When Legends Collide (2023)
By: Blue Coupe
Label: Self-released
This effort by Blue Oyster Cult and Alice Cooper alums includes “Angel’s Well,” which features early Carroll lyrics.
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Twisted Tales (2013)
By: Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
Label: CNC Records
From https://raymanzarek.com/discography-twisted-tales/:
“Just Like Sherlock Holmes,” “Cops Talk,” “Street of Crocodiles,” and “American Woman” were originally written during Ray’s collaboration with Jim Carroll in the mid-eighties. As mentioned in the “Translucent Blues” notes, Ray and Jim Carroll went into the studio in 1986 and recorded a set of these songs, and others existed only on demo tapes that have remained unreleased to this day. Ray had also been rehearsing all of these songs with Robby Krieger in the mid-2000s and even went into the studio and recorded a few demos with Ian Astbury on vocals. D21C performed “Cops Talk” live a few times as well as the Manzarek/Carroll tune “American Express”. Ray obviously loved these tunes and wanted them to be released. He was very excited to finally get them out to the fans on “Twisted Tales”.
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Translucent Blues (2012)
By: Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers
Label: Blind Pig
From https://raymanzarek.com/discography-translucent-blues/:
“Hurricane” and “Tension” are remakes of two unreleased tunes from the ’80s collaboration of Ray Manzarek and author/poet/punk musician Jim Carroll. In 1986 Ray and Jim went into the studio and recorded these and other tunes, and they have remained unreleased for almost 30 years. Ray decided to rework two of the tunes and include them in this release. Ray would rework an additional four tunes from the Manzarek/Carroll sessions for the posthumously released Twisted Tales.”
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Yes I Ram (1999)
By: Jon Tiven Group
Label: New West
Carroll cowrote “Differing Touch,” “Jessie,” and “Like a Radio” with Jon and Sally Tiven. Carroll sings backing vocals on “Jessie.”
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Feeling You Up (1997)
By: Truly
Label: Symbiotic/Thick
Carroll contributed lyrics to “Repulsion.”
Trivia: Truly member Robert Roth is featured on Carroll’s Runaway EP and Pools of Mercury.
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. . . And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
By: Rancid
Label: Epitaph
Carroll reads an original poem in the middle of Rancid’s
song “Junkyman,” contributing the album’s title.
Carroll hooked up with Rancid in the studio while doing a radio call-in show at Electric Ladyland Studio on 8th St. in NYC’s Village (with a hook-up to the Posies & Soundgarden guys in Bad Animals studio in Seattle) to promote the Basketball Diaries film soundtrack.
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Back to the Streets: Celebrating the Music of Don Covay (1993)
By: Various Artists
Label: Shanachie
This tribute to Don Covay, produced by Jon Tiven and Joe Ferry, features Robert Cray, Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Johnny Kemp, Ben E. King, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Billy Squier, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood, Nona Hendryx, Johnny Colla, Corey Glover, Chuck St. Troy, Barrence Whitfield, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Arlene Smith. Jim Carroll sings “Long Tall Shorty.”
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Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology (1992)
By: Lou Reed
Label: RCA
Carroll makes a guest appearance on this album, doing background vocals.
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Other Roads (1988)
By: Boz Scaggs
Label: Sony/Columbia
Carroll wrote the lyrics for “What’s Number One,” “I Don’t Hear You,” and “Crimes of Passion” .
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Club Ninja (1986)
By: Blue Oyster Cult
Label: Koch Records
Carroll wrote the lyrics for “Perfect Water.”
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The Brood (1984)
By: Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
Label: Sky
Carroll gave Dutch rock star Herman Brood lyrics for “Fake“; apparently this happened when the two met in California, pre-Jim Carroll Band. The lyrics further evolved into “I Want the Angel” on Catholic Boy.
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Live at Max’s Kansas City (1972)
By: Velvet Underground
Label: Atlantic
Although Jim Carroll is not credited in the liner notes, his voice can be heard very clearly between songs. He held the microphone recording the now-legendary performance.
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Other Collaborations
The following songs are listed with ASCAP/BMI but have not been released as recordings as far as I can tell:
- “Don’t Hear You” cowritten with Dann Lee Huff and David Lyndon Huff
- “Retribution” cowritten with Joh and Sally Tiven; supposedly performed by The Jim Carroll Band, but I’m not sure where?
- “Man” and “My Own Movie” cowritten with the king of bubblegum music Joey Levine (BMI)???
- “Obscene-BG Cues” cowritten with Robert Roth (BMI)