The Elastic Purejoy Discography

Please see the Notes, Credits and Copyright Notice which are applicable to all of these discography pages.

Lineup: The Elastic Purejoy: Dave Allen (Vocals, some Bass), Marc Olsen (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Joseph E. Howard (Bass), Scott Peterson (Drums), Also: Natalie Wood, Misty Reriard, Noah Stone, Clark Scheffy, Rick Boston.
The South Phoenix EP: Dave Allen (Vocals), Natalie Wood (Guitar, Vocals), Scott Hyers (Bass), Andrew J. Stone (Guitar), Jim Duffy (Drums).
The Clutter Of Pop: Dave Allen (Occasional Keyboards, Guitar, Bass Synth, Chinese Finger Symbals, Scratchy Acoustic Guitar, Voice), Manny Diez (Guitar), Marc Olsen (Guitar), Rick Boston (Guitar), Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Guitar, Bass), Clark Scheffy (Guitar, Banjo, Moog Synthesizer, Roland Analogue Keyboards), Scott Hyers (Bass), Mike Stinson (Drums & Percussion), Jessy Greene (Violin), Greg Mora (Piano), Also: Paddy McCaffrey-Allen, Nina Grivakes, Bea Chisholm, Rain, Christine.

All US releases except as noted otherwise.

• World Domination Sampler
  
  Includes THE ELASTIC PUREJOY: Bughouse (4.28)
  
  V/A CD Promo: World Domination DPRO 10809 (1993)
  
  
• The Elastic Purejoy
  ['Soul And Fire' written by Lou Barlow. 'Stiff' written by Brian Eno.]
  
  If Samuel Beckett Had Met Lenny Bruce (4.28) / Soul And Fire (3.56) / Unchain My Sister! (4.34) / An Element Of Doubt (4.31) / Stiff (4.00) / Suburban Yoke (3.00) / Caxton Vs The Fourth Estate (7.33) / Monkey Bone-Walker (5.45) / You Are My PFM (4.07) / Witness (5.19)
  
  CD Album: World Domination WD0015-2 (1994)
  
  • With clear inlay tray.
  UK CD Album: World Domination WDOM010CD (1994)
  
  If Samuel Beckett Had Met Lenny Bruce (4.28) / Soul And Fire (3.56) / Unchain My Sister! (4.34) / An Element Of Doubt (4.31) / Stiff (4.00) / Suburban Yoke (3.00) / You Are My PFM (4.07) / Caxton Vs The Fourth Estate (7.33) / Monkey Bone-Walker (5.45) / Witness (5.19) / There Is No Heaven (4.29) / I Only Come Up For Air (3.34) / Edgy; America (1.48)
  
  Cassette: World Domination WD0015-4 (1994)
  
  • Cassette features bonus tracks not on CD and slightly altered running order.
  
  
• An Element Of Doubt
  
  An Element Of Doubt (4.31) / Unchain My Sister! (Clean) (4.22) / There Is No Heaven (4.29) / I Only Come Up For Air (3.33)
  
  CD Promo: World Domination WDPRO-10811 (1994)
  
  
• Suburban Yoke
  
  Suburban Yoke (3.00)
  
  CD Promo: World Domination WDPRO-10814 (1994)
  
  
• The South Phoenix EP
  ['Where Were You' written by Mekons, 'Diet' written by Au Pairs.]
  
  Dry Cleaning Man (1.33) / Where Were You (2.54) / Diet (3.43) / My Portugese Boyfriend (3.54) / Heal Me? (3.25)
  
  CD EP: World Domination WDPRO-10817 (1994)
  
  
• Brave New Radio - Week 38
  
  Includes ELASTIC PUREJOY (Pt 1) (6.10)
  
  US Radio Promo CD: Guerilla Uplink WEEK #38 (1994)
  
  • Interview, includes live-in-studio version of 'Dry Cleaning Man', and album version of 'If Samuel Beckett Had Met Lenny Bruce'.
  
  
• Brave New Radio - Week 39
  
  Includes ELASTIC PUREJOY (26.04)
  
  US Radio Promo CD: Guerilla Uplink WEEK #39 (1994)
  
  • Interview with Dave Allen, Natalie Wood and Scott Hyers, includes live-in-studio versions of 'Caxton Vs The Fourth Estate', 'Where Were You', 'Soul And Fire',
  • [There seems to be some text missing here; I can't find the CD at the moment so am unable to fix this, sorry!]
• The Album Network's Virtually Alternative 48
  
  Includes ELASTIC PUREJOY: Suburban Yoke
  
  US Promo CD: Album Network (VA48) (1994)
  
  
• Another World Domination Sampler
  
  Includes THE ELASTIC PUREJOY: Caxton Vs. The Fourth Estate [7.29]
  
  V/A CD Promo: World Domination WDPRO 10826 (1995)
  UK V/A CD Promo: World Domination WDOM018CD (1995)
  
  • Note that UK version has a slightly different track list.
  
  
• The Clutter Of Pop
  [Released by 'Dave Allen and The Elastic Purejoy'. 'Auto-Redeemer' is co-written with Latimer, and also appears on their album 'LP Title', World Domination WD0026. '1:00 Of Silence' is just that. Of the three untitled tracks, the first is a version of 'Bughouse' and the second is an instrumental version of 'Monkey Bone Walker'.]
  
  A Life In The Priesthood? (3.47) / What Did You Expect? (3.17) / Our Heads Are Round (2.53) / Talk Radio (3.49) / The Last Of England (3.27) / Auto-Redeemer (1.36) / I Feel The Comfort In The Ruin Of It (4.26) / The Agnostic Comes Clean (3.51) / That Disgust Will Allow (6.09) / 1:00 Of Silence (1.00) / ... (4.06) / ... (6.07) / ... (7.44)
  
  US CD: World Domination / Schizophonic Scz-225-2 (1996)
  
  • The sleeve notes are available online.
  Canadian CD: True North TNSD 0106 (1996)
  
  
• World Domination / Independent Records Sampler
  
  Includes THE ELASTIC PUREJOY: Talk Radio
  
  V/A CD Promo: World Domination / Independent 2252-1-1
  
  
• Talk Radio
  [Released by 'Dave Allen and The Elastic Purejoy'.]
  
  Talk Radio [3.49] / Coat Check Boy [5.10] / Out Of Kilter [3.01] / If You Made Me Say Goodbye [4.33] / Sometimes You Have To Kill [6.36]
  
  US CD EP: World Domination / Schizophonic Scz-226-2 (1996)
  
  

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