Colin & Mingo Gallery

Paul & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 01
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" like many of the early ones on this list, consists mainly of recordings of FM radio. The only original material on "Entertainment" of any value is the recordings made by my cousin and me in preparation for making prank phone calls...

Next?!!!

Paul & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 02
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" consists mainly of recordings of FM radio. The rest of the material comprises conversation and ambience in a hotel room at the beach and some recordings at the end of sounds at the beach (including much wind noise).

Swamp King of the World

Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 03
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" consists mainly of dubs of music from prerecorded audio cassettes. A "best of" compilation of original material makes up the rest. Most of that material (none of it really listenable, if even music...) can be found on "albums" later in the catalog...

Features:

The Same Thing
The Shower Scene
The Skills of P. W. B.
I Predict
"You got it"
Drum Solos
Thanksgiving Recording

N.A.C.O.F. (Excitement)

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 04
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This album is the first one in the catalog to feature primarily original recordings--mostly spoken word.

Features:

No Artificial Colours or Flavours
The Thurm Glupston Show (Segment 1)
Fish Stix
The Same Thing
I Predict
Cuts Like a Ginsu Knife
Knife Talk

Beful Music

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 05
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

The nonsense word "Beful" results when "auti" is removed from the word "Beautiful" as was done on the original cover art created partially from cut-up magazines and catalogs.

Features:

The Thurm Glupston Show (segment 4)
The Thurm Glupston & Geoff Collens Halloween & Christmas Special

Green Just Isn't My Colour

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 07
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

Features:

The Geoff Collens Show
Geoff Collens Post-Show
Going mobile... on a "Big Wheel"
AM radio + electronics =" fun!
Intercom
The Thurm Glupston Show (Segment 5)

das ist aber nett.

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 08
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

Features:

The Thurm Glupston Show (segment 3A)
Behind Thurm's Back
Lurn with Thurm
Todd Wimp's Show
Telephone
Scott & Greg
The Geoff Collens Show

Born to Laugh at Cabbage Flames

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 09
Copyright © 1983,1984
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" consists mainly of recordings of records and FM radio. It's pretty good though :-) Many of the records are played at faster-than-normal speeds and edited together with other songs, played backwards, etc.

Features:

Colin & Mingo "status report"

(in addition to the recordings noted above)

Strange Places in Unusual Faces

Paul & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 10
Copyright © 1983,1984
All Rights Reserved.

This is another "album" that consists mainly of recordings of records and FM radio. There is some stuff recorded by my cousin & me that's moderately interesting, though. This tape is the first in the catalog to feature duelling Casio VL-Tone and Concertmate-200 mini keyboards. (The Concertmate-200 was Radio Shack's rip-off of the VL-Tone.)

Melodies

Paul & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 11
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" features a mix of FM radio recordings, Casio VL-Tone/Concertmate-200 recordings, and "live action".

Corpses on the Loose

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 12
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

This "album" features a mix of recordings of records, dubs from other tapes, Casio music, and "live action". Some dubs here that come from tapes that are not considered albums are an early "cover" of After the Fire's "Der Kommissar" by Colin & Mingo (although here it's "Der Betthase"), and recordings from 1981 of "I'm Yoda" and "Rhonda's Birthday" by my cousin and me.

Cha-Chas on 45

NUMBER NINE 13
Copyright © 1983
All Rights Reserved.

There's no original material here. There's probably a whole recording of an old comedy album that demonstrated the miracle of stereo; Cookie Monster forwards and backwards; story records edited, played backwards, fast, etc.; Bobby Vinton songs forwards and backwards; Art Mooney & his Orchestra forwards and backwards... and much much more.

Fandango in Brigantine NJ

Paul & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 14
Copyright © 1984
All Rights Reserved.

Back at the beach... a year after recording "Next?!!!" This one's mostly FM radio with some "live action" and TV sound but no "beach ambience" this time.

People Talking (Volume I)

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 15
Copyright © 1984
All Rights Reserved.

Tape one of the many long sessions necessary to record "People Talking". Also includes a lot of phony British accents and Mingomusic, Colinmusic and TV, radio and records.

Features:

People Talking

People Talking (Volume II)

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 15
Copyright © 1984
All Rights Reserved.

Tape two of the many long sessions necessary to record "People Talking". Also includes rhythms, alternate versions of "Cet n'est pas un auto" and Mingomusic.

Features:

People Talking

Colour

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 16
Copyright © 1984
All Rights Reserved.

More fun with the Casio PT-50. In addition to what's listed below, we hear an interpretation of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" (just a tiny excerpt!), the "Star Wars" theme demo (either built-in or on a cartridge--I don't recall), old records, radio and "Noise & Laughter".

Features:

Mingomedlies
different versions of People Talking, including "Leute Sprechen" (in German)
Colin's Rhythms
Taps/excerpt from Wagner's Bridal March from Act 3 of Lohengrin
Hey Joe
Mingomusic

Convex Cube

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 17
Copyright © 1984
All Rights Reserved.

Fun with the Casio MT-68, leaps and bounds more advanced than previous keyboards we worked with. Side one is a hodgepodge of things on the road to figuring out this new equipment. Side two includes "melodies" and new instrumental versions of previously recorded tracks.

Features:

Abundance (Medley)
Melody I
Melody II
Melody III
Melody IV
People Talking (instrumental)
Cet n'est pas un auto (instrumental)
Sanitation (instrumental)
Untitled

Hydrant

Colin & Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 18
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

More fun with the Casio MT-68! This is basically more tape devoted to figuring out the new keyboard. In addition to what's below, there's an attempt to perform the keyboard part from "Jump".

Features:

1985
People Talking
Beautiful Music
Sanitation
Melody IV
Melody III
Melody II
Melody I
People Talking
Melody V
Melody VI
With Scott & Greg I
With Scott & Greg II
With Scott & Greg III
Melody VIII (later Melody IX)

Warning to a Teen-Age Girl

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 19
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

This album includes the first significant Colin & Mingo instrumental tracks ever. Each track is about half an hour long.

Features:

Mutated Dream
Get Out of Here/Let the Dog Out

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Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on Colin's original clip art.

Now this is getting ridiculous.

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 20
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Side 1 of this album includes the third set of significant Colin & Mingo instrumental tracks, including a different take on "Basking in the Moonglow". (Yes, I know it's out of sequence catalogwise...)

If I recall correctly, we made side 1 specifically to bring along with us on a German Club field trip...

Features:

Basking in the Moonglow
Nevertheless, I Abnormalised the World
Agriculture
Old McDonald Had a Farm
Sculpture and the Plastic Arts
Buildings
Hydrogen (Part II of Buildings)

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Side 2 (not listed here) contains guitar & vocal covers of several popular tracks and then some meandering instrumental improvisations.

New cover art by Mingo in 2008.

Nouveaux Riches

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 21
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Side 1 of this album includes the second set of significant Colin & Mingo instrumental tracks, this time shorter and more coherent than the two tracks on "Warning to a Teen-Age Girl". (Again, I know it's out of sequence catalogwise...)

Features:

Generalities (mp3)
Philosophy (mp3)
Religion (mp3)
Prebasking (mp3)
Basking in the Moonglow (mp3)
Language (mp3)
Better Butter (mp3)
Pure Science (mp3)
Normal World (mp3)
Technology (mp3)
Recreation (mp3)

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Side 2 (not listed here) just contains dubs of other tracks.

Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on his original clip art, which he had redone in 1987 originally...

That's Very Comforting.

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 22
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Features:

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Here Comes the Rain Again
Hungry Like the Wolf

... and other cover tunes.

Water Gain

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 23
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Features:

Storytyme Remix

... and cover tunes.

das ist «suitcase»

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 24
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Features:

Colin & Mingo Intro
Introduction/Pronunciation
Time & Mo(o)re
Blooper
General Expressions (Original Version)
Tatsachen über die Autobahn & DB
Lampshades
«Ist hier noch frei?»
Magical Mystery Hairstyling Centre
First Day of School
A Man and a Cat
Funeral
Wooooooh
Muffler Trouble
Bricks (Mary Had a Little Cat)
Camp Stories
Whoosh
Camp Stories Rebuttal
That's Bizarre
Laughter
Applause
Heavy Breathing
Are You the Cable Guy?
The Babysitter
Drum Lessons
Let's Slander People We Know!
Intro for Second Side
Schaufensterbummeln
Notes About French Fries
Entertainment Grab Bag
Tennis, Anyone? (Live)
The Bathroom
A Dignified Sign-Off
Cooking with Colin & Mingo
The Colin & Mingo Workout

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Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on Colin's original clip art.

Doctor Evil Eyes Kills His Wife

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 25
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

Side one is a trip downtown and back to go to the supermarket. On the way C & M visit a building that is now gone. Side two is a bit of a grab bag, and includes alternate takes of "We Have Mutated" along with what's listed below.

Features:

Colin & Mingo's Big Adventures in the Big City (including Interviews)
The Fork Ballad/Sounds of Supper
A Walk in the Park

Carol Has a Moustache

Mingo, et al.

NUMBER NINE 26
Copyright © 1984, 1985
All Rights Reserved.

BAIT 26 (CD RE-RELEASE)
Copyright © 1984, 1985, 1999
All Rights Reserved.

Cover art reinterpreted by Mr. Beefy for CD release

Utopian Rush Hour

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 27
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

This album starts out on side 1 with some "covers" (not listed here) but finishes up on side 2 with a full session of classic Colin & Mingo instrumentals.

Features:

Romance #1
Romance #2
The H₂O is silken and pretends to flow
Manhattan, Kansas
On Endless Bands of Rubber
Imagine this Axis
X-Ray Yamato
Harold Wilson
The Gift of the Chelsea Girls
Paris-Dakar Rally
The Fractured Hungarian March
Utopian Rush Hour

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Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on his original clip art.

Combat for Decency

Colin & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 28
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

This album is original Colin & Mingo music (mostly instrumental) from start to finish. Side 2 (tracks beginning with "Aberration of the Republic") is much better than side 1 though.

Features:

Who's There?
You
The Pancreas
Bird Eat Man
Killer Crayon
Liquid Nodes
Mingorhythm 1
Colinrhythm 1
Mingorhythm 2
Colinrhythm 2
Mingorhythm 3
Colinrhythm 3
Metallic Phase
2xy
x² + y²
Aberration of the Republic
Musicophobia
Burnt on My Finger, Spin Me Like a Wart
Land of the Big, Juicy Turnips
We Have Mutated
Groovy Christmas

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Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on his original clip art.

Sciatica

Twist & Mingo

NUMBER NINE 29
Copyright © 1985
All Rights Reserved.

This tape represents the first "serious" musical collaborations. Along with the tracks listed below, there are several untitled selections and "quite a lot of futzing around" at the end of side two.

Features:

Radioactive
What is this?
Run to the Siren
Up-Beat Down Way
Bronze Cycle
Osmosis for Pleasure
Ode to Trio
Greensleeves
Manic-Depressive Obsession
I Didn't
Big City Stew (The House is Falling)
Brainchild Boris
Bogie's Theme
Cactus in My Tea
Weird Reality
A Somber Crusade
Not Another Train Song
Electronic Industrial Mud Swamp

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Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on his art.

Sciatica

Twist & Mingo

Includes a continuation of the untitled track that is repeated on side two of the first "Sciatica" tape, then some covers, more untitled collaborative tracks, then ends with Mingo-only instrumental tracks.

A Walk in the Park (instrumental)
Forever's End (raw original source) with Cat Hypnotizing Melody

Cover art reinterpreted by Mingo in 2008 based on his original art.

The Thurm Glupston Show

Colin & Mingo, et al.

By the time, we had stopped counting Thurm "segments". Side one is the Halloween show from 1984 and features the Casio PT-50 prominently. Side two is a year later and features some special musical collaborations.

Features: