DISCOGRAPHY: Graham Parker compilation tracks etc.

Last update: 5/30/2024

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(*) Track not to be found (in this form) on a regular album
(**) Track not to be found on a regular album or on a compilation

BACK TO SCHOOLDAYS (*)

- Not the version from "Howlin' Wind," this demo version from 1975 first appeared uncredited on the "Bunch Of Stiffs" album (Stiff SEEZ 2, 1977, UK). Now also on the Stiff box set (Demon/Rhino). In fact this version has been the first collaboration of GP with the Rumour, if only through the means of overdubbing. The original tape had Noel Brown on slide guitar, and Dave Robinson "accidentially on purpose" (GP in a spring 1979 Hot Wacks interview) wiped off the bass and drum tracks to try out Steve Goulding and Andrew Bodnar, then had Martin Belmont add some licks, and Bob Andrews play some piano. According to that Hot Wacks interview, some singers called Beryl Billabong and the Sheilas can be heard on backing vocals.

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN (**)

- From a Rick Springfield soundtrack LP ("Hard To Hold," RCA 1984), with the Steady Nerves band, but Huw Gower (formerly of The Records) on guitar for Brinsley.

WRAPPING PAPER (**)

- Acoustic solo version recorded on March 15th 1991 for the Dutch "2 Meter Sessies"-program. Available on the CD "2 Meter Sessies, Vol. 2," Varagram/Radio Records/Polygram 845 834-2, 1991, Holland.

PLATINUM BLONDE (**)

- Probably taped 9/1992 for a radio session at Belgian radio station "Studio Brussel." Available on the limited edition CD "Update Live Vol. 2."

PARALYSED (**)

GP: vocals / Steve Ferrone: drums and percussion / Chris Spedding: guitars / Kenny Aaronson: bass / Jimmy Destri: organ and piano / Frank Black, Johnny Colla, Jol Dantzig, Lyle Workman, Tony Visconti, Sally Tiven, Jon Tiven, and GP: background vocals

- Not the GP song, this song you know from Elvis' version is from a Otis Blackwell tribute CD called "Brace Yourself: A Tribute to Otis Blackwell," Shanachie 0 57 02, 1994.

NO WOMAN NO CRY (**)

- A solo performance from 1990 featured in an album called "In Their Own Words," Razor & Tie RT 2813, USA 1994, an album that celebrates 20 years of performances at the Bottom Line Club. Other artists include Dion, R. Thompson and Joey Ramone. The album also was issued 1995 as "The Bottom Line Vol 1" (Nectar Masters NTMCD501) budget priced in the UK.

THE MADNESS OF LOVE (**)
(from the Richard Thompson tribute album "Beat the Retreat," Capitol 1994.)

Graham Parker: vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica / Jamie Hoover: electric guitar / Joel Diamond: Hammond B-3 organ / Graham Maby: electric bass, background vocal / Gary Burke: drums, background vocal

- GP notes in the press kit to the disc: After a show in Los Angeles (producer) John Chelew approached me to see if I would like to spend my day off (on a grueling tour schedule) in a studio, singing a Richard Thompson song. After I had agreed, he played me a pedestrian little article called "Ring The Changes" which sounded like one of those finger-in-the-ear Shetland pullover folk tunes. I rejected it and John then offered up this weird number called "Madness Of Love" which, he informed me, was rather obscure, and so I immediately agreed to do it.

EVERY DAY I HAVE TO CRY (**)

GP: vocals / Mickey Curry: drums and percussion / Spooner Oldham: organ/piano / Muzz Skillings: bass / Jon Tiven: electric and acoustic guitar / Dan Penn: acoustic guitar / Sally Tiven: muffled electric guitar / Donnie Fritts: electric piano, piano / Alan Merrill, Cheryl Beattie, Mitch Weissman, Sarah Nagourney, and Sally Tiven: background vocals

- From the Arthur Alexander tribute album "Adios Amigo," Razor & Tie / Demon 7/1994.

HOWLIN' WIND (**)

- Solo acoustic performance taped for Mountain Stage 7/21/1991, available on "The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume 8," released by Blue Plate Music, 9/5/1995.

POLLINATE (**)

- Solo acoustic performance taped 3/18/1995 for a radio session at KGSR Austin, TX. Available on the limited edition double CD "KGSR broadcasts vol. 3," 1995.

On the Mountain Vol. 3

BACK DOOR LOVE (**)
(from the limited edition "KMTT On the Mountain 3" CD, fall 1997)

1. The Wallflowers - Three Marlenas
2. David Crosby - Deja Vu
3. Suzanne Vega - Caramel
4. Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Please Don't Tell Her
5. Sonny Landreth - Congo Square
6. Alejandro Escovedo - Put You Down
7. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
8. Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
9. Graham Parker - Back Door Love
10. Wild Colonials - This Misery
11. Dog's Eye View - Small Wonders
12. Brian Setzer Orchestra - Stray Cat Strut
13. Pete Droge - It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
14. Tori Amos - Doughnut Song
15. Jonathan Edwards - Shanty

- Taped 11/1/1996 for a radio session at KMTT, a Seattle-based radio station.

CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART (**)
(from the "Burnzy's Last Call" soundtrack, 8/1999)

- This soundtrack was produced by Uptown Horns saxophonist Crispin Cioe, who had already backed GP on "Steady Nerves" and the "Christmas Cracker EP."

DURBAN POISON (**)

- This is a solo acoustic performance taped for a radio session at WYEP. Available on the limited edition double CD "WYEP Live + Direct: 25 Years of Studio Performances," 4/2000.

TEMPORARY BEAUTY (**)

- This solo concert performance has been taped by WDST at the West Strand Grill, Kingston, NY, USA, 4/17/1999 during this concert broadcast. Available on the limited edition CD "Tuned In," Radio Woodstock Records, 2000.

SOCKS 'N' SANDALS (**) / CUPID (acapella) (**)
(from "Brit Rock Back On Track," Independent POOL CD 026, Sweden, 1/29/2001)

- This session with the Swedish Missiles took place in April 2000. "Socks 'n' Sandals" had first been performed in concert two years earlier, at some dates of the European tour in March and April 1998, and was of course later re-recorded for "Deepcut To Nowhere."

POOR ME (**)
(from "Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton," Telarc CD-83535, 8/28/2001)

THE ROSE OF ENGLAND (**)
(from "Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe," Telarc CD-83538, 9/25/2001)

COMFORTABLY NUMB (**)
(from "A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd," Stanley Recordings, 4/2003)

Light of Day - A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

PINK CADILLAC (**)
(from "Light of Day - A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen," 5/22/2003)

- GP solo, recorded at LRS Studio, Hurley, NY, 2002.

CD1:
1. Elliott Murphy - Better Days
2. Dion - Book of Dreams
3. Lucky 7 - Valentine's Day
4. Dan Bern - Thunder Road
5. Crazysloth - Candy's Room
6. The Mystic Knights of the Sea (featuring Dan Baird & Rick Richards) - Johnny 99
7. Nils Lofgren - Man at the Top
8. Cindy Bullens - If I Should Fall Behind
9. Matthew Ryan - Something in the Night
10. Mike Rimbaud - Atlantic City
11. Sid Griffin - Highway Patrolman
12. Billy Bragg & The Blokes - Mansion on the Hill
13. Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan - Badlands
14. Steve Wynn - State Trooper
15. Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters - Ain't Got You

CD2:
1. Cracker - Sinaloa Cowboys
2. Pete Yorn - New York City Serenade
3. Graham Parker - Pink Cadillac
4. Garland Jeffreys - Streets of Philadelphia
5. Jason Ringenberg - My Hometown
6. Joe Grushecky - Light of Day
7. Rosie Flores - Lucky Town
8. Willie Nile - I'm on Fire
9. Kirk Kelly - Downbound Train
10. Patty Griffin - Stolen Car
11. Paradise Brothers - Souls of the Departed
12. Mark Wright - Two Hearts
13. Graziano Romani - The Promise

CD3:
1. Jet Lag - Hungry Heart
2. Australian Blonde - I'm On Fire
3. Blueberry Hill - When You Need Me
4. Jaime Anglada - Thunder Road
5. John Swank - The Fever
6. Atabala - Brilliant Disguise
7. Papa Bueno - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
8. Paul Fuster - Used Cars
9. Georges Imbert - The Promised Land
10. Greg Martin & Friends - Paradise by the C
11. Pablo Surja & Cambio de Planes - Lucky Town
12. Sean Collins - One Step Up
13. The Hesh - Blinded By The Light
14. Michael Nold Band - Across The Border
15. Manel Fuentes - Nothing Man

AREA 51 (IN YOUR HEART) (*)
(ITunes download, 6/2004, USA)

- This outtake from the "Your Country" sessions was available for US download from ITunes. Now available on the 5 Loose Screws EP.

SEARCH ENGINE (*)
(eMusic download, 6/2005)

- This song has been recorded with the Figgs during the "Songs of No Consequence" sessions, and was first available as a bonus track if you got "Songs of No Consequence" as a download from eMusic. Now also available on the 5 Loose Screws EP.

HARRIDAN OF YORE (*)
(from "For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records," Bloodshot BS 112, 10/25/2005)

- Again, this song has been recorded with the Figgs during the "Songs of No Consequence" sessions. Now also available on the 5 Loose Screws EP.

2000 FUNERALS (*)
(eMusic and iTunes download, 1/2006)

- GP: Vocal, acoustic, electric guitars, lap steel, bass guitars and harmonica. Produced and mixed by GP and Aaron "Louie" Hurwitz. Now also available on the 5 Loose Screws EP.

ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY (**)
(from "Bloodied But Unbowed: Bloodshot Records' Life In The Trenches" DVD, Bloodshot BS 112, 10/10/2006)
(eMusic and iTunes download, 10/2006)

- GP solo, recorded live at Antone's in Austin TX, SXSW 2004.

THE END OF FAITH (*)
(eMusic and iTunes download, 10/2007)

- GP w/ the Latest Clowns (minus Brett Rosenberg): GP, Mike Gent, Ed Valauskus & Scott Janovitz. Now available on the 5 Loose Screws EP.

LICENSE TO KILL (**)
(iTunes download, 10/2010)

- Download only bonus track on the Dylan tribute album "Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home'".

THE FLYING TRAPEZE (**)
(from "The Beautiful Old," Doubloon, USA 6/4/2013, UK 6/3/2013, Europe and elsewhere 6/6/2013)

- GP w/ Garth Hudson

WHAT DO YOU LIKE? (*)
(from OST "This Is 40," Capitol 509997 21259 2 2, 12/11/2012, USA)

- GP w/ the Punch Brothers

GP guest appearances on records of other artists

Carlene Carter: BETWEEN YOU & ME / SMOKE DREAMS
(from "Carlene Carter," Warner Bros, 1978)

- GP sings background vocals on the cover of his own song, "Between You & Me," and plays acoustic guitar on "Smoke Dreams."

Box Of Frogs: GET IT WHILE YOU CAN
(from "Strange Land," Epic EPC 26375, 1986)

- Graham sings lead vocals on this track. The band features some ex-Yardbirds.

Smithereens: BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP

- Originally from the MTV Unplugged session by GP and the Smithereens. First released as the B-side of the Smithereens cassette single "Yesterday Girl," 1990, Enigma/Capitol. Later also on the "Attack Of The Smithereens" (Capitol 10/1995) compilation.

Jim Sampas: WAITING FOR THE FALL
(from "Waiting for the Fall," RYA 0317, 1993)

- GP sings a verse and plays harp on the title track.

Jon Tiven Group: LET'S THINK ABOUT IT
(from "Blue Guru," Fountainbleu 7007021004-2, 1996, USA, and Provogue PRD 71102, France)

- GP does backing vocals on this song written by Jon Tiven and Arthur Alexander, with a lead vocal duet by Arthur Alexander and Alan Merrill. For more info check Jon Tiven's Ego Trip web site at http://www.dantzig.com/tiven.

Rees Shad: HERO'S SON
(from "Anderson, Ohio," 6/18/1996)

- GP sings the first verse. The album has been coproduced by Gary Burke, who has toured with GP a few times as his drummer.

Waco Brothers: SEE WILLY FLY BY
(from "Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records," Bloodshot BS 060, 6/20/2000)

- Waco Brother Steve Goulding got GP to sing lead vocals on this Waco Brother track recorded for the Bloodshot Records 5th anniversary compilation.

Freddie Scott: MIDNIGHT TRAIN
(from "Brand New Man," Evangeline GEL 4021, 2001)

- This is a duet with 60ties soul legend Freddie Scott.

John Berenzy: DOING TIME
(from "Out of Darkness," CD Baby, 12/2008)

- More on this collaboration can be found on the 9/11 Tribute Special Pheaturing John Berenzy of The Peverett Phile.

Martin Belmont: IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
(from "The Guest List," Goldtop, 2009)

Stone Foundation: THE NIGHT TELLER
(from "A Life Unlimited," Turning Point, 8/7/2015)

Mike Gent: GRAHAM ISN'T DEAD
(Bandcamp download, Stomper, Last Friday Single Series 06, 7/29/2018)

Stone Foundation: I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN
(from "Ordinary Joe" / "I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" double A-side single, 100% 100S92 (7"), and 100% CD, UK, 5/3/2019)

- Limited edition double A-side featuring studio versions of two covers that have featured on the Stone Foundation's Everybody, Anyone Tour. Paul Weller once again joins the band on piano for both tracks. Graham Parker sings co-lead vocals for a new version of the Ann Peebles track "I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down." The release is completed with a spirited version of Terry Callier’s classic track "Ordinary Joe."

Thanks for their contributions to:

Kirk Anderson, Huib Beulen, Sleepy John Cuthbertson, Steve Goulding, John Howells, Chris Framan, Craig Frischkorn, Bob Klanac, Jennifer Okamoto, Rees Shad

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