Four A-side, four B-sides, five album tracks, and a bonus recording from 1981 by the PRIME NUMBERS! All remixed and/or remastered in 2004 for this compilation.

The Many Melodies of Michael Macrone

Background vocals recorded by Rob Seidenberg at Waller Sound (Austin, TX).
Mixed by Rob Seidenberg and Michael Macrone for the Macrophone single “How Long Did You Know?” (M 1962), 2022. Remixed for this release.

Theme for an Imaginary Bummer (2024 Remix)

Original mix by Rob Seidenberg for the Fiesta Red album Icicles and Sand (FR-010), 2016. Remixed for this release.

The End of a Year (2024 Remix)

Mixed by Rob Seidenberg and Michael Macrone for the Macrophone single “She Wants Everything” (M 1963), 2023. Remastered for this release.

She Wants Everything (Single Version) (2024 Remaster)

Remastered from the Macrophone single “Clocks Keep Ticking” (M 1960), 2022.

Olé! to Berkeley (2024 Remix)

Rob Seidenberg: Treated guitar, tambourine.
Arranged by Rob Seidenberg and Michael Macrone. Recorded and mixed by Rob Seidenberg at Waller Sound (Austin, TX) for the Fiesta Red album Icicles and Sand (FR-010), 2016. Remastered for this release.


Free Fall (2024 Remaster)

Remastered from the Macrophone single “Clocks Keep Ticking” (M 1960), 2022.


Clocks Keep Ticking (2024 Remaster)

"Tears of Rage" - George Gerdes, vocals; Wesley Stace, vocals and acoustic guitar; Rosie Flores, vocals; Robert Lloyd, piano; Doug Freeman, guitar; Steve Wagner, bass; Steve Mugalian, drums. KCRW, July 4, 1993.

Tears of Rage - Wesley Stace (as John Wesley Harding), George Gerdes and Rosie Flores

That's How It Goes

From the EP, "Through the Listening Glass" (Fiesta Red Records FR-011)

For this EP, Globe Factory No. 23, the longtime recording entity of Rob Seidenberg, became much more of a band. For these five tunes, Seidenberg stepped "through the listening glass" at a studio down the street and laid down the basic tracks live with some of his most trusted and simpatico buddies (as opposed to playing and recording most everything himself, as he usually does). This allowed him to enter a brave new technicolor world of deeper-than-ever musical explorations. Lyrically, it's a no-holds-barred view of life as we know it, full of strivers and confidence men doing their damnedest to strip away all dignity and joy, while our physical environment is wrecking-balled into oblivion. In the end, though, what wins out is truth and passion, and the power of song.

With the participation of many Austin music luminaries: Kevin Lovejoy (Kevin Lovejoy Trio); Bonesaw and Hoag (Full Service); Tim and Jay Bennett (Colin Gilmore, Tornaparts); Will Maxwell (Dreamboat); Wendy Harte (Pippi Eats Cherries); Suzanne and Jonathan Thelin (Staylyns). Basic tracks recorded by James Stevens (Moonlight Towers).  

Theme for an Imaginary Bummer (2024 Remix)

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