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Introduction
This document is a discography of: Suzanne Vega Copyright (c) 1996 by John Relph. The latest revision of this discography can be found at: http://reality.sgi.com/relph/music/vega.suzanne You can find the official Suzanne Vega Website at: http://www.vega.net/ Join Undertow, the Suzanne Vega electronic mailing list! Send a message to: <undertow-request@law.emory.edu> Some of the information included (with permission) in this discography was taken from The Suzanne Vega Discography, first edition, December 1993, by Hugo Westerlund, published in Language Vol. 6, no. 3. Some information included in this discography was taken from the discography compiled by Gary Hanley. Special thanks to: (in alphabetical order) Timo Ahonen, Ross Alford, David Algranti, Adam S. Berry, Jeff Burka, Benjamin L. Combee, Heath David, Arnaud Desitter, Chris Dow, Wade Greiner, Ulrich Grepel, Joerg Holle, Dina Hornreich, Kenton Hoover, Brendan Jones, Matti Kalalahti, Marion Kippers, Klaus Kluge, John Kortink, Paul Lebeau, Stephen Lemercier, Richard K. Lloyd, Andrew Neumeyer, David A. Pearlman, Mark Prior, Huub Ritzema, Mike Schuster, Brian Sizelove, Eric Szczerbinski, James Uther, V Eisenberg, Rob Walters, Steve Ward-Smith, Rob "Woj" Woiccak, Steve Zwanger.
Suzanne Vega wrote the forward to a book by Amnesty International, called Childhood Lost, about the political abuses of children. The book was launched in the UK recently. Suzanne Vega was asked by Philip Glass to sing a song for a movie he is working on -- he is writing the music, not sure who wrote the words -- the director of the movie is a Brazilian woman. A promotional video was filmed for the Hector Zazou song "The Long Voyage" from the album Songs from the Cold Seas (CD 94.12? FR Columbia (Sony) COL 477585 2), featuring Suzanne Vega. D.A. Pennebaker filmed a documentary about Suzanne Vega during her Days of Open Hand tour (Spring 1990) in England, but the film was never finished. A shortened version has been aired, called Portrait of an Artist, very different from the album of the same name. The Lemonheads covered Luka on their album Lick (CD US Taang! TAANG! 32), and released the song as a single (7" US Taang! TAANG! 31). On her 1988 album Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind, Christine Lavin performs the song "Mysterious Woman", a tribute to (and perhaps parody of) Suzanne Vega. The limited edition CD package for Days of Open Hand won the the Best Packaging award in the 1992 Grammy Awards. There was a small notebook with a soft cover called Book Of Dreams for use as a personal dream logbook released as a promotional item. ``Weird Al'' Yankovic covers a small portion of "Tom's Diner" in his song "Polka Your Eyes Out" on his album Off The Deep End (CD US Scotti Bros 72392 75256-2).
num. numbered ltd. limited ed. edition p/s picture sleeve std. standard s/s stock sleeve s/l slimline j/b jewel box promo promotional c/n catalog number g/f gatefold p/d picture disc b/i back insert Album full album release, in one or more of the formats below: LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM) CD Compact (digital) disc (std. j/b unless otherwise indicated) CT (Mini-) Cassette tape 8T 8-track tape (obsolete) DCC Digital Compact Cassette tape MD MiniDisc (digital magneto-optical) Single single or EP release, in one or more of the formats below: 7" 45 RPM vinyl 10" 45 RPM vinyl 12" 45 RPM vinyl CD-3 3" (7 cm) CD single CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single (s/l j/b unless otherwise indicated) CS (Mini-) Cassette single (paperboard sleeve unless otherwise indicated) EP Extended play single or mini-album (vinyl usually 33 1/3 RPM) F7 7" flexi-disc, flexible vinyl single, usually one-sided Video video release, in one or more of the formats below: VHS VHS-format video tape Beta Beta-format video tape CLV Video disc in Constant Linear Velocity format (8" or 12") CAV Video disc in Constant Angular Velocity format (8" or 12") LDS Laser Disc single (Japan) VHD Video High Density, obsolete laser disc format (Japan) NTSC Video format for U.S.A. and Japan PAL Video format for the E.C. (except France) and Scandinavia Other releases in other formats: CDR CD-ROM, computer-readable disc CDV Music CD plus video Radio Show A release specially recorded for radio airplay. Interview An interview transcription disc. Collection A collection of tracks by this artist, usually previously released on various albums and singles. Compilation A compilation of tracks by various artists. Soundtrack Soundtrack to a film or play released in Album format. Box Set Box set of previously released and/or unreleased material. Songbook Book of words and music. Bootleg Unauthorized release of previously unreleased material consisting of concert recordings, studio outtakes, and radio or television broadcasts. Pirate Unauthorized release of previously released material without attempting to make the album look like an original. Counterfeit Unauthorized copy of an officially released album. Country codes are InterNIC domain names, except for the following: AA Australasia BX BeNeLux EU Europe (EC/EEC) OZ Australia SC Scandinavia SO South America WG West Germany (prior to August 1990)
Information flagged with a question mark has not been verified (a guess, a rumour). If you have further information about these or other related releases, please write me. Many CD track times were found using my compact disc player and the time indicated on your CD player may vary slightly (+/- 1-3 seconds), due to the way different machines calculate track times. While the existence of unauthorized recordings is documented herein, I cannot advise on the legality of such recordings, nor can I advise where such recordings can be obtained. Please do not ask where to find bootlegs, rare recordings, videos, or other releases. I don't have any to trade or sell and I'm not interested in doing so. Try record shows and collector magazines. Address all correspondence to: John Relph <relph@sgi.com> This list was compiled and formatted by John Relph. While information about particular releases is not copyright and may be used without permission, the compilation of this information in this discography in this format is copyright and may not be published in any form whatsoever without the permission of the author. Just ask. This discography may be distributed electronically and otherwise if and only if the entire copyright notice and attributions are included.
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