Go-Betweens Discography
Complete, Netscape-enhanced version.
I have tried to list all Go-Betweens releases I have knowledge of, including promos and pressings from around the world. I have not tried to list solo projects, offshoot bands, or any of the numerous compilation appearances by the aforementioned or the band itself. (I'm leaving that exhausting task for later!) This list was compiled almost in its entirety from my own collection, so there are bound to be gaps. But not too many, I hope. Comments and additions to this discography are encouraged! Please email them to me.
How to Read the Discography
All records and CDs are listed in approximate chronological order
based on when the music on each release was recorded -- earliest
musical recordings to latest. This method does not take into
account the actual date the record or CD was released, but
the release date is listed at the end of each entry line. For
example, The Able Label Singles is placed near the
beginning of the discography, even though it was released in
1986, many years after the music on it was recorded.
Each entry lists, in this order:
| Format | Songs or Album Title | Label | Country | Catalog # | Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7" | "Lee Remick" "Karen" |
Able Label | AUS | ? | 1978 | |
| 7" | "People Say" "Don't Let Him Come Back" [original version] |
Able Label | AUS | ? | 1979 | |
| 12" | The Able Label Singles | Situation Two | UK | SIT 44T | 1986 | |
| 7" | "I Need Two Heads" "Stop Before You Say It" |
Missing Link | AUS | MISS 23 | 1980 | different ps |
| 7" | "I Need Two Heads" "Stop Before You Say It" |
Postcard | SCOT | POSTCARD 80-4 | 1980 | stock sleeve; brown labels |
| LP | Very Quick on the Eye = Brisbane, 1981 | Man Made | AUS | MM008 | 1986 | bootleg LP of demos for Send Me A Lullabye |
| 7" | "Your Turn, My Turn" "World Weary" |
Missing Link | AUS | MISS-29 | 1981 | |
| LP | Send Me A Lullabye | Rough Trade | UK | ROUGH 45 | 1981 | original pressing; inner sleeve; clearfoil cover |
| LP | Send Me A Lullabye | Rough Trade | UK | ROUGH 45 | 1981 | bootleg repressing; plain inner sleeve; no etching or catalog # in run-off groove; side two plays Aztec Camera's High Land Hard Rain LP |
| CD | Send Me A Lullabye | Red Eye | AUS | RED CD 15 | 1990 | re-issue; jewel case |
| 7" | "Hammer the Hammer" "By Chance" |
Missing Link | AUS | MISS-33 | 1982 | |
| 7" | "Hammer the Hammer" "By Chance" |
Rough Trade | UK | RT 108 | 1982 | |
| LP | Before Hollywood | Rough Trade | UK | ROUGH 54 | 1982 | original pressing |
| LP | Before Hollywood | Red Eye / Polydor | AUS | 847 027-1 | 1990 | repressing; different cover; inner sleeve |
| CD | Before Hollywood | Rough Trade | US/UK | ROUGH LCD 54 | 1990 | re-issue; also has US catalog #; jewel case |
| 7" | "Cattle and Cane" "Heaven Says" |
Rough Trade | UK | RT 124 | 1983 | |
| 7" | "Man O' Sand to Girl O'
Sea" "This Girl, Black Girl" |
Rough Trade | UK | RT 144 | 1983 | |
| 7" | "Bachelor Kisses" "Rare Breed" |
Sire | UK | W 9156 | 1984 | |
| 12" | "Bachelor Kisses" "Rare Breed" "Unkind & Unwise (Instrumental)" |
Sire | UK | W9156-T | 1984 | |
| LP | Spring Hill Fair | Sire | GER | 925 179-1 | 1984 | inner sleeve |
| 7" | "Part Company" "Just A King in Mirrors" |
Sire | UK | W 9211 | 1984 | |
| 12" | "Part Company" "Just A King in Mirrors" "Newton Told Me" |
Sire | UK | W9211-T | 1984 | |
| LP | Metal and Shells | PVC | US | PVC 8942 | 1985 | compiles tracks from Before
Hollywood and Spring Hill Fair; cassette-only
bonus track: "This Girl, Black Girl" |
| 12" | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | UK | ? | 1984 (?) | |
| CD5" | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit | UK | SFPSCD074 | 1989 | re-issue; slim jewel case |
| CD5" | The Peel Sessions | Strange Fruit / Dutch East India | US | DEI8339-2 | 1991 | re-issue; glow-in-the-dark graphics on disc; jewel case |
| LP | Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | Beggars Banquet | UK | BEGA 72 | 1986 | |
| LP | Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | Bigtime | US | 8472-10030-1 | 1986 | first pressing; gray labels |
| LP | Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | Bigtime / RCA | US | 8472-16010-1 | 1986 | later pressing; different catalog #; yellow labels |
| CD | Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express | Beggars Banquet | UK | BBL 72CD | ? | re-issue; jewel case |
| 12" | "Spring Rain" "Head Full of Steam (Remix)" |
Bigtime | US | 10030-12 | 1986 | promo only; no ps; stickered sleeve |
| 7" | "Spring Rain" "The Life at Hand" |
True Tone | AUS | 884 473-7 | 1986 | different ps |
| 7" | "Spring Rain" "The Life at Hand" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 155 | 1986 | |
| 12" | "Spring Rain" "The Life at Hand" "Little Joe" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 155T | 1986 | |
| 7" | "Head Full of Steam
(Remix)" "Don't Let Him Come Back" [new version] |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 159 | 1986 | some copies shrink-wrapped with free "Spring Rain" 7" |
| 12" | "Head Full of Steam
(Remix)" "Don't Let Him Come Back" [new version] "The Wrong Road (Early Version)" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 159T | 1986 | |
| 7" | "Head Full of Steam" "Little Joe" |
True Tone | AUS | 884 809-7 | 1986 | different b-side |
| 7" | "Apology Accepted" [G] "Hey Mista" [ES] |
Music Station | AUS | MS002 | 1986 | A-side is Go-Betweens, B-side is Empire State; radio promo-only single |
| 12" | "Right Here" "The Clarke Sisters" "Cut It Out" "Spring Rain" "Twin Layers of Lightning" "Palm Sunday (On Board the S.S. Within)" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | GO-BE1 | 1986 | promo-only sampler |
| 7" | "Right Here" "When People are Dead" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 183 | 1987 | |
| 2x7" | "Right Here" "When People are Dead" "A Little Romance" "Don't Call Me Gone" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 183 D | 1987 | gatefold sleeve; lyrics |
| 12" | "Right Here" "A Little Romance" "Don't Call Me Gone" "When People Are Dead" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 183T | 1987 | |
| 7" | "Right Here" "When People are Dead" |
True Tone | AUS | 888 390-7 | 1987 | |
| 12" | "Right Here" "Right Here" |
Bigtime | US | 6054-1-BDAA | 1987 | promo-only; no ps; stickered sleeve |
| LP | Tallulah | Beggars Banquet | UK | BEGA 81 | 1987 | original pressing; "shell" label; inner sleeve |
| LP | Tallulah | Bigtime / RCA | US | 6042-1-B | 1987 | white label promo copy; promo stamp; plain inner sleeve |
| LP | Tallulah | Bigtime / RCA | US | 6042-1-B | 1987 | regular yellow labels; plain inner sleeve |
| LP | Tallulah | Vertigo | CAN | 832 615-1 | 1987 | different labels; inner sleeve |
| LP | Tallulah | Vertigo | CAN | 832 615-1 | 1987 | different labels; inner sleeve; w/ Vertigo promo sampler 12" (featuring 2 GBs LP tracks) |
| LP | Tallulah | Torso | HOLL | Torso 33041 | 1987 | different labels; inner sleeve |
| CD | Tallulah | Beggars Banquet | UK | BBL 81 CD | ? | re-issue; jewel case |
| 7" | "Cut It Out" "Time in the Desert" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 190 | 1987 | |
| 12" | "Cut It Out" "Time in the Desert" "Doo Wop in "A" (Bam Boom)" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 190T | 1987 | |
| 7" | "Bye Bye Pride" "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 194 | 1987 | |
| 12" | "Bye Bye Pride" [remix] "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" "Bye Bye Pride" [LP version] |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 194T | 1987 | |
| 7" | "Was There Anything I Could
Do?" "Rock and Roll Friend" |
Mushroom | AUS | K698 | 1988 | |
| 7" | "Was There Anything I Could
Do?" "Rock and Roll Friend" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 219 | 1988 | |
| 12" | "Was There Anything I Could
Do?" "Rock and Roll Friend" "Mexican Postcard" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 219T | 1988 | |
| CD5" | "Was There Anything I Could
Do?" "Rock and Roll Friend" "Mexican Postcard" "Bye Bye Pride" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 219CD | 1988 | slim jewel case |
| 12" | "Was There Anything I Could
Do?" "Was There Anything I Could Do?" |
Capitol | US | SPRO-79427 | 1988 | promo-only; no ps; stickered sleeve |
| LP | 16 Lovers Lane | Capitol | US | C1-91230 | 1988 | inner sleeve |
| CD | 16 Lovers Lane | Capitol | US | CDP 7 91230 2 | 1988 | jewel case |
| LP | 16 Lovers Lane | Beggars Banquet | UK | BEGA 95 | 1988 | inner sleeve |
| CD | 16 Lovers Lane | Beggars Banquet | UK | BBL 95 CD | ? | re-issue; jewel case |
| 7" | "Streets of Your Town" "Wait Until June" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 218B | 1988 | ltd. boxed edition with button, photo, map |
| 7" | "Streets of Your Town" "Wait Until June" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 218 | 1988 | |
| 12" | "Streets of Your Town" "Wait Until June" "Casanova's Last Words" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 218T | 1988 | |
| CD5" | "Streets of Your Town" "Spring Rain" "Right Here" "Wait Until June" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 218 CD | ? | slim jewel case |
| 7" | "Streets of Your Town" "Wait Until June" |
Capitol | US | P-B-44262 | 1988 | white label promo |
| 12" | "Streets of Your Town" "Rock and Roll Friend" "Mexican Postcard" "Wait Until June" "Casanova's Last Words" |
Capitol | US | SPRO-79547 | 1988 | promo-only; no ps; stickered sleeve |
| 7" | "Streets of Your Town" "Wait Until June" |
Mushroom | AUS | K-607 | 1988 | textured, tan sleeve |
| 7" | "Love Goes On" "Clouds" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 225 | 1988 | |
| 7" | "Streets of Your Town" "Quiet Heart" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 232 | 1989 | re-issue; different b-side; different sleeve |
| 12" | "Streets of Your Town" "Quiet Heart" "Bow Down" "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 232T | 1988 | re-issue; different b-sides; different sleeve |
| CD3" | "Streets of Your Town" "Quiet Heart" "Bow Down" "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" |
Beggars Banquet | UK | BEG 232 CD | 1989 | re-issue; in long cardboard "streetlight" pack |
| 2xLP | 1978-1990 | Beggars Banquet | UK | BEGA 104 | 1990 | gatefold sleeve; inner sleeves |
| CD | 1978-1990 | Capitol | US | CDP 7 94681 2 | 1990 | jewel case |
| 2xCD | 1978-1990 | Alfa | JAP | ALCB-416/417 | 1990 | double CD version is Japan-only; thick double jewel case |
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