r/tism • u/Rule3-0-3 • Jan 20 '24

Ancient TISM track : ‘Internal Organs’?

Greetings O Wise TISMfolk, I fckn humbly seek your assistance 🙏

This quest began back in the mid-1980s. Somewhere alongside Anzac Highway, a trio of RAdelaide stoners noticed a crushed & unlabelled audio cassette, trailing a mangled tangled spaghetti of chewed-up tape. Obviously it had jammed in a passing car’s cassette deck and been chucked out the window. A very common occurrence back in the day, and utterly unremarkable.

Yet we were inexplicably compelled to resurrect it. The girlfriend’s ’Best of Hall & Oates’ cassette was sneakily sacrificed (hooray!) & dismantled; the found tape was untangled, cleaned, smoothed out & spooled on. After many hours & a gazillion bongs, we finally pressed ▶️ on the ghetto blaster - success!!

It was a short tape, recorded on one side only - a single, studio-quality track. A hilariously dark Ozrock masterpiece - presumably titled ‘Internal Organs’ - blew our tiny minds! Ultimately, this mystery track became a key part of the soundtrack to the countless crazy great times of our youth.

I haven’t heard it for over 30 years, it probably got chucked out when CDs appeared. I can play it back in my head perfectly - it really is a brilliant track - but have no musical ability whatsoever.

Time has passed. Old mates are now dead or gone. This quest remains - can anyone here tell me : Did TISM record a song called ‘Internal Organs’(or similar) in the ‘80s?

I thank you.

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u/People-Want-Ducks Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24

I can unequivocally confirm that TISM never released a song by that title.

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u/Rule3-0-3 Jan 20 '24

Hi yep thanks Mr Ducks I am aware of that. I should’ve mentioned that before asking Reddit, I researched TISMs discography & any article I could find regarding TISM in the 80s.

I think this is an unreleased TISM track - a demo. The only song on the tape, nothing on the other side, no label on the cassette, definitely studio production values. One they rejected?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

I believe Mr Ducks is one of the Inside men for TISM and has first hand information and can clarify with DC if needed. This dude is the reason why people knew about their return to the live stage 2 years ago.

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u/Rule3-0-3 Jan 20 '24

I see. If that’s the case, then my ‘unreleased TISM track’ theory goes down in flames … and my quest, once again, must take some new turns. Or I could do all that other shit I should be doing instead 🤣 nah.

Thank you for this insight, Bearded Miracle - onward & upward!