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Daniel Johnston discography

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Daniel Johnston discography
A photograph of Daniel Johnston performing
Johnston in 2010
Studio albums18
EPs3
Live albums5
Compilation albums5
Tribute albums7
Home recorded11

This is a list of the discography of Daniel Johnston, who lived in Austin, Texas.

Handmade cassettes

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Before the production of 'Yip/Jump Music' in 1983, Johnston had no way to copy his albums, and so each copy would be an entirely unique recording. The standardised copies of these albums were released when Stress Records purchased Johnston's back catalog in 1986.

List of handmade cassettes, with selected details
Title Album details Notes
Songs of Pain
Don't Be Scared
  • Released: July 1982
  • Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1986)
  • Formats: Cassette, CD-R, CD, LP (See #Release history)
The What of Whom
  • Released: August 1982
  • Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1987)
  • Formats: Cassette, CD-R, CD, LP (See #Release history)
Ugly Music
  • Released: August 1982
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Cassette
Handmade alternate version of Songs of Pain
More Songs of Pain
  • Released: 1983
  • Labels: Self-released (Standardized by Stress Records in 1988)
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Someday You're Gonna Make It, Joe
  • Released: February 1983
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Cassette
Lost alternate version of More Songs of Pain
Yip/Jump Music
  • Released: August 1983
  • Label: Stress
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Hi, How Are You
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: Stress
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, CD-R (See #Release history)
Retired Boxer
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: Stress
  • Formats: Cassette, CD (See #Release history)
Respect
Continued Story
  • Released: December 1985
  • Label: Stress
  • Formats: Cassette, LP, CD (See #Release history)
  • Initially released as a cassette exclusive.
Merry Christmas
  • Released: December 1988
  • Label: Stress
  • Formats: Cassette

Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected details
Title Album details
1990
Artistic Vice
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Shimmy-Disc
  • First Johnston album made entirely of studio recordings.
Fun
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Atlantic
Rejected Unknown
  • Released: October 9, 2001
  • Label: Gammon
Fear Yourself
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Gammon
Lost and Found
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label: Sketchbook
Is and Always Was
  • Released: October 6, 2009
  • Label: Eternal Yip Eye Music
Space Ducks
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Eternal Yip Eye Music

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected details
Title Album details
Live at South by Southwest
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Stress
  • Format: Cassette
Frankenstein Love
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Stress
  • Format: Cassette
Why Me?
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Trikont
Live@Albertstudios
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Albert Music
Normal
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Teen Arena

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected details
Title Release details
Laurie
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Seminal Twang
Happy Time
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Seed
  • Format: 7" vinyl
Sinning Is Easy

Singles

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List of singles, with selected details
Title Release details
"Dream Scream"
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Pickled Egg
  • Format: 7" vinyl
"Impossible Love"
  • Released: 2001
"Mountain Top"
"Fish"
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Sketchbook
  • Format: 7"

Side projects and collaborations

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Danny and the Nightmares

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Title Release details
Danny and the Nightmares
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Eternal Yip Eye
The End Is Near Again
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Cool Beans
Freak Brain
The Death of Satan
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Munster

Daniel Johnston and the Rhythm Rats

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Title Release details
Big Big World
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Seminal Twang

Collaborations

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Jad Fair

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Yo La Tengo

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  • Speeding Motorcycle single (1990)

Hyperjinx Tricycle

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  • Hyperjinx Tricycle (Important Records, 2000)
  • "Long Lost Love" single (2002)
  • Alien Mind Control 3" CD (Important Records, 2003)

Okkervil River

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Rule of Thirds

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  • "Rin Tin Soldier" (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2003)

Jack Medicine

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Mark Linkous

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  • Fear Yourself (Coppertree Records UK, Ltd Ed 180g vinyl, 2008)

Beam

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Other appearances

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  • spoken word performance on the track "Love is a fascist invention" on the Alpine Those Myriads album "yr royal jetlag gospel" (Osito Records, 2003)
  • with Kraig Mc Govern and on a live track recorded in Dublin July 2008
  • with the Swell Season on January 31, 2009, Austin City Limits (previously recorded on September 28, 2008) to perform the song "Life in Vain"

Compilations and tribute albums

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  • The Lost Recordings (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
  • The Lost Recordings II (Stress Records, recorded 1983, released 1992) cassette
  • A Texas Trip - contributed two songs (Caroline Records, 1987)
  • Please Don't Feed The Ego (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 1994)
  • Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston, by Kathy McCarty (1994)
  • My So-Called Life - contributed "Come See Me Tonight" (1995)
  • Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks - contributed "Unpack Your Adjectives" (1996)
  • The Early Recordings of Daniel Johnston Volume 1 (Dualtone, 2003) - Reissue of Songs of Pain and More Songs of Pain
  • The Sun Shines Down On Me by Gerry Nobody (2003)
  • The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (Gammon Records, 2004) - Tribute album along with disc of original versions plus one new song
  • White Magic: From The Cassette Archives 1979–1989 (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2004)
  • I Killed the Monster: 21 Artists Performing the Songs of Daniel Johnston (2006) - Tribute album featuring contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Mike Watt, Jad Fair and Kimya Dawson
  • Apskaft Tribute To Daniel Johnston (The Sound Of Apskaft, 2011) [1]
  • 50minutes (EXERCISE1 Recordings, 2006)
  • Welcome To My World (Eternal Yip Eye Music, 2006)
  • My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston by Adrian Crowley and James Yorkston (Chemikal Underground, 2013)

Films

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