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Human Amusements At Hourly Rates - The Best Of Guided By Voices
CD1-1	Captain's Dead	2:01
CD1-2	Drinker's Peace	1:51
CD1-3	Exit Flagger	2:19
CD1-4	14 Cheerleader Coldfront	1:31
CD1-5	Shocker In Gloomtown	1:26
CD1-6	Non-Absorbing	1:35
CD1-7	Tractor Rape Chain	3:04
CD1-8	Hot Freaks	1:43
CD1-9	Echos Myron	2:38
CD1-10	I Am A Scientist	2:30
CD1-11	A Salty Salute	1:29
CD1-12	Watch Me Jumpstart	2:25
CD1-13	Game Of Pricks	1:34
CD1-14	Motor Away	2:07
CD1-15	Hit	0:23
CD1-16	My Valuable Hunting Knife	2:01
CD1-17	Cut-Out Witch	3:05
CD1-18	The Official Ironmen Rally Song	2:49
CD1-19	To Remake The Young Flyer	1:44
CD1-20	I Am A Tree	4:40
CD1-21	Bulldog Skin	3:00
CD1-22	Learning To Hunt	2:25
CD1-23	Teenage FBI	1:38
CD1-24	Things I Will Keep	2:25
CD1-25	Surgical Focus	3:47
CD1-26	Chasing Heather Crazy	2:54
CD1-27	Twilight Campfighter	3:08
CD1-28	Glad Girls	3:50
CD1-29	Back To The Lake	2:35
CD1-30	Everywhere With Helicopter	2:38
CD1-31	My Kind Of Soldier	2:36
CD1-32	The Best Of Jill Hives	2:39
Demons & Painkillers - Matador Out-Of-Print Singles, B-Sides, Etc.
CD2-1	Motor Away	2:17
CD2-2	Color Of My Blade	2:25
CD2-3	My Valuable Hunting Knife	2:26
CD2-4	Game Of Pricks	2:16
CD2-5	Mice Feel Nice (In My Room)	2:19
CD2-6	Not Good For The Mechanism	2:01
CD2-7	Kiss Only The Important Ones	1:28
CD2-8	Dodging Invisible Rays	2:37
CD2-9	Deaf Ears	1:58
CD2-10	Why Did You Land?	2:15
CD2-11	June Salutes You!	1:54
CD2-12	Delayed Reaction Brats	1:07
CD2-13	He's The Uncle	1:39
CD2-14	The Key Losers	2:14
CD2-15	Postal Blowfish	2:14
CD2-16	Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy	1:57
CD2-17	Some Drilling Implied	1:26
CD2-18	Systems Crash	1:19
CD2-19	Catfood On The Earwig	2:27
CD2-20	The Who Vs. Porky Pig	2:00
CD2-21	A Life In Finer Clothing	1:30
CD2-22	The Worryin' Song	1:02
CD2-23	Subtle Gear Shifting	3:45
CD2-24	Finks	2:29
CD2-25	The Finest Joke Is Upon Us	3:11
CD2-26	The Singing Razorblade	2:14
CD2-27	Now To War (Electric Version)	2:29
CD2-28	Mannequin's Complaint (Wax Dummy Meltdown)	3:22
CD2-29	Do They Teach You The Chase?	1:12
CD2-30	(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries	3:19
CD2-31	The Ascended Master's Grogshop	0:54
CD2-32	My Thoughts Are A Gas	3:06
CD2-33	Running Off With The Fun City Girls	2:02
CD2-34	None Of Them Any Good	2:59
CD2-35	Choking Tara (Creamy)	2:15
Delicious Pie & Thank You For Calling - Previously Unreleased Songs And Recordings
CD3-1	I Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:09
CD3-2	Back To Saturn X Bass, Backing Vocals – Mitch Mitchell Drums – Kevin FennellGuitar, Backing Vocals – Jim PollardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	4:52
CD3-3	H-O-M-E Bass – Mitch Mitchell Drums – Kevin FennellGuitar, Vocals – Robert PollardSlide Guitar [Lead] – Tobin Sprout	2:41
CD3-4	You're The Special Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:32
CD3-5	Perhaps We Were Swinging Guitar, Violin, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:52
CD3-6	Mother & Son Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:34
CD3-7	7 Strokes To Heaven's Edge Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:54
CD3-8	Fire' Em Up, Abner Bass, Backing Vocals – Mitch Mitchell Drums – Bruce Smith*Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jim PollardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	3:33
CD3-9	Harboring Exiles Bass – Mitch Mitchell Drums – Bruce Smith*Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:53
CD3-10	Still Worth Nothing Bass – Mitch Mitchell Drums – Bruce Smith*Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:37
CD3-11	Never Drums – Bruce Smith*Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:54
CD3-12	Slave Your Beetle Brain Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:00
CD3-13	It Is Divine Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	3:47
CD3-14	They Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	1:41
CD3-15	I Invented The Moonwalk (And The Pencil Sharpener) Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:08
CD3-16	Fly Into Ashes Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:24
CD3-17	The Various Vaults Of Convenience Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:16
CD3-18	Trashed Aircraft Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:15
CD3-19	Running Off With The Fun City Girls Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:15
CD3-20	Bulldog Skin Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:25
CD3-21	Portable Men's Society Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	4:04
CD3-22	Choking Tara Guitar – Doug GillardGuitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:24
CD3-23	Man Called Aerodynamics Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard	2:10
Live At The Wheelchair Races - Unreleased Live Recordings 1995-2002
CD4-1	Intro By Randy Campbell	0:32
CD4-2	Little Lines	1:56
CD4-3	A Salty Salute	1:45
CD4-4	I Am Produced	2:11
CD4-5	Why Did You Land?	2:10
CD4-6	Zap	1:10
CD4-7	14 Cheerleader Coldfront	1:32
CD4-8	Everywhere With Helicopter	2:34
CD4-9	Quicksilver	1:07
CD4-10	James Riot	2:51
CD4-11	Pretty Bombs	3:27
CD4-12	Far Out Crops	2:37
CD4-13	My Impression Now	2:08
CD4-14	Look At Them	2:22
CD4-15	Melted Pat	1:30
CD4-16	How Loft Am I?	1:06
CD4-17	King And Caroline / Motor Away	4:27
CD4-18	Trap Soul Door	1:14
CD4-19	Cheyenne	2:54
CD4-20	Make Use	3:07
CD4-21	Burning Flag Birthday Suit	2:29
CD4-22	Weed King	2:38
CD4-23	Town Of Mirrors	2:45
CD4-24	Over The Neptune / Mesh Gear Fox	5:09
CD4-25	Dragon's Awake	2:06
CD4-26	Shrine To The Dynamic Years	1:49
CD4-27	Game Of Pricks	2:04
CD4-28	Tractor Rape Chain	2:43
CD4-29	Key Losers	2:00
CD4-30	Now To War	2:15
CD4-31	Johnny Appleseed	3:03
CD4-32	Drinker's Peace	1:43
Forever Since Breakfast - The '86 Debut EP
CD5-1	Land Of Danger	3:09
CD5-2	Let's Ride	3:24
CD5-3	Like I Do	2:44
CD5-4	Sometimes I Cry	2:58
CD5-5	She Wants To Know	3:12
CD5-6	Fountain Of Youth	3:56
CD5-7	The Other Place Guitar – Mitch Swan	3:34
Watch Me Jumpstart
Watch Me Jumpstart - A Film By Banks Tarver
DVD-1-1	Too Weird For Dayton	4:25
DVD-1-2	Everything But Music	2:15
DVD-1-3	The Drive-Thru	0:39
DVD-1-4	14 Cheerleader Coldfront	1:35
DVD-1-5	Manager For Life	1:57
DVD-1-6	Gold Star For Robot Boy	2:18
DVD-1-7	If We Wait	1:12
DVD-1-8	Systems Crash	4:23
DVD-1-9	Propeller	2:09
DVD-1-10	Blimps Go 90	1:22
DVD-1-11	Crossroads Of America	2:29
DVD-1-12	Hot Freaks	3:42
DVD-1-13	To Remake The Young Flyer	1:45
DVD-1-14	Don't Stop Now	4:51
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DVD-2	Live Snippets	26:14
Music Videos
DVD-3-1	I Am A Scientist Film Director [Directed By] – Banks Tarver	2:25
DVD-3-2	Auditorium / Motor Away Film Director [Directed By] – David Kleiler	3:08
DVD-3-3	My Valuable Hunting Knife Film Director [Directed By] – Banks Tarver	2:40
DVD-3-4	The Official Ironmen Rally Song Film Director [Directed By] – Banks Tarver	2:57
DVD-3-5	Bulldog Skin Film Director [Directed By] – Scott Marshall	3:13
DVD-3-6	Glad Girls Film Director [Directed By] – Noel Honig	3:31
Live From Warsaw
DVD-4-1	Echos Myron Film Director [Directed By], Video Editor – Annie Pearlman	2:13
DVD-4-2	Cut-Out Witch Film Director [Directed By], Video Editor – Annie Pearlman	3:46
DVD-4-3	Tight Globes Film Director [Directed By], Video Editor – Annie Pearlman	3:13
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DVD-5	Beautiful Plastic - A Short Film By Banks Tarver	8:30

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records
• Copyright (c) – Matador Records
• Copyright (c) – TVT Records
• Published By – Needmore Songs
• Published By – Songs Of Universal, Inc.
• Published By – I'm A Cowboy Songs
• Published By – Flippant Music
• Recorded At – The Paradise, Boston
• Recorded At – Bogart's
• Recorded At – Fox Theatre, Denver
• Recorded At – Cat's Cradle
• Recorded At – Bernie's Bagel Shop
• Recorded At – Bimbo's 365 Club
• Recorded At – Phantasy Club
• Recorded At – The Metro, Chicago, IL
• Recorded At – First Avenue
• Recorded At – 40 Watt Club
• Recorded At – Melkweg, Amsterdam
• Recorded At – Crocodile Club
• Recorded At – Group Effort Studios
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X19964
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Z20208
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y21999
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y20105
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y21992
• Glass Mastered At – WAMO

Credits

• Bass – Mitch Mitchell (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Compiled By – David Newgarden, Jesper Eklow, Mark Ohe, Rich Turiel, Robert Pollard
• Design, Illustration [Collage] – Bob Ohe, Mark Ohe
• Drums – Peyton Eric (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Engineer – Wayne Hartman (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Guitar – Paul Comstock (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Guitar, Vocals – Robert Pollard (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Liner Notes – Byron Coley, Chris Knox, John Chandler, Matt Sweeney, Rich Turiel, Richard Meltzer, Robert Pollard, Tom Lax
• Mastered By – Chuck Madden (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Photography By – A.L. Morales*, B. Tarver*, B. Greenwald*, C.T. Crothers*, Christian Lantry, D. Coston*, D. Newgarden*, D. Gillard*, J. Pollard*, K. Pollard*, M. Hojjat*, M. Lavine*, M. Baehr*, M. Hertzon*, P. Jamison*, R. Turiel*, S. Marshall*, S. Apicella-Hitchcock*, T. Sprout*, T. Robinson*
• Piano – Paul* (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Producer – Guided By Voices (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7), Wayne Hartman (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Remix – GBV* (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7), Wayne* (tracks: CD5-1 to CD5-7)
• Written-By – Smith* (tracks: CD3-2), D. Gillard* (tracks: CD1-20, CD2-5), J. Pollard* (tracks: CD2-9, CD2-16, CD2-29, CD4-31), M. Mitchell* (tracks: CD2-15, CD2-16, CD3-2, CD4-18), R. Pollard* (tracks: CD1-1 to CD1-18, CD1-21 to CD2-7, CD2-9 to CD5-7), T. Sprout* (tracks: CD1-4, CD1-8, CD1-11, CD1-14, CD1-19, CD2-1, CD2-8, CD2-14, CD2-16, CD2-31, CD4-3, CD4-4, CD4-7, CD4-17, CD4-29, CD4-31), Conley* (tracks: CD3-2), Mapier* (tracks: CD3-2)

Notes

The box contains four digipaks (discs 1 & 2 in the first digipak, discs 3 & 4 in the second digipak and disc 5 and the DVD each in a separate digipak) and a 76 page booklet.

Track CD1-1 from the Schwa album 'Devil Between My Toes', released 1987.
Track CD1-2 from the Rocket #9 album 'Same Place The Fly Got Smashed', released 1990.
Tracks CD1-3 & CD1-4 from the Rockathon album 'Propeller', released 1992.
Tracks CD1-5 from the Scat EP 'The Grand Hour', released 1993.
Track CD1-6 from the Scat album 'Vampire On Titus', released 1993.
Tracks CD1-7 to CD1-9 from the Scat album 'Bee Thousand', released 1994.
Track CD1-10 from the Scat EP 'I Am A Scientist', released 1994.
Tracks CD1-11 to CD1-16 from the Matador album 'Alien Lanes', released 1995.
Tracks CD1-17 to CD1-19 from the Matador album 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars', released 1996.
Tracks CD1-20 to CD1-22 from the Matador album 'Mag Earwhig!', released 1997.
Track CD1-23 from the Jass EP 'Wish In One Hand ...', released 1997.
Tracks CD1-24 & CD1-25 from the TVT album 'Do The Collapse', released 1999.
Tracks CD1-26 to CD1-28 from the TVT album 'Isolation Drills', released 2001.
Tracks CD1-29 & CD1-30 from the Matador album 'Universal Truths And Cycles', released 2002.
Tracks CD1-31 & CD1-32 from the Matador album 'Earthquake Glue', released 2003.
Tracks CD2-1 & CD2-2 from 'Motor Away' 7" OLE-148-7, released June 1995.
Tracks CD2-3 to CD2-8 from 'Tigerbomb' 7" EP OLE-168-7, released November 1995.
Tracks CD2-9 to CD2-11 from 'The Official Ironmen Rally Song' 7"/CD OLE-184-7/2, released February 1996.
Tracks CD2-12 to CD2-14 from the Matador Europe bonus CD of 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars' OLE-161-2, released March 1996.
Track CD2-15 from OST 'The Kids In The Hall In Brain Candy' LP/CD/CS OLE-183-1/2/4, released April 1996.
Tracks CD2-16 & CD2-17 from 'Cut-Out Witch' 7" OLE-218-7 Matador Europe, released June 1996.
Tracks CD2-18 to CD2-23 from 'Plantations Of Pale Pink' 7" EP OLE-208-7, released November 1996.
Tracks CD2-24 & CD2-25 bonus tracks from the Japanese CD of 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars', Bandai, released March 1997.
Tracks CD2-26 to CD2-28 from 'Bulldog Skin' 7"/CD OLE-217-7/2 Matador Europe, released May 1997.
Tracks CD2-29 to CD2-31 from 'I Am A Tree' 7"/CD OLE-264-7/2 Matador Europe, released July 1997.
Track 2.32 from V/A 'What's Up Matador' DBL LP/CD/CS OLE-163-1/2/4, released August 1997.
Tracks CD2-33 & CD2-34 bonus tracks from the Japanese CD of 'Mag Earwhig!', Bandai, released May 1998.
Track CD2-35 from V/A 'Everything Is Nice' DBL LP/3XCD OLE-400-1/2, released September 1999.
Tracks CD3-1 & CD3-4 recorded on boombox 1984.
Track CD3-2 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1990.
Track CD3-3 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1989.
Tracks CD3-5 & CD3-6 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1987.
Tracks CD3-7 to CD3-11 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1989. Outtakes from 'Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia'.
Tracks CD3-12 to CD3-14 recording date unknown.
Tracks CD3-15 to CD3-18 recording date unknown. Demo for 'Do The Collapse'.
Tracks CD3-19 to CD3-22 recording date unknown. Demo for 'Mag Earwhig!'.
Track CD3-23 recorded on boombox 1998.
Tracks CD4-1, CD4-7 & CD4-24 recorded live at The Paradise, Boston, MA, June 20, 1995.
Tracks CD4-2, CD4-4 & CD4-9 recorded live at Bogart's, Cincinatti, OH, July 25, 1995.
Tracks CD4-3, CD4-18, CD4-27 & CD4-32 live, location & date unknown.
Tracks CD4-5 & CD4-29 recorded live at Fox Theatre, Denver, CO, April 10, 1995.
Tracks CD4-6, CD4-8, CD4-11 & CD4-19 recorded live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, April 16, 2002.
Tracks CD4-10 & CD4-26 recorded live at Bernie's Bagel Shop, Columbus, OH, March 28, 1998.
Tracks CD4-12 & CD4-23 recorded live at Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA, February 27, 1999.
Track CD4-13 recorded live at Phantasy Club, Cleveland, OH, April 26, 1997.
Tracks CD4-14, CD4-15, CD4-21 & CD4-22 recorded live at The Metro, Chicago, IL, February 24, 1996.
Tracks CD4-16 & CD4-20 recorded live at The Metro, Chicago, IL, July 11, 1998.
Track CD4-17 recorded live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, February 22, 1996.
Track CD4-25 recorded live at 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, January 22, 2000.
Tracks CD4-28 & CD4-30 recorded live at Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland, July 10, 1997.
Track CD4-31 recorded live at Crocodile Club, Seattle, WA, April 17, 1995.
Tracks CD5-1 to CD5-7 recorded at Group Effort Studios, Crescent Springs, Kentucky, 4/86 & 5/86.
Track DVD-2 contains parts of the songs Hot Freaks, Superwhore, Goldheart Mountaintop, Queen Directory, Shocker In Gloomtown, Postal Blowfish, Weed King, Exit Flagger and I Am A Scientist.
Track DVD-4-1 has multi-angle features.

The booklet mentions a video for "My Kind Of Soldier," but it is not actually included on the DVD.

©℗ 2003 Matador Records

Tracks CD1-1 through CD1-10 appear courtesy of Scat Records.
Tracks CD1-24 through CD1-28 appear courtesy of TVT Records.
1-24 & 1-25 © 1999 TVT Records.
1-26, 1-27 & 1-28 © 2001 TVT Records.

Tracks CD1-1 to CD1-3, CD1-5 to CD1-7, CD1-9, CD1-10, CD1-26 to CD1-28, CD2-2 to CD2-4, CD2-6, CD2-7, CD2-10 to CD2-13, CD2-17 to CD2-28, CD2-30, CD2-32 to CD2-35, CD3-1 to CD3-18, CD4-6, CD4-8, CD4-13, CD4-15, CD4-16, CD4-18, CD4-19, CD4-22, CD4-24, CD4-28 & CD4-32 to CD5-7 published by Needmore Songs, BMI
Tracks CD1-12, CD1-13, CD1-15 to CD1-18, CD1-22 to CD1-25, CD2-9, CD2-16, CD2-29, CD3-19 to CD3-23,CD4-2, CD4-5, CD4-9, CD4-10, CD4-12, CD4-14, CD4-20, CD4-21, CD4-23, CD4-25 to CD4-27, CD4-30 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-4, CD1-8, CD4-7 & CD4-31 published by I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI/Needmore Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-1, CD2-14, CD2-31, CD4-3, CD4-4, CD4-17 & CD4-29 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI/I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-19 & CD2-8 published by I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI.
Track CD1-20 published by Flippant Music, BMI.
Track CD2-5 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI/Flippant Music, BMI.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 44861 05502 0
• Other (Category CD1): OLE 550-2.1
• Other (Category CD2): OLE 550-2.2
• Other (Category CD3): OLE 550-2.3
• Other (Category CD4): OLE 550-2.4
• Other (Category CD5): OLE 550-2.5
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): wea mfg. olyphant X19964 LN OLE 550-2.1 03
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): wea mfg. olyphant Z20208 LN OLE 550-2.2 RE-1 03
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): wea mfg. olyphant Y21999 LN OLE 550-2.3 04
• Matrix / Runout (CD4): wea mfg. olyphant Y20105 LN OLE 550-2.4 01
• Matrix / Runout (CD5): wea mfg. olyphant Y21992 LN OLE 550-2.5 01
• Matrix / Runout (DVD): Mastered by wamo LN550.1.A VB01
• Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L902
• Mastering SID Code (CD2 & CD4): IFPI L909
• Mastering SID Code (CD3 & CD5): IFPI L903
• Mastering SID Code (DVD): IFPI L907
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 2U3E
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 2U7A
• Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 2U3Q
• Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI 2U4C
• Mould SID Code (CD5): IFPI 2U3U
• Mould SID Code (DVD): IFPI 2UN5
• Rights Society: BMI

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