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This is a list of all known songs and/or versions of songs that have not been officially released as part of the discography of The Mountain Goats, The Extra Lens, or any other John Darnielle-fronted bands.


Jack and Faye[]

Main article: Jack and Faye

Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg[]

Main article: Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg

Nothing for Juice outtakes[]

A tape of songs purported to be outtakes from Nothing for Juice that surfaced online in 2007. "Pure Crystal" and "Flower Song" were originally given away by John Darnielle on the Last Plane to Jakarta forums, "I've Got the Sex" and "Going to Buffalo" had already been available on live bootlegs, and "Going to Detroit" is an early version of "Going to Michigan" from Martial Arts Weekend.

  1. Flower Song
  2. Something Blue
  3. Going to Buffalo
  4. I've Got the Sex
  5. Pure Crystal
  6. I Meant Every Word I Said in New Delhi
  7. Etiquette Song
  8. Going to Detroit
  9. Radical Evil Song

Transmissions to Horace bonus tracks[]

Discovered on his copy of Transmissions to Horace by Mountain-Goats.com forums user "SteveBell" and posted to Archive.org in 2013. According to John Darnielle, they are old Extra Glenns recordings (possibly predating Taboo VI: The Homecoming) that appeared on select copies of the cassette. "Sure" was released on the Sidereal Rest compilation, and "Infidelity" and "Rockin' Rockin' Twilight of the Gods" were later recorded for Infidelity and Undercard, respectively.

  1. Sure
  2. Greasepaint Friday
  3. The Moon
  4. (Untitled - Sliding Down the Right Pathway)
  5. Bird on the Wire (Leonard Cohen) (live)
  6. Infidelity (live)
  7. Rockin' Rockin' Twilight of the Gods (live)

Internet releases[]

All Hail West Texas outtakes[]

Two songs available on themountaingoats.net as outtakes from All Hail West Texas, and were not included on the 2013 reissue.

  1. Warm Lonely Planet
  2. Song for God

Hospicio de Huerfanos[]

"Hospicio de Huerfanos" is the name given to two demos posted by John Darnielle on mountain-goats.com in 2005.

  1. Cut Off Their Thumbs #1
  2. Deserters

Seven for Australia[]

Seven demos shared on the Mountain Goats forums on by John Darnielle on April 15, 2008 to make up for the cancellation of their 2008 Australian tour. Four of the demos are of previously-released songs, one of the demos is of a song of which there are available live bootlegs, and two of them are exclusives.

  1. New World Emerging Blues
  2. Going Invisible
  3. If You See Light
  4. Ox Baker Triumphant
  5. Wait for You
  6. Alibi
  7. Acceptable Damages Sutra

Three for Mike G[]

Posted on themountaingoats.net by Darnielle on December 21, 2008 as a reward for those who had donated to help his friend Mike pay for surgery.

  1. Hye Kye
  2. Extreme South #1
  3. Brandy Let's Go

Live-Only Songs[]

Originals[]

Asterisk (*) denotes an Extra Lens song.

Covers[]

Miscellaneous[]

Missing Songs[]

Songs that do exist, but of which no recordings are known to be available.

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