Last updated: 5th April 2003

Some things to note:

1) None of these CDs are for sale. We will hunt you down if we find you're selling a show we've traded for!

2) Please also be aware there should be a smooth transition between tracks... ie NO GAPS or clicking on live shows. This means discs should be recorded "Disc at Once" - please mail us if you're unsure what this means.

3) Sorry, but we're no longer doing blanks-and-postage deals. Too many people have taken advantage. Everyone has something to trade, no matter how small. If you don't have a CD burner, we can do tapes, maybe even Minidiscs, or trade for more interesting items like b-sides, rarities, posters, photos, articles, even fan art. We apologise, but people have called our bluff too often on our previous b&p offer.

4) We trade BRAND NAME discs only - no crap discs please, we use TDK, Sony, Phillips and Memorex. If you send us something on a shit disc, you'll get shit back.

5) If there are any quality issues with a disc, please let us know, especially if the show comes from an mp3 source. Likewise, we'll let you know of any with ours before we trade.

6) We've mostly limited ourselves to live recordings. We've listed a few hard to get items, but there's lots more, especially for Guided by Voices 'cos Alex has been a bit of a completist. If you'd like to ask us "have you got X" mail us to find out.

7) Oh, and a star (*) in the notes section means we recorded it ourselves... good or bad thing? You decide...

Date / Venue
number of discs
notes
1990
1
"Hazzard Hotrods: Big Trouble" recorded at MC video. Vinyl (OOP?)-->CD.
7th May 1994, Dayton OH
45 mins
 
18th Jun. 1994
1
"Crying Your Knife Away" semi-official boot
1st Oct.1994, Chicago
1
soundboard recording. Great early show
2nd Nov. 1994, New York
1
 
4th Nov 1994, New York
1
from a hissy tape source
11th Nov. 1994, Athens GA
1
was supplied with gaps between tracks; these have been removed but still some clicking
2nd Jun. 1995, Columbus OH
2
"Benefit For The Winos" semi-official vinyl boot; now OOP
30th Mar. 1995, Maxwell's, NJ
1
"For All Good Kids" semi-official vinyl boot; now OOP
17th Apr. 1995, San Francisco
1
 
5th Apr 1995, Lounge Ax, Chicago
2
great show, soundboard recording
6th Apr 1995, Lounge Ax, Chicago
2
the next night, an equally great if not better show.
10th Apr 1995, Boulder CO
2?
tape source, noise reduced
20th Apr 1995, Los Angeles
2?
tape source, noise reduced
25th Aug 1995, Reading Festival UK
1
tape source, noise reduced. Recorded by someone else, but has the highlight of your humble webmaster shouting for Mesh Gear Fox at the start. GbV's first ever UK show.
26th Oct, London ON, Canada
2?
tape source, noise reduced
17th Feb 1996, Indianapolis IN
1
"Jellyfish Reflector" official boot
16th Mar 1996, South by Southwest
2?
tape source, noise reduced
6th April 1996, Dayton OH
2
 
7th Jun 1996, Philadelphia PA
2?
tape source, noise reduced
21st Jun 1996, London UK
1
Great show!
27th Jun 1997, Austin TX
2
 
26th Jul 1997, Louisville
2
 
7th Oct 1997, Melkweg, Amsterdam
1
 
28th Mar 1998, Columbus OH
2?
tape source, noise reduced
13th Feb 1999, New York
2
good show, if over-bassy. Includes some PB band live songs
6th Aug. 1999, Metro, Chicago
2
Bloody fantastic!
16th Oct 1999, Leeds UK
2
great show
18th Nov. 1999, Dallas TX
2
"You Saw The Balloons"
22nd Jan 2000, Athens GA
1
"The Cum Engines: Live at the Athens Time Change Riots" semi-official live boot. OOP.
7th Apr 2000, Iowa City
2
"Butt Buddies over Corn Country"
26th Apr 2000, Asheville NC
2
"King's Ransom" semi-official live boot; now OOP?
12th Feb 2001, Empty Bottle, Chicago
2
"Drunks with Guns"
24th Apr 2001, 400 Club MN
2
 
23rd Aug 2001, London UK
2
(*)"Two Nights at the Michael Stipe Casino"; also includes Reading Festival show 25/10/01. Covers here.
10th Jul 2002, Atlanta GA
2
 
23rd Aug 2002, Reading UK
1
(*)"The Camping Gas Incident?", Reading Festival show, 40 mins. Covers here.
August 2002, Amsterdam
2
soundboard - amazing quality, great show.
8th Sept. 2002, London UK
2
(*)"Kevin Fennell's Terrifying Experience"
22nd Sept 2002, Grog Shop, OH
2
Good sound quality
odds and sods (often less than one disc - ask for details)
late 80s
  "Forever Since Breakfast" - 1st GbV EP. Taken from 1st gen tape of vinyl, and dehissed.
13th May 1996
  KCRW sessions
17th Oct 1997
  CBC sessions
1997
 
KitKat Acoustic session
1999?
  Do The Collapse demos
2000-ish
1
Isolation Drills Demos
???
  "Corpselike Sleep of Stupidity" - reputed to be an early version of Propellor - now fairly redundant in terms of rarities as contains little not on Suitcase, but sequenced by Pollard and therefore a good "flow". Sound cleaned up on Cool Edit by myself from cassette source, very decent even though I say so myself.
???
 
"The Flying Party is Here" - early version of Under The Bushes, Under The Stars
???
 
Early version of Mag Earwhig!
various
  3 CD set of rarities culled and cleaned up from various tapes, contains stuff not on Suitcase in places.
1996
  Peel Session
1999
  Lamacq Evening Session session
1999
  Peel Session
1999
  "One Live in Liverpool" - short GbV show broadcast on FM by Radio 1
various
1 CD-ROM
GbV Videos - features AOL session 2002, Coney Island 2001, Rolling Stone session 2001, Amsterdam Paradiso September 2002 full show, Cut-Out Witch live, Bulldog Skin promo, Glad Girls promo, Everywhere with Helicopter promo. In Windows Media and Real Video formats.

 
number of discs
notes
dEUS
   
1995
1
"A Hard Night's Daze" - live Astoria II, Trinity Bristol and 4 (Radio 1?) session tracks
1993?
1
Zea - very rare first official dEUS single
1996
 
The Magic Of New Pop Music, rare unreleased track
Tom Barman, Jazz Cafe London 13th Feb 2001
2
(*)acoustic show with Guy van Neuten and Stef Kamil Carlens guesting
Tom Barman 2000, De Nachten
1
acoustic show, excellent sound
Zita Swoon
   
24th Mar 1999, Vooruit Gent
2
 
28th Feb 2002, London Borderline
1
(*)excellent show
A Beatband
1
early, very rare SKC pre-Zita EP
DAAU
   
Montreux Jazz 2001
1
CD-ROM show with high-quality .asf video file; also contains Sigur Ros, Calexico from same festival.
9th Jun 1999
1
WFMU radio session. Realaudio-->tape-->CD!!!
17th Apr 1999, La Laiterie, Strasbourg
1 1/2
live show, tape source, noise reduced
23rd May 1999, Pinkpop
1
Pinkpop negentien negentig negen! FM-->tape-->CD

Date, Venue
number of discs
notes
12th Jun 1999, Icelandic Opera House, Reykjavik
1
 
24th Jun 2000, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
1
 
20th Oct 2000, Frikikjan Chruch, Rykjavik
2
 
25th Oct 2000, Gaukur A Stong, Reykjavik
2
 
17th Nov 2000, Schlachthof, Hamburg
1
 
21st Apr 2001, Brighton, UK
2
(*)amazing show. Two versions available - 1) "raw" straight from minidisc source 2) EQ'd (which sounds better) - each version is two discs long (118 mins)
24th Apr 2001, London UK
1
recorded from FM source. NOTthe complete show from the soundboard that's doing the rounds.
1st May 2001, John Anson Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles CA
2
 
19th Sep 2001, Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
2
 
12th Oct 2001, Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
2
 
21st April 2002, London Barbican Hall
1
Odin's Raven Magic. Track 6 cuts off short.
7th Oct 2002, Bristol UK, Anson Rooms
2
(*) fantastic sounding show, we were standing in the front row just by the right hand PA stack!
various
1
several shows on a CDR as mp3s, mail for details
2000
1
"Rimur", tour-only CD with Steindor Anderssen - RARE

11th Nov 2000, La Cigale, Paris, France
13th July 2001, Montreux, Switzerland
21st April 2002, Barbican Hall, London

1 CD-ROM
"Sigur Ros videos" - video files of these performances. La Cigale - real video (46 mins); Montreux - Windows Media (1 hr 40 mins); Barbican - short excerpts from Odin's Raven Magic (.avi and Real Media formats)


Date, Venue
number of discs
notes
Nighttracks, 29th Nov 1987
1
Janice Long Radio 1 session; 5 tracks: RES/Buds and Spawn/In A City Lining/Cameras/Is This The Life
1979
3 tracks
"A Bus For A Bus On A Bus", first ever release under the original moniker Cardiac Arrest, can be added to any trade
1980
1
"Toyworld", rare OOP, privately-released gig/mail order only full album, 12 tracks
1980
1
"The Obvious Identity", rare OOP privately-released cassette-only release under the original moniker Cardiac Arrest, 12 tracks
5 Nov 1998
1
Sea Nymphs - Peel Session, featuring 4 tracks - Sea Snake Beware/Eating A Heart Out/Lillywhite's Party/The Sea Ritual - fantastic quality, unmissable for any Sea Nymphs fan!
1984
1
"Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake" - early rare OOP proto-Sea Nymphs collaboration, ABC release number ALPH003, 12 tracks
13th Jan 1993, The Venue
1
Panixphere live show. Band comprised Bic Hayes and David Francolini from Levitation/Dark Star, and Tim Smith and Jon Poole from Cardiacs. 15 tracks, tape source, well cleaned-up

Date, Venue
number of discs
notes
???
1
Colenso Parade, rare Terry Bickers EP pre-House of Love
1989
1
Ring - "Nervous Recreation". Features Bic Hayes and Bob White - pre-Levitation demo. Tape source
3rd Apr 1991, Mean Fiddler, London
1
tape source, noise reduced
29th Feb 1992, Reading University
1
semi-official live album. Soundboard recording. Tape source
1992
1
"Meanwhile Gardens" - Australia only CD
1991
25 mins
Audio only from live performance broadcast on ITV 'New Session' half-hour show.
1991
1 VHS
ITV 'New Session' half-hour show, as above: VHS copy of the show can be traded, but expect a long-ish wait for a copy - please e-mail for details. "Bonus" nostalgic 1991 Public Service Announcement advert mid-show ;-)
13th Jan 1993, The Venue
1
Panixphere live show. Band comprised Bic Hayes and David Francolini from Levitation/Dark Star, and Tim Smith and Jon Poole from Cardiacs. 15 tracks, tape source, well cleaned-up


Date, Venue
number of discs
notes
November 1980
1
Peel session. Released on CC records. Rare
17th Jan 1981, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
1
"Shine So Hard" semi-official live EP on Korova records
24th May 1985, Karen Goteborg, Sweden
1?
tape source, noise reduced

Date, Venue
number of discs
notes
27th Jan 1989, Jericho Tavern, Oxford
1?
first Ride gig and demos from that period. Tape source, noise reduced
8th Jun 1991, Crystal Palace Bowl
1
tape source, noise reduced
27th July 1991, Slough
1
tape source, noise reduced

Band / Date / Venue
number of discs
notes
 
Ramones, 31st Dec 1979, NY
1
from FM source? but dubbed from warped tape. Fans only
Pixies
1
"Give Me Ecstasy" - Doolittle Demos, Liverpool show 3rd May 1989
Pixies, Chicago 10th Aug 1989
1
fantastic show
Grandaddy
1
"Windfall Varietal" tour-only CD
Grandaddy, 2nd Feb 2001, Bristol UK
1
(*) 80 minute disc needed
REM, 9th July 1993, Toronto
1
"Rising"
Led Zeppelin, 14th May 1973, New Orleans
2
Soundboard. "Dazed and Confused" a mere 25 minutes long.
Neutral Milk Hotel, 25th Apr 1998, Chicago
1
great show. Includes material from another(?) show at the end.
Built To Spill, 6th Nov 1998, New York
1
never listened to this one. Ever.
Television, 29th July 1978, New York
1
"This Case Is Closed"
Television, 25th July 1975, Picadilly Inn, Cleveland OH
1
great!
Beck, 15th Aug. 1997, Bizarre Festival Koln
1
"Pulling Up Roots"
Beck
1
"Quodlibet" radio sessions and more
Joy Division, 11th Jan 1980, Paradiso, Amsterdam
1
Soundboard recording