Wild Man Fischer Discography

ALBUMS

An Evening With Wild Man Fischer

Side One: The Basic Fischer

1. Merry-Go-Round (This is Wild Man's theme song, sort of)
2. New Kind Of Songs For Sale (live on the Strip)
3. "I'm Not Shy Anymore!" (Larry relives the past in the studio)
4. "Are You From Clovis?"
5. The Madness & Ecstasy (Kim Fowley & Rodney Bingenheimer provide an introduction to, and make prophesies about the future of Wild Man Fischer)

Side Two: Larry's Songs, Unaccompanied

1. Which Way Did The Freaks Go?
2. I'm Working For The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics
3. The Leaves Are Falling
4. 85 Times
5. Cops & Robbers
6. Monkeys Versus Donkeys
7. Start Life Over Again
8. The Mope
9. Life Brand New
10. Who Did It Johnny?
11. Think Of Me When Your Clothes Are Off
12. Taggy Lee
13. Rhonda
14. I Looked Around You
15. Jennifer Jones

Side Three: Some Historical Notes

1. The Taster (fancy version)
2. The Story Of The Taster
3. The Rocket Rock
4. The Rocket Rock Explanation & Dialog
5. Dream Girl
6. Dream Girl Explanation
7. Serrano (Sorrento?) Beach
8. Success Will Not Make Me Happy
9. Wild Man On The Strip Again

Side Four: In Conclusion

1. Why I Am Normal
2. The Wild Man Fischer Story
3. Balling Isn't Everything
4. Ugly Beautiful Girl
5. Larry & His Guitar
6. Circle (Larry's first psychedelic hit)
7. Larry Under Pressure

Wildmania

Side One

1. My Name Is Larry (Fischer)
2. Jimmy Durante (Fischer)
3. I Light The Pilot (Fischer)
4. Josephine (Fischer)
5. Do The Wildman (fancy version) (Kowalski-Schwartz)
6. I'm A Truck (Kowalski-Schwartz)
7. Sir Larry (Fischer)
8. Who's Your Favorite Singer?
9. Go To Rhino Records (live version) (Fischer)
10. Handy Man (Blackwell-Jones)

Side Two

1. Disco In Frisco (Kowalksi-Schwartz)
2. Do The Wildman (and other in dances) (Kowalksi-Schwartz)
3. I'm Selling Peanuts For The Dodgers (Kowalski-Schwartz)
4. I'm The Meany (Fischer)
5. Wild Man Fischer Impersonation Contest (Kowalski-Schwartz)
6. Guitar Licks (Fischer)
7. What Do You Think Of Larry?
8. Young At Heart (Leigh-Richards)
9. My Name Is Larry (Reprise) (Fischer)

Pronounced Normal

Side One (Coming)

1. Pronounced Normal (Barnes & Barnes)
2. Don't Be A Singer (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
3. It's Nice To Have Things (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes-Demento)
4. I Swear To God My Love Was True (Fischer)
5. Talking (Barnes & Barnes)
6. Watch Out For The Sharks (Sanmartino-Sanmartino)
7. When You're Younger (Fischer)
8. Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney)
9. Fish Heads (Barnes & Barnes)
10. Mistakes (Fischer)
11. Frank (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)

Side Two (Going)

1. It's A Money World (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
2. The Mope (Part 2) (Fischer)
3. The Righteous (Fischer)
4. Oh Linda, No Laurie (Fischer)
5. The Bouillabaise (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
6. One Minute (Fischer)
7. In My Room (Wilson-Usher)
8. I'm A Christmas Tree (Fischer)
9. Let Us Live As One (Fischer)
10. Pronounced Normal (Reprise) (Barnes & Barnes)
11. My Sweet Little Cathy (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)

Nothing Scary

Side One

1. Intro (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
2. Derailroaded (Fischer)
3. Larry And The New Wave (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
4. Sparkling Diamonds (Fischer)
5. Music Business Shark (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
6. Don't Ever Get Mad At Me (Robert Williams)
7. My Friend Robert (Fischer)
8. The Omar Walk (Fischer)
9. I Looked Around You (Fischer)
10. Oh God, Please Send Me A Kid (Fischer)
11. Back In Time (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
12. Track Star (Fischer)
13. I Got A Camera (Barnes & Barnes)
14. Scotty's Got A Cake (Robert Williams)
15. Walking Thru The Underground (Fischer)
16. Merry Go Round (Fischer)
17. You're A Liar And A Thief (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
18. All I Think About Is You (Gerry Beckley)

Side Two

1. Outside The Hospital (Fischer)
2. Big Boots (Fischer)
3. Ping Pong Ball Head (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
4. Real Cool Cowboy (Fischer)
5. One Of A Kind Mind (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
6. The Record Player Song (Fischer)
7. When You Record Singers (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
8. Larry's Record Company (listed as "Wild Man Fischer Records" on record sleeve) (Fischer)
9. Gimme A Ride Down The Hill (Barnes & Barnes)
10. Bad Leg (Fischer)
11. I Worry About My Friends (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
12. The Rain Song (Dewey Bunnell)
13. The Pep (Fischer)
14. Love Love Love In Everything You Do (Fischer)
15. Larry In Las Vegas (Fischer)
16. Outro (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)

Wild Man Fischer Meets Smegma or Wild Man Fischer And Smegma Sing Popular Songs

Side One

1. Stigmatize your Mind (Fischer)
2. Midnight Train/Rock-n-Roll Star/Say It (Fischer)
3. Jimmy Durante (Fischer)
4. Dandylion Flower (Fischer)
5. Please like Us (Fischer)

Side Two
(songs by Smegma without Wild Man Fischer)

The Fischer King

Disc One

• A Word From Larry
• Go To Rhino Records (Fischer)
• Wildmania (see above except "Do The Wildman (and other in dances)" is listed as "Do The Wildman (And Other Dances)")
• A Few Minutes With Larry At Dodger Stadium [includes performances of "Merry Go Round"/"I'm Selling Peanuts For The Dodgers" and "Monkeys Versus Donkeys"] (Fischer/Fischer/Fischer)
• Pronounced Normal (see above)
• I Got A Camera (Single Version) (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
• Do The Salvo (Fischer)
• Another Word From Larry

Disc Two

• Yet Another Word From Larry
• I'm A Christmas Tree (Duet with Dr. Demento) (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
• A Few More Minutes With Larry At Dodger Stadium [includes performances of "Jimmy Durante"/"Merry Go Round"/"My Name Is Larry"/"Oh Tina Tina My Little Schlemina"/"Answer Me Lord Above"/"Love Me Tender"/"The Rocket Rock"/"I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover"/"Go To Rhino Records" and "I'm A Truck"] (Fischer/Fischer/Fischer/Fischer/Raugh-Sigmund-Winkler/Matson-Presley/Fischer/Woods-Dixon/Fischer/Kowalkski-Schwartz)
• God, Send Me Leonard And Sandra (Fischer)
• Hello Eileen, It's Larry (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
• Teen Age Idol (Lewis)
• People (Merrill-Styne)
• Nothing Scary (see above except "Walking Thru The Underground" is listed as "Walking Through The Underground")
• Scotty's Got A Cake (Alternate Version) (Barnes & Barnes)
• I'm Sorry, Frank Zappa (Fischer)
• My Mother Was Right (Fischer)
• Don't Ever Get Mad At Me (Original Drum Version) (Williams)
• Last Man In The City (Fischer)
• I Wish I Was A Comic Book (Fischer)
• Norman (Fischer)
• I Gotta Quit The Music Business, Bye Art, Bye Harold (Fischer)
• It's A Hard Business [Duet With Rosemary Clooney] (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
• Flaming Carrot Theme Song (Fischer-Burden-Barnes & Barnes)
• Great Big Man (Fischer-Barnes & Barnes)
• A Final Word From Larry

Singles

• "The Circle" b/w "Merry-Go-Round"
  Bizarre (Reprise), 0781 [c1968?]

  

• "Go To Rhino Records"
  Rhino, RNOP-001, c1975
  (first record ever released by Rhino)

• The Rhino Interview Record
  Rhino, RNPR-11609, c1979
  (also includes interviews with Gefilte Joe, KGB Chicken, & Fred Blassie)

• "Don't Be a Singer" b/w "I Got a Camera" / "Do the Salvo"
  Rhino, RNOR-009, April 1981

Songs included on compilations or other records

• Zappéd
  LP: Bizarre (Reprise), PRO 368, c196?
  Includes "Merry-Go-Round"

• Laminas 1 [title from disc]
  7" EP: Laminas, UCLA-1, c197?
  Includes "Merry Go Round,"* "Autumn Leaves" and "Linda and Laurie."*
  *different versions

• Rhino Royale
  LP: Rhino, RNLP 002, 1978
  (possible cassette release unverified)
  Includes "Go To Rhino Records"

• The First One
  7" EP: A.T.C. Records, FIRST-1, c1981
  Includes "Monkeys Versus Donkeys," recorded live at the Latino Ballroom 1/26/79 in Pontiac, Michigan. Produced by The Dog.

• Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
  LP: Rhino, RNLP 010, 1980
  cassette: Rhino, RNC 010, 1980
  Includes "My Name Is Larry"

• Beatlesongs: A Collection Of Beatles Novelties Volume 1
  LP: Rhino, RNLP 803, 1982
  (possible cassette release unverified)
  Includes "I'm The Meany"

• The Rhino Brothers Present The World's Worst Records (Volume One)
  LP: Rhino, RNLP 809, 1983
  cassette: Rhino, RNC 809, 1983
  Includes "Young At Heart"

• Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time, Vol. VI: Christmas
  LP: Rhino, RNLP 825,1985
  cassette: Rhino, RNC 825,1985
  Includes "I'm A Christmas Tree" (Duet with Dr. Demento)

• Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time
  CD: Rhino, R2 75755, 1989
  Includes "I'm A Christmas Tree" (Duet With Dr. Demento)

• Worse Than Slime No. 1
  LP: Beat Brothers, BBRLP 5002, c1989
  CD: Beat Brothers, BBRCD 6002, c1989
  Includes "I Wish I Was A Comic Book" (written and performed by Wild Man Fischer; remote production by Barnes & Barnes), and "Norman" (written and performed by Wild Man Fischer & Barnes & Barnes; produced by Barnes & Barnes)

• Tales From The Rhino: The Rhino Records Story
  CD: Rhino, R2 71759, c1994
  Includes "Go To Rhino Records"

Rhino Records home page: http://rhino.com/

The authorized Barnes & Barnes web site: http://www.voobaha.com/

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updated 1/13/97, 1/15/97, 1/30/97, 1/29/05, 2/12/05, 2/27/05