''Nintendo Fallacy'' is the third

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

(EP) by British

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band

The Crocketts The Crocketts were a British-Irish indie rock band from Aberystwyth. Formed in 1996, the band featured Irish vocalist Davey MacManus, English guitarist Daniel Harris, English bassist Richard Carter and Welsh drummer Owen Hopkin. The Crocketts wer ...

. Produced by the band with Dave Murder, Bird & Bush and Gareth Parton, the EP features six previously unreleased tracks and was released on 25 October 1999 by

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in conjunction with

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. "Mrs Playing Dead" was later featured on the band's second full-length album, '' The Great Brain Robbery'', released in 2000.

Promotion

In promotion of ''Nintendo Fallacy'', the band toured between October and November 1999, performing in a number of major cities in England and Scotland with support acts Ruby Cruiser and Liberty 37.

Track listing

Personnel

The Crocketts *Davey MacManus ("Davey Crockett") –

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on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 *Dan Harris ("Dan Boone") – guitar, production on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 *Richard Carter ("Rich Wurzel") –

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, production on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 *Owen Hopkin ("Owen Cash") –

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, production on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 Guest musicians *Robert Samuel –

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on track 3 Production *Dave Murder – production and mixing on tracks 3, 5 and 6 *Bird & Bush – production on tracks 1 and 2, mixing on track 2 *Gareth Parton – production on track 4 *Charlie Francis – mixing on track 1

References

{{Authority control 1999 EPs The Crocketts albums V2 Records EPs