List of Libertines and Babyshambles bootlegs

UK band The Libertines, and co-founding member Pete Doherty's subsequent band Babyshambles, have distributed a large number of their sessions online.

It is at times difficult to ascribe a particular session to one band or the other. The first confusing matter is that the Baby Shambles Sessions predate the band Babyshambles and were produced by The Libertines. Secondly, it took a while for Babyshambles to establish themselves as a concrete band, with Pete Doherty the only constant in the line up. Considering the many fall-outs between Pete and Libertines cohort Carl Barât, it may be difficult to ascertain if a session is done by The Libertines without Carl, Pete Doherty (on his own) or Babyshambles. The vast majority of the research that went into this catalogue of bootlegs was produced as an appendix in the book The Libertines Bound Together by Anthony Thornton and Roger Sargent.

The following list is not exhaustive. Some of the credits may be disputable.

Odessa Studio Recordings
Recorded by: The Libertines

Track listing:
#"Music When The Lights Go out"
#"Hooray for the 21st Century"
#"Love on the Dole"
#"Anything But Love"
#"7 Deadly Frenchmen"
#"(TAG)"
#"France"
#"You're My Waterloo"
#"Men In White Coats"

Legs 11
Recorded by: The Libertines, September 2000

Legs 11 is a compilation of early demos. It was compiled by Carl Barât. The name 'Legs 11' was chosen by their former manager Banny Pootschi, as the cover featured the crossed legs of Darcey Bussell, the "most famous legs in England".

It was a 'swing' session, with Doherty feigning a Frank Sinatra-esque vocal style. Bassist John Hassall sings on "Sister Sister" in this session.

"Music When The Lights Go Out" features the former Libertines cellist Vicky. Parts of "Hooray for the 21st Century" were later incorporated into "Narcissist".

The drums in this session were not played by Gary Powell (the most prominent Libertines drummer), but by Paul Dufour who was planning an official release of these and other Libertines early sessions but was stopped in his tracks due to legal reasons.

Track listing:
#"Music When The Lights Go Out"
#"Hooray for the 21st Century"
#"Love on the Dole"
#"Bucket Shop"
#"Sister Sister"
#"Anything But Love"
#"France"
#"7 Deadly Frenchmen"

Babyshambles Sessions
Recorded by: The Libertines, May 2003

The Babyshambles Sessions is a set of songs recorded by The Libertines while in New York. The singer and guitarist Carl Barât left before completion of the tapes, which were intended for the second album. Bassist John Hassall also lent a hand, playing the bassline on one song, "The Man Who Would Be King". It is thought that Barat played drums on some tracks. Doherty then gave the tapes to Helen Hsu, a fan, at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. She, at his request (a fact he later denied), made the tracks available to the band's fans over the internet. A 3-CD set of these sessions can also often be found for sale on internet auction sites and can also be downloaded for free at Albion Arks. Several of the tracks that feature on the sessions were later recorded and included on The Libertines' second studio album. A few were also later recorded for Babyshambles Down in Albion, The Blinding EP and their most recent Shotter's Nation.

Track listing:

CD 1:
#"Babyshambles" (Take 1)
#"Road to Ruin"
#"Babyshambles" (Take 2)
#"Don't Look Back into the Sun" (Version 1)
#"What Katie Did"
#"Don't Look Back into the Sun" (Version 2)
#"Last Post on the Bugle"
#"Side of the Road"
#"Back From the Dead"
#"The Man Who Would Be King"
#"I Got Sweets"
#"All at Sea" (Take 1)
#"All at Sea" (Take 2)
#"Do You Know Me (I Don't Think So)"
#"Campaign of Hate"
#"Love Reign O'er Me / Bilo Song"
#"In Love With a Feeling" (Version 1)
#Instrumental
#"In Love With a Feeling" (Version 2)
#"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#"Merry-Go-Round" (aka "That Bowery Song")

CD 2:
#"Albion"
#"Albion" (Intro)
#"Albion" (sans Biggles)
#"France" (Take 1)
#"France" (Take 2)
#"France" (Take 3)
#"The Good Old Days" (Acoustic)
#"Skag & Bone Man"
#Instrumental (8 Dead Boys)
#Instrumental
#"Oh Pigman Where Art Thou?"
#"What a Waster" (Acoustic, vocals by Adam Green)
#"Who's Got the Crack" (The Moldy Peaches cover)
#Medley:
#*"Back From the Dead"
#*"Jeanne" (The Smiths cover)
#*"From Bollywood to Battersea"
#*"Dilly Boys"
#*"Black Boy Lane"
#Medley:
#*"Love Reign Over Me"
#*"Through the Looking Glass"
#*"Callin' All" (The La's cover)
#*"Son of a Gun" (The La's cover)
#*"Deep Pile Dreams" (Ian Brown cover)
#*"The Ha Ha Wall"
#*"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#*"Don't Be Shy"
#*"Time for Heroes"
#*"Well I Wonder" (The Smiths cover)
#*"Rubber Ring" (The Smiths cover)
#*"Albion" (instrumental)
#*"Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover)
#*"Shooting Star"
#*"Timeless Melody" (The La's cover)
#*"Huckleberry Grove" (Ocean Colour Scene cover)
#*"What a Waster"
#*"Ballad of Grimaldi"
#*"Road to Ruin"
#*"Delaney"
#*"The Blinding"
#*"Back From the Dead"

CD3:
#"Playing around with a Piano" (aka "Back From the Dead")
#"I Got Sweets"
#The Coral Medley:
#*"Dreaming of You" (The Coral cover)
#*"New Love Grows on Trees"
#*"I Remember When" (The Coral cover)
#*"You're My Waterloo"
#*"Killamangiro"
#"Killamangiro"

Sailor Sessions
Recorded by: Babyshambles, July 2003

More rough recordings, made available around the same time as Chicken Shack Sessions.
Contains cameo appearances by some of Peter's musician friends.
Cover artwork by Sophie Thunder and mixed by Dean Fragile.
The title was dubbed by Fragile mainly because his hometown was Chatham in Kent, a naval port.

Track listing:
#"Black Boy Lane"
#"The Ha Ha Wall"
#"Campaign of Hate"
#"Killamangiro"
#"Music When The Lights Go Out" / "Never Never"
#"The Whole World Is Our Playground"
#"Hooligans on E"
#"What Katie Did"

Chicken Shack Sessions
Recorded by: Peter Doherty, September 2003

Very rough recordings of some songs that would later appear on The Libertines, as well as some that became Babyshambles songs.

Recorded after Doherty had been kicked out of The Libertines due to his increasing drug use.

Track listing:
#"Begging"
#"Campaign of Hate"
#"Curtain Call"
#"Curtain Call" (Gaks & Enob Mix)
#"Man Who Came To Stay"
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"Stix & Stones"
#"Pay the Lady"
#"Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
#"Bucket Shop"

Whitechapel Demonstrations Sessions
Recorded by: Peter Doherty, February 2004

Track listing:
#"Anything But Love"
#"Dilly Boys"
#"Love on the Dole"
#"Another Girl Another Planet" (The Only Ones cover song)
#"The Whole World Is Our Playground"
#"Smashing"
#"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#"What Katie Did"
#"Skag & Bone Man"
#"Pipey Magraw"

HQ Sessions Second Wave
Recorded by: Peter Doherty, February 2004

Track listing:
#"Black Boy Lane"
#"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#"Sheepskin Tearaway"
#"Killamangiro"
#"Through The Looking Glass" / "Love Reign O'er Me"
#"Stix & Stones"
#"Pipey Obrady"
#"Lust of the Libertines"
#"Do You Know Me"
#"Wolfman"
#"Babyshambles" (Instrumental)
#"In Love With a Feeling"
#"The Last of the English Roses"
#"Sheepskin Tearaway" / "Conversation Diva"

HQ Bethnal Green Sessions
Recorded by: Babyshambles, February 2004

Track listing:
#"At The Flophouse"
#"Babyshambles"
#"Pipey Magraw"
#"Random chit chat and wolf raps" (inc. "Don't Be Shy" / "Ask" / "Back From The Dead")

Acousticalullaby Sessions
Recorded by: Peter Doherty, April 2004

Track listing:
#"A Little Death Around The Eyes"
#"Arcady"
#"Un Bilo Titled"
#"I Love You (But You're Green) "
#"Albion"
#"In Love With a Feeling" (10 seconds)
#"East of Eden"
#"He Will Fall"
#"New Love Grows On Trees"
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"Back From The Dead" (25 seconds)

Shaken and Withdrawn Megamix
Recorded by: Peter Doherty, August 2004

Several of these acoustic demos would go on to feature on Babyshambles debut album Down in Albion or their follow-up studio album Shotter's Nation. Another record was made from some of these tracks and put on an albulm entitled the Freewheelin' Pete Doherty.

Track listing:

CD1
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"Back From The Dead"
#"Lady Don't Fall Backwards" / "Bollywood to Battersea"
#"The Whole World Is Our Playground"
#"Hooray for the 21st Century"
#"Curtain Call"
#"There is a Light That Never Goes out" / "32nd of December"
#"Conversation Diva"
#"Never Never"
#"East of Eden"
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"There She Goes (A Little Heartache)"
#"Can't Stand Me Now"
#"The Ha Ha Wall"
#"The Ballad of Grimaldi"
#"Stix & Stones"

CD2
#"Can't Stand Me Now"
#"Pipey Magraw"
#"Music When The Lights Go Out"
#"The Whole World Is Our Playground"
#"Albion"
#"Arcady"
#"Black Boy Lane"
#"Scouser In Space"
#"The Ballad of Grimaldi"
#"Love Rain O'er Me" / "The Saga"
#"Killamangiro"
#"Stix & Stones"
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"Curtain Call"
#"Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
#"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#"If You Fall"

Royalty Songs (Down In Albion demos)
Recorded by: Babyshambles: Peter Doherty, Patrick Walden, Drew Mcconnell and Adam Ficek, Spring 2005

Track listing:
#"Fuck Forever'
#"Bollywood to Battersea"
#"32nd Of December"
#"What Katy Did Next"
#"Loyalty Song"
#"My Darling Clementine"
#"A Rebours"
#"Monkey Casino"
#"Albion"
#"Black Boy Lane"
#"Do You Know Me"
#"Wolfman"
#"Killamangiro"
#"Merry-Go-Round"

Paris Reharsal
Recorded by: Babyshambles: Peter Doherty, Mik Whitnall, Drew Mcconnell and Adam Ficek, June 2007

Track listing:
#"French Dog Blues"
#"I Wish"
#"Sedative"
#"Fixing Up To Go"

==Stookie + Jim - BumFest Demos==
Recorded by: Peter Doherty and Mick Whitnall, November 2006

Track listing:
#"There She Goes (A Little Heartache)"
#"Crumb Begging Baghead"
#"New Love Grows on Trees"
#"Unbilotitled"
#"Unstookietitled"
#"Carry On Up the Morning"
#"Cuckoo 1440"
#"Delivery"
#"A Fool There Was"

Doghouse Sessions (Shotter's Nation demos)
Recorded by: Babyshambles: Peter Doherty, Mik Whitnall, Drew Mcconnell and Adam Ficek, Spring 2007

Track listing:
#"Fireman"
#"Lost art of murder (part1) (with General)"
#"Lost art of murder (part2)"
#"Salome (acoustic)"
#"Carry on up the morning"
#"Deft Left Hand"
#"You Talk"
#"Torn Torn"
#"Jumping Bean"
#"Terrible Pain (with General)"
#"Baddies Boogie"
#"Unstookietitled"
#"Unbilotitled"
#"Side of the road"
#"Drunken bed (acoustic)"
#"There she goes (a little heartache)"
#"Crumbegging baghead"
#"French Dog Blues"
#"Delivery"
#"The sweet by and by"
#"Cuckoo 1440"
#"Wagon Balloon (acoustic)"
#"K.Pnuts (acoustic with Kate)"
#"Camden under the trotter"
#"Revelations (with Purple)"
#"Perfume (instrumental track)"

But only Delivery, You Talk, Terrible Pain, Cuckoo, Crumb Begging Baghead and There She Goes have been leaked for now.
The tracklisting have been communicated to fans via The French Dog forum.

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