Com nomes como Frank Zappa e Captain Beefheart também ativos na área, Frankhauser juntou-se ao guitarrista de 14 anos Jeff Cotton para formar o Merrell And The Exiles, um grupo pop adolescente que teve alguns sucessos locais.
Em 1967, Merrell montou Fapardokly, cujo LP de edição limitada é hoje um dos mais raros álbuns psicodélicos dos EUA.
Fapardokly se transformou em HMS Bounty, assinado pelo presidente da UNI Records, Russ Regan. Um álbum do HMS Bounty foi liderado por 'Things…
…(Goin' Round In My Mind)', uma fatia insidiosa de chiclete que ficou aquém de se tornar um single de sucesso.
O HMS Bounty então deu lugar a Mu, uma reforma parcial do The Exiles que reuniu Merrell com Jeff Cotton, que entretanto tinha sido um membro chave da banda do Capitão Beefheart durante os dias de 'Trout Mask Replica'.
Depois de um aclamado álbum de 1971, Mu mudou-se para a ilha havaiana de Maui antes de se separar. Merrell ficou na ilha, morando em uma cabana na selva e gravando 'The Maui Album' antes de retornar ao continente.
Um 6 CD que inclui os vários álbuns e singles de 1964-1979 em sua totalidade, bem como vários out-takes do mesmo período, 'Goin' Round In My Mind' - recém-remasterizado e apresentando um novo ensaio de 5.000 palavras - é uma justa homenagem à prodigiosa carreira de um lendário talento cult.
DISCO UM: Merrell and The Exiles – The Early Years
1 PLEASE BE MINE
2 DON’T CALL ON ME
3 SEND ME YOUR LOVE
4 SHAKE MY HAND
5 LONG, LONG TIME
6 DON’T LET GO
7 REMEMBER ME
8 PAIN IN MY HEART
9 LET THE TIME GO BY
10 LET ME GO
11 CAN’T WE GET ALONG
12 SHE’S GONE
13 RUN BABY RUN
14 MAKE IT BACK TO MEMPHIS
15 LOVE ONLY YOU
16 YOU’VE BEEN UNTRUE
17 BOYS
18 RAVE ON
19 THAT’S ALL I WANT FROM YOU
1 Single, Glenn 308, released April 1964
2-3 Single, Glenn 310, released June 1964
11, 19 Single, Golden Crown GMA-102, released September 1965
4-10, 12-18 Not originally released, recorded 1964-1965 Fapardokly
DISC TWO
1 LILA
2 THE MUSIC SCENE
3 SORRY FOR YOURSELF
4 GLASS CHANDELIER
5 TOMORROW’S GIRL
6 SUZIE CRYIN’ (aka I SAW SUZIE CRYING)
7 MR. CLOCK
8 GONE TO POT
9 NO RETREAT
10 TOO MANY HEARTBREAKS
11 WHEN I GET HOME
12 SUPERMARKET
bonus tracks
13 THE WAR
14 YES I LOVE YOU
15 BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WEEK
1-12 The album Fapardokly, UIP LP 2250, released circa February 1968
10 Single, Glenn 308, released April 1964
3,6 Single, Glenn 313, released April 1965
5,11 Single, Glenn 426, released April 1967 13-15 Not originally released, recorded 1966-1967
DISC THREE: Merrell Fankhauser and HMS Bounty
1 THINGS (GOIN’ ROUND IN MY MIND)
2 GIRL (I’M WAITING FOR YOU)
3 WHAT DOES SHE SEE IN YOU
4 LOST IN THE CITY
5 YOUR PAINTED LIVES
6 DRIVIN’ SIDEWAYS (ON A ONE WAY STREET)
7 IN A MINUTE NOT TOO SOON
8 A VISIT WITH ASHIYA
9 THE BIG GRAY SKY
10 RICH MAN’S FABLE
11 ICE CUBE ISLAND
12 MADAME SILKY
bonus tracks
13 I’M FLYING HOME (B-side)
14 TAMPA RUN (B-side)
15 EV’RYBODY’S TALKIN’ (A-side)
1-12 The album Things, Shamley SS 701, released December 1968
13 Single, Shamley S 44008, released March 1969
14-15 Single, Shamley S 44019, released November 1969
DISC FOUR: MU
1 AIN’T NO BLUES
2 BALLAD OF BROTHER LEW
3 BLUE FORM
4 INTERLUDE
5 NOBODY WANTS TO SHINE
6 ETERNAL THIRST
7 TOO NAKED FOR DEMETRIUS
8 MUMBELLA BAYE TU LA
9 THE CLOUDS WENT THAT WAY
bonus tracks
10 YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE (B-side)
11 ONE MORE DAY (A-side)
12 ON OUR WAY TO HANA (A-side)
1-9 The album MU, RTV Records RTV 300, released December 1971
10-11 Single, Mantra MS-101/102, released November 1972
12 Single, Mantra MS-103/104, released May 1973
DISC FIVE: MU – The Last Album
1 THE LAND OF MU
2 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
3 HALEAKALA
4 BLUE JAY BLUE
5 SHOWERING RAIN
6 I SAW YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
7 IT’S LOVE THAT SINGS THE SONG
8 YOU AND I
9 CALLING FROM A STAR
10 WAITING FOR THE SUN
11 CHILDREN OF THE RAINBOW
12 WHO WILL WRITE THIS SONG
13 DAYBREAK SUNSHINE
14 DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN
15 THE LOVE WE BARE
16 IN MU
17 YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
18 END OF AN ERA
19 EARTH NEWS INTERVIEW
20 THE AWAKENING
1-20 Not originally released, recorded early 1974
DISC SIX: Merrell Fankhauser – The Maui Album
1 LOVELY LADY
2 I SAW YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
3 WE WERE ALL FREE
4 ON OUR WAY TO HANA
5 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
6 GARDEN IN THE RAIN
7 WATERFALL
8 LA LA DOES THE BOO RU
9 SAIL IT OVER THE OCEAN
10 LOVE IS ALL THERE IS
11 THE SOURCE
Bonus tracks
12 SOME OF THEM ESCAPED
13 THE WIND CRIES MAUI
14 PEACE IN THE WORLD
15 MATTHEW’S DREAM
16 DHARMIC CONNECTION
17 CALLING FROM A STAR
1-11 The album The Maui Album, Maui Music Recording Co. M 101, released February 1976
12-16 Not originally released, recorded 1975-1977
17 Single, Free Spirit FS-1001, released 1979
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