Where can I track down Al’s really old stuff?
Every year around Christmastime the Demento Society mails out a special CD – Dr. Demento’s Basement Tapes – to its members, that usually includes an ancient “unreleased” track from Al, like “Pacman” or “It’s Still Billy Joel To Me.” “School Cafeteria” was released as the B-side of the “My Bologna” single (Capitol Records, 1979) and a live version appears on Basement Tapes #7. A song about Al’s college town (San Luis Obispo, California) called “Take Me Down” was originally issued on a very rare 1978 album called SLO Grown, and also appears on Basement Tapes #8 and a CD compilation called SLO Unplugged II, and the demos for “I Love Rocky Road” and “Stop Draggin’ My Car Around” appear on Basement Tapes #9 and #10 respectively. “Baby Likes Burping” appears on #11, which was released by the Doctor in May, 2003.
