McLuhan Anomaly Information

Pictures and Tapes

You know it's interesting that I don't think McLuhan ever had a publicity photo.  I was asked to submit a group shot to progarchives so I will have to see. We had no outside manager and the idea of that went against the viewpoint of the group.  Those kind of things were really unimportant.  There were a few pictures from a few articles written.  I have a newspaper article by Bruce Vilanch that, unfortunately, doesn't have a photo.  There was one article that did and l will try to find it and possibly get an elecronic copy from the newspaper.  I will look around a little more in my basement.....Well, it's really a little ugly down there so I didn't actually look that hard but I did come up with a reel-to-reel home made tape labelled "McLuhan live at Northwestern". I think that was at a Fraternity House on Sheridan Rd. in Chicago.  I will have to try to find a working reel-to-reel tape player. 

McLuhan Anomaly The Album and Maybe More

OK - A lot of strange things have renewed my attention to my one and only album published by Brunswick Records in 1972.  In November last year I discovered that McLuhan Anomaly lived and apparently will be living after I am gone.  The Internet had apparently given birth to a world-wide interest in the Album, although perhaps still limited.  What a unique and wonderful feeling that gave me.  When you are 20 years old and involved in something that you feel is very special that is a great feeling.  We managed to be fortunate enough to have captured that experience in the studio.  I think Dave and the rest of us knew we had laid down something unique for sure and maybe significant.  But only the passing of years have made that more and more clear to me. 

Since the discovery that McLuhan was not just a memory of the people in the band it has occupied my thoughts on a daily basis.  I have been re-listening and loving it more and more.  The music seems to be fighting it's own way out of obscurity.  The tracks seem to evolve with every listening.  I have stumbled on to websites and Prog Rock Forums and the like that are alive with chatter of the album. I love that the music we created back then is alive today and growing in popularity.  Yes, I want to explore a re-release which many of these forums are requesting.

I hope to evolve this site as a dedication to the group and the album.  May main hope is to contact other band members, especially David Wright who was the composer and absolute genius who drove this album to existence.  The album will indeed outlive us all....Thanks Dave. 

Your input is most welcome.

Anomaly Personnel and Other Information

Side One

Monster Bride - Composition by David Wright, David Wright on Trumpet and Vocals, Paul Cohn on Tenor Saxophone and Flute, Tom Tojza on Organ and background vocals, Stoney Phillips Electric Guitar and background vocals, John Mahoney on Drums and background vocals,  Neal Rosner on Base, Narrative Reading, and background vocals,  Bobby Christan Tympani and Xylophone.

SPIDERS (IN NEALS BASEMENT) - Composition by Marvin Krout, Neal Rosner lead vocals, Base, and group vocal part, David Wright on Trumpet and group vocal part, Paul Cohn on Tenor Saxophone and clarinet, Tom Tojza on Organ and group vocal part, Stoney Phillips on Electric Guitar and group vocal part, John Mahoney on Drums and Group Vocal Part.

Side Two

WITCHES THEME AND DANCE - Composition by David Wright, David Wright Trumpet, Slide-Whistle, and Group Vocals, Paul Cohn Flute and Flute with Maestro Woodwind Device, Michael Linn on Drums, John Mahoney Group Vocals, Neal Rosner on Base, Falsetto Vocals, and Group Vocals, Stoney Phillips on Electric Guitar, Tom Tojza on Organ.

A BRIEF MESSAGE FROM YOUR LOCAL MEDIA - Composition by David Wright

1. The Garden - David Wright  on Vocals, Bobby Christian on Chimes, Stoney Phillips on Guitar, Neal Rosner on Base, Paul Cohn on Flute, Tom Tojza on Organ, John Mahoney on Drums.

2. The Assembly Line - David Wright - Narrative Reading, Trumpet, Paul Cohn on Flute and Clarinet,  Neal Rosner on Base, Tom Tojza on Organ, John Mahoney on Drums, Stoney Phillips on Electric Guitar, and Bobby Christian on Xylophone.

3. Electric Man - Neal Rosner on Base and Vocals (Soul Section Vocalist and Group Vocals), Paul Cohn on Tenor Saxophone, David Wright on Trumpet and Group Vocals, John Mahoney on Drums and Group Vocals, Stoney Phillips on Electric Guitar and Group Vocals, and Tom Tojza on Organ and Screaming.

4. Question - Paul Cohn on Flute, John Mahoney on Drums, Neal Rosner on Base, David Wright on Trumpet.