The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1

The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1
Live album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	June 18, 2022
Label	Martha's Music
The Smashing Pumpkins chronology
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The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1 is a live album by The Smashing Pumpkins documenting 18 songs from early live shows ranging from 1988 to 1991. It is the third archive release by the band, and as the name implies, the first of multiple volumes of The Rubano Tapes. Rubano refers to Billy Corgan's close friend, Mike Rubano (known to the band as "Cuz"), that accompanied the band and recorded their live shows and rehearsals from 1988 to 1991.

The album was available for presale on April 4, 2022. 2,000 units were pressed on ice blue vinyl and first made available for purchase in-store at Madame ZuZu's on June 18, 2022. Online purchases started shipping in August, with the autographed copies some time afterward. The album was made available on CD in July 2024.

“ It is with great joy, that we are able to finally offer these recordings to you. As many have said, why would an unknown band go so out of its way to document so many of its earliest shows and I think the answer is self evident: that's because we truly believed in what we were doing. ” — Billy Corgan, February 7, 2022

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Source	Length
1.	"Honeyspider"		1990-05-25	2:52
2.	"Not Worth Asking"		1989-06-24	3:37
3.	"Ball and Chain"	James Iha, Billy Corgan	1989-11-18	3:06
4.	"Slunk"		1991-06-22	2:34
5.	"My Eternity"		1988-10-02	5:36
6.	"Bleed"		1988-09-28	4:41
7.	"Blue Light"		1990-03-30	4:20
8.	"Over You"		1990-04-06	3:38
9.	"C'mon"		1989-12-29	6:00
10.	"365"		1990-04-07	4:37
11.	"Salt"		1989-10-29	4:14
12.	"Armed to the Teeth"		1988-10-29	4:58
13.	"Morning Jam"		1990-02-19	2:28
14.	"Vanilla"		1990-01-18	2:38
15.	"Daughter"		1989-05-27	3:41
16.	"Siva"		1991-06-22	6:20
17.	"Nothing and Everything" (†)		1988-09-28	4:35
18.	"Try to Try"		1990-04-07	3:52

† "Nothing and Everything" is mislabeled as "The Vigil".

Release history

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
June 18, 2022	Martha's Music	MMLP-A003	2×LP	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
July 13, 2023	Martha's Music	MMCD-A003	CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel

• Billy Corgan – guitar, vocals
• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
• James Iha – guitar
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass
• Mike Rubano – recording
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

External links

• The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1 at SPFC