The Misfits original catalog is, to put it simply, an amalgamated convoluded cluster of remixes, overdubs, re-recordings and re-releases. There are only 3 true rarities in the entire bunch, and only one of those is an actual Misfits song. The real rarity is the version of Last Caress that appeared only on the Beware Ep; that track coupled with Glenn Danzig's 1981 solo release of Who Killed Marilyn? b/w Spook City, U.S.A. (two tracks which have never been released in that form since the initial 7” single) make up the hard to find stuff. I have included those two Glenn Danzig songs in this list because they are so often and so closely associated with the Misfits. Everything else is fairly readily available on the following releases: Box Set, Misfits [Collection I], Collection II, Legacy Of Brutality, Static Age, Earth A.D. and Walk Among Us. Many tracks and/or versions of tracks are repeated across these releases, but each one does have a number of cuts that are exclusive to it. The versions of the two Collection albums that were included in the Box Set have slightly different track listings than their stand alone counterparts, as well as featuring either edited or completely different mixes of several tracks. I've tried to notate throughout which mixes come from where and what releases they may have been remixed for later, as well as which tracks have been overdubbed or edited.
I generally would not include an unreleased record in one of these lists, but have included the scrapped 12 Hits From Hell here. The album made it as far as being reviewed by critics before all of the distribution copies were “destroyed,” and as such, there are more copies floating around out there than there might generally be for a cancelled release. And the tracks that make up that record have been through the ringer a number of times and in several different incarnations, on several different releases.
The tracks are listed, more or less, in order of recording date, mixing date, overdub or re-recording date, and release date. The source release listed is, for the most part, the tracks initial release of that particular incarnation of said track. For example, although 7 songs make up the Beware Ep, I've only listed one as coming from it because all of the other tracks that made up that Ep had been previously released on the Horror Business and Bullet 7”'s. Even with all of the repetition, no wholly unique track has been listed more than once.
There are a few demos circulating out there, which I have not included, like the Misfits 1981 version of Archangel, originally written and recorded for Dave Vanian of The Damned to use in a solo project that never got off the ground, that was eventually recorded and released by Samhain.
The legacy they've left is amazing when you consider that they only released 55 different songs in their entire career, which amounts to less than 2 hours of music [repeat appearances bump that number up to 128 tracks counting the solo 7"]. Have fun finding them.And now for the “new” Misfits. I'm gonna place all of the post-Danzig Misfits material in a separate list for all of you that have an issue with them. They really are a separate entity and in a way I think they should be treated as such. Personally, I like them. A lot. Well, I did... right up until Jerry Only decided to sing. I'm no Jerry Only hater, and I commend him, no matter what others say, for trying to keep the legacy alive, no matter what you may think his motives are. I thought Project 1950 was a thoroughly enjoyable record. You could tell that he had a real passion for the material he was singing, and that passion more than made up for his less than stellar vocal abilities. And then came Devil's Rain. The music's not bad, though, for me, it was sub-par by Misfits standards. But the vocals... Jesus Christ! I believed that (while he was singing it) Glenn Danzig actually wanted to hack the heads off little girls and put them on his wall. I believed that there were 52 ways to murder anyone, and that 1 and 2 were the same, and that they would both work as well when Michale Graves sang it. I even bought the fact that Donna was sorely missed when Jerry sang about her. There's not a word that comes across on Devil's Rain that I even cared to attempt to suspend my disbelief for. One of the things I love about the Misfits is the intensity of the vocal delivery, and this last record just ruined it for me. That said, I've seen them three times with Graves, and twice with Jerry singing, and [EDIT: now once with Glenn singing], live, Jerry does a decent job, as long as you keep in mind both pairs of boots he's trying to fill.
Enough soapboxing. There are only a few rarities in this list as well: The two tracks off of Psycho In The Wax Museum (if you didn't get a copy by mailing in your stickers from the first 2 Misfits Records releases, then ebay is about all you can hope for, and copies do pop up there every so often), the Misfits / Balzac split single and the Graves vocal version of N.Y. Ranger.
Pick this stuff up and enjoy.
As usual, if you notice something missing, lemme know and I'll add it on.
Jerry Only took the picture of us above with my disposable camera after an M25 show at a small club in a strip mall in High Point, NC in late 2003.
| 1977-1983 | |
| Cough / Cool (Cough/Cool 7" version) | Cough/Cool 7" |
| She (Cough/Cool 7" version) | Cough/Cool 7" |
| Bullet (Bullet EP version) | Bullet EP |
| We Are 138 (Bullet EP version) | Bullet EP |
| Attitude (Bullet EP version) | Bullet EP |
| Hollywood Babylon (Bullet EP version) | Bullet EP |
| Horror Business (Horror Business EP version) | Horror Business EP |
| Teenagers From Mars (Horror Business EP version) | Horror Business EP |
| Children In Heat (Horror Business EP version) | Horror Business EP |
| Night Of The Living Dead (Night Of The Living Dead 7" version) | Night Of The Living Dead 7" |
| Where Eagles Dare (Night Of The Living Dead 7" version) | Night Of The Living Dead 7" |
| Rat Fink (Allan Sherman cover)(Night Of The Living Dead 7" version) | Night Of The Living Dead 7" |
| Who Killed Marilyn? (1979 C.I. version w/ Glenn Danzig's original session extra guitar track) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Where Eagles Dare (1979 C.I. version w/ Glenn Danzig's original session extra guitar track) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Who Killed Marilyn? (Original 1979 mix w/ Bobby Steele's guitar, later overdubbed for Legacy Of Brutality LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Where Eagles Dare (Original 1979 mix w/ Bobby Steele's guitar, later overdubbed for Legacy Of Brutality LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Horror Business (Original 1979 mix w/ Bobby Steele's guitar, later overdubbed for Legacy Of Brutality LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Teenagers From Mars (Original 1979 mix w/ Bobby Steele's guitar, later overdubbed for Legacy Of Brutality LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Children In Heat (Original 1979 mix w/ Bobby Steele's guitar, later overdubbed for Legacy Of Brutality LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Vampira (06/79 - Songshop, NY) | Misfits Box Set |
| Violent World (06/79 - Songshop, NY) | Misfits Box Set |
| Who Killed Marilyn? (full Misfits band version 06/79 - Songshop, NY) | Misfits Box Set |
| Spook City, USA (full Misfits band version 06/79 - Songshop, NY) | Misfits Box Set |
| Horror Business (06/79 - Songshop, NY) | Misfits Box Set |
| Last Caress (Beware EP version) | Beware EP |
| Who Killed Marilyn? (Glenn Danzig solo 7" version) | Who Killed Marilyn? |
| Spook City, USA (Glenn Danzig solo 7" version) | Who Killed Marilyn? |
| London Dungeon (3 Hits From Hell version) | 3 Hits From Hell |
| Horror Hotel (3 Hits From Hell version) | 3 Hits From Hell |
| Ghoul's Night Out (3 Hits From Hell version) | 3 Hits From Hell |
| Halloween (Halloween 7" version) | Halloween 7" |
| Halloween II (Halloween 7" version) | Halloween 7" |
| Halloween (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Vampira (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits [Collection I] |
| I Turned Into A Martian (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Skulls (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Night Of The Living Dead (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Astro Zombies (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Where Eagles Dare (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Violent World (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Halloween II (original 09/07/80 MSP mix, later remixed for scrapped 12 Hits From Hell LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Night Of The Living Dead (09/07/80 alt. MSP mix from 12 Hits From Hell sessions) | Misfits [Collection I] |
| Skulls (09/07/80 alt. MSP mix from 12 Hits From Hell sessions) | Misfits [Collection I] |
| American Nightmare (only released version, 06/81) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Hate Breeders (06/81 NSS mix, later remixed for Walk Among Us LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| 20 Eyes (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian) | Misfits Box Set |
| I Turned Into A Martian (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian) | Misfits Box Set |
| Astro Zombies (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian) | Misfits Box Set |
| Vampira (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian) | Misfits Box Set |
| Devil's Whorehouse (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian, later remixed for Walk Among Us LP, then again for Collection II LP) | Misfits Box Set |
| Nike A-Go-Go (08/81 Mix-O-Lydian) | Misfits Box Set |
| 20 Eyes (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| I Turned Into A Martian (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| All Hell Breaks Loose (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Vampira (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Nike A-Go-Go (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Hate Breeders (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Night Of The Living Dead (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Skulls (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Violent World (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Devil's Whorehouse (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Astro Zombies (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Braineaters (Walk Among Us LP version) | Walk Among Us |
| Earth A.D. (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Queen Wasp (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Devilock (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Death Comes Ripping (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Green Hell (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Wolfsblood (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Demonomania (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Bloodfeast (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Hellhound (Earth A.D. LP version) | Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood |
| Die, Die My Darling (Die, Die My Darling 12" version) | Die, Die My Darling 12" |
| We Bite (Die, Die My Darling 12" version) | Die, Die My Darling 12" |
| Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight (Die, Die My Darling 12" version) | Die, Die My Darling 12" |
| We Bite (same as Die, Die My Darling 12" version, but w/ "1-2-3-4" intro edited out) | Collection II |
| Static Age (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| T.V. Casualty (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Hybrid Moments (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Spinal Remains (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Come Back (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Some Kinda Hate (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Theme For A Jackyl (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Angelfuck (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| She (1985 overdubbed version) | Legacy Of Brutality |
| Where Eagles Dare (scrapped Who Killed Marilyn 12" version) | Misfits [Collection I] |
| I Turned Into A Martian (alternate mix than appears on Walk Among Us LP) | Misfits [Collection I] |
| Hate Breeders (1986 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| Mephisto Waltz (1986 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| Cough / Cool (1987 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| Braineaters (1987 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| Nike A-Go-Go (1987 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| Devil's Whorehouse (1987 Glenn Danzig / Eerie Von re-recorded version) | Collection II |
| 20 Eyes (recorded 01/82 Mix-O-Lydian, remixed 1986 for scrapped Enter At Your Own Risk compilation) | Misfits Box Set |
| Violent World (recorded 08/80, remixed 1986 for scrapped Enter At Your Own Risk compilation) | Misfits Box Set |
| (Static Beginning) | Misfits Box Set |
| Static Age (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| T.V. Casualty (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Some Kinda Hate (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Last Caress (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Return Of The Fly (1995 Collection II mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Hybrid Moments (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| We Are 138 (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Teenagers From Mars (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Come Back (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Angelfuck (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Hollywood Babylon (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Attitude (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Bullet (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Theme For A Jackyl (1996 Static Age mix) | Static Age Lp |
| She (1997 Static Age LP mix) | Static Age Lp |
| Spinal Remains (1997 Static Age LP mix) | Static Age Lp |
| In The Doorway (1997 Static Age LP mix) | Static Age Lp |
| (Static End) | Misfits Box Set |
| Static "Sessions" | Static Age Lp |
| Halloween (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Vampira (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| I Turned Into A Martian (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Skulls (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| London Dungeon (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Night Of The Living Dead (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Horror Hotel (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Ghoul's Night Out (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Astro Zombies (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Where Eagles Dare (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Violent World (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| Halloween II (2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| London Dungeon (alternate take)(2001 Caroline Records remix) | 12 Hit From Hell [cancelled] |
| 1995 - present | |
| Dead Kings Rise (demo) | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Blacklight [Demo Version] | Cuts From The Crypt |
| The Haunting [Demo Version] | Cuts From The Crypt |
| The Hunger [Demo Version] | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Mars Attacks [Demo Version] | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again [Demo Version] | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Abominable Dr. Phibes | American Psycho |
| American Psycho | American Psycho |
| Speak Of The Devil | American Psycho |
| Walk Among Us | American Psycho |
| The Hunger | American Psycho |
| From Hell They Came | American Psycho |
| Dig Up Her Bones | American Psycho |
| Blacklight | American Psycho |
| Resurrection | American Psycho |
| This Island Earth | American Psycho |
| Crimson Ghost | American Psycho |
| Day Of The Dead | American Psycho |
| The Haunting | American Psycho |
| Mars Attacks | American Psycho |
| Hate The Living, Love The Dead | American Psycho |
| Shining | American Psycho |
| Don't Open 'Till Doomsday | American Psycho |
| Hell Night (Hidden Track US cd) | American Psycho |
| Dead Kings Rise (from vinyl release) | American Psycho |
| Angel Baby | Psycho In The Wax Museum |
| Death Of A Fallen Angel | Psycho In The Wax Museum |
| I Got A Right (Iggy Pop cover) | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-kickers cover) (single version) | Cuts From The Crypt |
| I Wanna Be A NY Ranger (John Cafiero vocals version) | Cuts From The Crypt |
| I Wanna Be A NY Ranger (Michale Graves vocals version) | Short Music For Short People |
| Scream! (demo) | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Kong At The Gates | Famous Monsters |
| The Forbidden Zone | Famous Monsters |
| Lost In Space | Famous Monsters |
| Dust To Dust | Famous Monsters |
| Crawling Eye | Famous Monsters |
| Witch Hunt | Famous Monsters |
| Scream! | Famous Monsters |
| Saturday Night | Famous Monsters |
| Pumpkin Head | Famous Monsters |
| Scarecrow Man | Famous Monsters |
| Die Monster Die | Famous Monsters |
| Living Hell | Famous Monsters |
| Descending Angel | Famous Monsters |
| Them | Famous Monsters |
| Fiend Club | Famous Monsters |
| Hunting Humans | Famous Monsters |
| Helena | Famous Monsters |
| Kong Unleashed | Famous Monsters |
| 1,000,000 Years B.C. | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Helena 2 | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Devil Doll | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Fiend Without A Face | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Bruiser | Cuts From The Crypt |
| No More Moments | Cuts From The Crypt |
| Day The Earth Caught Fire (Balzac cover) | Don't Open 'Til Doomsday |
| This Magic Moment (The Drifters cover) | Project 1950 |
| Dream Lover (Bobby Darin cover) | Project 1950 |
| Diana (Paul Anka cover) | Project 1950 |
| Donna (Richie Valens cover) | Project 1950 |
| Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis cover) | Project 1950 |
| Latest Flame (Del Shannon / Elvis Presley cover) | Project 1950 |
| Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-kickers cover) (Project 1950 version) | Project 1950 |
| Only Make Believe (Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty cover) | Project 1950 |
| Runaway (Del Shannon cover) | Project 1950 |
| You Belong To Me (Sue Thompson / Patti Page / Jo Stafford cover) | Project 1950 |
| Land of the Dead | Land of the Dead - Single |
| Twilight Of The Dead | Land of the Dead - Single |
| The Devil's Rain | The Devil's Rain |
| Vivid Red | The Devil's Rain |
| Land of the Dead | The Devil's Rain |
| The Black Hole | The Devil's Rain |
| Twilight of the Dead | The Devil's Rain |
| Curse of the Mummy's Hand | The Devil's Rain |
| Cold in Hell | The Devil's Rain |
| Unexplained | The Devil's Rain |
| Dark Shadows | The Devil's Rain |
| Father | The Devil's Rain |
| Jack the Ripper | The Devil's Rain |
| Monkey's Paw | The Devil's Rain |
| Where Do They Go | The Devil's Rain |
| Sleepwalkin' | The Devil's Rain |
| Ghost of Frankenstein |
The Devil's Rain The Devil's Rain |
| Death Ray Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra cover) Daughter of Darkness (Tom Jones cover) (You're The) Devil In Disguise (Elvis Presley cover) |
Project 1950 (Expanded) Project 1950 (Expanded) Project 1950 (Expanded) |
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