and friends by mail via a process dubbed "postal rock" – Pollard would receive completed musical backing tracks, and add his own lyrics and vocals. Albums under the Airport 5, Circus Devils, and Go Back Snowball monikers, among others were produced in this fashion. In December 2006, Pollard announced that the Fading Captain Series was being concluded with the release of Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007, a 50-song "best of" collection spanning from 1999 through 2007. The bands that used to release works in the Fading Captain Series now release records on other labels, such as The Takeovers' Bad Football coming out on Off Records and the Circus Devils' Sgt. Disco coming out on Ipecac Records. In addition the Pollard albums Kid Marine, Motel of Fools and Fiction Man were all released in the Fading Captain Series although Pollard's other solo albums were not. Acid Ranch: (archival recordings featuring Robert Pollard, Kevin Fennell and Mitch Mitchell) 2002 – Some of the Magic Syrup Was Preserved (2xLP—Pollard's first double album) 2005 – As Forever: A Manifesto of Fractured Imagination And Wreckless Living 2007 – The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great Airport 5: (Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout) 2001 – Tower in the Fountain of Sparks 2002 – Life Starts Here Circus Devils: (Robert Pollard, Todd Tobias and Tim Tobias) 2001 – Ringworm Interiors (CD/LP) 2002 – The Harold Pig Memorial (CD/LP) 2003 – Pinball Mars (CD/LP) 2005 – Five (CD/LP) 2007 – Sgt. Disco (CD/2XLP) 2008 – Ataxia (CD/LP) 2009 – Gringo (CD/LP) 2010 – Mother Skinny (CD/LP) 2011 – Capsized! (CD/LP) 2013 – When Machines Attack (CD/LP) 2013 – My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (CD/LP) 2014 – Escape (CD/LP) 2015 – Stomping Grounds (CD/LP) 2017 – Laughs Last (CD/LP) 2017 – Laughs Best (The Kids Eat It Up) (CD/LP) [anthology] Go Back Snowball: (Robert Pollard and Mac McCaughan) 2002 – Calling Zero Hazzard Hotrods: (Recording of informal 1990 performance by Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell) 2000 – Big Trouble (re-released as Bigger Trouble 2005) Howling Wolf Orchestra: (Pollard and various GbV members) 2000 – Speedtraps for the Bee Kingdom (12" EP/CD) Keene Brothers: (Robert Pollard and Tommy Keene) 2006 – Blues and Boogie Shoes Lexo and the Leapers: (Robert Pollard backed by The Tasties) 1999 – Ask Them (12" EP/CD) Lifeguards (Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard) 2003 – Mist King Urth 2011