tracks

In The Engine Room
Red Bluff
The Bluejackets' Manual
Pedro Bound!
The Boilerman
Black Gang Coffee
Topsiders
No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man)
Fireman Hurley
Liberty Calls!
In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife
Crossing The Equator
Breaking The Choke Hold
Wrapped Around The Screw
Shore Duty

notes

Recorded and mixed from May 5 to June 21, 1997.

Released Black Friday Record Store Day
Limited release of 1500

Hype sticker text:
Black Friday Record Store Day Exclusive
Mike Watt's First Opera
Featuring Steve Hodges and Nils Cline
20th Anniversary Release
First Ever Vinyl Pressing
Pressed On Two 180Gram Vinyl Pressed at Pallas in Germany
Side D Features Custom Artwork Etching
Includes digital download card with 'Contemplating The Engine Room' Live in Long Beach '98 - Five Man Opera Recorded and mixed from May 5 to June 21, 1997.

Released Black Friday Record Store Day
Limited release of 1500 with 300 this release on Marbled Grey vinyl randomly shipped.
These are sold in the exact same packaging as the black version.

Hype sticker text:
Black Friday Record Store Day Exclusive
Mike Watt's First Opera
Featuring Steve Hodges and Nils Cline
20th Anniversary Release
First Ever Vinyl Pressing
Pressed On Two 180Gram Vinyl Pressed at Pallas in Germany
Side D Features Custom Artwork Etching
Includes digital download card with 'Contemplating The Engine Room' Live in Long Beach '98 - Five Man Opera

credits

Artwork [artwork and song icons] – Doug Erb
Bass [Thump Staff], Vocals [Spiel] – Mike Watt
Drums – Stephen Hodges
Guitar – Nels Cline
Mastered By – Robert Vosgien
Mastered By [24/96k vinyl cutting master prepared by] – Mike Piacentini
Mixed By [Assistant] – Louis Pacheco-Lopez, Ralph Naranjo
Photography By [all except cover] – Martin Lyon
Photography By [cover photo of Dick Watt] – United States Navy
Producer [LP re-issue produced by] – Timothy J. Smith
Recorded By [Assistant] – George Tseng
Recorded By, Mixed By – Rob Seifert
Written-By, Producer – Mike Watt
Artwork [artwork and song icons] – Doug Erb
Bass [Thump Staff], Vocals [Spiel] – Mike Watt
Drums – Stephen Hodges
Guitar – Nels Cline
Mastered By – Robert Vosgien
Mastered By [24/96k vinyl cutting master prepared by] – Mike Piacentini
Mixed By [Assistant] – Louis Pacheco-Lopez, Ralph Naranjo
Photography By [all except cover] – Martin Lyon
Photography By [cover photo of Dick Watt] – United States Navy
Producer [LP re-issue produced by] – Timothy J. Smith
Recorded By [Assistant] – George Tseng
Recorded By, Mixed By – Rob Seifert
Written-By, Producer – Mike Watt

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