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For several years it has been the desire of the 77s to perpetrate upon our adoring public an album consisting of all our unreleased demos, dead dogs, weak sisters, failed experiments and/or otherwise brilliant material (depending upon your point of view) which somehow or other never saw the light of day. After our idea was stolen right out from under us by R.E.M. (who scored the biggest-selling album of their career up to that point with Dead Letter Office) and other ‘prattle & scum’ers, we knew it was high time to grant amnesty internationally to these ‘lil MIAs and POWs once and for all.

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released 13 March 2012
SEVENTY SEVENS–STICKS AND STONES

PRODUCED BY MICHAEL ROE & STEVE GRIFFITH

MICHAEL ROE / voice, guitar
JAN ERIC / bass, voice
MARK TOOTLE / keyboard, guitar
AARON SMITH / more pounding & thrashing
ALSO FEATURING:
STEVE GRIFFITH / bass (The Loop), percussion (God Sends Quails) CHRIS HILLMAN / mandolin, vocal (The Lust)
MARK HARMON / bass (MT)
JAN CLEVERLY / piano (The Loop)
THE NURK SISTERS / vocals (Nowhere Else)

Recorded & Mixed by STEVE GRIFFITH & DARYL ZACHMAN at Exit / Sacramento, CA & The Music Annex / Menlo Park, CA

Mastered by KEVIN FROMER at EnergyGlass / Manhattan, IL

SEVENTY SEVENS –THIS IS THE WAY LOVE WAS

PRODUCED BY THE 77s

MICHAEL ROE / voice, guitar, harp
JAN ERIC / bass, voice, guitar
AARON SMITH / still more pounding & thrashing
MARK TOOTLE / voice, keyboard, guitar, bass, drum machine MARK PROCTOR / drums (Cross The City Sky, Walk Thru The Door)

1, 2, 6-11 recorded & mixed by SHALOM ABERLE
3, 4, 5 recorded & mixed by DARYL ZACHMAN
1 & 2 recorded at DK’s / San Luis Obispo, CA 1988
3, 4, 5 recorded at Exit / Sacramento, CA early 1980’s 6-11 recorded at Wild Blue Yonder / Fresno, CA 1988

Audio Restoration & Mastering by
KEVIN FROMER at EnergyGlass / Manhattan, IL

GEORGE HOLDEN / Art Direction & Design, 1990 MARC LUDENA / Art Direction & Design, 2012 JOHN WAGNER / Cover Photograph
LAUREEN JONES / Hair (cover)
CORRIE ESPOSITO / Makeup (cover) PAT JOHNSON / Studio Group Photos

© 2012 Lo-Fidelity Records
www.lo-fidelity.com

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Track Name: MT
Come on let me in
I swear I'll be your only friend
And I will get down on my knees for you
And if I could
You know I would do anything at all
To get you near today
Hear me say

You're more than money
More than glory
More than I could ever hope to say
You're more than beauty
More than mystery
More than now
More than yesterday

Take me to your heart
'Cuz there is where we make it start
And I will get down on my knees for you
And pay the price
Sacrifice
Do anything at all to melt your soul on ice
Realize

You're more than money
More than glory
More than I could ever hope to say
You're more than beauty
More than mystery
More than now
More than yesterday

More than a lover
More than a friend
More than a talent
More than a trend
More than a mystery
More than a dance
More than your history
More than romance
More than your politics
More than your plans
More than a sure thing
More than a chance
More than your weakness
More than your strength
More than completeness
More than fragments
Track Name: Nowhere Else
Hey Na Na
Hey Na Na

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

The moon blew through the valley
Carried away the clouds
The stars seem so much brighter this night
Orion's belt is shinin'
The big dipper's upside down
Over us it's pourin' out it's light

You slip your arms around me
Draw me to your side
The full moon's shinin' so clear
Is that music in the distance?
For a moment of time
There is nowhere else but here

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

I could walk across the desert
Build my own oasis
Where the palm trees shade me from the sun
I could swim across the ocean
Find a desert island
But your arms would always draw me back home

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

Hey Na Na Hey Na Na
There is nowhere else I'd rather be
There is nowhere else I wanna be
Track Name: This Is The Way Love Is
When I gave up, you held up
When I ran out, you filled me up
When I kept runnin', you kept up
When I let you down you lifted me up

This is the way love is

When I couldn't find the words, you understood
When I didn't find the time, you were in no hurry
When I wouldn't make ends meet, you tied them together
When I cheated you kept to the rules

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

When I was keepin' it in, you were givin' out
When I was losin' out, you'd let me come back
When I was holdin' back, you were holdin' on
When I was losin' my cool you were keepin' your love warm

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection

When I kept it all to myself like a miser holds on to his last dime
When I closed up myself like a desperate hand on a lifeline
Well I was bled, I was dried, all wrapped up in my pride
This is the way it is when you're on the wrong side

Well, this is the way love is
This is the way love is
When it's a one-sided double-minded mirror with no reflection
Track Name: Perfect Blues
Why doncha git up
Git up next to me
Why doncha git up
Git up next to me
If ya git up close enough to me, baby
You won't like what you see

Why doncha hang around
Hang around around me
Why doncha hang out, baby
Hang out with me
Sooner or later you'll get sick of me, baby
Sick of me I guarantee

I fill up with gas
My light's might glow
Wind me up but I'll never never go
No no no no no I won't go
I only got one gear and that's reverse, baby
I'm in the fast lane moving slow

You can break me
You can shake me
But you won't change me
That I know
You can break me break me break me break me
But you won't change me
That I know
I'm only one bad apple but
I've spoiled a whole bunch
I'm rotten to the core

Well you keep on looking, baby
You ain't gonna find what you're looking for
Keep on looking looking looking looking
Ain't gonna find what you're looking for
Some kinda perfect man that you can worship, baby
He ain't on this earth anymore

Give it up
Forget it, babe, it won't work
Give it up give it up
Forget it, babe, it won't work
You're looking for a perfect boy or girl?
Forget it baby
We're all jerks
Track Name: Don't, This Way
Imagine
All our years together
Like a blackbird that won't sing
Imagine
Throwing it to the air
But it falls from broken wings

Don't leave this way, so many words unsaid
Don't lie this way, stretched straight from
Feet to head

Imagine
The sky is pouring down
On the back of all those years
Imagine
That bird helpless on the ground
Shot down by all those tears

Don't leave this way, so many words unsaid
Don't lie this way, stretched straight from
Feet to head
Don't look this way, closed eyes, unmoving lips
Don't feel this way, cold hands and fingertips
Track Name: You Walked In The Room
Here we are
A floor and a ceiling
One two three four walls
And an empty feeling
Even when the bodies are everywhere
Even when the talk's so loud you have to shout
Loneliness is staring me in the face
Tryin' to get out of bein' in has left me inside out

(And if it weren't for you
I'm sure that I'd be
A pessimistic man
In search and lonely
Wondering what to do
And why to do it)

Lousy jokes
And out & out lying
'Bout somebody else's bad luck
Bad taste
Bad timing
Somebody always tries to get a laugh
From losers in this system of give and take
Can't decide what this party's all about
Is it a celebration
Or just some kind of personal wake?

(And if it weren't for you
I'm sure that I'd be
A pessimistic man
In search and lonely
Wondering what to do
And why to do it)

You walked in the room
(And people seem to get a retrospective look in their eye)
You walked in the room
(Like if only they had known, they would've prepared a disguise)
You walked in the room
(Ain't it funny how your presence always comments on our secret lives)
You walked in the room
You walked in the room
Track Name: The Days To Come
Something tells me that we'll come out of this
With a healing compassion or a scarring bitterness
Don't revive painful times, let them rest
Don't drag a net through the sea of forgetfulness

The cut was deep, the blood was warm
I can't deny what it's done
But if we don't release the past
We'll slap the face of the days to come

There's a hand at the door refusing to leave
Its pulse is throbbing, its heart on its sleeve
It's a new tomorrow waiting to be received
By somebody ready and willing to believe

The cut was deep, the blood was warm
I can't deny what it's done
But if we don't release the past
We'll slap the face of the days to come

Remember this melody
Don't ever let it go away
Sing it to your heart
Day after day after day

The cut was deep, the blood was warm
I can't deny what it's done
But if we don't release the past
We'll slap the face of the days to come
Track Name: God Sends Quails
You fail
You try half-hearted and fail
One foot drags behind you
One foot tripping in front of you

You fail
You spit out manna, God sends quails
Dry bones pile up behind you
More wet mirages in front of you

You can't go back
You can't go back

You failed
You sunk like Jonah to the whale
Big mouths follow behind you
Still small voice swallowed up by you

You failed
You picked the right time to fail
Got your past behind you
Got your future in front of you

You can't go back
You can go on

You failed
You picked the right time to fail

Got your past behind you
Got your future in front of you

You can't go back
You can go on

You can't go back
You can go on

You can't go back
You can go on
Track Name: Love Without Dreams
One more question before you're out the door
Can you believe in me the way I believe in you?
Without dreams our love can come to nothin'
Without love our dreams won't come true

Okay
Say no with your lips
But someday
Say yes with your heart
Well, you can't have love without dreams
And you've got to have some dreams this side of paradise
No, you can't have love without dreams
And you can't see your dreams without payin' the price
You can't have love without dreams

You thought you had some dreams, maybe
But they were just petty illusions
They were strings wound up one at a time
Into a ball of confusion

So, okay
Say no with your lips
But someday
Say yes with your heart
Well, you can't have love without dreams
And you've got to have some dreams this side of paradise
No, you can't have love without dreams
And you can't see your dreams without payin' the price
You can't have love without dreams

Okay
Say no with your lips
But someday
Say yes with your heart
Track Name: Do It For Love (Demo)
Take back
All those things you said
When you were tired of living
Hold on
To the dreams we shared
They were so easy to believe in
Turn back
From the way you're goin'
It's a rocky road for sure
Lift up your heart to heaven
Dream this dream with me once more

Do it for love
Do it for love

Tell me how to love you
Let me know what I've been missing
Don't walk out of this life again
You've got me, You've got this love
This world in your hand

Do it for love
Do it for love

And I can see a time
when we will dare to laugh
At all these ghosts that haunt us
Hey, that day we'll say we did it
Did it for love
Track Name: The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes & The Pride Of Life (Demo)
Well, I feel
Like I have to feel
Something good all of the time
With most of life I cannot deal
But a good feeling I can feel
Even though it may not be real
And if a person, place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
But will it last me for all my life
Or just one more lonely night

The lust, the flesh
The eyes
And the pride of life
Drain the life
Right out of me

Well, I see something and I want it
Bam! Right now!
No questions asked
Don't worry how much it costs me now or later
I want it and I want it fast
I'll go to any length
Sacrifice all that I already have
And all that I might get
Just to get
Something more that I don't need
And Lord, please don't ask me what for

The lust, the flesh
The eyes
And the pride of life
Drain the life
Right out of me

And I love when folks
Look right at me
And what I'm doing
Or have done
And lay it on about
How groovy I am
And that I'm looking grand
And every single word
Makes me think I'll live forever
Never knowing that they probably
Won't remember what they said tomorrow
Tomorrow I could be dead

The lust, the flesh
The eyes
And the pride of life
Drain the life
Right out of me
Track Name: Pearls Before Swine (Demo)
He put it out
It meant nothing in the world to him so
He put it out
His hunger needed some attention so
He laid it out
Swapped it all for a bowl of pork and beans
And he got put out
Left for poor
By a man of means

Esau, you sod
You gave it away
Esau, you sought it with tears
Couldn't get it back again

She put it out
He put the heat on and she got too hot so
She put it out
Gives in a little
But she's giving him a lot and she lays it out
She's showing all her prized possessions to him and
She's putting out
She's swapping everything for what he's putting in but
Her lamp goes out
She didn't notice the light was growing dim and then
He goes out
And he takes everything that she had
With him

Tamar babe
You shoulda run away
Tamar babe
You saw it coming
Did you have to stay and play
Tamar babe!
Where was your head that day
Tamar, He took your best and left
You left it too late
Too late
Too late
Too late
Too late

Ashes for your veil
Ashes for your veil
Veil of ashes
Veil of ashes
Veil of ashes
Track Name: Bottom Line (Demo)
I'm getting tired of walking up every floor
I'm getting tired of waking up anymore
But there's a hope now and there wasn't before
I got no money and I got no time
I fall down every mountain I try to climb
But peace of heart is better than peace of mind

I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh no

You take one look at me and you wanna walk
'Cuz there's no good in me and I shouldn't talk
But I've got everything though nothing at all
I wasn't looking for what it was I found
Myself standing on some holy ground
I couldn't stand it and I had to sit down

Wanted the impossible
Looked for the impossible
The impossible found me first

I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh no

I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh yeh
I've got a bottom line
Oh no
Track Name: Do It For Love (Live)
Take back
All those things you said
When you were tired of living
Hold on
To the dreams we shared
They were so easy to believe in
Turn back
From the way you're goin'
It's a rocky road for sure
Lift up your heart to heaven
Dream this dream with me once more

Do it for love
Do it for love

Tell me how to love you
Let me know what I've been missing
Don't walk out of this life again
You've got me, You've got this love
This world in your hand

Do it for love
Do it for love

And I can see a time
when we will dare to laugh
At all these ghosts that haunt us
Hey, that day we'll say we did it
Did it for love
Track Name: Nowhere Else (Live)
Hey Na Na
Hey Na Na

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

The moon blew through the valley
Carried away the clouds
The stars seem so much brighter this night
Orion's belt is shinin'
The big dipper's upside down
Over us it's pourin' out it's light

You slip your arms around me
Draw me to your side
The full moon's shinin' so clear
Is that music in the distance?
For a moment of time
There is nowhere else but here

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

I could walk across the desert
Build my own oasis
Where the palm trees shade me from the sun
I could swim across the ocean
Find a desert island
But your arms would always draw me back home

There is nowhere else I'd rather be
Than in your heart
There is nowhere else I wanna be
But in your eyes
In your arms

Hey Na Na Hey Na Na
There is nowhere else I'd rather be
There is nowhere else I wanna be
Track Name: Problem Girl (Demo)
She just can't cope with performance anxiety
A figment of an imaginative society
She's a tramp enamored by extravagance
She will jump at the beat of a new romance

What you gonna do with that problem girl
What you gonna say when it starts to grow
Is it mental, physical, moral or spiritual
What you gonna say when it starts to show

She regrets what she does
But she knows that she can't change time
She wants to go to heaven when she dies
A victim of merciless self-scrutiny
The captain and the sailor trapped in a mutiny

What you gonna do with that problem girl
What you gonna say when it starts to grow
Is it mental, physical, moral or spiritual
What you gonna say when it starts to show

Tell them that it's genius trapped by a mediocre imagination
Tell that that it's guilt trying to break out of innocence
It's a grand ruse baby that can't be save by a sense of humor
It's a lot of time put in and no worthwhile experience

What you gonna do with that problem girl
What you gonna say when it starts to grow
Is it mental, physical, moral or spiritual
What you gonna say when it starts to show
Track Name: Cross the City Sky (Demo)
Wheels of progress turn
Spokes of passion burning
Engines winding out
Brakes are all but failing
Dragging each other on motorized need

I count this life of mine
A worn out, old disguise
A pale sienna sunset across a city sky

Searching with electrified fingertips
For that television living
Change a channel
Change your wife
Trying to put color into black and white

I count this life of mine
A worn out, old disguise
A pale sienna sunset across a city sky

Eye unsatisfied with seeing
Ear unsatisfied with hearing
Hand unsatisfied with holding
Mind unsatisfied with knowing
Danger: radiation
Egotistical fallout
Explosions out of atoms
Living out of dreams
In the end the elements are nothing that we need

I count this life of mine
A worn out, old disguise
A pale sienna sunset across a city sky
Track Name: Walk Through the Door (Demo)
Look long at your tomorrows
Yesterday has left a clue
There's but one door we can follow
Check your pulse then walk on through

Don't talk about the mountain
Til you climb it's peak
Don't talk about the holy book
Til you hear it speak

Don't talk about no foreign lands
Til you walk their shore
Don't talk about the other room
Til you walk through the door

Walk through the door
Track Name: You Don't Scare Me (Live)
If I'm walking in the dark
You don't scare me
Killer chasing me thru the park
You don't scare me
I could ride on a plane
Losing all its engines
Heading straight down the drain
I don't care, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Cuz I know, no you don't
You don't scare me

Go for a drive and hit a rock
You don't scare me
Lightning bolt give me a lethal shock
You don't scare me
I could fall down the stairs
Or get stabbed at the fair
I won't fear, I won't fear
I won't fear, I won't fear
Cuz I know, that you don't
You don't scare

Why should I go the wrong way
Down a one way street
Against the Heat
When in one moment you could
Turn my up-to-date to obsolete
And your indiscreet
And you don't repeat
And you're beat beat beat
You're so beat

Yea though I walk
Through the valley
Of your shadow so near
I will fear no man
I will fear no woman
I will fear no pain
I will fear no thing
Cuz you don't
No you don't scare me

I'm gonna show you a mystery
You'll be swallowed in victory
Where's your stinger
Where's your sting