DEVO - Live - The Mongoloid Years (Full Album) 1992

The album presents parts of three Devo concerts from their early days, presented in reverse chronological order: Max's Kansas City in November 1977 (mislabeled as May 1977), The Crypt in Akron in December 1976, and the WHK Auditorium in Cleveland on Halloween 1975. The concerts were recorded on four-track tape by the band, and the selections are described by Gerald Casale as "the best of the only audio tapes that escaped total disintegration over the last 15 years" in the liner notes.

The album includes an essay and description of the shows presented penned by Gerald Casale, titled "The rest, as they say, is De-evolution." It describes both the environment of the shows, and the development of the early band.

*Max's Kansas City NYC November 1977

01-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:18
02-Too Much Paranoias (Mark Mothersbaugh) – 2:21
03-Praying Hands (Gerald V. Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 4:11
04-Uncontrollable Urge (Mothersbaugh) – 3:22
05-Mongoloid (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 3:27
06-Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 8:02
07-Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy) (Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh) – 4:43
08-Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') (Casale, Gary Jackett, Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh) – 2:59
09-Come Back Jonee (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 4:01

*The Crypt Akron December 1976

10-Clockout (Casale) – 2:41
11-Soo Bawls (Mothersbaugh) – 3:50
12-Space Junk (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:32
13-Blockhead (Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh) – 6:21

*WHK Auditorium Cleveland Halloween 1975

14-Subhuman Woman (Casale, Bob Lewis) – 4:43
15-Bamboo Bimbo (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 3:44
16-Beulah (Casale) – 13:14
17-Jocko Homo / I Need a Chick (Casale, Gregg, Mothersbaugh) – 2:32

The tracklisting is somewhat inaccurate: an uncredited performance of "Timing X" is on track 11; an introduction of the third show on the disc is mis-cued and added to the end of "Blockhead"; portions of "Baby Talkin' Bitches" and "Chango" are played and appear at the end of track 14; the last two tracks on the album are also mis-cued and combine the performances of "Beulah", "Jocko Homo" and most of "I Need A Chick" onto one track; finally, the track labeled "I Need A Chick" features the band attempting to play further and being kicked off the stage.

Personnel:

Mark Mothersbaugh – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Gerald V. Casale – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
Bob Mothersbaugh – guitar, vocals
Bob Casale - guitar, backing vocals
Jim Mothersbaugh, Alan Myers – drums, electronic percussion

Produced by Devo

1992 Rykodisc