Trivia / Bruce Haack

• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: "Untitled #3" from " Preservation Tapes" is actually a remake of Haack's earlier song "17 Gifts for Free Children" from "This Old Man".
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: His records on "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and "Clifford the Small Red Puppy" were never reissued.
• Missing Episode: Due to the outcome of "Haackula", there were a bunch of songs that never got released to the public. It was only years after that some close friends of Haack gave permission to release some of the unreleased songs.
• Role-Ending Misdemeanor: While Haack was able to produced songs up until his death in 1988, he fell out of the public eye due to his unreleased album "Haackula" containing taboo topics like sex. His last album he released before he passed away was "Zoot Zoot Zoot Here Comes Santa In His New Space Suit" with Tiny Tim.
• Self-Remake:
  • "Snow Job" was remade from "Blow Job" due to the title.
  • "Untitled #3" from " Preservation Tapes" is a remake of earlier song "17 Gifts for Free Children" from "This Old Man".
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: There were a ton of songs and albums Haack covered that never got released:
  • "Haackula" was made in the late 1970s/ early 1980s, but his record company rejected it due to swearing and taboo topics. It never got released until after his death.
  • The album "Preservation Tapes" is actually a collection of certain songs that Haack did that never got released.