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I have listed every Kristin Hersh solo albums and EP's. (Up to "Learn to sing like a star" so far, all the albums released before "10-4 all") 

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A listing will say after it, where the bones can be found. Either 10-4 all, one of the 10-4 you sets I have (these will all be linked when I can finish uploading), or from a Radio performance, or live. (In most cases there will be more than one version available. the one I choose might not be your favourite, and in my opinion they're all worth exploring)

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You'll find all 5 volumes of "10-4 all" for sale on The Hersh's website, if you don't already have the pleasure.

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You can also find out about becoming a Strange Angel and helping The Hersh to keep making music for us.

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If you enjoy any of the things I link here, please consider dropping some change on the Hersh tip jar.

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You can find my Hersh/Muses/50FW bootleg list here, I am always looking for live recordings I don't have. So if you have anything of interest, please get in touch.

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A listing in blue means for whatever reason (Usually it's instrumental, or as good as) it doesn't fall into the acousticating category.

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A listing in red means there is no acoustic version that I know of. If you know of something that I don't then you can contact me here via email, or @ch33sl3y on the discord server or on twitter.

1994 Hips & Makers

  • ​Your Ghost – 10-4 all (Also worthy of note, the opposite of a bones version, but far and away my favourite version of this song, is the excellent 50 foot wave version.)

  • Beestung

  • Teeth – 10-4 all

  • Sundrops – 10-4 all

  • Sparky

  • Houdini Blues – 10-4 Mshoe

  • A Loon – 10-4 all

  • Velvet Days – 10-4 all

  • Close Your Eyes – 10-4 Greenbelly

  • Me And My Charms - Live - (2022-08-21 - The Lexington, London, UK. Set 1 - Evening Show)

  • Tuesday Night – 10-4 Creig (Inc "Tuesday Night (Interlude))

  • The Letter – 10-4 Jason

       Found this great early live version with slight different lyrics

       1992-07-04 - Kristin Hersh, The letter - BBC World Service session

  • Lurch

  • Cuckoo - Radio - (1994-03-29 - BBC Radio Leeds)

  • Hips And Makers - Live - (1994-03-21 - New Morning, Paris)

1998 Strange Angels

  • Home – 10-4 all

  • Like You – 10-4 all

  • Aching For You

  • Cold Water Coming

  • Some Catch Flies - Live - (1997-07-18 - Luna Park, Los Angeles, CA)

  • Stained – 10-4 all

  • Shake – 10-4 all

  • Hope – 10-4 Jim

  • Pale

  • Baseball Field

  • Heaven - Radio - (1997-07-17 - Live on KCRW)

  • Gazebo Tree - 10-4 Graham

  • Gut Pageant

  • Rock Candy Brains - Live - (1998-04-29 - Live at Schuba's, Chicago)

  • Cartoons – 10-4 all

1998 Murder, Misery & then Goodnight

  • ​Down In The Willow Garden - 10-4 Jason (Also a live version on "The Shady Circle")

  • I Never Will Marry

  • Sweet Roseanne

  • Poor Ellen Smith

  • Pretty Polly

  • Little Birdy

  • Mama's Gonna Buy

  • Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl

  • Banks Of The Ohio - Live - (2015-03-18 - The Chapel - San Francisco, CA... Also a live version on "The Shady Circle")

  • Three Nights Drunk

  • What'll We Do With The Baby-o - 10-4 Jim

  • Whole Heap Of Little Horses

1999 Sky Motel

  • ​Echo - 10-4 Creig

  • White Trash Moon - Live - (1999-10-22 - Hoboken NJ - Maxwell's, Nice story at the beginning of this too)

  • Fog

  • Costa Rica - Live - (2022-08-21 - Hershfest - The Lexington, London, UK. Set 2 - Evening Show, There's also a video of this)

  • A Cleaner Light - 10-4 Graham

  • San Francisco

  • Cathedral Heat – 10-4 all

  • Husk - 10-4 Creig

  • Caffeine - Live (2001-05-27 - Noe Valley Ministry, SF)

  • Spring

  • Clay Feet – 10-4 all

  • Faith - Live - (1999-09-15 - Live at Palookaville)

  • Outro

2001 Sunny Border Blue

  • Your Dirty Answer – 10-4 all

  • Spain – 10-4 all

  • 37 Hours 10-4 Jason

  • Silica

  • William's Cut – 10-4 all

  • Summer Salt – 10-4 all

  • Trouble

  • Candyland

  • Measure – 10-4 all

  • White Suckers - 10-4 Graham

  • Ruby - Live video - 2000-08-12 - Knitting Factory, NY (Electric bones)

  • Flipside – 10-4 all

  • Listerine​ – 10-4 Mshoe

2003 The Grotto

  • Sno Cat - Live - (2009-05-22 - The Duchess,York UK)

  • Deep Wilson - 10-4 Graham

  • Snake Oil – 10-4 all

  • Vanishing Twin - Live - (2005-01-30 - Joe's Pub, The Public Theatre, NYC. not a good recording, but the only bones version I can find)

  • SRB

  • Silver Sun

  • Vitamins V - 10-4 Jason

  • Arnica Montana – 10-4 all

  • Milk Street – 10-4 all

  • Ether - Live - (2007-03-02 - Leicester Y Theatre. Not bones, but excellent version with the McCarricks, and the only live version I can find)

2007 Learn to Sing like a Star

  • In Shock - 10-4 All

  • Nerve Endings - Radio - (2007-02-22 - KEXP 90.3FM, Seattle, WA)

  • Day Glo - 10-4 Vicky

  • Christian Hearse

  • Ice - Live - (2007-03-02 - Leicester Y Theatre. Not bones, but excellent version with the McCarricks, and the only live version I can find)

  • Under The Gun - Radio - (2006-10-03 - Live on KEXP 90.3 FM)

  • Piano 1

  • Sugarbaby - Radio - (2006-10-03 - Live on KEXP 90.3 FM)

  • Peggy Lee

  • Piano 2

  • Vertigo – 10-4 all

  • Winter – 10-4 all

  • Wild Vanilla - 10-4 Vicky

  • The Thin Man​ – 10-4 all

EP's & Singles

I bundled all the EP's, Singles and oddments here. I skipped them if they only have album tracks & covers since those are already covered, or superfluous.

If I missed anything, please let me know.

1994 Your Ghost

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  • Your Ghost – 10-4 all (Also worthy of note, the opposite of a bones version, but far and away my favourite version of this song, is the excellent 50 foot wave version​.)

  • The Key – 10-4 all

  • Uncle June And Aunt Kiyoti – 10-4 Mshoe

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2007 In Shock

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  • In Shock 10-4 all

  • Windowpane

  • Blackstone – 10-4 all

  • Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Live - (2016-12-04 - Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex)

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Fleshy Finds

This is a full list (Hopefully, please correct me if I'm wrong) of every* Kristin Hersh solo song, up to and including "Learn to Sing like a Star", that doesn't have a bare bones acoustic version.

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*I have not listed any covers or Appalachian folk songs in this section

  1. Beestung

  2. Aching for you

  3. Cold Water Coming

  4. Pale

  5. Baseball Field

  6. Gut Pageant

  7. Fog

  8. San Francisco

  9. Spring

  10. Silica

  11. Candyland

  12. Ruby (Excellent electric bones version listed)

  13. SRB

  14. Silver Sun

  15. Ether (excellent version listed with the McCarricks)

  16. Ice (excellent version listed with the McCarricks)

  17. Peggy Lee

  18. Windowpane

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