The Mega‐Box Set

~ Release by The Smithereens (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Demos 1: Girls About Town / Beauty & Sadness / Especially for You
2▶CD: Demos 2: Green Thoughts / 11
3▶CD: Demos 3: Blow Up / A Date With the Smithereens
4▶CD: Demos 4: Songs and Sounds
5▶CD: Demos 5: God Save the Smithereens
6▶CD: Demos 6: “God Save” Unreleased / Babjak Demos
7▶CD: Demos 7: Miscellaneous
8▶CD: Alternate Versions 1: Girls About Town / Beauty & Sadness / Especially for You
9▶CD: Alternate Versions 2: Green Thoughts / 11
10▶CD: Alternate Versions 3: Blow Up / Songs and Sounds
11▶CD: Alternate Versions 4: “Date” / “God Save”
12▶CD: Micellaneous / Live / Joe Franklin Calls
13▶CD: Unreleased Tracks 1
14▶CD: Unreleased Tracks 2
15▶CD: More Live Rarities 1
16▶CD: More Live Rarities 2
17▶CD: Live Acoustic
18▼CD: More Live Rarities 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Blackwell Talks Smithereens (WNEW – Otis & Al Kooper – 10/26/83?)
0:52
2All Shook Up (rehearsal)
1:01
3Otis Intro (Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ 1/13/84)
1:12
4All Shook Up (Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ 10/14/83)
3:54
5Hey Little Girl (Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ 10/14/83)
5:09
6Handy Man (Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ 10/14/83)
4:31
7I Love It (Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ 10/14/83)
5:40
8Back Trail (Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ 10/14/83)
5:00
9Paralyzed (Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ 1/13/84)
4:06
10My Knees Turn to Jelly (Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ 1/13/84)
4:03
11One Broken Heart for Sale (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84 – 12:00 AM set)
5:13
12#1 King of Rock and Roll (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
4:56
13Great Balls of Fire (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
3:40
14Fever (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
3:08
15Breathless (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
4:50
16Don’t Be Cruel (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
cover recording of:
Don’t Be Cruel (on 1984-02-25)
writer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Shalimar Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Williamson Music Company
2:35
17(Such an) Easy Question (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
2:11
18Return to Sender (Bottom Line, NYC – 2/25/84)
6:48
19Let’s Talk About Us (Court Tavern – 10/14/83)
cover recording of:
Let’s Talk About Us
lyricist and composer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1959)
6:50
19▶CD: “Especially for You” Live Compilation
20▶CD: “Green Thoughts” Live Compilation
21▶CD: “11” Live Compilation