Greetings, This discovery was compiled by the livonia list members as attempt to document all His Name Is Alive's essential releases. This list should contain every song that HNIA has ever released but is not a list of the thousands of promos and compilations with previously released songs. If we happened to overlook something please let us know. Lars can you please post this on eyesore? ** His Name Is Alive ********* ** Discovery ********* ** The Essentials ********* Full Length Releases ---------------------------- Livonia - Rykodisc - extra song 'Livonia' Home Is In Your Head - Rykodisc - + dirt eaters ep Mouth By Mouth - 4AD UK release - The UK release has samples and and extra track, 'The Homesick Waltz' King of Sweet - Perdition Plastics - 2,000 numbered copies containing songs from HNIA cassette demos. Stars On ESP - 4AD - ReRelease contains Nice Day EP Fort Lake - 4AD - LP contains Woodstock 7" w/ 'Woodstock', 'Swan Song' and 'Last Train'. Japanese CD release contains these songs also. Always Stay Sweet - 4AD - Best of, has unreleased track 'Underwater', Mexican version has extra previously released songs, one is 'library girl' which appeared on the All Virgos are Mad 4AD limited edt. Comp. CD EP's/Singles --------------------- The Dirteaters - 4AD - Also on Rykodisc version of HIIYH Universal Frequencies - 4AD Nice Day - 4AD - Also on Rerelease of Stars On ESP Can't Always Be Loved - 4AD - contains 'Wishing Ring' long version Promos -------------- Country Girl - Promo - Contains a snippet from Warren's KCRW interview circa SoE, Reggae version of This World is not my Home, and a possible remix/edit of Country Girl 7" Releases ------------------- Pet Farm - Split 7" w/ Little Princess - Motorway Japan Drugs Farm - Split 7" w/ Little Princess - Rocket Science Melody Farm - Split 7" w/ Little Princess - Shaolin Temple Universal Frequencies - edit version of Summer of E.S.P and is a limited release, although I see it around more than I do the CD EP. You Need A Heart to Live/Loin Des Sambras/Brazil - Friendly Science Woodstock - 4AD - Came with the limited Vinyl pressing of Fort Lake, Also on the Japanese CD release of Fort Lake Can't Always Be Loved - 4AD - contains 4 track demo of Can't Always Be Loved Soil Sample Split 7" w/ Bash and Pop - Contains 'Darling' written by Denise James, Free with Soil Sample Zine Go Sonic 7" - Go Sonic - HNIA/little princess contribute a track to the "Go Sonic" 7". It's called 'Mouse in the Middle'. On the same 7" is Princess Dragonmom which is warn davn & mug. It's called 'Wall, Mirror, Blanket'. There are 10 songs on this 7". I dont know if he had anything to do with the Godzuki track called 'No Turtle'. 7" flexi-disc - Contains 'My Canada', split with Prolapse, Free with WarpedReality Magazine. [Andrea Feldman, amfeldman@mindspring.com, runs Warped Reality. As of June 4th 1999, she said that the issue is readily available for $4 dollars ppd and extra flexi's are available, $3 ppd, She said that there are more than enough flexi's to go around. Send money order or check(made out to Andrea Feldman, not Warped Reality) to 43 Barnes St. Providence, RI 02906-1501] Compilations -------------------- The 13 Year Itch - 4AD - 'The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light' is an unreleased track All Virgos Are Mad - 4AD - 'Library Girl' was unreleased until it was also featured on the Mexican version of Always Stay Sweet, Appears on AVAM as His Name Is Alive w/ Dara Anakin - 4AD - 'Ain't No Lie' is unreleased and features the band IDA Ambient Extractions Vol 2 - has the song 'More Majic Party' Cassettes ---------------- Early Works: Righteous and Postrophe/I had sex with God/Livonia Home Mix - HNIA Love Can't Buy Happiness/Instrumentals - HNIA Great Lakes States Blues - Time Stereo Michigan's Finest - Time Stereo - is Nice Day EP +some Mexico Live - Time Stereo 96 Stars On ESP live Cassettes by Time Stereo ------------------------------------------------ 8-21 - Boston - first show on tour Includes guests Mr. & Mrs. Velocity Hopkins 8-22 - Hoboken - first appearance of "Jonah" written that afternoon 8-23 - NYC - loud guitar, includes harmonica jam "I'm tired and my soul needs restin' " 8-24 - Philadelphia - "if july" "when blues are empty" 8-25 - Washington D.C. - long fin killie play on "this world is not my home" sounds great; Karin sings "the well" 8-27 - Atlanta - sound sucks, no vocals, all distorted 8-29 - Austin - good vibrations were all around this evening 8-30 - Houston - good mix, loud organ, seven songs 8-31 - Dallas - vocals by WD, acoustic guitar set and much acclaimed famous puppet show 9-02 - Albuquerque - labor day dance party 9-03 - Phoenix - sad night, sad songs, reflections of sorrow in lake regret 9-04 - San Diego - "why" by Yoko Ono; sound is great 9-05 - L.A. - audience tape -- sounds tinny; includes in-store at Rhino Rec.- sounds great 9-06 - L.A. - sound is really great "if july" 9-07 - San Francisco - sound is bad 9-09 - Portland, OR - the band plays "torso" and reggae version of "cornfield" 9-10 - Seattle - distorted yet great 9-13 - Minneapolis - Karin drunk on wine knocks stuff over - sounds great 9-14 - Chicago - drum solo by Dion; Karin sings "cornfield" acapella 9-20 - Detroit - long show includes science fair 9-21 - Cinncinatti - empty sound - no audience Releases in Question ------------------------- Hucklebuck #7 - HNIA - Believed to be contained fully on King of Sweet New Stars New Tongue - HNIA - One Song on King of Sweet Blissfield, Mouth - HNIA - 3 songs on King of Sweet Emergency LP - ? - This was slated for release through 4AD but never happened. The 13 YI video supposedly has an alternate, exclusive version of one of the songs--can't recall which and I don't know if that's really true. 4AD Shaving the Pavement cassette has a track called 'ESP Summer' which I'm told is different from "Summer of ESP"--again, I'm not sure about that. Credits --------- livonia@apocalypse.org - send us feed back