''A Postcard from the Day'' is the second live album (and most recent release) by the Washington, D.C. band

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(Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980 to 1982, taken from shows in

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, D.C., and New York City.

Track listing

#"Life of the Party" – 3:48 (Mark Noone) #"Cinderella" – 2:23 (Gerry Roslie) #*Originally recorded by

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, #"Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:41 (Kim Kane) #"Can't Believe" – 3:46 (Marshall Keith, Noone) #"Disconnected" – 2:45 (Noone, J. Charney) #"Goin' All the Way/ Glendora" – 4:09 (Mike Bouyea/Ray Stanley) #*"Goin' All the Way" originally recorded by

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, 1966 #*"Glendora" originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956; also recorded by the

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, 1966 #"Jailbait Janet" – 2:15 (Kenne Highland) #*Originally recorded by The Afrika Korps, 1977 #" Henry VIII" – 1:52 (Fred Murray, Robert Weston) #*Popular recording by Herman's Hermits, 1965 #"Hiccupped to Hell" – 2:13 (Ersel Wank) #*Originally by the Wanktones #"Ain't Gettin' Any" – 3:27 (Robert Hudson, John Ford) #*Originally recorded by

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#"Louise/Control" – 4:27 (Jesse Lee Kincaid/Howard Weulfing) #*"Louise" originally recorded by

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, 1966 #" Stepping Stone" – 3:39 ( Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) #*Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by

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, 1966 #"Mean Screen" – 2:16 (Scott Duhamel, Eddie Flowers, Highland) #*Originally recorded by

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, 1976 #" Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite" – 1:40 (

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) #*Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac (as Earl Vince and The Valiants), 1969; also recorded by

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, 1978 #"

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" – 2:38 (

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) #*Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968 #"A Question of Temperature" – 3:29 (

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, Ed Schnug, Don Henny) #*Originally recorded by

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, 1967 #"Riddles and Fairytales" – 2:17 (Tony Camp, Brian Cooke) #*Originally recorded by Bohemian Vendetta, 1968 #"Reverse Psychiatry" – 3:34 (Keith, Noone, Emery Olexa) #"The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith) #"Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:11 (Kane, Keith) #"Weasel" ( WHFS commercial) – :26 #"When We Were Kids" – 2:54 (Noone) #"Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:35 (Noone) #"Here to Stay" – 3:49 (Noone)

Personnel

The band

*Kim Kane – Rhythm guitar *Marshall Keith – Lead guitar *Mark Noone – Lead vocals *Dan Palenski – Drums

Additional musicians

*John Hansen – Lead vocals ("Stepping Stone")

Production

*Seth Martin – Soundman *John Chumbris – Soundman

Additional credits

*John Hansen – Stage dude *Tom Shea – Stage dude, cover photo, collage of photos *Marshall Keith – CD design *Cathy Gatlin – Collage of photos *Carol Albert – Slickette *Kathleen Sheedy – Slickette *"Thanks for setting the spark on this project: Jim Moon; for cassettes: Robbie White, Tom Shea, Kay Pauley; for carting us all over the East Coast: Tom Shea, Allen Atkinson; for paving the way: Razz; for keeping us going all those years: our great fans" *Recorded at: **The Psychedelly, Bethesda, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids") **The Elbow Room, Harrisonburg, Virginia ("Disconnected", "Riddles and Fairytales", "Gotta Tell Me Why", "Here to Stay") **Desperados, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ("Life of the Party", "The Crawling Hand") **

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, Georgetown ("Cinderella", "Porcelain Butter Kitten", "Can't Believe", "Hiccupped to Hell", "Ain't Gettin' Any", "Louise/Control") **

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, Georgetown ("Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite", "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "A Question of Temperature") **Columbia Station, Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. ("Nagasaki Neuter") **

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