Guided By Voices

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Alien Lanes Used - LP - OLE 123 Beautiful 1995 Gatefold Original. Not The Recent Reissue. more
	Alien Lanes New - LP - OLE 123 Sealed Gatefold Reissue Of The 1995 Album. Includes Free Download. more
	Alien Lanes New - LP - OLE 123 Sealed 2015 Gatefold Repress Of The 1995 Album. Includes Free Download. more
	Alien Lanes New - LP - OLE 123 Sealed, latest run of the 2015 gatefold reissue. "It's surprising what a difference it makes when a musician knows someone will actually be hearing his work. After 1994's charmingly sloppy Bee Thousand gained Guided By Voices a nationwide cult following (instead of the local cult following they were accustomed to), 1995's Alien Lanes found Robert Pollard and his partners in hard pop cleaning up their act a bit. For the most part, Alien Lanes isn't radically different from Bee Thousand -- it was primarily recorded on a four-track cassette machine (and sounds like it), and Guided By Voices was still a garage band with more in the way of inspiration than chops. But the musicians have put a bit more care and focus into their performance on this set; the playing is tighter and sharper, and the band plays toward their strengths, pushing their occasional sloppiness into a harder, more rock-oriented direction. And if Pollard and Tobin Sprout were still obsessed with tiny fragments of pop song wonderment, they also rounded up a more consistent collection of them; there aren't quite as many obvious masterpieces as on Bee Thousand, but also fewer obvious mistakes, and the sequencing gives the album a more consistent flow than before. Pollard also made genuine inroads into more lyrically cognizant material (though don't fret, "Auditorium" and "Blimps Go 90" are as cryptic as ever), and "Watch Me Jumpstart," "Striped White Jets," and "Motor Away" are simply superb pop/rock songs. (Sprout also gets a few shining moments on "A Good Flying Bird" and "Straw Dogs.") Both Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes sound like they were made by a band of inspired amateurs with great ideas; the difference is that Alien Lanes suggests that Guided By Voices wanted to prove that they could turn pro some day." AMG - Mark Deming. more
	An Earful O' Wax Colored Vinyl - BIG 01 Stunning 1993 German Original Pressed On Clear Virgin Vinyl. more
	Bee Thousand Colored Vinyl - 135 Mint 1994 Clear Blue Virgin Vinyl Rarity. more
	Bee Thousand New - LP - SCAT35 Sealed, latest run of the 2015 gatefold reissue. "The cult of indie rock thrives on the unexpected discovery, and in 1994 Guided by Voices were just the sort of musical phenomenon no one figured was still out there -- 30-something rock obsessives cranking out fractured guitar-driven pop tunes in a laundry room. Robert Pollard and his stable of beer buddies/backing musicians had been churning out stuff like Bee Thousand for years, but the album's surprise critical success marked the first time the group found a significant audience outside their hometown, and it made a clear case for Guided by Voices' virtues -- as well as their flaws. From the moment "Hardcore UFOs" kicks in, it's obvious that Pollard has an uncanny gift for a hook and a melody, and Bee Thousand's 20 cuts are dotted with miniature masterpieces like "Echos Myron," "Smothered in Hugs," and "Queen of Cans and Jars." However, there are also more than a few duds that threaten to cancel out the goodwill the great songs generate, and Pollard is an acquired taste as a lyricist -- his freakishly poetic verse has a real charm, but it's hard to figure out what he's on about. (GBV's other principal songwriter, Tobin Sprout, contributes less often, but manages a higher batting average.) The lo-tech rumble of the album's D.I.Y. production also wavers between being a help and a hindrance, depending on the songs, and as musicians Guided by Voices veer between sounding like inspired amateurs and, well, just amateurs. On Bee Thousand, Guided by Voices sound like a passionate and gloriously quirky garage band fronted by a thrillingly and maddeningly idiosyncratic songwriter; its many pearly moments make it a fascinating discovery for rock enthusiasts, but a few years would pass before this band was fully earning the new accolades showered upon it." AMG - Mark Deming. more
	Bee Thousand - Director's Cut New - LP - 6515 Sealed 2LP Gatefold. more
	Box New - LP - 401p Sealed 1996 6LP Box Set Featuring Their First Five Albums Plus A Full LP Of Unreleased Songs. 87 Songs In All (19 Unreleased). Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink Wrap. more
	Crying Your Knife Away Used - LP - lo-fi 004 1994 Unofficial 2LP Release Of A Live Recording At Stache's In Columbus, Ohio, June 18, 1994. A Portal Back In Time To When You Might Not Have Remembered But Wished You Could've Of Attended. Very Slight Corner Ding. more
	Daredevil Stamp Collector New - LP - 10 Sealed 2000 Original. May Be Pressed On Blue Virgin Vinyl. more
	Devil Between My Toes Used - LP - Big 02 Mint 1993 German Reissue Of The $500+ 1987 Original. Alternate Cover Art. more
	Do The Collapse Colored Vinyl - TVT-1980-1 2015 Limited Edition Record Store Day Orange Virgin Vinyl Reissue With Custom Inner Sleeve. Shrink Wrap Intact With Hype Sticker. LP Appears New, Unplayed. more
	Earthquake Glue New - LP - OLE 574 Sealed 2003 Original. more
	English Little League New - LP - GBVi34 Sealed 2013 Original Comes With 10x10 Single Sided Full Color Inlay With Credits And Digital Download. more
	Half Smiles Of The Decomposed New - LP - OLE 612 Sealed, Out-Of-Print 2004 Vinyl. more
	Heavy Like The World New - 7 - GBVi94 New & Unplayed 2019 7" Single. Not A Factory Sealed Item, Housed In A Protective Outer Sleeve With Custom Free Download Hype Sticker. Released Prior To Their 2019 Full-Length "Sweating The Plague". more
	Hold On Hope New - LP - 1986 Sealed 2009 Limited Edition 12 Song LP Originally Released Only On CD In 2000. Includes 3 Previously Unreleased Cuts. more
	How Do You Spell Heaven New - LP - GBVi 77 Sealed 2017 Original. Under Yet (Another) New Lineup Robert Pollard Proves Again GBV Is Still Relevant. The Band Is Tight And Rocking And Pollard As Sharp As Ever. A Very Well Received Album. more
	Isolation Drills Colored Vinyl - Used - TVT-2160-1 2015 Limited Edition Blue Virgin Vinyl Reissue In Shrink Wrap With Hype Sticker And Custom Inner Sleeve With Complete Lyrics. Small Corner Bump. more
	Isolation Drills New - LP - 2160 Sealed, Limited Edition 2001 Vinyl. more
	Jellyfish Reflector New - LP - 0001 Sealed 1996 Limited Edition (1,000 Pressings, The First 50 Of Which Were Numbered And May Have Been Pressed On Purple Vinyl) 2LP "Live" Recording. more
	Let's Go Eat The Factory New - LP - GBVI 16 Sealed 2013 Original Housed In A Gatefold Cover. Comes With Hype Sticker On Shrink And Digital Download. more
	Live From Austin TX Used - LP - NW5215 2017 2LP, 180gm Repressing Of The GBV's 2004 Austin City Limits Show. A Sparkling Album Representing The Best Of The Muddled Masters Of Low-Fi Rock. more
	Live In Daytron Colored Vinyl - ROCK010 Sealed 3LP Colored Vinyl Trifold Original. Live In Daytron Features 43 Classic Cuts Running Two Hours, Professionally Recorded Circa 2001 With A Split-Mic Setup And Mixed Live On Site In A Truck Outside The Venue. Includes A Digital Download. Tiny 1/2" Superficial Razor Mark On Front Cover. more
	Mag Earwhig! Used - LP - OLE 241 1997 Gatefold Original. LP Appears Glossy, Unplayed. "After Bee Thousand Gave Guided By Voices A Wider Audience, It Became Evident That Robert Pollard Saw Himself As More Than Just The Band's Songwriter And Frontman, And As His Career Ambitions Grew, He Became Increasingly Frustrated With The Limitations Of His Band. Matters Came To A Head Prior To The Recording Of Mag Earwhig! As Pollard Broke Ties With Longtime Guitarist And Fellow Songwriter Tobin Sprout And Fired The Rest Of The Group. While Pollard And Sprout Soon Buried The Hatchet, Sprout Opted Not To Stay On As A Full-Time Member Of The Group, And Pollard Was Now Guided By Voices' Uncontested Leader. He Hired Cleveland-Based Blues/Garage Rockers Cobra Verde As His Backing Band For The Next GBV Album, And Mag Earwhig! Sounded A Good Bit Different As A Result; While There Were A Few Stray Four-Track Experiments With Sprout Scattered About, Most Of The Album Had A Solid, Professional Sheen, And Cobra Verde Rock Harder And Sound Tighter Than Any Of The Lineups Pollard Had Worked With In The Past. Unfortunately, His Songwriting Wasn't Quite Up To His Usual Standards, Which The New Clarity Of This Album Makes All The More Evident. Pollard Is Incapable Of Making An Album Without A Few Fine Songs, And "Bulldog Skin," "Sad If I Lost It," "Not Behind The Fighter Jet," And "Portable Men's Society" Certainly Fill The Bill, But It May Well Be Significant That Mag Earwhig!'S Most Exciting Song, The Joyous "I Am A Tree," Was Written By Cobra Verde's Doug Gillard. While There's Plenty To Enjoy Here, Robert Pollard's Next Experiment In Hi-Fi Record Making, Do The Collapse, Would Prove To Be Much More Successful." Mark Deming, AMG. more
	Mag Earwhig! New - LP - OLE 241-1 Sealed 2018 gatefold reeissue. "After Bee Thousand Gave Guided By Voices A Wider Audience, It Became Evident That Robert Pollard Saw Himself As More Than Just The Band's Songwriter And Frontman, And As His Career Ambitions Grew, He Became Increasingly Frustrated With The Limitations Of His Band. Matters Came To A Head Prior To The Recording Of Mag Earwhig! As Pollard Broke Ties With Longtime Guitarist And Fellow Songwriter Tobin Sprout And Fired The Rest Of The Group. While Pollard And Sprout Soon Buried The Hatchet, Sprout Opted Not To Stay On As A Full-Time Member Of The Group, And Pollard Was Now Guided By Voices' Uncontested Leader. He Hired Cleveland-Based Blues/Garage Rockers Cobra Verde As His Backing Band For The Next GBV Album, And Mag Earwhig! Sounded A Good Bit Different As A Result; While There Were A Few Stray Four-Track Experiments With Sprout Scattered About, Most Of The Album Had A Solid, Professional Sheen, And Cobra Verde Rock Harder And Sound Tighter Than Any Of The Lineups Pollard Had Worked With In The Past. Unfortunately, His Songwriting Wasn't Quite Up To His Usual Standards, Which The New Clarity Of This Album Makes All The More Evident. Pollard Is Incapable Of Making An Album Without A Few Fine Songs, And "Bulldog Skin," "Sad If I Lost It," "Not Behind The Fighter Jet," And "Portable Men's Society" Certainly Fill The Bill, But It May Well Be Significant That Mag Earwhig!'S Most Exciting Song, The Joyous "I Am A Tree," Was Written By Cobra Verde's Doug Gillard. While There's Plenty To Enjoy Here, Robert Pollard's Next Experiment In Hi-Fi Record Making, Do The Collapse, Would Prove To Be Much More Successful." AMG - Mark Deming. more
	Motivational Jumpsuit New - LP - GBVI-45 Sealed, Out Of Print 2014 Original. more
	Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet New - LP - FCS 24 Sealed 2002 Original. Two Custom Stickers On The Shrink Wrap. more
	Propeller New - LP - 4917 Sealed, Out Of Print Limited Edition Reissue Of The Mega Rare Original Which Has Sold As High As $5,000 At Auction. This Is The First Stand-Alone Pressing Since The Original 1992 Run Of 500 Individually Decorated Albums. There Will Be Two Jacket Designs Available, Using Bob's Art From Propeller #14. more
	Propeller New - LP - 49 Sealed, Out Of Print, Limited Edition Reissue Of The Mega Rare Original Which Has Sold As High As $5,000 At Auction. This Is The First Stand-Alone Pressing Since The Original 1992 Run Of 500 Individually Decorated Albums. There Will Be Two Jacket Designs Available, Using Bob's Art From Propeller #1. more
	Propeller New - LP - SCAT49 Sealed 2023 Reissue/repress. Front cover is a reproduction of Propeller #52 from the original Rockathon Records limited release. Propeller #388 courtesy KDVS-FM, Davis. CA. Back cover lists Over the Neptune and Mesh Gear Fox as separate tracks, while the label lists them as one track more
	Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia New - LP - 2 Factory Sealed 1989 Original With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. This Pressing Was Limited To 500 Copies And Is Extremely Difficult To Find Still Sealed. more
	Sunfish Holy Breakfast Colored Vinyl - OLE 185 Sealed, Rare 1996 Blue Vinyl Original. more
	Surrender Your Poppy Field New - LP - GBVi-98 Sealed 2020 pressing. more
	The Bears For Lunch New - LP - GBVi-27 Sealed, Out Of Print 2012 Original. "The Bears for Lunch rounds out a ridiculously busy year in the history of Ohio lo-fi pioneers Guided by Voices as their third full-length album released in 2012. Back with a vengeance from an eight-year hiatus, the GbV brand is recalibrated for this trio of new albums with the classic 1993-1996 lineup of the band that produced its most adored records like Alien Lanes and Bee Thousand. The drive to create is audible, with all three of these collections (as well as two solo albums released in 2012 by GbV frontman Robert Pollard) stuffed with frantic amounts of song ideas, from off-the-cuff free-associative ranting to fully formed jangling power pop. Almost 20 years since those early albums of hissy four-track recordings, a couple of things have changed. In the 2010s the band has taken to mixing its infectious pop with slight hints of prog rock, as on the relatively epic album opener "King Arthur the Red" and the spacy paranoia of "Amorphous Surprise." While there are still some nods to home-recorded experiments like the charmingly off-key multi-tracked vocals of the Beatles-folky "Waking Up the Stars" and the lo-fi piano ballad "The Military School Dance Dismissal," these songs are mostly studio-recorded rock, with clear drums, loud guitars, and coherent vocals. The dusty charm of the band's early work is still intrinsic to the songwriting, however. Hooky slices of sad pop magic like "White Flag," "Waving at Airplanes," and the R.E.M.-styled bounce of "Everywhere Is Miles from Everywhere" sound like new chapters in the band's history of incredibly catchy songs rather than rewrites of former glories. However, also true to GbV style, there's a good amount of frustrating filler like the half-baked and drunk-sounding jam "Dome Rust" and the tedious "Tree Fly Jet." The truly curious part of the equation is the band's choice to release three albums of almost interchangeably average quality in the space of one year instead of offering up one collection of standouts. The Bears for Lunch may be the strongest of the three 2012 albums by a small margin, but regardless of whether your preferences fall to the side of pop or snotty noise, a far better album-length "best-of" playlist could be culled from the three records than any of them standing on its own. As an entity unto itself, The Bears for Lunch is much like Let's Go Eat the Factory and Class Clown Spots a UFO before it: completely respectable collections of tunes from a well-oiled machine, but falling short of the almost accidental brilliance of their best work." All Music Guide - Fred Thomas. more
	Tonics & Twisted Chasers New - LP - 2 Pristine, Sealed Copy Of The Deadly Rare Private Pressing. Limited To 1000 Copies Pressed For Their Fan Club. There Were 100 Copies Pressed In Each Of 10 Colors. We Are Not Sure Which Color This Copy Is. more
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars New - LP - OLE 161 Sealed 2009 Audiophile HQ-180gm Gatefold Reissue. Includes The Full LP Plus A Bonus 12" EP. The Last GBV Album With The Original Lineup Of Pollard-Sprout-Mitchell-Fennell. Contains The Singles "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," "Cut-Out Witch" And "Your Name Is Wild," Along With Fan Favorites "Don't Stop Now," "To Remake The Young Flyer," "Drag Days" And Many Others. more
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars Used - LP - OLE 161 1996 2LP Gatefold Original. Includes The Full LP Plus A Bonus 12" EP. The Last GBV Album With The Original Lineup Of Pollard-Sprout-Mitchell-Fennell. Contains The Singles "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," "Cut-Out Witch" And "Your Name Is Wild," Along With Fan Favorites "Don't Stop Now," "To Remake The Young Flyer," "Drag Days" And Many Others. more
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars New - LP - OLE 161 Sealed Newer Reissue. Includes The Full LP Plus A Bonus 12" EP With 6 New Tracks. The Last GBV Album With The Original Lineup Of Pollard-Sprout-Mitchell-Fennell. Contains The Singles "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," "Cut-Out Witch" And "Your Name Is Wild," Along With Fan Favorites "Don't Stop Now," "To Remake The Young Flyer," "Drag Days" And Many Others. Red Circular Hype Sticker On Shrink, Includes MP3 Download. more
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars New - LP - OLE 161-1 Sealed Reissue, Year Unknown. Presumed US Pressing. Includes The Full LP Plus A Bonus 12" EP With 6 New Tracks. The Last GBV Album With The Original Lineup Of Pollard-Sprout-Mitchell-Fennell. Contains The Singles "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," "Cut-Out Witch" And "Your Name Is Wild," Along With Fan Favorites "Don't Stop Now," "To Remake The Young Flyer," "Drag Days" And Many Others. Red Circular Hype Sticker On Shrink, Includes MP3 Download. more
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars New - LP - OLE 161-1 Sealed Reissue, Year Unknown. Presumed US Pressing. Includes The Full LP Plus A Bonus 12" EP With 6 New Tracks. The Last GBV Album With The Original Lineup Of Pollard-Sprout-Mitchell-Fennell. Contains The Singles "The Official Ironmen Rally Song," "Cut-Out Witch" And "Your Name Is Wild," Along With Fan Favorites "Don't Stop Now," "To Remake The Young Flyer," "Drag Days" And Many Others. Red Circular Hype Sticker On Shrink, Includes MP3 Download. more
	Universal Truths And Cycles Used - LP - OLE 547 Out Of Print 2002 180gm Housed In A Textured Gatefold Jacket. Appears Unplayed. more
	Vampire On Titus New - LP - SCAT 31 Sealed 1994 Original With Matador Bar Code Sticker Over The Scat Label Logo On Back Jacket. "The Home-Crafted Appeal Of Guided By Voices Finally Reached The General Public When Vampire On Titus Was Released In 1993. The Band Was On A Roll At The Time, Pumping Out Creative Gems Like A Band Possessed. With One Of Their Very Best Lineups, They Explore The Many Aspects Of Their Limited Production Skills Without Any Pretension. Bandleader Robert Pollard Found His Voice Around This Time, Going From A Tuneful Yelp To A Dark Croon Effortlessly. And The Marvelous Tobin Sprout Was Still With The Band At The Time, Contributing Several Memorable Songs That Mixed Up Things Nicely. Songs Float In And Out With A Tight Efficiency That Is Not Typical Of Many Likeminded Artists. But Without One Extra Second Wasted On A Melody, The Album's Strengths Are Only Made More Evident. Pollard's Voice Had Never Sounded As Dark And Anxious As It Does On "#2 In The Model Home Series," Yet On Most Tracks He Shows An Endless Optimism That Brings To Mind Warehouse-Era Bob Mould. The Band Really Does Display A Tremendous Amount Of Power And Creativity On This Effort, And Fans Of Indie Rock Should Try And Find This As Soon As Possible." Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide. more
	Vampire On Titus Used - LP - SCAT 31 1994 Original In Glossy Condition. "The Home-Crafted Appeal Of Guided By Voices Finally Reached The General Public When Vampire On Titus Was Released In 1993. The Band Was On A Roll At The Time, Pumping Out Creative Gems Like A Band Possessed. With One Of Their Very Best Lineups, They Explore The Many Aspects Of Their Limited Production Skills Without Any Pretension. Bandleader Robert Pollard Found His Voice Around This Time, Going From A Tuneful Yelp To A Dark Croon Effortlessly. And The Marvelous Tobin Sprout Was Still With The Band At The Time, Contributing Several Memorable Songs That Mixed Up Things Nicely. Songs Float In And Out With A Tight Efficiency That Is Not Typical Of Many Likeminded Artists. But Without One Extra Second Wasted On A Melody, The Album's Strengths Are Only Made More Evident. Pollard's Voice Had Never Sounded As Dark And Anxious As It Does On "#2 In The Model Home Series," Yet On Most Tracks He Shows An Endless Optimism That Brings To Mind Warehouse-Era Bob Mould. The Band Really Does Display A Tremendous Amount Of Power And Creativity On This Effort, And Fans Of Indie Rock Should Try And Find This As Soon As Possible." Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide. more

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