David Thomas and wooden birds
Monster Walks The Winter Lake

Released in March 1986.
Produced by David Thomas.

Out of print.

Available as a high quality audio download from our own Audio Downloads Page. Lyrics are embedded. A liner notes PDF is included.

Production Notes

Produced by David Thomas.
Recorded live in the studio by Paul Hamann at Suma on November 18, 20 and 21, 1985, using the Sumex custom digital processor and a Sony F1 betamax video recorder. There were no overdubs. Fostex X-15 and Tascam 144 multitrack cassette recordings were used as real time accompaniments for Coffee Train, My Town, Monster Magee and Monster Thinks About The Good Days.

Digitally edited by Paul Hamann at Telarc.
Digitally transferred and eq'ed by David Thomas and Paul Hamann at Suma, October 1996.
Front cover photo by Mik Mellen.
Back cover photo by Ellen Zoslov.
Design by John Thompson.

Revision in 2014 consisted of listening through all the original session recordings, 5-6 hours. Some different takes chosen and used. All edits were from scratch.

My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude / Red Tin Bus

(Hild - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas - Yellin)
David Thomas vocals
Daved Hild seat cushion
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers
Garo Yellin cello

What Happened To Me

(Thomas)
David Thomas vocals, melodeon
Daved Hild seat cushion, background voice
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers
Garo Yellin cello

Monster Walks The Winter Lake

(Thomas - Hild - Yellin)
David Thomas vocals, 2nd melodeon
Daved Hild melodeon
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers
Garo Yellin cello

Bicycle

(Thomas - Maimone)
David Thomas vocals
Roz Ilett melodeon
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers

Coffee Train

(Thomas-Maimone-Ravenstine)
David Thomas vocals, accordion
Tony Maimone piano, tape
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers

My Town

(Thomas)
David Thomas vocals, melodeon, tape
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers

Monster Magee, King of The Seas

(Thomas)
David Thomas vocals, tape
Tony Maimone bass
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers

Monster Thinks About The Good Days

(Thomas - Maimone)
David Thomas vocals
Tony Maimone bass, tape
Allen Ravenstine EML synthesizers