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<center><h2>Dixie Dregs &amp; Dregs</h2></center>
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<h3>The Great Spectacular (1976, released 1997)</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<li><b>Refried funky chicken</b> 
<li><b>Holiday</b> 
<li><b>Wages of weirdness</b> 
<li><b>T.O. Witcher</b> 
<li><b>The great spectacular</b> 
<li><b>Ice cakes</b> 
<li><b>Leprechaun promenade</b> 
<li><b>Country house shuffle</b> 
<li><b>What if</b> 
<li><b>Kathreen</b> 
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Originally recorded in 1975 but not properly released until 1997. Says Steve Morse: "This is all the original recordings from early 1975. I had to go back and remix because there were no copies of the original mix. But, the sound is virtually unchanged with almost zero E.Q. changes and the some 3 effects that we had back then- reverb, echo, and chorus ... The recording process was bizarre since we were trying out this recording stuff that had just been installed at school. We worked a few nights after school with limited experimentation. Here's what it sounded like in '75".
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<h3>Free Fall (1977)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Free fall</b> (Morse) 4.41
<li><b>Holiday</b> (Morse) 4.26
<li><b>Hand jig</b> (Morse) 3.18
<li><b>Moe down</b> (Morse) 3.49
<li><b>Refried funky chicken</b> (Morse) 3.17
<li><b>Sleep</b> (Morse) 1.54
<li><b>Cruise control</b> (Morse) 6.15
<li><b>Cosmopolitan traveler</b> (Morse) 3.02
<li><b>Dig the ditch</b> (Morse) 3.52
<li><b>Wages of weirdness</b> (Morse) 3.46
<li><b>Northern lights</b> (Morse) 3.14
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Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders. Produced by Stewart Levine.
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<h3>What If (1978)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Take it off the top</b> (Morse) 4.07
<li><b>Odyssey</b> (Morse) 7.35
<li><b>What if</b> (Morse) 5.01
<li><b>Travel tunes</b> (West) 4.34
<li><b>Ice cakes</b> (Morse) 4.39
<li><b>Little kids</b> (Morse) 2.03
<li><b>Gina Lola Breakdown</b> (Morse/London) 4.00
<li><b>Night meets light</b> (Morse) 7.47
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Recorded and mixed at Chateau Recorders in Los Angeles CA. Produced and engineered by Ken Scott. Assistant engineers: Chris Gregg, Brian Leshon &amp; Gary Coppola. CD-release mastered by Dennis M. Drake at PolyGram Studios.
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<h3>Night Of The Living Dregs (1979)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Punk sandwitch</b> (Morse) 3.14
<li><b>Country house shuffle</b> (Morse) 4.12
<li><b>The riff raff</b> (Morse) 3.16
<li><b>Long slow distance</b> (Morse) 6.32
<li><b>Night of the living dregs</b> (Morse) 4.18
<li><b>The bash</b> (Morgenstein/Morse/Parrish/Sloan/West) 4.29
<li><b>Leprechaun promenade</b> (Morse) 3.47
<li><b>Patchwork</b> (Morse) 4.46
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Tracks 1 through 4 recorded at Chateau Recorders in Los Angeles CA, Mountain Recorders in Montreaux and Axis Sound Studios in Atlanta GA. Tracks 5 through 8 recorded live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival on July 23rd, 1978. Album produced by Ken Scott.
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<h3>Dregs Of The Earth (1980)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Road expense</b> (Morse) 3.24
<li><b>Pride o' the farm</b> (Morse) 3.40
<li><b>Twiggs approved</b> (Morse) 4.29
<li><b>Hereafter</b> (Morse) 6.21
<li><b>The great spectacular</b> (Morse) 3.20
<li><b>Broad street strut</b> (Morse) 3.54
<li><b>I'm freaking out</b> (Morse) 9.06
<li><b>Old world</b> (Morse) 2.00
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Recorded at Axis Sound Studios in Atlanta GA. Produced by Steve Morse.
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<h3>Unsung Heroes (1981)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Intro</b>
<li><b>Freefall</b>
<li><b>Country House Shuffle</b>
<li><b>Moe Down</b>
<li><b>Ice Cakes</b>
<li><b>Travel Tunes</b>
<li><b>Night of the Living Dregs</b>
<li><b>Night Meets Light</b>
<li><b>Punk Sandwich</b>
<li><b>The Bash</b>
<li><b>Cruise Control</b>
<li><b>Take It Off The Top</b>
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Recorded live in June 1979.
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<h3>Unsung Heroes (1981)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Cruise control</b> (Morse) 3.36
<li><b>Divided we stand</b> (Morse) 4.58
<li><b>I'll just pick</b> (Morse) 3.58
<li><b>Day 444</b> (Morse) 7.05
<li><b>Rock &amp; Roll Park</b> (Morse) 4.36
<li><b>Attila the Hun</b> (Morse) 4.01
<li><b>Kat food</b> (Morse) 5.00
<li><b>Go for baroque</b> (Morse) 3.58
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Produced by Steve Morse.
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<h3>Live In New York 1981 (1981)</h3>
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<ol>
<li><b>Divided We Stand</b>
<li><b>Pride O' The Farm</b>
<li><b>Twiggs Approved</b>
<li><b>Kat Food</b>
<li><b>The Country</b> <br>
    Apparently this song is *not* &quot;The Country&quot;, but &quot;Limerock&quot;. 
<li><b>Odyssey</b>
<li><b>I'll Just Pick</b>
<li><b>Punk Sandwich</b>
<li><b>Rock'n'roll Park</b>
<li><b>The Bash</b>
<li><b>Cruise Control</b>
<li><b>Take It Off The Top</b>
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Recorded live at something called &quot;My Father's Place&quot; on Long Island, New York, on 3 June 1981 -- and later broadcast on WLIR FM Radio. Allen Sloan is listed as the violinist on the CD, but it's Mark O'Connor who does the string work. (Sloan had already left the group when this was recorded.)
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<h3>Industry Standard (1982)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Assembly line</b> (Morse) 4.22
<li><b>Crank it up</b> (Morse) 3.32 <br>
     With Alex Ligertwood on vocals.
<li><b>Chips ahoy</b> (Morse) 3.39
<li><b>Bloodsucking leeches</b> (Morse) 3.57
<li><b>Up in the air</b> (Morse) 2.25 <br>
     A duet with Morse and Howe. Howe's part was recorded in the UK, while Morse recorded his part in the US. Thus they actually never met.
<li><b>Ridin' high</b> (Morse) 3.38 <br>
      With Patrick Simmons on vocals.
<li><b>Where's Dixie?</b> (Morse) 3.55
<li><b>Conversation piece</b> (Morse) 6.100
<li><b>Vitamin Q</b> (Morse) 5.33
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Produced by Steve Morse &amp; Eddy Odford.
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<h3>Off The Records (promo CD 1988)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Leprechaun promenade</b> 6.24
<li><b>Take it off the top</b> 4.24
<li><b>Band interview</b> 9.06
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A promo CD recorded for Ensoniq Keyboard. It was later also sold at Dregs reunion tours.
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<h3>Divided We Stand (compilation 1989)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Bloodsucking leeches</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Industry Standard</i> 1982.
<li><b>Road expense</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Dregs of the Earth</i> 1980.
<li><b>Twiggs approved</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Dregs of the Earth</i> 1980.
<li><b>Assembly line</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Industry Standard</i> 1982
<li><b>Kat food</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Unsung Heroes</i> 1981.
<li><b>Cruise control</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Free Fall</i> 1977 or <i>Unsung Heroes</i> 1981.
<li><b>Divided we stand</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Unsung Heroes</i> 1981.
<li><b>Take it off the top</b> <br>
     Taken from the <i>Off The Records</i> promo CD, 1988.
<li><b>Hereafter</b> <br>
     Taken from <i>Dregs of the Earth</i> 1980.
</ol>
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Standard best-of-sort-of-thing.
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<h3>Bring 'Em Back Alive (1992)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Road expense</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Assembly line</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Holiday</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Country house shuffle</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Kashmir</b> (Bonham/Page/Plant) 
<li><b>Odyssey</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Kat food</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Hereafter</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Medley (Take it off the top)</b> <ul>
     <li><b>My Sharona</b> (R. Averre/D. Fieger) 
     <li><b>Mississippi Queen</b> (L. Laing/F. Pappalardi/D. Rea/L. Weinstein [Leslie West]) 
     <li><b>Summertime blues</b> (E. Cochran/G. Capeheart) 
     <li><b>Freebird</b> (R. Van Zant/A. Collins) 
     <li><b>Gimme some lovin'</b> (S. Winwood/M. Winwood/S. Davis) </ul>
<li><b>Divided we stand</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Bloodsucking leeches</b> (Morse) 
<li><b>Cruise control</b> (Morse) 
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Recorded live at the Center Stage in Atlanta GA. Album produced by Steve Morse.
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<h3>Full Circle (1994)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Aftershock</b> (Morse) 3.42
<li><b>Perpetual reality</b> (Morse) 5.31
<li><b>Calcutta</b> (Morse) 5.26
<li><b>Goin' down town</b> (Morse) 3.37
<li><b>Pompous circumstances</b> (Morse) 3.21
<li><b>Shapes of things</b> (Samwell-Smith/McCarthy/Relf) 3.46
<li><b>Sleeveless in Seattle</b> (Morse) 4.05
<li><b>Good intentions</b> (Morse) 3.58
<li><b>Yeolde</b> (Morse) 2.17
<li><b>Ionized</b> (Morse) 4.00
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Recorded at M.O.R. and Morrissound Studios in Tampa FL. Produced by Steve Morse.
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<h3>California Screamin' (1999)</h3>
<ol>
<li><b>Wages of Weirdness </b>
<li><b>Peaches En Regalia </b>
<li><b>Freefall </b>
<li><b>Aftershock </b>
<li><b>The Bash </b>
<li><b>Night Meets Light </b>
<li><b>Refied Funky Chickenv
<li><b>Jessica </b>
<li><b>What If </b>
<li><b>Sleeveless In Seattle </b>
<li><b>Ionized </b>
<li><b>The Great Spectacular </b>
<li><b>Dixie </b>
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Recorded live at the Roxy Theater LA in 1999.
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