This section is dedicated to unofficial Sonic Youth releases. Typically, bootlegs range from somewhat impressive to downright atrocious, and these are no exception!

title year format label content
100% 1993 CD Bundy 09/24/92 San Francisco
100% LIVE ? CD Patty Boom 12/14/92 London
100% SONIC YOUTH 1993 CD Living Legend 12/14/92 London
100% A KOOL THING 1993 CD RTW 10/24/92 NYC
100% REBEL 1994 CD Home 01/24/93 Melbourne + studio tracks w/ fake crowd
ALL ABOUT VIBES 1993 CD Is This Music? 09/01/91 Rotterdam + various
ALL FALL DOWN 1988 7" ? 3 Fall covers from 1988 Peel Session
ANARCHY AT ST MARY'S PLACE 1991 CD Youth 08/11/85 Chicago
BAD MOOD 1991 2x7" ? 11/03/83 Biel
BE MY SISTER IN DEATH 1993 CD Flashback 09/15/87 Chapel Hill + 11/03/90 Irvine
BECOMING ECLECTIC 2004? CD Alternative Edge 06/10/04 KCRW radio + 01/24/93 Melbourne
BELFAST ROCKS 1994 CD ? Possibly 09/03/90 Belfast? Anybody know?
BLASTIC SCENE 1995 CD Moneyland 07/14/93 Lisbon
BOOM BOOM BABY 1998 CD T. Rex 06/20/98 Lorelei
BLOWJOB 1991 CD Youth Goo demos
BRIGHT 1993 CD Spacematic 11/05/88 Chicago
BROTHER JAMES ? 10" Youth Date unknown - 1988/89
THE B-SIDES 2001 CD ? a collection of b-sides
BULL IN THE HEATHER 1996 CD ? 07/01/93 Roskilde? + various radio/live
CENTRAL PARK JULY 4, 1992 1993 CD Bullseye 07/04/92 NYC
CHAPEL HILL ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
CHRONIC YOUTH: UNITE AND SLAM 1994 CD Crucial Skate Rad 09/15/87 Chapel Hill + 03/27/89 Dusseldorf
COMPILATION BLUES 2001 CD ? a collection of compilation tracks
THE COVERS 2001 CD ? a collection of cover songs
CROSS THE BREEZE ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
DEATH TO OUR FRIENDS 1992 CD Flashback 04/01/85 Deventer + 11/09/86 Baton Rouge + 06/10/87 VPRO
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH ? CD ? various b-sides/compilation
DIRTY BOOTS 1991 CD ? 11/03/90 Irvine
DIRTY LIVE 1992 CD NuNoize 07/04/92 NYC
EARLY LIVE VERSIONS ? CD ? 08/26/99 NYC
EASTER 1996 CD Moonraker 04/07/96 Dusseldorf
ECOUTE CA COCO 2002 CD Ganja 06/15/02 Salzburg
ELECTRICITY ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
ENERGY 1993 CD Teddy Bear 08/04/90 Cincinnati
ERIC'S TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA ? CD Hand Made 06/28/03 Philadelphia
EUROPE '92 1993 CD Rarities & Few 11/26/92 Rome
GHOSTS BURN TO SHINE 2001 CD Sylph Records 02/23/91 Osaka
GOO DEMOS 1990 CD Goo/Vigotone Goo demos
GOO IS YOU 1992 7" God Damn Crooks Goo Interview Soundsheet + Nirvana track
GOOEY ON THE INSIDE 1993 7" Snack Cake Discs 04/04/91 LA + Hole track
GRUNGE LIVE! ? CD ? Dirty tour - date unknown
HALLOWED BE THY NAME 1990 7" ? 05/19/86 Peel session tracks
HALLUCINOGENIC PRESERVE 1996 CD Oxygen 04/07/96 Dusseldorf
HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN 1992 CD Bad Fuck various b-side + compilation tracks
HITS 1988-2002 2002 CD "Universal" all the hits!
HOW CAN YOU WANT ME? 1993? CD Rock Calendar 10/05/92 Chicago
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG 1987 7" Raw 06/04/87 London
INHUMAN ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
INHUMAN LIVE 9/14/90 ? 7" ? 09/14/90 Bielefeld
INTELLECTUAL DRAMA 1996 CD ? 04/07/96 Dusseldorf
JUNKIE'S PROMISE 1996 CD Kiss the Stone 04/07/96 Dusseldorf
KILLER KILLS ALL 1989 LP ? various compilation + solo tracks
KOOLER THING 1990 7" Dead Ethics Goo demos
LAST GREAT SHOW 1993 2xCD ? Content unknown! I wanna know what the last great show was!
LEE HARVEY OSWALD LOVES US 1992 CD ? compilation tracks
LET IT RUN 1993 CD Fun Factory mostly studio tracks w/ fake crowd noise
LISTEN! ? CD CDM Dirty tour - date unknown
LIVE AT LIBERTY LUNCH AUSTIN, TX. NOVEMBER 26, 1988 2015 12" Radio Silence/DOL 11/26/88 Austin
LIVE IN BREMEN 1995? 12" ? 08/27/91 Bremen
LIVE IN GERMANY 1987 LP/Cass ? 06/27/87 Nuremburg?
LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD ? 10" ? Mudhoney live boot w/ "Halloween" featuring Kim (rec. 11/88)
LIVE IN VIENNA 1991 CD Oblivion 03/29/89 Vienna
LIVE SAO PAULO 2000 ? CD ? 10/20/00 Sao Paulo
LIVE USA 1993 CD LSD Records 12/14/92 London
LORELEY FESTIVAL 1998 CD Sounds of the Board 06/20/98 Lorelei + 04/07/97 Dusseldorf
LOST TRACKS 1994 CD ? various b-sides + compilation tracks
MADONNA???!!! HERE???!!! WHERE???!!! 1987? LP ? 10/17/87 Syracuse
THE MIRA TAPES 1992 CD/LP Wombat Tontraeger 08/27/91 Bremen
MONSTER OUTLINE 1995 CD 3D Reality 10/20/95 NYC
MOO 1990 CD Handmade Goo demos
NOBODY BETTER LAY A FINGER ON MY BUTTAFUOCO 1993 7" Amy Fisher Price Playset Co. 06/23/88 NYC
NOW AND THEN 1993 7" SY Appreciation Society various live/studio
ONSOKU SEINEN 1990? 12" Supernatural 02/89 Tokyo
PANTY LIES ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
PEEL SESSIONS #2 1990 7" ? 03/12/89 Peel Session
PERSONALITY CRISIS 1990 7" FDI studio/demo + 10/25/87 Philadelphia
PREHISTORIC HITS 1990 7" Romulus 09/15/87 Chapel Hill + L7, Nirvana, STP tracks
PURR ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
SAUCER-LIKE ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
SCHIZOPHRENIA 1993 CD Red Phantom 11/23/92 Milan + 10/24/92 NYC
SHOOT! 1994 2xCD Last Bootleg 11/03/90 Irvine + 12/14/92 London + 01/24/93 Melbourne
THE SOCIAL POWER PERFORMANCE 1992 CD Blue Knights 09/09/91 Paris (Lee solo performance) + live SY'83/'89 (unknown dates)
SONIC EUTHANASIA ? CD ? Unknown, please help!
SONIC JAZZ ? CD ? 07/12/00 Montreux + 07/01/98 London
SONIC MANIA OF BROTHER 1988 LP Saban 06/13/87 Amsterdam
SONIC STARPOWER 1993 CD Cocomelos 07/04/92 NYC
SONIC YOUTH (LIVE IN YUGOSLAVIA) 1988 Cassette FV Založba 10/05/85 + 06/24/87 Ljubljana
THE SONIC YOUTH SOUND EXPERIENCE (WALLS HAVE EARS) ? CD Hulica 04/28/85 + 10/30/85 London
SPEAK NO EVOL 1989 7" ? 03/20/89 Peel Session
SPLITTING THE ATOM 1993 CD Kiss the Stone 12/14/92 London + 12/03/92 Jools Holland
SUGAR BABY 1996 CD Moonraker 03/18/96 Tilburg + 04/15/96 MTV
SUPERSTARS ? CD Moon Face b-sides and compilation tracks
TAKE OUT THE TRASH 1994 CD KTS 01/24/93 Melbourne + 07/01/93 Roskilde
TEXAS 1986 1992 CD Rarities & Few 04/12/86 Austin
THERESA'S SOUND-WORLD ? 6" BUDKON Russian flexi containing title track
TIBETAN POWER 1996 CD Blizzard 06/16/96 San Francisco + 12/17/95 KROQ + b-sides
WALLS HAVE EARS 1986 2xLP Not Records 04/28/85 + 10/30/85 London
WARPOWER 1989 7" Silver 04/02/89 Hamburg + 11/09/86 Baton Rouge
WHO ATE ALL THE CRACKLIN' OAT BRAN ? CD ? 06/06/86 Den Haag + 06/14/87 Eindhoven
YOUTH AGAINST FASCISME ? Cass Damage various album tracks
 

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