DISCOGRAPHY: Graham Parker albums

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HOWLIN' WIND
(Vertigo 6360 129, 4/1976, UK)
(Mercury SRM-1-1095, 7/1976, USA) Mercury promo

Produced by Nick Lowe
Executive producer Dave Robinson
Engineered by Michael Gardener
Recorded and mixed at Eden Studios, London, England

Side 1: White Honey / Nothin's Gonna Pull Us Apart / Silly Thing / Gypsy Blood / Between You And Me / Back To Schooldays

Side 2: Soul Shoes / Lady Doctor / You've Got To Be Kidding / Howlin' Wind / Not If It Pleases Me / Don't Ask Me Questions

Universal reissue (Mercury/Universal 548 667-2, 7/2001, UK) bonus track: I'm Gonna Use It Now (Single B-side)

LIVE AT MARBLE ARCH
(Vertigo promo album GP1, 7/1976, UK)

Produced by Nick Lowe

Side 1: White Honey / That's What They All Say / Back Door Love / Back to Schooldays / Silly Thing

Side 2: Chain of Fools / Don't Ask Me Questions / You Can't Hurry Love / Soul Shoes / Kansas City

- All tracks have been issued officially in 1996 on the "Vertigo" compilation double CD, and again on the "That's When You Know" rarities collection in 2001.

HEAT TREATMENT
(Vertigo 6360 137, 10/22/1976, UK)
(Mercury SRM-1-1117, 10/1976, USA) Mercury promo

Produced by Robert John Lange and (*) Nick Lowe
Engineered by Robert John Lange, Dave Charles & Pete Kelsey
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, South Wales
Mixed at Trident Studios, St Anne's Court, London

Side 1: Heat Treatment / That's What They All Say / Turned Up Too Late / Black Honey / Hotel Chambermaid

Side 2: Pourin' It All Out / Back Door Love (*) / Something You're Going Through / Help Me Shake It / Fools' Gold

Universal reissue (Mercury/Universal 548 682-2, 7/2001, UK) bonus tracks: Hold Back The Night (Pink Parker EP) / (Let Me Get) Sweet On You (Pink Parker EP)

STICK TO ME
(Vertigo 9102 017, 10/1977, UK)
(Mercury SRM-1-3706, 10/1977, USA) Mercury promo

Produced by Nick Lowe
Executive producers Dave Robinson & Jake Riviera
Engineered by Roger Bechirian
Recorded and mixed at Eden Studios, Chiswick, London

Side 1: Stick To Me / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Problem Child / Soul On Ice / Clear Head

Side 2: The New York Shuffle / Watch The Moon Come Down / Thunder And Rain / The Heat In Harlem / The Raid

THE PARKERILLA
(Vertigo 6641 797, 5/1978, UK)
(Mercury SRM-2-100, 5/1978, USA)

Sides 1 - 3: Recording mixed by Robert John Lange, Musical Director Bob Andrews
Side 4: Produced by Robert John Lange

Recorded at Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Manchester Palace, Oxford New Theatre, New York Palladium

Side 1: Lady Doctor / Fool's Gold / Tear Your Playhouse Down / Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (all tracks live)

Side 2: The Heat In Harlem / Silly Thing / Gypsy Blood / Back To School Days (all tracks live)

Side 3: Heat Treatment / Watch The Moon Come Down / New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes (all tracks live)

Side 4: Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio recording)

SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS
(Vertigo 6360 168, 3/1979, UK)
(Arista AL 4223, 3/1979, USA) Arista promo

Produced by Jack Nitzsche
Engineered by Mark Howlett
Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London
Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood

Side 1: Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word

Side 2: Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Waiting For The UFOs / Don't Get Excited

Universal reissue (Mercury/Universal 548 681-2, 7/2001, UK) bonus tracks: Mercury Poisoning (Promo 12") / I Want You Back (Single B-side)

LIVE SPARKS
(Arista promo album SP63, 1979, USA)

Mixed and awakened by Ron Wolfe

Side 1: Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / I Want You Back (Alive)

Side 2: Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Waiting For The UFOs / Don't Get Excited / Mercury Poisoning

- This album was compiled from two 1979 radio shows from San Francisco and Chicago. First time officially released 10/1/1996 by Arista in the USA on one CD together with "Squeezing Out Sparks." The two non-SOS songs ("I Want You Back (Alive)" and "Mercury Poisoning") were relegated to the end of the CD.

THE UP ESCALATOR
(Stiff SEEZ 23, 4/1980, UK)

Produced by Jimmy Iovine
Engineered by Shelly Yakus

Side 1: No Holding Back / Devil's Sidewalk / Stupefaction / Love Without Greed / Jolie Jolie

Side 2: Endless Night / Paralyzed / Maneuvers / Empty Lives / The Beating Of Another Heart

Stiff UK tape bonus track: Women In Charge

THE UP ESCALATOR
(Arista AL 9517, 5/1980, USA)

Side 1: No Holding Back / Devil's Sidewalk / Stupefaction / Empty Lives / The Beating Of Another Heart

Side 2: Endless Night / Paralyzed / Maneuvers / Jolie Jolie / Love Without Greed

Razor & Tie (Razor & Tie RE 1980, 1991, USA) and Universal reissue (UMC 4797486, 7/2016, UK) bonus track: A different (to the version from the single) mix of "Women In Charge."

ANOTHER GREY AREA
(RCA LP 6029, 3/15/1982, UK)
(Arista AL 9589, 3/1982, USA) Arista promo

Produced by Jack Douglas & GP, executive producer Jack Douglas
Engineered by Lee De Carlo
Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y.
Mixed at Record Plant & Power Station, N.Y.

Side 1: Temporary Beauty / Another Grey Area / No More Excuses / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / Can't Waste A Minute / Big Fat Zero

Side 2: You Hit The Spot / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Crying For Attention / Thankless Task / Fear Not

Arista US tape bonus track: Habit Worth Forming

- The Razor & Tie reissue from 1991 (RE 1982) unfortunately doesn't contain "Habit Worth Forming," but "Mercury Poisoning" as a bonus track. "Habit Worth Forming" finally was reissued in 1997 on the "Temporary Beauty" compilation.

THE REAL MACAW
(Arista AL8-8023, 7/1983, USA) Arista promo

Produced by David Kershenbaum
Engineered by Philip Thornalley
Recorded at Ramport Studios, London
Mixed at Eel Pie Studios. London

Side 1: Just Like A Man / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Glass Jaw / Passive Resistance / Sounds Like Chains

Side 2: Life Gets Better / A Miracle A Minute / Beyond A Joke / Last Couple On The Dance Floor / Anniversary / (Too Late) The Smart Bomb

THE REAL MACAW
(RCA LP 6086, 9/1983, UK)

Side 1: You Can't Take Love For Granted / Glass Jaw / Just Like A Man / Passive Resistance / Sounds Like Chains

Side 2: Life Gets Better / A Miracle A Minute / Beyond A Joke / Last Couple On The Dance Floor / Anniversary / (Too Late) The Smart Bomb

- The Razor & Tie reissue from 1991 (RE 1983) again contains a bonus track: "I Want You Back."

STEADY NERVES
(Elektra EKT 4, 4/1985, UK)
(Elektra 9 60388-1, 3/1985, USA) Elektra promo

Produced by William Wittman & GP
Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y.
Mixed at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

Side 1: Break Them Down / Mighty Rivers / Lunatic Fringe / Wake Up (Next To You) / When You Do That To Me

Side 2: The Weekend's Too Short / Take Everything / Black Lincoln Continental / Canned Laughter / Everyone's Hand Is On The Switch / Locked Into Green

CD bonus track: Too Much Time To Think

THE MONA LISA'S SISTER
(Demon FIENDCD 122, 7/1988, UK)
(RCA CD 8316-2-R, 5/1988, USA) RCA promo

Produced by GP & Brinsley Schwarz
Engineered by Jon Jacobs
Recorded and mixed at Lansdowne Studios, London

Side 1: Don't Let It Break You Down / Under The Mask Of Happiness / Back In Time / I'm Just Your Man / OK Hieronymous

Side 2: Get Started. Start A Fire / The Girl Isn't Ready / Blue Highways / Success / I Don't Know / Cupid

Buddha reissue (Buddha 74465-99616-2, 5/18/1999, USA) bonus track: Ordinary Girl (Single B-side)

Universal reissue (UMC 4797211, 7/2016, UK) bonus tracks: Ordinary Girl (Single B-side) / Durban Poison (first released on Loose Monkeys) / Burning On a Higher Flame (first released on Loose Monkeys) / There's a Ghost in My House (first released on Loose Monkeys)

LIVE! ALONE IN AMERICA
(Demon FIENDCD 141, 4/1989, UK)
(RCA CD 9673-2-R, 3/1/1989, USA) RCA promo

Mixed by Jon Jacobs and GP, assisted by Martin Edwards
Recorded 10/88 at Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia

White Honey / Watch the Moon Come Down / Black Honey / Protection / Soul Corruption / Gypsy Blood / Back to Schooldays / Durban Poison / The 3 Martini Lunch / Back in Time / Hotel Chambermaid / Don't Let it Break You Down / You Can't Be Too Strong / A Change Is Gonna Come

HUMAN SOUL
(Demon FIEND CD 163, 10/1989, UK)
(RCA CD 9876-2-R, 1/1990, USA)

Produced by GP, Brinsley Schwarz & Jon Jacobs
Engineered by Jon Jacobs
Recorded and mixed at Livingston Studios, London in Jan/Feb 1989

Little Miss Understanding / My Love's Strong / Dancing For Money / Call Me Your Doctor / Big Man On Paper / Soultime / Everything Goes / Sugar Gives You Energy / Daddy's A Postman / Green Monkeys / I Was Wrong / You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) / Slash & Burn / Everything Goes (uncredited short reprise)

Universal reissue (UMC 4793360, 7/2016, UK) bonus tracks: Everything Goes (Single version) / That Thing Is Rockin (Single B-side) / My Love's Strong (BBC Session) / Big Man On Paper (BBC Session) / I'm Your Puppet (BBC Session)
- This reissue is missing the uncredited short reprise of "Everything Goes" that was on the original album.

STRUCK BY LIGHTING
(Demon FIEND CD 201, 2/1991, UK)
(RCA CD 3013-2-R, 2/1991, USA) RCA promo

Produced by GP
Engineered and mixed by David Cook at Dreamland Studios, West Hurley
Overdubs engineered by Chris Andersen at Nevessa Production, Woodstock

She Wants So Many Things / They Murdered The Clown / Strong Winds / The Kid With The Butterfly Net / And It Shook Me / Wrapping Paper / That's Where She Ends Up / A Brand New Book / Weeping Statues / Guardian Angels / Children & Dogs / Over The Border (To America) / When I Was King / Ten Girls Ago / The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
(Demon LP-issue FIEND 201, 2/1991, UK)

- In England, inital copies of this LP came with a free 12" EP. There are tracks both on the LP and on the EP that are not on the CD.
Side 1: She Wants So Many Things / They Murdered the Clown / Strong Winds / The Kid With The Butterfly Net / And It Shook Me / That's Where She Ends Up
Side 2: A Brand New Book / Weeping Statues / Wrapping Paper / Ten Girls Ago / I'm Into Something Good (*) / Over the Border (To America) / The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again
EP: Guardian Angels / Children and Dogs / When I Was King / Museum Piece (*) / Museum Of Stupidity (*)
(*) Those 3 tracks are not available on the original CD.

Universal reissue (UMC 4793359, 7/2016, UK) track listing: She Wants So Many Things / They Murdered The Clown / Strong Winds / The Kid With The Butterfly Net / And It Shook Me / Wrapping Paper / That's Where She Ends Up / A Brand New Book / Weeping Statues / Guardian Angels / Children & Dogs / Over The Border (To America) / When I Was King / Ten Girls Ago / The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again / I'm Into Something Good / Museum Piece / Museum Of Stupidity / The Kid With The Butterfly Net (alternate "dryer vocal" take) / Wrapping Paper (alternate "big vocal" take)

BURNING QUESTIONS
(Demon FIENDCD 721, 7/1992, UK)
(Capitol 7 99003-2, 7/20/1992, USA) Capitol promos

Produced by GP & Jon Jacobs
Engineered by Jon Jacobs
Recorded at Townhouse III, Battersea
Mixed by Jon Jacobs & GP at Dreamland, West Hurley

Release Me / Too Many Knots To Untangle / Just Like Joe Meek's Blues / Love Is A Burning Question / Platinum Blonde / Long Stem Rose / Short Memories / Here It Comes Again / Mr. Tender / Just Like Hermann Hesse / Yesterday's Cloud / Oasis / Worthy Of Your Love

Uncredited UK issue bonustrack: Substitute

Universal reissue (UMC 4793361, 7/2016, UK) bonus tracks: Substitute / Class Act (Single B-side) / Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) / Long Stem Rose (BBC Session)

LIVE ALONE! DISCOVERING JAPAN
(Demon FIENDCD 735, 7/1993, UK)
(Gadfly 238, 3/24/1998, USA) Gadfly promo

Produced by GP & Al Dutton
Mixed and edited by Chris Andersen
Recorded by Yuji Kobayashi at Club Quattro, Tokyo

That's What They All Say / Platinum Blonde / Mercury Poisoning / Sweet 16 / No Woman No Cry / Lunatic Fringe / Long Stem Rose / Discovering Japan / Don't Ask Me Questions / Watch The Moon Come Down (Revisited) / Just Like Hermann Hesse / Too Many Knots To Untangle / Chopsticks / Short Memories

LIVE ON THE TEST
(Windsong WHISCD 002, 6/1994, UK)

Produced by Michael Appleton

Heat Treatment / Silly Thing / Fool's Gold / Pourin' It All Out / Gypsy Blood / Don't Ask Me Questions / Hold Back The Night / Not If It Pleases Me / Soul Shoes / Kansas City / Stick To Me / Problem Child / Back Door Love / Thunder & Rain / Turned Up Too Late / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Tear Your Playhouse Down

- This CD was compiled from 2 BBC TV performances: One from 3/17/77, and another from 3/20/78. Unfortunately this CD is completely in mono, when at least they could have taken the stereo tapes from the 1977 show as on the later "BBC Live In Concert" and "Not If It Pleases Me" CDs.

12 HAUNTED EPISODES
(Razor & Tie RT 2817, 3/14/1995, USA)
(Grapevine GRA CD 204, 4/1995, UK)

Produced by GP
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Chris Andersen at Nevessa Production, Saugerties, NY

Partner For Life / Pollinate / Force Of Nature / Disney's America / Haunted Episodes / Next Phase / Honest Work / Cruel Stage / See Yourself / Loverman / Fly / First Day Of Spring

LIVE FROM NEW YORK, NY
(Classic Compact Discs RTHCD 5051, 5/29/1996, USA)
(Nectar Masters NTMCD518, 5/1996, UK)

Produced by GP
Recorded by Chris Andersen
Mixed by Rik Pekkonen
Recorded at The Bottom Line, New York 3 & 4 June 1995

Big Man on Paper / Fool's Gold / Force of Nature (*) / Haunted Episodes (*) / Fly (*/**) / Here It Comes Again / Crawlin' From the Wreckage / Partner for Life / Disney's America / Stick To Me (*) / See Yourself / Over the Border (*) / Love Gets You Twisted / Wake Up Next To You / Get Started, Start a Fire / Protection / In Bloom

(*) Those five tracks are not included in the Classic records vinyl issue
(**) This track is not included on the UK Nectar issue

- Some of the songs on this CD had already been aired in 1995 on two radio broadcasts.

BBC LIVE IN CONCERT
(Windsong WIN CD 083, 5/27/96, UK)

Hold Back The Night (a) / Soul Shoes (a) / Howling Wind (a) / Discovering Japan (b) / Local Girls (b) / Don't Get Excited (b) / Back To Schooldays (b) / Passion Is No Ordinary Word (b) / Mercury Poisoning (b) / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights (c) / Nobody Hurts You (c) / No More Excuses (c) / You Hit The Spot (c) / Endless Night (c) / My Love's Strong (d) / They Murdered The Clown (e) / Chain Of Fools (a)

(a) BBC In Concert, 3/17/77, GP & the Rumour
(b) BBC In Concert, 4/3/79, GP & the Rumour
(c) BBC In Concert, 4/21/82, GP & his 82 touring band
(d) BBC studio solo session, 1/3/90
(e) BBC studio solo session, 1/5/91

- Contrary to what the cover says, the version of "Howling Wind" included is from the 1977 (and not from the 1979) performance.

ACID BUBBLEGUM
(Razor & Tie RT 2826-2, 9/17/1996, USA) Razor & Tie promo
(Essential! ESSCD583, 7/28/1997, UK)

Produced by GP
Recorded, engineered and mixed by John Yates at Dreamland Studios, West Hurley

Turn It Into Hate / Sharpening Axes / Get Over It And Move On / Bubblegum Cancer / Impenetrable / She Never Let Me Down / Obsessed With Aretha / Beancounter / Girl At The End Of The Pier / Baggage / Milk Train / Character Assasination / They Got It Wrong (As Usual)

THE LAST ROCK'N'ROLL TOUR
(Razor & Tie RT 2827-2, 4/15/1997, USA)

Produced by GP
Engineered by Brad Morrison
Recorded at Bogie's, Albany, NY Nov. 20, 1996 by ASL Mobile

Turn It Into Hate / Don't Let It Break You Down / Soul On Ice / Weeping Statues / Fool's Gold / Local Girls / Daddy's A Postman / Impenetrable / Sharpening Axes / Back Door Love / She Never Let Me Down / Obsessed With Aretha / Take Everything / Stupefaction / Soul Shoes / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Get Over It And Move On / Cream / Glass Jaw / Bubblegum Cancer / Don't Get Excited / Around and Around

- On this live album GP is backed by the Figgs. Contrary to what the cover says, it really was recorded Nov. 20, and not Nov. 24.

NOT IF IT PLEASES ME
(Hux Records 003, 3/30/1998, UK)

White Honey (a) / Back Door Love (a) / Don't Ask Me Questions (a) / Soul Shoes (a) / Hotel Chambermaid (b) / Pourin' It All Out (b) / Help Me Shake It (b) / Heat Treatment (b) / Lady Doctor (c) / Silly Thing (c) / Fools Gold (c) / Gypsy Blood (c) / Not If It Pleases Me (c) / New York Shuffle (c) / Kansas City (c)

(a) BBC John Peel session, 6/1/76
(b) BBC John Peel session, 11/2/76
(c) BBC In Concert, 3/17/77

LOOSE MONKEYS
(UpYours Records/Razor & Tie 7930 1 82842-2, 3/15/1999, USA)

There's a Ghost in My House / Burnin' on a Higher Flame / Durban Poison / Tortured Soul / Wherever You Are / Dead to the World / Hormone of Love / Everything Goes (Version 1) / I'm in Love with You / Natalie / I Just Can't Capture Her Imagination (Version 1) / Corporate Rock / Love in the Air / Waiting for the Next World / I Just Can't Capture Her Imagination (Version 2) / She's Been Working / Still Got My Faith / Don't Kid Yourself / The Invisible Woman / Guillotine of Guadeloupe

THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW
(Mercury/Universal 540 603-2, 7/2/2001, UK)

CD 1 - The Acoustic Demos: I Got My Soul / Stargazer / The Raid / You're On The Wanted List / Hit Town / Soul Shoes / That's When You Know / Let It Rain / Sunny Side Down / Hole In The World / Move It Down The Line / It's Alright Children It's Alright / Gypsy Blood / Express Delivery / Not If It Pleases Me

CD 2 - Live at Marble Arch: White Honey / That's What They All Say / Back Door Love / Back To School Days / Silly Thing / Chain Of Fools / Don't Ask Me Questions / You Can't Hurry Love / Soul Shoes / Kansas City

DEEPCUT TO NOWHERE
(Razor & Tie 7930182872-2, 8/21/2001, USA) Razor & Tie promo
(Evangeline GEL 4032, 9/10/2001, UK)

Dark Days / I'll Never Play Jacksonville Again / If It Ever Stops Rainin' / Depend on Me / High Horse / Cheap Chipped Black Nails / Blue Horizon / Tough on Clothes / Socks 'n' Sandals / It Takes a Village Idiot / Syphilis & Religion / Last Stop Is Nowhere

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR PRESENTS GRAHAM PARKER
(King Biscuit Flower Hour Records KB88060, 1/15/2002, USA)

Just Like A Man / Thunder & Rain / Fools' Gold / Fear Not / Sounds Like Chains / Love Gets You Twisted / Passive Resistance / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Glass Jaw / Life Gets Better / You Can't Be Too Strong / Local Girls / Protection / Saturday Night Is Dead / Discovering Japan

- Most of these songs originated from this KBFH radio broadcast from 1983, recorded at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. This also has been released with a different sequencing as an audio-DVD called "From The Front Row... Live!" (Silverline Records, 10/21/2003).

BLUE HIGHWAY
(Alchemy Magic PILOT 149, 2/10/2003, UK)
THE OFFICIAL ART VANDELAY TAPES - LIVE ONE
(Lemon CDLEM76, 8/29/2005, UK)

Don't Let It Break You Down / Thunder & Rain / Local Girls / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Sinkin' Low / Blue Highways / White Honey / Under The Mask Of Happiness / OK Hieronymous / Get Started. Start A Fire

Lemon CDLEM76 bonus tracks: You Hit The Spot / No More Excuses (both bonus tracks originate from a BBC "In Concert" broadcast from 1982, and can also be found on the BBC Live In Concert and The Official Art Vandelay Tapes Volume 2 CDs.)

- This CDs are new issues of the old Swingin' Pig Blue Highway boot CD. Strangely, on the Lemon CD "White Honey" has been placed between "OK Hieronymous" and "Get Started. Start A Fire." Even more strangely is that the corresponding song announcements were not corrected, and that there's a bit of silence to be heard each time a cut had to be made.

PIERSON, PARKER, JANOVITZ: FROM A WINDOW - LOST SONGS OF LENNON & MCCARTNEY
(Gallery Six RPH-10, 3/18/2003, USA)
(Pickwick 755032, 2003, UK)

Kate Pierson: I’m In Love / Bill Janovitz: I’ll Keep You Satisfied / Graham Parker: From A Window / Kate Pierson and Johnny Society: Step Inside Love / Bill Janovitz: It’s For You / Graham Parker: Bad To Me / Johnny Society with guest vocalist Robin Zander: That Means A Lot / Bill Janovitz: Hello Little Girl / Kate Pierson: Love of the Loved / Graham Parker: Tip of My Tongue / Bill Janovitz: Goodbye / Graham Parker: Come and Get It / Bill Janovitz: A World Without Love / Graham Parker: One and One Is Two / Kate Pierson: Nobody I Know / Bill Janovitz: Woman / Johnny Society: I'll Be On My Way

- This CD has been produced by Jim Sampas, the man behind Kerouac: kicks joy darkness.

LIVE CUTS FROM SOMEWHERE
(Punk Hart Productions, 10/9/2003, USA)

No Holding Back / Devil's Sidewalk / High Horse / Discovering Japan / Love gets you Twisted / Jacksonville Intro / I'll Never Play Jacksonville Again / Tough on Clothes / That's What They All Say / Love is a Burning Question / You Hit The Spot / Get Started, Start a Fire / If It Ever Stops Raining / That's When You Know / Hotel Chambermaid / Shake Your Hips / Big Fat Zero / Sheena is a Punk Rocker

- First in a series of special Official Bootleg recordings available only over the internet.

YOUR COUNTRY
(Bloodshot BS106, 3/9/2004, USA) Bloodshot promo
(Evangeline GEL 4073, 3/1/2004, UK)

Anything for a Laugh / The Rest is History / Cruel Lips / Almost Thanksgiving Day / Nation of Shopkeepers / Queen of Compromise / Things I've Never Said / Sugaree / Tornado Alley / Fairground / Crawling from the Wreckage (Revisited)

!LIVE ALONE: THE BASTARD OF BELGIUM
(Punk Hart Productions, 1/10/2005, USA)

Nothing's Gonna Pull It Apart / Between You & Me / Sharpening Axes / Tear Your Playhouse Down / Baggage / Final Page / Gonna Use It Now / Crying for Attention / Love Without Greed / Someone To Watch Over Me / She's Electric / Thunder & Rain / Back in Time / Socks 'n' Sandals / Heat Treatment

- Next in a series of special Official Bootleg recordings available only over the internet. Most of the other performances from this 4/3/1998 Brussels gig were issued as downloads in 2008 as "The Bastard of Belgium's Bastard Brother."

SONGS OF NO CONSEQUENCE
(Bloodshot BS123, 6/7/2005, USA) Bloodshot promo
(Evangeline GEL 4092, 5/30/2005, UK)

Vanity Press / Bad Chardonnay / She Swallows It / Chloroform / Evil / Dislocated Life / Suck 'N' Blow / There's Nothing On the Road / Ambivalent / Go Little Jimmy / Local Boys / Did Everybody Just Get Old?

YER COWBOY BOOT
(UpYours/Punk Hart Productions, 12/14/2005, USA)

Over the Border To America / Anything for a Laugh / Sugaree / Force of Nature / I Don't Know / Success / Cruel Lips / You've Got To Be Kidding / Love Gets You Twisted / Tornado Alley / Almost Thanksgiving Day / Crying for Attention / Three Martini Lunch / Mr. Tender / Fools' Gold / Nation of Shopkeepers / You Can't Be Too Strong / Crawling from the Wreckage (Revisited) / Tell Me

- Another special Official Bootleg recording available only over the internet.

103 DEGREES IN JUNE
(Bloodshot BS138, 11/1/2006, USA)

Don't Get Excited / Soul Shoes / Stick to Me / Vanity Press / Nothing's Gonna Pull It Apart / If It Ever Stops Rainin' / Bad Chardonnay / Dislocated Life / Brand New Book / Local Girls / Pourin' It All Out / Hotel Chambermaid / The Raid / Hold Back The Night / There's Nothing On The Radio / Saturday Night Is Dead

- A signed/numbered limited edition CD of 2000 available only online, and through iTunes and eMusic.

DON'T TELL COLUMBUS
(Bloodshot BS140, 3/13/2007, USA) Bloodshot promo

I Discovered America / England's Latest Clown / Ambiguous / The Other Side of the Reservoir / Suspension Bridge / Love or Delusion / Total Eclipse of the Moon / Stick to the Plan / Somebody Saved Me / Hard Side of the Rain / Bullet of Redemption / All Being Well

PLATINUM BASTARD
(UpYours/Punk Hart Productions, 11/28/2007, USA)

Nothing's Gonna Pull It Apart / Back Door Love / Clear Head / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Empty Lives / Dark Side of the Bright Lights / Canned Laughter / I Don't Know / Dancing For Money / A Brand New Book / Long Stem Rose / Oasis / Short Memories / Yesterday's Cloud / Release Me / Mr. Tender / Platinum Blonde / Worthy of Your Love / Love Is a Burning Question

- Yet another fine Official Bootleg recording available only over the internet.

PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING PRESENTS GRAHAM PARKER
(Primary Wave Music Publishing PW125, 2008, USA)

Don't Let It Break You Down / Life Gets Better / Discovering Japan / You Can't Be Too Strong / Depend On Me / Heat Treatment / My Love's Strong / Get Started. Start A Fire / Don't Ask Me Questions / Local Girls / Last Stop Is Nowhere / Protection / She Wants So Many Things / Soul Shoes / The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again / Next Phase / White Honey / Wake Up (Next To You)

- For this promo CD GP re-recorded some of his songs for his then new publishers.

CARP FISHING ON VALIUM - THE SONGS
(Punk Hart Productions, 3/1/2009, USA)
(Evangeline/Floating World Floatm6086, 11/22/2010, UK)

Coins In My Pocket / Soultime / Chloroform / Custom Fanny / Brain Surgery / Well Well Well / Blue Horizon / Anything For A Laugh / Last Stop Is Nowhere / Hot Ringlets / Carp Fishing On Valium

- The next installment in the series of Official Bootleg recordings initially available only over the internet.

LIVE AT NEWLANDS TAVERN
(UpYours/Punk Hart Productions, 2009, USA)

Chain of Fools / You Silly Thing / Between You and Me / Nothing's Gonna Pull It Apart / The Raid / Don't Ask Me Questions / Rockin' Hawk / Gypsy Blood / Not If It Pleases Me / Express Delivery / Back To Schooldays / Soul Shoes

- This is the earliest known live recording of Graham Parker and the Rumour, taped from the audience sometime in 1975 at Newlands Tavern in London. Originally offered as a free bonus CD with Platinum Bastard, it's was then being made available again for sale.

BURNING TROUSERS
(UpYours/Punk Hart Productions, 7/20/2009, USA)

Three Martini Lunch / Anniversary / Here It Comes Again / Love Is a Burning Question

- This Official Bootleg EP is a companion to Platinum Bastard featuring tracks that didn't fit on that, and also features the Small Clubs from the same series of 1992 shows.

LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 1979
(Renaissance Records RMED714, 12/8/2009, USA)

Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Thunder and Rain / Don't Get Excited / Back to Schooldays / Passion is No Ordinary Word / Mercury Poisoning / Heat Treatment / Stick to Me / You Can't Be Too Strong / Love Gets You Twisted / Clear Head / Don't Ask Me Questions / Saturday Nite is Dead / Nobody Hurts You / Protection / Soul Shoes / I Want You Back / Pouring It All Out / New York Shuffle

IMAGINARY TELEVISION
(Bloodshot BS172, 3/16/2010, USA) Bloodshot promo

Weather Report / Broken Skin / It's My Party (But I Won't Cry) / Bring Me A Heart Again / Snowgun / Always Greener / See Things My Way / You're Not Where You Think You Are / Head on Straight / More Questions Than Answers / 1st Responder

IMAGINARY TELEVISION
(Bloodshot LP-issue BS172V, 3/16/2010, USA)

Side 1: 1st Responder / Broken Skin / It's My Party (But I Won't Cry) / Bring Me A Heart Again / Snowgun

Side 2: Always Greener / See Things My Way / You're Not Where You Think You Are / Head on Straight / More Questions Than Answers / Weather Report

THE BOOTLEG BOX
(Floating World Records GP1005, 11/25/2010, UK)

LIVE CUTS FROM SOMEWHERE
THE BASTARD OF BELGIUM'S BASTARD BROTHER
YER COWBOY BOOT
PLATINUM BASTARD
BURNING TROUSERS
LIVE AT NEWLANDS TAVERN

- This is a collection of official boots initially only available only over the internet. "The Bastard Of Belgium's Bastard Brother" had just been available as a download before.

80’S REVERB RULES OK!
(UpYours/Punk Hart Productions, 2/23/2011, USA)
(Floating World FLOATM6106, 8/16/2011, UK)

Thunder and Rain / Dead To The World / No Holding Back / Fool’s Gold / Durban Poison / Howlin’ Wind / Sinking Low / I Wouldn’t Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) / Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City / You Hit The Spot / Burning On A Higher Flame / The Weekend’s Too Short / Nobody Hurts You / You Can’t Be Too Strong

- The latest Official Bootleg, and taken from this Danish radio broadcast from the Limfjords Festival. Anyone out there who knows which radio station this broadcast is from? It wasn't radio Limfjord. I'd love to once hear a longer version from the original master.

OFFICIAL BOOTLEG - THE BOOTLEG BOX, VOLUME 2
(Floating World Records GP1006, 7/18/2011, UK)

LIVE AT THE RAINBOW: Mono soundboard recording from 1977 with The Rumour
SHIT HOT: 1978 stereo radio broadcast from the Pink Pop Festival
LIVE CLOWNS: A soundboard recording from Sellersville in 2007 with The Latest Clowns
MORE LIVE CLOWNS: The rest of the Sellersville show that wouldn't fit on the single disc
MORE LIVE CUTS: Leftover tracks from the "Live Cuts From Somewhere" boot
!LIVE ALONE: THE BASTARD OF BELGIUM

LIVE ALONE AT THE FREIGHT AND SALVAGE!
(Quake QR005, 4/12/2012, USA)

If It Ever Stops Rainin' / Life Gets Better / Socks and Sandals / Dark Side of the Bright Lights / Endless Night / Almost Thanksgiving Day / Under the Mask of Happiness / Problem Child / Back Door Love / Too Much Time / Tough On Clothes / Brand New Book / Passion Is No Ordinary Word

- Recorded live at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California, November 6, 2011. This is another entry in the “Official Bootleg” series.

LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
(Made in Germany MIG 90492 2CD, 7/27/2012, Germany)

CD 1: Stupefaction / No Holding Back / Jolie Jolie / Love Without Greed / Discovering Japan / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Howlin' Wind / Thunder And Rain / Maneuvers / Don't Get Exited / The Beating Of Another Heart / Empty Lives / Devil's Sidewalk / Endless Night / Protection / Nobody Hurts You / Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions / Tripe Face Boogie / Soul Shoes

CD 2: Heat Treatment / White Honey / Soul On Ice / Back To Schooldays / Fool's Gold / Heat In Harlem / Watch The Moon Come Down / Thunder And Rain / Stick To Me / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Don't Ask Me Questions / Not If It Pleases Me / The New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes / Hold Back The Night

- Two performances with the Rumour recorded 10/23/1978, WDR Studio L, Cologne, Germany (CD 2) and 10/18/1980, Grugahalle, Essen, Germany (CD 1).

THREE CHORDS GOOD
(Primary Wave, 11/19/2012, USA)

Snake Oil Capital Of The World / Long Emotional Ride / Stop Cryin’ About The Rain / She Rocks Me / Three Chords Good / Old Soul / A Lie Gets Halfway ‘Round The World / That Moon Was Low / Live In Shadows / Arlington’s Busy / Coathangers / Last Bookstore In Town

THREE CHORDS GOOD
(Ceol/Proper, 3/18/2013, UK)

Snake Oil Capital Of The World / Long Emotional Ride / Stop Cryin’ About The Rain / She Rocks Me / Three Chords Good / Old Soul / A Lie Gets Halfway ‘Round The World / That Moon Was Low / Live In Shadows / Sirens In The Night (Coming Soon To A Future Near You ) / Arlington’s Busy / Coathangers / Last Bookstore In Town

OFFICIAL BOOTLEG BOX
(Quake Records, 3/1/2014, USA)

CD 1 - LIVE IN AMSTERDAM: I’m Gonna Use It Now / Silly Thing / Howlin’ Wind / Soul Shoes / Don‘t Ask Me Questions
Recorded live at Boddy’s Music Inn, Amsterdam, Holland, May 24, 1976
Intro (Let Me Get Sweet On You) / White Honey / That’s What They All Say / Fool‘s Gold / Pourin’ It All Out
Recorded live at Studio Bellevue, Amsterdam, Holland, February 7, 1977

CD 2 - LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO: White Honey / That’s What They All Say / Fool’s Gold / Turned Up Too Late / Just Something You’re Going Through / Pourin’ It All Out / Back To Schooldays / Hotel Chambermaid / Heat Treatment / Don’t Ask Me Questions / Not If It Pleases Me / Help Me Shake It / Soul Shoes
Recorded live at the Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, California, November 7, 1976. Broadcast live by KSAN-FM

CD 3 - LIVE IN BREMEN: White Honey / Soul On Ice / Back To Schooldays / The Heat In Harlem / Fool's Gold / Watch The Moon Come Down / Thunder And Rain / Stick To Me / Tear Your Playhouse Down / Don't Ask Me Questions / Not If It Pleases Me / New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes / Hold Back The Night
Recorded live at Buergerzentrum Vahr, Bremen, Germany 1/24/1978, first aired 3/29/1978

CD 4 - LIVE IN NEW YORK: Discovering Japan / Back To Schooldays / Don’t Get Excited / Local Girls / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Protection / Mercury Poisoning / Howlin’ Wind / Heat Treatment / Stick To Me / You Can’t Be Too Strong / Watch The Moon Come Down / Tear Your Playhouse Down / Don’t Ask Me Questions / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Nobody Hurts You / Soul Shoes / I Want You Back (Alive) / Pourin’ It All Out
Broadcast Live from the Palladium in New York City, WNEW-FM May 11, 1979

CDs 5 & 6 - LIVE IN ST. PAUL: Fool’s Gold / Hotel Chambermaid / Snake Oil Capital Of The World / Coathangers / Jacksonville / Thunder And Rain / Get Started, Start A Fire / Old Soul / Long Emotional Ride / Howlin’ Wind / Live In Shadows / A Lie Gets Halfway Around The World // Watch The Moon Come Down / Discovering Japan / Nobody Hurts You / Protection / Stupefaction / Local Girls / That Moon Was Low / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Don’t Ask Me Questions / Soul Shoes / New York Shuffle / I Want You Back (Alive)
Recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota, December 19, 2012. Final show of the 2012 reunion tour

OFFICIAL BOOTLEG BOX SAMPLER
(Quake Records, 2/2014, USA)

I'm Gonna Use It Now - Boddy's Music Inn, Amsterdam, Holland 5/24/76 / Pourin' It All Out - Studio Bellevue, Amsterdam, Holland 2/7/77 / Fool's Gold / Help Me Shake It - Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, CA 11/7/76 / Don't Ask Me Questions / Thunder And Rain - Radio Bremen, Germany 1/24/78 / Howlin' Wind / Saturday Nite Is Dead - The Palladium, New York 5/11/79 / Long Emotional Ride / Stupefaction / Get Started, Start A Fire / Soul Shoes - Fitzgerald Theatre, St. Paul, MN 12/19/12

PINK POP FESTIVAL 1978
(Punk Hart Productions, 2/13/2015, USA)

Back Door Love / Soul On Ice / Hotel Chambermaid / Back to Schooldays / Love Gets You Twisted / Thunder and Rain / Fool's Gold / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Watch the Moon Come Down / Tear Your Playhouse Down / Don't Ask Me Questions / Heat Treatment / New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes

- This Official Bootleg recording was originally released as part of the Bootleg Box Volume 2, but is now available in a new sonically improved version.

MYSTERY GLUE
(Cadet Concept/Universal CRCD 2015, 5/18/2015, UK)

Transit Of Venus / Going There / Wall Of Grace / Swing State / Slow News Day / Railroad Spikes / Flying Into London / Pub Crawl / I’ve Done Bad Things / Fast Crowd / Long Shot / My Life In Movieland

CLOUD SYMBOLS
(100% 100CD84, 9/28/2018, UK) 100% promo

Girl In Need / Ancient Past / Brushes / Dreamin' / Is The Sun Out Anywhere / Every Saturday Nite / Maida Hill / Bathtub Gin / Nothin' From You / What Happens When Her Beauty Fades? / Love Comes

SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS - SOLO ACOUSTIC 40TH ANNIVERSARY
(Quake QR011, 4/12/2019, USA)
(100% 100CD91, 4/19/2019, UK)

Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Waiting For The UFO's / Don't Get Excited / Mercury Poisoning

LIVE AT TRENT POLY SPORTS HALL - NOTTINGHAM 1977
(The Store For Music SJPCD605, 11/15/2019, UK)

Lady Doctor / Heat Treatment / Sweet On You / Silly Thing / Fools Gold / Howlin' Wind / Pouring It All Out / Gypsy Blood / Back To School Days / Don't Ask Me Questions / Not If It Pleases Me / The New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes / Hold Back The Night / Kansas City

- This CD leaves off "White Honey" and "Hotel Chambermaid" from the original recording done by John Moon at Trent Poly, Nottingham, on Friday 25th March 1977. The recording of "White Honey" is said to be having some technical problems.

FIVE OLD SOULS
(100% 100CD111, 3/2021, UK)

Old Soul / Things I've Never Said / Back Door Love / Hotel Chambermaid / White Honey / Ancient Past / Bathtub Gin / Lady Doctor / Dreamin' / Every Saturday Nite / You Left The Water Running / Not If It Pleases Me / Hold Back The Night / Rockin' Hawk / Heat Treatment / Soul Shoes

- Recorded Wednesday October 10th, 2018, at the Engine Rooms in Southampton, on the last gig of the 2018 tour, it features Cloud Symbols backing band The Goldtops alongside the long-awaited return of the Rumour Brass.

LAST CHANCE TO LEARN THE TWIST
(Big Stir BSR-0099, 9/8/2023, USA & UK)

The Music Of The Devil / Grand Scheme Of Things / Sun Valley / It Mattered To Me / Wicked Wit / Pablo's Hippos / Cannabis / Shorthand / We Did Nothing / Lost Track Of Time / Last Stretch Of The Road / Them Bugs / Since You Left Me Baby

Compilations

HIGH TIMES
(Vertigo 6360 172, 10/8/1979, Australia / New Zealand) Polygram promo
(Vertigo RJ 7633, Japan)
(Mercury SRM-1-3847, 1980, Canada)

Side 1: Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio version from "The Parkerilla") / Hold Back The Night / Gypsy Blood / Local Girls / Pouring It All Out / Between You & Me

Side 2: Stick To Me / Discovering Japan / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Howlin' Wind / Nobody Hurts You / Kansas City (from "Live At Marble Arch") / Heat Treatment

- The Japanese issue also included a lyric sheet, the New Zealand edition a bio insert.

THE BEST OF GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR
(Vertigo 9102 042, 5/1980, UK)
HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA ROCK series #59
(Vertigo 6842 265, Spain)

Side 1: Soul Shoes (from "The Parkerilla") / Heat Treatment / Howlin' Wind / Hold Back The Night / Back To Schooldays (from "The Parkerilla") / You Can't Be Too Strong / Kansas City (from "Live At Marble Arch")

Side 2: Stick To Me / New York Shuffle (from "The Parkerilla") / Local Girls / White Honey (from "Live At Marble Arch") / Hotel Chambermaid / Between You & Me / Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (from "The Parkerilla")

- The cover of the "Historia De La Musica Rock" vinyl album doesn't list "Hold Back The Night" and "Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions," but includes those 2 songs anyway. The cassette version of this compilation really doesn't include the 2 songs.

IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF YOU AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
(Vertigo PRICE 62 / 818 671-1, 5/1984, UK)

Side 1: White Honey / Soul Shoes / Stick To Me / Fool's Gold / Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio version from "The Parkerilla") / I Want You Back

Side 2: Protection / Hold Back The Night / New York Shuffle / Between You And Me / Silly Thing / You Can't Be Too Strong / Mercury Poisoning

LOOK BACK IN ANGER: CLASSIC PERFORMANCES
(Arista ALB6 - 8391, 1985, USA)

Side 1: Soul Shoes / Heat Treatment / Hold Back the Night / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Passion Is No Ordinary Word

Side 2: I Want You Back (Alive) / Endless Night / No Holding Back / Temporary Beauty / You Hit the Spot (extended 12" version) / Just Like a Man

- Mercury and Arista period stuff.

POURIN' IT ALL OUT: THE MERCURY YEARS
(Mercury 826 097, 1985, USA)

Side 1: Howlin' Wind / White Honey / Don't Ask Me Questions / Heat Treatment / Pourin' It All Out / Fool's Gold

Side 2: Hold Back The Night (from the Pink Parker EP) / (Let Me Get) Sweet On You (from the Pink Parker EP) / Stick To Me / Thunder & Rain / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / The Heat In Harlem

PUMPIN' IT OUT
(Phonogram CD 846747-2, 1990, Australia)

Don't Ask Me Questions / White Honey / Silly Thing / Soul Shoes / Howlin' Wind / Heat Treatment / Pourin' It All Out / Back Door Love / Something You're Going Through / Fools Gold / Stick To Me / Problem Child / The New York Shuffle / The Heat In Harlem / Protection / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Saturday Night Is Dead

THE BEST OF GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR
(Vertigo CD 512 149-2, 1992, UK)

Silly Thing / I'm Gonna Use It Now ("Silly Thing" B-side) / Between You & Me / Back To Schooldays / White Honey (from "Live At Marble Arch") / You Can't Hurry Love (from "Live At Marble Arch") / Pourin' It All Out / That's What They All Say / Hotel Chambermaid / Fool's Gold / Watch The Moon Come Down / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Thunder & Rain / Hold Back The Night / New York Shuffle (from "The Parkerilla") / Soul Shoes (from "The Parkerilla") / Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio version from "The Parkerilla") / I Want You Back / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / You Can't Be Too Strong / Mercury Poisoning

THE BEST OF GRAHAM PARKER 1988 - 1991
(RCA CD 66097-2, 9/1992, USA)

(Get Started) Start A Fire / Ordinary Girl (B-side of "Get Started, Start A Fire") / Ten Girls Ago / 3 Martini Lunch / Little Miss Understanding / Success / Don't Let It Break You Down / Soul Corruption / Sun Is Gonna Shine Again / That Thing Is Rockin' (B-side of "Everything Goes" promo) / I'm Just Your Man / And It Shook Me / Durban Poison / Call Me Your Doctor / Hotel Chambermaid / Brand New Book / Wrapping Paper / You Got The World (Right Where You Want It)

PASSION IS NO ORDINARY WORD: THE GRAHAM PARKER ANTHOLOGY 1976 - 1991
(Rhino double CD R2 71425, 9/21/1993, USA)

CD 1: White Honey / Back To Schooldays / Howlin' Wind / Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions / Soul Shoes (from "Live At Marble Arch") / Heat Treatment / Pourin' It All Out / Fools' Gold / Hold Back The Night / Stick To Me / Thunder & Rain / Watch The Moon Come Down / Mercury Poisoning / I Want You Back (Alive) / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Stupefaction / Empty Lives

CD 2: No Holding Back / Another Grey Area / Temporary Beauty / Life Gets Better (UK-single version) / Anniversary / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Break Them Down / Wake Up (Next To You) (NOT the single edit, as the cover says, but the album version) / Don't Let It Break You Down / Back In Time / Get Started, Start A Fire / Soul Corruption / Little Miss Understanding / My Love's Strong / Big Man On Paper / They Murdered The Clown / Kid With The Butterfly Net / Strong Winds / Museum Of Stupidity (from bonus EP of the UK LP-version of "Struck By Lightning")

NO HOLDING BACK
(Demon 3 CD Digipak Book, 9/1996, UK)

CD 1: No Holding Back / Stupefaction / Empty Lives / Manoeuvres / Love without Greed / Don't Let It Break You Down / Under The Mask Of Happiness / I'm Just Your Man / OK Hieronymus / Get Started, Start A Fire / Cupid / Little Miss Understanding / My Love's Strong / Dancing For Money / Big Man On Paper / Everything Goes

CD 2: Daddy's A Postman / You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) / She Wants So Many Things / Strong Winds / The Kid With The Butterfly Net / Wrapping Paper / A Brand New Book / Weeping Statues / When I Was King / The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again / Release Me / Just Like Joe Meek's Blues / Love Is A Burning Question / Long Stem Rose / Here It Comes Again / Yesterday's Cloud / Substitute

CD 3: White Honey / Black Honey / Protection / Gypsy Blood / Durban Poison / The 3 Martini Lunch / Hotel Chambermaid / That's What They All Say / Platinum Blonde / Mercury Poisoning / No Woman No Cry / Discovering Japan / Watch The Moon Come Down (Revisited) / Chopsticks / Short Memories / Christmas Is For Mugs / New Year's Revolution / Soul Christmas

VERTIGO
(Vertigo double CD 534 100-2, 10/14/1996, UK)

CD 1: Between You & Me / I'm Gonna Use It Now ("Silly Thing" B-side) / You've Got To Be Kidding / Back To Schooldays / White Honey / That's What They All Say / Back Door Love / Back to Schooldays / Silly Thing / Chain of Fools / Don't Ask Me Questions / You Can't Hurry Love / Soul Shoes / Kansas City (complete "Live At Marble Arch" album) / Heat Treatment / Hotel Chambermaid / Black Honey / Fool's Gold / Hold Back The Night (from the Pink Parker EP) / (Let Me Get) Sweet On You (from the Pink Parker EP)

CD 2: The New York Shuffle / Watch The Moon Come Down / The Raid / Lady Doctor / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / The Heat In Harlem / Gypsy Blood / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Waiting For The UFOs / Don't Get Excited / Mercury Poisoning / I Want You Back (Alive)

TEMPORARY BEAUTY
(Camden CD 74321 487282, 6/30/1997, UK)

Temporary Beauty / Another Grey Area / No More Excuses / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / Can't Waste A Minute / Big Fat Zero / You Hit The Spot / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Crying For Attention / Thankless Task / Fear Not / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Glass Jaw / Passive Resistance / Sounds Like Chains / Just Like A Man / Life Gets Better / Last Couple On The Dance Floor / A Miracle A Minute / Habit Worth Forming (single B-side / tape bonus track) / The Smart Bomb

- This compilation includes the full "Another Grey Area" album, "The Real Macaw" minus two songs ("Beyond A Joke" and "Anniversary"), and the great, rare "Habit Worth Forming."

HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
(Rebound Records CD 520508, 4/1998, USA)

Hold Back The Night / White Honey / Howlin' Wind / Don't Ask Me Questions / Heat Treatment / Thunder And Rain / New York Shuffle / Soul On Ice / Heat In Harlem (from "The Parkerilla") / Watch The Moon Come Down (from "The Parkerilla") / Fool's Gold

STIFFS AND DEMONS
(Music Club MCCD 390, 5/1999, UK)

Get Started. Start A Fire / Empty Lives / Back In Time / Little Miss Understanding / Soultime / The Beating Of Another Heart / A Brand New Book / Love Without Greed / You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) / Yesterday's Cloud / Ten Girls Ago / White Honey (from "Live! Alone In America") / Protection (from "Live! Alone In America") / Hotel Chambermaid (from "Live! Alone In America") / Don't Ask Me Questions (from "Live Alone! Discovering Japan") / Women In Charge / That Thing Is Rockin' / Museum Piece

- The mix of "Women In Charge" used isn't the one from the original 7"-singles, but the same mix as on the Razor & Tie "Up Escalator" reissue. And this is the first time "Museum Piece" is available on a CD.

THE ARISTA HERITAGE SERIES: MASTER HITS
(Arista CD 07822-14601-2, 7/27/1999, USA)

Discovering Japan / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Mercury Poisoning / Stupefaction / Endless Night / Temporary Beauty / Big Fat Zero / Another Grey Area / Saturday Nite is Dead / Life Gets Better

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
(Hip-O CD 3145248332, 3/20/2001, USA)

White Honey / Back To Schooldays / Soul Shoes / Don’t Ask Me Questions / Heat Treatment / Fool’s Gold / Hold Back The Night / Stick To Me / Thunder And Rain / Mercury Poisoning / I Want You Back / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / You Can’t Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Stupefaction / Temporary Beauty / Wake Up (Next To You) / Get Started. Start A Fire / Disney’s America

YOU CAN'T BE TOO STRONG: AN INTRODUCTION TO GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR
(Universal CD 5863572, 9/17/2001, UK)

White Honey / Soul Shoes / Lady Doctor / Heat Treatment / Hotel Chambermaid / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / The New York Shuffle / The Heat In Harlem / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / You Can't Be Too Strong / Fools' Gold / Silly Thing / Local Girls / Don't Ask Me Questions (live) / Black Honey

EXTENDED VERSIONS
(BMG, 10/22/2002, USA)

Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Waiting For The UFOs / Don't Get Excited

- This is a quite senseless reshuffling of ten "Live Sparks" tracks.

THE OFFICIAL ART VANDELAY TAPES
(Lemon/Cherry Red CD LEM 2, 8/25/2003, UK)

Everything Goes (lengthened Version) / That Thing Is Rockin' / Substitute / Class Act / Women In Charge / Museum Piece / Ordinary Girl / Too Much Time To Think / Museum Of Stupidity / Ghost In My House / Wherever You Are / Behind The Wall Of Sleep / I'm Into Something Good / You Hit The Spot (extended version) / Break Them Down (Checked Shirts, Radios, Barbed Wire) / Habit Worth Forming / Bricks and Mortar / The Bleep

THE OFFICIAL ART VANDELAY TAPES VOLUME 2
(Lemon/Cherry Red CDLEM64, 2005, UK)

When The Lights Go Down / You Hit The Spot (live) / Sinkin Low (live) / Durban Poison (live) / I Want You Back (Alive) / (Too Late) The Smart Bomb (12" remix) / Just Like A Man (7" edit) / No More Excuses (live) / Howlin’ Wind (live alternate) / Hey Lord Don't Ask No Questions (acoustic version) / White Honey (live) / Passion Is No Ordinary Word (live) / Get Started. Start A Fire (live)

THE VERTIGO SINGLES COLLECTION
(Lemon/Cherry Red CDLEM104, 4/11/2008, UK)

Silly Thing / I’m Gonna Use It Now / Soul Shoes / White Honey / Hotel Chambermaid / Don’t Ask Me Questions (Live) / Pourin It All Out / Help Me Shake It / Hold Back The Night / (Let Me Get) Sweet On You / White Honey (Live) / Soul Shoes (Live) / New York Shuffle / The Bleep / Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions (Re-Mix) / Watch The Moon Come Down (Live) / Protection / I Want You Back (Alive) / Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Mercury Poisoning

- A great concept, but unfortunately "The Bleep" is the same dubbed-from-disc master that already was included on "The Official Art Vandelay Tapes" in 2003.

DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS - THE VERY BEST OF
(Spectrum/Universal double CD 600753507308, 7/14/2014, UK)

CD 1: (Hey Lord) Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio version from "The Parkerilla") / Hold Back The Night / Hotel Chambermaid / Heat Treatment / The New York Shuffle / Soul Shoes / White Honey / Howling Wind / Stick To Me / Watch The Moon Come Down / You've Got To Be Kidding / Between You And Me / Turned Up Too Late / Pourin It All Out / Black Honey / Silly Thing / Fools' Gold / Back To Schooldays

CD 2: Discovering Japan / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Love Gets You Twisted / Protection / Local Girls / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Thunder And Rain / You Can't Be Too Strong / Nobody Hurts You / Something You're Goin' Thru' / The Heat In Harlem / Don't Get Excited / Soul On Ice / I'm Gonna Use It Now / I Want You Back / Mercury Poisoning / Saturday Nite Is Dead

DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS - THE BEST OF
(Spectrum/Universal CD 600753507360, 7/14/2014, UK)

(Hey Lord) Don't Ask Me Questions (alternate studio version from "The Parkerilla") / Hotel Chambermaid / The New York Shuffle / Hold Back The Night / Local Girls / Soul Shoes / Stick To Me / Mercury Poisoning / Black Honey / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Watch The Moon Come Down / Discovering Japan / Silly Thing / Pouring It All Out / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Heat Treatment / White Honey / You Can't Be Too Strong

THESE DREAMS WILL NEVER SLEEP - THE BEST OF GRAHAM PARKER 1976/2015
(UMC/Universal 5371303, 6 CDs & 1 DVD, 7/29/2016, UK)

CD 1 (1976/1978): I Got My Soul / That's When You Know / Sunny Side Down / The Raid / Between You and Me / Don't Ask Me Questions / Howlin' Wind / Nothin's Gonna Pull Us Apart / Soul shoes (Single Version) / Pourin' It All Out / Black Honey / Turned Up Too Late / Stick To Me / Watch The Moon Come Down / Thunder and Rain / The Heat In Harlem

CD 2 (1978/1991): Lady Doctor / Gypsy Blood / Fool's Gold / Nobody Hurts You / You Can't Be Too Strong / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Love Gets You Twisted / Empty Lives / You Hit The Spot / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Wake Up (Next To You) / Back In Time / Under The Mask (Of Happiness) / Big Man On Paper / The Kid With The Butterfly Net / Weeping Statues

CD 3 (1992/2015): Just Like Joe Meek's Blues / Disney's America / Honest Work / Sharpening Axes / Blue Horizon / Cheap Chipped Black Nails / Cruel Lips / Nation Of Shopkeepers / Bad Chardonnay / England's Latest Clown / 1st Responder / Long Emotional Ride / Live In Shadows / What Do You Like? / Flying Into London / Going There

CD 4 (Live BBC Recordings): Discovering Japan / Local Girls / Thunder and Rain / Don't Get Excited / Back To Schooldays / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Mercury Poisoning / Heat Treatment / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Love Gets You Twisted / Crawling From The Wreckage / Saturday Nite Is Dead / Nobody Hurts You / Protection (Hammersmith Odeon, London 1979)
White Honey / Hotel Chambermaid / Pourin' It All Out / Don't Ask Me Questions (BBC Sight And Sound, 1977)

CD 5 (Live at The Forum, London, 10/17/2015, pt. 1): Howlin' Wind / Stop Cryin' About The Rain / Thunder and Rain / Long Emotional Ride / Get Started. Start A Fire / Pub Crawl / Wall Of Grace / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Watch The Moon Come Down / Railroad Spikes

CD 6 (Live at The Forum, London, 10/17/2015, pt. 2): Hotel Chambermaid / Protection / Pourin' It All Out / Back To Schooldays / Local Girls / White Honey / Fool's Gold / Heat Treatment / You can't Be Too Strong / Don't Ask Me Questions / Hold Back The Night / Soul Shoes

DVD: White Honey / Stop Cryin' About The Rain / Thunder and Rain / Howlin' Wind / Long Emotional Ride / Get Started. Start A Fire / Pub Crawl / Wall Of Grace / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Watch The Moon Come Down / Railroad Spikes / Hotel Chambermaid / Protection / Pourin' It All Out / Back To Schooldays / Local Girls / You Can't Be Too Strong / Don't Ask Me Questions / Hold Back The Night / Soul Shoes (Live at The Brook Theatre, Southampton, 10/12/2015)
Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (Top of the Pops 4/20/1978)
New York Shuffle (Top of the Pops 12/8/1977)
Hold Back The Night (Top of the Pops 3/24/1977)
Stick To Me / Problem Child / Back Door Love / Thunder and Rain / Turned Up Too Late / Fool's Gold / Saturday Nite Is Dead / I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / Don't Ask Me Questions / Soul Shoes (Old Grey Whistle Test 3/21/1978)

Thanks for their contributions to:

Kirk Anderson, Matthew Berlyant, Alan Cockerill, John Howells, Colm K. Mulcahy, Jeff Penczak, Robert Ross, Jeff Smith, Will Smith, Robert Whyte, William Wittman

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