Optiganally Yours

Optiganally Yours
Origin San Diego, California, United States
Genres Indie pop
Pop
Years active 1996–present
Labels Cargo Records
Absolutely Kosher
Headhunter
Website Official Website
Members
Rob Crow
Pea Hix
Notable instruments
Optigan

Optiganally Yours is a band formed around the Optigan, a toy organ produced by Mattel in the 1970s that plays the sounds of instruments that have been recorded onto celluloid disks. Pea Hix wanted to form an Optigan-based cover band, but teamed up with Rob Crow to begin writing original songs for the Optigan.

Their second album, Exclusively Talentmaker, was actually recorded on the Chilton Talentmaker and the Vako Orchestron, two closely related organs that offer more chords and the ability to scratch the celluloid disks being played.

Contents

Discography

Studio albums

  1. Down
  2. Mr. Wilson
  3. Compressor/Expander
  4. Remo
  5. Nighters
  6. Wichita Lineman
  7. You're In My Heart
  8. Hugs
  9. Patio
  10. Dr. Smooth
  11. Stop Touching Me
  12. Sleepytown Train
  13. Johnny Largo On The Snowball Special
  14. Beebo
  1. Oar
  2. Geppetto
  3. I'm Bad At Sports
  4. Waves
  5. Poodleman
  6. Donut
  7. Nonpartisan
  8. Held
  9. The Last Ride Of The Pony Express
  10. Ether
  11. Song For Japan (only on the Vroom Sound version)
  12. Figaro
  13. Guitar Song
  14. The Outer Space
  15. Rake
  16. Song For America (only on the Absolutely Kosher version)

Remixed albums

  1. Mr. Wilson (Plus-Tech Squeeze Box Mix)
  2. Figaro (Lisa Bielawa Remix)
  3. Remo (Vagabond C.P.A. Mix)
  4. Oar (Moog Cookbook Remix)
  5. Held (Fab Cushion Remix)
  6. Ether (Lesser Mix)
  7. Stop Touching Me (Les Gibis Remix)

Compilation albums

Year Album Song
1997 Magic Bananas, (Loudspeaker) With the song "Spanish Flea"
Orchestral Interpretations In The Dark, (Bliss & Fetish) With the song "Genetic Engineering"
1998 Japanese Rhumba, (Yakuza Magazine) With the song "Genetic Engineering"
KXLU Live: Vol. III, (KXLU) With a live version of the song "Spanish Flea"
1999 Peterbelly Magazine (Issue #2), (Peterbelly Magazine) With the song "Powerhouse A"
Pop In Clap, (Vroomsound) With the song "midori2tree"
East Timor (Benefit Album), (Idols of the Marketplace) With the song "midori2tree"
2000 The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains, (Rhino) With the song "Walk & Chew Gum"
Reproductions: Songs of the Human League, (March Records) With the song "Empire State Human"
2001 SPIN! Remix (an album by Kahimi Karie) With the remix of the Kahimi Karie song "Pygmalism"

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