Jeffrey Lewis albums/singles/EPs in chronological order. To view in reverse chronological order click here.
WHEN MADMAN WAS GOOD (Version one; recorded December 1997)
A one-sided cassette recorded on boombox with Jack on bass/vocals, Jeff on electric piano/guitar/vocals.
Tracks:
1)Bouree (cover of instrumental Jethro Tull song)
2)Upstairs In My Window (written/sung by Jack)
3)Free World (written/sung by Jack)
4) Three Foot Long Shit (with improv lyrics mostly by Jeff)
5) Honest Andy (written/sung by Jack)
6) Mrs. Blackmailer's Room (written/sung by Jack)
7) Waiting For The Man (cover of the Velvet Underground song)
WHEN MADMAN WAS GOOD (Version two; additional material recorded sometime early 1998)
Same as above, but with the second side filled with Jeff solo acoustic boombox recordings. About five copies made/given out.
Tracks:
Side A (see above)
Side B
1)Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song (early recording)
2)Road Trip
3)Heavy Heart (early recording)
4)Complete History of Jeff's Sexual Conquests, Vol. 1(early recording)
5)Everyone's Honest (early recording)
6)Jello Shot
7)Rainy Ghost
8)Roosevelt Island
9)Life (early recording)
10)Darling Dear
11)Jimmy Corrigan
12)Vivianne (early recording)
13)instrumental
INDIE-ROCK FORTUNE COOKIE (Recorded July 1998)
48 minutes of music on a 60 minute cassette, comprised of eleven Jeff solo acoustic songs recorded by Whip onto four-track, July 18-19, and additional two bedroom boombox recordings made July 26 featuring Jack on bass/lead vocal, Jeff on acoustic/backing vocal. Maybe a couple hundred cassette copies made and sold (for three dollars; four page comic and fortune included) over the following years. 100 copies pressed onto CDR in February 2001.
Tracks:
Side A
1) The East River
2) Another Girl
3) 3/4 Moon (version one)
4) Life
5) Flippity-Floppity
6) Everyone's Honest
7) Songs About Songwriting
8) Heavy Heart
Side B
9) The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song
10) Viviane From Washington Square
11) Gravity Sue
12) Clyde and Alyda
13) The Man With The Golden Arm
THE ONLY TIME I FEEL RIGHT IS WHEN I'M DRAWING COMIC BOOKS (Version one, spring 1999)
Never released. A number of Jeff acoustic songs recorded by Whip onto four-track.
Some of the tracks recorded:
One-Trick Pony
Dance Myself To Death (version one; solo acoustic)
The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (early version; banjo by Tony)
A Love-In In An Oven
Seattle (early version)
Bake Your Bread Slowly
THE ONLY TIME I FEEL RIGHT IS WHEN I'M DRAWING COMIC BOOKS (Version two, spring 1999)
Never released, except for "Dance Myself To Death", with John Kessel on bass, which came out on version three. A number of Jeff acoustic songs recorded by John Kessel onto four-track, some master tapes were lost and others fire-damaged.
Some of the tracks recorded:
Dance Myself To Death (version two)
Springtime (unfinished recording)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (Summer 1999)
60 minute cassette album of 15 Jeff solo walkman recordings, recorded in one sitting. Probably less than a hundred copies made and sold over the following year (for three dollars; four page comic included).
Tracks:
Side A
1) Flood (version one)
2) Gold (version one)
3) Great Big City Sunshine
4) New York City Boy/War in the Neighborhood
5) His Name Was Water
6) Message
7) Fig
Side B
8) I Don't Understand Why People Act So Mean
9) He Heard a Rap 1 Day
10) September
11) Journey To the Center Of the Earth
12) The Crawling Man
13) Bite the Bullet (Get a Job)
14) When I'm Inking
15) Song For the Sidewalk Cafe
THE ONLY TIME I FEEL RIGHT IS WHEN I'M DRAWING COMIC BOOKS (Version three, winter/spring 1999-2000)
60 minute cassette album, comprised of Jeff acoustic songs recorded by Spencer Chakedis on ProTools, Jack solo bass/vocal boombox recordings, a live track from the Knitting Factory and "Dance Myself To Death" from version two. Maybe a hundred copies made/sold over the following year (for three dollars; five page comic and fortune included)
Tracks:
Side A
1) Dance Myself To Death (version two)
2) Hippie (early version)
3) Seattle (version two)
4) The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (version three)
5) Teenage Style (Jack solo bass/vocal boombox recording)
6) I Mugged Ray Johnson (Main Title Theme) (live at the Knitting Factory)
7) Complete History of Jeff's Sexual Conquests, Volume I
Side B
8) 6 Stories
9) Crow Ballad
10) 8 Pictures (Jack solo bass/vocal boombox recording)
11) What Are You Doing Over There? (Jack solo bass/vocal boombox recording)
12) Back When I Was 4 (early version)
13) Springtime
I AM, OF COURSE, GLAD (Summer 2000)
60 minute cassette of Jeff solo boombox/walkman recordings. Probably less than fifty copies made and sold over the following months (for three dollars; four page comic included).
Tracks:
Side A
1)Graveyard(first version)
2)Together We Form Jeff
3)Champion Jim
4)Big Fat Birds
5)The Universe Is An Open Mic Too
6)Domingo Roso
7)Sal's Pizza Has Sold Out To The Yuppie Scum
8)Sandy
9)The Door
10)Mesmeric Revelation part 2
Side B
11)Psychotropic Death
12)Beach Party(early recording)
13)Spontaneous Combustion Engine
14)Let's Get Fucked Up
15)Song For H.O.T. Apologies To J.C.M.
16)In The Past They Told Us (Guitar Situations song with Babs)
17)Swells (Guitar Situations song with Babs)
18)Mesmeric Revelation part 1
KIMYA DAWSON AND JEFF LEWIS (Feb 2001)
5 songs written and recorded onto boombox by Kimya and Jeff. Pressed onto CDR in summer or fall 2001, maybe 50 copies made/sold. Later included as half of the "Antifolk Collaborations Volume 1" CDR.
Tracks:
1) A Common Chorus
2) Pirates Declare War
3) Shamrock Glamrock
4) Ishalicious (Ish Finds His Family)
5) Klutter
SONGS FROM AUSTIN (Spring 2001)
13 songs released on CDR, from 23 four-track recordings made in April/May 2001. Jeff accompanied by various friends, including Jen Frost, Dong-Su Cho, "Lina & the Scalapes" and Laurie Brown. Two pressings on CDR, of 100 copies each. First CDR pressing has a different recording of "You Don't Have To Be A Scientist...".
Tracks:
1) Vampire Bats at the Congress Bridge
2) Guitar Situations Texas
3) Aaron H. (early version of "Alphabet")
4) Hast Du Spas Gehabt?
5) You Don't Have To Be A Scientist To Do Experiments On Your Own Heart (first pressing has version two; second pressing has version three)
6) Don't Cry Folksinger Don't Cry
7) Grinding at the Grindhouse
8) What is Your Dream?
9) Arrow (version two)
10) Lost Austin Lament
11) Billie Holiday
12) The New Guild Co-Op is Very Awesome
13) last thoughts on A./G.S. TX Reprise
THE CHELSEA HOTEL ORAL SEX SONG (Summer 2001)
One-sided 7-inch vinyl promotional single, 1000 copies released on Rough Trade Records in England. Taken from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie".
DIANE CLUCK AND JEFFREY LEWIS (Summer/fall 2001)
3 songs written by Diane and Jeff in Maine, recorded by Spencer Chakedis at his "Balloon Heaven" home studio in Brooklyn. A few dozen CDR copies were made and sold, then these songs became half of the "Antifolk Collaborations Volume 1" CDR.
Tracks:
1) The River
2) Travel Light
3) Finish Line (original mix version)
THE LAST TIME I DID ACID I WENT INSANE and other favorites (Sept 3, 2001)
10 song CD released in England on Rough Trade records, comprised of four Jeff tracks and the two Jack tracks from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie", three Jeff tracks from "The Only Time I Feel Right..." (version three), and one track from the unreleased Austin recordings.
TRACKS:
1) The East River (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
2) Another Girl (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
3) Seattle (from "The Only Time I Feel Right..." version three)
4) The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
5) Amanda is a Scalape (from the unreleased Austin recordings)
6) Heavy Heart (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
7) The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (from "The Only Time I Feel Right..." version three)
8) The Man With the Golden Arm (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
9) Springtime (from "The Only Time I Feel Right..." version three)
10) Life (from "Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie")
UNTITLED (October 2001)
Never released. 30 minute cassette album of Jeff acoustic boombox recordings. Track 8 is based on a Joe Bendik song of the same title.
Tracks:
1) So Long (I'm Gonna Go Draw All Alone In My Shack)
2) Sea Song (early version)
3) The Miners and the Magic Rock
4) No Feelings in My Heart
5) Evil Pirate Song
6) Chicago (What's the Plan?)
7) Tower One and Tower Two
8) Nothing Bothers Me Anymore
9) Matter Can't Be Destroyed/So What
10) Kaleidoscope of Love
11) Alphabet ("guitar version of Aaron H.") (cuts off)
GUITAR SITUATIONS: MUSICAL CONDUCT (January 2002)
9 song CDR recorded by Justin Asher at "The Shop" studio near Ithaca, NY, representing a selection of Guitar Situations songs written collaboratively since summer 2000. The Guitar Situations lineup is fluid, but all incarnations represented on the album include Jeff, 5 include Jack. Other members featured on the album include Dave "Pasquali Creepers" Miko, Abigail "Babs" Todras, Andy "Bodes" Bodor, and Chris "Blue-Collard Greens" Collard. 200 copies made.
Tracks:
1) 5 Stories
2) Annotations
3) Tears
4) Smiles
5) Naive
6) Empire
7) Triple Our 1000 (A.K.A "Triple Our K", A.K.A "3RK")
8) Suite for 3 guitars and 3 voices
9) Celebrate
BACK WHEN I WAS 4 (Spring 2002)
3 song single, on CD and 7-inch vinyl, released in England on Rough Trade Records. Recorded by Spencer Chakedis at his "Balloon Heaven" home studio. Track three is a cover of a Strokes song, bass by Jack, drums by Anders Griffen.
Tracks:
1) Back When I Was 4 (version two)
2) 3/4 Moon (version two)
3) The Modern Age
GRAVEYARD(version two)/SPIRIT OF LOVE (Spring 2002)
2 song single on 7-inch vinyl (with 7 page comic book), released in Holland on Nowhere Fast Records. Recorded with Rachel Lipson, at Spencer Chakedis' "Balloon Heaven" home studio, same afternoon as above. First pressing of 500 was hand-numbered. Second pressing of 500 released fall 2002. "Spirit of Love" is a cover of a C.O.B. song.
ANTIFOLK COLLABORATIONS VOLUME 1 (Fall 2002)
All 8 recordings from the Kimya/Jeff and Diane/Jeff CDRs on one CDR. First pressing of 100 had extra track "808", a collaboration by Major Matt Mason and Mike (Prewar Yardsale) Rechner. At least 300 have been made and sold; a few dozen have also been made and sold by the Rough Trade Record Shops of London.
Tracks (order is as of the third pressing):
1) The River (Diane/Jeff)
2) Travel Light (Diane/Jeff)
3) A Common Chorus (Kimya/Jeff)
4) Pirates Declare War (Kimya/Jeff)
5) Shamrock Glamrock (Kimya/Jeff)
6) Ishalicious (Ish Finds His Family) (Kimya/Jeff)
7) Klutter (Kimya/Jeff)
8) Finish Line (remixed version) (Diane/Jeff)
NO LSD TONIGHT/DON'T LET THE RECORD LABEL TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH (May 2003)
2 song CD single released in England on Rough Trade Records; 100 numbered copies sold, additional 50 or 100 un-numbered promo copies made. Recordings taken from "It's The Ones Who've Cracked...".
IT'S THE ONES WHO'VE CRACKED THAT THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH (July 2003)
13 song CD released in England and America on Rough Trade Records. 7 Jeff solo acoustic songs recorded by Major Matt Mason at his "Olive Juice" home studio in Manhattan, fall/winter/spring 2002-2003. 6 songs including Jack on bass/backing vocals and Anders Griffen on drums, recorded raw by Robin at a studio in London, August 2002, later that year mixed in NY.
Tracks:
1) Back When I Was 4 (version three)
2) Alphabet
3) No LSD Tonight
4) Don't Let The Record Label Take You Out To Lunch
5) Gold (version two)
6) Texas
7) Sea Song
8) Arrow (version three)
9) Zaster
10) If You Shoot The Head You Kill The Ghoul
11) I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Ave (version two)
12) Graveyard (version three)
13) You Don't Have To Be A Scientist To Do Experiments On Your Own Heart (version four)
JEFFREY LEWIS "4 SEASONS" BOX SET (Winter 2003/2004)
500 copy limited edition 7x7 inch box released in England on the Hallso label. Each box includes a different hand-made 7x7 inch drawing, three stickers, a lyric sheet, a poster, a 60 minute DVD of live footage, interview footage and two fan-made music videos, an 8 page comic book and two 7 inch 33 rpm vinyl records. Side B is home-recordings made with the respective collaborators. The rest was recorded by Spencer Chakedis at his "Balloon Heaven" home studio in Brooklyn. "Mystic, Connecticut" written and sung by Jack.
Tracks:
Side A (Fall)
1) Seasons Intro
2) Six Stories (Autumn Out-Takes Version)
Side B (Winter)
3) That's Why the Moose Is In the Mess He's In (with Leah Hayes)
4) In and Out of Night (with Diane Cluck)
Side C (Spring)
5) Flood (version two)
Side D (Summer)
6) Beach Party (Rock & Rollin' On the Beach)
7) Mystic, Connecticut
JEFFREY & JACK LEWIS: "CITY & EASTERN SONGS" (Nov 2005)
12 song CD released by Rough Trade Records, produced by Kramer with Jeffrey Lewis. Guitar/vocals by Jeff, bass/vocals by Jack, drums/vocals by David Beauchamp. Additional musicians - Peter (Holy Modal Rounders) Stampfel on fiddle and banjolele, Perry (The Traveller) Robinson on clarinet, John Kessel on bass and guitar. Recorded at Tribeca Studios in NYC and at Virginia's apartment NYC. Engineered by Dave Gervai.
Tracks:
1)Posters (written by Jack, with some input from Jeff)
2)Don't Be Upset (Jeff)
3)Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror (Jeff)
4)Something Good (written by Jack, with some input from Jeff)
5)The Singing Tree (Jeff)
6) Anxiety Attack (Jeff)
7) Time Machine (Jeff & Jack)
8)Moving (Jeff)
9)Art Land (bassline by Jack, the rest by Jeff)
10)New Old Friends (Jeff)
11)They Always Knew (Jeff with input from Jack)
12)Had It All (Jeff)
