McFadden's Parachute

discography

1988

"Julie's Illusion" b/w "Empty Plaines" (Dagwood McFadden) - Unreleased Single

"Bishopsgate Turtledove" (Dagwood McFadden) - Unreleased Live Demo

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1991

Physical Culture Sanitariuum Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Side A

1. Let's Sit Down

2. Circus A-go-go

3. Don't Bring Up The Past

4. Signpost

5. I've Got A Ghost In My Closet

6. She's My Fable

7. I Am Gone

Side B

1. Bishopsgate Turtledove

2. Life At The Bottom (words by Del Rivers)

3. The Anger And The Rage (words by Del Rivers)

4. Excerpts From The McFadden Book Of The Dead

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1992

Just A Minute, Man Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Side A

1. Just a Minute, Man

2. Pleasure Offerings

3. Glacier Valley Yesterday

4. The Castle On The Hill

5. I Hate My Job

Side B

1. All I Need Is Someone (lyrics by Del Rivers)

2. Subconcious Black Dove

3. I Am Insane

The Smell Of Incense Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Side A

1. The Smell Of Incense (cover song)

2. She's a Girl (cover song)

3. Abba (cover song)

4. You Might Get Me Back (cover song)

5. North Shore

6. Cast In Stone (lyrics by Del Rivers)

7. You're All Alone

8. Selfish (lyrics by Susan Steklof)

Side B

1. My Little Crystal

2. The Gurus Voodoo

3. A Piece Of My Sun

4. Morning Glory Tea

5. Mahabharata

6. Liquid Sun Epitaph

Musical (?) Schizophrenia Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Side A

1. Cinnamon Girl (cover song)

2. I Know My Rider (cover song)

3. "I" In The Sky (cover song)

4. Castletown Clover (words by Del Rivers)

5. Dreamland

6. Spartacus

7. Michaelangelo

8. Parachute McFaddensia

Side B

1. Summerspace

2. Quest Of The Walker

3. Who Forgot Mary

4. IAMANANIMAL

5. A Cowboy's Lament

6. The Hermit

7. The Devil's Triangle

8. Charmed Life (lyrics by Susan Steklof)

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1993

Decent Of The Peacefrogs Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where note

Side A

1. Decent Of The Peacefrogs

2. A Piece Of My Sun

(re-recorded with members of Orbit Underground)

3. The Death Train

4. Tired Of Waiting For You (cover song)

5. That's When Happiness Began (cover song)

Side B

1. Green Apple Saturday Morning

2. Glacier Valley Yesterday (re-recorded with members of Orbit Underground)

3. Windy (cover song)

4. Hey Joe (cover song)

5. She Said She Said (cover song)   (recorded live with members of Orbit Underground)

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1994

McFadden's Parachute Unplugged Self-released Cassette Album - All songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Side A

1. Mint Leaf Creek

2. The Ballad Of Walt Evans

3. The Castle On The Hill

Side B

1. Ossian Sunset

2. The Power Of Words (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Luther Holtzman and Dagwood McFadden)

3. Bring Me Down Again

Dropping Out Self-released Cassette Album - All Songs by Dagwood McFadden

Side A

1. You're A Time Bomb

2. Twilight Came Too Soon

3. Mysteryville (Mr. Evil)

4. Sounds Like A Plan

Side B

1. The Eyes Of A Criminal

2. Moodswinger

3. 13 MPH and I'm Speeding

4. Soul Destroyer

Black And White Rainbows Self-released Cassette Album - All Songs by Dagwood McFadden

Side A

1. Hand Me Down

2. Sweet Daisy June

3. Peter Found A Penny

4. The Witch Is Black

5. Butterscotch Jam

Side B

1. The Garden Of Disease

2. Black And White Rainbows

3. Is She Coming

4. Who Forgot Mary (re-mixed and re-mastered)

5. The Hermit (re-mixed and re-mastered)

The Anti-electric Sounds Of McFadden's Parachute  Unreleased EP of acoustic versions of previously released songs - All Songs by Dagwood McFadden

1. Liquid Sun Dissolution Trilogy

2. I Am Insane

3. Sweet Daisy June

4. Michealangelo

5. A Cowboy's Lament

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1995

The Akle Jane Quatrains  All Songs by Dagwood and Barry McFadden

Unreleased Album of 200 quatrains (four line poems) written about a childhood friend and neighbor from my hometown. My brother and I began writing these in 1974 and still write them to this day. So far we have written over 3,200 quatrains about our neighbor and the world around him. This particular album of the first 200 we wrote are set to the music of Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

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1996

Lost In Space Unreleased Double Album - All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Disc 1

1. Galactic Groove-in

2. Adam And The Purple Sun

3. Cat Crusher of Honeymoon Flats

4. Jennings The Cat And The Grape Soda Bottle Cap

5. Fields Of Colour

6. Stained Glass Iris

7. All Ye Danish Men (traditional 13th century Danish folk song)

8. Spectres Of Rufus

9. Fly High (lyrics, music and performance by Del Rivers; percussion, flute and tape effects by Dagwood McFadden)

10. Tainted Coffee Cup

11. Evaporated Happiness

Disc 2

1. Uncle Thaddeus Prologue

2. Meet My Uncle Thaddeus

3. Greg Brady's Wipeout

4. Blue Frogs, A White Lizard and Some Black Ants

5. Wishes Of A Peasant

6. March Of The Mad Saxons

7. Tura Lura Geck (traditional 13th century Danish folk song)

8. Paisley Daydreams (lyrics by Susan Steklof)

9. The Angels Are Crying (words by Dagwood McFadden music by Dave Marchione)

10. Professor Robinson's Light Show

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1998

Mid-60's Garage Punk Rock Spunk Records SP-008. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Going Back To Franklin Street

2. Bad Part Of Town

3. Sandman

4. Don't Talk Like Jerk

5. I Said No

6. The Brotherhood Of the Brew

7. Now I'm Alone

8. Love Me Now (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Dagwood McFadden)

9. Stop Pushin' Me (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Dagwood McFadden)

10. Only Half Of What Could Have Been (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Dagwood McFadden and Del Rivers)

11. Welcome To Apocolypse

12. Tumbleweed

13. Don't Touch It

14. Why Don't You Pay Me No Mind

15. Citizens of Dansville, NY In Past Years - by John Brennessel

16. Cowboy Freeze

17. Reverend Littlejohn's Dilemma

18. Dark Shadows In A Yellow Room

19. Now I Understand

20. I Stand Alone (Gratefully)

21. Laughing Molly

22. Professor Kitzel's Time Machine

23. Comes The Dawn

Supernova Spunk Records SP-023. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Misty Christie

2. Supernova

3. I'm Gonna Run Away

4. He's A Genius

5. I'm A Chick Digger

6. The Pubic Bump

7. Attention All Girls

8. Kahuna Twist

9. That's The Breaks (cover song)

10. Petrification

11. Kiss Of Death

12. I Am A Child (cover Song)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in February 1999 - highest position # 5

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1999

Another Chick Induced Dream Spunk Records SP-11:11. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden

1. My Magic Plants

2. A Girl Of My Kind

3. If I Were A Ghost

4. Lemmon Squosh

5. Another Chick Induced Dream

6. Memories Of Gibsonville

7. The Ghost Of A Crow

8. What Can You See In A Day

9. I Need Gloom

10. All I ask Of You

11. Crystalized Vision (re-mixed version of preciously released "My Little Crystal")

12. Summerspace (re-mix)

13. The Devil's Triangle(re-mix)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in November 1999 - highest position # 14

Flower City Pop compilation (USA) Rocket Racket Records - RR CD - 102

McFadden's Parachute - "My Magic Plants " 

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in January 2000- highest position # 1

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2000

Allison Crow Is Dying Garage-Pop Records GP - 09 - All Songs by Dagwood McFadden

1. Emerald, Auburn and Cream

2. Miss Chlorophyillis Evingham

3. Antiquated Affection

4. Mishap At Johnson's Bog

5. Juniper Buzz

6. Waking In The Middle Of Dawn

7. John Brennessel's Recollection

8. Fire On East Hill

9. If I Can't Breathe The Same Air As You

10. Allison Crow Is Dying

11. Whatever Happened To Crowfly Soul

12. Death To Solaris

13. Mary Rachel's Butterfly

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in August 2000 - highest position # 13

Garage-Pop Rock & Roll Compilation (USA) Garage-Pop Records - GP - 10

McFadden's Parachute  "13 MPH And I'm Speeding"

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in August 2000 - highest position # 1 

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2001

McFadden's Parachute  Garage Pop Records GP - 13 - Recorded and engineered by Dave Anderson at Saxon Studios Rochester, NY August 2000. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden.

Dagwood McFadden - lead vocals, recorder, tambourine, farfisa

Rick Cona - 6 and 12 string electric guitar, farfisa, vocals

Dave Anderson - bass guitar, lead and backing vocals

Bob Parrish - drums

1. I'm A Chick Digger

2. He's A Genius

3. Don't Touch It

4. Stop Pushin' Me

5. Evaporated Happiness

6. Reverend Littlejohn's Dilemma

7. Now I'm Alone

8. Hand Me Down

9. Supernova

10. Don't Talk Like A Jerk

11. I'm Gonna Run Away

12. The Pubic Bump

13. 13 MPH And I'm Speeding

14. Girlbomb

15. Bad Part Of Town

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in July - highest position # 1

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2002

Paisley Orange Triangle Spunk Records SP - 311. By Dagwood McFadden

1.Paisley Orange Triangle

(This album is a musical sculpture. Fifteen minutes and 45 seconds long. It starts with a respectable cover of Song Of A Baker by The Small Faces and seamlessly bleeds into a psychedelic montage of musical swirls layered over all the pot smoking dialogue sampled from the movie Easy Rider)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in March 2002 - highest position # 17

Snaps: The Primitive Compilation Volume 1   (Italy) Aua Records

McFadden's Parachute  "The Other Side "

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2003

Black Fuzz  Jargon Records JAR - CD0301 All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Black Fuzz

2. Crashing Into Amethyst

3. Intoxicated Red Illusions

4. When A Flower Dies

5. The Last Woman On Earth (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Dagwood McFadden and Del Rivers)

6. Fall Of The Queen (Destiny's Children)

7. No Good Without You (Stevenson)

8. We're Nevermore (Coming Home) (cover song)

9. The Other Side (cover song)

10. Song Of A Baker (cover song)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in March 2003 - highest position # 6

Far - Out - Fisa Jargon Records JAR - CD031001 Re-mixed and remastered collection of previously released songs in which the Farfisa Organ is featured. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. IAMANANIMAL

2. The Smell Of Incense (cover song)

3. You're A Timebomb

4. Twilight Came Too Soon

5. Why Do You Smell So Bad (previously released as "Sounds Like A Plan" from the Dropping Out tape)

6. The Eyes Of A Criminal

7. Moodswinger

8. 13 MPH And I'm Speeding

9. Soul Destroyer

10. Girl Why Don't You Pay Me No Mind

11. Spartacus Xolta

12. Michealangelo

13. Abba (cover song)

14. You Might Get Me Back (cover song)

15. You're All Alone Now

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in November 2003 - highest position # 6

Supernova  Jargon Records JAR - CD0302 Re-mixed and re-mastered for Jargon Records. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Misty Christie

2. Supernova

3. I'm Gonna Run Away

4. He's A Genius

5. I'm A Chick Digger

6. The Pubic Bump

7. Attention All Girls

8. Kahuna Twist

9. That's The Breaks (cover song)

10. Petrification

11. Kiss Of Death

12. I Am A Child (cover Song)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in July 2003 - highest position # 18

Garageband Revisited Magazine Issue No. 5 Give Away Compilation Volume 2   (France) R.I.P. Records

McFadden's Parachute - "Fall Of The Queen" (Destiny's Children)

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2004

Sweep Out The Brainfog Jargon Records JAR - CD - 0404. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Too Far Gone (cover song)

2. Wasted Time

3. Frustration (cover song)

4. Gypsy Girl

5. So Much (cover song)

6. The Way (cover song)

7. The Philosophy Of Edward Moore (words by Edward Moore - music by Dagwood McFadden)

8. It's A Gasout

9. Thinkin' About You (cover song)

10. Wretched Woman

11. Hungarian Pipe Dream

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in June 2004 - highest position # 3

The Psychedelic Obscurities: Fine Boot of rare Bands from 64 to 70 in a high sound-quality (European Compilation)

(NOTE: McFadden's Parachute is listed on a comp that is otherwise composed of bands from 1964 -1970! McFadden fooled them!)

McFadden's Parachute  "Fall Of The Queen" (Destiny's Children)

Whole Lotta Shakin' Comp-Pile-Ation  (USA) Garage-Pop Records GP-20. A Compilation of artists from Rochester, NY & around the world.

McFadden's Parachute  "Fall Of The Queen" (Destiny's Children)

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in February 2004 - highest position # 1

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2005

McFadden's Parachute Rochester, NY 3 Disc Anthology - No Label Not For Sale - For Promotional Purposes Only

Re-mixed and re-mastered collection of 60 songs from 1992-2005. All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

Disc 1

1. 13 MPH And I'm Speeding

2. A Cowboy's Lament

3. Adam And The Purple Sun

4. Allison Crow Is Dying

5. Another Chick Induced Dream

6. Antiquated Affection

7. Black And White Rainbows

8. Is She Coming

9. Comes The Dawn

10. Crystalized Vision

11. Dark Shadows In A Yellow Room

12. Death To Solaris

13. Don't Talk Like A Jerk

14. Dreamland

15. Evaporated Happiness

16. Eyes Of A Criminal

17. Fall Of The Queen (cover song)

18. Frustration (cover song)

19. Gypsy Girl

20. Hand Me Down

Disc 2

1. I Need Gloom

2. I Stand Alone (Gratefully)

3. If I Can't Breathe The Same Air As You

4. If I We're A Ghost

5. Intoxicated Red Illusions

6. It's A Gasout

7. Juniper Buzz

8. Memories Of Gibsonville

9. Michealangelo

10. Mishap At Johnson's Bog

11. Miss Chlorophyllis Evingham

12. Now I Understand

13. Now I'm Alone

14. Peter Found A Penny

15. Professor Kitzel's Time Machine

16. Reverend Littlejohn's Dilemma

17. So Much (cover song)

18. Song Of A Baker (cover song)

19. Spectres Of Rufus

20. Stained Glass Iris

Disc 3

1. Stop Pushin' Me (lyrics by Del Rivers - music by Dagwood McFadden)

2. Summerspace

3. Quest Of The Walker

4. Who Forgot Mary

5. Supernova

6. Sweet Daisy June

7. Tainted Coffee Cup

8. The Ballad Of Walt Evans

9. The Other Side (cover song)

10. The Smell Of Incense (cover song)

11. The Ghost Of A Crow

12. The Way (cover song)

13. Too Far Gone (cover song)

14. Twilight Came Too Soon

15. Waking In The Middle Of Dawn

16. Welcome To Apocalypse

17. What Can You See In A Day

18. When A Flower Dies

19. Witch Is Black

20. Wretched Woman

* Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in January 2006 - highest position # 11

Fancy Magazine Mix Vol. 4 (Brooklyn, NY USA)

McFadden's Parachute  "13 MPH And I'm Speeding"

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2006

HAMMERDOWN  Promo Copy Only No Label Yet, Shopping For One All Songs by Dagwood McFadden except where noted

1. Start Takin' Drugs

2. Good Good Girls

3. Time

4. Baby

5. Hammerdown

6. She Cries

7. You're Playin' With Fire (cover song)

8. Scream Loud

9. I Can't Get High

10. Bustin' Rocks

11. God Among Men

12. Sugar 1970

13. Sweet Jane Marie

14. Sunshine Shadow

15. The Truth

16. Phoenix Is Her Name

17. Mr. Shepard Has Died (And His Face Turned Purple)

18. Maplewood Parlour

*Debuted on 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Boss 20 in March 2006

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