------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "nothing's alrite in our life..." GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! DISCOGRAPHY February 1, 1999 Updated December 31st, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started and maintained by ren (James_Renihan@eyenet.eybe.edu.on.ca) With Help From: Erlend Hammer Jon Klein J. Ryan Halpenny chris@clearink.com Huge thanks to the GYBE! mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY LEGEND: CA - Canada US - United States UK - United Kingdom An "x" next to a line of release information indicates that it is, to the best my knowledge, out of print. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: Part One: GYBE!- Official Releases Part Two: GYBE!- Bootlegs/ Live Shows Part Three: Molasses- Official Releases Part Four: A Silver Mt.Zion- Official Releases =============================================================================== GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! =============================================================================== PART ONE: OFFICIAL RELEASES =============================================================================== All Lights Fucked On The Hairy Amp Drooling x CS 1994 No Label N/A CA TRACKS: Side One: Drifting Intro Open / Shot Thru Tubes / Three Three Three / When All The Furnaces Exploded / Beep / Hush / Son Of A Diplomat, Daughter Of A Politician / Glencairn 14 / $13.13 / Loose The Idiot Dogs / Diminishing Shine / Random Luvly Moncton Blue(s) / Dadmomdaddy Side Two: 333 Frames Per Second / Revisionist Alternatif Wounds To The Hair-Cut Hit Head / Ditty For Moya / Buried Ton / And The Hairy Guts Shine / Hoarding / Deterior 23 / All Angels Gone / Deterior 17 / Deterior Three / Devil's In The Church / No Job / Dress Like Shit / Perfumed Pink Corpses From The Lips Of Ms. Celine Dion Notes: Self-Released cassette, limited to 33 copies. The only document of early Godspeed. The band for this release was just Efrim and Mauro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#A#Infinity LP 1997 Constellation cst003 CA TRACKS: Nervous, Sad, Poor... / Bleak, Uncertain, Beautiful... Notes: Initially limited to 500 numbered copies, then repressed. Hand-Made Jacket, with one of three photographs glued on. Comes with a package of goodies, including a penny flattened by a train. The two tracks each fill a side, and are comprised of different pieces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#A#Infinity CD 1998 Kranky Krank027 US TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues / East Hastings / Providence / JLH Outro Notes: Re-Issue of the Constellation LP. Remastered and changed in some areas, with some new material, and some missing material. Completely different booklet/cover/liners... As with the LP, each track is made up of several different segments. JLH Outro is the name of the hidden track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fly Pan Am/Godspeed You Black Emperor! x 7" 1998 aMAZEzine! Maze001 CA TRACKS: L'espace au sol est redessine par d'immenses panneaux bleus / Sunshine + Gasoline Notes: Initial 550 copies pressed on white vinyl, later black. Came free with Montreal based aMAZEzine!, issue #4. The 'zine includes an interview with the band. Side A (L'espace au...) is by Fly Pan Am, Side B (Sunshine..) by GYBE!. Though they were on the B-Side, GYBE! were given top billing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP 1999 Constellation cst006 CA CD 1999 Kranky Krank034 US TRACKS: Moya / BBF3 Notes: Vinyl (EP) edition comes in a foil-stamped jacket. Side One plays at 45rpm, Side Two at 33rpm CD version doesn't name the two tracks, nor actually mention GYBE!. Hebrew lettering on front says "Chaos" BBF stands for "Blaise Bailey Finnegan" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Godspeed You Black Emperor!/The Shalabai Effect CD 2000 Alien8 Recordings ??? CA TRACKS: ???? Notes: Forthcoming, hopefully, in February. =============================================================================== PART TWO: BOOTLEGS/LIVE RECORDINGS (Not a complete list, by any means) =============================================================================== 10.06.97- Can-Zine Fest, Toronto, ON. TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/The Cowboy/The Sad Mafioso/Dead Metheny/ JLH Outro/Kicking Horse On Broken Hill/Dead Flag Blues(Outro) Notes: Playing as part of the Can-Zine Festival, a yearly event in Toronto. With Fell Gang and Braino ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03.25.98- Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/The Cowboy/Moya/Dead Metheny/ The Sad Mafioso Notes: With Smallmouth and Guh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05.10.98- Metropolis, Montreal, QC. TRACKS: Intro/The Dead Flag Blues/Moya/BBF3/Dead Metheny/ The Sad Mafioso Notes: Opening for Sonic Youth "Intro" is a 2 minute spoken word introduction by (I assume) one of the band members. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.15.98- Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC TRACKS: Intro/The Dead Flag Blues/Moya/BBF3/Dead Metheny/ The Sad Mafioso Notes: Opening for Low ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.02.98- Tokyo Rose, Charlottesville, VA TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/Moya/BBF3/Dead Metheny Notes: Opening for Low They did not play "The Sad Mafioso", probably because of the problems with sound and resulting loss of time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Low- 10.10.98- Schuba's, Chicago, IL TRACKS: Lord, Can You Hear Me?/Starfire/Condescend/Words/Will The Night/ Lion-Lamb/Two-Step/Lazy/Do You Know How To Waltz? (French Canadian Version) Notes: This is not a GYBE! show. It is the Low portion of a gig that GYBE! were opening for them at. However, all nine members of GYBE! join in for the final song ("..Waltz"), hench the "French Canadian Version", and stretch it out for about half an hour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ??.??.98- John Peel Session TRACKS: Hung Over As The Queen In Maida Vale Notes: Broadcasted on BBC radio in Britain, John Peel session. One 18 minute track, consisting of two distinct portions. On the radio, called "Hung Over As The OVEN In Maida Vale" Jan 19, '99 is the broadcast date, it was recorded sometime in 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.??.98- VPRO Sessions TRACKS: John Hughes/Interview/Hung Over Pt. II/Interview/World Police/Moya Notes: Broadcasted in two portions, All but Moya in Feb '99, and then Moya on 04.15.99. Contains much interview material... the questions are in Dutch, the answers in (thank god!) English. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04.19.99- Instant Chavire, Paris, France TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/Monheim/JLH Outro/Gathering Storm/Moya/ John Hughes/Dead Metheny/World Police/The Sad Mafioso/BBF3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04.28.99- Brussels, Belgium TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/Moya/Monheim/JLH Outro/Dead Metheny/World Police/ The Sad Mafioso ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05.24.99- Colisée des Bois-Francs, Victoriaville, PQ TRACKS: Moya/Monheim/Dead Metheny/The Sad Mafioso/BBF3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08.08.99- So What!, Oslo, Norway TRACKS: The Dead Flag Blues/Monheim/Moya/Gathering Storm/ Dead Metheny/World Police/The Sad Mafioso/BBF3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.05.99- Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY TRACKS: 3rd Part/Monheim/Gathering Storm/John Hughes/BBF3/The Sad Mafioso Notes: With Labradford opening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.09.99- Middle East, Cambridge, MA TRACKS: 3rd Part/Monheim/Gathering Storm/Dead Metheny/John Hughes/BBF3 Notes: With Labradford opening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.13.99- Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON TRACKS: 3rd Part/Monheim/Gathering Storm/Moya/John Hughes/The Sad Mafioso/ Dead Metheny Notes: With Labradford opening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.16.99- Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL TRACKS: 3rd Part/Moya/Gathering Storm/Dead Metheny/John Hughes/BBF3/ The Sad Mafioso Notes: With Labradford opening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.25.99- Casbah, San Diego, CA TRACKS: 3rd Part/Monheim/Gathering Storm/Dead Metheny/John Hughes/BBF3 Notes: With Labradford opening ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09.26.99- Phoenix, AZ TRACKS: 3rd Part/Monheim/Moya/Dead Metheny/John Hughes/The Sad Mafioso Notes: With Labradford opening =============================================================================== MOLASSES (This band contains some members of GYBE!) =============================================================================== PART THREE: OFFICIAL RELEASES =============================================================================== You'll Never Be Well No More CD 1999 Alien8 Recordings FANCYCD1 CA TRACKS: Silver Cryst/Old Poe/Five Hundred Miles From Baltimore/ Drunkard's Lament/Sleeping Pill Blues/Sick Bed Blues =============================================================================== A SILVER MT. ZION (This band contains Efrim, Thierry and Sophie of GYBE!) =============================================================================== PART FOUR: OFFICIAL RELEASES =============================================================================== He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms... LP 2000 Constellation cst009 CA CD 2000 Constellation cst009 CA TRACKS: (The songs on this record are grouped as two larger pieces) Lonely as the Sound of Lying on the Ground of an Airplane Going Down: Broken Chords Can Sing A Little/Sit In The Middle of Three Galloping Dogs/Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning/Movie (Never Made) The world is sickSICK (so kiss me quick): 13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed/Long March Rocket Or Doomed Airliner/Blown-Out Joy From Heaven's Mercied Hole/For Wanda Notes: Aidan of Godspeed is featured on "... 3 Galloping Dogs" and "For Wanda". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------