Secret Agent Man (yes a Johnny Rivers cover tune) from 1980 is the same... extremely rare and difficult to come by. Don't expect this version to be anything like the original. It's definitely unique!
Both of the rarities have been re-issued and are available on 1 cd.
From their label:
“Terrible Lizards” and “Secret Agent Man,” are two inimitable
records both privately released in 1981 in criminally limited quantities
and the sole output of Northern California duo, Science Fiction. These
records have become the stuff of legend, fetching insane prices from
collectors and sometimes being so rare as to completely fall through the
cracks of experimental and avant pop awareness.
“Terrible Lizards” contains two long form pieces that are at the intersection of Anton Bruckner and Gavin Bryars. The A-side is made up entirely of bleary tape loop manipulations – beautifully meditative musique concrete spaces similar to William Basinski. Side B employs more tape loops, but with a more compositional sensibility. A woman’s voice on loop is accompanied by a plaintive piano improvisation and a fuzzed out guitar solo a-la Eddie Hazel’s psychedelic meditation on Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain.”
“Terrible Lizards” contains two long form pieces that are at the intersection of Anton Bruckner and Gavin Bryars. The A-side is made up entirely of bleary tape loop manipulations – beautifully meditative musique concrete spaces similar to William Basinski. Side B employs more tape loops, but with a more compositional sensibility. A woman’s voice on loop is accompanied by a plaintive piano improvisation and a fuzzed out guitar solo a-la Eddie Hazel’s psychedelic meditation on Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain.”
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