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Artist/Label Catalog # Title Date
Otis Blackwell:
Roc-co (LP)
Roc-co (LP)
 
LP 0003
LP 0004
 
LET'S TALK ABOUT US
FROM THE BEGINNING
(The Smithereens on backing)
 
1983
1983
Jimmy Silva:
PopLlama (LP)
 
PL5252
 
REMNANTS OF THE EMPTY SET
Fair Exchange
The Hand Of Glory
Weight Of The Wind
Everytime A Gift
I've Got Time
Train Crossing
The Only One You Hurt
The Branch
Name That's A Number*
Through A Faraway Window*
Lathe
Doesn't Matter At All

This album was re-issued in 1991 on the CD HEIDI, by Silva's group, the Goats, on East Side Digital, ESD 80562. *Dennis Diken plays drums on all but these two songs.

 
1986
Jimmy Silva:
PopLlama (LP)
 
PL 8081
 
FLY LIKE A DOG
Big House
Think Better Of Me*
Waking Up*
Too Late Now*
Faith In Change
Tell It To The Raven*

(Dennis Diken plays drums, and also vocal on tracks denoted with *.)

 
1987
Peter Zaremba's
Love Delegation:

Moving Target
 
MT001
 
SPREAD THE WORD
(Pat DiNizio, backing vocals, percussion)
 
1987
Full Time Men:
Coyote (EP)
 
TTC 8652
 
FULL TIME MEN
(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1985
Full Time Men:
What Goes On (UK EP)
   
FULL TIME MEN
(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1985
Full Time Men:
Skyclad (LP)
 
(bare)Flesh3
 
FLESHTONES PRESENT: THE BIG
BANG THEORY -- TIME BOMB!

(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1987
Full Time Men:
New Rose (France LP)
 
rose 137
 
FLESHTONES PRESENT: THE BIG
BANG THEORY -- TIME BOMB!

(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1988
Full Time Men:
Coyote (LP)
 
TTC 88138
 
YOUR FACE MY FIST
(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1988
Full Time Men:
New Rose (France LP)
 
rose 149
 
YOUR FACE MY FIST
(Pat DiNizio, guitar on "High On Drugs")
 
1988
Elliot Murphy:
New Rose (LP)
 
158
 
CHANGE WILL COME
(Jim Babjak, 12-string Rickenbacker guitar on "Change Will Come")
 
1988
Elliot Murphy
New Rose (France 7")
 
NEW 113
 
THE EYES OF CHILDREN OF MARIA
b/w CHANGE WILL COME

(Jim Babjak, 12-string Rickenbacker guitar on "Change Will Come")
 
1988
Elliot Murphy:
Dejadisc (CD)
 
DJD3229
 
GOING THROUGH SOMETHING:
THE BEST OF ELLIOTT MURPHY

(Jim Babjak on 12 string guitar on "Change Will Come")
 
9/3/96
Scott McCaughey:
PopLlama (LP)
 
PL 0733
 
MY CHARTREUSE OPINION
(Dennis Diken plays drums; Jim Babjak
plays guitar on "Real True Tragedy Incident.")
This album was re-released on CD, on
East Side Digital, ESD 80382.
 
10/3/89
The Squirrels:
PopLlama
 
2523
 
WHAT GIVES?
(Dennis Diken plays drums on unknown tracks)
 
10/3/90
Louis Prima:
Capitol (CD)
 
C2-94072
 
LOUIS PRIMA: CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES
(Dennis Diken compiled the tracks).
 
1991
The Beach Boys:
Dcc (CD)
 
54
 
LOST AND FOUND! (1961-62)
(Dennis Diken wrote the liner notes.)
 
1991
The Beach Boys:
Capitol (CD)
 
21277
 
PERFECT HARMONY
(Dennis Diken wrote the liner notes.)
 
10/7/97
The Beach Boys:
Capitol (CD)
 
37662
 
PET SOUNDS SESSIONS
(Dennis Diken was involved w/liner notes.)
 
Nov. 1997
The Four Freshmen:
Capitol (CD)
 
C2-93197
 
THE FOUR FRESHMEN:
CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES

(Dennis Diken compiled the tracks and wrote the liner notes.)
 
1/21/91
The Slaves Of
New Brunswick:

Westwood Entertainment (CD)
 
WECD 1154
 
THE SLAVES OF NEW BRUNSWICK
(Jim Babjak plays guitar on "Kinky".)
 
Nov. 1991
The Fleshtones:
Norton Records (CD)
 
CED-234
 
TURBAN RENEWAL: A TRIBUTE TO
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS

(Pat DiNizio sings backing vocals on "Medicine Man".)
 
6/21/94
The Roaches with Mark Johnson:
Music Masters (CD)
 
65127
 
FOR THE LOVE OF HARRY:
EVERYBODY SINGS NILSSON

(Dennis plays drums and Mike plays bass on "Spaceman".)
 
5/9/95
Stick Figure:
MonsterDisc (CD)
 
0111
 
JUST A THOUGHT...
Mike Mesaros plays bass on:
Silence
Forgive Me
Care
Subtle Reward
 
June 1995
Stick Figure:
Monolith/Soundproof (CD)
 
MCD 1317
 
FEEDBAG
Mike Mesaros plays bass on:
American Faze
Cousin Karmas Rule
Offended
Virtuality
Never End
Real Faker
Idol
Up To You
Kill
Sweeter Pill
Benign
Linear Sense
On A Roll
 
Jan. 1998
The Minus Five:
Hollywood Records (CD)
 
HR-62015-2
 
WORKING CLASS HERO:
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN LENNON

(Dennis Diken plays drums on "Power To The People".)
 
10/10/95
Amphetamine Discharge:
(Spain CD)
 
(Dennis Diken plays drums.)  
1996
Dion DiMucci:
Columbia/Legacy (CD)
 
C2K 64889
 
THE ROAD I'M ON: A RETROSPECTIVE
(Mike Mesaros plays bass on "Born To Cry" and "You Move Me".)
 
2/97
The Thrill Cycle:
New York Music Corp. (CD)
 
NYMC-1002
 
GET YOUR SWERVE ON
(Pat DiNizio sings backing vocals on "I'm Not Gonna Stop Now".)
 
1997
Buzzed Meg:
Shanachie (CD)
 
 
ATTACK OF THE NEW KILLER SURF GUITARS
Buzzed Meg Theme
(Featuring Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken in Buzzed Meg)
 
2/18/97
Buzzed Meg:
Big Deal (CD)
 
9043-2
 
YELLOW PILLS VOLUME 4
They're My Friends
(Jim Babjak in Buzzed Meg on guitar, bass, prod.)
 
9/23/97
The Pistoleros:
Hollywood Records (CD)
 
62083
 
HANG ON TO NOTHING
Somehow, Someway
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Game
(Pat DiNizio co-wrote these last three tracks.)
 
10/7/97
Chris Von Sneidern:
Mod Lang (CD)
 
ML005
 
WOOD AND WIRE
Starting Out
Lines
Sun
As You Are
Don't Worry Now
Split It
Circles
Love
I Can See
Like Me That Way
Got A Way With Her
Feel
The End
(Dennis Diken on drums on all tracks except "Like Me That Way".)
 
1/20/98
Pete Weiss:
Reverse Curve Records (CD)
 
RCR 240
 
PETE WEISS & THE ROCK BAND
(Dennis Diken wrote the liner notes.)
 
1998
R. Stevie Moore:
(CD)
 
 
 
PHONOGRAPHY
(Dennis Diken wrote the liner notes.)
 
1998
Pat Humphries:
Sliced Bread Records (CD)
 
71176
 
WHAT'S THAT I HEAR?:
THE SONGS OF PHIL OCHS

Hands
(Dennis Diken plays drums.)
 
3/10/98
Debby Schwartz:
Mercury (CD)
 
314 558 284-2
 
WRONGS OF PASSAGE
Venus Again
Gray
Misanthropic Man
Tribe
Crawlspace
Because You Don't Love Me
Mousecraft
(Dennis Diken on drums.)
 
6/9/98
Bibi Farber:
Glow time Records (CD)
 
NYC-01
 
FIREPOP
Salta Diamanter
October Again
One Thing
17 After 3
(Dennis Diken on drums.)
 
10/98
The Anthony Wayne Sound:
Weird NJ/Midgetville Press (CD)
 
(No #)
 
THE SOUNDS OF WEIRDNESS
The Larry Doby Highway
(Dennis Diken on drums, lead and background vocals.)
 
11/98
Dan Markell:
Fermada Nowhere Music (CD)
 
(No #)
 
BIG IDEAS
Immediate Danger
Should Be You*
Gullible
Elusive Ways*
Element of Chance
Me And My Big Ideas (written by Markell/Diken/Babjak)*
First Kid On The Block*
I Don't Wanna Try*
Welcome To The Club (written by Markell/Diken)
Do It All Again*

(Dennis Diken on drums and percussion for all tracks. Jim Bajak on guitar for *. All tracks co-produced by Diken. Liner notes by Diken.)

 
1/99
Amy Rigby:
Koch Records (CD)
 
KOC-CD-7998
 
MIDDLESCENCE
(Dennis Diken on drums)
 
9/15/98
Ambivalent Brothers:
Lonesome Whipporwill
(Sweden CD)
 
INGY-008
 
UNHAPPY HOUR
Right Beside You
Misinformation
Small Talk
All Grown Up
(Dennis Diken on drums)
 
1998
Bill Lloyd:
Koch Records (CD)
 
KOC-CD-8036
 
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
Dr. Roberts Second Opinion
This Is The Way
(Dennis Diken on drums.)
 
3/23/99
Various Artists:
? (CD)
 
 
 
OUR FAVORITE TEXAN:
BOBBY FULLER FOUR-EVER!

The Magic Touch
(Featuring Jim Babjak and Dennis Diken in Buzzed Meg)
Take My Word
(Featuring Dennis Diken in Sleeping Giant)
Julie
(Featuring Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros backing Michael Shelley)
 
Summer '99
Near:
Blessed by Harvey Records (CD)
10210523
 
NEAR
Stamped
City Chick
Barren
Perfection*
Nobody Stops
Better Off
(Pat DiNizio co-produced the EP, and plays
Farfisa on *.)
 
9/3/99

 

 

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