Prince - Dream Factory (2 LP) (1986)

 

Side A:
1. Dream Factory
2. It's a Wonderful Day
3. Big Tall Wall
4. Teacher, Teacher
5. Sexual Suicide

Side B:
6. Rebirth of the Flesh
7. Train
8. Shockadelica
9. Good Love
10. And That Says What?

Side C:
11. Crystal Ball
12. Visions
13. A Place in Heaven
14. In a Large Room With No Light

Side D:
15. Power Fantastic
16. Last Heart
17. Witness 4 the Prosecution
18. All My Dreams

Prince was working on two double album projects in 1986, Dream Factory and Crystal Ball. After submitting a triple album version of his Crystal Ball album, the label made him cut it down to a double album and he released it under the name Sign O' the Times in 1987. However he cut out a whole other double album worth of outtakes. He would later make another album called The Black Album that was supposed to release that year, but he pulled it at the last minute and released Lovesexy the following year. It would later get released in 1994. Prince would also later release a triple album in 1996 and another one of outtakes called Crystal Ball in 1998. The version of Teacher, Teacher is an outtake of 1999 from 1982. 

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Strangelands (1970)

 

Side A: 
1. The Sound of the City
2. Purple Airport of Love
3. All Over the Country
4. The Lord Doesn't Want You
5. Beyond the Sea
6. Endless Sleep

Side B:
7. Planet of the Universe
8. Excitation Wavelength
9. Litmus Transformation
10. Opus Pocus
11. Crystalized Petard

This is the second album by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown but it was recorded in 1969 and went unreleased until 1988. When it was reissued it included the album Replicas by Rustic Hinge which were a spin-off of the second version of the band which recorded an album in 1970 but also went unreleased until 1988. Between these two albums I tried to make a decent second album, however the Rustic Hinge one was all instrumental. This could be due to their connection to another band called High Tide. Regardless I took out four tracks from the original and included four from the Rustic Hinge album.

Grateful Dead - Rolling Thunder (1972)

 

Side A:
1. Deal - Jerry Garcia
2. Black Throated Wind - Bob Weir
3. Fletcher Carnaby - Mickey Hart
4. Bird Song - Jerry Garcia
5. Walk in the Sunshine - Bob Weir

Side B:
6. Blind John - Mickey Hart
7. Sugaree - Jerry Garcia
8. Playing in the Band - Bob Weir
9. Young Man - Mickey Hart

Similarly to my Kiss and Yes albums, I put this one together by combining three solo albums made by members of the Grateful Dead in 1972. However they also all released albums in 1976, but two of them were released under a band name instead of the main members' name. The second side to Jerry's album had some weird electronic stuff going on which is pretty trippy. Also Bob's and Mickey's albums both had a version of Playing in the Band and Greatest Story Ever Told. Bob sang on both but the versions on Mickey's album had different names. I tried to keep it at around 40 minutes, but it meant I could only use three songs from each member. Playing in the Band first appeared on the 1971 Skull and Roses live album but appears here more fleshed out.

Toadies - Feeler (1998)

 

1. Push the Hand
2. City of Hate
3. Waterfall
4. What We Have We Steal
5. Mine
6. Dead Boy Boogie
7. Tornado
8. Joey, Let's Go
9. Suck Magic
10. Clarksville
11. Your Day
12. Send You to Heaven
13. Doll Skin

The Toadies were a band that reached success with their song Possum Kingdom in 1994. Fans eagerly waited for the band's second album and they attempted to record one in 1998 but their label refused to release it. Because of that their actual second album Hell Below/Stars Above didn't come out until 2001. Three of the songs would later make it to their second album, Push the Hand, What We Have We Steal, and Doll Skin, but the band would later attempt to rerecord the album in 2010, with an additional song getting rerecorded in 2015. In place of the original tracks ATF Theme, Pink, Twitch, and Littlefish, I included the three tracks that got rerecorded for the second album but didn't include the 2010 version exclusive Trust Game. 

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 7) (2005)

 

1. Scentless Apprentice (1993 Demo)
2. Very Ape (Demo #2)
3. Onward Into Countless Battles (Dave's Meat Song)
4. Heart-Shaped Box (Demo)
5. I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Demo)
6. Milk It (Demo)
7. Moist Vagina (Demo)
8. Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip
9. I Hate Myself and Want to Die
10. Moist Vagina
11.  Marigold
12.  Sappy
13.  You Know You’re Right (Live 1993)
14.  Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (Live 1993)
15.  Pennyroyal Tea (Demo)
16.  You Know You're Right (Demo)
17.  Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam
18.  Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter/My Sharona (Live 1994)
19.  Sappy (Live 1994)
20.  Baba O’Riley (Live 1994)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc.

For example it's taken us 7 discs to get through the original box set's 3 discs and yet here we are. It first starts with the In Utero demos and B-sides from 1993 but includes a few more. However I cut out The Other Improv as I used it as a bonus track on my album Bliss to mirror Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip being used as a bonus track to In Utero. Marigold is from the Heart-Shaped Box single and Sappy was featured as a hidden track on the No Alternative compilation album. I ended it with some live tracks from 1994.

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 6) (2005)

 

1. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Live 1991)
2. Here She Comes Now (Live 1991)
3. Irrelevant (Live 1991)
4. All Apologies (1992 Demo)
5. On a Plain (Live 1992)
6. Stain (Live 1992)
7. School (Live 1992)
8. Molly’s Lips (Live 1992)
9. Aneurysm (Live 1992)
10.  Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live 1992)
11.  Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (Demo)
12.  The "Priest" They Called Him
13.  Dumb (Demo)
14.  Tourette’s (Demo)
15.  Rape Me (1992 Demo)
16.  Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (1992 Demo)
17.  Serve the Servants (Demo)
18.  Very Ape (Demo #1)
19.  Scentless Apprentice (1992 Demo)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc.

For example it's taken us 6 discs to get to the original third disc, however now that we're here, it seems that chronology goes out the window, so this features some new tracks. The end of disc 2 had some tracks I already used on Incesticide and the You Know You're Right EP, so I included a demo of Frances Farmer from the same sessions. I also included the single The "Priest" They Called Him which was a collaboration between Kurt and William S. Burroughs released in 1993, as well as a rehearsal from when Nirvana played SNL in 1992. 

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 5) (2005)

 

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Demo)
2. Verse Chorus Verse (Demo)
3. Territorial Pissings (Demo)
4. Lounge Act (Demo)
5. Come As You Are (Demo)
6. Old Age (Demo)
7. Something in the Way (Demo)
8. On a Plain (Demo #2)
9. Drain You (Demo #1)
10.  Stay Away (Demo)
11.  Drain You (Demo #2)
12.  Rape Me (1991 Demo)
13.  Sappy (1991 Demo)
14.  Dumb (Live 1991)
15.  Drain You (Live 1991)
16.  Endless, Nameless (Live 1991)
17.  Vendetagainst (Live 1991)
18.  Negative Creep (Live 1991)
19.  Something in the Way (Live 1991)
20.  Curmudgeon (Live 1991)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc.

For example in the second disc we were basing this off of we left off at track 9. Track 10 is the demo for Smells Like Teen Spirit. The track was taken from a band rehearsal tape that was later found, however the demo for Come As You Are would be released on the Sliver: Best of the Box album. Next is the previously unheard outtakes Verse Chorus Verse and Old Age which I included on my version of Nevermind so in its place I included the Nevermind version of Sappy since I used the Smart City version of it on Sheep. Next is a John Peel session which I added the track Drain You onto. And then next is some tracks I already used so I replaced them with live tracks. 

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 4) (2005)

 

1.Token Eastern Song (Live 1989)
2. Love Buzz (Live 1989)
3. About a Girl (Live 1989)
4. Polly (Live 1989)
5. Dive (Live 1989)
6. About a Girl (#2) (Live 1989)
7. Love Buzz (#2) (Live 1989)
8. Spank Thru (Live 1989)
9. Sappy (1990 Demo)
10.  Lithium (Live 1990)
11.  Love Buzz (Live 1990)
12.  Floyd the Barber (Live 1990)
13.  Scoff (Live 1990)
14.  Sappy (Live 1990)
15. Verse Chorus Verse (In His Hands) (Live 1990)
16.  Lithium (Live 1990)
17.  Been a Son (Live 1990)
18.  Sliver (Demo)
19.  Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Demo)
20.  Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter (1991 Demo)
21.  All Apologies (1991 Demo)
22.  Token Eastern Song (Demo)
23.  On a Plain (Demo #1)
24.  Oh, the Guilt (Demo)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc. 

For example the original first disc took me three discs to get through in the expanded version. Now that we're on the fourth disc which is based on the second disc, I noticed there was a year long gap between September 1989 and September 1990. So the second disc doesn't actually begin until track 16, though the first track is Opinion which I used on the You Know You're Right EP so I cut it out. Before it though you got a demo of Sappy which was featured on the Sliver: Best of the Box album and a live version of Sappy which was featured on the With the Lights Out DVD. After it I cut out Aneurysm which I used on my version on Nevermind and replaced it with tracks from the same session.

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 3) (2005)

 

1. Sound of Dentage
2. Bambi Slaughter
3. Laminated Effect
4. Control
5. Punk Rocker
6. Boatakk
7. Love My Family / Anorexorcist (1986 Demo)
8. Accusations
9. Spank Thru (1986 Demo)
10.  Insurance
11.  Buffy’s Pregnant
12.  Vaseline
13.  Downer (1986 Demo)
14.  Big Cheese (Live 1988)
15.  Blew (Live 1988)
16.  Bad Moon Rising (Live 1988)
17.  Sifting (Demo)
18.  Mr. Moustache (Demo)
19.  Blew (Demo)
20.  Dive (Demo)
21.  Polly (1989 Demo)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc. 

For example I had to do a bit of backtracking with this one as I was finishing off the original first disc. The first 13 tracks consists of Fecal Matter's only demo tape Illiteracy Will Prevail from 1986. Only the demo for Spank Thru was officially released on the Sliver: Best of the Box album. Later the whole demo tape was found. Next I included three live tracks from 1988 like the last disc. We left off on track 15 of the original disc. Track 16 is Blandest which I used on Ashamed to Be Human, so in its place I included some Bleach demos from the same session. I used the Lead Belly covers and Blew EP session tracks on my version of Incesticide but kept Dive and Polly. 

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 2) (2005)

1. Love Buzz (Demo) 
2. Downer (1987 Demo) 
3. Mexican Seafood (Demo) 
4. Pen Cap Chew (Demo) 
5. Spank Thru (1987 Demo) 
6. Floyd the Barber (Demo) 
7. White Lace and Strange (Demo)
8. Hairspray Queen (Demo)
9. Anorexorcist (1987 Demo)
10.  If You Must (Demo)
11.  Weirdo 
12.  Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
13.  Floyd the Barber (Original Mix)
14.  Paper Cuts (Original Mix)
15.  Downer (Live 1988)
16.  Floyd the Barber (Live 1988)
17.  Raunchola / Moby Dick (Live 1988)
18.  Beans
19.  Don't Want It All
20.  Polly (1988 Demo)
21.  About a Girl (Demo)
22.  Creation
23.  Black & White Blues
24.  Escalator to Hell
25.  Montage of Heck (Short Version)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc. 

For example in the last disc we left off at track 4 of the original disc. Track 5 was a previously unheard song called Mrs. Butterworth, although I since then used it for Ashamed to Be Human under the name New Union. However the whole band rehearsal tape that the song came from was later found, and it revealed another mysterious song known by fans as Weirdo. The next tracks were the also previously unheard Pen Cap Chew and If You Must which I also used for ATBH. In place of them I used the original mixes for Floyd the Barber and Paper Cuts from that same session. I then went with the same live tracks from 1988 that they did, however with the next batch of demos I took out Clean Up Before She Comes which I used for Free From Chains and added the last four tracks. Black and White Blues would be released on Montage of Heck. 

Nirvana - With the Lights On (Disc 1) (2005)

 

1. Downer (Live 1987) 

2. Aero Zeppelin (Live 1987) 

3. If You Must (Live 1987) 

4. Heartbreaker (Live 1987) 

5. How Many More Times? (Live 1987) 

6. Mexican Seafood (Live 1987)

7. Pen Cap Chew (Live 1987)

8. Spank Thru (Live 1987)

9. Hairspray Queen (Live 1987)

10.  Love Buzz (Live 1987)

11.  Floyd the Barber (Live 1987)

12.  Downer (#2) (Live 1987)

13.  Mexican Seafood (#2) (Live 1987)

14.  White Lace and Strange (Live 1987)

15.  Spank Thru (#2) (Live 1987)

16.  Anorexorcist (Live 1987)

17.  Hairspray Queen (#2) (Live 1987)

18.  Pen Cap Chew (#2) (Live 1987)

19.  Vendetagainst (Live 1987)

This has been a daunting task to try to re-compile this thing. I had a whole alternate universe Nirvana box set made years ago, but I had to give it a major overhaul. This is based on the box set they put out in 2004 called With the Lights Out which had 3 CDs and a DVD. My initial version of it had 5 discs, but after a major overhaul it expanded to 8 CDs which I cut down to 7 CDs. So it'll take me a while to get through each disc. 

For example, the first track off the first disc was a cover of a Led Zeppelin song thought to have been from the first show. And not only was the whole show later found but it also turned out to not be their first show. So this CD is based on the first four tracks, of which tracks 4, 14, 16, and 19 originate from. Tracks 1 to 9 come from an early show and tracks 10 to 19 come from a radio gig.