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Major Organ and the Adding Machine is an

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supergroup led by the elusive and possibly fictional Major Organ.Major Organ and the Adding Machine, leave it a mystery as to who is officially featured. When performing live on the Holiday Surprise Tour, the members of the band wore paper masks to maintain their anonymity.

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, and Of Montreal. In 1997, when thought to be a side-project of

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, Major Organ and the Adding Machine contributed a cover of Louis Armstrong's

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to a

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compilation. Over the next few years, they recorded a self-titled album and released it on

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in 2001.

Discography

*''Major Organ and the Adding Machine'' (CD) - Orange Twin - 2001 *''Major Organ and the Adding Machine'' (DVD) - Orange Twin - 2010 The band also submitted a version of "

" to the

compilation album '' Christmas in Stereo'', released in 1997

References

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