Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now Explained
Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now is the third in a series of unreleased songs and instrumental sketches by the Dayton, Ohio band Guided By Voices, released on November 3, 2009 on GBV Inc. Like the previous two volumes, Suitcase 3 is a four-disc set containing 100 songs,[1] many of which are credited to fake bands such as "Kelsey Boo Flip, Heartthrob Johnson Firestone, Erotic Zip Codes and the like."[2] The fourth disc consists of impromptu acoustic jams recorded during 1994 and 1995.
Track listing
Fictitious band names shown in italics.
Disc 1: The Door Is Much Smaller, You See
- Mr. Inspection Table - Building a Castle
- Explosion Topic - Tired of Knocking
- The Sobbers - Together/Apart
- Remington Ash - Away with Driver
- Demon Gods of Anger - Trash Truck
- Manners of Flash - Dropping the Bomb
- Remington Ash - What's So Safe About You
- Limited Transplitter - Troopers in the Town
- The Stools - Gas
- C.C. Rip - Watch 'Em Diggin' Up the Road
- Fate 1 Mile - Coastal Town
- Watts - Escape from Kama Loka
- Ben Franklin Air Bath - The Annex
- Major Cockamamie - Green Ivory Cross
- The Beautiful Orange Lemonade - Janet Wait
- C.C. Rip - Independent Productions
- Jubilant Toy Soldiers - Three White Flower
- Pilthy May - Juggernaut vs. Monolith
- The Perfect Nose Club - Feels Good
- Video Bearhunt - Candy Machine
- Dream Reaper - Air and Also a World
- Gel Clay - Back to the Navy
- The Governers - Speak Like Men
- Kelsey Boo Flip - Hi, I'm Kelsey
- Star of Hungry - No Trash Allowed
Disc 2: I Can't Think...Yeah
- The Flattering Lights - Raphael Muzak
- Service of a Bullet - Tear the Ticket in Half
- Search - I'm an Acting Student
- The Sums - I'll Come (and When It Does It's Mine)
- East Dayton Rock Co. - Psycholophobia
- East Dayton Rock Co. - Take Me Back
- Bruce Smitty Smith - Sonny the Monster
- Pilthy May - I Share a Rhythm
- The Sobbers - Before My Eyes
- Gavin Speaks - Freedom Rings
- Hoof - Cochise
- The Tallywackers - When's the Last Time
- Remington Ash - That's Good
- Pig Lucy - You Gotta Lotta Nerve
- Mother's Day Haircut - Vagabond Lover
- Fate 1 Mile - Banners
- Looker - 100 Colors
- Autobahn Damen - Old Engine Driver
- Gel Clay - Joe
- Cubscout Bowling Pins - Axtual Sectivity
- The Working Girls - Call Me
- Demon Gods of Anger - Believe It
- Royal Canadien Mustard - Class Clown Spots a UFO
- Remington Ash - You You You
- 10 Second Coma - Dibble
Disc 3: Thou Shall Read The Wheel
- Bird Shit Mosaic - Night Ears
- The Sobbers - Amnesia
- Blaine Hazel - Fly Away (Tommy Sez)
- Jubilant Toy Soldiers - Peace and Persecution
- The Constant Rushing Forward - There Are Other Worlds
- Knuckles And MacDougal - It's the Song
- Erotic Zip Codes - One Code
- Angel and The Alley Oops - Mainstay
- John Shough - Sixland
- Ghetto Tree - How Bridges Fall
- Basic Switches - A Kind of Love
- Naymoan Regas - Bad Whiskey
- Curtis E. Flush - Naked Believer (I Am)
- Heartless Microscopes - Out of the House
- Equal in Coma - Grow
- Psyclops - Rough Tracks
- Gel Clay - Nothing So Hard
- Bumble Gub - Piss Along You Bird
- Gene Autrey's Psychic - 300 Birds (Quota)
- The CDs - The Fire King Says No Cheating
- Hearthrob Johnson Firestone - Poison Shop
- The Worst Santini - Trader Vic
- History of Well Hung Men - Smothered In Hugs (4-Track Version)
- Aerial Poop Show - Dibble 2
- Kid Biscuit - Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Disc 4: Tall Tale Moon (Antiquated) And Other Known Facts - Spontaneous Lo-Fly Field Recordings
Controlled Acoustic Jams 1994 • Between The Recordings Of Bee Thousand And Alien Lanes
All credited to Guided By Voices
- Pluto Is Polluted
- Aquarian Hovercraft
- Brand New Star
- Sea-Mint Robots
- South Rat Observatory
- The Cinnamon Flavored Skull
- Porpoise Mitten (Was a Real Good Kitten)
- Mr. Spoon
- Hey Mr. Soundman
- Oh Pie
- Kotex Moon
- Bingo Pool Hall of Blood
- There Goes the King Again
- Evil Vandalia/Mojo Crew Zenith
- Cuddling Bozo's Octopus
- I Shot a Jezebel
- After the Quake (Let's Bake a Cake)
- P Melts Everything
- My Dad Is a Motorboat
- Ugly Ba Ba
- Hairspray Lies
- Sawhorse With Big Blue Ears
- Tough Skin River
- Cruise (demo)
- Alright (demo)
Notes and References
- Web site: 2009-08-06. Dombal . Ryan. New Guided By Voices Suitcase Due. Pitchfork Media. 2009-12-14.
- Web site: 2009-11-16. Thompson . Paul. Album Review - Guided By Voices - Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now . Pitchfork Media. 2009-12-14.