Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: The Fossil Record 1980-1987 (CD)
Cuneiform Rune 55: released 1993

This CD is a collection of unreleased material during the period when Roger Miller was the leader of the group. The production values vary, but if you like the band, there is a lot of charm in this CD.

Roger Miller: Acoustic upright piano, Yamaha Cp-70 and Wurlitzer electric pianos, pump organ, percussion.
Erik Lindgren: Minimoog, Memorymoog, CompuRhythm CR-78, Oberheim DX, percussion, upright piano. (Moving Parts)
Martin Swope: electric and acoustic guitars, percussion. (Mission of Burma)
Rick Scott: Farfisa, Yamaha DX-7, abbreviated clarinet, percussion. (Red Ants)

CD booklet artwork includes a photo of one of the dioramas that the artist designed for an insert on their first EP, and a visual exquisite corpse by the Miller, Swope and Scott.

01. Sound Valentine
02. Pulse Piece
03. The Transformation of Oz
04. Tyronglaea
05. Chen/The Arousing
06. Sombre Reptiles
07. Laramide Revolution
08. Out of Limits
09. Biff the Brontosaurus
10. Carbon 14
11. Modern Warfare
12. March
13. Lqabblil Insanya
14. Slo-boy
15. To a Random

Pulse Piece was originally released on the Modern Method ÒWicked Good TimeÓ compilation from 1981, put out by Newbury Comix.
The Transformation of Oz was written in 1974.
Sombre Reptiles is by Brian Eno.
Lqabblil Insanya is Arabic for (approximately) "in honor of their ancient anscestors."
To a Random is the groups improvised score to the film of the same name by Michael Burlingame.