(The) Harvey Danger Database

Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? album cover

Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?

Released July 29, 1997

Track listing

  1. Carlotta Valdes
  2. Flagpole Sitta
  3. Woolly Muffler
  4. Private Helicopter
  5. Problems and Bigger Ones
  6. Jack the Lion
  7. Old Hat
  8. Terminal Annex
  9. Wrecking Ball
  10. Radio Silence
  11. Carjack Fever [reversed]

Credits

  • Aaron Huffman: bass
  • Jeff J. Lin: guitar
  • Sean Nelson: vocals
  • Evan Sult: drums
  • Produced by John Goodmanson and Harvey Danger
  • Engineered and mixed by John Goodmanson
  • Recorded at John & Stu's Place in Seattle, WA
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi at Masterdisk in New York, NY
  • All songs written and arranged by Harvey Danger
  • Jeff played the organ and the violin and sang some backing vocals
  • Abby Grush sang on 6, 7, and 10
  • Aaron designed the cover
  • Chuck Robertson took the photos

Notes

  • The album title was inspired by a line from the Paul Newman film Harper.
  • First released by The Arena Rock Recording Company (AR-006).
  • The original Arena Rock pressing of 1,200 had a cardboard sleeve with orange cover and 4-page black-and-white insert, hand-screened at Fort Thunder in Providence, Rhode Island, by artist Brian Ralph.HDWTDM
  • The second Arena Rock pressing of 500 (released February 5, 1998) had different-colored houses (again screen-printed by Brian Ralph) and the CD pocket on the right side.HDW
  • Third pressing (Arena Rock/Never Proper) had plastic jewelbox and 8-page booklet.
  • March 31, 1998 reissue by Slash/London has the same recordings (very slighly remastered), with the same jewelbox and 8-page insert.
  • Released on vinyl in 2014 by No Sleep Records.