Just Kids (2010)
ECCO, NEW YORK
Hardcover, 304 pp.: memoir
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Review of Runt, by Todd Rundgren
ROLLING STONE, AUGUST 19, 1971
“Jag-arr of the Jungle”
CREEM, JANUARY 1973
“Learning to Stand Naked”
ROCK SCENE, OCTOBER 1974
“Flying Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll”
CRAWDADDY, JUNE 1975
“Jukebox Cruci-Fix”
CREEM, JUNE 1975
“You Can’t Say ‘Fuck’ in Radio Free America”
YIPSTER TIMES, MARCH–APRIL 1977
SINGLES
Omits promotional stereo/mono, radio edit/album version, and single-track releases.
“Hey Joe (Version)”/“Piss Factory” (1974)
MER RECORDS, 601
No picture sleeve
“Gloria”/“My Generation” (1976)
ARISTA RECORDS, AS 0171 (US)
“My Generation” recorded live in Cleveland on January 26, 1976
“Pissing in a River”/“Ask the Angels” (1976)
ARISTA/EMI ELECTROLA, 1 C 062-98 283 (GERMANY)
“Ask the Angels”/“Time Is on My Side” (1977)
ARISTA/PATHé MARCONI/EMI, 2C 006-98.529 (FRANCE)
“Time Is on My Side” recorded live in Paris on October 21, 1976
“Hey Joe”/“Radio Ethiopia” (1977)
ARISTA/PATHé MARCONI/EMI, 2C 052-60.133 z(FRANCE)
“Radio Ethiopia” recorded live at CBGB on June 5, 1977
“Hey Joe (Version)”/“Piss Factory” (1977)
SIRE RECORDS, SRE 1009 (US)
Reissue of Mer 601
“Because the Night”/“God Speed” (1978)
ARISTA RECORDS, AS 0318 (US)
Set Free (1978)
ARISTA RECORDS, ARIST 12197 (UK)
EP: “Privilege” • “Ask the Angels” • “25th Floor” • “Babelfield”
“25th Floor” recorded live in Paris on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1978; “Babelfield” recorded live in London on February 28, 1978
“Frederick”/“Frederick” (Live) (1979)
ARISTA RECORDS, AS 0427
Live version recorded in New York on May 23, 1979
“So You Want to Be (a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star)”/“5-4-3-2-1”/“A Fire of Unknown Origin” (1979)
ARISTA RECORDS, AS 0453 PROMO (US)
“5-4-3-2-1” recorded live in New York City on May 23, 1979
“Frederick”/“Fire of Unknown Origin” (1979)
ARISTA RECORDS, ARIST 264 (UK)
“Dancing Barefoot”/“5-4-3-2-1” (1979)
ARISTA RECORDS, ARIST 281 (UK)
Because the Night (1983)
ARISTA RECORDS, ARIST 12 513 (UK)
EP: “Because the Night” • “Redondo Beach” • “Dancing Barefoot” • “Free Money”
“People Have the Power”/“Wild Leaves” (1988)
ARISTA RECORDS, ASI 9689 (US)
People Have the Power (1988)
ARISTA RECORDS, ADI 9688 (US)
EP: “People Have the Power” • “Where Duty Calls” • “Wild Leaves”
“Looking for You (I Was)”/“Up There Down There” (1988)
ARISTA RECORDS, AS 9762 (US)
Summer Cannibals (1996)
ARISTA RECORDS, 38931-2 (GERMANY)
EP: “Summer Cannibals” • “Come Back Little Sheba” • “Come On in My Kitchen” • “People Have the Power”
Summer Cannibals, Part 1 (1996)
ARISTA RECORDS, 74321-40168-2 (UK)
EP: “Summer Cannibals” • “Come Back Little Sheba” • “Gone Again” • “People Have the Power”
“Gone Again” recorded live for Later … with Jools Holland in London
Summer Cannibals, Part 2 (1996)
ARISTA RECORDS, 74321-40299-2 (UK)
EP: “Summer Cannibals” • “People Have the Power” • “Beneath the Southern Cross” • “Come On in My Kitchen”
Spoken-word version of “People Have the Power” recorded live for Later … with Jools Holland in London
“Higher Learning”/“Higher Learning (Contemplation)” (2002)
ARISTA RECORDS, ARPCD 5088
“Higher Learning (Contemplation)” recorded live in Switzerland in 2001
“Perfect Day”/“Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect” (2007)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, CS7 708959
Promotional vinyl given free with initial release of Twelve
ALBUMS
Horses (1975)
ARISTA RECORDS, AL 4066 (US)
“Gloria” • “Redondo Beach” • “Birdland” • “Free Money” • “Kimberly” • “Break It Up” • “Land” • “Elegie”
Radio Ethiopia (1976)
ARISTA RECORDS, AB 4097 (US)
“Ask the Angels” • “Ain’t It Strange” • “Poppies” • “Pissing in a River” • “Pumping (My Heart)” • “Distant Fingers” • “Radio Ethiopia” • “Abyssinia”
Easter (1978)
ARISTA RECORDS, AB 4171 (US)
“Till Victory” • “Space Monkey” • “Because the Night” • “Ghost Dance” • “Babelogue” • “Rock n Roll Nigger” • “Privilege (Set Me Free)” • “We Three” • “25th Floor” • “High on Rebellion” • “Easter”
Wave (1979)
ARISTA RECORDS, AB 4221 (US)
“Frederick” • “Dancing Barefoot” • “So You Want to Be (a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star)” • “Hymn” • “Revenge” • “Citizen Ship” • “Seven Ways of Going” • “Broken Flag” • “Wave”
Dream of Life (1988)
ARISTA RECORDS, AL 8453 (US)
“People Have the Power” • “Going Under” • “Up There Down There” • “Paths That Cross” • “Dream of Life” • “Where Duty Calls” • “Looking for You (I Was)” • “The Jackson Song”
Gone Again (1996)
ARISTA RECORDS, 18747 (US)
“Gone Again” • “Beneath the Southern Cross” • “About a Boy” • “My Madrigal” • “Summer Cannibals” • “Dead to the World” • “Wing” • “Ravens” • “Wicked Messenger” • “Fireflies” • “Farewell Reel”
The Patti Smith Masters (1996)
ARISTA RECORDS, 18933 (US)
Digitally remastered CD versions of Patti’s first five albums, complete with original liner notes and bonus tracks as follows: Horses, “My Generation” (live) • Radio Ethiopia, “Chiklets” • Easter, “Godspeed” • Wave, “Fire of Unknown Origin” and “54321”/“Wave” (live) • Dream of Life, “As the Night Goes By” and “Wild Leaves”; also includes a sixth disc of selected songs: “Gloria” • “Redondo Beach” • “Ask the Angels” • “Because the Night” • “Babelogue” • “Rock n Roll Nigger” • “Dancing Barefoot” • “People Have the Power” • “Paths That Cross” • “Gone Again” • “Summer Cannibals”
Peace and Noise (1997)
ARISTA RECORDS, 18986 (US)
“Waiting Underground” • “Whirl Away” • “1959” • “Spell” • “Don’t Say Nothing” • “Dead City” • “Blue Poles” • “Death Singing” • “Memento Mori” • “Last Call”
Gung Ho (2000)
ARISTA RECORDS, 14618 (US)
“One Voice” • “Lo and Beholden” • “Boy Cried Wolf” • “Persuasion” • “Gone Pie” • “China Bird” • “Glitter in Their Eyes” • “Strange Messengers” • “Grateful” • “Upright Come” • “New Party” • “Libbie’s Song” • “Gung Ho”
Land (1975–2002) (2002)
ARISTA RECORDS, 14708
Two-CD retrospective: “Dancing Barefoot” • “Babelogue” • “Rock n Roll Nigger” • “Gloria” • “Pissing in a River” • “Free Money” • “People Have the Power” • “Because the Night” • “Frederick” • “Summer Cannibals” • “Ghost Dance” • “Ain’t
It Strange” • “1959” • “Beneath the Southern Cross” • “Glitter in Their Eyes” • “Paths That Cross” • “When Doves Cry” (new recording) • “Piss Factory” • “Redondo Beach” (demo, 1975) • “Distant Fingers (demo, 1975) • “25th Floor” (live in Eugene, Oregon, 1978) • “Come Back Little Sheba” • “Wander I Go” • “Dead City” (live in Denmark, 2001) • “Spell” (live in Portland, 2001) • “Wing” (live in Paris, 2001) • “Boy Cried Wolf” (live in Paris, 2001) • “Birdland” (live in Los Angeles, 2001) • “Higher Learning” (new recording, 2001) • “Notes to the Future” (live at St. Mark’s, New York City, 2002)
Trampin’ (2004)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, CK 90330
“Jubilee” • “Mother Rose” • “Stride of the Mind” • “Cartwheels” • “Gandhi” • “Trespasses” • “My Blakean Year” • “Cash” • “Peaceable Kingdom” • “Radio Baghdad” • “Trampin’”
Horses: Legacy Edition (2005)
ARISTA/COLUMBIA/LEGACY, 71198
Two-CD collection containing the original LP and bonus track, and the same track list recorded live at the Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, on June 25, 2005: “Gloria” • “Redondo Beach” • “Birdland” • “Free Money” • “Kimberly” • “Break It Up” • “Land” • “Elegie” • “My Generation”
Twelve (2007)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, 87251 (US)
“Are You Experienced?” • “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” • “Helpless” • “Gimme Shelter” • “Within You Without You” • “White Rabbit” • “Changing of the Guard” • “The Boy in the Bubble” • “Soul Kitchen” • “Smells Like Teen Spirit” • “Midnight Rider” • “Pastime Paradise” • “Everybody Hurts” (bonus track)
SELECTED COMPILATIONS AND SOUNDTRACKS
Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)
WARNER BROS. RECORDS, 2-26707
Includes “It Takes Time”
Arista Alternative? You’re Shittin’ Me! (1993)
ARISTA RECORDS, ASCD-2644
Promo CD includes “Piss Factory,” recorded live at SummerStage, Central Park, New York, in 1993
No Alternative (1993)
ARISTA RECORDS, 18737
Promo CD includes “Memorial Song,” recorded live at SummerStage, Central Park, New York, in 1993
Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film (1994)
NOTHING/INTERSCOPE, 92460
Includes “Rock n Roll Nigger,” remixed by Flood for 140db
Ain’t Nuthin’ but a She Thing (1995)
LONDON RECORDS, 828674
Includes “Don’t Smoke in Bed”
Dead Man Walking: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (1995)
SONY MUSIC, 76660
Includes “Walkin’ Blind”
Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness (1997)
RYKODISC, RCD 10329
Includes “The Last Hotel” (with Lenny Kaye and Thurston Moore)
Hashisheen: The End of Law (1999)
SUB ROSA, SR 154
Includes “Morning High” (with Lizzy Mercier Descloux)
SPOKEN-WORD RECORDINGS
The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It’s Out of Control, by Ray Manzarek (1974)
MERCURY RECORDS, SRM-1-1014
Patti reads an excerpt from Jim Morrison’s poem “The New Creatures” on the song “I Wake Up Screaming”
Galerie Veith Turske Reading (1978)
S PRESS TONBANDVERLAG
Live reading at from an October 1977 exhibition of Patti’s work at Galerie Veith Turske, Cologne, West Germany
Big Ego (1978)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 012–013
Includes “The Histories of the Universe”
The Nova Convention (1979)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 014–015, 016–017
Includes “Poem for Jim Morrison” and “Bumblebee”
Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat: The Dial-A-Poem Poets (1980)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 018–019
Includes “Parade”
You’re a Hook: The 15th Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem (1983)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 030
Includes “7 Ways of Going” and “Fire of Unknown Origin”
Lenny Kaye Connection: I’ve Got a Right (1984)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 032
Features Patti Smith
Cash Cow: The Best of Giorno Poetry Systems (1993)
GIORNO POETRY SYSTEMS, GPS 044
Includes “The Histories of the Universe”
In Paradisu, by Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses (1996)
MERCURY/PHILLIPS, 532453-2
Patti recites a spoken introduction to “Dies Irae”
The Coral Sea (2008)
PASK, 001
Recorded live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on June 22, 2005, and September 12, 2006
MISCELLANEOUS
Tyranny and Mutation, by Blue Öyster Cult (1973)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, KC 32017
Patti cowrote “Baby Ice Dog”
All American Boy, by Rick Derringer (1973)
BLUE SKY RECORDS, 32481
Patti wrote the lyrics for “Hold”
Secret Treaties, by Blue Öyster Cult (1974)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, KC 32858
Patti cowrote “Career of Evil”
Agents of Fortune, by Blue Öyster Cult (1976)
COLUMBIA RECORDS, CK 34164
Patti wrote the lyrics for “Debbie Denise” and “The Revenge of Vera Gemini”; she also performed backing vocals
If I Weren’t So Romantic I’d Shoot You, by Rick Derringer (1978)
BLUE SKY RECORDS, 35075
Patti wrote the lyrics for “Sleepless”
Nostalgia, by Ivan Kral (1996)
BMG ARIOLA CR/SR, 74321-28525-2 (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Patti cowrote “Perfect Moon” (lyrics are from “December” in Early Work)
Look Up, by Bob Neuwirth (1996)
WATERMELON RECORDS, 1050
Patti cowrote and sings “Just Like You”
New Adventures in Hi-Fi, by REM (1996)
WARNER BROS. RECORDS, 46436
Patti cowrote “E-Bow the Letter”
Fuck the Living Fuck the Dead, by Nick Tosches (2004)
DSA, 54082
Includes “Wild Leaves,” featuring Patti and Oliver Ray
SELECTED BOOTLEGS
Digital storage, the Internet, and other modern technologies have rendered the old notion of the bootleg redundant today; it seems that no sooner does an artist come off stage than somebody is uploading the show to a website or blog, posting footage on YouTube, and so on. Any attempt to document the wealth of unauthorized Patti Smith recordings to have appeared in recent years would ultimately turn into little more than a list of all the shows Patti has played since that time. The following, therefore, notes only Patti’s bootleg releases prior to 1980.
Patti Smith and Television
CBGB, NEW YORK, APRIL 1975
Set 1: “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together” • “Redondo Beach” • “Birdland” • “Space Monkey” • “Distant Fingers” • “Gloria”; set 2: “Space Monkey” • “Distant Fingers” • “Gloria”; set 3: “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” • “A Little Travelogue” • piano instrumental • “Free Money” • “Piss Factory” • “Snowball” • “Land” • “A Lullaby Poem”; plus Television sets
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