Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere

Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere è il terzo cofanetto di album musicali in formato CD del gruppo americano Guided by Voices; venne pubblicato dalla Matador Records nel 2003.[1][2][3] Il primo disco è una raccolta antologica di brani già pubblicati; il secondo è una raccolta di B side e brani pubblicati su diverse compilation; il terzo è una selezione di brani e demo inediti; il quarto raccoglie 31 esibizioni dal vivo inedite registrate in sette anni di concerti; il quinto è la ristampa del disco di esordio del gruppo, l'EP Forever Since Breakfast.[2] Oltre ai 5 CD, è incluso anche un DVD con il documentario del 1995 sul gruppo, Watch Me Jumpstart, diretto da Banks Tarver;[3] nel DVD sono poi presenti video musicali, esibizioni dal vivo e un altro breve documentario di Tarver in cui Pollard e suo fratello Jim riordinano scatole di cimeli dei Guided By Voices.[2]

Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere
cofanetto discografico
ArtistaGuided by Voices
Pubblicazione4 novembre 2003
Dischi5
Tracce129
GenereRock alternativo
EtichettaMatador Records
FormatiCD
Guided by Voices - cronologia

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Human Amusements at Hourly Rates

Il primo disco è la raccolta The Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates pubblicata contemporaneamente anche come album indipendente. Le due versioni differiscono in quanto la prima include le versioni originali dei brani "Game Of Pricks" e "Motor Away" già pubblicati negli album invece delle versioni ri-registrate che sono comunque entrambe presenti nel secondo disco del cofanetto.

  1. "Captain's Dead" – 2:01
  2. "Drinker's Peace" – 1:50
  3. "Exit Flagger" – 2:18
  4. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" – 1:31
  5. "Shocker in Gloomtown" – 1:25
  6. "Non-Absorbing" – 1:35
  7. "Tractor Rape Chain" – 3:04
  8. "Hot Freaks" – 1:43
  9. "Echos Myron" – 2:38
  10. "I Am a Scientist" [7" Version] – 2:29
  11. "A Salty Salute" – 1:29
  12. "Watch Me Jumpstart" – 2:25
  13. "Game of Pricks" – 1:34
  14. "Motor Away" – 2:06
  15. "Hit" – 0:23
  16. "My Valuable Hunting Knife" – 2:01
  17. "Cut"-Out Witch – 3:05
  18. "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" – 2:49
  19. "To Remake the Young Flyer" – 1:43
  20. "I Am A Tree" – 4:40
  21. "Bulldog Skin" – 3:00
  22. "Learning To Hunt" – 2:24
  23. "Teenage FBI" [Original Version] – 1:38
  24. "Things I Will Keep" – 2:25
  25. "Surgical Focus" – 3:46
  26. "Chasing Heather Crazy" – 2:53
  27. "Twilight Campfighter" – 3:08
  28. "Glad Girls" – 3:49
  29. "Back to the Lake" – 2:34
  30. "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:37
  31. "My Kind of Soldier" – 2:36
  32. "The Best of Jill Hives" – 2:38

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Demons and Painkillers: Matador Out-of-Print Singles, B-Sides & Compilation Tracks.

  1. "Motor Away" [7" Version] – 2:16
  2. "Color of My Blade" – 2:24
  3. "My Valuable Hunting Knife" [7" Version] – 2:26
  4. "Game of Pricks" [7" Version] – 2:16
  5. "Mice Feel Nice" (in My Room) – 2:18
  6. "Not Good for the Mechanism" – 2:00
  7. "Kiss Only the Important Ones" – 1:27
  8. "Dodging Invisible Rays" – 2:37
  9. "Deaf Ears" – 1:58
  10. "Why Did You Land?" – 2:15
  11. "June Salutes You!" – 1:53
  12. "Delayed Reaction Brats" – 1:07
  13. "He's the Uncle" – 1:39
  14. "Key Losers" – 2:14
  15. "Postal Blowfish" [New Version] – 2:14
  16. "Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy" [Live] – 1:56
  17. "Some Drilling Implied" [Live] – 1:26
  18. "Systems Crash" – 1:19
  19. "Catfood on the Earwig" – 2:27
  20. "The Who vs. Porky Pig" – 2:00
  21. "A Life in Finer Clothing" – 1:29
  22. "The Worryin' Song" – 1:02
  23. "Subtle Gear Shifting" – 3:44
  24. "Finks" – 2:28
  25. "The Finest Joke Is Upon Us" – 3:10
  26. "The Singing Razorblade" – 2:13
  27. "Now to War" [Electric Version] – 2:28
  28. "Mannequin's Complaint (Wax Dummy Meltdown)" – 3:21
  29. "Do They Teach You the Chase?" – 1:12
  30. "(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries" – 3:18
  31. "The Ascended Master's Grogshop" – 0:53
  32. "My Thoughts Are a Gas" – 3:05
  33. "Running Off with the Fun City Girls" – 2:01
  34. "None of Them Any Good" – 2:59
  35. "Choking Tara" [Creamy Version] – 2:15

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Delicious Pie & Thank You for Calling: Previously Unreleased Songs and Recordings.

  1. "I" – 1:09
  2. "Back to Saturn X" – 4:52
  3. "H-O-M-E" – 2:41
  4. "You're the Special" – 1:32
  5. "Perhaps We Were Swinging" – 1:52
  6. "Mother & Son" – 2:33
  7. "7 Strokes to Heaven's Edge" – 1:54
  8. "Fire 'Em Up, Abner" – 3:32
  9. "Harboring Exiles" – 1:52
  10. "Still Worth Nothing" – 2:36
  11. "Never" – 2:53
  12. "Slave Your Beetle Brain" – 1:59
  13. "It Is Divine" [Different Version] – 3:47
  14. "They" – 1:41
  15. "I Invented the Moonwalk (and the Pencil Sharpener)" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:08
  16. "Fly into Ashes" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:24
  17. "The Various Vaults of Convenience" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:16
  18. "Trashed Aircraft" [Do the Collapse Demo] – 2:15
  19. "Running Off with the Fun City Girls" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:14
  20. "Bulldog Skin" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:24
  21. "Portable Men's Society" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 4:04
  22. "Choking Tara" [Mag Earwhig! Demo] – 2:24
  23. "Man Called Aerodynamics" [Concert For Todd Version] – 2:10

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Live at the Wheelchair Races: Unreleased Live Recordings 1995–2002.

  1. Intro by Randy Campbell – 0:32
  2. "Little Lines" – 1:55
  3. "A Salty Salute" – 1:45
  4. "I Am Produced" – 2:11
  5. "Why Did You Land?" – 2:10
  6. "Zap" – 1:10
  7. "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" – 1:31
  8. "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:34
  9. "Quicksilver" – 1:06
  10. "James Riot" – 2:51
  11. "Pretty Bombs" – 3:26
  12. "Far-Out Crops" – 2:37
  13. "My Impression Now" – 2:08
  14. "Look at Them" – 2:21
  15. "Melted Pat" – 1:30
  16. "How Loft I Am?" – 1:06
  17. "King and Caroline/Motor Away" – 4:27
  18. "Trap Soul Door" – 1:14
  19. "Cheyenne" – 2:51
  20. "Make Use" – 3:07
  21. "Burning Flag Birthday Suit" – 2:28
  22. "Weed King" – 2:37
  23. "Town of Mirrors" – 2:45
  24. "Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" – 5:08
  25. "Dragons Awake!" – 2:05
  26. "Shrine to the Dynamic Years (Athens Time Change Riots)" – 1:48
  27. "Game of Pricks" – 2:04
  28. "Tractor Rape Chain" – 2:43
  29. "Key Losers" – 2:00
  30. "Now to War" – 2:15
  31. "Johnny Appleseed" – 3:02
  32. "Drinker's Peace" – 1:42

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Forever Since Breakfast: The 1986 Debut EP.

Ristampa dell'EP Forever Since Breakfast, album di esordio del gruppo.

  1. "Land of Danger" – 3:09
  2. "Let's Ride" – 3:26
  3. "Like I Do" – 2:42
  4. "Sometimes I Cry" – 3:03
  5. "She Wants to Know" – 3:15
  6. "Fountain of Youth" – 3:59
  7. "The Other Place" – 3:34

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  1. ^ The History of Rock Music. Guided By Voices: biography, discography, reviews, links, su scaruffi.com. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2019.
  2. ^ a b c (EN) Hardcore UFOs Box Set: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere - Guided by Voices | Songs, Reviews, Credits, su AllMusic. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2019.
  3. ^ a b GBVDB - Guided By Voices Database, su gbvdb.com. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2019.

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