Go-Betweens Discography

Complete, text-only 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
  • 7" / 12" / CD etc.
  Songs or Album Title
  • For any release that has a title, it is listed in CAPS; releases without titles (i.e. singles) display a complete track listing in order of appearance, beginning with the release's A-side (or CD equivalent). Words appearing in brackets ([ ]) are not part of the actual song titles.
  Label
  • Record label that released the single / album / EP.
  Country
  • The country in which the record was released. Abbreviations: AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, HOLL=Holland (The Netherlands), JAP=Japan, SCOT=Scotland, US=United States, UK=England
  Catalog #
  • A unique number given to one particular record. Use the catalog number to differentiate between seemingly similar releases.
  Year
  • The year the record was released.
  Comments
  • Additional comments, if any, are listed underneath each entry and denoted by a star (*). The comments help clarify differences between similar releases or notify the reader of anything unusual (promo-only, no picture sleeve, etc.) about the release.

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" (feat. 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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