Apostolatus ( * ) by J. M. Smig

This is an unfinished collection of tracks, mostly demos, a few since released as singles, that I had planned to have completed by my Dad's birthday in 2022, then 2023, then 2024, but life keeps on getting in the way, so I'm releasing this "as is" lest it becomes a lost ark in my discography.

Had this album been completed as planned, it would have included a version of "Zorba's Dance" — a staple in Dad's gigs, his band specializing in Greek music and covers — and a cover of Zappa’s "Sofa" incorporating Dad's sax and ending with a recording of him laughing on the living room couch where he literally lived after retirement.

Listen or don't.

Tracklist

1.	Underarm Overture (pre-redux) / Requiem For Vinnie (demo)	9:06

2.	Rogue In A Pod	2:42

3.	Guitar Quartet No. 1	0:46

4.	Orange Bassoon	6:01

5.	Dine On, Crazy Simon	0:59

6.	211117	3:00

7.	221127	1:10

8.	Neck Gravy	3:25

9.	231117	1:56

10.	Schrambled Ives: I. Ives of March	4:12

11.	Soiled Fingers and a Deer (piano patch)	3:25

12.	Soiled Fingers and a Deer (original guitar demo)	4:05

13.	Unintentional Threnody	1:10

14.	Zappacrite: I-III	5:11

15.	Zappacrite: IV (unfinshed)	0:44

16.	Schrambled Ives: II. Schrambled	1:30

17.	Pink Curds	1:02

18.	Bar Mangled Standard	1:44

Credits

released February 1, 2025

Cover art: "Evening (The Fall of Day)" by William Rimmer (1816–1879),
Jan and Warren Adelson Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
collections.mfa.org/objects/30905

©℗2022-2024 Sophisticated Schizophrenic

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