Magnetic Flip Explained

Magnetic Flip
Type:	album
Artist:	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Cover:	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Magnetic Flip.jpg
Recorded:	–
Studio:	Downtown Recorders
Genre:	Rock in Opposition
Length:	38:38
Label:	Ace of Hearts
Producer:	Richard W. Harte
Prev Title:	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Beat of the Mesozoic
Next Year:	1985

Magnetic Flip is the debut studio album of the American avant-rock band Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, released in 1984 by Ace of Hearts Records.^[1]

Release and reception

Never being individually issued on Compact Disc, only some of Magnetic Flip had been included on compilations such as Sonic Geology and The Fossil Record. Finally, the entire album was issued by Cuneiform Records on Dawn of the Cycads, a two-disc anthology including most of the band's early work.^[2]

Personnel

Adapted from the Magnetic Flip liner notes.^[3] Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

• Erik Lindgren – synthesizer, percussion
• Roger Miller – piano, organ, percussion
• Rick Scott – piano, farfisa, synthesizer, percussion
• Martin Swope – guitar, percussion

Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet

• Steve Adams – saxophone
• Allan Chase – saxophone
• Tom Hall – saxophone
• Cercie Miller – saxophone

Additional musicians and production

• Birdsongs of the Mesozoic – mixing
• Michael Cohen – drums, percussion
• Richard W. Harte – production
• Taki – dono
• Tony Volante – mixing
• Jeff Whitehead – engineering, mixing

External links

• Magnetic Flip at Discogs (list of releases)

Notes and References

1. Elizabeth . Phillip . Ira . Robbins . Birdsongs of the Mesozoic . . 2007 . September 15, 2015.
2. Web site: BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC: DAWN OF THE CYCADS . cuneiformrecords.com . July 26, 2012.
3. Magnetic Flip . . 1984 . sleeve . . Boston, Massachusetts.