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WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER DISCOGRAPHY (not even complete)
 
velvet underground
- solo albums
- "THE HOLY BABBLE"cd - Tourmaline T-495C - 1996
- 'Willie Alexander's Persistence of Memory Orchestra" cd - Accurate/Distortion AD-1002 - 1993
- "PRIVATE WA" cd - Tourmaline T-493 - 1993
- "Willie Loco Boom Boom Ga Ga 1975-1991" cd - Northeastern /Lunar Rotation NR5502 - 1992
- "Fifteen Years of Rock & Roll with Willie Alexander" cd - Fan Club/New Rose (France) 083 - 1991
- "In the Pink" lp - M&W 2207 - 1988
- "The Dragons are Still Out"lp - New Rose (France) 152 - 1988
- "Tap Dancing on my Piano" lp - New Rose (France) 106 - 1986
- Greatest Hits lp - Fan Club (France) 013 - 1988
- "Taxi Stand Diane" ep - New Rose (France) 039 - 1984
- "Solo Loco" lp - Bomp! 4020 - 1981
- "Solo Loco" lp (alternate sequence) - New Rose/RCA (France) 3 - 1981
- solo singles
- "You Got a Hard Time Coming"/"Larry Bird" - Stanton Park 011 - 1988
- "Burning Candles"/"In Your Car" - Arf! Arf! 017 - 1986
- "Perfect Stranger"/"Lonely Avenue" - New Rose (France) 19 - 1983
- "Gin"/"Close Enough" - Varulven (no#) - 1980
- "Dirty Eddie"/She Wanted Me" - Somor (no#) - 1978
- "Kerouac"/"Mass. Ave." - Bomp! 109 - 1978
- "Kerouac"/"Mass Ave." - Garage 5005 - 1978
- Willie Alexander and the Confessions
- "Autre Chose" double lp - New Rose (France) 13 - 1982
- "A Girl Like You" lp - New Rose (France) 15 - 1982
- "AAWW"/"Bass Rocks" 12" single - Pure & Easy 014 - 1982
- Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band
- "Meanwhile...Back in the States" lp - MCA 3052 - 1978
- "Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band" lp - MCA 2323 - 1978
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"/"You Beat Me To It" 45 - MCA 40861 - 1978
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"/"You Beat Me To It" 45 - MCA (UK) 362 - 1978
- "Sperm Bank Babies" lp - Garage (no#) - 1978
- "Hit Her Wid De Axe"/"You Looked So Pretty When" 45 - Garage 6146 - 1976
- "At The Rat"/"Pup Tune"/"Kerouac-Live at the Rat compilation - Rat 528 - 1976
- The Bagatelle
- "11 p.m. Saturday" lp - ABC 646 - 1968
- The Lost
- "Violet Gown"/"No Reason Why" 45 - Capitol 5725 - 1966
- "Violet Gown"/"Mean Motorcycle" 45 - Capitol 5708 - 1966
- "Maybe More Than You"/"Back Door Blues" 45 - Capitol 5519 - 1965
- Compilations
- "Family Circle, Family Tree" Best of the Bosstown Sound - Big Beat (UK) 9797 - 1996
"Window of Opportunity" - Tourmaline T-195C - 1995
- "D.I.Y. Mass Ave. - The Boston Scene (1975-83)" - Rhino 71179 - 1993
- "The Ruta 66 Album" - Capote (Spain) 15 - 1991
- "Place of General Happiness" - ESD 80522 - 1991
- "Arf!Arf! Presents" - Arf!Arf! 028 - 1990
- "Everyday is a Holly Day" - New Rose (France) 175 - 1989
- "These Dogs Live in The Garage" - Arf!Arf! 021 - 1987
- "Play New Rose For Me" - New Rose (France) 100 - 1986
- "Arf!Arf! Contemporary Music Sampler" - Arf!Arf! 009 - 1984
- "The Boston Incest Album" - Sounds Interesting 005 - 1980
- Misc. Singles
- "Cherry Pie"/"In The Rain - Three Torches - TT 001 - 1988
- "Cherry Pie"/"In The Rain" - three Torches - TT 001 different version - 1981
- "Carol's Talking" - Trash featuring Willie Alexander - Absolute 1501 - 1982
- "B.U. Baby" - Radio Hearts featuring Willie Alexander - Greenline 1 - 1980
VIDEOS
- "Middle Street" from PRIVATE WA 1993 - Produced and Directed by Henry Ferrini
- Persistence of Memory Orchestra - Live Excerpts
- "Doll Mountain" from THE HOLY BABBLE 1996 currently in production
ADDENDUM: overlooked in the above discography from "Goldmine" magazine info
provided by The Count, Janis Reed, and the good people at Varulven and Visual Radio
VAR 8 "Gin" b/w "Close Enough"
VAR 10 "I'm Sticking With You"
1980 Maureen Tucker, Jonathan Richman
and Willie Alexander
VAR 11DB Moe Tucker 12" EP
1985 same track as 45 with 4 additional
tracks...Maureen doing "Will You
Still Love Me Tomorrow (without
tambourine , she had a tambourine
on her version), and 3 different
Foggy Notion's from The Count.
Willie duets on "Sticking With You", the Lou
Reed song from his Velvets days (Moe solos),
and Willie sings back-up (with the dreaded
Billie Montgomery Perry) on "Foggy Notion",
studio version (Track 1 on side 2, recorded
in 1977; a different mix from my first lp).
VAR 1B # for Somor Records "Dirty Eddie/Nazi Nola"
distributed, pressed and promoted under the assumed name
"Too Much Monkey Business" from
that session (with a re-mastered Nola and
Dirty Eddie), and "Modern Lovers" / "Cause
I'm Taking You To Bed" from 1973 with
Matthew McKenzie, Dirty Eddie Ted Dunford,
Willie and Walter Powers III.
VAR LP 1 SECRET LITTLE TANGENTS IN
VIOLENT 'E' MOTIONS
(released in France in 1979 as "I'm A Star",
Flamingo/Carrere label. Willie and Billie
with Jon Macey & Mike Roy of Fox Pass
singing background on first mix of Foggy
Notion.)
VAR LP 2 THE SPERM BANK BABIES
(VARAGE RECORDS, "now you
see it now you don't."
Wllie will be writing liner notes to the SBB
Compact Disc of 1977 and 1978 WERS
broadcast...the re-release of SBB with
additional tracks).
VAR LP 3 THE BOSTON BOOTLEG VOL. 1
Willie & Billie on backing vocals
Willie duet with The Count on
"All The Way To The Left" (Rock On The
Tom Lane Show."
VAR LP 4 THE BOSTON BOOTLEG 2
"No Way Jose"
VAR LP 9D BOSTON R & R ANTHOLOGY #6
"BLUES FOR VANESSA"
"Vanessa" also appeared on New Rose #50
a compilation called "La Vie En Rose"
(- an lp with The Replacements, The Count,
Joe King Carrasco, etc.) 1985.
VAR LP 10D BOSTON RR ANTHOLOGY #7
"DIRTY EDDIE' (with intro not on 45)
new rose 100 1986
PLAY NEW ROSE FOR ME
A double lp compilation by New Rose artists
singing other New Rose artist's tunes...
The Count singing "Radio Heart" produced
by Jimmy Miller, Joe Petruzelli (Joe Pet of
the Joe Perry project), with Lord Manuel
and Brian Bradley. The only time a Willie
song was produced by Jimmy Miller.
Dramarama singing "Hitchhiking", and
Willie doing The Lyres' "Don't Give it Up Now."
Willie is probably on NEW ROSE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD VOL. 1; as well as the
first 2 New Rose compilations.
VAR LP 12D BRR ANTHOLOGY #9
BARB KITSON "LIGHT OF LOVE"
PRODUCED BY WILLIE. She also did Willie's
"Beat Me." He may be on piano on both.
1987
VAR CD 009 BOSTON RR #20/US ANTH. 2
"'CAUSE I'M TAKING YOU TO BED"
(1973).
PURE & EASY PE 014
AAWW/ bass rocks
Willie Alexander & The Confessions.
The re-mixe Johnny V is
offering for Var's upcoming Willie Alexander
demo tapes record. 5 MCA
demos, and the 4 post MCA demos (plus
the Boom Booms 3 songs with Matthew
McKenzie.)
Craig Leon's production of Moon Martin
Willie appears on piano. 12" different
mix of the song Willie's on, a different mix on
the Moon Martin lp.
Willie is thanked on the Lisa Burns album
on MCA (MCA 2361) 1978. The Boom Booms
back up Lisa on MCA, at Suntreader, Willie
isn't credited, but may be on it. Recorded when
they did "Meanwhile Back In The States."
any additional info is welcome: tourmaline@smasheasy.com
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