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[Image of 'Weed Forestin'] Weed Forestin

CA - - ??/87 US

Tracks ?

Notes A 30-minute tape by Lou, with Eric playing percussion on some songs. Sold in record shops in the Northampton, MA area and included with some early copies of Dinosaur's You're Living All Over Me.

LP Homestead HMS158-1 01/90 US
CA Homestead HMS158-4 01/90 US

Tracks Temporary Dream / New Worship / Subtle Holy Gift / My Own Religion / Ride the Darker Wave / More Simple / Jealous of Jesus / Mr. Genius Eyes / Perfect Power / Feeding Evil / Sexual Confusion / Three Times a Day / Gate to Hell / Broken / Whitey Peach / I Can't See / Take My Hand / Pound My Skinny Head / I Believe in Fate / Waited Forever / Slightest Suggestion / It's So Hard to Fall in Love / Brand New Love

Notes An expanded version of the earlier cassette album. There was a much later (in around 2000) limited pressing on coloured vinyl. Mine is on marbled grey-green vinyl, but there may be other colours.

Song lyrics are reproduced on the back of the LP sleeve.

[Image of 'The Freed Man'] The Freed Man

CA - - ??/88 US

Tracks ?

Notes Songs by Lou and Eric. Sold in record shops in the Northampton, MA area.

LP Homestead HMS145-1 09/89 US
CA Homestead HMS145-4 09/89 US
LP Homestead/Boudisque EFA LP 16587 08 ??/?? Netherlands

Tracks Bridge Was You / Soulmate / I Love Me / Nest / Careless Mind Hands / True Hardcore / Close Enough / Loosened Screw / Solid Brown / Made Real / Crumbs / Narrow Stories / Drifts on Through / Wall of Doubt / Lou Rap / Growin Up With You / Healthy Sick / Land of the Lords / Ladybugs / Moldy Bread / Squirrel Freedom Overdrive / Burning Out / Bolder / Why Do You Cut Off Your Sleeves / Wrists / Last Day of School / Punch in the Nose / Deny / Level Anything / Jealous Evil / K-Sensa My I / Mothra

Notes A revised and expanded version of the earlier cassette album. Later (in around 2000) pressed on coloured vinyl.

2xLP Domino REWIGLP33 06/07 UK
CD Domino REWIGCD33 06/07 UK
CD Hostess/Domino HSE-10048 07/07 Japan
CD Domino ? 07/07 US

Tracks Healthy Sick / Level Anything / Soulmate / Ladybugs / Close Enough / True Hardcore / Julienne / Wrists / Amherst Hanging House / McKinley's Lament / Solid Brown / Narrow Stories / Bridge Was You / Drifts on Thru / Overturns / Yellow Submarine / Squirrel Freedom Overdrive / Little Man / Land of the Lords / Bolder / Believe / Deny / Wall of Doubt / Crumbs / I Love Me / K-Sensa-My / Lou Rap / Punch in the Nose / Resistance to Flo / Stop the Wheel / Loose n Screw / Oak Street Raga / Last Day of School / Jealous Evil / Moldy Bread / Made Real / Cindy / Nest / My Decision / Fire of July / Jaundice / Design / Dance / Cyster / Powerbroker / The Lorax / Pig / Hung Up / Slow to Learn / Elements / Attention / Your Long Journey

Notes Revised and expanded again. Compiles most songs from the earlier Freed Man LP (though many are alternative versions), some from the even earlier cassette, three of the four songs from the Sonic Life split single with Big Stick, everything from Sebadoh's side of the Magic Ribbons box-set, and everything from the Asshole EP.

Yellow Submarine is a Beatles cover and Your Long Journey is a Doc Watson cover.

[Image of 'The Freed Weed'] The Freed Weed

CD Homestead HMS158-2 01/90 US

Tracks Temporary Dream / New Worship / Subtle Holy Gift / My Own Religion / Ride the Darker Wave / More Simple / Jealous of Jesus / Mr. Genius Eyes / Perfect Power / Feeding Evil / Sexual Confusion / Three Times a Day / Gate to Hell / Broken / Whitey Peach / I Can't See / Take My Hand / Pound My Skinny Head / I Believe in Fate / Waited Forever / Slightest Suggestion / It's So Hard to Fall in Love / Brand New Love / Burning Out / Little Man / Punch in the Nose / Loose 'n' Screw / Jealous Evil / Moldy Bread / Bridge Was You / Bolder / True Hardcore / Stop the Wheel / Made Real / Level Anything / Soulmate / Nest / Narrow Stories / Submarine / Wall of Doubt / Crumbs

Notes Comprises all songs from Weed Forestin, sixteen from The Freed Man, and two new songs, Little Man and Submarine. Stop the Wheel is the same song as Mothra on The Freed Man.

Submarine is a cover of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine.

[Image of 'III'] III

2xLP Homestead HMS 168-1 09/91 US
CA Homestead HMS 168-4 09/91 US
CD Homestead HMS 168-2 09/91 US
2xLP Domino REWIGLP22 07/06 UK
2xCD Domino REWIGCD22 07/06 UK
2xCD Domino CDDNO089 08/06 US
2xCD Hostess/Domino HSE-10027 07/06 Japan

Tracks The Freed Pig / Sickles and Hammers / Total Peace / Violet Execution / Scars, Four Eyes / Truly Great Thing / Kath / Perverted World / Wonderful, Wonderful / Limb by Limb / Smoke a Bowl / Black-Haired Gurl / Hoppin' Up and Down / Supernatural Force / Rockstar / Downmind / Renaissance Man / God Told Me / Holy Picture / Hassle / No Different / Spoiled / As the World Dies, the Eyes of God Grow Bigger

Notes Like Weed Forestin, there was a limited pressing (in around 2000) on coloured vinyl. My copy is on marbled grey-green vinyl, but there may be other colours.

The CD reissue includes a second disc of extras (see below).

Sickles and Hammers is a Minutemen cover and Wonderful, Wonderful is a Johnny Mathis cover.

[Image of 'III Extras CD'] [III Extras CD]

2xCD Domino REWIGCD22 07/06 UK
2xCD Domino CDDNO089 08/06 US

Tracks Gimme Indie Rock / Ride the Darker Wave / Red Riding Good / New King / Calling Yog Soggoth / Stored Up Wonder / Melting Wall / Design / Attention / Stars for Eyes / Unseen Waste / Violet Execution (remix '04) / As the World Turns / Cranberry Bog / 'The Devil's Reggae' / The Freed Pig (4-track) / Never Jealous / Showtape '91

Notes The first five tracks are from the Gimme Indie Rock EP.

Stored Up Wonder, Melting Wall, Stars for Eyes, and Unseen Waste are alternative versions of Supernatural Force, Holy Picture, Scars, Four Eyes, and Loose 'n' Screw.

Design is a different version than on Magic Ribbons.

Attention is a different version than on Asshole.

Showtape '91 is the full version of Show Snippets (from the Soul and Fire EP and the Curtis W. Pitts compilation).

[Image of 'Rocking the Forest'] Rocking the Forest

LP Domino WIGLP2 ??/92 UK
CA Domino WIGMC2(?) ??/92 UK
CD Domino WIGCD2 ??/92 UK

Tracks Gimme Indie Rock / Ride the Darker Wave / It's So Hard to Fall in Love / Cry Sis / Really Insane II / Vampire / Junk Bonds / Mind - Meld

Notes LP has inner sleeve.

Released summer 1992.

[Image of 'Sebadoh vs. Helmet'] Sebadoh vs. Helmet

LP Domino WIGLP3 10/92 UK
CA Domino WIGMC3(?) 10/92 UK
CD Domino WIGCD3 10/92 UK

Tracks Notsur Dnuora Selcric / Brand New Love / Mean Distance / ...Burned / New Worship / Good Things, Proud Man / P. Moon / Cecilia Chime in Melee / Soulmate

Notes ...Burned is a Byrds cover and P. Moon is a Nick Drake cover.

[Image of 'Sebadoh vs. Helmet Rocking the Forest'] Sebadoh vs. Helmet Rocking the Forest

LP City Slang EFA 04903-08 10/92 Germany
CA City Slang EFA 04903-08 10/92 Germany
CD City Slang EFA 04903-26 10/92 Germany

Tracks Gimme Indie Rock / Ride the Darker Wave / It's So Hard to Fall in Love / Cry Sis / Really Insane II / Vampire / Junk Bonds / Mind Meld / Notsur Dnuora Celcric / Brand New Love / Mean Distance / ...Burned / New Worship II / Good Things, Proud Man / Pink Moon / Cecilia Chime in Melee / Soulmate II

Notes Every track from the Domino mini-albums Rocking the Forest and Sebadoh vs. Helmet.

...Burned is a Byrds cover and Pink Moon is a Nick Drake cover.

[Image of 'Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock'] Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock

LP Sub Pop SP176 10/92 US
CA Sub Pop ? 10/92 US
CD Sub Pop SP176b 10/92 US
CD Warner/Sub Pop WPCR-10051 01/99 Japan

Tracks Cry Sis / Brand New Love / Notsur Dnuora Selcric / Vampire / Good Things / Cecilia Chime in Melee / Everybody's Been Burned / Junk Bonds / New Worship / Mean Distance / Pink Moon / Mind Meld

Notes LP is on lightly-marbled translucent green vinyl.

Everybody's Been Burned is a Byrds cover and Pink Moon is a Nick Drake cover.

[Image of 'Bubble and Scrape'] Bubble and Scrape

LP Sub Pop SP192 04/93 US
CA Sub Pop ? 04/93 US
CD Sub Pop SP192b 04/93 US
LP+7" Domino WIGLP4 04/93 UK
LP Domino WIGLP4 04/93 UK
CA Domino WIGMC4(?) 04/93 UK
CD Domino WIGCD4 04/93 UK
LP City Slang EFA 04917-1? 04/93 Germany
CA City Slang ? 04/93 Germany
CD City Slang EFA 04917-2? 04/93 Germany
CD Sony SRCS 6689 04/93 Japan
CD Warner/Sub Pop WPCR-10052 01/99 Japan

Tracks Soul and Fire / Two Years Two Days / Telecosmic Alchemy / Fantastic Disaster / Happily Divided / Sister / Cliche / Sacred Attention / Elixir is Zog / Emma Get Wild / Sixteen / Homemade / Forced Love / No Way Out / Bouquet For a Siren / Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) / Flood

Notes The first 1000 copies of the Domino LP include a bonus 7" (see below). The Domino LP (and others?) includes a 8.5"x11" black and white insert featuring a photo of a DEA arrest on one side and a collage on the other.

[Image of 'Bonus 7"'] [Bonus 7"]

7" Domino RUG-05 04/93 UK

Tracks Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV

Notes Comes in a plain white paper sleeve.

[Image of 'Bakesale'] Bakesale

LP Sub Pop SP260 08/94 US
CA Sub Pop ? 08/94 US
CD Sub Pop SP260b 08/94 US
LP+7" Domino WIGLP11X 08/94 UK
LP Domino WIGLP11 08/94 UK
CA Domino WIGMC11 08/94 UK
CD Domino WIGCD11 08/94 UK
LP City Slang EFA 04942-1 ??/94 Germany
CD City Slang EFA 04942-2 ??/94 Germany
CD Sony SRCS 7521 ??/?? Japan
CD Warner/Sub Pop WPCR-10053 01/99 Japan

Tracks License to Confuse / Careful / Magnet's Coil / Not a Friend / Not Too Amused / Dreams / Skull / Got it / S. Soup / Give Up / Rebound / Mystery Man / Temptation Tide / Drama Mine / Together or Alone

Notes A limited number (how many?) of copies of the Domino LP came in a stickered sleeve and include a bonus 7" (see below).

All versions of the CD come in a digipak except for the Japanese CD, which has a regular jewel case and includes an OBI strip (as is usual for Japanese CDs).

[Image of 'Bonus 7"'] [Bonus 7"]

7" Domino RUG-25 08/94 UK

Tracks Fancy-Ass / Destitute / Perfect Way / Give the Drummer Some / Cementville

Notes These are the same tracks that appear on the Magnet's Coil CD. Comes in a plain white paper sleeve.

[Image of 'Harmacy'] Harmacy

LP Sub Pop SP370 08/96 US
CA Sub Pop SPMC 370 08/96 US
CD Sub Pop SP370b 08/96 US
LP Domino WIGLP26 08/96 UK
CA Domino WIGMC26(?) 08/96 UK
CD Domino WIGCD26 08/96 UK
LP City Slang EFA 04983-1 ??/96 Germany
CD City Slang EFA 04983-2 ??/96 Germany
2xCD City Slang/Virgin 7243 8420352 8 ??/96 France
CD City Slang/Virgin 7243 8420352 8? ??/96 France
CD Warner/Sub Pop WPCR-895 10/96 Japan
LP Fellaheen Jack 048-1 ??/?? Australia

Tracks On Fire / Prince-S / Ocean / Nothing Like You / Crystal Gypsy / Beauty of the Ride / Mind Reader / Sforzando! / Willing to Wait / Hillbilly II / Zone Doubt / Too Pure / Worst Thing / Love to Fight / Perfect Way / Can't Give Up / Open Ended / Weed Against Speed / I Smell a Rat

Notes The LP comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes an insert. The Sub Pop version (and others?) has an inner sleeve with lyrics.

There is a French limited edition that includes a bonus CD (see below). The album and bonus CD come in a standard double CD case.

The Australian LP is limited to 500 or 1000 numbered copies, the first 200 of which are on red vinyl. It comes in a foldover card sleeve (like many 7" singles, but unusual for a 12" record) with a lyric sheet insert.

I Smell a Rat is a Bags cover.

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[Image of 'Bonus CD'] [Bonus CD]

CD City Slang/Virgin ? ??/96 France

Tracks Sixteen / Riding / Slintstrumental / A Hit

Notes Sixteen, Riding, and Slintstrumental are taken from BBC sessions and are the same versions that appear on the Beauty of the Ride CD.

A Hit was recorded in Paris, July 1996. As far as I know, it doesn't appear on any other official release.

Riding is a Palace Brothers cover and A Hit is a Smog cover.

[Image of 'The Sebadoh'] The Sebadoh

LP Sub Pop SP420 02/99 US
CA Sub Pop ? 02/99 US
CD Sub Pop SP420b 02/99 US
LP Domino WIGLP57 02/99 UK
CA Domino WIGMC57(?) 02/99 UK
CD Domino WIGCD57 02/99 UK
LP City Slang EFA 08712-1 ??/99 Germany
CD City Slang EFA 08712-2 ??/99 Germany
CD WEA WPCR-10083 ??/99 Japan
CD Sub Pop/Warner ? ??/99 Australia

Tracks It's All You / Weird / Bird in the Hand / Break Free / Tree / Nick of Time / Flame / So Long / Love is Stronger / Decide / Colorblind / Thrive / Cuban / Sorry / Drag Down

[Image of 'Wade Through the Boggs'] Wade Through the Boggs

CD - - 03/07 US

Tracks Happily Divided / Healthy Sick / Messin' Around / Cheapshot / Let the Day Have Its Way / Mean Distance / Spoiled / Not My Friend / MEE-YOW / Smaller Yard / All That I Could / Broken Love / Cry Sis / Limb by Limb / Indeed You Are / Wake and Bake / Visibly Wasted / Wade Through the Boggs / Katina's / Chicken Walk / Sebadough!

Notes A compilation of unreleased tracks from 1989-1993.

Limited to 1,000 copies. Sold during the 2007 tour and then through Eric's website.