Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels walkers, and minstrels in elephant costumes. Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels saw great success, and the impact on minstrelsy was profound. Other troupe owners rushed to compete, mimicking the Mastodons' elaborate sets and large number of players. Ultimately, many smaller companies folded or were forced to travel further from the established minstrel circuits in order to survive. Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe created in 1877, when J. H. Haverly merged four of the companies he owned and managed. Borrowing techniques from showmen like P. T. Barnum, Haverly advertised the Mastodons in broadsides, newspapers,
Mastodon (album) Also included are: Mastodon (album) Mastodon is the only box set released by the American heavy metal band of the same name. It features all of their material released by Relapse Records plus "Blood Mountain" which was originally released on Reprise Records. The box set was limited to 1100 copies and all records were pressed on 180 gram vinyl. The box set was released by Relapse records with no input from the band. The box set contains the following audio: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Unreleased before this box set.<br> <nowiki>**</nowiki>"Leviathan" also includes the band's cover versions of Thin Lizzy's "Emerald", Melvins "The Bit"