The Saga Begins

Tracklist

• 1
  The Saga Begins
  5:32
  3.7 ★
• 2
  Eat It
  3:21
  3.9 ★
• 3
  I Love Rocky Road
  2:36
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
  3:05
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Smells Like Nirvana
  3:46
  3.2 ★
• 6
  Cavity Search
  4:22
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Jerry Springer
  2:49
  3.2 ★
• 8
  Theme From Rocky XIII
  3:37
  3.8 ★
• 9
  Gump
  2:13
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Bedrock Anthem
  3:44
  2.4 ★
• 11
  Phony Calls
  3:25
  2.8 ★
• 12
  Like a Surgeon
  3:32
  3.9 ★
• 13
  Grapefruit Diet
  3:33
  2.9 ★
• 14
  Fat
  3:39
  3.9 ★
• 15
  Living With a Hernia
  3:21
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Amish Paradise
  3:23
  4.2 ★
• 17
  It's All About the Pentiums
  3:37
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Polka Power
  4:21
• 19
  The Saga Begins
  6:19

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Release credits

• Alan Reed
  spoken vocals [10]
• Andrea Robinson
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Beth LaMure
  executive [19]
• Bob Tebow
  bass vocals [2, 8]
• Colin Sauers
  assistant [5-6, 9-11, 16]
• Craig Armstrong
  producer [19]
• Dorothy Remsen
  harp [3]
• Fredrik Sarhagen
  assistant [1, 4, 7, 13, 17]
• Gary Herbig
  baritone saxophone [6, 9, 11, 15-16]
• Hank Azaria
  spoken vocals [11]
• Jamey Dell
  assistant [5, 10, 15]
• Jeff Moses
  assistant [1, 4, 7, 13, 17]
• Jim Self
  tuba [2, 8]
• Jim West
  background vocals [1, 4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13-17], banjo [1, 4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13, 16-17], guitar [1, 4-7, 9-17], guitar family [2, 8], mandolin [14]
• Jimmy Z
  saxophone [2, 8]
• Joe Sublett
  saxophone [14]
• Joel Miller
  bongos [2-3, 8]
• Joel Peskin
  clarinet [2, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 16]
• Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz
  background vocals [1, 4, 7, 13, 17], drums (drum set) [1, 4, 6-7, 9-13, 16-17], membranophone [2-3, 5, 8, 14-15], percussion [1-4, 6-17]
• Kim Bullard
  synthesizer [14]
• Lee Thornburg
  trombone [13], trumpet [13]
• Lisa Popeil
  background vocals [2, 6, 8-9, 11, 16]
• Mary Kay Bergman
  vocal [4]
• Mel Blanc
  spoken vocals [10]
• Nancy Cartwright
  spoken vocals [11]
• Nicolette Larson
  background vocals [14]
• Pat Regan
  piano [2, 8], synthesizer [2, 8, 12, 15]
• Pattie Brooks
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Peter Kelsey
  engineer [3]
• Petsye Powell
  background vocals [2, 8]
• Richard Bennett
  banjo [3], ukulele [3]
• Rick Derringer
  guitar [3, 12, 14-15], guitar family [2, 8], mandolin [2, 8], producer [2-3, 8, 12, 14-15]
• Ronny Jay
  turntable [14]
• Rubén Valtierra
  keyboard [1, 6-7, 9, 11, 13, 16]
• Steve Jay
  background vocals [1, 4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13-17], banjo [2, 8], bass [3, 15], bass guitar [1-2, 4-11, 13-14, 16-17], talking drum [2, 8]
• Tom Evans
  saxophone [13]
• Tommy Johnson
  tuba [5-6, 9, 11, 16]
• Tony Papa
  engineer [1-2, 4-17], mix [1, 4-7, 9-11, 13-17]
• Tress MacNeille
  vocal [4, 7, 13]
• Warren Leuning
  trumpet [2, 8]
• Warren Luening
  trumpet [6, 9, 11, 15-16]
• William Anderson
  tenor saxophone [15]
• William K. Anderson
  harmonica [3], saxophone [3]
• “Musical Mike” Kieffer
  body percussion [2, 8]
• “Weird Al” Yankovic
  accordion [1-4, 6-9, 11, 13-14, 16-17], arranger [2, 12, 14-15], background vocals [1, 4-7, 9-11, 13-17], keyboard [1, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-17], lead vocals [1, 3-7, 9-17], piano [2, 8], producer [1, 4-7, 9-11, 13, 16-17], synthesizer [2, 8], video director [19], vocal [2, 8]
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  The Saga Begins

  Enhanced CD
  1 December 1999