Re: Siberry Discog

[robo@oregon.uoregon.edu (O'Neill, Rob)]

In article <1tu6qcINNpl@mermaid.cis.ohio-state.edu> bilbo@cis.ohio-state.edu (William H Stoner III) writes:


>since someone was wondering...

>       Hello and welcome to the Jane Siberry discography.  It is really
>not a true discography as it contains various other information, such as
>address, and a short intro to her work.  If you're new to Jane hopefully
>the intro will give you a good idea of where to start, or to continue on 
>the path you've started.  If on the other hand you're already a fan I 
>hope that this discography will give you some info you didn't already know.

>       Jane Siberry is one of Canada's premier singer-songwriters who has,
>over the course of her five albums, ranged in style from folk ("Jane Siberry")
>to snyth based pop-rock ("No Borders Here" and "the Speckless Sky"), to a more
>lush sounding synth based art rock ("the Walking"), and finally to folk with 
>country flavorings ("Bound By the Beauty" ( I hate labels but how else to 
>describe...???)).  Her work is always consisently good and she has had the 
>fortune to work with and assemble some of the best musicians in Canada.  
>..so here we go...

>Last Update: 5-25-93

>Albums

>  1. Jane Siberry
>       Marco Polo; This Girl I Know; The Sky is so Blue; The Mystery at
>       Ogwen's Farm; The Magic Beads; Writers Are a Funny Breed; The 
>       Strange Well; Above the Treeline; In the Blue Light.

>       a. LP/CT, Street Records (indie) dist. by Fusion III (Canada), 1981
>       b. CD, Street Record (indie) dist. by Fusion III (Canada), 1989
>          re-release, AAD.  
>*      c. CD, East Side Digital (US), 1991
>          [This version has expanded liner notes, by Switz and Jane, and a
>           few cool pictures too.]

>  2. No Borders Here
>       The waitress 2:25;  I muse aloud 4:11;  Dancing class 6:41;  Extra
>        executives 4:26;  You don't need 4:25;  Symmetry (the way things have
>        to be) 4:57;  Follow me 4:19;  Mimi on the beach 7:35;  Map of the
>        world (part 1) 3:33  TT 42:53.

>       a. LP/CS/CD, Duke Street Records, 31006, Canada, 1984, AAD.
>          released April '84 
>*      b. LP/CS/CD, Open Air/Windham Hill/A&M, OD 0302, US, 1983/84, AAD.
>          released May '85; Remastered and has different cover. [Don't
>          kow if any actual musical content was changed.]

>  3. The Speckless Sky
>       One more colour 4:38;  Seven steps to the wall 5:11;  The very large
>       Hat 5:35;  Vladimir, Vladimir 7:08;  Mein bitte 4:20;  The empty city 
>       6:40;  Map of the world (part II) 5:07;  The taxi ride 5:39 TT 44:49.

>       a. LP/CT/CD, Duke Street Records, 31019, Canada, 1985, AAD.
>          relesed Sept. '85 
>       b. LP/CT/CD, Open Air/Windham Hill/A&M, OD 0305, US, 1985, AAD.
>          released April '86 
>*      c. CD, Open Air/Duke Street, OA-6-0305, UK, ?1984/85?, AAD.
>          released '87; Includes "Mimi on the Beach" from "No Borders 
>          Here" lp and new cover.


>  4. The Walking
>       The White Tent the Raft 9:10; Red High Heels 7:16; Goodbye 4:19;
>        Ingrid (and the Footman) 3:53; Lena is a White Table 6:38; The
>       Walking (and Constantly) 4:29; The Lobby 6:13; The Bird in the 
>       Gravel 10:31  TT:??.??.

>*      a. LP/CT/CD, Duke Street Records, 31040, Canada, 1987, DDD.
>          released Nov. '87; This disc is DIFFERENT from the US version.
>          It is about six minutes longer, the effected songs being
>          "Ingrid..." [7:00] and "The Walking" [6:14].  
>*      b. LP/CT/CD, Reprise/Warner Bros.,925-678-2, US/International, 1987/88,
>          DDD.  Released Feb. '88; As noted above this disc is six minutes
>          shorter than the Canadian release. 


>   5. Bound By the Beauty
>       Bound By the Beauty 4:41; Something About Trains 3:44; Hockey 3:58;
>       Everything Reminds Me of My Dog 4:17; The Valley 6:04; The Life Is
>       The Red Wagon 4:12; Half Angel Half Eagle 3:55; La Jalouse 3:59;
>       Miss Punta Blanca 1:38; Are We Dancing Now? (Map III) 6:11 TT 00:00

>       a. LP/CT/CD  Duke street/WEA, ??????, Canada, 1989, AAD.
>       b. LP/CT/CD  Duke street/Reprise, 9 25942-1, US, 1989, AAD.
>       c. LP/CT/CD  Reprise/Duke Street, 7599-25942-2, Europe, 1989, AAD.
>*      d. CD  Duke St./Reprise Records  9 25942-2  Promo  [Same tracks 
>          and times as regular CD but this is a picture disc.  The
>          picture is the one of the tree branchs on pg. 10 & 11 but is 
>          red, not b&w.  No Cover.]
>          All released Sept. '89.


>   6. Summer in the Yukon
>       The Life is the Red Wagon 4:12; Miss Punta Blanca 1:38; Calling All 
>       Angels 5:11; Above the Treeline ; In the Blue Light; 
>       Seven Steps to the Wall 5:11; Mimi on the Beach 7:35; The Walking 
>       (and Constantly) ; The Very Large Hat 5:35; The Lobby;  
>       Red High Heels; Map of the World Pt II 5:07; The Taxi Ride 5:39.

>       a. CD WEA/Reprise, 7 599-26936-2, UK, 1992, AAD
>          [So far this looks like a UK only release...]

>    7. When I was a Boy
>       [Due in the near future...hopefully in july (93) it haws been 
>        delayed several times since January.]

>PROMOS/SINGLES:

>Waitress
> Duke St./Reprise Records  DSR 71007 (1984)
> (I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good) Waitress
> b/w Map of the World (Part 1)
> 7" Vinyl
> [This info came from Record News in the Christmas/New Year 90/91 issue
>  of the Speckless Fanzine.]
> 
>*Mimi on the Beach [promo]
> Open Air Records  OA-17338
> "Mimi on the Beach (edited)" 4:46
> 12" Black Vinyl
> Produced by Jane Siberry and John Switzer
> Co-produced by Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford
> Plain black sleve with sticker containing album release inforamtion
> [Different from the album version. Begins with the synth/drums riff 
>  right before "There's a girl out on the Sea...".  Spoken parts are 
>  omitted.  Don't know if this would be the same mix that was used as
>  a single in Canada.]

>Map of the World (Part 2)
> Duke St./Reprise Records  DSR 81019 (1985)
> Map of the World (Part 2) (edit)
> b/w Mein Bitte
> 7" Vinyl; Plain Sleeve
> [Missing over one minute of the song, no "Stick figure with a briefcase"
>  section.  This info came from Record News in the Christmas/New Year 90/91 
>  issue  of the Speckless Fanzine.]

>The Walking
> Duke St./Reprise Records  DSR 7140 (1987) 
> The Walking (edit)
> b/w The Walking (lp version)
> 7" Vinyl
> [Lp version is the Canadian lp version, don't know if the edit is the same
>  as the version on the US & International releases.  This info came from 
>  Record News in the Christmas/New Year 90/91 issue of the Speckless Fanzine.]

>Bound By the Beauty [promo single]
> Duke St./ Reprise Records  ???????
> "Bound By the Beauty (edit)" ?:??
> "Bound By the Beauty (album version)" ?:??
> 12cm CD; 12" Vinyl
> Produced: ?Jane Siberry and John Switzer?
> Plastic sleeve, No cover.
> [The 12" has a picture of Jane's face on one side and the track listing
>  on the other.  The edit is the album mix faded ~20 seconds early.]

>*The Life is the Red Wagon [promo single]
> Duke St./Reprise Records  PRO-CD-3944
> "Special Remix" 4:14
> "Remix/Fade" 3:53
> "Lp Version" 4:12
> 12cm CD
> Produced: Jane Siberry and John Switzer
> Remixes by: John Switzer and John Naslem
> No cover.
> [This is also a picture disc, the picture is that of a Red Wagon lying on 
>  its side in the grass (Is this the same as the tour shirt?).  The remix is 
>  very subtle, but it is different.  Some of the guitar parts are slightly 
>  altered. It is the same mix used in the video.  This also sometimes comes 
>  with the promo picdisc of the whole album so be on the look out.]
>  
>Other & Related Recordings:
>*  1. Bound By Toshiba
>       Train (by Tom Waites (sp)), Something About Trains, Up the Logging
>       Road, Hockey, Everything Reminds Me of My Dog, La Jalouse, Gone for
>       Smokes, Are We Dancing Now? (Map III), The Walking, The Life is the
>       Red Wagon (w/ intro), Half Angel Half Eagle (w/ intro), Bruce's 
>       Song (by Ken Myhr), The Valley, Calling All Angels, Bound by the 
>       Beauty (w/intro), The Taxi Ride, Mimi on the Beach/Georgie Girl,
>       Barcus is Willing.
>	
>       Bootleg, taped at St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit Michigan on April 18th
>       1990.  Audience recording, good quality.  About ~115 minutes, CT.
>  
>*  2. Jane Siberry in Ottawa
>       Up the Logging Road, Hockey, Interview with Jane, Calling All Angels,
>       La Jalouse, Gone for Smokes, Bound by the Beauty.
>	
>       CBC Radio broadcast, June 3rd 1990.  Recorded in Ottawa on April 6th,
>       1990.  About ~45 minutes.

>*  3. Legacy - A Collection of New Folk Music
>       Rebecca Jenkins contributes "Through the Leaves" [4:28] [Ken Myhr, 
>        guitar and Anne Bourne, cello are on this one too].
>       Anne Bourne contributes "Blue Ballet" [4:32].

>       a. CD  Windham Hill Records, WD6-1086, 1989, AAD & DDD.

>*  4. Notebook  Ken Myhr
>       Bruce's Song, Farm Song, She Left for India in the Rain, Iguana,
>       Virgin Gaucho, New Rising, Lost Salt, Wish You Were Home

>       a. CT Quagmyhr Records 1990  About 45 minutes
>       [Sold on the "Bound By the Beauty" tour for $10 apiece, may still
>        be available through: Quagmyhr Records 358 Spadina Rd. Toronto
>        Canada M5P 2V4.  A collection of mostly instrumental guitar based
>        pieces.  Doesn't showcase Ken's versatility as most of the songs
>        are done in a similar style, but still well worth the cash. Teddy 
>        Borowiecki contributes accordian on "Virgin Gaucho", Rebecca Jenkins 
>        contributes vocals on "Bruce's Song" and "Farm Song"].

>*  5. The Greyness and the Gold
>       Up the Logging Road (live), Hockey (live), Interview with Jane, 
>       Calling All Angels (live), La Jalouse (live), Gone for Smokes (live), 
>       Bound by the Beauty (live), Calling All Angels(new version), Mimi on 
>       the Beach (open air promo), Ingrid and the Footman (canadian version),
>       the Walking (canadian version), Barcus Is Willing (live), The Empty
>       City (live), the Taxi Ride (live), Something About Trains (live),
>       Extra Executives (live excerpt).

>       [ this tape was made for members of the siberry list and other
>         die hard fans.  The first side consists of the CBC broadcast
>         (number 2 above).  the second side was gleaned from various
>         promos and the documentary film made towards the end of the TSS
>         tour.  It is 90min.  There is a 100 minute version which also 
>         contains: Something About Trains (live from mountain stage) and
>         A Long Time Love Song the duet with Martin Tinelli found on the 
>         Bruce Cockburn tribute album (I forget the name, but am fairly 
>         certain that it is at this time only available in Canada)].

>*  6. Live at the Great American Music Hall 
>       The Bird in the Gravel (opening section), Vladimir Vladimir (excerpt),
>       Ingrid (and the footman), Seven Steps to the Wall, One More Color, The
>       Bird in the Gravel (middle section), Lena is the White Table, Map of 
>       the World (pt 1), The Walking, Mimi on the Beach, Mimi (continued), 
>       Extra Executives, Dancing Class (instrumental excerpt), Goodbye, Red 
>       High Heels, the Bird in the Gravel (closing section).

>       Recorded Live at the Great American Music Hall  San Francisco 
>       April 12th, 1988.  this is an audience recording but is suprisingly
>       listenable. About ~90 minutes.

>	
>VIDEOS 

>[I think that only "The Bird in the Gravel" is available commercially.]

>*  1. CBC Documentary
>       [About an hour long, various concert performances of "Speckless"
>       songs intertwined with short interviews and shots of "The Walking"
>       studio sessions.]  About an hour.

>*  2. Promo for "The Speckless Sky"
>       [Edited interview (ie. you only hear the answers not the questions)
>       along with the "dairy" version (Jane walking a cow down the road 
>       of the "One More Colour" video.] 
>       About 15 minutes.

>*  3. Film of "The Bird in the Gravel"
>       An independant film directed/prod. by Siberry based on the song of 
>       the same title on "The Walking" Lp.  11 minutes/B&W  [this available
>       commercially from Sib. Productions ((see below for address) VHS only 
>       NTSC (north american) format only; US/CANADA: $22.00  Overseas: 25/1.
>       Jane is not in the video,it does, however have Rebecca Jenkins, Gina 
>       Steputnik, Al Cross, Don Freed and others in it.  I had earlier said
>       this was in mono.  My VCR must have been fritzed I've watched on a 
>       couple other machines and it IS in stereo.]

>*  4. Mimi on the Beach 
>       A low budget video of people walking around on the beach, a little
>       surrelistic.  Jane has said in interviews that it didn't live up to
>       her expectiations.

>*  5. You Don't Need
>       Jane walking through a sparse forest of leaf less trees and a few
>       evergreens in the depths of winter.  It is almost in black and
>       white with real washed out colours.

>*  6. Map of the World pt. II (live-sort-of)
>       "Live" performance video taken from the CBC documentary (No. 1
>       above).  The audio portion sounds like it's straight off the
>       album though :-(]

>*  7. One More Color (non-dairy-computer graphics-gone-wild-version)
>       Shot of Jane (singing of course) from about the waist up, with
>       various things floating past.  It reminds me of Yes' "Leave it"
>       video, if that helps at all.

>*  8. One More Color (Jane walking with a cow)
>       Jane walking with a cow, whilst singing.

>*  9. The Walking
>       Hmm...not sure how to describe this one.  Kind of like a moving
>       black and white photograph.

>* 10. Ingrid (and the Footman)
>       This one is fun...Jane plays Ingrid, Al Cross plays the footman
>       Different seens of them interspersed with "performance" footage
>       of the band.  First time I've seen a piano solo played on a Hammond
>       and still sound like a piano ;-).  Ends with Jane sweeping the 
>       clouds away...piles of white sand arranged to look like clouds on
>       a blue floor, Jane comes in with a push broom and sweeps 'em away
>       (the camera is looking down on her).  a really neat effect.
> 
>* 11. Bound By the Beauty
>       Various shots of Jane romping around a farm, interspersed with
>       performance footage of the band sitting in a barn on hay bales.

>* 12. The Life is the Red Wagon
>       Another "moving photograph" video this time in colour.  Several
>       sceens literally revolve around people, like they are a wagon
>       wheel.  Also shots of "Band on lazy susan"  Jane, Ken and Teddy,
>       sitting on in a circle facing outward while the camera goes 
>       around them, actually I think they really are spinning.

> Are there any more????

>ADDRESSES of NOTE:

>                SIB PRODUCTIONS LTD.
>        BOX 291
>        238 Davenport Rd.
>        Toronto, Ont.
>        Canada M5R 1J6

>  For questions, mail order and general support....

>       Speckless c/o
>       Andy Heaps
>       41 Burns Road
>       Worksop
>       Notts
>       S81 0QQ
>       U.K.

>  A FANZINE!!!  And it has even been semi-officially recognized by Jane's
>  mom and Bob Blummer (Jane's Manager).  At present cost is $2.50 an issue.  


>There used to be a siberry mailing list but it seems to have died :-(

>Last update:5/25/93


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>Any info. on where to order/trade/etc. for the bootleg stuff? Please post...