Ed Kuepper discography

Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist Ed Kuepper co-founded and recorded with the punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and the grunge-like The Aints. He has also recorded 17 commercially-released solo albums with a variety of backing bands as well as another 14 limited-release albums of live and broadcast performances.^[1][2]

Kuepper has won two ARIA Music Awards for Best Independent Album—Black Ticket Day (1992) and Serene Machine (1993). His highest chart placing was with Honey Steel's Gold (1991), which reached No.28 on the national album chart.^[1]

Studio and live albums

with The Saints

• (I'm) Stranded (EMI, 1977)
• Eternally Yours (Harvest, 1978)
• Prehistoric Sounds (Harvest, 1978)

with Laughing Clowns

• Mr Uddich-Schmuddich Goes to Town (Prince Melon, 1981)
• Law of Nature (Hot, 1983)
• Ghosts of an Ideal Wife (Hot, 1985)

Ed Kuepper

• Electrical Storm (Hot, October 1985)
• Rooms of the Magnificent (True Tone/Hot, January 1987)
• Everybody's Got To (True Tone/Hot, June 1988)
• Today Wonder (Hot, October 1990)
• Honey Steel's Gold (Hot/Shock, November 1991)
• Black Ticket Day (Hot/Shock, August 1992)
• Serene Machine (Hot/Shock, April 1993)
• Character Assassination (Hot/Shock, July 1994)
• A King in the Kindness Room (Hot/Shock, October 1995)
• Frontierland (Hot/TWA, October 1996)
• With A Knapsack On My Back (live album, Hot, August 1997)
• The Blue House (limited edition, 1998)
• Smile ... Pacific (Hot, June 2000)
• Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog (Hot, September 2007)
• The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom (Prince Melon/Valve, 2014)

The Aints

• S.L.S.Q. Very Live (live album, Hot, May 1991)
• Ascension (Hot, December 1991)
• Auto-cannibalism (Hot, June 1992)

Ed Kuepper and His Oxley Creek Playboys

• Cloudland (limited edition, 1998)
• Live! (1998)

Solo compilations

• The Butterfly Net (November 1993)
• Legendary Bully (UK only compilation, 1993)
• Sings His Greatest Hits For You (Hot/Shock, 1995)
• Heart of New Wave (Greece only compilation, Penguin, 1995)
• Samplerland (Hot, September 1996)
• Wheelie Bin Affair (Some Odds And Sods) (Hot, September 1997)
• Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye (covers compilation, Hot, September 1999)
• Out-takes, Castaways, Pirate Women and Takeaways (Hot, November 2001)
• Real Wild Life (Brazilia only compilation, Tronador, 2004)
• This is the Magic Mile (3-CD compilation, Hot, December 2005)

Limited release mail order albums

• I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom (limited edition mail order, Hot, 1995)
• Exotic Mail Order Moods (limited edition mail order, Hot, 1995)
• Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts (limited edition mail order, Hot, March 1997)
• Ed Kuepper Live (Prince Melon, sold on European tour, 2008)
• Ed Kuepper Live—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 2 (Prince Melon, August 2008)
• Ed Kuepper Live, The Euroboot Album—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 3 (Prince Melon, August 2008)
• Ed Kuepper Live, Honey Steel's Gold Live at the Forum—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 4 (Prince Melon, 2009)
• Ed Kuepper Live, Duos, Solos & Trios—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 5 (Prince Melon, 2009)
• Ed Kuepper Live, Live at The Judith Wright Centre—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 11 (Prince Melon, 2010)
• Studio Demos 1988 and 2007—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 12 (Prince Melon, 2010)
• Ascension Academy—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 13 (Prince Melon, 2010)
• Long Rider On The Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 2000—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 14 (Prince Melon, November 2010)
• Long Rider On The Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 1999—The Prince Melon Bootleg Series, Volume 15 (Prince Melon, November 2010)
• Second Winter (2-CD, Prince Melon, March 2012)

EPs

"Happy as Hell" (1989)

Singles

• "Also Sprach the King of Euro-Disco" (1986)
• "I Am Your Prince" (1986)
• "Not a Soul Around" (1987)
• "At Times, So Emotional" (1987)
• "Nothing Changes In My House" (1987)
• "When There's This Party" (1988)
• "Too Many Clues" (1988)
• "Burned My Fingers" (1988)
• "The Way I Made You Feel" (1992)
• "Real Wild Life" (1992)
• "Black Ticket Day" (1992)
• "Sleepy Head (Serene Machine)" (1993)
• "If I Had A Ticket" (1994)
• "I'm With You" (1995)
• "Wasn't I Pissed Off Today" (1995)
• "Highway To Hell" (1995)
• "Fireman Joe (Part 1") (1996)
• "Fireman Joe (Part 2") (1996)
• "All Of These Things" (Part 1)" (1997)
• "All Of These Things" (Part 2)" (1997)
• "Weepin' Willow" (1997)

References