Wail Songs Collection

Collection consists of remaining audiotape masters from the filk label Wail Songs, which are mostly live performances at filk conventions from the 1980s. In addition to commercially-released material, some of the audiotapes may contain non-album tracks, alternate takes, and other material that was not released commercially.

Kites and Windmills (Jane Freitag) -- Dragonflies and Rainbows (Susan Urban) -- Pieces of the Engines (Kathy Mar) -- Ice (Deirdre Rittenhouse and Fred Pyter) -- A Love Song (Naomi Pardue)-- If I Should Happen to Leave (Nate Bucklin) -- Too Many Songbooks (Judy Voros) -- Musical Optimist (Jane Freitag) -- Don't Call Me Early in the Morning (Charles and Maryann de Lint).

Fundamentalist Folkie (Susan Urban) -- The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (Charles and Maryann de Lint) -- Windego (Dave Clement and Nate Bucklin) -- Did You Think? (Ernest Clark) -- Questions (Jane Freitag) -- Sunset Over Eden (Susan Urban) -- Vapor Angels (Kathy Mar) -- Legend (Deirdre Rittenhouse and Fred Pyter) -- Forgetfulness (Ernest Clark)

Cold Fire (C Poore, B Riedel, C Flynt) -- Cruiser Dreamin' (Bill Roper) -- Tin Soldier (Julia Ecklar) -- I Never Thought I'd Live To See a Million[1] (Steve Simmons) -- Sunflower Love (Mary Ellen Wessels) -- Mary Ellen Carter (Kevin Davies) -- Your Daughters and Your Sons (Kathy Mar) -- Fal Morgan (Mark Bernstein) -- Valland's Song (Steve Simmons)

Dopple Entendre (Kathy Mar) -- Harvey (Joey Shoji) -- Critters (Mark Bernstein) -- Artie and Merle (C Flynt, B Riedel, C Poore) -- A Pirate Looks at Forty (Steve Simmons) -- Desert and Forest (Julia Ecklar) -- Starbow's End (Bill Roper) -- Can't You Hear Me Calling? (Clif Flynt, B Riedel, C Poore) -- Stand, The (Julia Ecklar) -- Lullabye (Bill Roper)

Vampire baby boogie -- Ghost puppies -- Beware of the sentient chili -- Woof -- 500 pound mouse blues -- King Ronald the Good -- King Kong blues -- Farewell my son -- Free in the harbor ... again

Recorded at CatcusCon (the 4th iteration of the North American Science Fiction Convention), September 3-7, 1987, Phoenix, Arizona.

The high frontier -- Ad astra -- Kantrowitz 1972 -- Come take a trip in my airship -- Up ship -- Garbage barge of Islip -- Sweet obsession -- Cat's cradle -- Too many years -- All the goodbyes.

Recorded at CatcusCon (the 4th iteration of the North American Science Fiction Convention), September 3-7, 1987, Phoenix, Arizona.

Holiday Inside the Inn (Tom Padwa) -- The Guitarist (Jack Carroll) -- Freddy Trufan's Cat (Jane Sibley) -- The Filker Lay-a-Dying (Greg Baker) -- I Don't Want to Mow the Lawn (Marc Glasser) -- Red Sun Rising (Jennifer McGowan and Paul Butler) -- Legends (Linda Melnick) -- Domesticated Alien (Roberta Rogow)-- Everything Happens (Jean Stevenson) -- Newhart Review (Kathy Mar) -- Shapeshifter (Paul Butler and Jennifer McGowan)

Recorded at ConCerto, June 8-10, 1990, Cherry Hill, NJ

Draw Down the Moon (Brenda Sutton) -- Song of the Women (Jennifer McGowan and Valerie Housden) -- Daddy's World (Steve Savitzky) -- Frozen Dreams (Mike Stein) -- The White Hounds (Heather Rose Jones) -- [Unidentified track] -- Three Stars (Colin Fine) -- Morningstar (Valerie Housden)

Recorded at ConChord II, March 1-3, 1985, Los Angeles, California.

Dream Ship (Roper) -- Icarus (Weber) -- Take Flight (Wessels) -- Skydancer (Shoji) -- Lord of the Dance (L.A. Filkharmonics) -- Time Gap Breakdown (Leavitt) -- Cyborg Searching (Gasperik) -- Shadow Harper (McQuillin/Shoji) -- Nightmare (Flynt/Wessels) -- Startide Rising (Elms)

Recorded at ConChord II, March 1-3, 1985, Los Angeles, California.

Dandelion Ladies (Golden Bough) -- Symbiotic Love Song (Cherryh) -- Dragons in the Deep (McQuillin) -- Horse of Silver Gold (Roper) -- Silent Eternity (Anderson) -- You Can't Keep Carolon Down (Cole) -- Demon's Gold (Flynt) -- Schroedinger's Cat (Hayes) -- Neighbor Cat (Digby) -- War Games (Ecklar) -- Do Something (Mar)

Telegraph Fair -- My Summer Vacation -- One January Morning -- The Songbook Pusher -- Black Widows in the Privy -- The Two of Us -- Beyond the Western Sea -- Starcrossed -- Music and Magic

Elfland's Daughter -- The Selkie's Harp -- What News -- The Huntsman's Wife -- Captain, Oh Captain -- The Oath -- Bordersong -- Bloodsisters -- The Seneschal's Song ; Diana's Waltz -- The Herald's Farewell

My Thousand Closest Friends -- Everything Possible -- Rob's Guitar -- The Game -- Ain't It Tragic -- Hitchhikers' Guide -- Irwin Allen -- In Flander's Fields -- Cry of the Savage -- Lover's Curse -- To Walk Beside

Harbors (Windbourne) -- Monorail to Atomland (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- Inherit the Earth (Steve Savitzky) -- Bloody Bastards (Jordin Kare) -- Uncharted Stars (Cynthia McQuillin, Dewey-McCracken, Jane Robinson) -- God Lives on Terra (Kathy Mar) -- Witches Dance (Cynthia McQuillin) -- Mundania (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- 307 Ale (Tom Smith)

Soul of the Steel (B. J. Willinger) -- When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (Ernest Clark) -- The World They Call Terra (Robin Nakkula) -- Stardrive (Clif Flynt and Mary Ellen Wessels) -- Solitary (Bill Sutton) -- Lady Snowstar Supernova (Barry Childs-Helton) -- Complacency (Naomi Pardue) -- Astronaut's Lament (Mitchell Clapp) -- Walkabout (Julia Ecklar)

There's a Filksing Here Tonight (Duane Elms) -- Blood in the Halls (Jordin Kare) -- Unreality Warp (Clif Flynt) -- Kinda Mediocre Actually (Bill Roper) -- Riddle Song (Frank Hayes) -- For the Rest of Us (Jane Mailander) -- Me, Me (Vinnie Bartilucci) -- Dragon Lord (Cynthia McQuillin) -- ConChord II (Brener) -- Technofilk (Weber)

Planet Called Melody (Bill Roper) -- Major Malley's (Golden Bough) -- Nice Girl Like You (Willett, Kinkead) -- Uhura (Joey Shoji, Mary Ellen Wessels, Cole, Mailander) -- Pirate (Anderson) -- Dorsai are Full of Ose (LA Filkharmonics) -- When Armageddon Comes (Cynthia McQuillin, Kathy Mar) -- Wishful Thinking (Kathy Mar) -- Bug Eyed Monster Blues (Trimble) -- Enchantment (Dobson) -- Geese (Flynt, Wessels) -- Chlorophobe (McDonald)

Flying Island Farewell (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- Soul of a Pioneer (Naomi Pardue) -- No Morning (Clif Flynt) -- Rocket Fire (Bill Roper) -- The World Inside the Crystal (Kathy Mar) -- Magistra (Juanita Coulson) -- Shadow Harper (Bill Roper/Mary Ellen Wessels) -- Bloody Rotten Audience (Mitchell Clapp) -- Dull Mundane Women (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton)

Sing You a Song -- Night of the New Moon -- Tales of the Harriman -- Zero G -- Shadow -- Dungeon in Your Mind -- Song in Three Parts -- Life is a Brook -- Seer -- Black Piper -- Mama Rosa's

Pell -- Ballad of the Flying D -- Fragile Wall -- Faerie -- Unicorn -- Stardrive -- Gilbert the Chemiker -- Filk Widow -- Please Remember Me

Horses of Air - (Cynthia McQuillin, Jane Robinson) -- Illusion and Fire (Carol Poore) -- Hound of the Baskervilles (Brenda Sutton) -- Publish and Be Damned (Phillip Allcock) -- Stepping Stones (Bill Sutton) -- The Preacher and The Prof (Robinson and McQuillin) -- Don't Ever Call Me Stupid (Brenda Sutton) -- Good Morning, Mister Johnson (Mark Bernstein)

Threes, Rev. 1.1 (Duane Elms) -- Do It Yourself (Bill Sutton) -- The Designer (Jordin Kare) -- The Engineer (Jordin Kare) -- Woodland Dream (Dave Clement) -- Gateways (Barry Gold) -- The Pioneer (Tera Mitchel) -- Lightship (Leslie Fish) -- Mommy, Can I Have a Spaceship? (Joey Shoji) -- High Frontier (Carol Poore, Barb Reidel, Bill Roper, Clif Flynt)

Joy of Singing -- Sing Me -- Wind from Rainbow's End -- Calm Down -- Space Pioneer -- Surfing Through the Galaxy -- Merry Widows -- Green Bushes -- All Life is an echo -- Sunlight and Shadow

Heaven Con -- Requiem -- Wonder -- Medic -- Patterns in Amber -- Blazon -- Starship in High Gear -- Boskonian Pirates -- Terminator Man -- If You Want to Filk at ConChord

Humanifest Destiny (Cecilia Eng) -- Bird of Gold (Heather Jones) -- Rosie Dawn Day (Catherine Mac Donald and Joey Shoji) --Dragons in the Deep (Joan Gaustad and Roy Torley) -- Velveteen (Kathy Mar) -- Samaritan (Cynthia McQuillin) -- The Promise Lullabye (Ernest Clark) -- When the Magic Died (Steve Savitzky) -- Stonemason Kelemen (Joan Gaustad) -- The Herald's Farewell (Catie Helm and Heather Jones)

Mercury, Our First Steps (Harold Groot) -- Thoughts of a Homeless Alien (Catherine Mac Donald) -- Absent Hosts (Cecilia Eng) -- Whisper Tonight (Ernest Clark) -- Amanda's Eyes (Paul Mac Donald) -- S. F. Fantasy (Cynthia McQuillin) -- Our Spaceman (Mara Brener) -- Key Minors (Jordin Kare) -- Drivel (Kristoph Klover and Moira Breen) -- Firefly (Kathy Mar)

Stairway to Fandom (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- Marcon Birthday (Bill Marascheillo) -- Happy Birthday Hordes (Bill Sutton) -- Working the Convention Blues (Bill Roper) -- Running the Bar in the Con Suite (Mike Stein) -- Aussie Bar-B-Q (Mitchell Clapp) -- Good Ship Callabar (Tom Smith) -- Battle Cry of the Druidess (Robin Nakkula) -- Lawrence Lab (G. E. N. Canough) -- Musings on the Mesozoic (Juanita Coulson)

Dreams (Flynt, Roper, and Wessels) -- The Challenge (C. L. Morgan) -- Shadow of the Night Time (Bill Roper) -- Jigs: John Ren's ; A Scarce o'Tatties ; When the Cock Crows it is Day (Bill Marascheillo) -- Polly Who (Murray Porath) -- Stray Dog Man (Bill Sutton) -- Hackers' Symbols (Juanita Coulson) -- Crystal Gayle Killed Frank Herbert (Tom Smith) -- Goin' Down the Cosmic Drain (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton)

Likely recorded at Chicon V (the 49th World Science Fiction Convention), August 29-September 2, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois.

Mists of Memory (Riedel, C. Roper, Flynt) -- Star Dreamer (Bill Sutton) -- Hope Eyrie (Black Book Band) -- Make It So (Farran) -- Loonie Wargames (B. Gold) -- Give My Children Wings (Mar) -- The Outcast (Bucklin) -- Living in a Dream World (Billings) -- Eyes of the Dragon (Leathers) -- A Boy and His Frog ; Rainbow Connection (T. Smith).

Only the master for side A was transferred to BGSU.

Mister Author (Flynt, Wessels) -- Trilogy (Weber) -- Take This Book and Shove It (Elms) -- FanSciFiTasy (Groot) -- Harrison Ford Hate Song (Roper) -- The SF Blues (Bartilucci) -- When Giants Walked (Mar) -- Flandry's Reflections (Wilson, Anderson) -- Weird Song (Mcquillen, Shoji, Mar) -- Riddle of Stars (Shoji)

Flowers for Algernon (Mar) -- They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore (Elms) -- Man of Gore (McDonald) -- What Does a Dorsai Do? (Weber) -- Ian and Kensie (Flynt) -- Like a Lamb to the Slaughter (Hayes) -- Menagerie (LA Filkharmonics) -- The Autoharper's Tale (Brener) -- Tapes (McQuillin) -- Bloodchild (Shoji)

Hello, Remember Us? -- Same Old Game -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- Guardian -- They Were Having a Sale at the Gun Store -- The Roc -- Ship of Stone -- Hope Eyrie

Madame Curie's Hands (Duane Elms) -- Blue Bread Mold (Leslie Fish) -- Sons of the Saxons (Kathy Mar) -- Eternal Soldier (Larry Warner) -- The Face Within (Larry Warner and Kristoph Klover) -- Heart's Oath (Cindy Smith) -- For All Those Lost in the Dark (Chris Weber) -- Come With Me (Bill Roper) -- Dancing on the Moon (Diana Gallagher Wu) -- Seamus and Ivy (Kathy Mar)

Dawson's Christian (Kristoph Klover) -- Mass Driver Engineer (Diana Gallagher Wu) -- Threes (Larry Warner and Kristoph Klover) -- How Do We Survive? (Leslie Fish) -- Medic (Larry Warner and Mercedes Lackey) -- The Healer's Dilemma (Bill Roper) -- Nightcrawler (Peter Thiesen) -- Ose (Chris Weber) -- Remembrance (Kathy Mar)

Illusion of the Heart (Carol Poore and Barb Riedel) -- Janet's Ride (Heather Jones) -- Run Away Now (Bill Roper) -- Unwilling Vampire (Robin Nakkula) -- Nobody's Green Eyes (Peter Thiesen) -- Lamkins (Juanita Coulson) -- Child (Mark Bernstein) -- Lament for the 21st Century (Renee Alper) -- When Giants Walked (Kathy Mar and Mary Ellen Wessels)

Starbound and Soilbound (Carol Poore, Barb Riedel) -- Ship of Stone (Leslie Fish) -- Planetbound Lovers (Diana Gallagher Wu) -- Dancing Among the Stars (Mark Bernstein) -- Ad Astra (Naomi Purdue) -- Lightsailor (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- Hyperdrive (Juanita Coulson) -- Lady Jean (Carol Poore) -- Perseid (Mike Stein, Kathy Mar, Mary Elen Wessels)

Eagles (Mercedes Lackey) -- Red Star Rising (Mitchell Clapp) -- We're Going Back (Duane Elms) -- God Speed (Naomi Pardue) -- In the Blood (Brenda Sutton) -- No Heroes (Kathy Mar) -- Dreamer's Lament (T. J. Burnside and Linda Melnick) -- Ilin (Mercedes Lackey) -- Image of Perfection (Barbara Riedel and Carol Poore) -- Hellraiser (Tom Smith)

Last Great Waltz (Linda Melnick and T. J. Burnside) -- My Mama's Hands (Brenda and Bill Sutton) -- Hand of Ron (Tom Smith) -- Doo-Da-Rock-Rock (Jane Robinson, Kristoph Klover, Mercedes Lackey) -- Heroic Fantasy Blues (Mark Bernstein) -- Robin Hood (T. J. Burnside) -- Closet SF Fan (B. J. Willinger) -- A Look at Things that Don't Exist (Jane Robinson, Kristoph Klover, Mercedes Lackey) -- New World Lullabye (Carol Poore and Barbara Riedel)

Shadow Harper -- Hill Oysters in Beer -- Cat -- A Caveat Agains Cutpurses -- Three Fishers -- Isaheau's Song -- Fhif Wyth ; Sweet Richard -- Bird of Gold

Gwilym ap Siencyn's Pudding -- Welsh History 101-B -- Nottamon Town -- Biotech Fantasy -- Caerphilly Fair ; Branwen -- Queen of Lilies -- Rosewitha ; Verena's Fancy -- Hearth and Fire

Nightmare (Bill Sutton) -- Nightmare Lord (Mike Stein and Debbie Ohi) -- Doppleganger (Kathy Mar) -- Nightcrawler (Julia Ecklar) -- Danny Deever (Bill Maraschiello) -- Song in Three Parts (Clif Flynt and Mary Ellen Wessels) -- Dark Moon Rising (Bill Roper) -- He's A Starin' (Ernest Clark) -- Chernobyl Blues (Mitchell Clapp) -- Frankie and Igor (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton) -- Things That Go Bump in the Night (B. J. Willinger)

Monsters in the Night (Julia Ecklar) -- The Terrific Centrifugal Still (Bill Sutton) -- God Lives on Tully (Bill Maraschiello) -- The Dragon Song (Margaret Middleton) -- Challenge (Bill Roper) -- Rob's Guitar (Naomi Pardue) -- Solitary Singer (Juanita Coulson) -- I Don't Do Dylan (Mitchell Clapp) -- Great Defender (Murray Porath) -- Cheap Lawyer (Frank Hayes and Morray Porath) -- Mundania (Barry and Sally Childs-Helton)

Ruby Wine (Mary Ellen Wessels) -- Darkness Dancing (Jennifer McGowan & Valerie Housden) -- Night Magic (Windbourne) -- Paper Wings (Steve Savitzky) -- Star Song (Bill Sutton) -- A Modern Romance (Mitchell & T. J. Burnside Clapp) -- Love in a Bottle (Pete Grubbs) -- Love ain't Nothin' but a Game (Bill Roper) -- Reluctant Freedom (T. J. Burnside Clapp, Linda Melnick, Jean Stevenson, Sheila Willis)

Recorded at Noreascon 3 (the 47th World Science Fiction Convention), Boston, MA, Aug. 31-Sep. 4, 1989