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A complete list of tracks as featured on Comes with a Smile CDs. The vast majority remain otherwise unreleased. One of these days we'll put together than long-promised "Best Of"... better make it a box set.

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Ai Phoenix | Revolution is Grey (issue #8)
The American Analog Set | Choir Vandals (Muscle Beach Version - issue #14)
The American Analog Set | Everything Ends In Spring (Edit - issue #19)
The American Analog Set | The Only Living Boy Around (alternative - issue #10)
Anamude | Over There An Angel (issue #18)
Arab Strap | G.S.O.H. (unreleased - issue #10)
Arab Strap | That's Where We've Left Our Love (bonus track from Japanese CD - issue #20)
Arbol | San Francisco (unreleased - issue #10)
arco | Dry (issue #18)
Arco | Movie (issue #5)
Aroah | The Biggest Idiot In The World (acoustic - issue #11)
Art of Fighting | Along The Run (demo - issue #17)
Art of Fighting | Give Me Tonight (demo - issue #10)
Ashley Park | A Letter To The Mounties (demo - issue #9)
At Swim Two Birds | Darling (remix - issue #13)
Bardo Pond | Take What You Need (New Mix - issue #14)
Lou Barlow | A Man In Love (live - issue #17)
Bauer | Bricks Without Stone (issue #8)
Bauer | Sunburned Teeth (issue #15)
Howie Beck | Everything Ends (issue #9)
Richard Bell | Winterbirds (unreleased - issue #10)
Brendan Benson | Between Us (uncensored version - issue #17)
Brendan Benson | Doctor, Doctor (issue #7)
Bettie Serveert | Cut N' Dried (issue #6)
Billy Mahonie | Dusseldorf (issue #9)
Billy Mahonie | Minor Folk Tune (new demo - issue #20)
Andrew Bird | Why? (live - issue #15)
Bitter Bitter Weeks | You Paralyze My Heart (issue #9)
Frank Black | Atlantis (issue #19)
Blanche | Never Again (demo - issue #14)
Blonde Redhead | Melody (demo - issue #15)
Tim Bluhm | If Love Hath No Pride (unreleased - issue #20)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Antagonism (live - issue #14)
Brando | Lumberpeg (issue #12)
Francoiz Breut | Le Nord (Xfm session - issue #10)
Bright Eyes | Jetsabel Removes the Undesirables (issue #6)
Brokeback with Chicago Underground Duo | Chomsk, Live! (issue #13)
Richard Buckner | A Year Ahead (live at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco 19/01/00 - issue #11)
Richard Buckner | Pull (Live on RCF, France May 2003 - issue #19)
Calexico | Across The Wire (acoustic - issue #12)
Calexico | Smarm y Charm (issue #5)
Camper Van Beethoven | Alien Ghost Song (issue #17)
BC Camplight | Suffer For Two (brand new demo recording - issue #20)
Laura Cantrell | Hammer and Nails (issue #19)
The Cash Brothers | You Know the Way (issue #7)
Cat Power | Metal Heart (issue #5)
Cat Power | The Party (issue #12)
Vic Chesnutt | Old Hotel (issue #5)
Clem Snide | Let's Make It (issue #9)
Clem Snide | Tuesday, October 24th (Jack Drag remix - issue #14)
colleen | The Zither Song (issue #19)
Comets On Fire w/ Burning Star | Core Street Wars (issue #17)
Constantines | Shine A Light (unreleased live version - issue #20)
The Constantines | St. You (CBC session - issue #14)
Cowboy Junkies | Something More Besides You (live - issue #7)
David Cross | My Kids Think I'm an ATM / Am I The Only One on the Planet That Knows How to Drive? (two stand-up routines recorded live during David's recent residency at London's Soho Theatre) (issue #16)
Currituck Co. | Father's Day (issue #13)
Currituck Family | The Boys Sing The Song Of Jodi The Blue Jew of Amaranth (Hills Of Isle Au Haut - issue #18)
The Czars | Black & Blue (issue #6)
Dakota Suite | My Broken Face (issue #6)
Mike Daly | She's Waiting for Me (issue #6)
Diana Darby | unday It's Clover (issue #13)
Daryll-Ann | Settle Down (issue #15)
The Dearhunters | Mr Katherine (live - issue #8)
Death Cab for Cutie | Debate Exposes Doubt (acoustic - issue #13)
Death Cab for Cutie | Steadier Footing (acoustic - issue #9)
The Decemberists | Cautionary Song (live version) (issue #16)
Julie Doiron and Herman D'ne | Dirty Feet (unreleased - issue #10)
Dolorean | Holding On (live on Dutch radio - issue #17)
Don's Mobile Barbers | He's Heading Back Into Town (issue #18)
Johnny Dowd | Papa, Oh Papa (live - issue #15)
Gordon Downie | Christmastime in Toronto (alternative - issue #13)
Drive-By Truckers | Great Car Dealer War (unreleased outtake - issue #20)
David Eugene Edwards | Nobody 'Cept You (issue #19)
The Eighteenth Day Of May | So Casey Jones (issue #17)
The Eighteenth Day Of May | The Waterman's Song To His Daughter (new recording for CWAS - issue #20)
Mark Eitzel | Bought A Book (issue #12)
Mark Eitzel | Patriot's Heart (live solo rendition of new AMC song, recorded at London's Bush Hall) (issue #16)
Mark Eitzel | Welcome To Whitehall (issue #8)
Electrelane | Long Dark (alternative - issue #13)
Electrelane | Today (issue #18)
Ellis Island Sound | Harvest 54 (issue #14)
Espers | Firefly Refrain (issue #19)
The Essex Green | Victor (issue #13)
Geoff Farina | Steely Dan (issue #5)
Jay Farrar & Canyon | Child of the Moon (live - issue #14)
50 Foot Wave | Petal (issue #15)
Flare | (Don't Like) The Way We Live Now (issue #7)
Flare | Scared Me (the Lost Weekend Mix - issue #11)
Flophouse Jr. | Lonely At The Top (issue #8)
The Flucts | 2 Gtr Practice (issue #15)
Four Tet | Both When I'm Alone and We Both Are (issue #19)
Robbie Fulks | Caesar's Ranch (issue #9)
Howe Gelb | What On Earth Will You Do (unreleased - issue #10)
Howe Gelb | Wolfy (demo - issue #7)
The General Store | Stay (issue #6)
Lisa Germano | Starfish (issue #5)
Giant Sand | Capitulation Blues (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
The Go-Betweens | Mrs Morgan (demo - issue #12)
The Good Life | Grandma's Gone (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Graham | The Best Spectacular (Special CWAS Version - issue #6)
Grand Drive | One Last Smile (issue #6)
Granfaloon Bus | There's A Sugar Museum (acoustic - issue #13)
Granfaloon Bus | Too Angry To Fly (issue #9)
Gravenhurst | Entertainment (unreleased live recording - issue #20)
David Grubbs | Aging Young Lovers (previously only available on Japanese edition of 'A Guess At The Riddle') (issue #16)
David Grubbs | Don't Dream (issue #7)
Guided By Voices | Pretty Bombs (live at Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill 19/04/02 - issue #11)
Jim Guthrie | Ain't Got No / I Got Life (brand new studio recording, cover of songs from the musical 'Hair') (issue #16)
The Handsome Family | Famous Blue Raincoat (issue #14)
The Handsome Family | Grandmother Waits for You (issue #5)
The Handsome Family | The Last* (demo - issue #11)
Darren Hanlon | Hiccups (live - issue #10)
Jesse Harris | Another Place (issue #8)
Mick Harvey | Just A Little Bit Of Rain (rare studio recording - issue #20)
Hayden | Dynamite Walls (live - issue #12)
The Heavy Blinkers | Gentle Strength (remix - issue #17)
James William Hindle | Always Reminders (unreleased - issue #10)
James William Hindle | Cornish Breezes (issue #7)
James William Hindle | W11 3HN (issue #13)
Doug Hoekstra | Because She Loves Him (issue #13)
Doug Hoekstra | If the World Was Blind (issue #7)
Lauren Hoffman | Look Like Shit (issue #5)
Hood | Winter Politics (demo - issue #18)
The Howling Hex | Death Letter from Centerville Springs (unreleased live recording - issue #20)
Neilson Hubbard | I Was Thinkin' (issue #8)
William Hut | B10 (issue #14)
The Innocence Mission | I Haven't Seen This Day Before (live - issue #15)
Iron & Wine | Smokestack Lightning (live - issue #15)
Bill Janovitz | Atlantic (live - issue #10)
Jens Lekman | No Time For Breaking Up (issue #17)
Jet Johnson | November (issue #11)
Josh Rouse | Nothing Gives Me Pleasure (demo - issue #10)
Damien Jurado | Mr Brown (issue #12)
Matt Keating | To Love The Freak (unreleased - issue #10)
Kidd Dynamo | Decide What's News (demo - issue #9)
Kings of Convenience | Manhattan Skyline (alternative - issue #8)
Pete Krebs | Lonely Street (live - issue #12)
Ben Kweller | Launch Ramp (acoustic - issue #11)
Lambchop | Nothing But A Blur From A Bullet Train (PBS session - issue #14)
Lambchop | The Book I Haven't Read (issue #5)
Lambchop | The New Cobweb Summer (VPRO session - issue #10)
Dawn Landes | Dig Me A Hole (demo - issue #15)
The Last Town Chorus | Wire Waltz (issue #15)
Limbeck | The State (issue #14)
Lincoln | proud of myself (issue #9)
Mary Lorson & Saint Low | Born Knowing (Billy Cot' Remix - issue #18)
Low | Walk Into The Sea (acoustic version - issue #17)
Lowlights | Lost & Alone (demo - issue #11)
The Nick Luca Trio | Afraid (issue #11)
Jeffrey Luck Lucas | Cascade (issue #14)
Lullaby for the Working Class | In Defense of Abstractions (issue #5)
Maritime | Future Is Wired (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Mayday | Alone (issue #11)
Mazarin | To Keep Things Moving (issue #5)
Mazarin | What Seens The Sky (alternative - issue #9)
Cass McCombs | Tourist Woman (demo - issue #17)
The Mendoza Line | Holding A Drink (issue #12)
The Mendoza Line | Tell It To The Raven (unreleased outtake - issue #20)
Michaelmas | What League Am I In? (issue #17)
Chris Mills | Borderline (issue #5)
Mission of Burma | Learn How (live - issue #15)
Monade | At Last I Am Free (issue #18)
The Moore Brothers | Cute Lemon Party (issue #8)
Tony Moreno | Driving by Moonlight (alternate version with vocals by Shelley Short) (issue #16)
Andrew Morgan | The Spires Conspire (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
The Mother Hips | Sarah Bellum (acoustic - issue #9)
The Mountain Goats | Beat The Devil (issue #15)
Mark Mulcahy | Elephantine (issue #7)
Mark Mulcahy | Part Of The Show (issue #17)
Mull History Society | Ugly Buildings Are Beautiful (issue #7)
Marissa Nadler | Flora Barone, Queen of the Vaudeville Throne (issue #19)
Nina Nastasia | I Will Never Marry (issue #7)
Nervous Plants | Mandi (issue #12)
The New Pornographers | High Art, Local News (bonus track from Japanese CD - issue #20)
The New Tellers | Fear Of Phones (issue #9)
Scout Niblett | Cherry Cheek Bomb (issue #12)
Scout Niblett | Ruler of My Heart (issue #18)
Nice Man | Let's Have A Meaningful Relationship (issue #9)
Norfolk & Westen | Oslo (issue #11)
Of Montreal | City Bird (issue #12)
Oh Susanna | River Blue (live - issue #8)
Okkervil River | Disfigured Cowboy (issue #11)
Okkervil River | My Bad Days (live - issue #14)
Tara Jane ONeil | Tracer (stage version) (new 5:30 version of a song from her current album) (issue #16)
The Orgone Box | Ticket with No Return (alternative - issue #7)
Jamie Owen | Trapeze Artist (issue #5)
Tim Oxley | Drift Away (issue #12)
Pacific Ocean Fire | My Drinking Days Are Done (issue #19)
Panda Bear | Search For Delicious (issue #18)
Papa M | Unquiet Grave (live - issue #15)
Jeff Parker | Sea Change (Vicissitude Version - issue #17)
Keiron Phelan & David Sheppard | Azizintla Fireflies (issue #6)
Joel RL Phelps | Good Advice For Dogs (issue #8)
Grant-Lee Phillips | Buckaroo (issue #11)
Ben Phillipson | Adelaide (demo - issue #9)
Piano Magic | You Can Never Get Lost When You've Nowhere To Go (issue #14)
Picastro | Shorter Hard (issue #19)
The Joel Plaskett Emergency | Black Sheep Boy (issue #8)
Matt Pond PA | Closer (unreleased - issue #10)
Matt Pond PA | Night's End (issue #6)
matt pond PA | NJ Holiday (brand new demo recording - issue #20)
matt pond PA | The Band And Me (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Sam Prekop | North South (issue #18)
Archer Prewitt | Living Song (issue #12)
Archer Prewitt | We Go Alone (issue #17)
Radiogram | Gone to Stay (issue #7)
Radiogram | Under The End (w/ Carolyn Mark - issue #11)
Ral Partha Vogelbacher | Wrong Bike (issue #9)
(The Real) Tuesday Weld | Asteroids (Between the Stars Mix - issue #6)
(The Real) Tuesday Weld | Declan's Bad Days (issue #12)
(The Real) Tuesday Weld | Declan's Little White Birds (issue #12)
The Real Tuesday Weld | Dreaming Of You (unreleased - issue #20)
(The Real) Tuesday Weld | Stand By Your Man (issue #15)
Richmond Fontaine | Blur Out (issue #18)
Richmond Fontaine | Lost Son (studio version - issue #11)
Richmond Fontaine | The Janitor (issue #14)
Rivulets | Anyway... (issue #6)
Rivulets | Can't I Wonder (solo version of track from forthcoming album - issue #20)
Rivulets | Sunsets Can Be Beautiful (alternative - issue #12)
Alasdair Roberts | Long A-Growing (issue #13)
Rogue Wave | Be Kind + Remind (remix - issue #13)
Rogue Wave | March (issue #18)
Rothko | Red Cells (featuring Delicate Awol - issue #11)
Josh Rouse | Camping in Copenhagen (issue #6)
Josh Rouse | My Love Has Gone (acoustic - issue #18)
Royal City | Tarry (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Royal City | That My Head Were A Spring (w/strings - issue #13)
RTX | Beth (brand new studio recording, a bizarre cover of the song by Kiss) (issue #16)
The Sadies | The Story's Often Told (live - issue #13)
St Thomas | Strangers Out Of Blue (issue #8)
Santa Sprees | Sleeping Partner (issue #7)
The Scene Is Now | Words (issue #15)
Shearwater | I Can't Wait (issue #14)
Robyn G Shiels | Never Say Never (issue #12)
Sigmatropic (featuring Edith Frost) | Haiku 4 (alternative - issue #13)
Signalmen | Undone (issue #9)
Six Organs of Admittance | Sun Has Set (issue #18)
65daysofstatic | Massive Star at the End of its Burning Cycle (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Sleater-Kinney | Entertain (Live on XFM, UK April 2005 - issue #19)
Sloan | Are You Giving Me Back My Love? (remix - issue #10)
Sloan | Pretty Together (demo - issue #7)
Sloan | Who Loves Life More? (demo - issue #14)
Sodastream | Trouble on the Railway (issue #7)
Solex | Put A Lock On It (previously only available in Taiwan/Hong Kong) (issue #16)
Songs: Ohia | Untitled (issue #8)
Spokane | Addition (issue #11)
Spoon | In The Right Place The Right Time (demo - issue #12)
Spoon | The Beast And Dragon, Adored (new recording - issue #20)
Squatter & the Ant | Blindfold (issue #9)
Squatter & the Ant | Last Light (For C.D.) (issue #6)
stuart A. staples | Say Something Now (issue #18)
Sufjan Stevens | Borderline (issue #15)
Aaron Stout | The Ballad of Mr Lamatta (issue #19)
Ken Stringfellow | Ask Me No Questions (live - issue #8)
Ken Stringfellow | Reveal Love (live - issue #17)
The Strugglers | The New Room (acoustic - issue #12)
Superstar | Just an Outline (issue #5)
Sweet Apple Pie | She Shines (demo - issue #7)
Maria Taylor | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (issue #19)
Textile Ranch | The Dream of the Murderer's Ship Pulling Out (issue #6)
31Knots | White Hot (unreleased - issue #20)
Kevin Tihista | Is That All There Is? (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Kevin Tihista | Sucker (alternative - issue #10)
Tindersticks | Sleepy Song (live in Lisbon 30/10/01 - issue #11)
Tram | He Walks Alone (acoustic - issue #8)
Tremulous Monk | Tea Hippy (issue #19)
The Twin Atlas | Moment Right Now (issue #13)
Ukiah | Ruppert Towers (demo from unsigned, London-based artist) (issue #16)
Unbunny | Water and the Spanish Tongue (alternate electric version, produced by Chris Walla) (issue #16)
Varnaline | Mare Imbrium (demo - issue #10)
Laura Veirs | Flotsam 'n' Jetsam (issue #19)
Laura Veirs | Tiger Tattoos (live - issue #15)
Vetiver (featuring Hairy Fairy) | You May Be Blue (Live at Les Vieilles Charrue, Brittany July 2005 - issue #19)
Chris Von Sneidern | Watch Them Ride Away (issue #7)
M Ward | Let's Dance (issue #8)
M Ward | One More Goodbye (issue #17)
M Ward | Outta My Head (demo - issue #13)
Steve Ward | You're a Fighter (issue #8)
Warm Wires | Devo (issue #11)
Waterworks | River (issue #8)
The Weakerthans | Psalm for the Elk's Lodge Last Call (alternative - issue #13)
The Weather | Rehearsed (issue #5)
Greg Weeks | Believe (unreleased - issue #10)
Greg Weeks | Your Name Is Written Last (issue #6)
Jim White | Cinderblock Walls (brand new studio recording) (issue #16)
Jim White | The Wound That Never Heals (alternative - issue #8)
Willard Grant Conspiracy | Dig A Hole (issue #13)
Willard Grant Conspiracy | Love Doesn't (issue #6)
The Wisdom of Harry | Almond Orange (issue #6)
The Wisdom of Harry | Uncrowned (issue #15)
Witness | So Far Gone (issue #5)
Wondermints | Time Has You (demo - issue #7)
Hawksley Workman | Old Bloody Orange (issue #7)
Shannon Wright | Dyed In The Wool (live - issue #9)
Steve Wynn | Southern California Line (live - issue #9)
Richard Youngs | Like Tigers Now (issue #11)
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies | Let's Get Going (YMSS Arbitrary Mix - issue #18)