The 77s

The 77s

The 77s are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass, and Bruce Spencer on drums.-Scratch Band:...

released their debut album in 1983 on the Exit Records

Exit Records

Exit Records was an independent record label founded in 1982 and run by Mary Neely, a veteran of the music business and longtime host for several national rock and roll radio shows, including Rock Scope...

 label.

One song from that album, "Renaissance Man," was later recorded by The Ocean Blue

The Ocean Blue

The Ocean Blue, formed in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1986, is an American indie pop band that combines melodic guitars and synthesizers. Its core original members included David Schelzel on lead vocals/guitar, Steve Lau on keyboards/saxophone, Bobby Mittan on bass guitar and Rob Minnig on drums and...

. "It's So Sad," was later rerecorded, with a drastically different arrangement, by Roe's other band, the Lost Dogs

Lost Dogs

Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor , Michael Roe , Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong . The original lineup included Gene...

 for their album MUTT.

The title comes from Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...

's poem "Howl

Howl

"Howl" is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955 and published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems. The poem is considered to be one of the great works of the Beat Generation, along with Jack Kerouac's On the Road and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch...

," section 3: "I'm with you in Rockland / where you scream in a straight jacket that you're losing the game of the actual ping pong of the abyss."

Side one

1. "A Different Kind of Light"'
2. "How Can You Love"
3. "It's So Sad"
4. "Falling Down A Hole"
5. "Someone New" written w/Gene Mascoli

Side two

1. "Renaissance Man"
2. "Ping Pong Over The Abyss"
3. "Time Is Slipping Away" written w/Gene Mascoli
4. "Denomination Blues (That's All)"

Bonus Tracks (CD) *

1. "A Different Kind Of Light" (Live)
2. "How Can You Love" (4 - Track Demo)
3. "It's So Sad" (Live)
4. "Falling Down A Hole" (Live)
5. "Ping Pong Over The Abyss" (4 - Track Demo)
6. "Denomination Blues" (Live)

• Bonus Tracks originally found on CD's in the 123 boxset.

The band

• Mike Roe on guitars and lead vocals.
• Mark Tootle on Keyboards, guitars and vocals.
• Jan Eric on bass guitars and background vocals.
• Mark Proctor on Drums and vocals.