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A WONDERFUL DAY EP
SURFIN' RECORDS SR003
7"
1986
It's Not True
Like A Merry Go Round
A Wonderful Day
Down Here
The artwork for single claims to be a fanclub re-issue - it isn't. Track listings on sleeve and record label do not match.
THIRTEEN APPALLING SONGS
WSF 1
LP
1991
Give Give Give Me More More More
It's Your Money I'm After Baby
13th Time
Wonderful Day
Merry Go Round
Ruby Horse
A Wish Away
Big Fat Grin
10 Trenches Deep
Passion
Red Berry Joy Town
Urgh She Said
Unbearable
Track titles as shown on sleeve.
Live album recorded at The Irish Centre, Birmingham in July 1988 although album artwork uses 1991-era photographs.
THE BOOTLEGGED GROOVE MACHINE
LP
1989
Version #1:
Track listing as original official release
Version #2 - WOND-101:
Track listing as above plus
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
Grin (live)
Like A Merry Go Round (live)
Ruby Horse (live)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby (live)
Astley In The Noose (inc. Rick's Greatest Hits Medley) (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Version #1 is a copy of the original release, Version #2 is a copy of the original release with the first twelve tracks condensed on Side 1 and the remaining tracks on side 2 with the addition of a number of live tracks tagged onto the end taken from a 1989 concert in Holland as originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1.
FUTURE SHOCK
7"
1990
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Gimme Some Truth (live)
Paper sleeve. Tracks recorded during 1989 HUP tour, location unknown.
SOMEWHERE LIVE
WS 1
7"
1990
Room 410 (live)
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Scarlet Train (live)
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (live)
Label lists recording artist as 'HOWARDS REVENGE' , labels list tracks as 'Silly Sods', 'Leave Me Alone', 'Pass The Parcel' and 'Sign On The Dotted Line'. Label lists all tracks written by Lee Jeramira and published by Cabin Music. No known artist exists of this name.
Track 3 listed as Scarlet Train is actually 'A Song Without An End'.
BIGGEST YET
LP
August 1991
Me, My Mom, My Dad and My Brother (demo)
Circlesquare (demo acoustic)
The Takin' Is easy (demo)
Inside You (demo)
Hit By A Car (demo)
Can't Shape Up, Again (demo)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (demo)
Mission Drive (live)
Inertia (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Here Comes Everyone (live)
Maybe (live)
That's Entertainment (live)
Demo tracks recorded at the Greenhouse Studios, London during the Never Loved Elvis recording sessions. Live tracks taken from The Big Day Out, Walsall 1991.
The demos tracks have been mastered too fast in order to fit all of the tracks on one side of the album - there is barely a gap between the last track and the label. The tracks probably need slowing down by around 0.80x for closer accuracy.
THE WINTER WARMER
2LP
1992
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Who Wants To Be The Disco King (live)
Play (live)
Inertia (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Sleep Alone (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
Give Give Give Me More more More (live)
Unbearable (live)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Donation (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
Dizzy (live)
That's Entertainment (live)
Maybe (live)
Ruby Horse (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
Good Night Though (live)
Caught In My Shadow (acoustic)
Unbearable (acoustic)
Sing The Absurd (acoustic)
Live tracks recorded at the Town and Country Club (London), 1991. Acoustic tracks originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Evening Session programme.
Album artwork uses 1989-era photographs.
THE VERY SPECIAL GUEST
LP, Download
1992
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Golden Green (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Donation (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Unbearable (live)
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Dizzy (live)
Tracks recorded at Leicester University, 1992.
The tracks were later made available for free download from the Room 512 website in 2015 as a result of a family member of Spike, a member of the TWS road crew who had passed away earlier in the year, asking for a digital copy of the performance.
INERTIA
Kiss The Stone KTS 055
CD
1992
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Inertia (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Golden Green (live)
Sleep Alone (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Play (live)
Ruby Horse (live)
That's Entertainment (live)
Maybe (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Dizzy (live)
Recorded at Manchester, 1991 and originally broadcast as part of BBC Radio 1's Evening Session programme.
Kiss The Stone Records (KTS) were one of the leading bootleg recording companies and released numerous unofficial live recordings of popular acts touring during the 90's. Unlike other bootleg companies, the quality of their releases was usually almost studio/broadcast quality.
A version of this album was later released in Australia (SW 76) titled The Wonder Stuff Line with all of the above tracks playing as one single track on the disc.
TRIBUTE TO A BASS THING
WONDER MUSIC CD249
CD
October 1993
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
Change Every Light Bulb (live)
Cabin Fever (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Golden Green (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Donation (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Colourblind (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
On The Ropes (live)
I Wish Them All Dead (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Hush (live)
Unbearable (live)
Good Night Though (live)
Track listing as per sleeve, the track listed as Colourblind is 'Full Of Life (Happy Now)'.
Live tracks recorded at the Irish Centre, Birmingham in August 1993.
ON THE ROPES
Kiss The Stone KTS 289
CD
1994
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
Change Every Light Bulb (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Cabin Fever (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Donation (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
Hush (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
I Wish Them All Dead (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
30 Years In The Bathroom (live)
Golden Green (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
No, For The 13th Time (live)
Good Night Though (live)
Live tracks recorded at Rockefeller, Oslo in November 1993.
Kiss The Stone Records (KTS) were one of Italy's leading bootleg recording companies and released numerous unofficial live recordings of popular acts touring during the 90's. Unlike other bootleg companies, the quality of their releases was usually almost studio/broadcast quality.
A version of this release was also released on the Octopus label in Italy (OCTO 006). Although the audio remains the same, the track listing shows A Great Drinker instead of 30 Years In The Bathroom.
IDIOT MANOEUVRES
CD
1994
Intro (live)
Change Every Light Bulb (live)
Cabin Fever (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Can't Shape Up (live)
Hush (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Your Big Assed Mother (live)
Donation (live)
Here Comes Everyone (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
Hot Love Now! (live)
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
I Wish Them All Dead (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
A Great Drinker (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
Golden Green (live)
Fisherman's Blues (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
30 Years In The Bathroom (live)
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
No, For The 13th Time (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
Unbearable (live)
Good Night Though (live)
Live tracks recorded at Town and Country Club, Leeds on 12th March 1994.
The show was one of a number recorded for potential future release after the group had split up. Six tracks from this show, 'Change Every Light Bulb', 'Cabin Fever', 'Piece Of Sky', 'The Size Of A Cow', 'Can't Shape Up', and 'Hush', would later be released on a bonus CD issued with a re-pressing of the 'Construction For The Modern Idiot' album in Australia.
'Mission Drive', 'On The Ropes', 'Golden Green', 'Fisherman's Blues', 'Red Berry Joy Town', 'No, For The 13th Time', 'Ten Trenches Deep' and 'Ruby Horse' would also later re-surface on the 'Love Bites and Bruises' compilation album.
IDIOTS ON THE ROAD '94
Wonder Music CD250
CD
1994
Change Every Light Bulb (live)
Cabin Fever (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Donation (live)
Here Comes Everyone (live)
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (live)
Hot Love Now! (live)
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
I Wish Them All Dead (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
Golden Green (Medley) (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Dizzy (live)*
Into You Like A Train (live)*
Red Berry Joy Town (live)**
Into You Like A Train (live)**
Good Night Though (live)**
Live tracks recorded at Granby Halls, Leicester in March 1994 except * recorded at Corn Exchange, Cambridge in April 1994 and ** recorded at Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading in April 1994.
The Leicester Granby Halls tracks were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1 as part of the Evening Session show in March 1994.
Into You Like A Train on both appearances is It's Not True.
THE LAST CONCERT
Red Line RFCD 1349
CD
1994
Red Berry Joy Town (live)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Cabin Fever (live)
Mission Drive (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Golden Green (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (live)
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (live)
Here Comes Everyone (live)
Can't Shape Up (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
It's Not True (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Unbearable (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
No, For The 13th Time (live)
Poison (live)
Dizzy (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Live tracks recorded at the Phoenix Festival 1994. These tracks were originally broadcast as part of BBC Radio 1's Evening Session programme.
LIVE AT THE FORUM
CD
2001
Can't Shape Up (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Full Of Life (Happy Now) (live)
Caught In My Shadow (live)
Here Comes Everyone (live)
Cartoon Boyfriend (live)
Circlesquare (live)
Golden Green (live)
Welcome To The Cheap Seats (live)
The Size Of A Cow (live)
Redberry Joytown (live)
Ruby Horse (live)
Sleep Alone (live)
Donation (live)
Unfaithful (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Mission Drive (live)
No, For The 13th Time (live)
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
Song Without An End (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
Goodnight Though (live)
Live tracks recorded at the Forum, London on December 16th 2000.
ESCAPE FROM HORSESHOE TAVERN
CD
May 2005
Escape From Rubbish Island (live)
A Wish Away (live)
Radio Ass Kiss (live)
Ruby Horse (live)
Better Get Ready For A Fist Fight (live)
Was I Meant To Be Sorry? (live)
Another Comic Tragedy (live)
You Don't Know Who... (live)
On The Ropes (live)
Donation (live)
Bile Chant (live)
Piece Of Sky (live)
Don't Let Me Down, Gently (live)
It's Yer Money I'm After Baby (live)
Ten Trenches Deep (live)
Redberry Joy Town (live)
Give Give Give Me More More More (live)
Unbearable (live)
Poison (live)
Live tracks recorded at the Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, on April 9th 2005.