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Title    Date    Tracks  Time  Quality Source
Very Quick On The Eye 1981 10 A+ demo/vinyl MASTER
Live On Snap KCRW 1987&1988 15 68 A+ CD
16 Lovers Lane Demos 1989 11 35 A+ CD
Neu Holland 1989 12 39 A+ CD
Brisbane 4ZZZ 11/10/1979 16 49 C+ ?FM - sounds aud
Demos, Live & Radio 1 1980-82 19 66 B- various
Demos, Live & Radio 2 1983-85 22 68 B- various
Demos, Live & Radio 3 1984-86 15 53 B- various
Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne 06/07/1981 15 45 A FM
Mosman Hotel, Australia 22/04/1982 14 44 A SB
Bologne, Italy 15/11/1984 12 55 C aud
Cricketers Arms, Wellington, NZ 12/02/1985 17 69 B+ SB
Live Cottesloe Hotel Perth 04/03/1985 17 68 C- aud
Live Boston Club, London 12/08/1985 16 60 C aud
Errols, Gothenburg, Sweden 27/09/1985 10 39 C FM poor hissy
Live Brisbane 1986 17 63 B SB FLAC
Melbourne University 16/03/1986 21 77 A- SB
Town & Country Club, London 30/04/1986 16 61 B aud
Rotterdam Arena 31/05/1986 14 51 B SB SHN (new copy)
Town & Country Club, London 10/05/1987 17 70 A SB
Live The Roxy, Los Angeles 10/09/1987 17 67 B aud
Cal State noon show 11/09/1987 12 44 A SB
Club Soda, Montreal 29/09/1987 18 65 A SB
Live McCabe's, Santa Monica 11/11/1988 15 69 B aud
Live Cabaret Metro Chicago 01/04/1989 19 59 B SB
Botany Sessions (2xCD) 1989 17+10 62+36 B demo
Right Here V/A Tribute 1995 21 71 A+ CD
Reformed Go-Betweens
Live In Session Munich BR2 27/05/1999 13 53 A FM radio
Live at the Grog Shop (RF & GM) 1999 20 74 C aud
Live Geislingen (RF & GM) (2xCD) 29/05/1999 20 46+36 A SB
B72 Vienna, Austria 29/07/2000 13 57 A SB
Bowery Ballroom 19/10/2000 16 67 A- SB
Live Copenhagen 29/10/2000 18 80 B SB?
Live at Munich Metropolis 07/11/ 2000 13 52 A FM radio
Grant McLennan solo
The Borderline 09/03/1991 24 77 C aud
Robert Forster solo
B-Sides 1990-2000 14 54 A- vinyl/CD/demo
Subterania 15/03/1991 17 75 C aud
Jack Frost
T.T. the Bear's, Cambridge, MA 20/03/1991 14 69 B SB

 

"Very Quick On The Eye = Brisbane 1981"

Semi-official vinyl release of the demos for Send Me A Lullaby. Mastered from my own vinyl copy.

1. Sunday Night
2. One Word
3. If One thing Can Hold Us
4. Hope
5. It Took You A Week
6. Ride
7. Arrow In A Boy
8. The Clowns Are In Town
9. Serenade Sound
10. Careless

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Live On Snap with Deirdre O'Donoghue KCRW Santa Monica, CA

Acoustic Set 10/11/88
1. Intro
2. Rock'n'Roll Friend
3. Dive For Your Memory
4. Quiet Heart
5. Clouds
6. Love Goes On
Electric Session 11/09/87

7. Intro
8. Bye Bye Pride
9. Bow Down
10. Right Here
11. The Clarke Sisters
12. I Just Get Caught Out
13. Twin Layers Of Lightning
14. Cattle And Cane
15. Apology Accepted

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16 Lovers Lane Demos

Released as a freebie with a French magazine

Was there anything I could do?
Wait until June
Devil's eye
I'm alright
You won't find it again
Love goes on
Love is a sign
Dive for your memory
Streets of your town
The clarke sisters
You've never lived

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Neu Holland

Released as a freebie with a French magazine. Rare tracks and solo stuff.

Love goes on (remix)
Casanova's last words
Wait until June
Don't let him come back
Head full of steam (remix)
Is that what you called change
Just get that straight
The man who died in rapture
Leave her satisfied
Haunted house
Justice

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Live, Rare & Demo volume 1

Demo 1980
1. One Word
2. Hope
3. I Need Two Heads

Live Bungalow Bar, Paisley, Scotland June 1980

4. Lee Remick
5. Hope
6. I Need Two Heads
7. Eight Pictures
8. People Say
9. Stop Before You Say It
10. Don't Let Him Come Back
11. Karen

Fast Forward Tapezine 1981

12. Karen
13. One Word
14. One Thing Can Hold Us
15. Interview

Peel Session July 1982

16. Peaceful Wreck
17. Ask
18. Metal & Shells
19. Near the Chimney

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Live, Rare & Demo volume 2

Live at Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland 13 Mar 1983
1. A Bad Debt Follows You
2. Two Steps Step Out
3.Before Hollywood
4. Your Turn, My Turn

Live on the Wireless, England, 11 July 1983

5. On My Block (cut)
6. Newton Told Me
7. Man O'Sand To Girl O'Sea
8. Cattle and Cane

Kid Jensen Sessions, BBC RAdio, England Feb 1984

9. Just A KIng In Mirrors
10. Part Company
11. The Old Way Out
12. Bachelor Kisses

Spring Hill Fair Demos (Sire Demos) 1984

13. Rare Breed
14. Bachelor Kisses
15. This Girl, Black Girl
16. Emperor's Courtesan
17. Unkind & Unwise
18. The Old Way Out
19. Part Company
20. A Bad Debt Follows You

Live at Cricketer's Arms Tavern, Wellington, New Zealand 11 Feb 1985

21. In The Core Of A Flame
22. Part Company

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Live, Rare & Demo volume 3

Peel Session 21 Oct 1984
1. The Power That I Now Have
2. Secondhand Furniture
3. Five Words
4. Rare Breed

Liberty Belle & the Black Diamond Express demos 1985

5. The Ghost & the Black Cat
6. Twin Layers of Lightning
7. To Reach Me
8. Head Full of Steam
9. Spring Rain

The Tallulah demos 1986

10. Right Here (Her Song)
11. The House That Jack Karouac Built
12. Someone Else's Wife
13. I Just Get Caught Out
14. Bye Bye Pride
15. The Clarke Sisters

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Charlie's Room, Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne
6 July 1981

A fantastic quality recording of a very early show. Apparently it was broadcast live to air on 3PBS FM.
1. Eight Pictures (cut)
2. I Need Two Heads
3. World Weary
4. All About Strength
5. Karen
6. Arrow In A Bow
7. If One Thing Can Hold Us
8. One Word
9. Stop Before You Say It
10. Midnight To Neon
11. Careless
12. Ride
13. Hold Your Horses
14. Your Turn, My Turn
15. Heaven Says

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Live at the Mosman Hotel, Australia 22 April 82

1. Heaven Says
2. Ride
3. Metal & Shells
4. Your Turn My Turn
5. Careless
6. Distant Hands
7. Hammer The Hammer
8. People Know
9. I Need Two Heads
10. One Thing Can Hold Us
11. Near The Chimney
12. Undo What You Did
13. By Chance
14. Stop Before You Say It   (vinyl b-side)

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Bologne, Italy 15 Nov 1984

1. Just A King In Mirrors
2. 5 Words
3. 2nd Hand Furniture
4. Draining The Pool
Bachelor Kisses
5. Part Company
6. Cattle & Cane
7. You've Never Lived
8. A Bad Debt Follows You
9. That Way
10. I Need 2 Heads
11. River Of Money
12. Karen

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Cricketers Arms, Wellington, New Zealand  12 Feb 1985

Great quality soundboard. Has very light tape hiss. I never heard 'River of Money' live before I got this.

1. Cattle & Cane
2. Part Company
3. Unkind, Unwise
4. On My Block
5. Right For Him
6. Batchelor Kisses
7. Rare Breed
8. Five Words
9. In the Core of a Flame
10. Draining the Pool
11. That Way
12. People Say
13. A Bad Debt Follows You
14. Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea
15. I Need 2 Heads
16. Hammer The Hammer
17. River Of Money

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Live at the Boston Club, London  12 August 1985

An okay quality audience tape bootleg. The entire show is 2 tracks on the disc I have. I can split it if you want.

1. The Ghost and the Back Hat
2. Head Full of Steam
3. Unkind & Unwise
4. Apology Accepted
5. Part Company
6. The Wrong Road
7. Palm Sunday
8. To Reach Me
9. Twin Layers of Lightning
10. Cattle & Cane
11. Spring Rain
12. Draining the Pool
13. Bow Down
14. Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea
15. In the Core of a Flame
16. I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

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Live Brisbane 1986

1. In The Core Of A Flame
2. Head Full Of Steam
3. Right Here
4. One Thing Can Hold Us
5. Don't Let Him Come Back
6. Bachelor Kisses
7. Twin Layers Of Lightning
8. Bye Bye Pride
9. Five Words
10. That Way
11. The House That Jack Kerouac Built
12. To Reach Me
13. Palm Sunday
14. Spring Rain
15. Apology Accepted
16. Cattle & Cane
17. People Say

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Melbourne University  16 March 1986

Cassette source but very good.

1 Intro
2 One Thing Can Hold Us
3 Head Full Of Steam
4 Five Words
5 Bachelor Kisses
6 Bow Down
7 Unkind And Unwise
8 To Reach Me
9 Part Company
10 The Wrong Road
11 In The Core Of A Flame
12 Palm Sunday
13 Twin Layers Of Lightning
14 That Way
15 Cattle And Cane
16 Spring Rain
17 Draining The Pool For You
18 Apology Accepted
19 Man Of Sand
20 A Debt Follows You
21 Don`t Let Him Come Back

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Rotterdam 31 May 1986

1. Cattle & Cane
2. To Reach Me
3. Head Full Of Steam
4. Casanova's Last Words
5. Wrong Road
6. One Thing Can Hold Us
7. I Work In A Health Spa
8. Bachelor Kisses
9. Part Company
10. Core Of A Flame
11. Spring Rain
12. Palm Sunday
13. That Way
14. Draining The Pool


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Town & Country Club, London 10 May 87

1. Bye Bye Pride
2. Unkind & Unwise
3. Part Company
4. The House That Jack Kerouac Built
5. The Clarke Sisters
6. This Girl Black Girl
7. Don't Call Me Gone
8. Get Me Back To Her Memory
9. Your Turn, My Turn
10. Cut It Out
11. You Tell Me
12. Head Full Of Steam
13. Right Here
14. Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea
15. Apology Accepted
16. Spring Rain
17. Karen
18. Eight Pictures

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The Roxy, 10th September 1987

Excellent full band live set.

1. Spirit of a Vampyre
2. Bye Bye Pride
3. This Girl, Black Girl
4. The Clarke Sisters
5. The House That Jack Kerouac Built
6. Cut It Out
7. Draining The Pool For You
8. I Just Get Caught Out
9. Right Here
10. The Wrong Road
11. Head Full Of Steam
12. Don’t Call Me Gone
13. Apology Accepted
14. Spring Rain
15. Cattle and Cane
16. The Core of a Flame
17. Karen

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Cal State (Noon Show) 11 Sept 1987

1. Spring Rain
2. Bye Bye Pride
3. This Girl, Black Girl
4. Clarke Sisters
5. Jack Kerouac
6. Cut It Out
7. Head Full Of Steam
8. Twin Layers Of Lightning
9. Right Here
10. Don't Call Me Gone
11. Spirit Of A Vampyre
12. Just Get Caught Out

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Montreal Soda Club 29 Sept 1987

1. Core Of A Flame
2. Head Full Of Steam
3. Right Here
4. Twin Layers Of Lightning
5. Cut It Out
6. Spirit Of A Vampyre
7. Just Get Caught Out
8. Part Company
9. Bye Bye Pride
10. Clarke Sisters
11. Spring Rain
12. Jack Kerouac (tape turns in middle)
13. Don't Call Me Gone
14. Apology Accepted
15. Cattle & Cane
16. Bow Down
17. That Way

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McCabe’s, 11th November 1988

Excellent live accoustic set with Grant, Robert & Amanda only.

1. Dive For Your Memory
2. The Devils Eye
3. Right Here
4. Was There Anything I Can Do
5. The Clarke Sisters
6. Clouds
7. Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend
8. Love Goes On
9. The House That Jack Kerouac Built
10. Bye Bye Pride
11. You're A Big Girl Now
12. Quiet Heart
13. Apology Accepted
14. Spring Rain
15. Cattle and Cane

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Cabaret Metro, Chicago 1st April 1989

1. Don't Let Him Come Back
2. Was There Anything I Could Do?
3. The house That Jack Kerouac Built
4. Clouds
5. Dive For Your Memory
6. Cut It Out
7. I Just Get Caught Out
8. Twin Layers Of Lightning
9. Quiet Heart
10. Streets Of Your Town
11. Bye Bye Pride
12. Right Here
13. Spring Rain
14. The Devil's Eye
15. Love Is A Sign
16. Love Goes On
17. Casanova's Last Words
18. The Clarke Sisters
19. Karen

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The Botany Sessions

Demos for the never released 7th album. Essential.

Disc 1
1. Danger In The Past
2. Easy Come Easy Go
3. Broadway Bride
4. I Love You Still
5. What You Call Change
6. Open Invitation
7. Dream About Tomorrow
8. I've Been Looking For Somebody (cut)
9. Haunted House
10. Sally's Revolution
11. Just Get That Straight
12. Running The Risk Of Losing You
13. It Had To Be Me
14. Signs Of Life
15. Nowhere By Any Other Name
16. The Man Who Died In Rapture
17. The House Of Snakes
Disc 2

1. Danger In The Past
2. The River People
3. I've Been Looking For Somebody
4. Drop
5. Making It Right For Her
6. Just Get That Straight
7. She's So Strange
8. I Know What It's Like Without You
9. Stones For You
10. When Word Gets Around

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Reformed Go-Betweens

Munich BR2 Radio 27 May 1999

Grant McLennan & Robert Forster live acoustic set of top quality from German FM broadcast.

1. The Devil's Eye
2. Part Company
3. Haven't I Been A Fool
4. Baby Stones
5. Suicide AT Home
6. Dive For Your Memory
7. Right Here
8. Spring Rain
9. Clouds
10. Bye Bye Pride
11. Easy Come Easy Go
12. 121
13. Was There Anything I Could Do?

Geislingen Schlachthof, Germany 29 May 99

Robert Forster & Grant McLennan acoustic set

Disc 1
1. The Devil's Eye
2. Head Full Of Steam
3. Haven't I Been A Fool
4. One To One
5. Bachelor Kisses
6.Love Is  A Sign
7. Magic In Here
8. Baby Stones
9. Streets Of Your Town
10. Spring Rain
11. He Lives My Life
Disc 2
1. In The Core Of A Flame
2. Bye Bye Pride
3. People Say
4. Love Goes On
5. Clouds
6. Was There Anything I Could Do?
7. Cattle And Cane
8. Rock'n'Roll Friend
9. Right Here

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B72, Vienna, Austria  29 July 2000

Robert Forster & Grant McLennan acoustic set. Perfect sound board quality acoustic set. Highly recommended if you like their acoustic stuff.

1. He Lives My Life
2. Orpheus Beach
3. This Girl, Black Girl
4. Bye Bye Pride
5. When She Sang About Angels
6. Spring Rain
7. Surfing Magazines
8. Heart and Home
9. Cattle and Cane
10. People Say
11. Head Full of Steam
13. Danger in the Past

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Live at the Bowery Ballroom  19 October 2000
Fine quality full band show.
1. Spirit
2. Magic in Here
3. Head Full of Steam
4. Baby Stones
5. Streets of Your Town
6. Orpheus Beech
7. Draining The Pool For You
8. Going Blind
9. German Farmhouse
10. He Lives My Life
11. Bye Bye Pride
12. The Clock
13. Spring Rain
14. She Sang About Angels
15. Bachelor Kisses
16. Easy Come, Easy Go

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Copenhagen  29 Oct 2000
1.Your Turn, My Turn
2. Magic In Here
3. Right Here
4. Head Full Of Steam
5. Baby Stones
6. Strets Of Your Town
7. Orpheus Beach
8. He Lives My Life
9. German Farmhouse
10. Going Blind
11. Draining The Pool
12. Bye Bye Pride
13. The Clock
14. Spring Rain
15. Spirit
16. Bachelor Kisses
17. Easy Come Easy Go
18. Rock 'n' Roll Friend

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Live in Munich 7.11.00

1. Spirit
2. Magic In Here
3. Right Here
4. 121
5. The Clock
6. He Lives My Life
7. Orpheus Beach
8. Streets of Your Town
9. Baby Stones
10. When She Sang About Angels
11. Batchelor Kisses
12. Easy Come Easy Go
13. Bye Bye Pride

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Robert Forster solo

B-Sides, Demos & Rarities

Good quality compilation.

1. The Land That Time Forgot (Baby Stones b-side '90)
2. Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen tribute CD '91)
3. Atlanta Ly Low (demo '92)
4. 121 (demo '92)
5. Brookfield 1975 (b-side Drop '92)
6. Lonely Boy (b-side Drop, Australia only '92)
7. Freddie Fender's Sohn (b-side 2541 '94)
8. Danger In The Past - live (b-side 2541 '94)
9. Half The Way Home (b-side Crying Love '96)
10. Hypnotized (b-side Crying Love '96)
11. Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Where Joy Kills Sorrow comp '97)
12. What Goes On (unreleased '97) 
13. Sympathy For The Devil (from BB promo comp '98)
14. It's the "Thing" (from Sensorama LP 2000)

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Jack Frost

Live at T.T. the Bear's, Cambridge, MA, 20 March 1991

Excellent quality set.
1. Providence
2. Didn't Know Where I Was
3. Civil War Lament
4. Ramble
5. The Wrong Road
6. Bye Bye Pride
7. Thought That I Was Over You
8. Every Hour God Sends
9. Number Eleven
10. Everything Takes Forever
11. Right Here
12. Was There Anything I Could Do
13. Crimson and Clover
14. Under the Milky Way

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