The Little Red Songbook

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The album The Little Red Songbook (Le Grand Magistery 61665-60006) was released by Momus (Nick Currie) in 1998. This CD features a number of Karaoke versions of the songs that were used for a singing contest. The winners of the contest appear on the CD Stars Forever.

The original release of this CD contained a controversial song entitled "Walter Carlos". In 1998, the subject persona of the song, Wendy Carlos, sued Momus for $22 million[1]. The case was settled out of court, with Momus agreeing to remove it from the CD and owing $30,000 in legal fees[2]. Subsequent releases of the CD do not include the song.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Old Friend, New Flame
  2. MC Escher
  3. Who Is Mr. Jones?
  4. Harry K-Tel
  5. Lucretia Borgia
  6. How To Spot An Invert
  7. Everyone I've Slept With
  8. Born To Be Adored
  9. Coming In A Girl's Mouth
  10. What Are You Wearing?
  11. The New Decameron
  12. The Symphonies Of Beethoven
  13. Tragedy And Farce
  14. Mrs. X, An Ex-Lover
  15. A White Oriental Flower
  16. Some Mistranslations
  17. The Ugly Sister
  18. Welcome To My Show Trial
  19. Old Friend, New Flame (Karaoke)
  20. Tragedy And Farce (Karaoke)
  21. The New Decameron (Karaoke)
  22. Coming In A Girl's Mouth (Karaoke)
  23. Mrs. X, An Ex-Lover (Karaoke)
  24. Harry K-Tell (Karaoke)
  25. Who Is Mr. Jones? (Karaoke)
  26. How To Spot An Invert (Karaoke)
  27. The Symphonies Of Beethoven (Karaoke)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shepherd, Fiona. "The World Can Change in a Matter of Momus", The Scotsman, The Scotsman Publications Ltd., 1999-09-10, p. 23. 
  2. ^ Selvin, Joel; Vaziri, Aidin, Heller, Greg. "$1,000 Bought a Custom Song on Momus' Latest Album", The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chronicle Publishing Co., 1999-11-07.