Ed Kuepper discography

Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist Ed Kuepper co-founded and recorded with the punk band The Saints, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns and the grunge-like The Aints.

He has also released 18 solo albums as well as another 14 limited-release albums of live and broadcast performances.^[1]^[2]

Kuepper has won two ARIA Music Awards for Best Independent Album—Black Ticket Day (1992) and Serene Machine (1993). His highest chart placing was with Honey Steel's Gold (1991), which reached No.28 on the national album chart.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]
Electrical Storm	Released: October 1985 Label: Hot (HOTLP 1020) Format: LP, cassette	—
Rooms of the Magnificent	Released: September 1986 Label: Hot (HOTLP 1027) Format: LP, cassette	98
Everybody's Got To	Released: June 1988 Label: Truetone (CDP 790513) Format: LP, cassette, CD	42
Today Wonder	Released: October 1990 Label: Hot (HOTLP 1032) Format: LP, cassette, CD	—
Honey Steel's Gold	Released: November 1991 Label: Hot (HOT 1036) Format: LP, cassette, CD	28
Black Ticket Day	Released: August 1992 Label: Hot (HOT 1040) Format: LP, cassette, CD	45
Serene Machine	Released: April 1993 Label: Hot (HOT 1042) Format: Cassette, CD	48
Character Assassination	Released: August 1994 Label: Hot (HOT 1049) Format: CD	32
A King in the Kindness Room	Released: July 1995 Label: Hot (HOT 1052) Format: CD	99
Frontierland	Released: October 1996 Label: Hot (HOT 1056) Format: CD	—
Starstruck	Released: 1997 Label: Hot (HOT 1064) Format: CD	—
With a Knapsack on My Back	Released: 1997 Label: Hot (HOT 1066) Format: CD	—
The Blue House	Released: 1998 Label: Hot (HOT 1071) Format: CD	—
Smile....Pacific	Released: 2000 Label: Hot (HOT 1073) Format: CD	—
Out-takes, Castaways, Pirate Women & Takeaways	Released: 2001 Label: Hot (HOT 1078) Format: CD	—
Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog	Released: 2007 Label: Hot Format: CD, DD	—
Second Winter	Released: 2012 Label: Prince Melon Format: CD, DD	—
The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom	Released: 18 April 2014 Label: Valve (V134) Format: CD, DD	—
Lost Cities	Released: December 2015 Label: Prince Melon Format: CD, DD	—

Soundtrack albums

Title	Details
Last Cab to Darwin	Released: August 2015 Label: Last Cab / Sony Music Australia Format: DD

Live albums

Title	Details
Live (as Ed Kuepper & His Oxley Creek Playboys)	Released: 1998 Label: Hot (HOT 1070) Format: CD
Ed Kuepper Live	Released: 2008 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 01) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 1
Ed Kuepper Live	Released: 2008 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 02) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 2
Ed Kuepper Live: The Euroboot Album (with Jeffrey Wegener)	Released: 2008 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 03) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 3
Ed Kuepper Live: Honey Steel's Gold Live at the Forum	Released: 2009 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 04) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 4
Ed Kuepper Live: Duos, Solos and Trios	Released: 2009 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 05) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 5
Ed Kuepper Live	Released: 2010 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 11) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 11
Ed Kuepper Live: Studio Demos 1988 and 2007	Released: 2010 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 12) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 12
Ed Kuepper Live: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series	Released: 2010 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 13) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 13
Ed Kuepper Live: Long Rider on the Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 2000	Released: November 2010 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 14) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 14
Ed Kuepper Live: Long Rider on the Shortwaves, Radio Sessions 1999	Released: November 2010 Label: Prince Melon Records (year zero 15) Format: CD, DD Note: The Prince Melon Bootleg Series – Volume 15

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]
The Butterfly Net	Released: August 1993 Label: Hot (HOT 1045 CD) Format: CD, Cassette	91
The Butterfly Net	Released: 1993 (UK) Label: Castle Communications (CCS CD 384) Format: CD Note: As Part of the Collector Series	—
Sings His Greatest Hits for You	Released: November 1995 Label: Hot (HOT 1057) Format: CD	72
Wheelie Bin Affair (Some Odds and Sods)	Released: 1997 Label: Hot (HOT 1065) Format: CD Note: Limited numbered edition of 3000	—
Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye	Released: September 1999 Label: Hot (HOT 1072) Format: CD Note: covers compilation	—
This Is the Magic Mile	Released: September 1999 Label: Hot (HOT 1099) Format: 3×CD	—
Singles '86–'96	Released: 28 May 2021 Label: Prince Melon Format: CD, LP	43 ^[4]
The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper	Released: May 2021 Label: Prince Melon Format: 4× LP	—

Limited release mail order albums

Title	Details
I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom	Released: 1995 Label: Hot (MAIL 1) Format: CD Note: Limited Edition of acoustic versions
Exotic Mail Order Moods	Released: 1995 Label: Hot (MAIL 2) Format: CD Note: Limited numbered edition of 3000
Starstruck: Music for Films & Adverts	Released: 1996 Label: Hot (MAIL 5) Format: CD Note: Limited numbered edition of 3000
Cloudland (as Ed Kuepper & His Oxley Creek Playboys)	Released: 1997 Label: Hot (MAIL 7) Format: CD Note: Limited numbered edition of 1500

Charting singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	AUS ^[3]	Album
"Real Wild Life"^[5]	1992	132	Black Ticket Day
"If I Had a Ticket"	1994	72	Character Assassination

References

^ ^a ^b McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 353–355. ISBN 978-1-86-448768-8.
^ The Kuepper Files discography
^ ^a ^b ^c
Peak positions for albums in Australia:
- All except noted: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.
- Rooms of the Magnificent & Everybody's Got ToKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 171. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 6 July 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[macca-1] McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 353–355. ISBN 978-1-86-448768-8.

[2] The Kuepper Files discography

[AUS_Charts-3] Peak positions for albums in Australia:
All except noted: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.

Rooms of the Magnificent & Everybody's Got ToKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 171. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[4] All except noted: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 158.

[5] Rooms of the Magnificent & Everybody's Got ToKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 171. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[4] "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[5] "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 6 July 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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Studio albums	Electrical Storm Rooms of the Magnificent Everybody's Got To Today Wonder Honey Steel's Gold Black Ticket Day Serene Machine Character Assassination A King in the Kindness Room I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom Frontierland Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom
Compilation albums	Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye This Is the Magic Mile
Related articles	Discography The Saints (Australian band)