PUB ROCKIN' boot LP, TAKRL 920
- You all know this one. The promo got counterfied some times and was issued officially for the first time in 1996 on the "Vertigo" compilation double CD.
ENERGETIC boot CD, Kiss No. 3
(*) Not on "The Best Kept Girl In The West" boot LP
- Both boots came from a radio broadcast.
LIVE SPARKS boot LP, Shark Records SR03
DON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS boot LP, no label listed, Nr. 79-053
- This album was compiled from two 1979 radio shows from San Francisco and Chicago. First official release 10/1/1996 by Arista in the USA on one CD together with "Squeezing Out Sparks."
- This boot is from a radio broadcast as well.
- This boot CD has been dubbed from the Westwood One "In Concert" vinyl disc, as one can unfortunately hear.
- Taken from a WXRT radio broadcast. In 2003 this boot was officially issued on the Alchemy Magic Blue Highway CD.
Crawling From The Wreckage (with D. Edmunds)
Keep A Knockin' (with the All-Stars)
- Taken from a King Biscuit Flower Hour radio broadcast.
Don't Ask Me Questions (1978 single version, also on "The Parkerilla")
Museum of Stupidity (UK bonus 12"-EP for the vinyl version of "Struck By Lightning")
Christmas Is For Mugs / New Year's Revolution / Soul Christmas
(band versions from the Christmas Cracker EP)
Substitute (single B-side & hidden UK bonus track on "Burning Questions")
That Thing is Rockin' / Ordinary Girl (RCA single B-sides)
Women In Charge (not the single version, but the R&T remix for the "Up Escalator" reissue)
Habit Worth Forming (single B-side, falsely called Falling At Last)
Just Like A Man / Life Gets Better / You Can't Take Love For Granted
(Westwood One "In Concert" broadcast from Park West, Chicago 9/1983)
Love Without Greed / I'm Your Puppet / Stick To Me
(Philadelphia 1996 solo, probably The Tin Angel 3/21/96)
I'm So Glad / This Town / Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me (from the Rumour's "Max" LP)
- This strange compilation mainly features stuff quite easily available elsewhere, be it on regular compilations or even on another boot CD. The only stuff unique to this quite badly edited CD are the Fridays TV performance and the Philadelphia 1996 show. This must have been the first GP boot that drew its cover photographs from the internet.
- Again a few strange edits. The GP solo show was recorded 3/21/1996 in Philadelphia.
- This are collected studio rarities mostly. "That's The Way The Ball Rolls" is the Rumour version from the UK issue of "Purity of Essence," and "Soul On Ice" is from the 1979 San Francisco radio broadcast.
Rockpile: Big Blon Baby / Knife & Folk / Teacher, Teacher
GP: Museum Piece (UK bonus 12"-EP for the vinyl version of "Struck By Lightning") /
You Hit The Spot (12" version) /
Too Much Time To Think (bonus track on original "Steady Nerves" CD) /
Museum Piece / Temporay Beauty / I'm Into Something Good (all Unplugged Philadelphia 96)
Nick Lowe: 12-Step Program / In The Game / There's A Cloud In My Heart / Crying In My Sleep / Do With Me What You Want To Do / Baby It's You
Kursaal Flyers: Yellow Sox / Pocket Money / The Sky's Fallin' In On Our Love / Little Does She Know
Winkies: Trust In Dick / Twilight Masquerade
- I guess the three Unplugged Philadelphia 96 tracks should come from the same 3/21/1996 show as the Unreleased, Unplugged & Underrated boot above.
01. Everything Goes - CD Single Version
02. That Thing Is Rockin' - B-Side
03. Substitute - B-Side
04. Class Act - B-Side
05. Women In Charge - B-Side of Stupefaction
06. Museum Piece - Only On The UK Vinyl Version Of Struck By Lightning
07. Paralyzed - On The Otis Blackweel Tribute CD
08. Madness Of Love - On The The Richard Thompson Tribute CD
09. Childhood Sweetheart - From The Bunzy's Last Call Sdtrk
10. Let Me Get Sweet On You - From The Pink Parker EP
11. I'm Gonna Do It Now - B-Side Of Silly Thing
12. Christmas Is For Mugs - On The Christmas Cracker CD-EP
13. Ordinary Girl - Bonus Track On Mona Lisa's Sister CD
14. Too Much Time To Think - Bonus Track
15. Museum Of Stupidity - Only On The UK Vinyl Version Of Struck By Lightning
16. Ghost In My House - From Unreleased 1986 LP
17. Wherever You Are - From Unreleased 1986 LP
18. Everyday I Have To Cry - From The Arthur Alexander Tribute CD
19. When The Lights Go Down - From The Rick Springfield Sdtrk CD
20. Behind The Wall Of Sleep - MTV Unplugged With The Smithereens
21. Don't Ask Me Questions - 12" Version
22. Mercury Poisoning - Last Cut For Mercury Promo 12" Only
CD 2:
01. I'm Into Something Good - Only On The UK Vinyl Version Of
Struck By Lightning
02. You Hit The Spot - 12" Version
03. Break Them Down - 12" Version
04. Habit Worth Forming - 12" Cut & Mystery Track On
Some Cassette Versions Of Another Grey Area
05. Bricks & Mortar - Limited Ed Extra Track On Bring' Em
Down Single
06. The Bleep - Stupidly Rare B-Side Of New York Shuffle Single
07. No More Excuses - Different Version B-Side Of UK Temporary
Beauty Single
08. Back To School Days - Alternate Version Only On The Stiff Boxset
09. New Years Revolution - On The Christmas Cracker CD-EP
10. Soul Christmas - On The Christmas Cracker CD-EP
11. Get It While You Can - As An Honorary Frog On Box Of Frogs
II CD
12. Hold Back The Night - From The Pink Parker EP
13. Stupefaction - Live On Fridays TV Show 1980
14. Empty Lives - Live On Fridays TV Show 1980
15. Jolie, Jolie - Live MTV Concert 1983
16. Fear Not - - Live MTV Concert 1983
17. Cant Take Love For Granted - Live On Letterman 1984
18. You Can't be Too Strong - Live On Arsenio Hall 1995
19. Crawling From The Wreckage - Live On US Tour 1996
20. Just Like A Man - Live On Soundstage Chicago 1983
21. Life Gets Better - Live On Soundstage Chicago 1983
Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Can't Waste a Minute / No More Excuses / Heat Treatment / Dark Side of the Bright Lights / You Hit the Spot / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You
Just Like A Man / Thunder & Rain / Fool's Gold / White Honey / Sounds Like Chains / Anniversary / Passive Resistance / You Can't Take Love for Granted / Glass Jaw / Life Gets Better / You Can’t be too Strong / Soul on Ice / Local Girls / Protection / Saturday Night Is Dead / Discovering Japan
- The first 12 tracks were taken from this broadcast from the Grant Park, Chicago, 7/4/1988.
Bonus rarities: Everyday I Have To Cry / Behind The Wall Of Sleep (w/ The Smithereens) / See Willy Fly By (w/ The Waco Brothers) / Get It While You Can (w/ Box Of Frogs) / Museum Piece / I'm Into Something Good / The Bleep / Bricks and Mortar / Too Much Time To Think / Substitute / Class Act
- The cover claims the first seven live songs were taken from a 4/23/76 FM broadcast, but I highly doubt the date. I guess it must have been from a late 1976 show.
- This boot is the first 17 tracks of the radio broadcast from the Rainbow Theater, Denver, CO, USA, 4/15/1979.