A Postcard from the Day

A Postcard from the Day is the second live album (and most recent release) by the Washington, D.C. band The Slickee Boys (Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980 to 1982, taken from shows in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., and New York City.

Track listing

 * 1) "Life of the Party" – 3:48 (Mark Noone)
 * 2) "Cinderella" – 2:23 (Gerry Roslie)
 * 3) *Originally recorded by The Sonics,
 * 4) "Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:41 (Kim Kane)
 * 5) "Can't Believe" – 3:46 (Marshall Keith, Noone)
 * 6) "Disconnected" – 2:45 (Noone, J. Charney)
 * 7) "Goin' All the Way/Glendora" – 4:09 (Mike Bouyea/Ray Stanley)
 * 8) *"Goin' All the Way" originally recorded by The Squires, 1966
 * 9) *"Glendora" originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956; also recorded by the Downliners Sect, 1966
 * 10) "Jailbait Janet" – 2:15 (Kenne Highland)
 * 11) *Originally recorded by The Afrika Korps, 1977
 * 12) "Henry VIII" – 1:52 (Fred Murray, Robert Weston)
 * 13) *Popular recording by Herman's Hermits, 1965
 * 14) "Hiccupped to Hell" – 2:13 (Ersel Wank)
 * 15) *Originally by the Wanktones
 * 16) "Ain't Gettin' Any" – 3:27 (Robert Hudson, John Ford)
 * 17) *Originally recorded by The Monks
 * 18) "Louise/Control" – 4:27 (Jesse Lee Kincaid/Howard Weulfing)
 * 19) *"Louise" originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966
 * 20) "Stepping Stone" – 3:39 (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)
 * 21) *Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by The Monkees, 1966
 * 22) "Mean Screen" – 2:16 (Scott Duhamel, Eddie Flowers, Highland)
 * 23) *Originally recorded by The Gizmos, 1976
 * 24) "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite" – 1:40 (Jeremy Spencer)
 * 25) *Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac (as Earl Vince and The Valiants), 1969; also recorded by The Rezillos, 1978
 * 26) "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:38 (Francis Rossi)
 * 27) *Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968
 * 28) "A Question of Temperature" – 3:29 (Mike Appel, Ed Schnug, Don Henny)
 * 29) *Originally recorded by The Balloon Farm, 1967
 * 30) "Riddles and Fairytales" – 2:17 (Tony Camp, Brian Cooke)
 * 31) *Originally recorded by Bohemian Vendetta, 1968
 * 32) "Reverse Psychiatry" – 3:34 (Keith, Noone, Emery Olexa)
 * 33) "The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith)
 * 34) "Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:11 (Kane, Keith)
 * 35) "Weasel" (WHFS commercial) – :26
 * 36) "When We Were Kids" – 2:54 (Noone)
 * 37) "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:35 (Noone)
 * 38) "Here to Stay" – 3:49 (Noone)

The band

 * Kim Kane – Rhythm guitar
 * Marshall Keith – Lead guitar
 * Mark Noone – Lead vocals
 * Dan Palenski – Drums

Additional musicians

 * John Hansen – Lead vocals ("Stepping Stone")

Production

 * Seth Martin – Soundman
 * John Chumbris – Soundman

Additional credits

 * John Hansen – Stage dude
 * Tom Shea – Stage dude, cover photo, collage of photos
 * Marshall Keith – CD design
 * Cathy Gatlin – Collage of photos
 * Carol Albert – Slickette
 * Kathleen Sheedy – Slickette
 * "Thanks for setting the spark on this project: Jim Moon; for cassettes: Robbie White, Tom Shea, Kay Pauley; for carting us all over the East Coast: Tom Shea, Allen Atkinson; for paving the way: Razz; for keeping us going all those years: our great fans"
 * Recorded at:
 * The Psychedelly, Bethesda, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids")
 * The Elbow Room, Harrisonburg, Virginia ("Disconnected", "Riddles and Fairytales", "Gotta Tell Me Why", "Here to Stay")
 * Desperados, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ("Life of the Party", "The Crawling Hand")
 * The Cellar Door, Georgetown ("Cinderella", "Porcelain Butter Kitten", "Can't Believe", "Hiccupped to Hell", "Ain't Gettin' Any", "Louise/Control")
 * The Bayou, Georgetown ("Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite", "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "A Question of Temperature")
 * Columbia Station, Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. ("Nagasaki Neuter")
 * CBGB, New York City ("Jailbait Janet", "Henry VIII")