Lyric Booklet #5: Equation of Time

The fifth album to include lyrics was Mune Mud's 1996 album Equation of Time. The booklet was titled "A Japanese Lullaby" and was only eight pages long. It was the first lyric booklet created on a computer.

This was the first of what was to be a new series of "mini" lyric booklets (there ended up only two in the series). It measured 4"x5.5". The print was very small so 2-3 songs could fit on each page. There was no table of contents or epilogue to this booklet, just lyrics to every song on the album.

This booklet was released on August 20, 1996, one week after the album was released. After this "mini" booklet was made, the Studio went back to create booklets for older albums, starting with NueroMud's 1994 album ...Libra 971. But the project ended after the second booklet was released.

The title came from an anagram that was printed on the inside of the Equation of Time tape sleeve. The phrase came from an old black & white spy movie Jason watched at work one day. The anagram of 'Japanese Lullaby' was added to the tape sleeve and no one was able to figure it out. Funnier yet, no one realized the answer was right under their nose when the lyric booklet was handed out.