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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: The Early Years
Medium: 7" EP (33 1/3 RPM)
Label: Happy Moose Records, HMS 8687
Date Recorded: Oct 1980-May 1982
Release Date: 1985
Recording Quality: A-
Notes: Currently selling for about $6-10, considerably
cheaper than the real thing. Sleeve has a good
picture, bad graphics and can be either white or
yellow paper. These keep surfacing with
surprising frequency, and might even still be in
print.
Contents:
Unauthorized reissue of the first two singles on
Reflex and New Alliance (now out of print):
(A) Statues
In A Free Land
(B) Amusement
What Do I Want?
M. I. C.
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Lynndale's Burning
Medium: 12" LP
Label: None ["Mark Corner-A/B" in runout area]
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: 1986?
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 51 min
Notes: Different edit (tracks rearranged; "Folklore" added,
"Celebrated Summer" deleted) of Spin concert.
Taken from soundboard or master tape. Tough one to
find.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig
Every Everything
Makes No Sense At All
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
I Apologize
If I Told You
Folklore
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
I Don't Know For Sure
Terms Of Psychic Warfare
Powerline
Books About UFOs
Hardly Getting Over It
Sorry Somehow
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
The Wit And The Wisdom
Green Eyes
Divide And Conquer
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Books About UFOs
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Recommended RE 33 347
Date Recorded: 17 Sep 1985
Release Date: 1986?
Location: Batschkapp, Frankfurt FRG
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 45 min
Notes: Very elusive import.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig
Every Everything
Makes No Sense At All
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
I Apologize
If I Told You
Folklore
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
I Don't Know For Sure
Terms Of Psychic Warfare
Powerline
Books About UFOs
Hardly Getting Over It
Sorry Somehow
The Wit And The Wisdom
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Makes No Sense At All
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Stemra HDD85 [Dutch import]
Date Recorded: 13 Sep 1985
08 Sep 1985*
Release Date: 1986?
Location: Vikateateret, Oslo, Norway
Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, Holland*
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 45 min
Notes: Cover erroneously lists "Terms Of Psychic Warfare"
instead of "Powerline." From the sound of it,
"Books About UFOs," also advertised, has been
edited out. According to Hot Wacks 14, the Oslo
tracks are in stereo, but this is not readily
apparent. Cassette copies of this are easy to
find; vinyl more difficult. See also "Radio
Appearances."
Contents:
Makes No Sense At All
Powerline
Hardly Getting Over It
Sorry Somehow
Chartered Trips
Diane
Celebrated Summer
Pink Turns To Blue
Eight Miles High
*The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
*I Apologize
*Pink Turns To Blue
*Ticket To Ride
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Pogo Of The Halfdead
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Joué Rythme 968874
Date Recorded: 09 Jun 1987
Release Date: 1988
Location: Zeche, Bochum FRG
Recording Quality: B
Time: 45 min
Notes: Of all the bootleg albums, this one wins the prize for
having the least correlation between the track list on
the cover and the actual tracks on the record. The
album, like all the bootleg vinyl, has become rather
scarce.
Contents:
These Important Years
Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope
Standing In The Rain
Back From Somewhere
Ice Cold Ice
You're A Soldier
Could You Be The One?
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
Everytime
Terms Of Psychic Warfare
Bed Of Nails
Green Eyes
What's Going On?
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Drug Party
Medium: 7" EP
Label: Agressive Buddhist Records
Catalog Number: AB33079
Date Recorded: See notes
Release Date: 1990
Location: Various/studio
Recording Quality: B
Time: 15 min
Notes: Limited, numbered edition of 500 copies. Tracks
were taken from tapes circulating among traders:
"Do You Remember?" from 1980 "Savage Young Du"
demo; "Drug Party" #1 from 21 Jun 1985 Patio
(Indianapolis) show; "Drug Party" #2 from 10 Mar
1984 Vig's (Madison) show; "We Wish You A Merry
Christmas" from Dec 1986 WB promo. "Do You
Remember?" has since been released in much more
listenable form on Everything Falls Apart And
More. Artwork sleeve is heavy paper, single sheet
folded once. Plain white inner sleeve. This issue
came with a paper insert, as shown on the artwork
page. Vinyl is a small-hole 7", recorded at 33 RPM.
There are inscriptions etched in the runout areas of
each side: (A) "What is it?" (with quotes) has been
scratched out and replaced with "What it is" (no
quotes); (B) "Spot I hear a radio."
Contents:
(A) Do You Remember?
Drug Party
(B) Drug Party
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Drug Party
Label: None
Catalog Number: None
Date Recorded: See above
Release Date: 1991?
Location: See above
Recording Quality: B-
Time: 15 min
Notes: Italian red vinyl counterfeit of US boot. No insert
Some copies came with white inner sleeve. 45 RPM.
Careful examination of 7-11 photo on sleeve shows it
clearly to be a 2nd-generation halftone (dots are
clumped). See comparison images on artwork page.
Blue graphics are slightly misregistered. Label is
solid black and entirely blank. Runout inscriptions
merely read "H-DU A" and "H-DU B". Serial numbers
appear to have been handwritten after the sleeve
was printed, and research confirms that they differ
from copy to copy. No confirmation that the pressing
ran to 500 copies as indicated on the sleeve.
Contents:
Same as above
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Everything Falls Apart
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Bespoke BES03LP
Date Recorded: 1980, 1982
Release Date: 1990
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 33 min
Notes: UK boot of out-of-print Reflex D LP with the first
two singles thrown in. Album cover is a pretty good
counterfeit, but the extra tracks listed on the back
are a dead giveaway. Poorly photocopied lyric sheet
from EFA included. "Statues" and "Amusement" are
listed in reverse order on the sleeve. "What Do I
Want?" is listed as the second-to-last track but does
not appear on the record.
Contents:
From The Gut
Blah, Blah, Blah
Punch Drunk
Bricklayer
Afraid Of Being Wrong
Sunshine Superman
Signals From Above
Everything Falls Apart
Wheels
Target
Obnoxious
Gravity
Amusement
Statues
In A Free Land
M. I. C.
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Artist: Bob Mould
Title: Woorkbook
Medium: CD
Label: Unknown
Date Recorded: 14 May 1989
Release Date: Unknown
Recording Quality: Unknown
Time: 45 min
Notes: Existence of this item is not confirmed. It has been
described as a recording of a 1989 New York City
performance, but a tape purportedly made from it is
clearly heard to be the Cabaret Metro show from the
above date, minus "Brasilia." On the tape version
at least, the last song is truncated. It's conceivable
that the WXRT tape was aired in New York, which could
possibly account for the confusion in provenance.
Contents:
Wishing Well
Compositions For The Young And Old
Dreaming, I Am
If You're True
Poison Years
Lonely Afternoon
See A Little Light
Whichever Way The Wind Blows
Shoot Out The Lights
Hardly Getting Over It
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Everything Falls Apart
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Whyno 123464
Date Recorded: 1980, 1982
Release Date: 1991?
Recording Quality: Unknown
Time: Unknown
Notes: German counterfeit
Contents:
Unknown
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Everything Falls Apart
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Reflex [bogus]
Date Recorded: 1980, 1982
Release Date: 1991?
Recording Quality: Unknown
Time: Unknown
Notes: German counterfeit. This may be Whyno 123464
listed above, but that number appears nowhere on
the sleeve or record. In fact the sleeve is a
near-perfect copy of the original, except that it
is printed in solid black on white instead of black
and green on white. The record itself bears a blank
label with only "HD-1" and "HD-2" inscribed in the
runout areas of the respective sides. Price tag
on the sleeve reads DM 24.50 (about $16.90 US).
Contents:
[Same as real album]
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Everything Falls Apart
Medium: CD
Label: Wild Angel Records HUDUCD1
Date Recorded: 1980, 1982
Release Date: 1992
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 33 min
Notes: European counterfeit.
Contents:
Same as Bespoke counterfeit (see above), from
which this CD was obviously dubbed--since the
intertrack surface noise vanishes only when the
record is flipped and the track list errors are
inherited.
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Drug Party
Medium: 7" EP
Label: Agressive Buddhist Records
Catalog Number: AB33079
Date Recorded: See first pressing notes above.
Release Date: 1992
Location: See above
Recording Quality: B
Time: 15 min
Notes: Second pressing of 1000 unnumbered copies. Red
graphics instead of blue (refer to artwork page).
Foldover sleeve with white inner sleeve. Vinyl disc
is is a small-hole 33, identical to first pressing,
including runout etchings (clearly pressed from the
same master).
Contents:
Same as above
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Lyndales Burning
Medium: CD
Label: Holy Records 005
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Spring 1992
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 50:47
Notes: Dutch CD boot made from a clean vinyl copy of the
Lyndales Burning 12" described above. "Folklore"
is not listed on the sleeve but appears as part of
track 6. "Celebrated Summer" is listed but is not
present. Inlay artwork (a concert shot with Bob
Mould prominent in the foreground) appears to be a
screen capture from the Makes No Sense... video.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
[Same as LP above]
Flip Your Wig 2:17
Every Everything 1:46
Makes No Sense At All 2:30
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 3:10
I Apologize 3:34
If I Told You/Folklore 3:48
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:17
I Don't Know For Sure 2:24
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:47
Powerline 2:30
Books About UFOs 2:47
Hardly Getting Over It 5:25
Sorry Somehow 4:32
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care/The Wit
And The Wisdom 4:31
Green Eyes 2:46
Divide And Conquer 3:40
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Minneapolis Is Burning
Medium: CD
Label: Nu Noize NUN 001
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Spring 1992
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 50:48
Notes: Alternately titled German boot of Lyndales Burning.
Has different picture insert, taken from Warehouse
photo sessions, and different artwork on disk itself.
Otherwise the two appear to be the same, as the number
on the disk is the same in both cases and "I Apologize"
skips in the same spot on both CDs. The individual
track times vary slightly. The track anomalies cited
above regarding "Celebrated Summer" and "Folklore"
are present in this case as well. If that's not
sufficient evidence, both disks bear the holographic
number WIZARD A 0321
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig 2:17
Every Everything 1:43
Makes No Sense At All 2:33
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 3:08
I Apologize 3:34
If I Told You/Folklore 3:48
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:17
I Don't Know For Sure 2:24
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:49
Powerline 2:30
Books About UFOs 2:46
Hardly Getting Over It 5:25
Sorry Somehow 4:36
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care/The Wit
And The Wisdom 4:21
Green Eyes 2:53
Divide And Conquer 3:42
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Artist: Sugar
Title: UK Radio Session 1992
Medium: 7" EP
Label: Aspartame Alcoholics [GLR-006 in runout area]
Date Recorded: Aug 1992
Release Date: Jan 1993
Location: BBC studios (London?)
Recording Quality: A
Time:
Notes: Another Mark Corner effort. Taken from BBC Mark
Goodier sessions (first air 24 Aug 1992). "Where
Diamonds Are Halos" is erroneously listed as "Every
Little Bit Helps" on the picture sleeve. Every
track except "Hoover Dam" is available legitimately
elsewhere. There is some uncertainty about the total
number of tracks of tracks actually recorded for the
Goodier Sessions, as well as the number of airings.
Selling price ranges from $4-10.
Contents:
Hoover Dam
Where Diamonds Are Halos
The Slim
If I Can't Change Your Mind
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Live At The 1st Avenue Club, Minneapolis, 1985
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Spin! Disque 1992
Catalog Number: SPIN01 [France release]
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Early 1993
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 51 min
Notes: Here it is again. Could this be a 12" made from
the CD that was made from another 12"? "Folklore"
is again omitted, but the extraneous listing of
"Celebrated Summer" is not present. Nice color
photo of band on cover, taken from Warehouse
tourbook.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
[Identical to the "Lynndale" LP above]
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Live in Boston 1986
Medium: CD
Label: None
Catalog Number: HUDUCD93
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Early 1993
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 50:47
Notes: Matrix number shown only on disk, not on inlay.
"Folklore" appended to track 6 as with the
Lynndale clones above. This disk bears a different
holographic number, however (HUDUCD93).
What's a bootlegger to do when the same old Spin show
has been repackaged so many times that everyone who's
ever going to buy a copy already has one? Why not
stoop to deliberate deception? As a possibly
intentional clue to this item's bogosity, the inlay
photo depicts a street in what looks suspiciously
more like Manhattan than Boston. Caveat emptor.
CD was "reissued" in 1997 with different artwork.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig 2:16
Every Everything 1:45
Makes No Sense At All 2:29
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 3:00
I Apologize 3:44
If I Told You/Folklore 3:48
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:13
I Don't Know For Sure 2:28
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:48
Powerline 2:28
Books About UFOs 2:47
Hardly Getting Over It 5:25
Sorry Somehow 4:31
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care/The Wit
And The Wisdom 4:37
Green Eyes 2:37
Divide And Conquer 3:48
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Artist: Bob Mould
Title: Live in Europe
Medium: CD
Label: Handmade Music HMM CD 424 [FRG release]
Date Recorded: 04 Dec 1989
Release Date: 1993?
Recording Quality: A
Time: 69:30 min
Notes: Recording of concert at U4 in Vienna that was
broadcast a day or two later on Die Musicbox, a
program on FM station Ö3 that showcased music by
indie/underground artists of the day. Hence the
statement in the liner notes that the set was
"Recorded live in the studio during 1989 for German
radio" is somewhat off the mark. It's also pretty
obvious from the audience noise level that the
recording was made in a good-sized venue. Fine-
sounding and nicely-packaged CD with full-color
front and back inlays featuring photos of Bob Mould.
Contents:
Sunspots
Wishing Well
Compositions For The Young And Old
Heartbreak A Stranger
If You're True
Poison Years
Sinners And Their Repentances
Lonely Afternoon
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
See A Little Light
Whichever Way The Wind Blows
All Those People Know
Cinnamon Girl
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Artist: Bob Mould
Title: Workbook Alive on Radio
Medium: CD
Label: BMCD 545 [FRG release]
Date Recorded: 04 Dec 1989
Release Date: 1993?
Recording Quality: A
Time: 69:20 min
Notes: This is identical in program content to the Live In
Europe boot. Packaging is different: front inlay
is the Workbook cover with "Alive on Radio"
stamped in gold or black on it; back inlay features
the Black Sheets back cover photo of Bob looking
very punk in shorts and Docs; disk artwork is also
different, bearing the title "Live over Europe."
The first two songs are combined onto a single
track, and the first six and a half minutes of the
track labeled "All Those People Know" is a jammy
continuation of "Whichever Way The Wind Blows"
followed by a pre-encore interlude before the named
song begins. Recording qquality is pretty good, but
Bob's voice is a bit hoarse.
Contents:
Sunspots/Wishing Well 6:49
Compositions For The Young And Old 4:23
Heartbreak A Stranger 6:44
If You're True 4:16
Poison Years 5:26
Sinners And Their Repentances 5:02
Lonely Afternoon 3:59
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton 9:03
See A Little Light 3:44
Whichever Way The Wind Blows 6:45
All Those People Know 9:16
Cinnamon Girl 3:52
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Artist: VA (Hüsker Dü)
Title: Hardcores, Vol. 3
Medium: Comp CD
Label: Fuckin' Bastards No. 423
Date Recorded: Oct 1980
Release Date: 1992
Recording Quality: B
Notes: This is a compilation of early punk singles made
from scratchy 7"s. The Hüsker songs, inexplicably
identified as "Shut Up And Kill Yourself" and "Do
The Body Strut," are listed as track 4 on the inlay
but play as tracks 7 and 8. The disk itself was
manufactured in Korea according to the holographic
inscription, which also bears the number "HAC-9217
T102-14301." The Amusement 7" sleeve is one of 4
pictured on the inlay.
Contents:
Amusement 4:53
Statues 4:30
[Early stuff by Necros, Naked Raygun, lots more]
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Artist: Sugar
Title: Live In London
Medium: CD
Label: Unknown
Date Recorded: 01 Aug 1992?
Release Date: Jan? 1993
Location: University of London Union
Recording Quality: Unknown
Time: Unknown
Notes: Unconfirmed UK item.
Contents:
Unknown
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Artist: Sugar
Title: On The Edge
Format: 12"
Label: Iron Records
Catalog Number: RLP 19 [UK release]
Date Recorded: 02 Oct 1992
Release Date: 1993?
Location: Pavilion, Brighton UK
Recording Quality: B
Time: 55 min
Notes: Album sleeve proclaims "For radio station use only.
Not for sale." Rationale for the title is unclear,
but may be an attempt to pass the item off as a
legitimate radio show (it's the name of a syndicated
US radio program). Record label features a
reproduction of part of a UK 1-kg sugar package.
The recording sounds as if it's been made from an
audience tape, and the pressing itself is a bit
noisy. "After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere,"
"Frustration," "Tilted," "Sapphire Capital" and "The
Beer Commercial" are all listed on the cover as
"unknown." "Anyone" is listed as "If I Didn't Want
You" and "Clownmaster" is listed as "Instrumental."
Running time is about 55 minutes, as the opening few
songs of the set are not present. Front cover is black
with small (~1.5" square) negative photo of Bob Mould
with guitar in the center; title appears beneath the
photo. Back cover features a vertically stretched
photo of the three band members and the track listing
(with errors as described above). The sleeve notes
say only that this is a live recording from the 1992
UK tour, but direct comparison to a tape of the
Pavilion show provides conclusive evidence of the
date/venue.
Contents:
Where Diamonds Are Halos
Hoover Dam
After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere
Frustration
Slick
Anyone
If I Can't Change Your Mind
Clownmaster
Tilted
Armenia City In The Sky
Sapphire Capital
The Beer Commercial
Man On The Moon
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Artist: Sugar
Title: Bleeding
Format: CD
Label: Kiss the Stone
Catalog Number: KTS193
Date Recorded: 22 Jul 1992
Release Date: Sep 1993
Location: Cabaret Metro, Chicago
Recording Quality: A/A-
Time: 58:52
Notes: This is a nicely-packaged product with slick artwork
characteristic of KTS. There's a photo of Bob on the
disk itself. The 8-page insert booklet includes the
same photo, a photo of the entire band, a KTS catalog,
and off-the-wall liner notes in slightly fractured
English by "Professor Stone." A recording of the WXRT
FM broadcast of this show was apparently used as the
master for this disk, as there are occasional RFI-type
glitches. As usual, there are plenty of mistakes in
the track listing: "The Act We Act" is listed as
"The Act We Follow;" "Running Out Of Time" is "Time;"
"Where Diamonds Are Halos" is "Every Little Bit
Helps;" "Armenia City In The Sky" is simply "Armenia
City" and a single track containing "Slick,"
"Clownmaster" and "Tilted" is listed as "Medley:
Slick/Come Around." This CD sells in the US for
$20-25.
Contents:
The Act We Act 4:56
A Good Idea 3:31
Changes 4:09
Running Out Of Time 2:18
Helpless 2:52
If I Can't Change Your Mind 3:17
Where Diamonds Are Halos 4:18
Hoover Dam 3:18
Slick/Clownmaster/Tilted 11:38
Armenia City In The Sky 3:07
JC Auto 6:40
The Slim 4:52
Man On The Moon 3:56
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Psyche Power Pop A Punk
Medium: CD
Label: Holy Records 008
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Fall 1993
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 56:17
Notes: Same as Holy 005 but with tracks shuffled around a
bit and with the addition of "Celebrated Summer" and
"All Work And No Play." Insert is fancier too, and
includes an interview with Bob Mould.
"Celebrated Summer" is listed as "Sons Of Bitches."
"If I Told You" and "Folklore" are combined into a
single track. Beginning of "I Don't Know For Sure"
is missing and the track fades in. Vinyl pops
audible.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 2:40
Every Everything 1:44
Makes No Sense At All 2:28
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:05
I Don't Know For Sure 2:06
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:45
Hardly Getting Over It 5:17
Sorry Somehow 4:29
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 3:51
Celebrated Summer 1:45
Green Eyes 2:32
Divide And Conquer 3:22
All Work And No Play 6:57
Powerline 2:30
Books About UFOs 2:23
Flip Your Wig 2:15
I Apologize 3:34
If I Told You/Folklore 3:24
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Artist: Sugar
Title: Whatever Makes You Happy
Format: CD5
Label: Hawk
Catalog Number: HAWK005 [Italy]
Date Recorded: 20 Feb 1992
Release Date: Oct 1993
Location: 40 Watt Club, Athens GA
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 68:21
Notes: First Sugar show ever. Mastered from a low-gen
copy of the audience tape Chuck Erb recorded on his
DAT Walkman, complete with shifting soundstage and
somewhat brittle midrange. The guitar is very low
in the mix, but that was the fault of the soundboard
guy. Five songs were cut out between "Clownmaster"
and "The Slim" due to CD time limitations. Omitted
are "The Right Words" and the first four songs of
Beaster (then simply called 1-2-3-4 and referred
to collectively as the "Jesus Christ Cycle").
Front inlay features a band photo from the time of
the "Helpless" promo video and back inlay has a
photo taken during the spring 1993 tour. Tracks
misidentified on the inlay: "Clownmaster" is called
"Beaster" and Mike Nesmith's "The Door Into Summer"
is called "Penny Whistle Band." This version of
"Clownmaster" has lyrics. CD selling price is in
the US$20 range.
Contents:
The Act We Act 5:16
A Good Idea 3:27
Changes 4:19
Running Out of Time 3:13
Helpless 2:55
If I Can't Change Your Mind 3:11
Fortune Teller 4:46
Slick 4:55
Hoover Dam 3:29
Clownmaster 3:42
The Slim 5:30
The Door Into Summer 2:42
Armenia City in the Sky 3:27
Dum Dum Boys 6:29
Helter Skelter 6:24
Man on the Moon 4:33
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Live On The Joan Rivers Show 1987
Medium: 7" single
Label: Do You Remember? Records
Catalog Number: DYRR001 [UK?]
Date Recorded: 27 Apr 1987
Release Date: Nov 1993
Location: Fox Studios, Hollywood
Recording Quality: B-
Notes: Clear red-orange vinyl with black & white picture
sleeve. Band photo dates to well before the
Warehouse era (looks to be from about 1982 or 1983).
Joan Rivers' intros are present at the start of each
track, but the interview segment is absent. Hüsker
Du is identified on the sleeve, but the label credits
"Bob Hart-Norton," a typical display of bootlegger
cutesiness. Sound quality is strictly lo-fi mono,
decidedly unpleasant. Typical price = UK£4-5.
Contents:
Could You Be The One? 2:46
She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man) 3:01
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Makes No Sense...
Medium: 7" single
Label: Unknown
Date Recorded: Unknown
Release Date: Nov 1993 [UK?]
Location: Unknown
Recording Quality: Unknown
Time: Unknown
Notes:
Contents:
Unknown
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Artist: Sugar, Bob Mould
Title: Bob's Full House
Medium: CD5
Label: Pseudo Indie Label
Catalog Number: PIL02CD
Date Recorded: (1) 22 Jul 1992
(2) 01 Aug 1992
(3) 24 Aug 1992 (air)
(4) 07 Jul 1991
Release Date: Nov 1993 [Europe]
Location: (1) Cabaret Metro, Chicago
(2) ULU, London
(3) BBC Goodier Sessions
(4) WFMU, East Orange NJ
Recording Quality: (1) A; (2) B; (3) A; (4) B
Time: 75:53
Notes: Unlike Bleeding, which was apparently made from
an off-the-air recording, the Cabaret Metro segment
of this CD must have been made from a soundboard
recording or the WXRT master tape, since it includes
material not broadcast. "Man On The Moon" is not
listed and is piggybacked with "Dum Dum Boys".
"Lonely Blue Dream" was an impromptu song Bob made
up in response to a telephone request; the track is
plagued by speed problems and flutter. The ULU
tracks sound as if they came from an audience tape.
Contents:
(1) The Act We Act 4:55
A Good Idea 3:25
Changes 4:10
Running Out Of Time 2:17
Helpless 2:51
If I Can't Change Your Mind 3:15
Where Diamonds Are Halos 4:15
Hoover Dam 3:15
The Beer Commercial 5:28
Slick 4:31
Anyone 2:42
Clownmaster 3:01
The Slim 5:13
Armenia City In The Sky 3:21
Dum Dum Boys/Man On The Moon 5:41
(2) Tilted 3:26
JC Auto 5:14
(3) Hoover Dam 3:21
(4) Lonely Blue Dream 1:46
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Artist: Sugar
Title: Sweetheart
Medium: 7" single
Label: Nutra Sweet Treats
Catalog Number: None
Date Recorded: 20 Feb 1992
Release Date: Dec 1993
Location: 40 Watt Club, Athens GA
Recording Quality: B
Notes: Monochrome foldover sleeve on yellow paper, probably
photocopied. Sleeve says "Nutra Sweet Treats, Fiji"
and venue is listed as "40 Wait Club." Purple vinyl
with blank purple label. Small-hole 33 1/3. Runout
area inscriptions:
(A) Got a sweet tooth...
(B) for vinyl villany [sic]
Tracks are taken from the same audience tape as
Whatever Makes You Happy but sound quality is
worse. All in all a pretty cheesy package.
Contents:
(A) Helpless 2:52
(B) If I Can't Change Your Mind 3:00
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Artist: Bob Mould
Title: The Loner
Medium: CD
Label: Rocks
Catalog Number: 92096 [Luxembourg]
Date Recorded: 14 May 1989
Release Date: Jan 1994
Credited: "Bob--guitar/vocals
Anton--drums
Tony--bass
Chris--guitar"
Recording Quality: B
Time: 43:57
Notes: Inlay claims "New York, 1989," but this is the
Cabaret Metro show that was recorded for broadcast
on WXRT. The most obvious indicator (of many) is
Bob's intro: "The next one is called 'If You're
True.' It's not on the album; please listen to it."
There may have been a NYC rebroadcast of this, which
could account for the venue error. The front inlay
is blue with an amateurishly-rendered drawing of a
diver whose helmet has eight hoses attached to it.
Rear inlay says "all songs written by Bob Mould,"
a statement whose 89% accuracy is about as close to
perfection as bootleggers get. The disk itself is
inscribed: "Rocks. A trademark of ROCKDREAMS
S.A.R.L Luxembourg" and bears a 1993 copyright. The
sound is muddy and the speed is off (runs fast).
For some reason, both "Brasilia" and "See A Little
Light" were edited out. Considering that there are
tapes of this performance that are not only complete
but much better sounding, this is a disappointing
effort. List price is about $25, way too high.
Contents:
Wishing Well 4:25
Compositions For The Young And Old 4:24
Dreaming, I Am 3:33
If You're True 4:27
Poison Years 6:08
Lonely Afternoon 3:51
Whichever Way The Wind Blows 6:22
Shoot Out The Lights 6:07
Hardly Getting Over It 4:40
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Now And Zen
Format: CD5
Label: Boppin' Buddah Co., Taiwan
Catalog Number: None
Date Recorded: Dec 1982, Oct 1983
Release Date: Jun 1994
Recording Quality: B-
Time: 58:23
Notes: This is an edited version of the tape circulated
among traders as "Zen Arcade later mixes and
outtakes." There are speed problems on the first
track, there's occasional distortion from signal
saturation, and the overall sound is extremely
brittle. It sounds as if some sort of digital
processing has been applied in an attempt to reduce
the tape hiss. The first "One Step At A Time" is
omitted from the track listing and the second
occurrence is mistitled "Monday Will Never Be The
Same" (this was probably intentional, because it's
clear that the people behind this had access to an
accurate track listing). Grant's untitled piano
noodling is arbitrarily assigned the title "Granted"
and his remarks at the end of the song have been
cut. Several of the best tracks were left off the
CD altogether, including the terrific version of
"Somewhere" with the additional guitar overdub.
These omissions were almost certainly made to keep
the total time under 60 minutes to save costs. The
holo data on the inner circumference of the disc
has been deliberately scratched out, but enough
remains to indicate that this was produced in the
US. The packaging is shoddy, monochrome inserts
with a motif of traditional Chinese art; the inner
pages are blank. The disk itself is devoid of
artwork except for the legend "Side A." Selling
price in the Boston area was about $14 at the time
this was released, but it's long out of print.
Contents:
Chartered Trips 3:48
Hare Krsna 5:45
One Step At A Time :44
Monday Will Never Be The Same 1:00
[Untitled Hart Piano Piece] 1:26
Never Talking To You Again 1:52
Somewhere 2:33
One Step At A Time :45
Pink Turns To Blue 2:43
Newest Industry 3:11
Whatever 3:55
Indecision Time 2:20
The Biggest Lie 2:09
Pride 1:52
What's Going On? 4:34
Masochism World 2:50
Standing By The Sea 3:19
Some Kind Of Fun 2:09
Turn On The News 3:59
Eight Miles High 4:12
Dozen Beats Eleven 3:13
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Artist: Bob Mould
Title: The Calm Before The Storm
Medium: CD
Label: Kiss the Stone
Catalog Number: KTS 272 [Italy]
Date Recorded: 17 May 1991 (late show)
Release Date: Jun 1994
Credited:
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 78:04
Notes: From soundboard tape.
Contents:
Wishing Well
Out Of Your Life
Hear Me Calling
See A Little Light
Stand Guard
Celebrated Summer
Hanging Tree
The Act We Act
Can't Fight It
Walls In Time
Poison Years
Stop Your Crying
Could You Be the One?
It's Too Late
Lonely Afternoon
Sinners and Their Repentances
Hardly Getting Over It
Makes No Sense At All
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Supernova
Medium: CD
Label: Kiss the Stone
Catalog Number: KTS 309 [Italy]
Date Recorded: 21 Jun 1987
Oct 1987*
Release Date: Aug 1994
Location: Town & Country, London
Recording Quality: A
Time: 66:28
Notes: From soundboard tape. The liner notes state, "No
one knows where [the performance] was recorded, and
perhaps this is fitting." Fitting or not, and
notwithstanding a story about this being stolen from
the soundboard at an Albany NY show, direct A-B
comparison to an audience tape of the Town & Country
show confirms the date and venue listed above. "Hare
Krsna" (which, it's almost frightening to note, is
actually spelled correctly in the track listing) is
a throw-in from the Warner Bros Do You Remember
promo CD. The sound is occasionally muddy and the
midrange is a little weak, but overall this is a
good-sounding CD. KTS did a nice job on the
silk-screening of the disk artwork, which is a photo
of Bob standing with the flying vee.
Contents:
These Important Years 3:53
Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope 3:16
Standing In The Rain 3:55
Back From Somewhere 2:37
Ice Cold Ice 4:53
You're A Soldier 3:11
Could You Be The One? 2:49
Too Much Spice 3:15
Everytime/Bed Of Nails 4:50
Tell You Why Tomorrow 2:50
What's Going On 3:32
Chartered Trips 4:00
Green Eyes 3:11
Celebrated Summer 4:40
She's A Woman (And Now Is A Man) 3:15
Never Talking To You Again 1:54
Gotta Lotta 1:25
*Hare Krsna 9:02
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Artist: Sugar
Title: 100% Pure
Format: CD5
Label: Home Records
Catalog Number: HR6016-7
Date Recorded: 11 Nov 1994
Release Date: Feb 1995
Location: Orpheum, Boston MA
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 68:36
Notes: Beaster-style Sugar logo. "Clownmaster"
is listed as "Instrumental." "Armenia City In
The Sky" is listed as "City In The Sky." "Running
Out Of Time" is listed as "Out Of Time." There are
a couple of interesting Bob photos in the insert,
which also lists all the releases by Home Records
and allied labels, but no ordering info is presented.
A face-shot of David Barbe is screened onto the disk
itself. This has the look of a US product (no GEMA
or STEMRA legend). Made from a clean audience
recording.
Contents:
Gift 3:25
Company Book 3:18
Hoover Dam 3:01
Going Home 2:50
Where Diamonds Are Halos 4:17
Granny Cool 3:11
A Good Idea 3:12
Running Out Of Time 3:09
Frustration 4:38
Changes 3:36
Your Favorite Thing 3:06
In The Eyes Of My Friends 3:16
If I Can't Change Your Mind 2:58
Mind Is An Island 3:05
Clownmaster 2:53
Explode And Make Up 4:32
Tilted 4:17
Armenia City In The Sky 3:20
Man On The Moon 3:53
Gee Angel 3:30
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Up In The Air
Format: CD5
Label: Hit Parade
Catalog Number: HIT-002
Date Recorded: Various
21 Jun 1987*
Release Date: Late 1996
Location: Studio
Town & Country, London*
Recording Quality: A-
Time: 66:14
Notes:
Outtakes from New Day Rising, Zen Arcade,
Warehouse, Candy Apple Grey and The Living
End. It sounds as if some signal processing has
been applied in an effort to clean up the sound,
with okay results. A few tracks are commercially
available, if rare. "Erase Today" is listed as
"Friends." "Sore Eyes" is listed as "It's Alright"
and categorized, along with "Do You Remember," as
a Warehouse outtake. "All Work And No Play" is
listed as "Instro" and is the rough mix with no
vocal track. "Misty Modern Days" is also listed as
"Instro," and "Just Be" is listed as "Outtake."
"You Can Live At Home" is listed as "You Can Leave"
and is the rough mix with just the backing vox.
A few other Warehouse titles are butchered.
Contents:
Erase Today 1:45
Listen 1:57
Some Kind Of Fun 2:09
Gotta Lotta 2:35
Can't See You Any More 3:49
Do You Remember? 2:04
Sore Eyes 2:24
[Grant's piano outtake from ZA] 1:27
All Work And No Play 4:02
Misty Modern Days 2:25
All This I've Done For You 3:07
Just Be 2:51
You Can Live At Home 6:15
Tell You Why Tomorrow 2:36
Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope 3:16
She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man) 3:26
*These Important Years 3:51
*Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope 3:16
*Could You Be The One? 2:36
*Chartered Trips 4:02
*Green Eyes 3:08
*Never Talking To You Again 1:56
*Gotta Lotta 1:17
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Boston 1986
Medium: CD
Label: Live Storm
Catalog number: LSCD 51566
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: 1997?
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality:
Time: 50:48
Notes: This "reissue" of the Live in Boston 1986 may have
been released as early as 1994.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig 2:16
Every Everything 1:44
Makes No Sense At All 2:30
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 3:00
I Apologize 3:43
If I Told You/Folklore 3:48
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:13
I Don't Know For Sure 2:28
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:48
Powerline 2:28
Books About UFOs 2:47
Hardly Getting Over It 5:25
Sorry Somehow 4:31
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care/The Wit
And The Wisdom 4:38
Green Eyes 2:38
Divide And Conquer 3:48
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Ultracore
Format: 12"
Label: Hijack Records
Catalog Number: VFB 1 [in runout area]
Date Recorded: 28 Dec 1982
Release Date: 1997
Location: Backstage, Tucson AZ
Recording Quality:
Time:
Notes: Jacket claims pressing limited to 1000 copies.
Photocopied artwork glued to generic white sleeve.
Blank white labels on disk.
Contents:
In A Free Land
Target
What Do I Want?
M. I. C.
From The Gut
Blah, Blah, Blah
Wheels
Everything Falls Apart
It's Not Funny Any More
Real World
Standing By The Sea
Deadly Skies
Out On A Limb
Bricklayer
Tired Of Doing Things
Afraid Of Being Wrong
Strange Week
Big Sky
Ultracore
Let's Go Die
Data Control
Sunshine Superman
Statues
Punch Drunk
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Spin Radio Show
Format: 12"
Label: None
Catalog Number: None ("USA 28.8.85" on spine) [Austria release]
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: Unknown [2000 or earlier]
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality:
Time:
Notes: Sticker on back cover says "Made in Austria."
Side one and two track listings reversed. As with
the Spin! Disque vinyl boot above, this record
appears to have been pressed from one of the
Lynndale-clone boot CDs; as seen before, "Celebrated
Summer" is erroneously listed and "Folklore" is
omitted. No way to date this thing. Disk labels
just say "A" and "B" in artsy lettering.
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
[Identical to the "Lynndale" LP/CDs above]
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: In A Free Land
Medium: 7" EP (45 RPM)
Label: None
Date Recorded: 17 Nov 1982
1980*
Release Date: 2000?
Recording Quality: B+
Notes: Counterfeit "limited Edition" vinyl EP that most
likely used tracks from the 1993 Everything Falls
Apart And More CD as its source. Release date is
a guess, based on an initial sighting in Dec 2000.
Cover artwork probably scanned in from an original
(loss of detail apparent), and titles redone on a
computer in a low-resolution font; New Alliance logo
obliterated from sleeve, but New Alliance cited in
lyric insert, which claims a run of 500 copies.
As a curiosity, this item is worth maybe $5-10 to
diehard collectors (I paid a lot more on eBay just
to find out what it was; make no mistake: it's a
fake). It bears some striking similarities to the
Happy Moose The Early Years bogus reissue (folded
paper "sleeve" made from the same stock; similarly
colored labels). Matrix number in runout area
scratched out.
Contents:
(A) In A Free Land
What Do I Want?
M.I.C.
(B) *Let's Go Die
*Do You Remember?
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Artist: Various (Hüsker Dü)
Title: American Revolution, Vol. 1
Format: Album (CDR)
Label: Killer Boot Records
Catalog Number: KBCD036
Date Recorded: Feb 1982
Release Date: 2000
Time: 64:28
Notes: Homemade compilation of rare 80s punk rock and
hardcore tracks -- singles, demos, etc -- by bands
like Angry Samoans, Big Boys, Diodes, Queers, JFA,
Effigies, many others. The Hüsker song, a Zen
Arcade outtake, sounds pretty good, much cleaner
than the version on the Now And Zen boot CD. Very
nice packaging job, superior to many mass-produced
boots.
Contents:
Some Kind Of Fun 2:37
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Do You Remember?
Subtitle: The Early Years 1980-1982
Medium: 12" LP
Label: Alternative Rock Productions
Catalog Number: R-177011 (back of sleeve) [Denmark]
BF 3825-10 (matrix number in runout area)
Date Recorded: 1980-1983
Release Date: 2002
Recording Quality: A
Time: 43 min
Notes: Nothing new or interesting here. This is a vinyl
repressing of the Everything Falls Apart And More
CD with the tracks rearranged a bit. Back cover
says "Alternative Rock Productions, Kopenhagen,
Denmark" and "Made in the EEC 2002." Recording
quality is decent, except that the stereo field
drifts back and forth annoyingly on some tracks
and there are multiple glitches/skips on the
"Statues" track. Size of the production run is
unknown. This copy turned up at a record fair in
England, and I paid way too much for it on eBay.
Contents:
In A Free Land 2:55
What Do I Want? 1:16
M. I. C. 1:12
Let's Go Die 1:56
Amusement 4:59
Do You Remember? 1:58
Statues 8:45
From The Gut 1:40
Blah, Blah, Blah 2:12
Punch Drunk :30
Bricklayer :34
Afraid Of Being Wrong 1:24
Sunshine Superman 1:52
Signals From Above 1:39
Everything Falls Apart 2:14
Wheels 2:08
Target 1:42
Obnoxious :55
Gravity 2:40
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: One Step At A Time
Medium: 5.5" flexidisc
Label: Budkon
Catalog Number: 5091 [Russia?]
Date Recorded: Oct 1983
Release Date: 2002?
Recording Quality: D-
Time:
Notes: See general Budkon Notes.
Contents:
One Step At A Time
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Never Talking To You Again
Medium: 5.5" flexidisc
Label: Budkon
Catalog Number: 5118 [Russia?]
Date Recorded: Oct 1983
Release Date: 2002?
Recording Quality: D-
Time:
Notes: See general Budkon Notes.
Contents:
Never Talking To You Again
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: The Biggest Lie
Medium: 5.5" flexidisc
Label: Budkon
Catalog Number: 5967 [Russia?]
Date Recorded: Oct 1983
Release Date: 2003?
Recording Quality: D-
Time:
Notes: See general Budkon Notes.
Contents:
The Biggest Lie
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Pride
Medium: 5.5" flexidisc
Label: Budkon
Catalog Number: 6228 [Russia?]
Date Recorded: Oct 1983
Release Date: 2003?
Recording Quality: D-
Time:
Notes: See general Budkon Notes.
Contents:
Pride
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Standing By The Sea
Medium: 5.5" flexidisc
Label: Budkon
Catalog Number: 6337 [Russia?]
Date Recorded: Dec 1982
Release Date: 2003?
Recording Quality: D-
Time:
Notes: See general Budkon Notes.
Contents:
Standing By The Sea
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Every Everything
Medium: CD
Label: Odyssey Records
Catalog Number: None
Date Recorded: 28 Aug 1985
Release Date: 2004
Location: 1st Ave, Minneapolis
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 50:47 min
Notes: Well-disguised CDR posing as a CD, but make no
mistake: this thing doesn't meet the red book
standard. Nice packaging, though; even the disc
artwork is beautifully done (probably via inkjet,
but I'm not going to run hot water over it to find
out). This item started showing up on eBay in 2004,
and has reportedly been seen for sale in record
stores and at record fairs. The address on the back
cover for "Odyssey Records" -- 14 Venus Lane, Boise
ID 83301 -- is fictitious. As for content, this
is just another copy of the 28 Aug 1985 Minneapolis
Spin show, obviously cloned from the first Live
In Boston 1986 boot CD, the only variant with which
all the track times match exactly. "(You're So
Square (Baby I Don't Care)" is present on the
recording but not listed in the liner notes;
"Celebrated Summer" is listed but not present (in
the semi-usual tradition).
Refer to Spin Radio Concert Bootleg Comparison
Charts page for more information and obsessive
detail.
Contents:
Flip Your Wig 2:16
Every Everything 1:44
Makes No Sense At All 2:29
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 3:00
I Apologize 3:43
If I Told You/Folklore 3:48
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely 3:13
I Don't Know For Sure 2:27
Terms Of Psychic Warfare 1:48
Powerline 2:28
Books About UFOs 2:46
Hardly Getting Over It 5:24
Sorry Somehow 4:31
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 4:37
Green Eyes 2:27
Divide And Conquer 3:48
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Ultracore [version 2]
Format: 12"
Label: HC Live Classics
Catalog Number: HCLC-008 [Finland]
Date Recorded: 28 Dec 1982
Release Date: 2005?
Location: Backstage, Tucson AZ
Recording Quality:
Time:
Notes: Label address given as SF-00500 Helsinki. Tracks
identical to earlier version of Ultracore boot
LP, except that "Sunshine Superman" is missing.
Found at an Amsterdam record store in late 2005.
(Thanks to Stefan 't Hooft.)
Contents:
In A Free Land
Target
What Do I Want?
M. I. C.
From The Gut
Blah, Blah, Blah
Wheels
Everything Falls Apart
It's Not Funny Any More
Real World
Standing By The Sea
Deadly Skies
Out On A Limb
Bricklayer
Tired Of Doing Things
Afraid Of Being Wrong
Strange Week
Big Sky
Ultracore
Let's Go Die
Data Control
Statues
Punch Drunk
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Early Demos
Format: 12" (33 RPM)
Label: None
Catalog Number: None [Germany?]
Date Recorded: 1979-1980
Release Date: Late 2005?
Location: Studio demos
Recording Quality: B
Time:
Notes: Nice, thick-vinyl pressing made from (at best)
mediocre-sounding source material. Most likely
based on a cassette copy of the "Savage Young Du"
demos, although the song order is shuffled a bit.
Origin is murky; my copy was bought on eBay ($30)
from a seller in Greece who says he acquired a few
of these from a guy in Germany. There are no clues
to manufacture on the disc; runout area is blank.
Packaging is pretty crappy -- photocopied front
and back, glued to plain white cardboard sleeve.
The version of "Writer's Cramp" is the faster one.
Contents:
Picture Of You
Can't See You Any More
The Truth Hurts
Do You Remember?
Sore Eyes
All Tensed Up
Let's Go Die
All I Got To Lose Is You
Writer's Cramp
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: Spot's Arcade
Format: 12" (33 RPM)
Label: A Cheapo Disc
Catalog Number: 001
Date Recorded: Oct 1983
Release Date: Jun? 2010
Location: Studio recordings
Recording Quality: B+
Time: 37:12
Notes: Decent vinyl pressing made from what sounds like
a fairly low-generation (cassette?) copy of the
Zen Arcade "later mixes, outtakes" recordings
(although one of the CDR versions produced from the
cassettes, popular items on eBay for a while, might
well have been used as the source material). The
High end is a little muffled and there are frequent
faint clicking noises (that sound more like digital
artifacts than flaws in the vinyl), but overall the
sound is not bad for a bootleg. Packaging isn't
exactly sturdy, but the artwork is printed on the
cardboard outer sleeve (as opposed to a paper
insert or glue-on). Inner sleeve is plain white.
The version of "Somewhere" is the alternate take
with the extra guitar overdub. First time on vinyl
for outtake tracks "Some Kind Of Fun" and "Dozen
Beats Eleven." The issuing "label" and matrix
number, "A Cheapo Disc 001," is etched in the runout
area. Other runout inscriptions include: "TAKE
THAT SST" (side 1) and "RIP: HAPPY MOOSE, AGRESSIVE
BUDDHIST, AND RECOMMENDED" (side 2), a reference to
bootlegger imprints of years gone by. There's also
a small personal signature on side 1, semi-legible
at best and probably meant as a tease (although it
could say "R. Bryan" or "K. Bryan"). According to
one eBay seller, the pressing was limited to 300
numbered copies. The record is typically priced at
about $15 US.
Contents:
Something I Learned Today 2:13
Chartered Trips 3:53
Some Kind Of Fun 2:12
Hare Krsna 5:55
I'll Never Forget You 2:40
Beyond The Threshold 1:43
Grant's Untitled Piano Track 1:57
Somewhere 2:39
Dozen Beats Eleven 3:36
Newest Industry 3:25
Masochism World 2:54
Turn On The News 4:05
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Artist: Hüsker Dü
Title: The Truth Hurts
Subtitle: Early Demos And Recordings 1979-1980
Format: 12" (33 RPM)
Label: Personal Choice
Catalog Number: 001
Date Recorded: [1] May 1979 (Bill Bruce demos)
[2] Late 1979 (Northern Lights demos)
[3] 1979 (Colin Mansfield demos)
[4] Aug 1980 (Statues session outttakes)
Release Date: Summer 2010
Location: Studio recordings
Recording Quality: B
Time: 41:18
Notes: The pressing is OK, but the source material is not
so great. All this stuff has been in circulation
among traders for some time but, in accordance with
the wishes of the band members, never formally
released. Whoever put this thing together took
pains to cover their tracks, even going so far as to
scratch out the matrix numbers in the runout areas.
Country of origin (perhaps Germany?) and number of
copies pressed are unknown. Sellers in the US and
Europe are asking upwards of US$30 for this record.
Contents:
[1] Nuclear Nightmare 3:34
[1] Do The Bee 2:47
[1] Uncle Ron 2:48
[1] Don't Try To Call 1:59
[1] Sex Dolls 2:05
[1] MTC 1:52
[2] Picture Of You 1:57
[2] Can't See You Any More 3:43
[2] The Truth Hurts 3:45
[2] Sore Eyes 2:16
[3] Do You Remember? 1:48
[3] All Tensed Up 2:47
[3] Writer's Cramp 3:07
[3] All I've Got To Lose Is You 2:30
[4] Writer's Cramp 2:22
[4] Let's Go Die 1:51
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