HOOTENANNY recording sessions
Session 1: July 1982 (Mehr, 116-117)
Westerberg and Mars recorded three songs at Blackberry Way:
1. Within Your Reach
2. Warning Sound
3. September Gurls (the Big Star song).
"Within Your Reach" ended up on HOOTENANNY while the other two remain unreleased. "Warning Sound" was reworked into "We're Comin' Out" on LET IT BE.
Session 2: "Summer" 1982 (Mehr, 117)
The band recorded some songs for HOOTENANNY at Blackberry Way. These included:
1. Junior's Got A Gun
2. Ain't No Crime
3. Run It
"Run It' was included in HOOTENANNY while "Junior's Got A Gun" and "Ain't No Crime" were included as extra tracks on the HOOTENANNY CD reissue in 2008.
Session 3: October 1982 to January 1983: (Mehr, 117-119)
Songs recorded at various locales in Minneapolis (including at a warehouse in Roseville):
1. Buck Hill
2. Color Me Impressed
3. Hayday
4. Hootenanny
5. Lovelines
6. Mr. Whirly
7. Sea Hunt [instrumental]
8. Shoot Me, Kill Me
9. Take Me Down to the Hospital
10. Treatment Bound
11. Willpower
12. You Lose
13. You're Getting Married
Of these songs, ten songs were included on the original HOOTENANNY release, the ones in yellow. The others remain unreleased.
Session ?
The band recorded the backing track for another song, "Lookin' For Ya," in June 1982 at Brighton, Minnesota. Vocals for the track were recorded in July 1982 at Blackberry Studios. The song was first released on the TRACKIN' UP THE NORTH compilation issued in 1982.
Solo Westerberg recordings of the period:
1. Hold Me in Suspension (Mehr, 116)
2. You're Pretty When You're Rude (Mehr, 116)
TOTAL LIST OF SONGS RECORDED
Overall, the band recorded at least 20 individual songs for HOOTENANNY:
1. Ain't No Crime
2. Buck Hill
3. Color Me Impressed
4. Hayday
5. Hootenanny
6. Junior's Got A Gun
7. Lookin' For Ya
8. Lovelines
9. Mr. Whirly
10. Run It
11. Sea Hunt [instrumental]
12. September Gurls
13. Shoot Me, Kill Me
14. Take Me Down to the Hospital
15. Treatment Bound
16. Warning Sound
17. Willpower
18. Within Your Reach
19. You Lose
20. You're Getting Married [full band version]
Of these, 12 ended up on the original HOOTENANNY album (the ones in yellow).
Of the 7 other songs, one -- "Lookin' For Ya" -- was featured on the compilation TRACKIN' UP THE NORTH.
Two others were featured on the CD reissue from 2008: "Ain't No Crime" and "Junior's Got A Gun."
Several songs remain officially unreleased: "Sea Hunt," "September Gurls," "Shoot Me, Kill Me," "Warning Sound," and the full band version of "You're Getting Married" (a solo guitar version was featured on the CD re-release of STINK).