From: rob@msc.cornell.edu
Subject: Latest Sonic Youth discography [LONG, PART 2]
Originator: rob@snoopy.msc.cornell.edu
Followup: sender
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:08:06 GMT

Side Projects/Compilations
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The Coachmen "Failure to Thrive"
Thurston Moore
1979 - LP/CD on New Alliance (NAR035/NAR CD 035)

Songs:	Thurston's Song / Girls are Short / Household Word /
	Radical Lifestyle / Stay In My Room

Notes:  The band is Thurston Moore, J.D. King, Bob Pullin and Dan Walworth.
	J.D. does most of the vocals.
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Various "Just Another Asshole, Number 5"
Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Miranda.
1981 - LP on Just Another Asshole Magazine (???)

Songs:	Shift (Lee) / The Fucking Youth Of Today (Thurston) /
	untitled (Kim Gordon and Miranda)

Notes:	Album comes with a rubber-stamped die cut white-sleeved label.
	45 seconds each by around 80 NYC artists including Remo Scha, Glenn
	Branca, Shelley Hirsch, Z'ev, Rhys Chatham and others.
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Glenn Branca/John Giorno "Who You Staring At?"
Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo
1982 - LP on Giorno Poetry Systems (GPS 025)

Notes:  Thurston & Ranaldo play with Glenn Branca.
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Various "B Movie Soundtrack"
Richard Edson.
1982 - Soundtrack LP on Neutral 

Songs:	???

Notes:	Various scores from the films of Beth and Scott B., composed by
	themselves, Adel Bertei, Richard Edson, Jeffrey Lohn, Bob Mason and
	John Lurie.
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Various "Noise Fest"
Sonic Youth.
1982 - Cassette(?) on Zg Music Number 5 (C-82)

Songs:	???

Notes:	Collection of 29 NYC bands recorded in June '81 at White Columns
	Gallery including SY, Jeff Lohn, Mofungo, Ut, Y Pants, and more.
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Glenn Branca "Symphony #1"
Thurston Moore
1983 - CA/CD on ROIR
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Glenn Branca "Symphony #3"
Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo
1983/92 - LP on ???

Notes:	Re-released in 1992.  Neither Lee nor Thurston play on Symphony #8,
	regardless of claims otherwise.
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Various "Speed Trials"
Sonic Youth
1984 - LP/CS on Homestead (HMS011)

Songs:	Sonic Youth - "Dig This!"; The Fall - "Tempo House" / "Smile";
	Beastie Boys - "Egg Raid on Mojo"; Live Skull - "I Was Wrong";
	Lydia Lunch - "Me and Main Kelly on a Bender"; Carbon - "YTYKYD";
	Swans - "Weakling"; and Toy Killers - "Victimless Crime."

Notes:	Bob Bert was on drums.  Recorded May 4-8 1983, released 1984.  Liner
	notes say that a video of this is available, any ideas?
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Lydia Lunch "In Limbo"
Thurston Moore
1984 - LP/CS/CD on Doublevision (DVR5)
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Various "Chemical Imbalance #4"
Sonic Youth, The Chant, June Brides, Broken Talent
198? - 7" single compilation on Chemical Imbalance (CI04)

Songs:	"Marilyn Moore" by Sonic Youth, "Water Wiggle" by The Chant,
	"This Town" by The June Brides, and "Soap Opera Girl" by Broken Talent
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Various "Impact (Auto Edit)"
Sonic Youth
1985? - 12" on ???? (INS[T]2)

Songs:	I Love Her All the Time

Notes:	Recorded live at the Hammersmith Palais 4/28/85.
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Various "You Bet We've Got Something Against You"
Sonic Youth
1985 - LP on Cathexis Recordings/Pleasantly Surprised (PS014)

Songs:	World Looks Red

Notes:	Recorded live at the Hammersmith Palais March 1985.
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Various "SubPop 100"
Sonic Youth
1986 - LP/CS compilation on SubPop (SP10)

Songs:	Kill Yr. Idols
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Ciccone Youth "Tuff Titty Rap"
Ciccone Youth
1986 - 7" single on New Alliance (NAR030)
198? - 12" single on SST
128? - 12" single on Blast First (BFFP8T) co-release with Mute.
 
Songs:	Burnin' Up b/w Tuff Titty Rap / Into the Groovy

Notes:	Ciccone Youth is Moore, Gordon, Ranaldo, and Shelley with Martin Bisi.
	"Burnin' Up" by Greg Ginn, Mike Watt, and Ethan James.  Initially
	released on Mike Watt's New Alliance label.  New Alliance edition has
	etched on side one - "Gonna have to fight" and on side two - "Don't
	be afraid to pogo, don't be afraid to relate".  On the Blast First
	version side one - "It's a tuff titty" and side two is the same as
	the 7" version.
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"I was actually thinking, for this next tour, of getting an instrumental
 track of `Fools Gold', playing it through the PA, and playing wild on top
 of it."						-- Thurston Moore.
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Various "A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse"
Sonic Youth
1986(7?) - LP on Giorno Poetry Systems Records (GPS 035)

Songs:	Halloween
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Various "NME's Hat-trick"
Sonic Youth
Feb. 1987 - 7" flexi single with NME magazine (GIV-5)

Songs:	White Kross (unreleased live version from Florida 1986)
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Lee Ranaldo "From Here -> Infinity"
Lee Ranaldo
1987 - LP/CS on SST (SST113)
1987 - LP/CS/CD on Blast First (BFFP9)

Songs:	Time Stands Still / Destruction Site / Ouroboron / Slo Drone / 
	New Groove Loop / Florida Flower / Hard Left / Fuzz/Locusts /
	To Mary / Lathe Speaks / The Resolution / Sav X / The Open End

Notes:	Lee goes crazy with locked grooves and a Savage Pencil-etched,
	marbled album.  Not as he ultimately intended, but good nonetheless.
	There's also raised lettering and art on the album cover.  The
	Blast First version is etched - "Electricity comes from other planets
	Fuck the future".

	From the liner notes - "There's a reason for everything that's ever
	been right.  Today we look up & can see.  Some singular moment comes
	close to going around again.  I hope you will drop the diamond in a
	groove and let it ride awhile. (Sonic Life/ Sept 1986/ Los Angeles)."

1987 - CD on SST (SST CD 113)

Songs:	Time Stands Still / Destruction Site / Ouroboron / New Groove Loop /
	Florida Flower / Hard Left / Fuzz/Locusts / To Mary (X2) /
	Lathe Speaks / The Resolution / King's Ogg

Notes:	From the liner notes - "This compact disc version contains tracks
	taken from the original master tapes, as well as from the L.P.
	version, in situations where the tracks were created directly in the
	mastering studio and no tapes existed.  Some new tape loops have been
	cut to replace certain lock grooves which, due to the chance nature
	of the process, I wasn't altogether happy with."
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Swanic Youth "Swanic Youth"
Mykel Board of MRR and Peter Holsapple of the dBs and R.E.M.
1987 - 7" single on Seldboard World Entreprises (OL455)

Songs:	Sonic Yoot / Swan Jovi

Notes:	Hilarious parody-put-down of Sonic Youth, The Swans, and Bon Jovi.
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Various "Mini Plot"
Sonic Youth.
1988 - CD3 on SST (SST CD 234)

Songs:	I Am Right (Goofy Mix)

Notes:	Credit by Brewer-Biaza.  A Sacharine Trust cover perhaps?
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Martin Bisi "Creole Mass"
Lee Ranaldo.
1988 - LP on New Alliance (NAR 040)
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Ciccone Youth "The Whitey Album"
Ciccone Youth.
1988 - LP/CS/CD on Enigma (7 75402)
1988 - LP/CS/CD on Blast First (BFFP28)

Songs:	Needle-Gun, (silence), G-Force, Platoon II, MacBeth,
	Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby, Burnin' Up (orig. demo), Hi! Everybody!, 
	Children Of Satan/Third Fig, Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu,
	Addicted To Love, Moby-Dik, March Of The Ciccone Robots,
	Making The Nature Scene, Tuff Titty Rap, Into The Groovey

Notes:	Sonic Youth and friends get crazy, "Burnin' Up" covered by Mike Watt.
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Ciccone Youth "Into The Groovey"
Ciccone Youth
1988 - 12" EP on Enigma (???)
1988 - 12" EP on Blast First (BFFP8)

Songs:	Into The Groovey, Tuff Titty Rap
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"Gettin' loose with the Pussy Galore, crackin' jokes like a Thurston Moore,
 pedal hoppin' like a dinosaur... Breaking down the barriers like Sonic
 Youth, they got what they wanted, maybe I should get what I want too...
 Gimme indie rock!"				-- Sebadoh, "Gimme Indie Rock"
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Lydia Lunch "Honeymoon In Red"
Thurston Moore.
1988 - LP/CS/CD on WidowSpeak Productions [WSP12/WSP12 CD]

Songs:	Done Dun / Still Burning / Dead In The Head / Fields of Fire /
	Come Fall / So Your Heart / Dead River / Three Kings

1988 - 12" on WidowSpeak Productions [WSP???]

Songs:	The Crumb / Done Dun / Dead River

Notes:	Lydia Lunch with Thurston Moore on side one b/w L. Lunch and the
	Honeymoon in Red Orchestra.  Track one features and several were
	mixed by Clint Ruin and was recorded in NYC in 1987.  The last
	two tracks feature and many were (co)written by Rowland S. Howard
	and were recorded in Berlin 1982.  Some lyrics were cowritten with
	Lydia by Nick Cave under various aliasies (Her Dead Twin, Drunk
	Cowboy Junkie.)  The CD contains one extra track not listed above.
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Various "Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father"
Sonic Youth
1988 - LP/CS/CD on NME Presents (NME PEP LP1000/NME PEP CD100/NME PEP MC 100)

Songs:	Within You Without You

Notes:	For a benefit in aid of Childline.  It's a great version (clocks at
	5:03), and the Fall doing "A Day in the Life" make the album worth
	seeking.
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Moe Tucker "Life in Exhile After Abdication"
Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo
1989 - LP/CS on 50 Skatillion Watts (MOE 7-1)

Songs:	Chase (Kim - bass, Lee - guitar, Thurston - guitar) /
	Pale Blue Eyes (Kim - bass (and backing vox) /
	Bo Diddley (Kim - bass (and backing vox), Steve - drums) /
	Talk So Mean (Kim - bass)
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Various "Gigantic"
Sonic Youth.
1989 - CS compilation on Melody Maker (???)

Songs:  Teenage Riot (special video mix)
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Various "Melting Plot"
Sonic Youth
1989 - LP/CA/CD compilation on SST (SST249)

Songs:	I Am Right
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Various "The Bridge"
Sonic Youth
1989 - LP/CS/CD compilation on Caroline Records (1374/KAR002)

Songs:	Computer Age (Neil Young cover)
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Various "Every Band has a Shonen Knife who Loves Them"
Sonic Youth
1989 - 2xLP/LP/CS/CD compilation on Giant Records (GRI6036-2)

Songs:	Burning Farm (Shonen Knife cover)

Notes:	Compilation also includes songs by Frightwig, Redd Kross, L7,
	White Flag, Big Dipper, Lunachicks, Das Damen and many others
	(23 tracks in all.)
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"Q: Are you still thought of as underground/alternative/weird in New York?
 A: No, we're a fucking institution."
                                -- Kim Gordon (Melody Maker, April 1 '89)
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Split "Halloween/Touch Me I'm Sick"
Mudhoney/Sonic Youth
1989 - 7" single on SubPop (SP08)
1989 - 12" single on Blast First (BFFP46)
1990 - 12" single on SubPop (SP08-2)
1990 - ? single on Glitterhouse (GR 56) in Germany.

Songs:	Halloween, Touch Me I'm Sick

Notes:	Double cover, rumored value $100-$300 (bullshit), 3000 printed.
	The 12" single is identical to 7", 5000+ printed, value $10-$30.
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Various "Nothing Short Of Total War (Part One)"
Sonic Youth
1989 - LP/CS/CD compilation on Blast First (BFFP13)

Songs:	Sonic Youth - "Come And Smash Me Said The Boy With The Magic Penis" /
	Head of David - "Bugged" / Ut - "Fire In Philly" / Sonic Youth -
	"He's On Fire" / Big Black - "Kerosene" / Sonic Youth - "Magic Wand" /
	Rapeman - "Dutch Courage" / Dinosaur Jr. - "Bulbs Of Passion" /
	Lee Ranaldo - "Scratchy Heart" / Ciccone Youth - "****" /
	UT - "Evangelist" / Head of David - "Snake Domain" / Big Black -
	"He's A Whore" / Big Stick - "Devil's Jukebox" / Head of David -
	"108" / A.C. Temple - "Sheikh" / Rapeman - "Just Got Paid Today" /
	Band of Susans - "Throne of Blood" / Aresenal - "Little Hitlers" /
	Butthole Surfers - "Jimi"
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William S. Burroughs "Dead City Radio"
Sonic Youth
1990 - LP/CS on Island Records (Island 422-846 264-2)

Notes:	Spoken word LP dubbed over music, some written for the album, some
	pulled out of the archives of the NBC orchestra, ca. 1955.
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Various "Fast 'N' Bulbous - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart"
Sonic Youth.
1990 - LP/CS/CD on Imaginary Records (ILLUSION 002 LP/CD)

Songs:	Electricity
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Various "New York Eye and Ear Control"
Thurston and Don Fleming.
1990 - LP/CS/CD on Matador Records (OLE 006-1)

Songs:	Rudolph Grey - "The Hall"

Notes:	Recorded New York City 1990, produced by Ecstatic Peace.
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Various "DK Pulser number 1"
Sonic Youth.
1990 - CD3 compilation on DK Pulser, no number
1992 - CD5 compilation on Danceteria (DK1CD1)

Songs:	Su nioj

Notes:	Five minutes of instrumentals except some "join us" screams at the end.
	Recorded during the _Daydream Nation_ sessions. Some backwards tapes
	at the beginning.  "DK Pulser" is a french magazine which has very
	episodic periodicity.  Reissued by Danceteria as a 5" CD without the
	original magazine but with the same tracks.
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Harry Crews "Naked In Garden Hills"
Kim Gordon.
1990 - LP/CS/CD on WidowSpeak Productions [WSP24/WSP24 CD]
1990 - LP/CS/CD on Blast First (BFFP38)

Songs:	Man Hates A Man / Distopia / Gospel Singer / Knockout Artist /
	(She's In A) Bad Mood / The Way Out / Bringing Me Down / Car / S.O.S.

Notes:	Kim Gordon, Lydia Lunch, and Sadie Mae.  Harry Crews, the band,
	toured Europe from Sept. 1 till Sept. 24, 1988.  The album was
	recorded live at the Mean Fiddler, London and in Vienna, Austria by
	Vienna Radio.
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Borbetomagus "Barefoot In The Head"
Thurston Moore.
1991 - LP/CS on Forced Exposure, CD on Shock.

Notes:	Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich of Borbetamagus with Thurston Moore.
	Liner notes from "Thomas Pynchon", which Seth says "is, 10 to 1 odds,
	either Jimmy Johnson or Byron Coley."  My guess is the latter.
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"One night Johnson, Coley and I were sitting in the backyard with a bucket
of fresh sangria and a few bongloads of some very righteous boo.  I'd
brought out a box of my live Sonic Youth tapes and we were arguing about
Ranaldo's tongue vectors in the third quadrant of 'Society is a Hole' [Folk
City, NYC 12/1/82] when one of T. Moore's downstrokes caught our attention.
We ran the tape back and listened to the passage a few times.  The subtly
monstrous and mindless GUSH with which T. Moore hit the 'E' chord made it
obvious that his playing was not coming out of a complete spiritual void.
This was a real revelation.  It meant that he was capable of actually
unclenching his brain and loosing demons of soul creativity."
			-- Thomas Pynchon (sic) from "Barefoot In The Head"
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Dim Stars "Dim Stars"
Richard Hell, Don Fleming, Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley.
1991 - 3x7" single on Ecstatic Peace! (E#11) distributed by Forced Exposure

Songs:	The Plug & Dim Star / Christian Rat Attack / You Gotta Lose (Pt. 1) /
	You Gotta Lose (Pt. 2) / You Gotta Lose (Pt. 3) /
	You Gotta Lose (Pt. 4)

Notes:	Christian Rat Attack was originally done by a band called Stickmen
	with Rayguns and appeared on a compilation album called _Cottage
	Cheese From the Lips of Death_.
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Various "Sub Pop June/July Singles Club Single"
Sonic Youth
1991 - 7" single on Sub Pop (SP121)

Songs:	These Immortal Souls - "Luney Tune" / gumball - "Under My Wheels" /
	Sonic Youth - "Is It My Body" / Laughing Hyenas - "Public Animal #9"
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Various "Guitarrorists"
Kim, Lee, and Thurston.
1991 - Compilation CD on Caroline (???)

Songs:	Blues For Space Girl (Thurston) / Kitten (Kim) / Here (Lee)

Notes:	There are 26 songs total, A-Z.
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Lucky Sperms "I Am The Man"
Sonic Youth and Mike Watt.
1991 - 7" on Ecstatic Peace (E#15)

Songs:	Walking the Cow / Tomorrow Never Knows / Glass Onion

Notes:	Recorded on Jan 19, 1987 at Fun City NYC.  There is a Pettibon
	drawing on the front.  Side one credits: S - drums, W - guitar,
	bass, speil.  Side two credits: S - drums, W - basses, speil,
	K - tambourine, L - guitar, T - nada.  Side one is etched with
	"T. Moore vs. T. Motolla", and side two with "Ecstatic Bummer."
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Various "Gioventul Sonica - 11 Young Bands Play Sonic Youth's Songs"
Sonic Youth tribute album
1991 - Electric Eye (EEHSLP020)

Songs:	Star Fuckers - "Death Valley '69" / Killbrains - "Tunic" /
	Redrum - "Silver Rocket" / Third from the Sun - "White Cross" /
	Headspring - "Catholic Block" / Neumann - "Stereo Sanctity" /
	Welcome Idots - "Star Power" / Subterranean Dining Rooms - "Mote" /
	Carnival of Fools - "Shadow of Doubt" / Saint Luka - "Teenage Riot" /
	Pagen Easter - "Kill Yr Idols/Kool Thing/Shakin' Hell"

Notes:	The label address is Electric Eye; CP 144; 27100 Pavia, Italy.
	Distribution by Helter Skelter; Piazzale Delle; Provience 8 00162 ROMA;
	Phone - "06/429348; Fax - "06/428525-
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Various "Fortune Cookie Prize-A Tribute to Beat Happening"
Kim, Thurston, and Epic.
1992 - Compilation LP/CD on Simple Machines (CD007)

Songs:	Black Candy

Notes:	Epic is Epic Soundtracks.
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Mirror/Dash 
Thurston and Kim.
1992 - 7" on Ecstatic Peace (E#12)

Songs:	Electric Pen / Gum

Notes:	The cover has someone that looks a lot like a teenage Thurston
	holding a gun, while the back of the 45 has a picture of said
	Thurston getting "shot."  The inside of the jacket has two leather-
	clad cowboy/cowgirls and "Mirror/Dash" scrawled in pen.
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T. Moore/Wm. Hooker Duo
1992 - LP on Ecstatic Peace (E#20)

Songs:	???
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Mosquito
Steve Shelley, Jad Fair and Tim Foljohn.
1992 - 7" on ERL Records (ERL009)

Songs:	Down / Pretty Lil' Thing / Fat Man Walks / Oh No, Oh Yes, Oh No

Notes:	A sticker on the front says "Warning, pesky locked groove."
	Side A says "Oh no not another mosquito" and side B "My house is
	full of them."
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Dim Stars "Dim Stars"
Thurston, Steve, Richard Hell, and Don Flemming.
1992 - LP/CD on Ecstatic Peace???
1992 - LP on Paperhouse Records (paplp 014)
1992 - LP in Germany on EFA (04902-08) / City Slang (LC 6853)

Songs:	She Wants To Die / All My Witches Come True / Memo To Marty /
	Monkey / Natches Burning / Stop Breakin' Down /
	Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance) / The Night Is Coming On / 
	Downtown At Dawn / Try This / Stray Cat Generation / Rip Off
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Sentridoh "Losercore"
Steve and Lou Barlow.
1992 - 7" Smells Like Records (SLR-68)

Songs:	Losercore / Really Insane

Notes:	Smells Like Records is Steve Shelley's own label.  Side A has the
	engraving "Lost virginity, thus" and Side B has "dear blue."
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Kitten
Kim and Julie Cafritz.

Notes:	No releases out at this date.
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Various "Freedom of Choice" compilation
Sonic Youth.
1992 - 2xLP/CS/CD on Caroline Records (???)

Songs:	Sonic Youth - "Ca Plane Pour Moi" / The Muffs -
	"Rock and Roll Girl" / Erectus Monotone - "Destination Unknown" /
	Redd Kross - "How Much More" / Tiny Lights - "5'1" / Mudhoney -
	"Pump It Up" / Das Damen - "The Wait" / Finger - "Tainted Love" /
	It's OK - "Wishing" / Yo La Tengo - "Dreaming" / White Flag -
	"Wuthering Heights" / The Connells - "I Got You" / Big Dipper -
	"Homosapien" / Polvo - "Mexican Radio" / Hypnolovewheel -
	"Antmusic" / Chia Pet - "Don't You Want Me?" /
	Permanent Green Light - "Hero Worship" / Superchunk - "Girl U Want"

Notes:	All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood.  This is a cover of a
	new wave song made in the late 70's by Plastic Bertrand, bubblegum
	punk star from Belgium I believe.
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Richard Hell "3 New Songs"
Richard Hell, Thurston, Steve, & Don Flemming.
1992 - 7" on Overground (Over 24)

Songs:	The Night is Coming On / Baby Huey (Baby Do You Wanna Dance?) /
	Frank Sinatra

Notes:	Black vinyl edition limited to 3000 copies.
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Various "Burning Leaves - The Third Fall of DGC"
Sonic Youth.
1992 - promo CD on DGC (???)

Songs:	???

Notes:	Given away at 1992 CMJ to all attending and bands playing.
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ALL RELEASE DATES FOR THE ENTRIES BELOW ARE UNKNOWN.
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Various "Heaven and Hell, Volume 3"
Lee.
199? - LP/CD on ???

Songs:	Stephanie Says

Notes:	Velvet Underground tribute album.
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Various "Outlaw Blues" compilation
Kim & Thurston, Lee.
199? - ???

Songs:	Kim & Thurston - "Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence" /
	Lee - "Mama You've Been On My Mind"

Notes:	A tribute to Bob Dylan.
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Various "Smiles, Vibes and Harmony: A Tribute To Brian Wilson"
Sonic Youth
19?? - LP on Demilo Records (DM0004-1)

Songs:	I Know There's an Answer

Notes:	Includes J. Mascis on tambourine/vocals and Don Fleming on vocals.
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Various "Good Feeling"
Sonic Youth
19?? - LP on 53rd and 3rd (AGAS3)

Songs:	(I Got A) Catholic Block (live)

Notes:	Track noted as recorded June 1987 at Town & Country.
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Various "EMMA Presenteert"
Sonic Youth
19?? - LP on M.A. Draje Records (001TM4)

Songs:	Brother James

Notes:	EMMA is an independent/squat concert hall.  No idea whether the track
	was actually recorded there.
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Various  "Vera Groningen: Beauty in the Underworld"
Sonic Youth
19?? - LP on VERA Records (001)

Songs:	Broken Eye

Notes:	Recorded live at Vera Groningen (a club in the Netherlands) on
	06/11/87.  Tracks at 3:55.  Great and noisy.
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The Ex "Joggers and Smoggers"
Thurston, Lee
19?? - 2xCD on Ex Records (Ex040/041D)
19?? - 2xCD on Fist Puppet Records, Holland (Fist 005-CD)

Songs:	Gentlemen / Tightly Stretched

Notes:	Distributed by Cargo in North America.
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Various "Communicate Live at the James Poly"
19?? - ???

Songs:	Kill Your Idols (live)
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Various "Love Doll Superstar"
19?? - ???

Songs:	Hallowed Be Thy Name
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Various "Prehistoric Hits with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, L7, and STP"
Sonic Youth.
199? - clear vinyl 7" bootleg on unknown label

Songs:	Sonic Youth - "Cotton Crown (live '87)" / Nirvana -
	"Amway Queen (studio '89)" / L7 - "Fast & Frightening (live '90)" /
	STP - "Yo Jackie Yo (demo '90)"
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Various "All Guitars"
Lee.
199? - LP on ???

Songs:	???

Notes:	Sounds like "Me & Jill," with "From Here --> Infinity" as the
	backing music.
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"As far as I'm concerned, I was just as happy being where I was last year at
 this time when Sonic Youth wasn't on a major label... This deal with Geffen
 is very much a wait-and-see-what happens sort of deal - because we will
 absolutely not be dictated to by Geffen.  We signed because we had complete
 artistic control, and if any problems do arise... let's just say that I'll
 firebomb Geffen's offices to get thrown off the label if I have to.  Who
 fuckin' cares?"					-- Thurston Moore
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Videos
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"Goo"
1991 - VHS on DGC

Songs:	Dirty Boots, Tunic (Song for Karen), Mary-Christ, Kool Thing, Mote,
	My Friend Goo, Disappearer, Mildred Pierce, Cinderella's Big Score,
	Scooter + Jinx, Titanium Expose'

Notes:	I'll fill this in later when I have time.
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"1991: The Year The Punk Broke"
1992 - VHS on DGC (???)

Songs:	???

Notes:	A self-made documentary film of their 1991 European tour with
	the likes of Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, with a guest
	appearance by the Ramones.  Thurston does most of the filming and
	babbling, which is interspersed between live footage of the bands.
	Dave Kendell even makes an appearance with Courtney Love.
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Missing Information
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I could use more detailed information on the following, such as dates,
catalog numbers, and song listings:

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A 1986 Peel session that's never been bootlegged on vinyl or CD.  I have
an excellent tape copy now.  John Peel also recently mentioned that there
was a Sonic Youth LP reissued in Estonia and played a track off it.
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A Sonic Youth "Live in Japan" bootleg was put out by Supernatural,
a shady Japanese label.  The label went under a few years back, taking the
SY live in Japan LP with it. The record is so rare that Steve Shelley doesn't
own a copy. It might be possible to locate the record by contacting Kenji at
Timebomb in Osaka, Japan. Time bomb is a great record store specializing in
non-Japanese "underground" music. The fax number is 011 81 6 213 5079.  If he
does have it, I'm sure it will cost a small fortune.  Don't bother asking
Forced Exposure if they have it. They don't.
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	Thurston was in a band called Even Worse for a while (early 80s).
Don't know too much about them, except for a few songs that I remember
hearing on KZSC back then (incl. one called "We Suck" that was kind of funny.
Female Vocals.
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Information about Lee Ranaldo's collaboration with the dutch band
Plus Instruments.
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John Peel mentioned a new LP release by a German band DIE HAUT and played a
track `Intoxication' off it, with Kim Gordon singing.
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Could you tell me if any of SY members (maybe Kim or Thurston) have played
with the belgian band Thick Pidgeon. I think there is some connection because
of the Miranda name on the Kim Gordon track.  Miranda could be the singer of
Thick Pidgeon.
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A documentary on the "NY music scene" called something like "Put Some Blood
in the Music" that I saw on PBS a while back.  It was about an hour long,
and the  second half was all Sonic Youth, _Daydream Nation_ period (the first
half  was John Zorn, and there were short segments on the Ambitious Lovers
and  Hugo Largo).  It was mostly interviews with the band, other
New York scene people (Branca, Lydia Lunch, Kramer, etc.) talking about SY, 
and some performance footage.
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Hey Rob, here's some more Sonic Youth info for ya. Also, check out the 
new Ajax records catalog, they're selling a couple new SY-related 7"s,
like some of the stuff Kim and Thurston performed at the Knitting Factory
during the last NMS.
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Guitar Tunings
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Guitar tunings for selected songs from Michael G. Goldsman.  Tunings listed
from lowest to highest string.  Key: ^ = tune up, ! = tune down

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Kool Thing, Mary Christ, Death Valley '69:
F#, F# (unison), F#, F# (unison octave above), E (below 3'rd string), B
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Silver Rocket, Candle, Cinderella's Big Score:
A, C, C (Unison), G, G#, C
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Teenage Riot:
G, A, B, D, E, G 
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Tunic, Teenage Riot:
G, G, D, D, G, G (all 3 pairs unison)
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The Wonder, Hyperstation:
G, G (unison), C#, D, G, G (unison)
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Mote:
G, G, D, D, F, F (all 3 pairs unison)
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Kissability, Eric's Trip, Hey Joni
E, B, E, E (unison), A, B
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Dirty Boots:
E, !E (unison), !B, !B (unison), !E, !F#
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Dirty Boots, Tunic, Titanium Expose, My Friend Goo:
E, !G, D, G, !E, !D
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Cotton Crown, The Wonder, Brother James:
^G, !G, D, !D, !Eb, !Eb (all 3 pairs are unison)
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Cross the Breeze, Disappearer:
^C, ^C (unison), ^E, ^B, !G, !D
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Schizophrenia:
^F#, !F#, ^G, G, !A, !A (all 3 pairs are unison)
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Expressway to Yr Skull:
E, !G#, ^E, ^G#, !E, !G#
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Fan Club and General Information
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"sonic death is the sonic youth fan club and it's official!  by joining you
 will receive a years membership and a special welcome kit. this kit
 contains a cd of a show that took place in austin in 1986, a button and a
 tri-annual sonic death news-letter. the newsletter will give you the news
 and the chance to get limited edition recordings and merchandise available
 only to members. so send as some bucks and we'll get you happening!
 continue rockin', love
 sonic youth"

 Annual membership rates
 USA $15.00 Canada and Mexico $20.00
 Other foreign $25.00
 Visa + Mastercard accepted

 Send to Sonic Death
 PO Box 1588
 Bloomfield, NJ 07003
 Fax (201) 748-7628
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This is the address given at the end of the "Goo" video.  You can assume
that all mail sent here will be read by Steve Shelley, who sometimes
even responds (schedule amnd patience permitting, I'm sure.)

 Sonic Death
 Box 6179
 Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Rob Vaughn, Fugitive Systems Guy
Mat. Sci. Center Computing, Cornell University
rob@msc.cornell.edu - rob@crnlmsc2.bitnet