Smashing Pumpkins Collection
Well I have a rather large collection of The Smashing Pumpkins items. Most of these are official releases, but I do have some bootleg videos and CD's. I have been collecting ever since Gish came out, so I do have a few interesting items. And I know a lot of people have tons more stuff than this, but I would say that I have a lot of their records that are hard to get. Here is also a page of The Smashing Pumpkins Tour dates, it's simple but has a lot of dates.
HEY I GOT BILLY'S AUTOGRAPH!! It's on my MCIS lyric book. I also have 3 of Billy's pics with the SP heart on them. Two are blue and one is orange. Here are pictures of the pics.
Albums on CD: Gish, Siamese Dream (I GOT JIMMY'S Autograph on this!), Pisces Iscariot, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,Adore, Machina, Still becoming Apart (EP)
Albums on Tape: Gish and Lull (which is really an EP)
Compilations that The Smashing Pumpkins have been on: CD: Launch issue No.4, A Very Special Christmas 3, A Means to An End. (Joy Division Tribute CD),Tape: 20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hit Explosions, No Alternative, Sweet Relief II
Soundtracks: CD: Batman and Robin, Ransom Tape: Singles, and Lost Highway
CD Singles: I am One, Peel Sessions, Cherub Rock, Today, Disarm 1, Disarm 2, Rocket, 1979 (US and European),1979 mixes, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Tonight, Tonight, Zero, The End is the Beginning is the End, TEITBITE Remixes, Ava Adore, Perfect (4 versions, US, Remixes, and the 2 European) I also obtained the "To Sheila" radio promo, Stand inside your love
Box Sets: The Aeroplane Flies High, Siamese singles. Not really a box set, but I got the Star profile CD that came in a little box with a book and CD. The CD has interviews and stuff. It's cool. (See Records too)
Records
Here is what I really like to collect. I have 19 right now. I don't have everything of course, but I have quite a bit. I am still trying to find a "The End is the Beginning is the End 12" and the 12" remixes. Also if there is any form of "Tonight ,Tonight "on record I would like that also. Plus anything I don't have..
7" records: Smashing Pumpkins 1989 Demos (yellow), Starchildren, Today (red), Siamese Singles boxed set Which has: Disarm, Rocket, Today, Cherub Rock. Ava Adore (limited edition, I have 2 of these)
12" Singles: Today, 1979, 1979 mixes, Disarm, Peel Sessions,I Am One, Perfect (remixes), and Zero.
12" EP: Lull
12" Albums: Gish (remastered version), Siamese Dream, Pisces Iscariot, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (limited ed.), Adore, Machina The Machines of God
Bootlegs
I don't have a lot of these because they are too expensive, and I haven't found many people to trade with, so if anyone out there wants to trade music (not actual items) let me know. (update 11/04/01 I really have a lot of boots now, but I am not one of those anal SP fans that have to list them all and their track listings and their quality etc.. I have pretty much what I want)
CD: Smashed, Early 1989 Demos, Mayonaise Dream (I have a friend that has this autographed by the entire band, including Jimmy!), Pumpkin Seeds, Zero Gravity, Mellon Collie at the Max, The Berlin Bullet, and I have the all acoustic Nashville show (8/5/98) that I personally taped on CD-R. I sent copies of my original tapes to Boomer and he made CD-R's for me. Thanks man!! The 4/12/99 Cincinnati show, The Halloween Pumpkins/Kiss show.
Tapes: I have the Kansas City HORDE festival and the Nashville show I went to on my original tapes. Lots of the SliverCrank jams. The 10/01/96 Milwaukee show. And the two songs from The First Waltz that Billy played with his Dad. I also have the 4/12/99 show at Bogart's in Cincinnati!! It is a great recording of the new songs!!! I taped them myself. Plus I have lots of misc. stuff my friend Jamie taped off for me.
Interview Disks: The Great Pumpkin that Never Arrived, In Conversation, and Star Profile.
Videos
Official: Vieuphoria…Has anyone heard if they are going to put out a video of their music videos?? That would be cool.
Bootlegs: Norman, OK '91, Dusseldorf, Germany April 7, '96, Rio, Brazil Jan. 26, '96. , Chicago '93, and LA '93, misc. videos of SNL, Simpsons, Regis…ect. The Much Music I&I in Toronto. (Very Cool!), The 12/21/99 JBTV SHowing from the Metro, in Chicago.
T-Shirts
Mellon Collie album front and back…. Mellon Collie animals on front with Skull and Crossbones on the back,….. Blue SP heart shirt with the words Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on back.(was given away free at Tower records in Boston when MCIS was released), Vortex with little Billy heads "Leave me alone" on back……SP heart on front, Rant on back….Zero shirt…..SP heart Flag on front, City on back with names of Siamese Dream songs on buildings…. Purple Spaceboy shirt with lyrics on back…..Clown front with song titles listed on back…..Angel Front with "Altitude not Attitude" on back…..Smashing Pumpkins and star on front, "Just say Maybe" on back….Adore album cover on front, Tour dates on back…..Adore "17" with goat on front, small pic on front. NEW I have The Arising shirt from the tour. Here is a pic. I have also the Limited Edition Arising shirt offered on the Pumpkins Web site. And the Gish shirt from Gish month on the Web site,Machina Cover concert shirt, Bottle Angel Boy shirt, Angel Machina Concert shirt, The END shirt, Machina II T shirt.
Books
Siamese Dream tab book, Mellon Collie tab book, Adore tab book (Thank You Amy H!), CD book by Jim Stapleton, and Smashing Pumpkins by Nick Wise. I also just got the Cd book that came with Star Profile by Blanche Parker
Posters
Now, I think I have more than this, but I will have to look I can't remember them all. They are in storage so they won't get messed up.
NEW I have a Machina Promo poster signed by Billy, James, Jimmy and Melissa!!
Huge Subway: Gish, Siamese Dream, MCIS, Adore, Smile (Disarm), Today (with Darcy's sisters),1979 cover.
Smaller: Gish era black and white, Pisces Iscariot Promo poster, The Aeroplane Flies High (with all of the black/white pics from inside book), MCIS promo posters, a posters where they all are looking out from behing a tree. A new poster of them from Spin. It is all green and they look strange. You know. I have 2 if anyone wants to trade. Promo Adore poster with them walking up the hill. I also have the promo flats (cardboard shaped the size of a record) for Adore, Siamese Dream and Pisces Iscariot, I have a Machina Poster autographed by the entire band.
Print: I have this really cool print of the poster for the April 23 concert at Wings Stadium. You all know it. It's the one with that rocket man on it. The one Listessa used for their shirts. It is 2 of 400. And it is signed by the artist!! Also I have the print of the Arising Tour poster that they sold at the shows. Here is a pic of the poster, one of the Machina Promo Flats that was handed out when you bought the album when it came out
Well that is about it for now. I have tons of magazine and misc. stuff too. But I think that’s about all of the good stuff for now..
Go to the Official Smashing Pumpkins Homepage!! It's great! Click here!
Click here to go to CDNOW and buy any of The Smashing Pumpkins albums!