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Track listing

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" # "Kill the Great Raven" # "Jesus Was a Leprechaun" # "Here Come the Bums" # "The Vivian Girls" # "Magic and Ecstasy" # "Who Is the Culprit and Who Is the Victim?" # "What Wilbur?" # "Picnic in the Jungle" # "Friendly Warning" # "I Love Mary" # "The Vultures of Bombay"

Personnel

Performance: Snakefinger Soprano Saxophone: Steven Brown Bass: Phil Culp Percussion: Don Jackovich

References

1979 albums Ralph Records albums Snakefinger albums {{1970s-album-stub