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. What is Circus Money ?  
     
. Where can I hear Circus Money ?  
     
. How can I buy Circus Money ?  
     
. Who plays on it ?  
     
. What are the songs and lyrics ?  
     
. Release Formats? Vinyl? Downloads ?  
     
. What's that on the cover ?  
     
. What's your promo plan ?  
     
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Circus Money is the new CD by Walter Becker,
his first solo release since 11 Tracks Of Whack (1994).

Circus Money is released on the 5 OVER 12 label, and is
manufactured and distributed by Mailboat.

Scheduled North American release date is June 10, 2008.

  
       
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  Circus Money MP3s If you don't already have our on-site clip player running,
you can get to it by clicking the speaker at left (or here).
Pop-up windows and Flash are required, and a fast connection
is always better. If your connection is fast but clips
are hitch-y, traffic is probably high; please try again later. 		 
    Update May 6: You can also hear a full song stream
-- and read a Q & A-- at rollingstone.com
  
       
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The official North American Release Date is June 10.
(International dates to follow).
All the usual suspects -- Amazon, B&N, Borders,
iTunes, etc -- will sell it, as will perhaps other
special outlet(s); stay tuned on this possibility.

  
       
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The I-Four All Stars handled the bulk of the tracking duties:
Walter Becker (bass); Keith Carlock (drums);
Jon Herington (guitar); Jim Beard and Ted Baker (keyboards).

Complete musical and production credits will be
posted here anon.

Circus Money was produced by Larry Klein;
recorded at Avatar Studios (NYC), Market Street (Santa Monica)
and B&C Studio (NYC); Engineered by Helik Hadar, Jay Messina,
and Elliot Scheiner; Mastered by Bernie Grundman.

  
       
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The Lyrics:

While we wait for the whole lyric booklet to be posted on-site,
why not have a little fun with the Circus Money Lyrics MadLibs ?
The soundclips will fill in a few of those blanks.

 

The Tracks:

Door Number Two

Downtown Canon

Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore

Upside Looking Down

Paging Audrey

Circus Money

Selfish Gene

Do You Remember The Name

Somebody's Saturday Night

Darkling Down

God's Eye View

Three Picture Deal

 

Songs by Walter Becker and Larry Klein, © 2007 Zeon Music (ASCAP)
and Exegesis Music /Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)
except Circus Money by Walter Becker, © 2007 Zeon Music (ASCAP)
       
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"Circus Money" will be available as a physical jewel-case CD,
and in downloadable formats (hopefully in a few
different resolutions). PDF art, booklet, etc. will be
included for download buyers.

Consideration of vinyl and other formats are ongoing --
check back soon.

 
       
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The cover image was created specifically for Circus Money.
If you dig the vibe, you may be inspired, as we were,
by the stunning 19th century masks of the Yup'ik people. *

Downloadable jpegs, pics, and banners are available on
the Circus Money Graphics page.

 
    * Why not use an actual mask?
Excellent question! Full story at 11:11 		 
       
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During March and April, you voted on how we should play
the promo game.

Your ideas had all the variety and inventiveness one would expect
from Beckerphiles. Still, the overwhelmingly most popular ideas
were also the most traditional: More info ... and more sounds.

We hear you.

Deployments /events /schemes of note
will be flagged on-site as we go.

 

  
       
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"More to follow".

  
       
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