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Sonic Youth - Death to Our Friends [1981-2011] [Bootleg]

by: Sonic Youth

Topics: sonic youth, noise rock, bootleg, flac

A 7xCD compilation covering the entirety of Sonic Youth's career, assembled thanks to some passionate fans from the SYG forum. Six discs are dedicated to chronological order and specific eras, and the last captures leftovers and oddities.

Track listing (all tracks in lossless unless *marked otherwise):

Disc 1: 1981 - 1985

The Good and the Bad [New York rehearsals, 7-xx-1981]
Where the Red Fern Grows [New York rehearsals, 7-xx-1981]
The Burning Spear [New York rehearsals, 7-xx-1981]
(She's in a) Bad Mood [Carrboro, 11-14-1982]
Confusion is Next [Carrboro, 11-14-1982]
Shaking Hell [Dearborn, 12-12-1982]
The World Looks Red [Vienna, 6-23-1983]
Halloween [Amsterdam, 3-31-1985]
Death Valley '69 [Amsterdam, 3-31-1985]
Brave Men Run (In My Family) [Amsterdam, 3-31-1985]
I Love Her All the Time [Amsterdam, 3-31-1985]
Brother James [VPRO-FM, 4-01-1985]
Flower [VPRO-FM, 4-01-1985]
Kill Yr Idols [VPRO-FM, 4-01-1985]
Satan is Boring [Amsterdam, 3-31-1985]

Disc 2: 1986 - 1989

Expressway to Yr Skull [demo from 1985 broadcast on John Peel, 5-18-1986]
White Kross [Washington, 7-25-1986]
Shadow of a Doubt [Washington, 7-25-1986]
Starpower [Washington, 7-25-1986]
Death to Our Friends [Washington, 7-25-1986]
Green Light [Washington, 7-25-1986]
Beauty Lies in the Eye [VPRO-FM, 6-10-1987]
Kotton Krown [VPRO-FM, 6-10-1987]
Stereo Sanctity [VPRO-FM, 6-10-1987]
Schizophrenia [Chapel Hill, 9-15-1987]
Tom Violence [Chapel Hill, 9-15-1987]
Tuff Gnarl [Chapel Hill, 9-15-1987]
The Sprawl [Washington, 12-11-1988]
'Cross the Breeze [Washington, 12-11-1988]
Ruben's Beard [BBC Session, 3-12-1989]
Major Label Chicken Feed [BBC Session, 3-12-1989]
Hey Joni [Washington, 12-11-1988]
Kissability [Washington, 12-11-1988]
The Wonder [Vienna, 3-29-1989]
Hyperstation [Vienna, 3-29-1989]
Eliminator Jr. [New York, 12-13-1988]

Disc 3: 1990 - 1993

Teenage Riot [Bremen, 8-27-1991]
The Burning Spear [Peel Session, 7-20-1992]
Kill Yr Idols [Irvine, 11-03-1990]
Silver Rocket [Irvine, 11-03-1990]
Genetic [Binghamton, 10-17-1992]
Dirty Boots [Bremen, 8-27-1991]
Youth Against Fascism [Peel Session, 7-20-1992]
100% > Kool Thing [Melbourne, 1-24-1993]
The World Looks Red [Berlin, 9-16-1990]
Mote [Bremen, 8-27-1991]
Candle [Lisbon, 7-14-1993]
Stereo Sanctity [Lisbon, 7-14-1993]
Sugar Kane [Rennes, 12-04-1992]
Purr [Peel Session, 7-20-1992]
Theresa's Sound-World [London, 12-14-1992]
Crème Brûlée [Peel Session, 7-20-1992]
Expressway to Yr Skull [Bremen, 8-27-1991]

Disc 4: 1994 - 1999

Stil [Sessions at West 54th, 6-12-1997]
Bull in the Heather [Tibetan Freedom Concert, 6-16-1996]
Starfield Road [Tilburg, 3-18-1996]
Washing Machine [Tilburg, 3-18-1996]
Interview [MTV Studios, 4-15-1996]
Junkie's Promise [MTV Studios, 4-15-1996]
Saucer-Like [MTV Studios, 4-15-1996]
Becuz [MTV Studios, 4-15-1996]
Self-Obsessed and Sexxee [Jon Stewart Show, 9-16-1994]
Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg) [West 54th Street, 6-12-1997]
Shadow of a Doubt [Los Angeles, 5-29-1998]
Karen Koltrane [Los Angeles, 5-29-1998]
Blonde Redhead [Lisbon, 2-19-1999]
Skip Tracer [Tilburg, 3-18-1996]
The Diamond Sea [Sydney, 12-31-1995]

Disc 5: 2000 - 2005

Kotton Krown [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
Kissability [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
The Empty Page [Last Call, 9-26-2002]
Pattern Recognition > Unmade Bed [Saint-Brieuc, 6-03-2005]*
100% [Last Call, 9-26-2002]
Eric's Trip [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
Rain on Tin [Seattle, 9-01-2002]
Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
Stones [Boston, 8-14-2004]
I Love You Golden Blue [Boston, 8-14-2004]
She is Not Alone [Ghent, 6-10-2001]
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?) [Conan O'Brien, 7-18-2000]
Drunken Butterfly [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
Making the Nature Scene [Toronto, 8-15-2002]

Disc 6: 2006 - 2011

Brave Men Run (In My Family) [Brooklyn, 8-12-2011]
Death Valley '69 [Brooklyn, 8-12-2011]
No Way [L'Album de la Semaine, 10-27-2009]
Sacred Trickster [L'Album de la Semaine, 10-27-2009]
Incinerate [From the Basement, 8-23-2007]*
Hey Joni [From the Basement, 8-23-2007]*
Leaky Lifeboat (for Gregory Corso) [L'Album de la Semaine, 10-27-2009]
What We Know [L'Album de la Semaine, 10-27-2009]
Shaking Hell [Portland, 7-01-2006]
Jams Run Free [From the Basement, 8-23-2007]*
The Sprawl [From the Basement, 8-23-2007]*
Poison Arrow [L'Album de la Semaine, 10-27-2009]
Starfield Road [São Paulo, 11-14-2011]*
Flower [São Paulo, 11-14-2011]*
Pink Steam [From the Basement, 8-23-2007]*
Teenage Riot [São Paulo, 11-14-2011]*

Disc 7: Outtakes and Oddities

Schizophrenia [Melbourne, 1-24-1993]
Catholic Block [Chapel Hill, 9-15-1987]
Pacific Coast Highway [Chapel Hill, 9-15-1987]
Brother James [Bremen, 8-27-1991]
Shoot [Binghamton, 10-17-1992]
Anagrama [Sessions at West 54th, 6-12-1997]
Screaming Skull (Rap Damage Version) [Jet Set Rough Mix]*
Swimsuit Issue [NYC, 7-04-1992]
Karenology [Toronto, 8-15-2002]
White Kross [Bremen, 8-27-1991]
Unwind [New York, 10-20-1995]
Corporate Ghost [BBC Session, 3-20-1989]
Total Trash [Stratford-upon-Avon, 7-16-1993]
Skink [Tilburg, 3-18-1996]
Expressway to Yr Skull [Boston, 8-14-2004]
Starpower [Acoustic, Gossip Girl]

EDIT: it seems likely that this isn't the original bootleg, and is instead a reassembled version using alternative sources of the tracks - this would explain the multitude of changes in volume, why I had to convert the mess it was originally in, and why the discs don't all fit on one CD. It should still be alright for you, though?