Major Organ and the Adding Machine is an

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supergroup led by the elusive and possibly fictional Major Organ. In 1997, when thought to be a side project of

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and

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, Major Organ and the Adding Machine contributed a cover of

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'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 Orange Twin Records is an Athens, Georgia-based record label run by Laura Carter (musician), Laura Carter of the band Elf Power. The label started in 1999 in music, 1999 originally as a fundraiser for the Orange Twin Conservation Community and h ...

- 2001 *''Major Organ and the Adding Machine'' (DVD) -

- 2010 The band also submitted a version of "

" to the

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'' Christmas in Stereo'', released in 1997

References

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