The semi-fictitious rock band Spinal Tap has released three albums in addition to several bootleg compilations that have been compiled by fans. The band also has an extensive fictitious back catalog which is discussed briefly within the film This is Spinal Tap.
Released on Polydor (catalog #POL-817846) in 1984.
Side One
Hell Hole
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
Heavy Duty
Rock and Roll Creation (single version)
America
Cups And Cakes
Side Two
Big Bottom (1973 version)
Sex Farm
Stonehenge (1975 version)
Gimme Some Money
(Listen to the) Flower People
2000 CD bonus tracks
Christmas with the Devil
Christmas with the Devil (Scratch Mix)
Album notes
The soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap.
Though the cover is almost identical to Smell the Glove, "Hell Hole" is the only song that the two albums have in common.
The song "America", written under the title "If I Were King of America" during the 1982 American tour, has not been released elsewhere.
A remastered CD version was released in 2000, with two bonus tracks - the sides of the rare "Christmas With The Devil" single from 1984. "Christmas With The Devil" was re-recorded for Break Like the Wind.
Released on MCA (catalog #MCAP10514) in 1992.
Side one
Bitch School
The Majesty of Rock
Diva Fever
Just Begin Again
Cash on Delivery
The Sun Never Sweats (remake)
Rainy Day Sun (remixed)
Side two
Break Like the Wind (remake)
Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors (remake)
Springtime (remake)
Clam Caravan (remake)
Christmas with the Devil (remake)
Now Leaving on Track 13 (hidden track)
All the Way Home (remastered demo)
Album notes [fictional]
Tap's first new album in nearly ten years.
The working title of this album was "Back in the Harness Again".
Spinal Tap intended this to be a series of three albums, released hours apart, as Guns N' Roses did with the double album Use Your Illusion. However, the master tapes for discs two and three were lost before release.
Two unreleased songs from this period are "Back in Harness" and "Just Spell My Name." (According to Derek, "Back in Harness" was intended as a possible concert opener.)
All old Tap songs, except "Rainy Day Sun" and "All the Way Home", are complete re-recordings. "Rainy Day Sun" is a heavily remixed version of the 1967 single, and "All the Way Home" is a remastered version of the 1961 demo. (Incidentally, listen for a young Derek Smalls at the start of "All the Way Home" - whether he actually appears on the song itself is the subject of a debate.)
A non-functioning eight-track tape of the album was released as a promotional item.
"Now Leaving on Track 13" is not listed on the cover. In the recent StudioCanal book about This Is Spinal Tap, this song is erroneously titled "Let Him Go".
Album notes
Mentioned as forthcoming in a 1996 online chat by Derek, but never surfaced. This album would have been identical to Break Like the Wind except for the addition of a new song, "Goat Boy."
The as-yet-unreleased "Goat Boy" was written for a 1996 IBM commercial.
Released on June 23, 2009 on the A2M Label.
Track List
01. Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
02. Back From the Dead
03. (Funky) Sex Farm
04. Rock 'n' Roll Creation
05. Jazz Oddyssey I
06. Gimme Some Money
07. Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
08. Heavy Duty
09. America
10. Jazz Oddyssey II
11. (Listen to the) Flower People (Reggae Style)
12. Hell Hole
13. Big Bottom
14. Celtic Blues
15. Jazz Oddyssey III
16. Warmer than Hell
17. Stonehenge
18. Short and Sweet
19. Cups and Cakes
Album notes
Album contains both a CD and a DVD; the DVD contains track-by-track commentary
Album packaging is a fold-out diorama of the band
Nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Comedy Album
Nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Recording Package
Independent release, most likely from the Nineties.
Includes
Bitch School (Letterman 3/27/92)
Big Bottom (SNL 5/5/84)
Gimme Some Money (Rockline 3/23/92)
The Majesty of Rock (Freddie Mercury Tribute 4/20/92)
Radio Promos 1 (from The Simpsons)
Christmas with the Devil (1984 single version)
Break Like the Wind (Rip Magazine Party 10/06/91)
All the Way Home (Rockline 3/23/92)
Sweet Georgia Brown (Les Paul and Nigel Tufnel, Dennis Miller Show 5/12/92)
Radio Promos 2 (This Is Spinal Tap outtake)
Hell Hole (with Ricky on guitar)
Heavy Duty (Rip Magazine Party 10/06/91)
(Listen to the) Flower People (Calypso Version, Music Machine LA 4/05/84)
We Three Kings (Christmas benefit album 1993)
Christmas with the Devil (The Arsenio Hall Show 12/17/92)
Album notes
A well-circulated bootleg that was very popular before being upstaged by the massive None More Black (see below).
Independent release, probably made after 2000.
Includes
Hell Hole
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
Heavy Duty
Rock and Roll Creation
America
Big Bottom
Sex Farm
Stonehenge
Gimme Some Money
(Listen to the) Flower People
Bitch School
The Majesty of Rock
Diva Fever
Just Begin Again
Cash on Delivery
The Sun Never Sweats
Rainy Day Sun
Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors
Springtime
Clam Caravan
Christmas with the Devil
Now Leaving on Track 13
All the Way Home
Album notes
Listed in the CDDB/Gracenote database.
A pirate combining both Spinal Tap CDs in one CD. "Cups and Cakes", the 1984 "Christmas" mixes, and "Break Like the Wind" are missing.
Independent release from sometime after 2000.
Includes
"Sustain"
Back from the Dead
Big Bottom
We Three Kings
Rainy Day Sun
"Don't Understand"
Cups and Cakes
Sex Farm
Gimme Some Money
"Don't Point"
The Sun Never Sweats
All the Way Home
The Majesty of Rock
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
"Armadillos"
Bitch School
Heavy Duty
Break Like the Wind
Cash on Delivery
"Clever"
Rock and Roll Creation
Stonehenge
"Green Globule"
Hell Hole
Diva Fever
(Listen to the) Flower People
"Goes to 11"
Album notes
A pirated greatest-hits album spotted in the CDDB/Gracenote database.
Contains dialogue interludes from This Is Spinal Tap.
Strangely, the titles of "Sex Farm" and "Bitch School" are censored as "Farm" and "School".
Independent release from sometime after 2000.
Disc one
Back from the Dead (internet release, 2000)
Rock and Roll Nightmare (The TV Show, 1978)
Christmas with the Devil (SNL, 5-5-84)
Big Bottom (SNL, 5-5-84)
Break Like the Wind (Rip Party, 10-6-91)
Heavy Duty (Rip Party, 10-6-91)
All the Way Home (Rockline, 3-23-92)
Gimme Some Money (Rockline, 3-23-92)
Bitch School (Letterman, 3-27-92)
The Majesty of Rock (Freddie Mercury Tribute, 4-20-92)
Bitch School (MTV Spring Break)
Heavy Duty (MTV Spring Break — partial)
Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors (Much Music, 07-01-92)
The Majesty of Rock (The Arsenio Hall Show, 05-18-92)
Christmas with the Devil (The Arsenio Hall Show, 12-17-92)
Stonehenge (Leno, 10-4-2000)
Back from the Dead (Late Show with David Letterman, 2000)
(Listen to the) Flower People/Hell Hole (from VH1's The List, 6-22-01)
Big Bottom (from VH1's The List, 6-22-01)
We Three Kings
Sweet Georgia Brown (Nigel Tufnel & Les Paul, Dennis Miller Show, 5-12-92)
Children of the Sun (The Folksmen)
Corn Wine (The Folksmen)
Disc two
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (from 'The Final Tour')
Big Bottom (from 'The Final Tour')
Heavy Duty (from 'The Final Tour')
Stonehenge (from 'The Final Tour')
Sex Farm (from 'The Final Tour')
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (from TIST director's cut)
Rock and Roll Creation (from TIST director's cut)
Hell Hole (from TIST director's cut)
Big Bottom (from TIST director's cut)
Heavy Duty (from TIST director's cut)
Nigel Guitar Solo (from TIST director's cut)
Stonehenge (from TIST director's cut)
America (studio session pt. 1) (from TIST director's cut)
America (studio session pt. 2) (from TIST director's cut)
Sex Farm (from TIST director's cut)
Hell Hole (with Ricky on lead guitar/vocals) (from TIST director's cut)
Jazz Odyssey (from TIST director's cut)
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (Nigel's Return) (from TIST director's cut)
(Listen to the) Flower People (alternate mix)
All the Way Home (David & Nigel)
Gimme Some Money (soundcheck)
Talk with Tap I
Talk with Tap II
Talk with Tap III
The Folksmen - Rehearsal (from SNL '84)
The Folksmen - Old Joe's Place (from SNL '84)
The Folksmen - Never Did No Wanderin' (from The View, 2003)
The Folksmen - Old Joe's Place (from Late Show with David Letterman, 2003)
Disc three
Christmas with the Devil (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Hell Hole (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Sex Farm (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Big Bottom (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
(Listen to the) Flower People (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Gimme Some Money (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Heavy Duty (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Rock and Roll Creation (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
Rock and Roll Nightmare (live at the Music Machine, 4-5-84)
David St. Hubbins - This Is Sportscenter (ESPN TV Spot)
Album notes
There are many variations of this album — the track list above applies to the most complete version.
An infamous bootleg, and the one most commonly owned by Tap fans.
