I thought it might be interesting to share our respective collections of Suzanne Vega items (and their content if needed). So here is mine (which is definitely not exhaustive and certainly not the most complete. It started in 1987.)

(01) Suzanne Vega - album / CD

(02) Solitude Standing - album / CD

(03) Live in London - live / vinyl (Left of Center - Neighborhood Girls - Straight Lines - Black Widow Station - Knight Moves - Cracking)

(04) Toys (Live in San Francisco 1987) - live / CD (Tom's Diner - Straight Lines - Small Blue Thing - Cracking - Luka - Undertow - Solitude Standing - Language - Left of Center - Neighborhood Girls - Marlene on the Wall)

(05) Live at the Royal Albert Hall - live / videotape

(06) Days of Open Hand - album / CD

(07) The Video Singles - compilation / videotape

(08) Book of Dreams - single / CD (incl. Ironbound (live) - Marlene on the Wall (live))

(09) Tom's Album - compilation / CD

(10) 99 F° - album / CD (incl. Private goes public) 

(11) In Liverpool - single / CD (incl. Some Journey (live) - The Queen and the Soldier (live) - Luka (live))

(12) 99 F° - single / CD (incl. Tired of Sleeping (live) - Straight Lines (live) - Tom's Diner (live))

(13) Blood makes noise - single / CD (incl. Men will be men)

(14) Nine Objects of Desire - album / CD

(15) Caramel - single / CD (incl. Luka (Spanish version) - Story of Isaac)

(16) World before Columbus - single / CD (incl. Caramel (live) - Blood makes noise (live) - Small Blue Thing (live))

(17) Showcase (Live in Brussels, 1996) - live / tape (radio broadcasted) (Marlene on the Wall - Caramel - Rock in this Pocket - Stockings - Fat Man and Dancing Girl - Neighborhood Girls - World before Columbus - Luka - Tom's Diner - Small Blue Thing)

(18) Book & a Cover - single / CD

(19) Songs in Red and Gray - album / CD

(20) Retrospective: The Videos of Suzanne Vega - compilation / DVD

(21) Live at the Stephen Talk House - live / e-CD

(22) Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival - live / DVD

(23) Beauty & Crime -album / CD

Miscellaneous:

Kent with Suzanne Vega - Ainsi va l'amour - e-single wma

Joe Jackson with Suzanne Vega - Angel - tape

Dan Zanes with Suzanne Vega - Erie Canal - e-single wma

Mitchell Froom with Suzanne Vega - Dopamine - from Mitchell Froom's Dopamine album / CD

Suzanne Vega - The Marching Dream - e-single mp3

Suzanne Vega - Woman on the Tier (I'll see you through) - e-single wma

Suzanne Vega - Obvious Question - e-single wma

 

 

 

 

 

 

CasparHauser,

I am impressed by your collection  -- where did the video singles come from??  I just recently found SV and SS on vinyl. :-)  They have the orignal lyric sleeves and are in pretty good shape.  I guess I need to reconnect my turntable.  The sound quality, with rounded analog waves, suits Suzanne so much better than square digital waves.  As a collector CasparHauser, do you know which of Suzanne's albums are available on vinyl??

Thanks for sharing,

Peace, Ra 

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a few years ago (probably more then a few) I had taken the discography that was around and set out to collect as much as I could, via ebay and other websites that i found....  in the last year or so i hadnt updated it and i just did with the best of my knownledge of what i collected recently.  sadly all my things are boxed up and in a storage unit or my parents basement back in Michigan while I am working here in Sweden..

I have a collection of vinyl, cd, (even a few cassettes)  there are DVDs, VHS and even one Laser Disc (that i never got around to finding a laser disc player :-P ) But my list looks something like this......

 

Suzanne Vega CDs That I Own

SOLO ALBUMS

Beauty & Crime – EU version and the Japan Version with Extra track

Songs In Red and Gray - US version and the Japan version with extra track

Nine objects Of Desire - US A&M 31454 0583 2

99.9 Degrees F.   - US A&M 31454 0005 2

   99.9 - US A&M 31454 0026 2 (LTD. ED PICTURE CD WITH BOOK HARD P/B CASE)

Days Of Open Hand     - US A&M 7502-15293-2

    DOOH  - US A&M 75021-3933-2 (LTD. ED MULTI FOLD DIGIPAK HOLOGRAM P/S)

Solitude Standing  - US A&M CD 5136

Suzanne Vega   - US A&M CD 5072 (REISSUE)

SOLO SINGLES

Suzanne Vega 3"- JP A&M S12Y3013 (tracks 1.Solitude standing, 2.Luka, 3.Left Of Center)

Rosemary (Remember Me) DNA remix   - UK A&M (POLYDOR) ROSECD1 (PROMO)

Book & a Cover - EU A&M 582 773-2

Headshots - US A&M AMSAD 00411 (PROMO P/P P/S)

World Before Columbus - JP A&M POCM-1206

Birth-day  -

No Cheap Thrills - US A&M AMCDP 00297 (PROMO P/B P/S)

Carmel - US A&M AMCDP 00188 (PROMO P/B S/S)

When Heroes Go Down - US A&M 31458 8093 2 (PROMO P/B P/S)

99.9 degrees F. - UK A&M AMCD (0085 580-092-2)(STICKER) x2

99.9 degrees F. - UK A&M AMCDR 0085 580-086-2 (COLLECTERS SINGLE) x2

Blood Makes Noise - UK AMCD 0112 INT 580 112-2

In Liverpool - UK A&M AMCD 0029 (580-029-2)

In Liverpool - UK A&M AMCD 0029 (580-031-2)

Men In A War - UK A&M AMCD 584

Tired Of Sleeping - UK A&M AMCD 565

Book of Dreams  - US A&M CD 18015 (PROMO)

Book of Dreams  - US A&M AMX 559 (1O")

Book of Dreams  - UK A&M AMCDH 559 (LTD. ED OF 10,000, HOLOGRAM COVER)

Solitude Standing -

Tom's Diner - UK A&M VEGCD 2

Luka - US A&M CC 31003 (CDS50) 3"

Luka - US A&M AM-2937 7"

Gypsy - UK A&M AM 349 7"

Left Of Center  - UK A&M CDQ 320

Left Of Center - AU A&M (FESTIVAL) K 9960 7"

Knight Moves -

Small Blue Thing  - UK A&M AM 294 / FREE 7 (doublepack, g/f)

Marlene on The Wall - UK AMY 309 (RED) 10"

OTHER SOLO RELEASES

Sessions at West 54th   - US A&M 31454 0788 2

Making Noise - JP A&M (polydor) POCM-9003 (LTD ED. OF 2,000)

Tried and True    - CA A&M 31454 0945 2

Live At The Steven Talkhouse –

Retrospective - The Best of Suzanne Vega -

COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ARTISTS

Mitchell Froom: Dopamine - US Atlantic 83102-2

Joe Jackson & Friends : Heaven & Hell - US Sony Classical SK 60273

The Smithereens : Blown to Smithereens - US Capitol 31481

Hector Zazou : The Long Voyage - FR Columbia (sony) col 6612012 (14 661201-14)

Hector Zazou : The Long Voyage - US Columbia csk 7015 (promo)

Bill Morrissey : Inside - US Philo PH 1145

Bill Morrissey : Standing Eight - US Philo PH 1123

Tom's Album - US A&M 75021 5363 2

Tom's Album - US A&M 75021 5363 2

D.N.A. Featuring Suzanne Vega: Tom's Diner   - WG A&M 390 564-2

Shawn Colvin : Diamond in the Rough - US Columbia CSK 73325 (DISP 000542) (promo)

Shawn Colvin : Steady On - US Columbia CK45209

COMPILATIONS OF VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bleecker Street - US Astor place TCD 4012

Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters In Their Own Words   - US Delta 0998 (ISBN 0385324073) (paperback)

Live from the River Music Hall Vol. 1  (Presented by WXRV 92.5 The River) - US Eastern Front EFR-CD-114

Lilith Fair - A Celebration of Women in Music - Arista 07822-190007-2

Best of Sessions at West 54th Volume 1- US Sony 50163 (NTSC) (DVD)

Launch 10 - US Launch (2way) No. 10 (flp pak)

In Their Own Words Volume Two - US Razor And Tie RT 2824-2

Tower of Song - The Songs of Leonard Cohen - US A&M 31454 0259 2

Dead Man Walking - US Columbia (Sony) CK 67522

Jam Harder - US A&M 75021 5339 2

UNAUTHORIZED RELEASES

By Invitation Only - US NATURAL WOMAN 006

100 degrees Fahrenheit in Montreux     - DE REAL LIVE RL CD31

Neighborhood Kids - DE NOT GUILTY NG 290493

Suzanne Vega - In Concert  - EU? One World CD ITM P910068

Little Big Woman  - DE Rare Recording Collection RRC 009

Pretty Vegan - US Greenwich Folk Tunes GFT 0243 (green vinyl)

VIDEOS

The Videos  - Gold Collection (DVD)

Live At Montreux 2004 (DVD)

Retrospective - The Videos of Suzanne Vega (DVD)

Live at duo MUSIC EXCHANGE -  World Premium Artists Series 100's Vol. 8 (DVD)

Suzanne Vega The Video Singles  (VHS - 1990)

 

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RaMac:

CasparHauser,

I am impressed by your collection  -- where did the video singles come from??  I just recently found SV and SS on vinyl. :-)  They have the orignal lyric sleeves and are in pretty good shape.  I guess I need to reconnect my turntable.  The sound quality, with rounded analog waves, suits Suzanne so much better than square digital waves.  As a collector CasparHauser, do you know which of Suzanne's albums are available on vinyl??

Thanks for sharing,

Peace, Ra 

Thanks Ra.

As far as the vinyls are concerned, I think it has been discussed here: http://www.suzannevega.com/forums/thread/18922.aspx. I cannot really help, because my collecting policy is more content-oriented. I like vinyls as objects, but I won't buy them just for the sake of collecting :)

As for the video, I will get back to you with the playlist. I'm sure it is no unreleased material and might be an alternate edition of available material.

Singles

Marlene on the Wall 7”, ’85 UK

Marlene on the Wall 7”, ’86 Germany

Marlene on the Wall 7”, promo with fold out bio

Marlene on the Wall 7”, ’86 cardboard sleeve “white”

Marlene on the Wall 7”, ’86 cardboard sleeve “green”

Marlene on the Wall 10”,

Marlene on the Wall 12”, signed by Suzanne

Small Blue Thing 7”

Small Blue Thing 7” double single

Knight Moves 7”

Left of Center CD5

Left of Center 10”

Left of Center 7”, Germany

Left of Center 7”, UK

Gypsy CD5, signed by Suzanne

Gypsy 7”, Special concert souvenir gatefold

Gypsy 7”, Germany

Gypsy 7”, UK

Gypsy 7”, Japan

Gypsy 12”

Luka CD3

Luka CD5 Japan

Luka CD5 France

Luka 7” Germany, signed

Luka 7” France

Luka spanish version 7”, Spain

Luka 10”

Luka 12”

Tom’s Diner CD5

Tom’s Diner CD5 promotional

Tom’s Diner 7”, Germany

Tom’s Diner 7”, Japan

Tom’s Diner 7”, UK

Tom’s Diner 10”

Tom’s Diner 12” (actually untitled)

Solitude Standing CD3, Japan, signed by Suzanne

Solitude Standing CD5, UK

Solitude Standing CD5, France

Solitude Standing 7”, Germany

Solitude Standing 7”, France

Solitude Standing 7”, UK

Solitude Standing 7” DJ promo

Solitude Standing 10”

Solitude Standing 12”

Book of Dreams CD5, Limited edition #3224

Book of Dreams CD5

Book of Dreams CD5, USA promo

Book of Dreams CD5, Germany promo

Book of Dreams Cassette

Book of Dreams 7”

Book of Dreams 7” 1-track promo

Book of Dreams 10”

Book of Dreams / Men in a War 12”, promo

Tom’s Diner DNA remix, illegal issue 12” (mysteriously sent to me by someone unknown)

Tom’s Diner DNA remix CD5

Tom’s Diner DNA remix 7”

Tom’s Diner DNA remix 12”

Tom’s Diner Alan Coulthard remix 12”

Tired of Sleeping CD5

Tired of Sleeping CD3

Tired of Sleeping 7”

Tired of Sleeping 10”

Tired of Sleeping 12”

Men in a War 7”

Men in a War / Hombres en Guerra 7”, promo

Men in a War 12” UK

Men in a War 12” Germany

Men in a War CD5, USA

Men in a War CD5, Germany

Rusted Pipe DNA remix, 12”

Blue Love / Salt Water 12” (with DNA)

In Liverpool 7” cardboard sleeve

In Liverpool 7” papersleeve

In Liverpool CD5

In Liverpool CD5, limited edition gatefold

In Liverpool CD5, promo gatefold

Blood Makes Noise CD5, USA

Blood Makes Noise CD5, UK

Blood Makes Noise CD3, Japan

Blood Makes Noise CD5 promo gatefold

Blood Makes Noise 7”

Blood Makes Nosie 12”, USA

Blood Makes Noise 12”, EU

Blood Makes Noise Clivilles & Cole remixes 12”

99.9F° 7”

99.9F° CD5

99.9F° CD5, limited edition gatefold

99.9F° CD5, promo

99.9F° CD5, gatefold promo

When Heroes Go Down 7”

When Heroes Go Down CD5 4-track

When Heroes Go Down CD5, limited edition gatefold

When Heroes Go Down CD5 2-track

The Long Voyage CD5 2-track

The Long Voyage CD5 remix single

Caramel CD5

Caramel CD5 promo

Caramel CD5 gatefold promo

No Cheap Thrill CD5 4-track

No Cheap Thrill CD5 2-track

No Cheap Thrill CD5, gatefold

No Cheap Thrill CD5, promo

Birth-Day CD5, promo

Headshots CD5, 4-track promo

World Before Columbus CD5 4-track

World Before Columbus CD5 2-track

Book & a Cover CD5 4-track

Book & a Cover CD5 2-track

Book & a Cover CD5 gatefold promo

Rosemary / Remember Me, DNA remix CD5

Rosemary / Remember Me, DNA remix CD5, promo

Rosemary / Remember Me, remixes CD5, promo

Widow’s Walk CD5 promo

Last Year’s Troubles CD5 promo

Last Year’s Troubles CD5 misprint “Priscilla” promo

Penitent CD5 promo

(I’ll never be) Your Maggie May CD5 promo

Frank & Ava, CD5 promo

Albums

Suzanne Vega 12”, EU

Suzanne Vega 12”, UK

Suzanne Vega CD5

Solitude Standing CD5

Solitude Standing CD5, USA longbox

Solitude Standing 12”

Days of Open Hand CD5

Days of Open Hand CD5, limited edition

Days of Open Hand 12” UK

Days of Open Hand 12” EU

99.9F° 12” Netherlands

99.9F° CD5 EU

99.9F° CD5 Japan

99.9F° CD5 limited edition

Nine Objects of Desire CD5

Nine Objects of Desire CD5, promo

Songs in Red and Gray CD5, EU

Songs in Red and Gray CD5, Japan

Songs in Red and Gray CD5, ‘tour edition’

Beauty & Crime CD5, EU

Beauty & Crime CD5, Japan

EPs & Collections

Pretty Vegan 7”, early bootleg

Recorded live in Berlin 7”,  double vinyl promo

Live in London 12”

Compact Hits CD5

The Compact Disc Collection (first three albums in a holograph box), limited edition

Tom’s Album CD5

Tom’s Album 12”

Making Noise CD5

Sessions at West 54^th Street CD5

Tried & True CD5

Tried & True CD5, 2-disc limited edition

Retrospective CD5

Retrospective CD5, 2-disc limited edition

Books

Suzanne Vega in concert (tourbook)

Worldtour ’87 (tourbook)

Tour of Open Hand (tourbook)

Bullet in Flight

The Passionate Eye of Suzanne Vega

Video & DVD

The video singles

Retrospective: Deluxe

Retrospective: The videos

Live in Montreaux

I think this is it. Meh I don't feel like listing the CDs where she's just got one song on. So I won't.

Impressive - and strangely reassuring, I thought I might be slightly obsessive but clearly I've looong way to go yet!

Helen

 

 

Hi Helen,

I know that some people here have even bigger collections than mine ;).

 Spikey

Thanks CasparHauser.  The link was perfect.

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I have a pretty good SV collection, but nowhere near Spikey's or the other person with the tremendous collection.

In addition to all of the studio album CDs (including or limited to the Japanese-only extra-track versions of Songs in Red and Gray and Beauty & Crime), the other ones that I have that haven't seemed to pop up yet  (unless I missed them when reading) or are otherwise noteworthy include:

Great Acoustics (Live in Italy in 1984, 7 songs including the unreleased "Daniella" & "Rent Song")

Live in London (both original CD as well as original LP with OBI strip)

3 versions of Rosemary CD single meaning I have both extended and edited mixes of the Herbaceous and Europa versions as well as the DNA version

Live @ Shibuya Music Exchange (both DVD & CD) - I HIGHLY recommend this and it is still available for order from some online outfits

 Days of Open Hand Ltd. Edition Hologram still sealed in Longbox (what I consider my "holy grail") - YES YES YES

99.9F tour t-shirt

I really only strive to get all songs she has ever written and performed plus remixes plus at least one really good live version of each of her songs.  I have some collaborations/covers of which I consider "In a Lonely Place", "What's Wrong With The Man Upstairs", "Buy and Sell" and "Ignorant Sky" to be among the best.

 -M

 

spikey:

I know that some people here have even bigger collections than mine ;).

 Spikey

 

Now, I feel quite depressed about this thread! :)

At that point, it's not a collection anymore; it's a discography!

Though, as I mentioned and as a collector of other bands, I'm more into the content: I seek to get completeness of an artitst's work, not all items refering to her/him.

Spikey, I'm sure Suzanne herself has not so many items!

Yeah, Caspar, I feel the same way too.

 And yeah, here's a possible future scenario:

 (Private message - Suzanne to Rutger):  Rutger, I desperately need x and g and l and z from your collection.  Do you think that you could "lend" them to me.  I promise I'd give them back to you, eventually, I PROMISE I PROMISE I PROMISE.

-M

 Milo 'Live @ Shibuya Music Exchange (both DVD & CD) - I HIGHLY recommend this and it is still available for order from some online outfits'

I think this is (also?) sold as Liv at Duo Music Exchange, and yes it is still available. 

Helen

 

 

 

RaMac:

CasparHauser,

I am impressed by your collection  -- where did the video singles come from??  I just recently found SV and SS on vinyl. :-)  They have the orignal lyric sleeves and are in pretty good shape.  I guess I need to reconnect my turntable.  The sound quality, with rounded analog waves, suits Suzanne so much better than square digital waves.  As a collector CasparHauser, do you know which of Suzanne's albums are available on vinyl??

Thanks for sharing,

Peace, Ra 

 About "The Videosingles" videotape, all clips on the video are featured (among others) on the "Retrospective" DVD, except "Gypsy" which is extracted from Suzanne's concert at the RAH.

By the way, the "Retrospective" DVD is really great. I got my copy yesterday and I spent the whole evening listening to Suzanne commenting her own videoclips! Great.

PS: "Last Year's Troubles" is somehow disturbing but very interesting compared with the great "99.9F°" en "Blood makes noise" videoclips...

I don't have the time at the moment to document my collection.  However, mine is like Wafer's or Spikey's, but I have a lot of cover versions, magazines, posters, clothing, and other odds and ends (compilations that only have album versions with other artists, among others).

Uncwilly
Song of the day: Everything Counts, depeche Mode)
Cheese of the day: Largo

 yeah uncwilly i recall the days of shifting thru ebay and seeing either you or djhammer ( I think that was his name)  that was bidding on stuff and usually tried not to bid against.  and I am not about to list my collection of poster  or other memorabilia  :-)

 as for  going to far with a collection I am like that with with a few artist,  Ani Difranco, Nine Inch Nails, 311 and Alice in Chains, Jethro Tull, Loreena Mckennitt, They Might Be Giants,  Link Park to name a few.... I just tend to have collecting problem...  could be why I have over 800 cds back home :-)

 
I tend to try and stay away from ebay these days I save money that way :-)

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