Napoleon and Josephine (Singles Volume 2)

This is the second volume in a series featuring rare singles and unreleased tracks from Sun City Girls. In the summer of 1988, Sun City Girls began working on two records simultaneously: Torch of the Mystics and Dante's Disneyland Inferno. The former was finished and released in December of 1989, but the latter wasn't released until April of 1996. Over those eight years, Dante's morphed into an entirely different record due to several songs originally targeted for inclusion being hijacked by other projects. Two tracks "X + Y" and "Frankenstein") were siphoned off to Kaliflower LP in 1993 and 4 tracks that are included here were released on 7" singles in the early '90s. The two most notable of the singles tracks dominates this record. "Napoleon and Josephine", a 13-minute episodic conversation between a vagrant and a shop owner, was originally released as a single in 1991 on Scratch Records. The full track was split into sides (parts one and two) running over six minutes long. An alternative mix which had been shelved for 15 years is also featured here. "Reflection Of A Young Boy Eating From A Can Of Dog Food On A Shiny Red X-Mas Ball" was originally released as side four on the double single 3 Fake Female Orgasms and was eight minutes in length. This extended version is the original complete recording, running 22 minutes. Legendary Phoenix electronic musician and SCG associate David Oliphant mixed and processed the entire piece live to tape in his studio. The remainder of this set is composed of like-minded and literary SCG singles and compilation tracks, including the previously unreleased "The Weatherman" which was originally recorded as introduction to "Napoleon and Josephine."