Discography

PLAYIN' POSSUM

Trash TLP 1001, USA, 1981

Side A : 1. Bo Diddley / 2. Heroin / 3. Slippin' And Slidin' / 4. I'll Be You Baby Tonight.

Side B : 5. Louie Louie / 6. Slippin' And Slidin' / 7. Concerto In D Major / 8. Around And Around / 9. Ellas.

1 : Ellas McDaniels / 2 : Lou Reed / 3, 6 : R. Penniman, E. Bogage, A. Collins, J. Smith / 4 : Bob Dylan / 5 : Richard Berry / 7 : Antonio Vivaldi / 8 : Chuck Berry / 9 : Maureen Tucker.

Notes : recorded in Moe's living room (aka 'Trash Records', Phoenix, AZ), manufactured and distributed by Rough Trade. Maureen Tucker played all the instruments. There is an October 1992 German reissue in a white jacket (M.T.-1441) - those LPs were pressed by Moe Tucker and the band to sell on the road.

LIFE IN EXILE AFTER ABDICATION

LP/CS, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7, US, March 1989
CD, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 7-2, US, March 1989
CD, 50 Skidillion Watts-Boudisque MOE 7-2, Germany, 199?
CD, Rev-Ola CREV 011CD, UK, 1993

1. Hey Mersh! (3:16) / 2. Spam Again (5:25) / 3. Goodnight Irene (2:29) / 4. Chase (8:07) / 5. Andy (5:08) / 6. Work (3:38) / 7. Pale Blue Eyes (6:44) / 8. Bo Diddley (5:07) / 9. Talk So Mean (4:59) / 10. Do It Right (3:10) / 11. Guess I'm Falling In Love / 12. Baby What You Want Me To Do / 13. Why Don't You Smile Now / 14. Hey, Mr. Rain. (tracks 11-14 only on Rev-Ola reissue).

1, 2, 5, 6, 9 : M. Tucker / 3 : Huddie Ledbetter & John A. Lomax / 4 : all players & M. Tucker / 7 : Lou Reed / 8 : E. McDaniel / 10 : Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston / 11, 14 : The Velvet Underground / 12 : Jimmy Reed / 13 : Reed, Cale, Vance & Phillips.

Notes : recorded March 1988 at Noise New York and June-October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainsville (Florida). With the help of members of Sonic Youth, Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston. Lou Reed plays guitar on Hey Mersh ! and Pale Blue Eyes.

The LP came with an insert and promo copies with inserts and a photograph of Moe. Also exists as test pressing on Rainbow records.

First CD pressing with brown label, second pressing with white label.

The Rev-Ola CD reissue has a different cover, includes four bonus tracks taken from the MoeJadKateBarry EP and exclusive liner notes by Jonathan Richman.

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I SPENT A WEEK THERE THE OTHER NIGHT

LP/CASS/CD, New Rose rose 273/rosk 273/rose 273 cd, France, October 1991
CD, Sky-Ichiban 3104-2, USA, July 19, 1994
CD, Century Records CECC-00645, Japan, 1994

1. Fired Up / 2. That's B.A.D. / 3. Lazy / 4. S.O.S. / 5. Blue, All The Way To Canada / 6. (And) Then He Kissed Me / 7. Too Shy / 8. Stayin' Put / 9. Baby, Honey, Sweetie / 10. I'm Not / 11. I'm Waiting For The Man.

Notes: some LP copies came in green vinyl. The CD version (rose 273 cd) has I'm Waiting For The Man as extra track. Japanese issue includes lyrics.

Moe says : 'I Spent A Week...' was recorded in New York. I was lucky enough to have lots of volunteers playing on this, and I think the result is pretty interesting. I love Brian's bass on 'B.A.D.'; Cale's viola on 'Kissed Me'; Lou's making noise on 'Fired Up'; Victor's drumming; Sterling's wife, her sister, and my cousin making their vocal debut as backup singers; and I'm proud of my saxophone arrangements! I think this is a fun little album and think it sounds pretty damn good, considering the small amount of time we had, and the quality of the studio.

OH NO, THEY'RE RECORDING THIS SHOW

New Rose 422 418, France, September 1992
New Rose-Jasrac TECX-25432, Japan, 1992

1. Spam Again / 2. Hey, Mersh / 3. Stayin' Put / 4. That's B.A.D.S. / 5. Goodnight Irene / 6. Too Shy / 7. Talk So Mean / 8. Lazy / 9. Baby, Honey, Sweetie / 10. S.O.S. / 11. Fired Up / 12. Too Shy / 13. Bo Diddley.

Notes: CD only. Recorded live at l'Ubu, Rennes, France, on February 23, 1992. The Japanese issue includes lyrics, extra photo of marquee, Sterling and Moe.

DOGS UNDER STRESS

New Rose 422 492, France, February 7, 1994
Sky-Ichiban 3103-2, USA, 1994
Century Records CECC-00678, Japan, 1994

1. Crakin' Up / 2. Me, Myself And I / 3. I've Seen Into Your Soul / 4. I Don't Understand / 5. Crazy Hannah's Ridin' The Train / 6. Danny Boy / 7. Little Girl / 8. Saturday Night / 9. Train / 10. Poor Little Fool / 11. I Wanna.

Notes: CD only. Sterling Morrison plays on five tracks. The New Rose edition has a booklet with lyrics. Original title was Inexplicably Spankled While Leading A Conga Line. Japanese issue also includes lyrics of all tracks including the 3 cover-songs.

Moe says: I'm very happy with 'Dogs Under Stress'. Phil, the engineer and owner of the studio, did a faboulous job, and the overall sound is so much better than anything I've done before. And for the first time I had the luxury of not having to worry too much about the clock (thanks to Phil) and was also able to mix in a proper studio! I'm also very pleased with how each song "came out". I particulary like 'Crackin' Up' and 'I've Seen Into Your Soul', both of which are just whet I had envisioned.

WAITING FOR MY MEN

Rokarola Records 7280850006, Belgium, 1998

1. Fired Up (3:57) / 2. I'm Waiting For The Man (5:24) / 3. Blue All The Way To Canada (3:48) / 4. Too Shy (3:19) / 5. And Then He Kissed Me (2:40) / 6. I'm Not (6:38) / 7. Me, Myself And I (2:41) / 8. I Don't Understand (2:40) / 9. Danny Boy (5:20) / 10. Little Girl (2:55) / 11. I Wanna (2:53) / 12. Crackin' Up (4:59) / 13. I've Seen Into Your Soul (5:42) / 14. Saturday Night (3:51) / 15. Train (6:20).

Notes: CD compiled from I Spent A Week There The Other Night (tracks 1-6) and Dogs Under Stress (tracks 7-15).

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MOE ROCKS TERRASTOCK

Captain Trip CTCD-400, Japan, June 2002

1. Spam Again (5:17) / 2. I Wanna (3:08) / 3. I'm Sticking With You (2:34) / 4. Crackin' Up (4:08) / 5. B.A.D. (6:28) / 6. Hey Mersh (2:48) / 7. Fired Up (3:07) / 8. Bo Diddley (9:23).

Notes: recorded live Terrastock Festival at The Showbox, in Seattle, November 5, 2000. Features: Moe Tucker - guitar, lead vocals, John Slugget - drums, Greg Beschers - lead guitar, vocals, John Abbay - bass, vocals, Doug Yule - vocals & piano (3), guitar (4). Produced by John Craig.

I'm Sticking With You / Of Yesterday Modern Pop: Maureen Tucker & Friends / Count Viglione & Lady Carolyn

Valvuren 805-111, US, 1980

Notes: side 1 offers the legendary duet by Moe and Jonathan Richman. Personnel: Moe Tucker/Jonathan Richman (vocals), Willie Alexander (keyboards, backing vocals), George Nardo (guitar), Walter Powers (bass), Jim Wilkin (drums). This song was recorded February 24, 1974 in Boston at Music Designers studios. Came with liner notes insert backed with a poster of a gig Jon Richman played the night before this historic recording session in 1974.

Listen to it! (45 sec excerpt, 89 Ko)

Around And Around / Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
The Velvet Underground's Maureen Tucker

7 inch single, Trash T82644-1, US, 1981

Notes: Moe's solo debut with covers of Chuck Berry and Shirelles standards. Around And Around is also included on Playin' Possum LP but B-side Will You appears only on this rare single.

Listen to it! (43 sec excerpt, 85 Ko)

Another View
Maureen Tucker & Friends / Count Viglione

12 inch EP, Valvuren Records VAR11D, USA, 1985

Side 1: 1. I'm Sticking With You / 2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow.
Side 2: 3. Foggy Notion / 4. Foggy Notion / 5. Foggy Notion.

1: same as Modern Pop 7 inch / 2 : same as Around And Around 7 inch B-side but without tambourine / 3: Count Joe Viglione, mix 2, new vocal; originally released on Flamingo/Carrere in Paris, 1978; the first contract issued by Patrick Mathe, founder of New Rose Records; remixed on March 1, 1985, recorded in 1977 in Arlington (basic tracks), in 1978 re-mixed in Newton... features Willie Alexander on backing vocals , John JHovorka of The Turbines on bass, Paul Robinson on drums (brother of Cars drummer David Robinson) / 4: Count Joe Viglione, live 12/27/78 at The Club in Cambridge, Mass (11 piece band) / 5: live 11/25/79 at Paradise in Boston.

Notes: mastered by Trutone, in New Jersey, USA, April 4, 1985 and again on April 23, 1985. Pressed in May. Originally, catalog # was VAR 9D, but was later changed on the pressing to VAR 11D.

MoeJadKateBarry

12 inch EP, 50 Skidillion Watts MOE 1, US, June 1987

Side 1: 1. Guess I'm Falling In Love / 2. Baby What You Want Me To Do / 3. Jad Is A Fink.
Side2 : 4. Why Don't You Smile Now? / 5. Hey Mr. Rain.

1, 5: The Velvet Underground / 2: Jimmy Reed / 3: Messer/Stock/Tucker / 4: Reed/Cale/Vance/Phillips.

Moe Tucker (drums, vocals on 4), Jad Fair (vocals, guitar on 5), Kate Messer (guitar), Barry Stock (bass, lead guitar on 1, 4, 5) + Mark Jickling (guitar on 5), David Fair (harmonica on 2), John Dreyfuss (saxophone on 3). Produced by Jad Fair, recorded at Flipside Studio, Longwood, Florida.

Notes: 12 inch EP only, with ad insert. There is a signed limited edition: red vinyl (300 copies), green vinyl (200 copies). With Jad Fair of Half Japanese on vocals. This EP was scheduled for UK release on the Kaleidoscope Sound label (KSLP 010), the record was mastered and pressed up but the distributor went bust in spectacular circumstances which affected a hell of a lot of labels, and the records were never sleeved up. Who knows what happened to the stock, which vanished...

Hey Mersh!

50 Skidillion Watts MOE 6-0, USA, 1989

1. Hey Mersh ! / 2. Talk So Mean / 3. Talk So Mean (alternate non-LP mix).

1-3 : Moe Tucker.

Notes: 7 inch white vinyl (limited edition of 1400 copies). 600 promo copies came in black vinyl. 12 inch 33 RPM pressing came with an alternate take of Talk So Mean as bonus with Thurston Moore on lead guitar, 2000 copies and a limited edition of 300 white vinyl.

Too Shy

10 inch, New Rose 152, France, August 1991
CD, New Rose new 152 cd, France, 1991

1. Too Shy (3:28) / 2. Fired Up (3:49).

Notes: non-LP versions.

GRL-GRUP

CDEP, Lakeshore Drive Records LSD CD 2001, USA, December 1997

1. The He Kissed Me / 2. Be My Baby / 3. To Know Him Is To Love Him / 4. Da Doo Ron Ron.

Notes: recorded and mixed at Casino Studio, Atlanta GA.

I'm Sticking With You / After Hours

CDEP, Lakeshore Drive Records LSD CD 2002, USA, December 1997

1. I'm Sticking With You / 2. After Hours.

Notes: recorded and mixed at Casino Studio, Atlanta GA.

by Olivier Landemaine
last modified: October 26, 2008

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