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Purple Burt

by Mitch Friedman

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1.
Purple Burt 02:53
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2.
Purple Words 01:14
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3.
Invisibility 02:07
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4.
More Purple Words 00:39
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5.
Where'd Ya Get That Dirt? 01:44
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Even More Purple Words 00:19
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Make It Snappy 03:16
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8.
Did Someone Say Purple Words? 00:14
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9.
Wonder Where 02:53
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10.
Words of Purple 00:34
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11.
I Miss My Daddy 02:00
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12.
Purply Wordings 00:19
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13.
Slurping & Burping 00:48
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14.
Wordy Purplings 00:48
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15.
Color Feel 03:23
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16.
Words That Are Purple 00:21
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17.
What a Gas! 01:34
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18.
Purple as Words 00:42
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19.
Do-Re-Mimi 03:43
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20.
Words, Purple 00:40
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21.
Try This On For Size 02:22
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22.
Both Purple and Wordy 00:46
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23.
Pluto 04:10
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24.
Purple? Word! 00:39
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25.
Flavor Day 01:32
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26.
Again With The Purple Words 00:19
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27.
I Hope 02:17
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28.
Words Until I'm Purple In The Face 01:30
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29.
Smile Awhile 02:27
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30.
Hope-Rope It! (bonus track) 00:32
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The tv commercial Purple Burt sees that introduces him to the Hope-Rope.
31.
Sing Anyway (bonus track) 02:37
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Do-Re-Mimi's worldwide smash hit single.
32.
More to Me (bonus track) 03:12
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Purple Burt performs this song during show-and-tell on his first day at school after becoming invisible.
33.
Petunia's Portable Petting Place (bonus track) 01:56
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The theme song that blasts out of the speakers of Purple Burt's mother Pentunia's drive-around mini petting zoo.
34.
Do the Milkshake (bonus track) 02:16
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Sung by Moo-Moo, the bouncing cow.
35.
Superstar Maker to the Stars (bonus track) 02:49
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Sung by Morty Moneyman, long-time showbiz agent known as The Superstar Maker to the Stars, and also Do-Re-Mimi's manager who gets her to record "Sing Anyway".

about

The story of a colorblind, invisible purple boy and all of his visible friends.

For more info: purpleburt.com

***New for August 2018 -- Purple Burt: The Book***
(available everywhere as a paperback or ebook)

credits

released March 25, 2005

All songs written by Mitch Friedman except "Pluto" (lyrics by Mitch Friedman/music by Andy Partridge)

All songs performed and recorded by Mitch Friedman except
"Purple Burt": contains samples of playing by Dave Gregory and R. Stevie Moore
"Where'd Ya Get That Dirt?": Anne D. Bernstein - backing vocals
"Wonder Where": The Wonderlings (R. Stevie Moore and Krys Olsiewicz) - doo-wop vocals
"Color Feel": Dave Gregory - EVERYTHING except the singing
"What a Gas!": R. Stevie Moore - guitars, bass, keyboards, synths
"Do-Re-Mimi": Anne D. Bernstein - backing vocals
"Try This On For Size": Andy Partridge - electric guitars
"Sing Anyway": Anne D. Bernstein - vocals, Jim Smart - electric guitar solo
Produced by Mitch Friedman at home except "Wonder Where" and "What a Gas!" co-produced by R. Stevie Moore at CDRSM, Bloomfield, N.J. and "Color Feel" co-produced/mixed by Dave Gregory at Tonsiltown, U. K. Andy Partridge's guitar parts on "Try This On For Size" recorded in The Shed, Swindon, U. K.

Packaging illustrations, photo and design by Anne D. Bernstein, with suggestions and help by Mitch Friedman and Andy Partridge.

Mastered by David Torrey at DRT Mastering, New Hampshire

Vividly colorful and visible thanks to Martin Newell for first suggesting the idea of this album; Andy Partridge for an unsolicited identical second opinion on the matter as well as hours of advice, ideas, and encouragement; Anne D. Bernstein for her love, support, enthusiasm, singing and talents with ink and crayons; R. Stevie Moore, Krys O., Dave Gregory and Andy P. for doing all the amazing stuff I could never do myself; Steve Somerset and Jim Smart for the friendly competition; and Doug Miller for coming up with the name "Purple Burt" all those years ago.

Dave Gregory appears courtesy of Starling Ritz Records Ltd.
R. Stevie Moore and Krys O. appear courtesy of themselves
Andy Partridge appears courtesy of APE and Idea Records "Pluto" co-published by EMI

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One-man band purveyor of quirky pop in a variety of styles, some made up.

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