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Old 06.21.2007, 11:22 AM   #1
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do you think Sonic Youth has the largest discography or will have it? who could match?? the rolling stones??
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Old 06.21.2007, 11:23 AM   #2
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uhh no. Dylan has a bigger one.
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Old 06.21.2007, 11:33 AM   #3
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are you kidding?
wolf eyes have released over 400 tapes, cds and records over a period of ten years (not including side projects). merzbow's discography stretches into the 100s as well. there are many many more projects/artists and groups which have similar looking discogs.
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Old 06.21.2007, 11:34 AM   #4
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Tom Waits
Rolling Stones
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Old 06.21.2007, 11:35 AM   #5
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are you kidding?
wolf eyes have released over 400 tapes, cds and records over a period of ten years (not including side projects). merzbow's discography stretches into the 100s as well. there are many many more projects/artists and groups which have similar looking discogs.

i was gonna mention merzbow but i couldnt be bothered to edit mah post.
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Old 06.21.2007, 11:44 AM   #6
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there are too many to list. ones that spring to mind include art blakely, ornette coleman, sun ra, john zorn, evan parker, derek bailey..... all of these artists can be said to have released (solo or collaboratory) over 100 records... there are hundreds and hundreds more however.
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Old 06.21.2007, 12:44 PM   #7
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I think the fall are probably the kins aren't they? and yes wolf eyes re fucking amazong at releasing anything and everything on any label!
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Old 06.21.2007, 01:37 PM   #8
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Neil Young has a massive discography doesn't he??, sonic youth doesn't even come close.
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Old 06.21.2007, 01:54 PM   #9
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doesn't ryan adams release an album every month?
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Old 06.21.2007, 02:06 PM   #10
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I'm not sure if Wolf Eyes actually have four hundred releases (I'm thinking 200), and I'm more willing to bet Merzbow actually has well over 400 releases..

though an interesting point was raised with Wolf Eyes.. I've long said that for a noise group to get popular, they just need to release a lot of shit on a variety of labels.. that always seems to work.. because certainly, lots of that Wolf Eyes shit isn't very good.. (though there's a good chunk of it that is good)

Anywho, Sunn O))), Boris and Throbbing Gristle both have a wide variety of actual releases (TG has a 24 CD box set afterall and both Sunn and Boris have a ridiculous amount of live albums and collaborations and such; they seem to release about 3 or 4 albums a year). The Ventures, the Fall, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, John Cage, The Residents, Steven Reich, and Frank Zappa also stand out in my mind as having large discographies.

Though, yeah, the winner has got to be Merzbow...
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Old 06.21.2007, 02:24 PM   #11
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wolf eyes releases a ton of CRAP. their shit does not count. Any fool can replicate most of their output.

If you hang out making noise, recording everything, and releasing everything, as far as I am concerned you are wilfully releasing SHIT.


as far as rock bands go, there have been many mentioned that exceed the sonic youth.

most bands that last over 20 years are gonna have a large discography.

sonic youth rule all.
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Old 06.21.2007, 02:26 PM   #12
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yeah, wolf eyes have released some good stuff, i've heard about 100 releases by them...

most of it is complete and utter garbage... even their hardcore fans will admit that..

i got this one thing by them, "helloween holocausts", and i'm pretty sure it's 2 90 minute tapes long (with both sides of the tape filled) (so it fits comfortably on 3 cd-r's) .. and all it is them playing halloween "sppooky soundzzzz" cd's with feedback in the background.

just embarassing.
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Old 06.21.2007, 02:29 PM   #13
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Thurston Moore alone has a shitload of stuff out.
these are not updated past 2003 I think

thurston's discography
http://www.saucerlike.com/discograph...y&cat=thurston

Lee's discography
http://www.saucerlike.com/discograph...isplay&cat=lee

sonic youth albums and EP's
http://www.saucerlike.com/discograph...lay&cat=albums

sonic youth singles and interviews
http://www.saucerlike.com/discograph...ay&cat=singles
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Old 06.21.2007, 05:38 PM   #15
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Doesnt Sun Ra's recorded output approach the 3 or 4 hundred mark? including all the unreleased bootlegs
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Old 06.21.2007, 05:52 PM   #16
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the reason sonic youth seem to have a large discography is because most of their contemporaries only managed to release 3 or 4 albums before breaking up and sonic youth kept going strong.

they have an average number of releases considering their career.

another thing is that, unlike many mainstream-ish bands, fans of the band are much more aware of their side projects, making it seem like the band themselves release more albums then they actually do.
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Doesnt Sun Ra's recorded output approach the 3 or 4 hundred mark? including all the unreleased bootlegs
i wouldn't be at all surprised.
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Old 06.21.2007, 06:52 PM   #18
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Old 06.22.2007, 02:52 AM   #19
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Magik Markers released over 25 albums in a 4 years period. Sweet.
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Old 06.22.2007, 03:14 AM   #20
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I don't know about the noise acts but the Residents here in SF have over 30 albums since '72.
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