things Inside My Head	9:26
Plaster Falling 1979-1981
C1	–John Bender	Meeting Station	3:28
C2	–John Bender	Plaster (Long Version)	9:08
C3	–John Bender	Woman	3:42
C4	–John Bender	People Feeling (Long Version)	7:14
D1	–John Bender	Something (Long Version)	6:12
D2	–John Bender	Understood (Records)	3:52
D3	–John Bender	Before You (Knuckles)	4:21
D4	–John Bender	Cities Of The Plan (Long Version)	4:39
D5	–John Bender	Walk Down Wet Street (Long Version)	6:04
Plaster: The Prototypes / Beep Squeek Hum Squawk 1978-1981
E1	–John Bender	Philosophy	4:17
E2	–John Bender	I Know	5:21
E3	–John Bender	No2u	4:34
E4	–John Bender	Reason	9:00
E5	–John Bender	Nervous	5:07
F1	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part I.II	6:40
F2	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part I.III	6:05
F3	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part I.IV	6:50
F4	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part II.I	2:48
F5	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part III.IV	5:25
Packing List 1982
G1	–John Bender	Packing List 1	1:46
G2	–John Bender	Pieces Of A Puzzle	4:26
G3	–John Bender	Packing List 2	1:40
G4	–John Bender	Three Minutes	4:03
G5	–John Bender	Sun Is Bright	4:31
G6	–John Bender	Sand Is Everywhere	1:25
G7	–John Bender	Packing List 3	4:37
G8	–John Bender	Dreams	3:21
G9	–John Bender	Take It Out To Bring It In	3:59
H1	–John Bender	Let's Be Friends	7:16
H2	–John Bender	Buy American (Edit)	6:29
H3	–John Bender	Packing List 4	1:12
H4	–John Bender	Data How Are You, Tone (Edit)	7:01
H5	–John Bender	Noone Knows You	7:54
Pop Surgery 1982-1983
I1	–John Bender	Meat (Long Version)	5:14
I2	–John Bender	Glacial (Long Version)	8:45
I3	–John Bender	Thought (Long Version)	3:34
I4	–John Bender	Mallinder (Long Version)	2:42
I5	–John Bender	Hand	1:10
I6	–John Bender	Day (Long Version)	4:14
J1	–John Bender	Dance	2:22
J2	–John Bender	Glass	2:25
J3	–John Bender	Blue	3:59
J4	–John Bender	Cows Backing Vocals, Soloist [Keyboard] – Max Bender	1:48
J5	–John Bender	Amalgamelon	3:23
J6	–John Bender	Unrelated (It's Obvious) Backing Vocals – Max Bender	3:10
Do The Cage / At The 4th St. Cage 1983
K1	–John Bender	Do The Cage 1	2:05
K2	–John Bender	You Said You Were Mine	1:35
K3	–John Bender	Looking For A Play	1:50
K4	–John Bender	I Know You Know	2:31
K5	–John Bender	First Time I Saw You	2:23
K6	–John Bender	I Found The Truth	1:48
K7	–John Bender	So Sad	3:27
K8	–John Bender	Never Wanted To Go	5:08
K9	–John Bender	You Never Know (Edit)	7:07
L1	–John Bender	At The Cage 1	7:16
L2	–John Bender	Took Me By The Hand	7:04
L3	–John Bender	Never Could	6:36
L4	–John Bender	You Look At Me I Look At You	2:42
L5	–John Bender	Last Time I Saw You	5:12
L6	–John Bender	48 Hours	1:05
The Cassette / Boon Ober Babasooma 1976-1985
M1	–Johnny Vortex	Intro	1:20
M2	–Johnny Vortex	Cast Of Characters	3:10
M3	–Johnny Vortex	The Deal	2:50
M4	–Johnny Vortex	Shoes	3:40
M5	–Johnny Vortex	Run To Rapture	4:42
M6	–Johnny Vortex	Carnival	5:11
M7	–Johnny Vortex	Postscript	3:01
M8	–Johnny Vortex	Phone Sex	3:44
N1	–Johnny Vortex	Facial	1:50
N2	–Johnny Vortex	Love & Power	6:12
N3	–Johnny Vortex	Interlude	0:47
N4	–Johnny Vortex	Whole In The Window	4:51
N5	–Johnny Vortex	Taste Of Life	3:22
N6	–Johnny Vortex	Hardfreeze	5:01
N7	–Johnny Vortex	No2u	4:33
Bonus 7"
O1	–John Bender	Decomposition	3:18
O2	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part I.I (Edit)	3:00
P	–John Bender	Beep Squeek Hum Squawk Part III.I	9:00

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – WGUC Studios

Credits

• Engineer [Eng] – Ron Ha Mad* (tracks: A1 to B4)
• Engineer [Engineering And Treatment] – Jaroslav Studenka (tracks: C1 to D5), Ron Hamad (tracks: C1 to D5)
• Liner Notes – JB*
• Mastered By – Markus Aschenbrenner
• Mastered By [Mastering Of The Original Recording] – Bob Seitz (tracks: C1 to D5)
• Vocals, Instruments, Words By, Music By, Producer, Compiled By [Selection] – John Bender (tracks: C1 to D5)
• Voice, Electronics, Words By, Music By – John Bender (tracks: A1, A4 to B4)
• Words By, Music By, Electronics, Vocals, Producer [Production] – John Bender (tracks: I1 to J6)

Notes

LP 1 from "I Don't Remember Now, I Don't Want To Talk About It" - 1979 (released 1980 as LP on Record Sluts 001 - from tapes 27 to 36 / 1978-80)
LP 2 from "Plaster Falling" - 1981 (released 1981 as LP on Record Sluts 003 - from tapes 34 to 45 / 1979 - 1981 also on "Plaster: The Prototypes" tape)
LP 3 side A from "Plaster: The Prototypes" - 1981 (self-released as cassette)
LP 3 side B contains previously unreleased tape-recordings from 1978
LP 4 from "Packing List" - 1982 (self-released as cassette in 1982)
LP 5 all track appear on the LP "Pop Surgery", released in 1983 on Record Sluts 004. Tracks J2 to J6 taken from the LP "Pop Surgery". All other tracks are longer versions from tapes 53 thru 68 and were conceived in 1982 and the 1st quarter of 1983.
LP 6 from "Do The Cage" & "At The 4th St. Cage" - 1983 (self-released as cassettes in 1983)
LP 7 side A contains extracts to "Johnny Vortex - The Cassette" - 1985 (soundtrack to a theatre performance by John Bender, Kate Gallion, Jason Tannen)
LP 7 side B "Boon Ober Babasooma" - 1976/77 (first works recorded, pre-Record Sluts, previously unreleased, recorded without machines. just electric piano, Teac 4 track & boxes)

It is limited to 300 numbered copies according to Vinyl-on-demand label owner Frank Maier.
Comes in embossed hard cover book with screenprinted covers for the 7 LPs, an autobiography insert, 7" in loose jacket and numbered official certificate.

This is the subscribers edition for VOD members with an additional bonus 7".
O1 is from Various - On Record.
O2 and P are previously unreleased tape-recordings from 1978.

The writing credits for Faust are given as A3 on the cover, but actually apply to A4.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Catalog# LP 1): VOD95.1
• Other (Catalog# LP 2): VOD95.2
• Other (Catalog# LP 3): VOD95.3
• Other (Catalog# LP 4): VOD95.4
• Other (Catalog# LP 5): VOD95.5
• Other (Catalog# LP 6): VOD95.6
• Other (Catalog# LP 7): VOD95.7
• Other (Catalog# 7"): VOD95.8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VOD95	John Bender	Memories Of Mindless Mechanical Monologues 1976-1985 ‎(7xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num)	Vinyl-on-demand	VOD95	Germany	2012
VOD95 re	John Bender	Memories Of Mindless Mechanical Monologues 1976-1985 ‎(7xLP + 7" + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, RP)	Vinyl-on-demand	VOD95 re	Germany	2015
VOD95	John Bender	Memories Of Mindless Mechanical Monologues 1976-1985 ‎(7xLP, Red + 7", Red + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Fri)	Vinyl-on-demand	VOD95	Germany	2012

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