Discography
Albums:
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Djangomusic
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The Trouble Tree |
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| Can You Fly Go to lyrics |
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| Unlucky Go to lyrics |
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This Perfect World |
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| Hello Recording Club EP Go to lyrics for "Scribbler" |
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Never Home |
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Blue Days Black Nights |
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| Live at 33/ 1/3 | Available via freedyjohnston.com
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| Right between the Promises Go to lyrics |
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| The Way I Were |
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| Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop |
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The Trouble Tree, Can You Fly, and Unlucky can also be bought directly from Bar/None. This is what I actually recommend. If you're looking for promo singles and rarities, vinylvendors is probably your best bet. I haven't seen any import singles for him, but if any ever do turn up, they will be at Esprit or everythingenglish.com.
Guest appearances, compilations (in print/available):
Jazz Passengers In Love, which features Freedy on "Your Ambivalence," is out of print. I found my copy at vinylvendors, and one may also find a copy here (sometimes!). If both of those options fail, brace yourself for a bidding war with Jeff Buckley fans on eBay.
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| Refuge: A Benefit for the Refugees of Kosova |
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| Jules Shear Between Us |
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| Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC |
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| Real: The Tom T. Hall Project |
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| Chris Butler The Devil Glitch (buy direct here) *** |
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| 'Heavy' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* |
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| 'Kingpin' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* |
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* Contains no non-album tracks.
**Listing contains an error. Freedy's contribution to the album is "California Thing," not "Lost."
***This album is one song. Well, it is a "radio" version of the song, and then a 69 minute version. That's not a typo. It holds the Guiness record for longest pop song. 69 minutes, seemingly innumerable verses, all of them following the same form. Poised somewhere between gleeful OuLiPo-esque experimentation and listener torment, you will find The Devil Glitch.
Freedy and James MacMillan, apparently his original partner in the Know-It-All Boyfriends, contributed the music for one segment of the song. Be warned: you won't hear Freedy sing. But that should not dissuade you in the least from buying it. It's fun, strangely catchy, and--and AND!!--it mentions my alma mater. Almost did a spit take when I heard that line.
I recommend buying it direct; it's a tad low-tech, but I have to figure the artist makes more money that way or he would just link to Amazon, etc. And your copy may arrive with the wrapper signed! Good stuff.