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. It is composed of recordings from shows at both First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Double Door in

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Track listing

# "It's Showtime!" (from '' I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'') # "Down At McDonnelzzz" (from '' I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'') # " Danger! High Voltage" (from ''

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'') # "Future Is In The Future" (from '' Señor Smoke'') # "Dirty Ball" (from '' Flashy'') # "When I Get To The Green Building" (from '' I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'') # " Gay Bar" (from ''

'') # "Infected Girls" (from ''

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'') # "Jam It In The Hole" (from ''

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'') # "She's White" (from ''

'') # "Body Shot" (from '' KILL'') # "Dance Epidemic" (from '' Señor Smoke'') # "I Buy The Drugs" (from ''

'') # "Hello! I See You!" (from '' Heartbeats and Brainwaves'') # " Crazy Horses" ('' The Osmonds'' cover) # "Dance Commander" (from ''

'') # "Synthesizer" (from ''

'')

Personnel

* Dick Valentine - vocals * Tait Nucleus? - synthesizer * The Colonel - guitar * - guitar * Percussion World - drums * Smorgasbord - bass

Absolute Treasure

''Absolute Treasure'' was originally announced as a film alongside ''Absolute Pleasure'' with both intended as companion piece recordings of live-shows to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. The initial announcement stated that the band would be playing a special anniversary gig at the

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on December 15, 2012, consisting of two sets: the first being made up of greatest hits and the second being the album ''

'', performed in its entirety. Plans to film the performance fell through, but, otherwise, the gig went ahead as planned. In addition to the two sets, Dick Valentine opened the show with a small solo set and the band performed an encore. In 2013, the band resurrected the project, raising production funds via a

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campaign. The show was performed at St. Andrews Hall in

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on September 7, 2013. Among other fundraising perks, the band offered five opportunities for people to choose a song of their choice for the band to record a

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of. The songs selected were "Gary's In the Park" by Gary Wilson, " Maneater" by Hall & Oates, " Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige, " Rock DJ" by

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, " She Drives Me Crazy" by

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and " 2112: Overture/The Temple of Syrinx" by Rush. The success and popularity of these covers lead to the band's second Kickstarter project, " Mimicry and Memories", a full covers album.

Track listing

The band performed a different setlist to the one featured on their "Absolute Pleasure" album. Among others, it featured a song from their album " Mustang" that was released between "Absolute Pleasure" and "Absolute Treasure". # "Down At McDonnelzzz" (from '' I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'') # "Devil Nights" (from '' Señor Smoke'') # "Transatlantic Flight" (from '' Flashy'') # "Future Is In The Future" (from ''Señor Smoke'') # " Danger! High Voltage" (from ''

'') # "Show Me What Your Lights Mean" (from '' Mustang'') # "Steal Your Bones" (from '' KILL'') # "Hello! I See You" (from '' Heartbeats and Brainwaves'') # " Gay Bar" (from ''Fire'') # "Jam It In The Hole" (from ''

'') # "Clusterfuck!" (from ''Zodiac'') # "Body Shot" (from ''KILL'') # "Synthesizer" (from ''Fire'') # "Dance Epidemic" (from ''Señor Smoke'') # "I Buy The Drugs" (from ''

'') # " Dance Commander" (from ''Fire'') -Encore- # "Formula 409" (from '' Flashy'') # "Rip It!" (from '' I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master'') # "We Were Witchy Witchy White Women" (from ''Flashy'')

Personnel

* Dick Valentine - vocals * Tait Nucleus? - synthesizer * - guitar, background vocals * Percussion World - drums * Smörgåsbord - bass * Da Ve - guitar, background vocals

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2014 films American independent films 2014 documentary films Electric Six albums 2012 live albums 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language documentary films