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The Muffins Air Fiction
1979 Vinyl
Experimental
Prog Rock

Main image
(The Muffins Self-released)
drums, percussion, piccolo flute, soprano saxophone, guitar Paul Sears
electric bass, guitar, piccolo flute, alto saxophone, vocals Billy Swann
tracks b1 to b4 engineer Colleen Scott
flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet [b flat], oboe Tom Scott
lacquer cut by Pete Helffrich
organ, piccolo flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet [b flat], percussion Dave Newhouse
tracks a1 to a2 performer [augmented by] Higher Primate Chorus And Ensemble
photography by Shawn Pruitt
Pressed By Allentown Record Co. Inc.
Plain black cover, with insert. Limited edition of 1000.

This was a band-produced limited pressing of 1000 copies sold at gigs and by mail. Cover is an unprinted all-black marbled cardboard sleeve.

Description found online:
In mid 1979 they recorded and released their second LP, Air Fiction featuring all improvisations: one side live, one side home studio recordings.

Augmented by the Higher Primate Chorus and Ensemble on Exotic Woods and Optics: Colleen, Mary, Shawn, Dean, Denise, Rachel, Steve K.

Side A is titled AIR and is studio recordings.

Side B is titled FICTION
with smaller font below:

The Muffins Live
at
Psychedelly
March 3, 1979

Made in U.S.A.

Runouts are etched.
On side A 'FIRST' & 'STEP' are each written diagonally across the rings, a character or two between each set of grooves.
Matrix / Runout: 00A ALt 7-20-79 Pete Helffrich F I R S T S T E P (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: SML 00B-1 ALt 7-20-79 Pete Helffrich Light Waves (Side B)



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