Mashed Potatoes

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Mashed Potatoes
Cover for CD 1
Bootleg of
Released1994
Length5:12:46

"Mashed Potatoes" is a bootleg album of The Smashing Pumpkins. It contains an astounding 77 songs – many previously unreleased – spanning five CDs across the band's then five-year career. It has been called "The Great Lost Release" because it was widely known about but hard to find up until the 2000s.[1]

It was originally released personally by Billy Corgan, who gave the less than 10 copies to friends of the band as a Christmas gift in 1994. Bassist D'arcy Wretzky had her own apparently different copy that was stolen, leaking a few more songs to the public. It wasn't until 2003 that the full box set made available on both CD and MP3 format, most likely by Corgan after Zwan disbanded.[1]

The collection doesn't appear to have an intentional organization and largely unedited, containing peculiar changes from crafty songs to clips of interviews and stage humor. A wide range of genres can be found, with Goth-influenced songs like "Under Your Spell", "Bleed", and "Jennifer Ever". Other songs exposed Corgan's religious beliefs, such as "Jesus Loves His Babies", which didn't see an official release until the 2012 reissue of Gish. The album offers many demos of songs already familiar to fans such as an acoustic versions of "Rocket" (recorded live in a record store on the day of Siamese Dream's release), "Luna", while alternate versions of "Spaceboy", "Hello Kitty Kat" and the fan-favorite "Mayonaise".

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All songs written by Billy Corgan, except where noted. The notes in parentheses are Billy Corgan's.

CD 1[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."Happy Fucking Valentines" February 14, 1992 – Astoria Theatre, London0:48
2."Tristessa" (live 92) January 18, 1992 - Effenaar, Eindhoven3:38
3."There It Goes" (demo 88) Fall 1988 – Eddy Street5:02
4."With You" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios2:47
5."Jesus Loves His Babies" Gish sessions3:08
6."Stray Cat Blues" (live 90)Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 4:41
7."Snail" (radio 91) January 15, 1992 – VPRO Radio5:51
8."Bob Speaks"  0:37
9."Window Paine" (live 90)  7:44
10."Wave Song" (demo 91)James IhaSpring 1991 – Rehearsal Demos4:12
11."Blue" (acoustic 91)  4:01
12."Lie I Lie" (live 89)  3:25
13."My Eternity" (radio 88) March 16, 1989 – WZRD Studios7:01
14."Jesus is the Sun" (demo 90) 1990 – Chicago home demos2:52
15."Sookie Sookie" (live 90)Don Covay, Steve CropperAugust 25, 1990 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago6:58

CD 2[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."Slunk" (live 92) February 5, 1992 – Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France2:45
2."Rocket" (live 93) July 6, 1993 – Tower Records; Chicago, IL, US5:00
3."Under Your Spell" (demo 88) Fall 1988 – Eddy Street3:54
4."Honeyspider" (live 90)  3:04
5."STP" (demo 91) Spring 1991 – Rehearsal Demos3:30
6."Snap" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios3:44
7."Rhinoceros" (live 93) December 10, 1993 – Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, US4:43
8."Let's Meet the Band"  0:43
9."Bleed" (live 88) July 9, 1988 – Chicago 21 Club4:54
10."Opal" (live 90) January 20, 1990 – Cabaret Metro6:06
11."Worship" (live 90) January 20, 1990 – Cabaret Metro 
12."Drown" (live 92) January 17, 1992 – Vooruit, Gent, Belgium8:11
13."Fat Man Blues" (live 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios (acoustic)3:21
14."Try to Try" (live 90)  3:47
15."Venus in Furs" (radio 88)Lou ReedMarch 16, 1989 – WZRD Studios5:29
16."WNUR interview (radio 88)" November 19, 1988 – Annie May Swift Hall, Evanston, IL, US4:08

CD 3[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."And from the West Side..."  0:36
2."Girl Named Sandoz" (live 92)Eric BurdonJanuary 18, 1992 – Effenaar; Eindhoven, NL4:14
3."365" (live 90)  3:31
4."Spaceboy" (outtake 93) December 1992-March 1993 – Triclops Sound4:02
5."The Joker" (live 92)Steve MillerJune 10, 1992 - The Unicorn, Milwaukee3:25
6."Suffer" (live 92) June 10, 1992 - The Unicorn, Milwaukee7:50
7."Coming Attractions"  1:14
8."Egg" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios2:29
9."Bury Me" (live 92) February 14, 1992 - Astoria Theatre, London, UK4:08
10."Moleasskiss" (demo 92) Spring 1992 – Soundworks4:04
11."I Am My End" (live 90)  3:59
12."My Dahlia" (demo 88) Late 1988 – Reel Time Studios3:51
13."Vanilla" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios (acoustic)2:50
14."East" (demo 89) Early 1989 – Schwa Productions4:14
15."Kill Your Parents" January 17, 1992 - Vooruit, Gent, Belgium0:54
16."Terrapin" (live 91)Syd Barret 3:27
17."Cinder" (live 91)  4:33
18."Luna" (acoustic 91) Fall 1991 – Billy's apartment3:33

CD 4[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."Interview Nozems a Go-Go"  4:14
2."Morning Jam" (live 90)  2:20
3."I'm Free" (live 90)Pete Townsend 2:44
4."Jennifer Ever" (demo 88) Early 1989 – Schwa Productions3:48
5."Plume" (live 92) June 6, 1992 - Club De Wash, Madison3:38
6."Disarm" (live 93) December 12, 1993 – Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles3:24
7."Siva" (live 92) February 5, 1992 – Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France8:45
8."Translucent" (demo 92) Winter 1992 – Sadlands3:32
9."Not Worth Asking" (live 89) September 2, 1989 – Cabaret Metro, Chicago4:13
10."Over You" (live 90)  3:50
11."Where's Vince?" (outtake 93) December 1992-March 1993 – Triclops Sound2:43
12."Smiley" (acoustic 91)  3:43
13."Geek U.S.A." (live 93) October 26, 1993 - Bing Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairground5:26
14."Crush" (live 92) January 17, 1992 - Vooruit, Gent, Belgium3:54
15."C'mon" (live 90)  6:01

CD 5[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."Hello Kitty Kat" (demo 92) Spring 1992 – Soundworks6:14
2."Nothing and Everything" (demo 89) Early 1989 – Schwa Productions5:58
3."Mayonaise" (outtake 93) December 1992-March 1993 – Triclops Sound4:36
4."Out of Focus" (live 92, Blue Cheer cover)Dickie Peterson 3:05
5."Offer Up" (live 92) February 14, 1992 – Astoria Theatre, London5:27
6."Silverfuck" (live 92) January 15, 1992 – VPRO Radio9:41
7."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (live 93)Johnny MarksDecember 12, 1993 – Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles1:20
8."Stars Fall In" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios3:02
9."Godzilla" (live 90) August 25, 1990 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago5:49
10."Bye June" (live 92) January 18, 1992 – Effenaar; Eindhoven, NL2:39
11."Spiteface" (demo 89) Early 1989 – Schwa Productions4:41
12."Daydream" (demo 89) Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios1:56
13."I'll Never Change" (live 90)  3:03
14."Infinite Sadness" (outtake 93) December 1992-March 1993 – Triclops Sound4:02

Release history[edit | edit source]

Released Label Catalog ID Format Country External sites
1994 CD-R MusicBrainz [1][2][3][4][5]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Raggett, Ned. "Mashed Potatoes - AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]