This is a complete discography of everything The Cavedogs have recorded, as a band, individually, and in other bands, as far as I can determine. Special thanks to Brian Stevens, Jon Lupfer, Phil McRaven, Norm Blanchard, and Winky Brick for helping to fill in the gaps.


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Step Down
Format: Vinyl Single
Year: 1987
Label: Trust Records
Contents:

  1. Step Down
  2. Proud Land



Artist: Various
Title: Rock Turns to Stone
Format: Vinyl Album/Cassette
Year: 1988
Label: VILD Records
Catalog Number: VRC-0010
Cavedogs Contribution:

  • La La La



Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Funtime Hour Radio Show
Format: Cassette
Year: 1989
Label: Unknown
Contents:

  1. Intro
  2. Bed Of Nails
  3. The Eighth Dimension
  4. Leave Me Alone
  5. In The Midnight Hour
  6. Turn It Up (actual title uncertain)
  7. Tayter Country (Spanish version)
  8. If I Can't Have You (actual title uncertain)
  9. Proud Land
  10. The Dressing Room Door (actual title uncertain)
  11. Cherokee Fight Song


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Tayter Country
Format: Single
Year: 1990
Label: Restless Records
Catalog Number: 7 72513-2
Contents:

  1. Tayter Country
  2. What's New, Pussycat?
  3. Proud Land (Day Job Version)
  4. Cherokee Fight Song


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Joyrides for Shutins
Format: CD Album (plus vinyl discs for radio)
Year: 1990
Label: Enigma Records
Catalog Number: 7 73571-2
Producer: Ed Stasium (except 9, 10: The Cavedogs and Jon Lupfer)
Contents:

  1. Tayter Country
  2. Leave Me Alone
  3. Bed of Nails
  4. Proud Land
  5. What in the World?
  6. Right on the Nail
  7. Step Down
  8. Baba Ghanooj
  9. Calm Him Down
  10. Taking Up Space
  11. La La La
  12. Untitled (Tayter theme) Music Videos: Leave Me Alone, Tayter Country

    All songs written by Stevens/Spahr/Rivers and published by CRGI Music Inc./Cart Before Horse Music (BMI)


 Cover of Joyrides for Shutins


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Joyrides for Shutins
Format: CD Album
Year: 1990
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: CDP 7 96240 2
Producer: Ed Stasium (except 9, 10: The Cavedogs and Jon Lupfer)
Contents:

  • Identical to the Enigma release. The only difference appears to be in the CD insert. The Capitol edition has a different band photo and some other minor changes, though the cover is the same.


Cover of Joyrides for Shutins


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Unknown
Format: Cassette (acoustic radio show)
Year: 1990(?)
Label: Unknown
Contents:

  1. You Don't Go Out No More (may not be actual title)
  2. On For The Ride
  3. Ghost Story
  4. Christmas Lights (may not be actual title)
  5. Glass Eye
  6. Rock And Roll
  7. Petticoat Junction


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Unknown
Format: Cassette (acoustic radio show)
Year: 1990(?)
Label: Unknown
Contents:

  1. Tayter Country
  2. You Don't Go Out No More (may not be title)
  3. On For The Ride
  4. Proud Land
  5. Joanne (may not be title - they mention that Mike Nesmith wrote it)



Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Six Tender Moments
Format: CD Single (also a radio vinyl version)
Year: 1991
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: C2-15706
Producers: Ed Stasium (1), Jon Lupfer and The Cavedogs (2, 3, 4)
    5 recorded live by Phil Sullivan and Bob Carlson on KCRW
    6 recorded live by Carl Plaster on WERS
Additional Musician:
      Scott Lavolsi (keyboards on 2, 4)
Contents:

  1. Tayter Country (Single Version)
  2. Cherokee Fight Song
  3. Heartland Jingo Polka [same as "Proud Land (Day Job Version") from Tayter Country single]
  4. What's New, Pussycat?
  5. Glass Eye
  6. I Need You

    All songs written by Stevens/Spahr/Rivers except:
    "What's New, Pussycat?" written by Bacharach/David
    "I Need You" written by R.D. Davies

    All songs published by Sony Songs Inc./Cart Before Horse Music (BMI) except:
    "What's New, Pussycat" published by EMI U Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
    "I Need You" published by Jayboy Music (ASCAP)


Cover for Six Tender Moments


Artist: Various
Title: Yuletunes
Format: CD Compilation
Year: 1991
Label: Black Vinyl Records
Catalog Number: BV12591-2
Cavedogs Contribution:

  • 3 Wise Men and Baby (a Christmas song)



Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Soul Martini
Format: CD Album
Year: 1992
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: CDP 7 97511 2
Producer: Michael Beinhorn
Contents:

  1. Love Grenade
  2. Here Comes Rosie
  3. Sorrow (Boots of Pain)
  4. As You Were
  5. Boy in a Plastic Bubble
  6. You're Put Away (Folderol)
  7. Sonny Day
  8. I I I
  9. Murder
  10. On for the Ride
  11. Tarzan and His Arrowheads
  12. Circus Song Music Video: Boy in a Plastic Bubble

    All songs written by Stevens/Spahr/Rivers and copyright © 1992 by Sony Songs Inc./Cart Before Horse Music (BMI)


Artist: The Cavedogs
Title: Rock Takes a Holiday
Format: Radio only CD
Year: 1992
Catalog Number: DPRO-79096 5
Contents:

  1. Here Comes Rosie
  2. Sorrow
  3. Part of This
  4. Tarzan and His Arrowheads
  5. Ghost Story



Artist: Merang
Title: Drunk and Quartered
Format: Blue Vinyl Single
Year: 1993
Cavedogs Members: Todd Spahr and Mark Rivers
Contents:

  1. Drunk and Quartered
  2. Victor



Artist: Bendalittle
Title: Now
Format: Vinyl Single
Year: 1993 or 1994
Cavedogs Members: Todd Spahr and Mark Rivers
Other Musicians:
      Frank Gonzalez (vocals, guitar, Hammond organ)
      Glenn Brown (vocals, bass, Green Gibson organ)
Producer: Glenn Foster Brown
Label: DeadSmack Records
Catalog Number: DSR 104
Contents:

  1. Now
  2. Fall



Artist: Various
Title: Pipeline! Live Boston Rock on WMBR
Format: Compilation Album
Year: 1996
Label: Slow River Records
Cavedogs Contribution:

  • Leave Me Alone



Artist: Various
Title: Yellow Pills Volume 2
Format: CD Anthology
Year: 1994
Label: Big Deal
Catalog Number: 9006-2 2
Cavedogs Member: Brian Stevens
Brian Stevens' Contribution:

  • A Little Bird Told Me So



Artist: Brian Stevens
Title: Prettier Than You
Format: CD Album
Year: 1995
Label: Q Division Records
Musicians:
      Brian Stevens (vocals, bass, guitar, keyboard, harmonica, mandolin)
      Dave Gregory (guitar, keyboards)
      Peter Linton (guitar)
      Milt Sutton (drums)
      Merrie Amsterburg (vocals)
      Jon Brion (clavinet on 4, guitar on 1)
      Marc Lowenstein (clarinet)
      Jon Baker Lupfer (saxaphone, vocals on 6)
      Clayton Scoble (guitar on 3, 5, 11)
      Roberto Toledo (meditation balls)
Producer: Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. Zasu Pitts
  2. Disillusioned Days
  3. Mixed Up
  4. Every Night She Glows
  5. The Piper
  6. Comets
  7. Far From Happy
  8. Fall Together
  9. In the Pink
  10. The Real Thing
  11. All They Do

    All words and music written by B.R. Stevens, Nine Goats Music (BMI)


Artist: Brian Stevens
Title: Zasu Pitts
Format: Vinyl Single
Year: 1996
Label: Q Division Records
Producer: Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. Zasu Pitts
  2. The Piper



Artist: Poundcake
Title: Kick the Can
Format: Green Transparent Vinyl Single
Year: 1995(?)
Label: Q Division Records
Producer: Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. Kick the Can
  2. Algernon



Artist: Poundcake
Title: Aloha Via Satellite
Format: CD Album
Year: 1996
Label: Q Division Records
Cavedogs Member: Mark Rivers
Musicians:
      Clayton P. Scoble (guitar, vocals)
      Mark A. Rivers (drums, vocals)
      Josh D. Lattanzi (bass, vocals)
      Thomas Juliano (guitar on 9)
      Rick Griffin (bass on 9)
Producer: Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. Aloho Via Satellite
  2. Statue of Liberty
  3. Big Brother Dandeline
  4. (The-Not-So-Incredible) Shrinking Man
  5. Saved Again
  6. Western Mass.
  7. Marian P. Hammer Day
  8. The Midas Brush
  9. Kick the Can
  10. Sweepstaking
  11. Mr. Moto's Science Club
  12. At the Stockade

    All songs written by Scoble/Rivers, throwslikeagirl (BMI) copyright © 1996


Artist: The Gravy
Title: Hangman's Pop
Format: CD Album
Year: 1997
Label: Q Division Records and Tapes
Cavedogs Member: Todd Spahr
Musicians:
      Todd Spahr
      Glenn Brown
      Michael Jordan
          with
      Andy Harris
      Chris George
Additional Musicians:
      Charles Hansen
      Frank McGuinn
      Fran Gonzalez
      John LaCroix
      Rick Griffin
      Scott Stallone
      Tracy Paul Jones
Producers: Glenn Foster Brown and Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. Intro
  2. Memory
  3. Noise
  4. King's Castle
  5. Absolution
  6. A Scary Tree with Eyes Eating Someone
  7. The Song
  8. The Big One
  9. Pretty Krishna
  10. 6/8 Time
  11. Concerning Mr. G's Missing Digit
  12. Sissy Blood
  13. Embrace Your Plague
  14. Closing Credits

    All songs written by Spahr except:
    "Absolution" and "Closing Credits" by Spahr/George
    Published by Trainwreck Tunes (BMI), copyright © 1997



Artist: The Gravy
Title: The Hollywood EP
Format: CD EP
Year: 1999
Label: Q Division Records, Inc.
Catalog Number: 1012
Cavedogs Member: Todd Spahr
Musicians:
      Todd Spahr (vocals, guitar)
      Jim Haggerty (vocals, 4 & 12 string bass)
      Michael Jordan (vocals, guitar, theramine)
      Mike Faughnan (drums)
Additional Musicians:
      Jamie Arentzen (baritone sax on 1)
      Jamie Edwards (clavinet on 2; Hammond B3 on 3)
      Jon Lupfer (tenor sax on 1; backing vocals on 2)
Producer: Jon Lupfer
Contents:

  1. 40 Acres
  2. Underwire
  3. Oh...y
  4. What You Gave
  5. I Warned You

    All songs by The Gravy
    copyright © 1999 Nipsytunes (BMI) except:
    "40 Acres" by Spahr/Polce/Brown



Artist: Various
Title: Viva Noel: A Q Division Christmas
Format: CD Anthology
Year: 1999
Label: Q Division Records, Inc.
Catalog Number: 1225
Cavedogs Members: Brian Stevens, Todd Spahr (The Gravy)
Brian Stevens' Contribution:

  • Christmas Waltz
The Gravy's Contribution:
  • Mele Kalikimaka



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