Sometime between 1999 and 2001, members of the Guided by Voices mailing list, Postal Blowfish, took on the challenge of re-recording every song that was released on Box in sequence. The Guided By VoicesBox is a collection the band's first four full-length albums released in 1987, 1989, and 1990 plus a disc of un-released cuts which were recorded in the time period between 1988 to 1993. The LP version also includes the landmark 5th album Propeller, which was added to the tribute to satisfy protest from members of the community.

Why take on this monumental task? Many of the more "obsessive" Guided by Voices fans feel that this body of work is under-appreciated. It was our goal to polish these gems until their luster was seen by all. Yeah, ok, maybe not. Truth be told, we were all out of our minds and just got off on this kind of thing. Plus, to us, the originals are already perfect. So just chock this project up to a tremendous waste of time that took far too long to complete. It did come out well though, so you should check it out.

All the songs are available for download free of charge, and please feel free to share them with whoever you like. This project was never intended for profit by anyone, and by downloading ANY of these tracks you agree to never repackage or otherwise attempt to profit from the sale of this material. The files are encoded at 192k VBR Normal Stereo. There is also accompanying artwork for those of you who want to burn CD-Rs of this for yourself. To download, simply right-click on the file (ctrl-click for mac) and select "save to disk" or whatever similar option your browser provides.

And, last but not least, I want to sincerely thank all the bands and artists for their dedication and patience with regard to this project. A big thanks is also in order for the postal blowfish and Disarm the Settlers communities at large... and of course most of all to Robert Pollard and the various members of Guided by Voices over the years for their inspiration. If it weren't for them, many of us would not be making music today.

Now enjoy!

Disc 1 - Devil Between My Toes
01) Old Battery - The Atomic Crash
02) Discussing Wallace Chambers - Endless Head
03) Cyclops - Creatures of Habit
04) Crux - The Atomic Crash
05) A Portrait Destroyed By Fire - CAKS
06) 3 Year Old Man - Mr. E Boys
07) Dog's Out - Texas T-bone & The Sonic Bird Boys
08) A Proud and Booming Industry - Jimmy Ether
09) Hank's Little Fingers - Murray The Cop
10) Artboat - Prostitute Dreamboat
11) Hey Hey Space Man - Halford Y Numan
12) The Tumblers - Rory Connell
13) Bread Alone - Mr. and Ingenious
14) Captain's Dead - Morbid Krfypt


Disc 2 - Sandbox
01) Lips Of Steel - Saturn Lily
02) A Visit To The Creep Doctor - Jimmy Ether
03) Everyday - Get Stakerized!
04) Barricade - Creatures of Habit
05) Get To Know The Ropes - Plankwarp
06) Can't Stop - Eskerbillion
07) The Drinking Jim Crow - Quick, Rock Before Satan Appears!
08) Trap Soul Door - Marky Na-Na
09) Common Rebels - Ohio Briars
10) Long Distance Man - Anthemic Pop Wonder
11) I Certainly Hope Not - Lee Wadlinger
12) Adverse Wind - Groovy Go-kart


Disc 3 - Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
01) The Future Is In Eggs - The Ether Family Presents...
02) The Great Blake St. Canoe Race - Flexible Lenders
03) Slopes Of Big Ugly - Terminal Lunchbox
04) Paper Girl - Creatures of Habit
05) Navigating Flood Regions - KINGBASH
06) An Earful O' Wax - Space Heater
07) White Whale - Marky Na-Na
08) Trampoline - CAKS
09) Short On Posters - Mr. E Boys
10) Chief Barrel Belly - Murray The Cop
11) Dying To Try This - Hemmed In Hollow
12) The Qualifying Remainder - Subway Knife
13) Liar's Tale - baby mugs
14) Radio Show (trust the wizard) - The James Brolin Thing Presents: Beer In Trouble


Disc 4 - Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
01) Airshow '88 - My Midget Bride
02) Order For The New Slave Trade - Jesus' Televised Sense of Humor
03) The Hard Way - Unsubspecting Victims
04) Drinker's Peace - Hemmed-In-Hollow
05) Mammoth Cave - Tarbox
06) When She Turns 50 - Jesus' Televised Sense of Humor
07) Club Molluska - Jimmy Ether
08) Pendulum - Terminal Lunchbox
09) Ambergris - Creatures Of Habit
10) Local Mix Up/Murder Charge - Subway Knife
11) Starboy - Jimmy "Bleeding Gums" Ether
12) Blatant Doom Trip - MattButt
13) How Loft I Am - William Fake


Disc 5 - King Shit and the Golden Boys
01) We've Got Airplanes - Baby Mugs
02) Dust Devil - Creatures of Habit
03) Squirmish Frontal Room - The Teenage UFOs
04) Tricyclic Looper - The Wart Armor
05) Crutch Came Slinking - Jason Locke
06) Fantasy Creeps - Faulkner's Lens
07) Sopor Joe - baby mugs
08) Crunch Pillow - Jimmy Ether
09) Indian Was An Angel - Eskerbillion
10) Don't Stop Now - Terminal Lunchbox
11) Bite - Mr. E Boys
12) Greenface - Starboy
13) Deathtrot And Warlock Riding A Rooster - Of Arrowe Hill
14) 2nd Moves To Twin - William Fake
15) At Odds With Dr. Genesis - Psychic Fiends
16) Please Freeze Me - Subway Knife
17) Scissors - Plankwarp
18) Postal Blowfish - Noise Lady
19) Crocker's Favorite Song - Classik British Teethe


Disc 6 - Propeller
01) Over the Neptune - Frankenzor
"Alright Rock and Roll!" (spoken) - Paul Lynde
"Alright!" (spoken) - Tracey
"Anybody Ready To Rock?!" (spoken) - Courteney Loves Cox
"Yeah!" (spoken) - a girl named Kris
"This song does not rock." (spoken) - Guided By Simpsons
"89" (spoken) - a girl named Kris
02) Mesh Gear Fox - Saturn Lily
03) Weedking - Psychic Fiends
04) Particular Damaged - Dinner With Moe
05) Quality of Armor - Baby Carrot
06) Metal Mothers - Go To Be
07) Lethargy - the Reverends
08) Unleashed! The Large Hearted Boy - The Electric Jam Soul Aquarium
09) Red Gas Circle - The Jennifer Lopez Dispenser
10) Exit Flagger - The Ether Family Presents...
11) 14 Cheerleader Coldfront - Chad Ross
12) Back to Saturn X Radio Report
Buzzards demo clip - Craig Carrington
Sopor Joe clip - Jimmy Ether
Fantasy Creeps clip - Kim Van Atta
Back to Saturn X clip - The Teenage UFOs
Time of Our Lives clip - Subway Knife
Chicken Blows clip - Derek Deprator
Nothing For Free clip Pt. 1 - Listener
"Of and Onward" (spoken) - Freddy Ether
Broken Horse clip - McHale Satan's Navy
Nothing For Free clip Pt. 2 - Lunchmeat Bicycle
(guitar bend) - Guitarzan
13) Ergo Space Pig - Subway Knife
14) Circus World - Jason Locke
15) Some Drilling Implied - Dollar Bar
16) On The Tundra - Badger


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all songs copyright Bob Pollard - Needmore Songs
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