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This document is a discography of:
Poi Dog Pondering (AKA PdP) (and friends)
Copyright © 1990-2008 by John Relph.
The latest revision of this discography can be found at:
http://idiot-dog.com/music/poi.dog.pondering/
The official Poi Dog Pondering site:
http://www.poidogpondering.com/
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See also the official 8fatfat8 site:
http://www.8fatfat8.com/
Special mention to Jen Sansbury for contributions above and beyond the call
of duty.
Special thanks to: (in alphabetical order)
Aron Atkins, Dave Carr, John Donald, Lauren L Dvorscak,
Nathaniel Dykeman, Thomas Dunning, Scott Galuska, Gail Gammel,
Joe Germuska, Phillip Howell, Ingrid Karklins, Paul Keefe,
Donna McKeown, John C Falstaff, Brent "Astro" Olds, John Prentis,
Bill Pringle, Matt Tomich, Carolynn Travis, Kevin Thorne,
Jajasoon Tlitteu, Kerry Vachta.
Plain-text discography available upon request.
Erstwhile band member Adam Sultan has a website and album entitled Heinous Acts of Love.
Frank Orrall is a founding member of 8fatfat8, a groove collective working in the Chicago area.
Poi Dog Pondering are currently headquartered in Chicago. They have formed their own record label, Pomegranate/Plate·tec·tonic Records.
Susan Voelz and Paul Mertens have done work scoring documentaries and other television productions, including Frontline.
In 1985 Vergiftung recorded a song called “Last Perfect Day” with a studio drum loop performed by Frank Orrall. The song was never commercially released, but an MP3 is now available.
J Church covers “Living with the Dreaming Body” on their Lama Temple 7-inch single (7" 1994? US ?). It also appears on their Nostalgic for Nothing collection (CD 1994? US ?).
Frank Orrall wrote “Step Without Looking” on Abra Moore's album Sing (CD 1995 US Bohemia Beat 0004).
Frank Orrall appeared in the film Slacker as the ‘Happy Go Lucky Guy’, and an early version of “Lackluster” appears in the soundtrack. Abra Moore also appears in the film.
Susan Voelz was originally a member of Grains of Faith, who released an eponymously titled cassette in 1988. Three of those songs were written by Susan. After Susan had joined Poi Dog Pondering, The Grains of Faith went on to release Look What We Did in 1990, featuring John Nelson on congas.
Poi Dog Pondering have filmed the following promotional videos:
U-Li-La-Lu
Living with the Dreaming Body
Everybody's Trying
Jack Ass Ginger
Be the One
Fruitless
Complicated
Perfect Music
Recent changes to this document are indicated by green type.
num. numbered ltd. limited ed. edition
p/s picture sleeve std. standard s/s stock sleeve
s/l slimline j/b jewel box promo promotional
c/n catalog number g/f gatefold p/d picture disc
b/i back insert p/b paperboard w/s widescreen
Album: full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc (std. j/b unless otherwise indicated)
CT (Mini-) Cassette tape
8T 8-track tape (obsolete)
RT Reel-to-reel tape
DC Digital Compact Cassette tape
MD MiniDisc (digital magneto-optical)
CR CD-R (CD Recordable or Read-Write)
SA Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD)
DA DVD Audio
DR DVD-R (DVD Recordable or Read-Write)
DD Digital Download (see Other Formats below)
Single: single or EP release, in one or more of the formats below:
7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 45 RPM vinyl
C3 CD-3, 3" (8 cm) CD single
C5 5" (12 cm) CD single (s/l j/b unless otherwise indicated)
CS (Mini-) Cassette single (p/b p/s unless otherwise indicated)
EP Extended play single or mini-album (vinyl, usually 33 1/3 RPM)
F7 7" flexi-disc, flexible vinyl single (usually one-sided)
Video: video release, in one or more of the formats below:
VHS VHS-format video tape
Beta Beta-format video tape
BRD Blu-ray Disc
HDD High-Definition DVD
DVD Digital Versatile (Video) Disc (including DVD-ROM)
VCD Video CD, popular in Asia (MPEG1)
CLV Video disc in Constant Linear Velocity format (8" or 12")
CAV Video disc in Constant Angular Velocity format (8" or 12")
LDS Laser Disc single (Japan)
VHD Video High Density, obsolete laser disc format (Japan)
NTSC Video format for U.S.A. and Japan
PAL Video format for the E.C. (except France) and Scandinavia
SECAM Video format for France
Other Formats:
ROM CD-ROM, computer-readable disc
MP3 Layer 3 MPEG encoded audio
WMA Windows Media Audio
Pub A publication: a book, songbook, pamphlet, magazine, etc.
Definitions:
Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4 Calendar quarters: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.
Radio Show A release specially recorded for radio airplay.
Interview An interview transcription disc.
Collection A collection of tracks by this artist, usually previously
released on various albums and singles.
Compilation A compilation of tracks by various artists.
Soundtrack Soundtrack to a film or play released in Album format.
Box Set Box set of previously released and/or unreleased material.
Songbook Book of words and music.
Bootleg Unauthorized release of previously unreleased material
consisting of concert recordings, studio outtakes, and
radio or television broadcasts.
Pirate Unauthorized release of previously released material
without attempting to make the album look like an original.
Counterfeit Unauthorized copy of an officially released album.
Country codes are InterNIC domain names, except for the following:
AA Australasia AS Asia BX BeNeLux
EU Europe (EC/EEC) SC Scandinavia SO South America
WG West Germany (prior to August 1990) WW Worldwide
Please do not ask me where to find rare recordings, bootlegs, videos, or other releases listed in this discography. Please do not ask me where you can get scans of artwork for these releases. This discography is a list of releases that have been made available over time, not a list of my personal collection. Just because any given release is listed in this discography does not mean that I own that release, nor does it indicate that I am willing to trade, sell, or make tape copies of that or any other release. If you are looking for such recordings, try attending record shows, reading collector magazines, and hunting in used record shoppes.
While the existence of unauthorized recordings may be documented herein, I cannot advise on the legality of such recordings, nor can I advise where such recordings can be obtained.
All singles and EPs have a picture sleeve (p/s) unless otherwise noted. Unless otherwise noted, CDs come in a standard jewel-box and CD-singles come in a slim-line jewel-box. An “obi” is the paper strip (literally, the “sash”) that comes wrapped around most Japanese LPs and CDs.
Song authorship is denoted by names enclosed in braces, e.g., “{Blegvad/Moore}”. Where possible, the name of the lyricist appears first.
Information flagged with a question mark has not been verified (a guess, a rumour). If you have further information about these or other related releases or if you can supply missing artwork, please write me.
Many CD track times were found using my compact disc player and the time indicated on your CD player may vary slightly (± 1-3 seconds), due to the way different machines calculate track times.
Address all correspondence to:
John Relph <relph
at tmbg dot org>
This list was compiled and formatted by John Relph.
While information about particular releases is not copyright and may be used without permission, the compilation of this information in this discography in this format is copyright and may not be published in any form whatsoever without the permission of the author. Just ask.
This discography may be distributed electronically and otherwise if and only if the entire copyright notice and attributions are included.