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Tall Dwarfs
The Short And Sick Of It
Compil. NZ 1992 on Flying Nun Records label
Rock (Lo-Fi, Indie Rock)
Complete Recordings Vol. II, 1985/86 1 to 12 originally released as "That's The Short And Long Of It" LP, 1985. 13 to 21 originally released as "Throw A Sickie" EP, 1986. Track 8 recorded live at Windsor Castle Tracks 11 and 12 recorded at Mascot Studios, Auckland Track 20 recorded at Lab Studio, Auckland Other tracks recorded at This Kind of Punishment's, Roger's, and Chris's place Wall Of Dwarfs - "Experiment to see how much we could get out of a proper studio and how much Spector/Martin instrumentation we could cram in." "20 acoustic guitars, piano, 7 wind instruments, 13 strings, organ, backwards, forwards, and feedback el. guitar. 18 backing vocals, drums & other percussion, vibes and more" ℗&© 1992 Flying Nun Records Ltd.
Musicians
 | Tall Dwarfs , *1981 NZ album by, written by |
 | Phil Yule , engineer, performer |
 | Alec Bathgate g, NZ illustration, performer, written by, guitar, twelve-string guitar, guitar, cymbal, clavinet, vocals, tom tom, guitar, piano, vocals, piano, noises, feedback, guitar, bass, guitar, noises, feedback, twelve-string guitar, vocals, guitar, finger cymbals, guitar, bass, backing vocals, bass, twelve-string guitar, guitar, other, piano, xylophone, vocals, piano, pianet |
 | Chris Knox voc, *1952 NZ illustration, performer, written by, organ, voice, electric guitar, vocals, piano, vocals, guitar, bass, clavinet, vocals, triangle, vocals, clavinet, piano, vocals, bass, vocals, organ, vocals, piano, autoharp, vocals, mellotron, vocals, loops, vocals, vocals, dulcimer, adjustable floor hammer, clavinet, twelve-string guitar, vocals, tom tom, floor |
 | Barbara Ward performer |
 | Chris Matthews voc, g, NZ performer |
 | Debbi Gibbs , NZ performer |
 | Dianne Civil dr, performer |
 | Doug Hood , NZ performer, mixed by, live |
 | Gill Civil bvoc, performer |
| Graham Humphries performer |
 | Grant Fell b, key, performer |
| Gwynne Garfinkle performer |
| Ian Dalziel performer |
 | Jay Clarkson voc, g, performer |
| Marie Gunn performer |
 | Mike Dooley dr, key, performer, written by, drums, distant |
 | Pam Grey vc, voc, performer |
 | Peter Scholes rec, cl, sax, voc, *1957 performer |
 | Ron Kane b, voc, g, key, performer |
| Sarah Westwood performer |
 | Steve Roach voc, eg, acg, performer |
 | Terry Moore bvoc, b, NZ performer |
 | Miriam Ward Michel , voice |
Producers
| Ivan Zagni coordinator |
| Bill Latimer other, studio help |
| Doug Hood other, studio help |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Thats The Short & Long Of It | Tall Dwarfs | ||
| 2 | | The Hills Are Alive | Tall Dwarfs | 2:04 | |
| 3 | | Clover (Take 1) | Tall Dwarfs | 1:48 | |
| 4 | | Pretty Poison | Tall Dwarfs | 1:53 | |
| 5 | | Sleet | Tall Dwarfs | 2:07 | |
| 6 | | Burning Blue | Tall Dwarfs | 2:57 | |
| 7 | | Carpetgrabber | Tall Dwarfs | 2:03 | |
| 8 | | Gone To The Worms | Tall Dwarfs | 2:20 | |
| 9 | | Woman (Live) | Tall Dwarfs | 4:40 | |
| 10 | | Get Outta The Garage | Tall Dwarfs | 2:56 | |
| 11 | | Scrapbook | Tall Dwarfs | 1:45 | |
| 12 | | Nothing's Going To Happen | Tall Dwarfs | Tall Dwarfs | 6:05 |
| 13 | | Nothing's Going To Stop It | Tall Dwarfs | Tall Dwarfs | 6:18 |
| 14 | | Throw A Sickie | Tall Dwarfs | ||
| 15 | | Underhand | Tall Dwarfs | 1:50 | |
| 16 | | Road & Hedgehog | Tall Dwarfs | 1:42 | |
| 17 | | Attack Of The Munchies | Tall Dwarfs | 3:40 | |
| 18 | | Come Inside | Tall Dwarfs | 2:27 | |
| 19 | | The Universality Of Neighborliness | Tall Dwarfs | 0:57 | |
| 20 | | The Big Dive | Tall Dwarfs | 3:06 | |
| 21 | No Place | Tall Dwarfs | 1:22 | ||
| 22 | And Other Kinds | Tall Dwarfs | 3:45 | ||
| 23 | Farewell | Tall Dwarfs | 2:02 |
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