Daddy Has a Tail is the second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Minneapolis-based noise rock

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

 band Cows

Cows (band)

Cows are a post-hardcore/punk blues band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band formed in 1987 and disbanded in 1998. They were known for a unique mixture of punk rock and blues played with large amounts of noise and surreal humour; their music is often considered noise rock...

 and their first to be released through Amphetamine Reptile Records

Amphetamine Reptile Records

Amphetamine Reptile Records is a nationally renowned record label which was founded in 1986 by then-US Marine Tom Hazelmyer in Washington State, US The label is best-known for its roster of noise rock artists, and its Dope, Guns 'n' Fucking In The Streets series of compilations.-History:Hazelmyer...

 in July, 1989.

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed by David B. Livingstone, who at the time was the guitarist for God Bullies

God Bullies

God Bullies were an American Noise-Rock band from Kalamazoo, Michigan. They were active from 1986–1995, briefly reunited in the early 2000's and most recently in the summer of 2010 to coincide with the Amphetamine Reptile Records' 25th Anniversary concert....

, and producer Tim Mac. Originally, the record had been mixed to videotape but the result was of poor quality, forcing Mac and Livingstone to remix the entire album from scratch within the relatively short time span of 4 hours. Livingstone has said, "I always felt that they got really screwed. I felt really bad." and that he intends to eventually remix the entire album from the original masters.

Release

The album was never released on its own on CD. It can be found on the Old Gold 1989-1991

Old Gold 1989-1991

Old Gold is a compilation album by American Noise Rock band Cows. It is composed of material from three of their earlier albums Daddy Has a Tail, Effete and Impudent Snobs, and Peacetika-Track listing:# "Shaking"- 2:47...

compilation released in 1996, although mysteriously lacking the song "Chow". Amphetamine Reptile Europe released the album in its full form on a two-for-one CD that included "Peacetika", although "I Miss Her Beer" and "Sugar" are combined into one track.

Track listing

1. "Shaking
   Shakin' All Over
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   " - 2:47
2. "Camouflage Monkey" - 2:14
3. "Part My Konk" - 6:09
4. "Bum in the Alley" - 3:18
5. "Chow" - 3:43
6. "By the Throat" - 2:08
7. "I Miss Her Beer" - 2:09
8. "Sugar" - 2:47
9. "Chasin' Darla" - 4:28
10. "Sticky and Sweet" - 4:29

Personnel

Cows

• Thor Eisentrager
  Thor Eisentrager
  Thor Eisentrager is a founding member and former guitarist for the Minneapolis-based Noise rock outfit Cows. After the release of the Cows's ninth album, Sorry in Pig Minor, Thor announced that he had grown tired of touring and left the band. The remaining members disbanded shortly thereafter...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Tony Oliveri – drums
  Drum kit
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• Kevin Rutmanis
  Kevin Rutmanis
  Kevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Shannon Selberg
  Shannon Selberg
  Shannon Selberg is a noise/punk rock musician known for his unusual antics on stage. Formerly the frontman for the Minneapolis-based group The Cows, Selberg provided lead vocals, trumpet, bugle and hardcore guitar...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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Additional musicians and production

• David B. Livingstone
  God Bullies
  God Bullies were an American Noise-Rock band from Kalamazoo, Michigan. They were active from 1986–1995, briefly reunited in the early 2000's and most recently in the summer of 2010 to coincide with the Amphetamine Reptile Records' 25th Anniversary concert....
  
   – recording
  Recording
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  , mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Tim Mac – mixing