The Firesign Theatre - Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers Album

Tracklist

1	This Side	22:16
2	The Other Side	24:12

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C 30102	The Firesign Theatre	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ‎(LP, Album, San)	Columbia	C 30102	US	1970
C 30102	The Firesign Theatre	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	C 30102	US	1970
PCT 30102, PCT30102	The Firesign Theatre	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Columbia, Columbia	PCT 30102, PCT30102	US	Unknown
C 30102	The Firesign Theatre	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ‎(LP, Album, Lab)	Columbia	C 30102	Canada	1970
C 30102	The Firesign Theatre	Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	C 30102	Canada	Unknown

Credits

• Cover – Robert Grossman
• Engineer – Bill Driml, Jerry Hochman
• Music Consultant [Useful Ideas] – Bill Malloch
• Performer [Music], Written-By – The Firesign Theatre
• Performer, Written-By – David Ossman, Peter Bergman , Philip Austin, Philip Proctor
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Elisabeth Plumb, John Rose
• Producer [Shoes For Industry] – James William Guercio

Notes

Written and performed during April and May 1970.

The original LP release came with a poster, featuring Polaroid snapshots of group members.

"Oh, Blinding Light," "The Rough-As-A-Cob March," and "Peorgie's Song" (from Paranoid Pictures' "High School Madness!")

"P" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing.

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): XSM 153533
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): XSM 153534
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A Side stamped): XSM153533-1K 2A P
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, B Side stamped): XSM153534-1AD A1 P
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, A Side etched, exc. [P] stamped): XSM 153533 1-C P
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, B Side etched, exc. [P o] stamped): XSM 153534 1-C P o
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Companies

• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
• Published By – Espeseth Music Music Music
• Produced At – Poseidon Productions
• Mastered At – Customatrix

Short intro

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