town, he rejoined the Queers for some live performances and to record some of the songs they had written in the early 1980s but had not recorded, including "Wimpy Drives Through Harlem", "I Like Young Girls", "Nobody Likes Me", "I'm Nowhere at All", "Nothing to Do", and a cover version of Richard Harris's 1968 hit "MacArthur Park". Queer had found a pair of old rehearsal tapes which included the band's complete set list from 1983; they had been teaching Hages the songs at the time and were calling out the chord changes, which made it easy for the band to re-learn the parts to the old songs by listening to the tapes. The tracks were recorded in a single session at a small 8-track studio in Portsmouth, with Rutherford on lead vocals, Queer on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, B-Face on bass, O'Neill on drums and serving as producer, and Queer's roommate Harlan playing lead guitar. 13 of these tracks were issued on three EPs: Too Dumb to Quit! on Doheny Records (1993), Look Ma No Flannel! on Clearview Records (1994), and My Old Man's a Fatso on Woundup Records (1995). Following this material on A Day Late and a Dollar Short are three previously-unreleased outtakes from the session: alternate takes of "Wimpy Drives Through Harlem" and "Nothing to Do", and a recording of the Grow Up song "Gay Boy". This lineup of the Queers performed a 16-song set on radio station WFMU in New Jersey on April 11, 1994 which is included as the final track on A Day Late and a Dollar Short. Rutherford also performed with the band at a 1994 show in El Paso, Texas; a photograph taken by Heidi Smith of this performance was used for the album cover. 1991 demos The remaining four tracks on the album are versions of "Nobody Likes Me", "Too Many Twinkies", "Half Shitfaced", and "I Live This Life" from a demo tape that Queer, B-Face, and O'Neill had recorded in May 1991 with producer Jim Tierney to give Ben Weasel a sample of their new material, in the hopes of getting to perform with his band Screeching Weasel and convincing him to produce Love Songs for the Retarded. The entire 14-song demo tape was later released on the 1999 compilation album Later Days and Better Lays. Reception Reviewing A Day Late and a Dollar Short for AllMusic, critic Kembrew