Discography of Guadalcanal Diary
and related bands
29 March 1998

Compiled by
Jonathan Morris
morrisjd@imnxtc.iss.ingr.com

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SHORT DISCOGRAPHY

1983    EP              Guadalcanal Diary:  Watusi Rodeo
1984    Album           Guadalcanal Diary:  Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man
1985    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Trail Of Tears
1985    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Watusi Rodeo
1986    Album           Guadalcanal Diary:  Jamboree
1986    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Spirit Train/Cattle Prod
1987    Album           Guadalcanal Diary:  2X4
1987    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Litany
1987    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Get Over It
1987    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Lips Of Steel
1989    Album           Guadalcanal Diary:  Flip Flop
1989    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Always Saturday/Kiss Of Fire
1989    Single          Guadalcanal Diary:  Pretty Is As Pretty Does
1993    Album           Murray Attaway:  In Thrall
1993    Single          Murray Attaway:  Under Jets
1993    Single          Murray Attaway:  Fall So Far
1993    Compilation    (Murray Attaway)  Wipe Out
1993    Compilation    (Murray Attaway)  1993 NARM Sampler
1994    Compilation    (Murray Attaway)  DGC Rarities Vol. 1
1996    Compilation    (Guadalcanal Diary)  Hang The DJ: Modern Rock 1986
1996    Compilation    (Guadalcanal Diary)  Hang The DJ: Modern Rock 1987


FULL DISCOGRAPHY
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GUADALCANAL DIARY

WATUSI RODEO

Michael Rockefeller                             4:52    Attaway/Walls
Liwa Wechi                                      2:50    Makeba
John Wayne                                      3:20    Attaway/Walls
Dead Eyes                                       3:12    Attaway/Walls

EP- 1983 Entertainment On Disc, EOD 102

Produced by Bruce Baxter & Guadalcanal Diary

Murray Attaway - vocals, guitar
Rhett Crowe - bass
John Poe - drums
Jeff Walls - guitar, vocals

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BIG MAN

Trail Of Tears                                  2:27    Attaway/Walls
Fire From Heaven                                3:54    Attaway/Walls
Sleepers Awake                                  3:12    Attaway/Walls
Gilbert Takes The Wheel                         2:37    Attaway/Crowe/Poe/Walls
Ghost On The Road                               2:52    Attaway/Poe/Walls
Watusi Rodeo                                    2:38    Attaway/Walls/Kordecki
Who Do The Heathen Rage?                        3:03    Attaway/Walls
Pillow Talk                                     1:59    Attaway/Poe/Walls
Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man (Part 1)   4:37    Attaway/Walls
Kumbayah                                        3:41    Traditonal, Arranged by Guadalcanal Diary

LP- 1984 DB, DB 73
LP- 1985 Hybrid, MV-013054  (Portugal)
LP- 1985 Elektra, 9 60429-1
CD- 1985 Elektra, 9 60429-2

Produced by Don Dixon

Murray Attaway - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
Rhett Crowe - bass
John Poe - drums, bongos
Jeff Walls - electric & acoustic guitars, lap steel, autoharp, vocals

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

Trail Of Tears                                  2:27    Attaway/Walls

12"- 1985 Elektra, 5071  [PROMO]

White label promo with same song on both sides.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY
 
Watusi Rodeo                                    ?       Attaway/Walls/Kordecki

12"- 1985 Elektra, 5107 [PROMO]

Promo with same song on both sides.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY
 
Watusi Rodeo                                    ?       Attaway/Walls/Kordecki
Sleepers Awake					?	Attaway/Walls
Johnny B. Goode					?	Chuck Berry

7"- 1985 Elektra, EKR 23 / 969601-7 (UK)

White label, but not marked as promo.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

JAMBOREE

Pray For Rain                                   4:01    Walls/Attaway/Poe
Fear of God                                     3:18    Walls/Poe/Attaway
Jamboree                                        3:14    Attaway/Walls
Michael Rockefeller                             4:45    Attaway
Spirit Train                                    2:57    Attaway
Lonely Street                                   2:35    Walls/Attaway
Country Club Gun                                2:25    Attaway
T.R.O.U.B.L.E.                                  3:15    Crowe/Attaway
I See Moe                                       1:30    Attaway/Walls
Please Stop Me                                  2:40    Attaway/Walls
Dead Eyes                                       2:59    Attaway/Walls
Cattle Prod                                     3:00    Attaway/Poe/Walls

LP- 1986 Elektra, 9 60478-1

Produced by Rodney Mills, Steve Nye

Murray Attaway - vocals, guitars
Rhett Crowe - basses
John Poe - drums, vocals
Jeff Walls - guitars

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

Spirit Train                                    2:57    Attaway
Cattle Prod                                     3:00    Attaway/Poe/Walls

12"- 1986 Elektra, ED 5172  [PROMO]

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

2 X 4

Litany  (Life Goes On)                          3:41    Attaway
Under The Yoke                                  4:28    Walls
Get Over It                                     3:00    Crowe/Attaway
Little Birds                                    3:57    Attaway
Things Fall Apart                               2:44    Walls/Attaway/Poe
Let The Big Wheel Roll                          2:40    Walls
* And Your Bird Can Sing                        2:07    Lennon/McCartney
Where Angels Fear To Tread                      3:13    Walls
New Born                                        4:41    Attaway
Winds Of Change                                 2:55    Walls
Say Please                                      2:10    Attaway
3 AM                                            4:12    Attaway/Walls
Lips Of Steel                                   3:28    Attaway/Walls

* CD Bonus Track

LP- 1987 Elektra, 9 60752-1
CD- 1987 Elektra, 9 60752-2
CS- 1987 Elektra, 9 60752-4

Produced by Don Dixon

Murray Attaway - vocals, guitars, harmonica
Rhett Crowe - bass
John Poe - drums, more drums, vocals
Jeff Walls - guitars, keyboards, lap steel, kalimba, vocals

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GUADALCANAL DIARY
 
Litany                                          ?       Attaway

12"- 1987 Elektra, 5256 [PROMO]

Same song on both sides.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

Get Over It                                     3:00?   Crowe/Attaway

12"- 1987 Elektra, ? [TEST PRESSING]

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GUADALCANAL DIARY
 
Lips Of Steel                                   ?       Attaway/Walls

12"- 1987 Elektra, 5272 [PROMO]

Same song on both sides.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

FLIP-FLOP

Look Up!                                        2:28    Attaway
Always Saturday                                 4:09    Attaway
The Likes Of You                                3:03    Poe
Barometer                                       4:05    Attaway
Happy Home                                      2:47    Poe
Whiskey Talk                                    3:30    Attaway/Walls
Pretty Is As Pretty Does                        4:00    Poe
Everything But Good Luck                        2:48    Poe
Ten Laws                                        3:42    Attaway/Walls
Fade Out                                        4:52    Attaway/Poe
... Vista                                       3:05    Attaway/Crowe

LP- 1989 Elektra, 9 60848-1
CD- 1989 Elektra, 9 60848-2
CS- 1989 Elektra, 9 60848-4

Produced by Don Dixon

Murray Attaway - sing song, jing-jang, ding-dong
Jeff Walls - jamalama, flophouse 88's, chin music
Rhett Crowe - mamagama, bam-boom, yee-haws
John Poe - bing-bang, sing-sang, ping-pong

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

Always Saturday                                 3:38    Attaway
Kiss Of Fire                                    3:40    Walls

7"- 1989 Elektra, 7-69316
CS- 1989 Elektra, 9 4 69316

Produced by Don Dixon

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GUADALCANAL DIARY

Pretty Is As Pretty Does                        4:00    Attaway

12"- 1989 Elektra, ED 5379  [PROMO]
CD5- 1989 Elektra/Asylum, PR 8081-2  [PROMO]

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MURRAY ATTAWAY

IN THRALL

No Tears Tonight                                3:56    Attaway
Under Jets                                      3:54    Attaway
Allegory                                        5:46    Attaway
Angels In The Trees                             4:15    Attaway
Living In Another Time                          3:17    Attaway
The Evensong                                    4:07    Attaway
Fall So Far                                     4:03    Attaway
August Rain                                     6:00    Attaway
Walpurgis Night                                 4:09    Attaway
My Book                                         4:48    Attaway
Home                                            3:43    Attaway

CD- 1993 Geffen, DGCD-24495

Produced by Tony Berg

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MURRAY ATTAWAY

Under Jets - Murray Attaway                     3:54    Attaway

CD5- 1993 Geffen/DGC, PRO-CD-4500  [PROMO]

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MURRAY ATTAWAY

Fall So Far (edit)                              ?       Attaway
Fall So Far (LP)                                4:03    Attaway

CD5- 1993 Geffen/DGC, PRO-CD-4539  [PROMO]

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VARIOUS  (SAMPLER)

WIPE OUT

Fall So Far - Murray Attaway                    4:03    Attaway

CD- 1993 Geffen/DGC, PRO-CD-4542  [PROMO]

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VARIOUS  (SAMPLER)

1993 NARM SAMPLER

Under Jets - Murray Attaway                     3:54    Attaway

CD- 1993 Universal Distribution Corp., MCA5P-2632  [PROMO]

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VARIOUS  (SAMPLER)

DGC RARITIES VOL. 1

Allegory - Murray Attaway                       4:31    Attaway

CD- 1994 Geffen, DGCD-24704

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VARIOUS  (SAMPLER)

HANG THE DJ: MODERN ROCK 1986

Cattle Prod - Guadalcanal Diary                 3:00    Attaway/Poe/Walls

CD- 1996 Rhino, R2 72500
CS- 1996 Rhino, R4 72500

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VARIOUS  (SAMPLER)

HANG THE DJ: MODERN ROCK 1987

Litany - Guadalcanal Diary                      3:41    Attaway

CD- 1996 Rhino, R2 72501
CS- 1996 Rhino, R4 72501






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