Let There Be Music
In the wake of the Game pen, cup and magnet premiums, came the Game CDs: the Artful Dirger and Dirger 2.
The Artful Dirger
1 Dead Skunk
(Wainwright) Loudon Wainwright Album III (1972) 3:05
2 Death Ray
Boogie (Pete Johnson) Claude Bolling Original Boogie Woogie (1936/1968)
2:46
3 I'd Rather See Him Dead (Minnie McCoy) Memphis Minnie Queen of the
Blues (1938/1997) 2:48
4 Deathly (Mann) Aimee Mann Bachelor No. 2
(2000) 5:35
5 Wall of Death (Thompson) Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot
Out the Lights (1982) 3:43
6 Angel (Lennox/Stewart) Annie Lennox Best
of the Eurhythmics (1989) 4:59
7 Enough to Be on Your Way (Taylor) James
Taylor Hourglass (1997) 5:27
8 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)
Chambers Brothers Best of (1971) 3:50
9 Calling All Angels (Siberry)
Jane Siberry with K.D. Lang When I Was a Boy (1993) 5:15
10 Nature's
Way (Randy California) Spirit 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus (1970)
2:42
11 Farther Along (Trad.) Harris, Parton, Ronstadt Trio (1987)
4:08
12 Spirit in the Sky (Greenbaum) Norman Greenbaum Michael
(Soundtrack) (1970/1996) 3:59
13 The Sea Refuses No River (Townshend)
Pete Townshend Best of (1982) 5:55
14 All Things Must Pass (Harrison)
George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970) 3:47
15 Catch the Wind
(Donovan Leitch) Mimi Fariņa & Joan Baez Folk Duets (1967/1998)
2:38
16 In This Life (Reid/Shamlin) Israel Kamakawiwo'ole In Dis Life
(1996) 4:07
17 Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father (Newman) Randy Newman
Little Criminals (1977) 2:40
18 Canaan's Land (Trad.) Kate Rusby
Little Lights (2000) 3:51
19 'Til I Die (Brian Wilson) Beach Boys
Surf's Up (1971) 2:39
20 Festival of Friends (Coburn) Bruce Coburn
In the Falling Dark (1976) 4:40
"Love the CD... Listened to it twice on Christmas Day." Sweeney Todd
"Superb selections all." Mr. Goodvibes
"Enjoying the CD! What a great surprise to start the year." Deadbolts
"Thanks for the very entertaining CD... great listening!" Johnny B. Dead
"I just wanted to let you know how great it was to start my drive to work off on a Monday morning with your CD. Nothing gets you going in a better way than hearing, "Dead skunk in the middle of the road." Nothing. Thanks for making my day, and perhaps my entire week!" Freddy
"The CD is an unalloyed pleasure, from Loudon Wainwright III to 'Spirit in the Sky.' A mixological masterpiece. We eagerly await the second installment." -- Anonymous critic for Bulletino di musica moderna
"Great CD!" -- Gomez
"Just wanted to thank you for the latest bonus. I was skeptical about listening to a CD full of death-related music. But it's fantastic, with some of my all-time favorite artists." - Tomb Essence
"I've been playing your CD in the office. After more than ten years together, my secretary announced for the first time that she thinks I'm weird." -- Tim Ormortis
Dirger 2
1
Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean Drag City (1964) 2:28
2 Teen Angel -
Mark Dinning (1959) 2:37
3 Goodbye Earl (Dennis Linde) Dixie Chicks
Fly (1999) 4:18
4 Hell's Bells - AC/DC Black Money Rules in Sin
City (2000) 5:14
5 Poor Jud Is Dead (Rogers/Hammerstein) Oklahoma
Broadway Cast Recording (1944) 2:49
6 You Was Born to Die - Blind Willie
McTell and Curly Weaver (1933) 2:48
7 Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney) The
Beatles Revolver (1966) 2:04
8 And When I Die - Laura Nyro First
Songs (1967) 2:38
9 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy (1978) 3:43
10 Dead Parrot Sketch - Monty Python
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970) 5:40
11 I Remember You (Johnny
Mercer) Diana Krall The Look of Love (2001) 3:54
12 The Frozen Man -
James Taylor New Moon Shine (1991) 3:53
13 Big Joe and Phantom 309
(Tommy Faile) Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner (1975) 6:28
14 A
Special Sort of Death (Harline) Snow White Soundtrack (1937) 2:41
15
Death of Liu (Tu che di gel sei cinta) - Virginia Zeano, from Puchini's
Turandot 2:30
16 Old Man Time - Kate Rusby Hourglass (1998)
3:48
17 Seasons - Steve Miller Brave New World (1969) 3:49
18 My
Love Has Gone (D. Armstrong/J. Catto) Dido No Angel (1999) 4:28
19
Clouds (Both Sides Now) (Joni Mitchell) Dave Van Ronk Let No One Deceive You
(1992) 4:35
20 I'm Going Up a Yonder (Walter Hawkins) Northwest Girl
Choir Inscription of Hope (1997) 3:54
21 Great Gig in the Sky (Richard
Wright) Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 4:44
"A masterful blend of old and new, of the familiar and the obscure... and all woven together with the same thread that binds us all with The Game. Morbid? Absolutely not! A celebration, an Irish wake and fond remembrances all rolled into a digital stream of aural art." -- Johnny B. Dead
"This sure beats any of the Time-Life series of CD's that I have ever heard
about!" -- Freddy of Freddy's Fallen Heroes