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1	Formal Introduction Guitar [Stun Guitar Add-on] – J MascisWritten-By – Watt*, Pettibon*	3:40
2	Blaze Bass [Fuzz-bass] – Ed CrawfordBass [Solo], Backing Vocals – J MascisWritten-By – Crawford*	3:35
3	Herded Into Pools Written-By – Watt*	4:25
4	Witness Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – J MascisBacking Vocals – Vicky Peterson*Written-By – Crawford*, Hurley*	5:35
5	Number Seven Written-By – Kira*	1:16
6	Powerful Hankerin' Written-By – Watt*, Pettibon*	3:31
7	Rocket Sled/Fuel Tank Written-By – Watt*	3:29
8	Quicksand Guitar [Chunk Guitar] – J MascisWritten-By – Kinman*, Kinman*	3:15
9	Disciples Of The 3-Way Organ [Hammond B3] – David KahneWritten-By – Watt*	2:55
10	More Famous Quotes Vocals [The Quote Spiel] – Jim DunbarWritten-By – Watt*	1:28
11	Sincerely Electric Guitar [Electric 12-string Guitar Solo] – Ed CrawfordWritten-By – Kira*, Watt*	3:23
12	Hell-Hole Rhythm Guitar – Joe BaizaSaxophone – Steve MossVocals – Freda Rentie*Written-By – Crawford*, Hurley*	3:43
13	4. 29. 92 Guitar [First Lead Guitar Solo] – Nels Courtney Cline*Guitar [Second Lead Guitar Solo] – Mac*Recorded By – Mark Ramos Nishita*Written-By – Watt*	2:07
14	The Cliffs Thrown Down Written-By – Watt*	3:12

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Distributed By – Sony Music Canada Inc.
• Recorded At – Capitol Studios
• Overdubbed At – Mad Dog Studios
• Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
• Mixed At – Messina Sound
• Recorded At – Messina Sound
• Mixed At – Masterdisk
• Mastered At – K-Disk Studios

Credits

• Backing Vocals [Backup Spiel] – Mike Watt (tracks: 7)
• Bass – Mike Watt
• Bongos, Cymbal [Quarter-scraping-cymbal] – George Hurley (tracks: 3)
• Design [Package Design] – Doug Erb, Mike Watt
• Drums – George Hurley
• Engineer – John Agnello
• Guitar, Vocals – Ed Crawford
• Lyrics By – Ed Crawford (tracks: 2), George Hurley (tracks: 4, 12), Kira* (tracks: 11), Watt* (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), Raymond Pettibon (tracks: 1, 6), Tony Kinman (tracks: 8)
• Mastered By – John Golden
• Mixed By [Assisted By] – Mark Guilbeault, Mark Mason, Scott Hull
• Percussion [Empty Oil Cans] – George Hurley (tracks: 14)
• Photography – Dirk Vandenberg, Joey Lin, Kevin Winter
• Producer – J Mascis
• Recorded By [Assisted By] – Peter Doell
• Recorded By [Overdubs Assisted By] – Michael Dumas
• Vocals [Spiel] – Mike Watt (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14)

Notes

Basic tracks (that's me and George's parts) were recorded in about 33 hours at Capitol Studios
in Hollywood, CA from september 8-11, 1922. Overdubs were done in about 70 hours at Mad Dog in
Venice, CA from september 14-20, 1992. Mixing took about 60 hours at Ocean Way in Hollywood, CA
from september 22-27, 1992. J went back and added some stun guitar on december 20, 1992 at
Messina Sound in New York City and then married the track to the rest of the album at Masterdisk
in New York City the next day. So the whole thing took about 180 hours total - what a bogart!
The most time we ever took!

Sticker on back cover reads:

Imported and distributed by Sony Music Canada Inc. Not for distribution or sale outside Canada.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 074645320823
• Matrix / Runout: DIDP-078808 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CK 53208	fIREHOSE	Mr. Machinery Operator ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	CK 53208	US	1993
472967 2, COL 472967 2	fIREHOSE	Mr. Machinery Operator ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	472967 2, COL 472967 2	Europe	1993
EW0062CD	fIREHOSE	Mr. Machinery Operator ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Eastworld Recordings	EW0062CD	UK	2012
COL 472967-1, 472967 1	fIREHOSE	Mr. Machinery Operator ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	COL 472967-1, 472967 1	Netherlands	1993
CK 53208, ACK 53208 S1	fIREHOSE	Mr. Machinery Operator ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Columbia, Columbia	CK 53208, ACK 53208 S1	US	1993