Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace

Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace
Live album by Devo
Released	1989
Recorded	December 9, 1988
Venue	The Palace, Hollywood
Genre	New wave
Length	60:01
Label	Enigma
Producer	Gerald Casale Bob Casale
Devo chronology
Total Devo (1988) Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace (1989) Smooth Noodle Maps (1990)

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Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace is a live album by American new wave band Devo, released on December 9, 1988 by Enigma Records. The album was recorded during their 1988 "comeback tour" in promotion of their seventh studio album Total Devo .

Music historian Andy Zax noted that the album presented reshaped versions of old songs from the band's repertoire as well as some new material, including a "twangy country ballad" version of "Jocko Homo" and the new composition "It Doesn't Matter to Me", "sounding like a long lost '60s folk-rock nugget". ^[1]

The album's closing track is an eleven-minute medley of "Shout", "Somewhere" from West Side Story and "Disco Dancer". A longer studio version totaling 18 minutes later appeared on the 2000 Devo rarities compilation Recombo DNA . ^[2]

Artwork and packaging

The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book The Beginning Was the End . Initial vinyl pressings were double LPs that contained three sides of music and a fourth "blank" side with etched signatures from the band. The label of the fourth side was marked, "ATTENTION SPUDS! NO GROOVE! DO NOT PLAY!" ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gerald V. Casale / Mark Mothersbaugh except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jocko Homo"	Mark Mothersbaugh
2.	"It Doesn't Matter To Me"	M. Mothersbaugh
3.	"Going Under"
4.	"Working In A Coal Mine"	Allen Toussaint
5.	"Happy Guy"
6.	"That's Good"
7.	"Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth"
8.	"Girl U Want"
9.	"Whip It"
10.	"Baby Doll"
11.	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	Jagger-Richards
12.	"Uncontrollable Urge"	M. Mothersbaugh
13.	"Gut Feeling"	M. Mothersbaugh / Bob Mothersbaugh
14.	"Gates Of Steel"	Casale / M. Mothersbaugh / Sue Schmidt / Debbie Smith
15.	"Somewhere With Devo: ("Shout"/"Disco Dancer")"

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[3]

Devo

• Mark Mothersbaugh  – vocals, keyboards, guitar
• Gerald Casale  – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
• Bob Casale  – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh  – guitar, backing vocals
• David Kendrick  – drums

Technical

• Gerald Casale – producer, engineer, graphic concepts
• Bob Casale – producer, engineer
• Recorded by Westwood One
• Biff Dawes – engineer
• Mark Mothersbaugh – graphic concepts
• Patrick Pending – art direction

References

1. Zax, Andy (2000). Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Rhino. R2 75967.
2. Devo (2000). Recombo DNA (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Rhino Handmade. RHM2 7718.
3. Devo (1989). Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace 12/9/88 (LP liner notes). Enigma. 7 73514-1.

External links

• Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.