''Magnetic Flip'' is the debut

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of the American

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band

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is an American musical group founded in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in 1980.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 226-7 The music of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is almost ent ...

, released in 1984 by

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Release and reception

Never being individually issued on

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, only some of ''Magnetic Flip'' had been included on compilations such as ''Sonic Geology'' and ''The Fossil Record''. Finally, the entire album was issued by

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on '' Dawn of the Cycads'', a two-disc anthology including most of the band's early work.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Magnetic Flip'' liner notes. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic *

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, organ, percussion *Rick Scott – piano,

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, synthesizer, percussion *

Martin Swope Martin Swope (b. June 1, 1955, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US) is an American musician and composer. He was the tape manipulator and sound engineer for the Boston-based postpunk band Mission of Burma from 1979–1983, when they split up due to lead voc ...

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, percussion Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet *Steve Adams –

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*Allan Chase – saxophone *Tom Hall – saxophone *Cercie Miller – saxophone Additional musicians and production *

– mixing *Michael Cohen –

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*Richard W. Harte –

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*Taki –

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*Tony Volante – mixing *Jeff Whitehead –

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, mixing

Release history

References

External links

''Magnetic Flip''
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