Musicians
Edgar Breau: guitar, theremin, lead vocals
Kevin Christoff: bass, backing vocals
John “Ping Romany” LaPlante: synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals on ‘Baby Nova’, ‘Ring A Ling Oh My’, ‘Clearly Invisible’, ‘More Illegal Bodies’, ‘Bulletproof Nothing’, ‘Live A Strange Life’ and ‘Limitless Love’
Tony Cutaia: drums on ‘Baby Nova’, ‘Ring A Ling Oh My’, ‘Clearly Invisible’, ‘More Illegal Bodies’, ‘Bulletproof Nothing’, ‘Live A Strange Life’ and ‘Limitless Love’
Alex Pollington: guitar on ‘Rock And Roll The Brain Cells’, ‘I Take It’, ‘Nice Noise’ and ‘Takin’ You Down’
Don Cramer: drums on ‘Rock And Roll The Brain Cells’, ‘I Take It’, ‘Nice Noise’, ‘Brainshock’, ‘I Don’t Care’, ‘Takin’ You Down’, ‘Bulletproof Nothing’, ‘Live A Strange Life’ and ‘Limitless Love’
Steve “Sparky” Park: guitar, lead vocals on ‘Teenage Dream’, backing vocals on ‘Brainshock’, ‘I Don’t Care’, ‘Teenage Dream’ and ‘Bulletproof Nothing’
That track allocation agrees with the difficult-to-read Discogs transcription you supplied and, importantly, fits the documented lineup chronology: Cutaia was in the band during the 1975–76 electronic period, Pollington during April–November 1977, and Park from November 1977 onward. Simply Saucer
The apparently strange duplication where both Cutaia and Cramer are credited on ‘Bulletproof Nothing’, ‘Live A Strange Life’ and ‘Limitless Love’ should therefore not be “corrected” without the insert. It may indicate composite/alternate recordings or a Discogs transcription problem. I would flag those three rather than silently choose one drummer.
Songwriting
‘Brainshock’ written by Edgar Breau and Don Cramer
For most of the other Saucerland songs we still don't have reliable song-by-song writing credits. Edgar wrote most of the repertoire, but MoCM should not convert that into blanket credits without the insert.
Production
Produced by Simply Saucer and Steve Krakow
Co-produced by John Ciba
Technical
Recorded 1975–1978 except ‘The Story Of Simply Saucer’, recorded in 1988
Several selections derive from Simply Saucer’s mid-1970s rehearsal “copyright tape”
‘Clearly Invisible’ recorded live at Carleton Place Arena
Mastered and edited by Todd Rittmann
Artwork
Curated and artwork by Steve Krakow
Layout and artwork by Anthony Abbinanti
Photography by Peter Day
Liner notes
Track notes by Kevin Christoff
Liner notes by Gary “Pig” Gold and Jesse Locke
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