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I wish to thank Lawson
Skuse for providing additional information and very informative
notes throughout this Discography page. My comments are in Green type - Martin |
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Loudon Wainwright
III - The Albums
The Discography is set out thus:
- Year: 1970
- Album title: Loudon Wainwright III
- Record label: Atlantic
- Catalogue number: SD 8260
- Country of sale: (US) and
- Format: Vinyl
If no country of sale appears then
the item is for worldwide export.
I have added a few Cassette catalogue
numbers here and there but these are noted from my collection.
I cannot find the numbers for any
other cassette albums anywhere else without going to the record
companies and I am not quite that obsessional. (YET!)
A number of albums were also released
on good old 8 Track (I recently got outbid on an 8 Track of "T
Shirt" on Ebay!) but I will not go to the trouble of listing
these numbers unless someone out there sends them to me.
I have also added a few pertinent
note benes here and there to show / make an interesting
point.
I have not bothered inserting a
picture of an album or it's track list if it is an identical
re-release. |
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1970 - 'Loudon Wainwright III'
Atlantic SD 8260
(US) - Vinyl
Atlantic 2400 103 (UK) -Vinyl
First album for
Loudon. Acoustic - just Loudon with voice and guitar, and
11 original songs.
Only available on
CD (along with the second album) on 'The Atlantic Recordings' release. |
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01 - School
Days |
07 - Four
Is A Magic Number |
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02 -
Hospital Lady |
08 - I
Don't Care |
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03 - Ode
To A Pittsburg |
09 - Central
Square Song |
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04 - Glad
To See You've Got Religion |
10 - Movies
Are A Mother To Me |
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05 - Uptown |
11 - Bruno's
Place |
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06 - Black Uncle Remus |
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1971 - 'Album II'
Atlantic
SD 8291 (US) -Vinyl
Atlantic K40272 (UK) -Vinyl
Another acoustic
album, only additions being a piano on some tracks. Also
a harmonica, played by Saul Brody)
Again, only available
(along with the first album) on
'The Atlantic Recordings' release. |
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01 - Me
And My Friend The Cat |
07 - Samson
And The Warden |
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02 -
Motel Blues |
08 - Plane
Too |
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03 - Nice
Jewish Girls |
09 - Cook
That Dinner Dora |
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04 - Be
Careful There's A Baby In The House |
10 - Old
Friend |
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05 - I
Know I'm Unhappy / Suicide Song / Glenville
Reel |
11 - Old
Paint |
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06 - Saw
Your Name In The Papers |
12 - Winter Song |
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NB: A very limited amount of albums
that differed from the general release found their way into shops
on both sides of the Atlantic.
The difference was that instead
of "Cook That Dinner Dora", song number nine on the
general release, "Drinking Song" appeared on it instead.
This was despite the sleeve and the label stating that the track
was indeed "Cook That Dinner Dora"
Also, it contains a couple of minutes
of studio chatter preceding track number eleven, "Old Paint".
I do not know why these copies were
released and can only surmise that the left hand of the studio
did not know what the right hand of the manufacturers were doing
and that neither of them knew what the distributors were doing.
I have never seen a copy and know
of only one person that has a copy, Doug Ashford from the LW3
Yahoo list, the lucky bugger, who also informed me about the
studio chatter.
While the 1999 re-release of the
limited edition "The Atlantic Recordings"
(see below) contains "Drinking Song" as a "bonus"
track, it is worth remembering that the track was "held
over" in 1971 and placed on Album III in 1972. |
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1972 - 'Album III'
Columbia
KC 31462 (US) -Vinyl
Columbia 65238 (UK) -Vinyl
Loudon "goes
electric" using a backing band called 'White Cloud' and
various session musicians.
This is Loudon's
biggest selling album, and it includes his 'hit single', the
legendary 'Dead Skunk'. |
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01 - Dead
Skunk |
07 - Needless
To Say |
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02 -
Red Guitar |
08 - Smokey
Joe's Cafe |
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03 - East
Indian Princess |
09 - New
Paint |
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04 - Muse
Blues |
10 - Trilogy
(Circa 1967) |
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05 - Hometeam Crowd |
11 - Drinking
Song |
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06 - B Side |
12 - Say
That You Love Me |
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1973 - 'Attempted Mustache'
Columbia KC 32710 (US) -Vinyl
CBS 65837 (UK) -Vinyl
Backing musicians
include Kenneth Buttrey, Doug Kershaw and Kate McGarrigle (Loudon
and Kate sing on 'Dilated To Meet You', a song about the birth
of Martha).
Includes 'I Am The
Way' which was based on a Woody Guthrie song. |
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01 - The
Swimming Song |
07 - Down
Drinking At The Bar |
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02 -
A.M. World |
08 - The
Man Who Couldn't Cry |
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03 - Bell
Bottom Pants |
09 - Come
A Long Way |
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04 - Liza |
10 - Nocturnal
Stumblebutt |
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05 - I Am The Way (New York Town) |
11 - Dilated
To Meet You |
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06 - Clockwork Chartreuse |
12 - Lullaby |
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1975 - 'Unrequited'
Columbia
PC 33369 (US) - Vinyl
CBS 80696 (UK) -Vinyl
Side One (tracks
1 - 7) recorded in the studio. Side Two (tracks 8 - 14)
were recorded 'live' at a concert in the 'Bottom Line', New York
in August / September 1974. |
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01 - Sweet
Nothings |
08 - On The Rocks |
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02 -
The Lowly Tourist |
09 - Guru |
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03 - Kings
And Queens |
10 - Mr
Guilty |
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04 - Kick
In The Head |
11 -
The Untitled (Hardy Boys At The 'Y') |
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05 - Whatever Happened To Us? |
12 - Unrequited
To The Nth Degree |
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06 - Crime Of Passion |
13 - Old
Friend |
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07 - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder |
14 - Rufus
Is A Tit Man |
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1976 - 'T Shirt'
Arista
AL 4063 (US) -Vinyl
Arista ARTY 127 (UK) -Vinyl
Loudon with his
own band, called 'Slow Train.' They later toured with Loudon
in the USA. 'Summer's Almost Over' features Maggie and
Terre Roche on backup vocals.
* Not
Available On CD * |
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01 - Bicentennial |
07 - Hey
Packy |
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02 -
Summer's Almost Over |
08 - California
Prison Blues |
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03 - Hollywood
Hopeful |
09 - Talkin'
Big Apple '75 |
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04 - Reciprocity |
10 - Prince
Hal's Dirge |
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05 - At Both Ends |
11 - Just
Like President Thieu |
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06 - Wine With Dinner |
12 - Wine
With Dinner (Night Cap) |
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1978 - 'Final Exam'
Arista
AB 4173 (US) Vinyl
Arista SPART 1042 (UK) Vinyl
Poopik Productions AB 4173 (Europe) -Vinyl
Loudon's last studio
album with 'Slow Train'. Loudon's *least* favourite album. Musicians
include Hugh McCracken, John Hall and The Roches.
* Not
Available On CD * |
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01 - Final
Exam |
07 - Fear
With Flying |
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02 -
Mr Guilty |
08 - Heaven
And Mud |
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03 - Penpal
Blues |
09 - Two
Song Set |
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04 - Golfin'
Blues |
10 - Pretty
Little Martha |
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05 - The Heckler |
11 - Watch
Me Rock, I'm Over Thirty |
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06 - Natural Disastor |
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1979 - 'A Live One'
Rounder 3050 (US) -Vinyl
Radar RAD 24 (UK) -Vinyl
Edsel CED 223 - Cassette
An unofficial "greatest
hits" album as it featured 'live' versions of many of the
tracks from his previous 7 albums.
Recordings from
concerts in England on the 1976 tour and in USA at the end of
1978. |
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01 - Motel
Blues |
08 - Down
Drinking At The Bar |
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02 -
Hollywood Hopeful |
09 - B
Side |
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03 - Whatever
Happened To Us? |
10 - Nocturnal
Stumblebutt |
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04 - Natural
Disaster |
11 - Red
Guitar |
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05 - Suicide Song |
12 - Clockwork
Chartreusse |
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06 - School Days |
13 - Lullaby |
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07 - Kings
And Queens |
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1983 - 'Fame And Wealth'
Rounder
3076 (US) -Vinyl
Demon FIEND 5 (UK) -Vinyl
Loudon signs to
Demon Records for the next three albums (Rounder Records in the
USA).
Includes 'Five Years
Old' (about his daughter Martha's 5th birthday), a song he still
sings regularly at concerts. |
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01 - Reader
And Advisor |
07 - Ingenue |
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02 -
The Grammy Song |
08 - IDTTYWLM
[I Don't Think
That Your Wife Likes Me] |
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03 - Dump
The Dog |
09 - Westchester
County |
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04 - Thick
And Thin |
10 - Saturday
Morning Fever |
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05 - Revenge |
11 - April
Fool's Day Morn |
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06 - Five Years Old |
12 - Fame
And Wealth |
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1985 - 'I'm Alright'
Rounder
3096 (US) Vinyl
Demon FIEND 54 (UK) -Vinyl
Rounder 3096 -CD
DEMON fiend cass54 - Cassette
British folk legend
Richard Thompson joins Loudon for the next three albums.
This one includes
all-time classics like 'One Man Guy' and 'I'm Alright' and his
tribute to John Lennon ('Not John'). |
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01 - One
Man Guy |
07 - How
Old Are You? |
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02 -
Lost Love |
08 - Animal
Song |
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03 - I'm
Alright |
09 - Out
Of This World |
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04 - Not
John |
10 - Daddy
Take A Nap |
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05 - Cardboard Boxes |
11 - Ready
Or Not (So Ripe) |
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06 - Screaming Issue |
12 - Career
Moves |
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NB: This is the first album to be immediately
formatted as a CD. 'A Live One' is an earlier album but the CD
for it is an Edsel re-release. |
1985 -
'Album III' (Re-release)
Edsel CED 168 - Cassette
(As above) |
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1986 -
'More Love Songs'
Rounder
3106 (US) -Vinyl
Demon FIEND 79 (UK) -Vinyl
Rounder 3106 -CD
Demon FIEND 79 (UK) -CD
Demon Fiend CASS 79 -Cassette
NB: The CD version contains the studio version of "The Acid
Song" as a bonus track.
Kicks off with 'Hard
Day On The Planet' (Loudon's response to 'Live Aid' which took
place the previous year. |
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01 - Hard
Day On The Planet |
08 - Unhappy
Anniversary |
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02 -
Synchronicity |
09 - Man's
World |
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03 - Your
Mother And I |
10 - Vampire
Blues |
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04 - I
Eat Out |
11 - Overseas
Call |
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05 - No |
12 - Expatriate |
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06 - The Home Stretch |
13 - The
Back Nine |
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07 - The Acid Song (CD version only) |
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1988 - 'Unrequited' (Re-release)
Edsel ED 273 - Vinyl
(As above) |
1988 - 'Attempted Mustache'
(Re-release)
Edsel ED 269 - Vinyl
(As above) |
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1989 - 'Therapy'
Silvertone
1203-1-J (US) -Vinyl
Silvertone ORE LP 500 (UK) -Vinyl
Silvertone ORE CD 500 -CD
Silvertone OREC 500 -Cassette
Several songs originally
written for the 1986 Jasper Carrott TV series surface here. 'Harry's
Wall' (one of my personal favourites), and 'You Don't Want To
Know' (about the icy British winters). There's Loudon's
sideswipe at pop videos (TSDHAV), and 'Therapy' is one helluva
song! |
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01 - Therapy |
08 - Thanksgiving |
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02 -
Bill Of Goods |
09 - Your
Father's Car |
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03 - TSDHAV
[This Song Don't Have A Video] |
10 - Me
And All The Other Mothers |
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04 - Harry's
Wall |
11 - You
Don't Want To Know |
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05 - Aphrodisiac |
12 - Mind
Read (It Belonged To You) |
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06 - Fly Paper |
13 - This
Year |
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07 - Nice Guys |
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1989 -
'Loudon Wainwright III' (Re-release)
Edsel ED 308 - Vinyl
(As above) |
1989 - 'Album
II' (Re-release)
Edsel ED 310 - Vinyl
(As above) |
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1989 -
'Fame and Wealth / I'm Alright
(Re-release)
Demon FIEND 711 (UK) - CD
As above but note:
Instead of the usual practice of giving "Bonus Tracks"
on re-releases, this one actually omits two numbers, "Revenge",
track 5 from "Fame and Wealth ", and "Out of This
World", track 9 from "I'm Alright" |
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1992 - 'History'
Virgin/Charisma
V2-86416 (US) -CD
Virgin CDV 2703 (UK & Europe) -CD
Virgin TCV 2703 - Cassette
A highly acclaimed
album. Mostly a very 'serious' record, this one examines
relationships: father and son, brother and sister, man and woman,
with his own son etc. An absolutely absorbing album and
one of my all-time favourites. A beautiful and indispensible
album. |
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01 - People
In Love |
08 - Between |
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02 -
Men |
09 - Talkin'
New Bob Dylan |
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03 - The
Picture |
10 - So
Many Songs |
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04 - When
I'm At Your House |
11 - 4
X 10 |
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05 - The Doctor |
12 - A
Father And Son |
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06 - Hitting You |
13 - Sometimes
I Forget |
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07 - I'd Rather Be Lonely |
14 - A Handful Of Dust |
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1993 - 'Career Moves'
Virgin
CDV 2718 -CD
Virgin TCV 2718 -Cassette
Compiled from two
consecutive nights at the Bottom Line in New York, - with Loudon
in excellent voice. First rate sound quality, and an ideal
'introduction' to Loudon.
And it includes
my all-time favourite - 'Tip That Waitress'. |
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01 - Road
Ode |
10 - The
Swimming Song |
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02 -
I'm Alright |
11 - Absence
Makes The Heart Grow Fonder |
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03 - Five
Years Old |
12 - Happy
Birthday Elvis |
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04 - Your
Mother And I |
13 - Unhappy
Anniversary |
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05 - Westchester County |
14 - I'd
Rather Be Lonely |
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06 - He Said, She Said |
15 - The
Man Who Couldn't Cry |
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07 - Suddenly It's Christmas |
16 - The Acid Song |
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08 - Thanksgiving |
17 - Tip That Waitress |
09 - TSMNWA
[They Spelt My
Name Wrong Again] |
18 - Career Moves |
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1994 - 'One Man Guy: The Best of Loudon Wainwright 111,
1982-1986'
Music Club MCCD 166 -CD
This is a budget
price, single CD compilation, taking tracks from all three Demon
CDs ('Fame and Wealth', 'I'm Alright, and 'More Love Songs').
Also includes an informative little booklet with plenty
of photos, a history of Loudon's career and a list of all his
albums. |
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01 - Hard
Day On The Planet |
12 - The
Acid Song |
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02 -
Your Mother And I |
13 - Dump
The Dog |
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03 - Reader
And Advisor |
14 - Career
Moves |
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04 - Cardboard
Boxes |
15 - Fame
And Wealth |
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05 - One Man Guy |
16 - The
Grammy Song |
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06 - I
Eat Out |
17 - IDTTYWLM
[I Don't Think
That Your Wife Likes Me] |
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07 - Thick And Thin |
18 - Ready Or Not (So Ripe) |
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08 - Westchester County |
19 - Synchronicity |
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09 - I'm Alright |
20 - Lost Love |
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10 - Not John |
21 - Unhappy Anniversary |
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11 - How Old Are You? |
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Re track 7 (Five Years Old) some
of the earlier CDs have 'Thick and Thin' though the liner notes
do indeed state 'Five Years Old'.
Did you spot the "Acid Song"
lurking in there as a hook for those who already have "More
Love Songs" on vinyl or tape? In addition, another mis-titled
track in there as well! Anyone out there have a copy? Doug Ashford? |
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1995 - 'Grown Man'
Virgin CDV 2789 -CD
The first track
was allegedly recorded in a shower with a condom over the mike.
'Treasure Untold' is a rare 'cover version', originally sung
by Jimmie Rodgers in the 1920's, 'Father/Daughter Dialogue' is
a duet with his daughter Martha, and 'Dreaming' featured in the
movie '28 Days'. |
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01 - The
Birthday Present I |
09 - IWIWAL
[I Wish I Was A Lesbian] |
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02 -
Grown Man |
10 - Just
A John |
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03 - That
Hospital |
11 - I
Suppose |
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04 - Housework |
12 - Dreaming |
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05 - Cobwebs |
13 - The
End Has Begun |
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06 - A Year |
14 - Human
Cannonball |
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07 - Father
/ Daughter Dialogue |
15 - Treasure
Untold |
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08 - 1994 |
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1997 - 'Little Ship'
CDV
2644 -CD
Written following
a 'breakup' in Loudon's life, this album has some brilliantly
written, yet incredibly sad, songs. Tracks like 'O.G.M', 'What
Are Families For?', and 'Little Ship'. When he sings 'So
Damm Happy', you just know he isn't really. 'The Birthday
Present II' is 'spine chilling'. |
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01 - Breakfast
In Bed |
09 - The
World |
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02 -
Four Mirrors |
10 - What
Are Families For? |
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03 - Mr
Ambivalent |
11 - Bein'
A Dad |
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04 - OGM
[Out Going Message] |
12 - The
Birthday Present II |
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05 - Our Own War |
13 - I
Can't Stand Myself |
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06 - So Damm Happy |
14 - Little
Ship |
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07 - Primrose
Hill |
15 - A
Song |
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08 - Underwear |
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1998 - 'The BBC Sessions'
Strange
Fruit SFRS CD 073 - CD
Ever since 1971,
Loudon has featured regularly on BBC Radio as a guest of both
John Peel and Andy Kershaw. 21 great songs, three previously
unavailable (nos 7, 11, & 20).
Sleeve notes are
by Andy Kershaw, a long time friend. |
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01 - Be
Careful There's A Baby (18/5/71) |
12 - Nice
Guys (13/10/89) |
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02 -
East Indian Princess (18/5/71) |
13 - Harry's
Wall (13/10/89) |
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03 - Suicide
Song (18/5/71) |
14 - Carmine
Street (1/10/92) |
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04 - A.M
World (11/6/73) |
15 - Number
One (1/10/92) |
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05 - The Swimming Song (9/8/76) |
16 - The
Birthday Present (#1) (1/10/92) |
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06 - Prince
Hal's Dirge (9/8/76) |
17 - Men
(26/9/92) |
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07 - I Wish It Was Me (poem) (17/9/85) |
18 - A Father And Son (26/9/92) |
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08 - No (17/9/85) |
19 - School Days (14/8/93) |
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09 - Hard Day On The Planet (17/9/85) |
20 - It's Love And I Hate It (14/8/93) |
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10 - You Don't Want To Know (13/8/87) |
21 - One Man Guy (14/8/93) |
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11 - Sunday Times (8/10/89) |
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1998 - 'Unrequited' (Re-
mastered re-release)
Columbia/Legacy CK 65258 - CD
NB: This re-master, with notes by
LW3, contains three "bonus tracks"
"Rufus Is a Tit Man"
"Over The Hill"
"Hollywood Hopeful"
All three are "alternative" versions and previously
unreleased. |
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1999 - 'Social Studies'
Hannibal
HNCD 1442 - CD
A Loudon album with
a difference!! Not one single song about Loudon and his
"cheesy little life".
Instead, a collection
of the many 'topical songs' which he wrote for NPR (National
Public Radio) in America. |
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01 - What
Gives? |
09 - Y2K |
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02 -
Tonya's Twirls |
10 - Number
One |
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03 - New
Street People |
11 - Bad
Man |
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04 - Carmine
Street |
12 - Inaugural
Blues |
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05 - O.J |
13 - Our
Boy Bill |
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06 - Leap Of Faith |
14 - Jesse
Don't Like It |
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07 - Conspiracies
(poem) |
15 - Pretty
Good Day |
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08 - Christmas
Morning |
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2000 - 'The Atlantic Recordings'
Rhino RHM2 7709 - CD
Loudon's first two
(Atlantic) albums available for the first and only time on CD.
A limited edition
of 5000 copies worldwide, and only available through the Internet
retailer Rhino. |
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'Loudon Wainwright III'
(Album I) |
'Album
II' |
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01 -
School Days |
12 - Me
And My Friend The Cat |
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02 - Hospital
Lady |
13 - Motel
Blues |
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03 - Ode
To A Pittsburg |
14 - Nice
Jewish Girls |
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04 - Glad
To See You've Got Religion |
15 - Be
Careful There's A Baby In The House |
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05 - Uptown |
16 - I
Know I'm Unhappy / Suicide Song / Glenville
Reel |
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06 - Black Uncle Remus |
17 - Saw Your Name In The Papers |
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07 - Four
Is A Magic Number |
18 - Samson And The Warden |
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08 - I
Don't Care |
19 - Plane Too |
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09 - Central
Square Song |
20 - Cook That Dinner Dora |
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10 - Movies
Are A Mother To Me |
21 - Old Friend |
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11 - Bruno's
Place |
22 - Old Paint |
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23 - Winter Song |
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24 - Drinking Song (Extra Track) |
NB: This is a "Limited edition"
single CD of the first two albums, "Loudon Wainwright III"
and "Album II".
Each copy is numbered and only 5000 were made.
It also purports to have a previously unreleased track: "Drinking
Song", this track, of course, appears on "Album III"
and is the same version.
See 1971, "Album II" above
for more details about this track and album. |
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2001 - 'Last Man On Earth'
Evangeline GEL 4025 - CD
A very welcome return
to the personal songs which have always made Loudon's music so
unique.
Contains the much
requested 'White Winos' which was featured in the Sandra Bulloch
movie '28 Days' |
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01 - Missing
You |
08 - Surviving
Twin |
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02 -
Living Alone |
09 - Donations |
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03 - White
Winos |
10 - Graveyard |
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04 - Fresh
Fossils |
11 - Bed |
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05 - I'm Not Gonna Cry |
12 - Last
Man On Earth |
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06 - Out of Reach |
13 - Homeless |
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07 - Bridge |
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2003 - 'So Damm Happy'
Serpentine
- CD
A 'live' album recorded
in the USA featuring Richard Thompson, Van Dyke Parks, David
Mansfield and Martha Wainwright. More info on the Rosebud
Site.
Includes 4 unreleased*
songs including 'Something For Nothing' an attack on Internet
music downloading! |
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01 - Much
Better Bets * |
10 - Tonya's
Twirls |
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02 -
So Damn Happy |
11 - A
Year |
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03 - Between |
12 - You
Never Phone |
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04 - The
Picture |
13 - 4x10 |
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05 - Cobwebs |
14 - The
Shit Song * |
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06 - Heaven * |
14 - Primrose
Hill |
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07 - Something for Nothing * |
16 - The
Home Stretch |
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08 - Dreaming |
17 - Men |
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09 - Westchester
County |
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Many thanks to Linda for some cover
pics, and Terry and JSki for proof reading. |
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