40 Odd Years

Tracklist

• CD 1: 1969-1983
• 1
  School Days
  3:07
• 2
  I Don't Care
  4:09
• 3
  Uptown
  2:44
• 4
  Be Careful, There's a Baby in the House
  3:18
• 5
  Saw Your Name In The Paper
  2:13
• 6
  Dead Skunk
  3:07
• 7
  New Paint
  3:02
• 8
  Drinking Song
  2:56
• 9
  The Swimming Song
  2:29
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Dilated to Meet You
  2:05
• 11
  Down Drinking at the Bar
  3:59
• 12
  The Man Who Couldn't Cry
  6:17
• 13
  Whatever Happened To Us (live)
  2:04
• 14
  Crime Of Passion (live)
  3:01
• 15
  Kick In The Head (live)
  2:51
• 16
  Summer's Almost Over
  3:29
• 17
  Just Like President Thieu
  4:09
• 18
  Golfin' Blues
  2:53
• 19
  The Heckler
  4:26
• 20
  Natural Disaster
  2:16
• 21
  Red Guitar
  1:57
• 22
  Hollywood Hopeful
  1:27
• 23
  IDTTYWLM
  4:07
• 24
  Grammy Song
  2:38
• CD 2: 1984-1995
• 1
  Westchester County
  2:55
• 2
  I'm Alright
  2:23
• 3
  Screaming Issue
  4:50
• 4
  Unhappy Anniversary
  2:57
• 5
  Your Mother And I
  2:33
• 6
  Synchronicity
  3:10
• 7
  Hard Day On The Planet
  4:24
• 8
  You Don't Want To Know
  3:47
• 9
  Bill Of Goods
  3:23
• 10
  Thanksgiving
  5:42
• 11
  Your Father's Car
  2:25
• 12
  When I'm At Your House
  2:33
• 13
  The Picture
  2:34
• 14
  Men
  3:38
• 15
  So Many Songs
  3:54
• 16
  Tip That Waitress
  4:17
• 17
  I'd Rather Be Lonely
  3:00
• 18
  April Fool's Day Morn
  4:15
• 19
  The Acid Song
  5:24
• 20
  IWIWAL
  3:09
• 21
  A Year
  3:57
• 22
  Dreaming
  3:12
• CD 3: 1996-2010
• 1
  So Damn Happy
  2:27
• 2
  Primrose Hill
  4:48
• 3
  Bein' A Dad
  3:43
• 4
  Four Mirrors
  2:57
• 5
  It's Love And I Hate It
  2:15
• 6
  Christmas Morning
  3:38
• 7
  Pretty Good Day
  4:22
• 8
  White Winos
  2:59
• 9
  Bed
  2:53
• 10
  Surviving Twin
  3:41
• 11
  The Shit Song (live)
  4:20
• 12
  Between (live)
  1:26
• 13
  My Biggest Fan
  6:02
• 14
  When You Leave
  5:24
• 15
  Make Your Mother Mad
  4:08
• 16
  Daughter
  3:35
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Grey In L
  3:17
• 18
  Muse Blues
  3:37
• 19
  Motel Blues
  3:22
• 20
  The Deal
  4:12
• 21
  Rowena
  2:35
• 22
  High, Wide and Handsome
  2:49
• CD 4: Rare & Unreleased
• 1
  Weave Room Blues
  3:23
• 2
  Mcsorley's
  3:48
• 3
  Black Uncle Remus (Demo)
  3:32
• 4
  Funny Having Money
  0:45
• 5
  The Hardy Boyd At The Y (with The Boys Of The Lough)
  3:36
• 6
  Laid (Live)
  3:51
• 7
  Outsidey (Live)
  3:18
• 8
  That Cat
  2:38
• 9
  Surfin' Queen (Demo)
  4:01
• 10
  Newt
  1:39
• 11
  4x10 (Live)
  2:53
• 12
  Somethin' Stupid (with Barry Humphries)
  2:10
• 13
  The Miles (Live)
  3:51
• 14
  So Good So Far (Live)
  6:09
• 15
  Big Fish
  2:59
• 16
  No Sure Way
  4:45
• 17
  Hey There 2nd Grader
  2:49
• 18
  More I Cannot Wish You
  2:30
• 19
  Florida (Lucky You)
  3:35
• 20
  Hank And Fred (Live)
  4:30
• 21
  Your Eyes (Demo)
  3:23
• 22
  Dead Man
  4:23
• 23
  At The End Of A Long Lonely Day (with Suzzy Roche)
  3:43
• DVD-Video 5: Filmed Performances
• 1
  One Man Guy - 1993 Dutch television documentary
• 2
  BBC4 Sessions: Loudon Wainwright: One Man Guy - Filmed at Bush Hall, London, on May 2, 2005 - 4 Songs
• 3
  Loudon Wainwright III at The BBC - Aired on September 23, 2005 - 11 Songs
• 4
  Dead Man - Filmed on May 24, 2010; recording session documentary
• 5
  Entertainment Desk - Aired on Canadian television in 1995 - 1 Song with Martha Wainwright
• 6
  High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project - Filmed in 2009 for documentary on making of album
• 7
  The Basement - Filmed in Sydney, Australia in 2008 - 1 Song with Lucy Wainwright Roche
• 8
  Austin City Limits - 5 Songs
• 9
  Saturday Night Live - Aired on NBC on November 15, 1975 - 2 Songs
• 10
  The Garfield House - Filmed on May 24, 2010 - 6 Songs
• 11
  826LA Benefit - Filmed on January 16, 2007 - 2 Songs
• 12
  PBS Soundstage - Aired on February 2, 1977 - 1 Song
• 13
  McCabe’s Guitar Shop - Filmed on February 3, 2007 - 1 Song
• 14
  The Mike Douglas Show - Aired on April 25, 1978 - Interview and 1 Song
• 15
  Nightline - Aired on ABC on June 22, 2005 - 1 Song
• 16
  Carrott Confidential - Aired on BBC on February 14, 1987 - 1 Song

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Release credits

• Bob Cranshaw
  bass [1-3]
• Brooks Arthur
  mix [7]
• Bucky Pizzarelli
  guitar [1-3]
• Don Murnaghan
  assistant [7]
• Elliot Scheiner
  engineer [1-2]
• Grady Tate
  drums (drum set) [1-3]
• Greg Thompson
  assistant [7]
• Jimmy Douglass
  engineer [3]
• Joe Boyd
  producer [7]
• John Wood
  mix [7], producer [7], recording [7]
• Loudon Wainwright III
  guitar [4-5], producer [4-5], vocal [1-5]
• Michael Leary
  engineer [4-5], remixer [4-5]
• Milton Kramer
  executive [7]
• Tommy Kaye
  arranger [7], producer [7]
• Will Roper
  recording [7]

Issues

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  4
  (Combined release view)
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  4
  40 Odd Years

  4x CD, DVD-Video
  2011