Discography
for My Bloody Valentine
Strawberry Wine
With Joe Byfield only sticking around for one gig, Shields was finally forced to take control and lead. Additionally Bilinda Butcher was on board and she changed the equation, and the My Bloody Valentine we know exists. All of Side-A consists of just the title song. It's otherworldly even though, for the first time, the lyrics were based on a real event. This is a fully realized song.
That can't be said of all the songs that would make up the single, or the Ecstasy mini-lp, but hearing the 12", the mix of all the elements could not be improved upon.
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There is no substitute for the 12", with all the information in those wide grooves on Side-A
Ecstasy mini-lp
Leading off with 'She Love You No Less,' this track features Bilinda's first lead vocal and could be seen as the companion song to 'Strawberry Wine,' although Shields wrote both. Any fan who want to be a completist should own the original 12".
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Other personal favorites are (You're) Safe in Your Sleep (From this Girl), Clair, and (Please) Lose Yourself in Me.
Untitled EP aka
You Made Me Realise
(only released in UK)
You Made Me Realise
Slow
Thorn
Cigarette in Your Bed
Drive It All Over Me
I Can See It (But I Can’t Feel It)
Lose My Breath
Colm’s Song [aka (When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream]
Feed Me With Your Kiss
Recorded September 25th. Played on BBC on Oct 5th. (Bootleg only)
Marketing materials that came with Polygram's truncated release of MBV's first two Creation EP after Isn't Anything began to make impression in Canada.
Feed Me With Your Kiss
EP (only released in UK)
Feed Me With Your Kiss
I Believe
Emptiness Inside
I Need No Trust
Recorded during the same sessions for Isn't Anything, the EP neverthe- less sounds distinct from the proper album that would follow. There's very little top end and Shields was making a specific statement with this EP, like all the Creation EPs
Feed Me With You Kiss
EP (Polygram)
You Made Me Realise
Slow
Thorn
Feed Me With Your Kiss
Emptiness Inside
I Need No Trust
Released by Polygram after the success of Isn't Anything in Canada, this 12” contains three tracks each from the two previous EP’s. On vinyl and tape.
Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)
Lose My Breath,
Cupid Come
(When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream
No More Sorry
All I Need
Feed Me With Your Kiss
Sueisfine
Several Girls Galore
You Never Should
Nothing Much To Lose
Free 7” with first 5,000 copies:
Instrumental
Instrumental
Orginally both sides of the 7" had the same title. They would be labeled first A & B and then 1 and 2.
Unreleased tracks from 1988:
Good For You
(eventually released on Ep’s 1988-1991 in 2012)
How Do You Do It
(eventually released on Ep’s 1988-1991 in 2012)
Catalogue Magazine Flexi
Sugar
This low-fi track was done quickly specifically to accompany The Catalogue magazine and was initially only released on a flexi in the February 1989 issue.
Tracks Recorded in 1989
Released on Tremolo EP in 1991
Moon Song
Released on Ep’s 1988-1991 in 2012
Angel
Unreleased - Bootleg Only
Just Like Us (aka Kevin Song):
Initially included with promotional versions of EP’s 1988-1991 in 2004, Shields removed it after being unable to find the master tapes to remix it, as he was unhappy with with vocal. Bootleg only.
Released on Ep’s 1988-1991 in 2021
Untitled (Possibly titled What Can You See)
Released on an updated version of Ep’s 1988-1991 in 2021 as an unlisted track (track 12) on the second disc. This transitional track again shows the influence of Hip-Hop and Dance Music. It’s easy to understand why it wasn’t released, with the band knowing they were capable of so much more. Soon would be a much more realized and elegant integration of these elements made possible by his new attitude toward utilizing the studio beginning in the second half of 1989 upon returning from the Isn’t Anything tour.
Ad from 2008. Promotional copies from 2004 would feature four unreleased songs including 'Just Like Us' which has since been widely bootlegged. None of the CDs were ultimately released in 2008 due to a problem with reproducing the art, according to one rumor.
Unable to get Shields to release anything recorded at Blackwing as a new single for their upcoming tour in support of Isn’t Anything, McGee released this interesting promotional 12” in the US on Relativity to promote the tour. McGee wanted to release “(When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream” as a single. Shields refused knowing they were already past that point.
Soft as Snow
Feed Me With Your Kiss
(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream
Slow
Instrumental (aka Instrumental 2)
Ecstasy and Wine
(Lazy 12” and CD)
Strawberry Wine
Never Say Goodbye
Can I Touch You
She Loves You No Less
The Things I Miss
I Don’t Need You
(You’re) Safe in Your Sleep (From This Girl)
Clair
You’re Got Nothing
(Please) Lose Yourself in Me
The Strawberry Wine single and Ecstasy mini-album which were combined and released by Lazy in 1989 as Ecstasy and Wine without the band’s consent or knowledge. The CD version of this comp sound uniquely awful as Shields had nothing to do with the mixing or mastering. "Strawberry Wine" and "She Loves You No Less" are key songs in their catalog that I've come to reclassify in my mind as essential tracks to their catalog.
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In my book, you can read about the unique way Shields dealt with the problem, and took control of the situation.
Glider EP
Soon
Glider
Don’t Ask Why
Off Your Face
Glider EP Remixes (Vinyl only)
Glider (full length version)
Released again, but in a digital format, on EP’s 1988-1991 as a bonus track. The first track on the EP, ‘Soon (Andrew Weatherall Remix)’, is considered Andrew Weatherall’s creation and will not appear on any MBV release other than this 12". Weatherall's remix is of interest to hear some of the individual parts, specifically isolated guitars and vocals.
And - also recorded in 1990
Don’t Ask Why (remix)
Released in 2021 as an unlisted bonus track on EP’s 1988-1991. It was most likely mixed in 1990.
Rumors suggesting either of these profiles was anyone in the band were put to rest when the unaltered original photo was published by the band, which does not show Bilinda or Debbie.
​This CD was included with Les Inrockuptibles magazine in a blue Loveless cardboard sleeve. It is often referred to as Only Shallow single although it was never sold to the general public.
Tremolo EP
To Here Knows When
Swallow
Honey Power
Moon Song
This seven song EP has three untitled segues, one of which is cut off from the 12” vinyl version. Seven titles would have made it unable to qualify for the charts as an EP. Possibly their best release EVER and certainly something everyone should own on CD and vinyl. Shields has yet to remaster any of the four Creation EPs, which tell their story in a way the albums don't. Both 'Soon' and 'To Here Knows When' would have to be remixed to fit in the brighter sound on Loveless.
Only Shallow
Loomer
Touched
To Here Knows When
When You Sleep
I Only Said
Come in Alone
Sometimes
Blown a Wish
What You Want
Soon
Only Shallow promotional cd single
(Sire, US Only)
When You Sleep promotional cd single
(Sire, US only)
Distributed by Sire/Warner Brothers in the US to radio stations and other outlets, these two promotional CD singles contain no additional tracks and were not sold to the general public.
Only Shallow promotional single
Only Shallow
Sugar
Instrumental (No 2 or B)
The Story of Creation
(VHS Video, Sire)
Soon (video edit)
At around three minutes and fifteen seconds, the song was shortened significantly for the video down from seven minutes. The track was never released in edited form other than to accompany the video, and represents one of the only accommodations Shields ever made to the marketplace. An alternate edit discovered in the Warner Brothers archive was four minutes and thirty seconds.
The VHS tape also features the other three remarkable MBV videos Angus Cameron made with his team, and in collaboration with Kevin Shields. Additionally, it has videos he created for Primal Scream and Ride.
There's much more on Angus Cameron in my book. And some corrections had to be made to better reflect the role of his collaborators which is in the electronic version
Peace Together
(Compilation)
We Have All The Time in the World
(written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse)
This excellent cover of the James Bond movie theme from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, recorded for a Northern Ireland charity, was their first release for Island Records. The choice of song, with it's hard to misinterpret title, was no mistake.
FYI: The excellent lyrics to the song by Leslie Bricusse are indicative of his lifetime of great work including 'Pure Imagination,' 'The Candy Man,' 'Goldfinger,' and 'You Only Live Twice.' He was friend and frequent collaborator to John Barry.
FYI: The CD Also features a lively remix of the lead off song 'Be Still' with a noteworthy Liz Frasier vocal and a great cover from Curve. And check out the cover by the Young Disciples of a lost five star Stevie Wonder song, Bad Weather, which he gave to the Supremes in the mid-1970’s during his most prolific period.
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This song was recorded as part of an all Wire covers compilation, and was the last release on Island, and the last new recording until 2013.
Deb Googe would leave the band after dropping off the tape at Island's offices in late 1995, calling Kevin to inform him just after and not returning to the home on Streatham.
More specifics and context in the book.
To Here Knows When
(Live at Fuji Rock Festival ’08)
This is the only live track the band has officially released. The track was only available as a digital download in 2011.
A professionally shot video exists of the band performing the song and turns up on the web occasionally. Reliable sources indicate that the whole concert was professionally shot although it has not been released or bootlegged to my knowledge.
Ep’s 1988-1991 CD Only
All 17 songs from all four Creation EP’s are included in remastered form. These seventeen tracks have yet to be remastered for vinyl.
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Bonus Tracks never before released:
Good For You (Recorded 1988)
How Do You Do It (Recorded 1988)
Angel (Recorded 1989)
Other bonus tracks included and remastered but previously released.
Instrumental No 1
Instrumental No 2
Sugar
Glider (full length version)
Isn't Anything CD Remaster
Remastered from original tapes.
Loveless 2CD Remastered Set
Disc 1 is taken from the 1630 digital video cassette used for the original CD issue in 1991.
Disc 2 is taken from a ½ Analogue Tape that Shields was unable to use in the past. Improvements in technology allowed the guitar and other elements to be placed correctly in the stereo image.
She Found Now
Only Tomorrow
Who Sees You
Is This and Yes
If I Am
New You
In Another Way
Nothing Is
Wonder 2
More than ever I think of this an either a mini-lp or two EPs. I do not see it as a proper album like Isn't Anything or Loveless.
FIND THE ONE TRULY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE THE 2013 release of m b v and the 2018 release, beside including additional artwork. (Hint:The Feed Me With Your Kiss EP is their only release in which Shields wrote all the music and all the lyrics.)
If the shrink wrap with the sticker and ISBN number (as seen above) has been discarded, the album can only be identified by looking at the credits in the gatefold. Heino Leja cut the digital version while the fully analog version lists that it was mastered from 1/2" analog tape and Andy Savours is mentioned
The band signs a contract with independent record company Domino who released all previous music available on their website in addition to the items below.
EP’s 1988-1991 (2nd Edition)
Re-released with two added songs on disc two, which are unlisted.
Untitled (Possibly titled “What Can You See”)
Likely recorded in 1989, possibly from the second aborted EP.
Don’t Ask Why (remix)
Recorded and mixed in 1990.
Loveless and Isn’t Anything were both released in a second vinyl edition in 2021. Loveless was made from an un-compressed HI-Resolution digital source. (24bit / 96kHz) These are some of the best sounding records I've heard and if you're used to the CD's, these may be for you.
They made this super confusing. The fully-analog versions initially released in 2021 feature an X or S at the end of their catalog numbers. (159X or 159S), while the more recent hi-res digital are simply 158 and 159 along the spine. among other mistakes. Discogs has inaccuracies listing Heino Leja, who worked on the digital version, with the Fully Analog section listings in some cases. And some of the records from Domino and MBV themselves will have shrink wrap that might say its analog, while the spine indicates it is a digital album. FYI.
Catalog made available for streaming. Or maybe not.
MBV also made all songs from 1988 forward available for streaming for the first time. Some services also stream tracks from Ecstasy and Wine, although it has never been remastered or repressed in any format. As of late 2025 they've pulled all their stuff from streaming.