Universal Culture Shock/Undiscovered Numbers & Colors

The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors was originally recorded in the summer of 1995 at Trix Trax Recording Studios in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and released by Distant Recordings on October 1, 1995.[1][2] For its 2004 release, it was remixed and remastered.[3]

Universal Culture Shock was recorded between October 2003 and the spring of 2004 at co-producer John Teague's studio in West Chester, Pennsylvania; some recordings originate from 1998 sessions.[1] In addition to the core lineup of Deron Miller and Jess Margera, former Death guitarist James Murphy (with whom Miller was then working on Death tribute album Within the Mind: In Homage to the Musical Legacy of Chuck Schuldiner) played lead guitar on the album.[3] Miller praised Murphy's contributions, claiming they made the album "a thousand times better".[4]

All compositions are credited as being written by Miller, with the exception of closing track "Big Boy", a cover version of a song originally recorded by the band Sparks.[1] The album was produced and engineered by Miller, Murphy and Teague; Murphy and Teague also mixed the album, and Murphy handled mastering.[1] Miller performed guitar, bass and vocals on the album, as well as lead guitar on "Planetary" and "Big Boy" and co-lead guitar on "Cosmic Consciousness" and "They Come in Peace".[1]

Universal Culture Shock/Undiscovered Numbers & Colors was released by Distant Recordings on October 31, 2004; it was initially limited to a run of 2,000 copies, and was distributed exclusively through online retailer Amazon.com.[4] The full collection was later included on the 2009 Distant box set Distant Recordings 15 Years, alongside CKY's Disengage the Simulator and Reverb on the Click by Rudy & Blitz.[5] The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors disc features a video of one of the band's two live performances, at the West Chester Henderson High School Auditorium in 1996.[3] The box set was also preceded by the release of "Test It Out" as a single on April 17, 2009.[6]

On November 15, 2013, World of Rock Records issued a limited edition 7" vinyl version of "Test It Out", backed with an acoustic version of "Victory Over Neptune".[7] The single release, limited to 250 copies, was the first in a planned series to include all ten of the original songs from Universal Culture Shock, which would have been followed by a collector's box to hold all of the records.[7] The "Genesis 12/A" release followed in 2014, backed with the 1996 demo of the track.[8] However, before the label could continue with the series, in November 2014 it was announced that it would be closing business.[9]

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