singles

mosquito / onions wrapped in rubber / gooseneck [torsion music] 7"

lonesome sound (freakwater cover) / reservoir / sheets [thrill jockey thrill 006] 7"

why we fight / whitewater [soul static sound, soul 7] 7"

VAUS [duophonic uhf discs D-UHF-D12] 7" [blue vinyl]
[tour split 7" w/ Stereolab's Speedy Car]

gamera / cliff dweller society 12" [black, clear, flourescent yellow, or red vinyl]

albums

tortoise (self titled) [thrill jockey thrill 013]

members: dan bitney, john herdon, john mcentire, douglas mccombs, bundy k. brown
note: cd & lp sleeve are slightly different.

magnet pulls through 4.37
night air 3.50
ry cooder 7.04
onions wrapped in rubber 6.40
tin cans & twine 4.20
spiderwebbed 8.33
his second story island 2.41
on noble 4.05
flyrod 3.29
cornpone brunch 4.44

rhythms, resolutions, & clusters [thrill jockey thrill 019]

alcohall
your new rod
cobwebbed
the match incident
tin cans (the puerto rican mix)
not quite east of the ryan
initial gesture protraction

millions now living will never die [thrill jockey thrill 036]

djed
glass museum
a survey
the taut and tame
dear grandma and grandpa
along the banks of rivers

tnt [thrill jockey thrill 050]

tnt
swing from the gutters
ten-day interval
i set my face to the hillside
the equator
a simple way to go faster than light that does not work
The Suspension Bridge at Igazu Falls
four-day interval
in sarah, mencken, Christ and beethoven there were women and men
almost always is nearly enough
jetty
everglade

[japanese version also has: gamera, goriri, white water.]

a digest compendium of the tortoise's world
[japan only:TKCB 70932]

tin cans & twine^a
tin cans & twine (puerto rican mix)^b
alcohall^b
night air^a
gooseneck^c
onions wrapped in rubber^a
spiderwebbed^a
cobnebbed^b
your new rod^b
ry cooder (the beer incident)^c
not quite east of the ryan^b
reservoir^c
cornpone brunch^a
whitewater^cd
initial gesture protraction^b


^a from tortoise [thrill 013]
^b from rhythms, resolutions, & clusters remix album.
^c "bonus tracks for japanese edition"
^d from [soul 7] 7"

tortoise remixing

on: red snapper - loopascoopa [warp records, wap84]
track: crusoe takes a trip [john mcentire - tortoise mix]

tortoise being remixed

tortoise - rhythms, resolutions, & clusters [thrill jockey]

see above. 1000 lp & 1000 cd? out of print. the first self titled album remixed by various people.

tortoise remixed

"original version written & performed by tortoise. from 'millions now living will never die'."
US (12.x) on thrill jockey, UK (shell xxx) on city slang


by U.N.K.L.E ("djed bruise blood")& john mcentire ("tjed") [12.1 / shell 001]


rome (beware soul snatchers) remixed by bundy k. brown [12.2]


by oval - music for workgroups ep [12.3 / shell 002]
("bubble economy" & "learning curve" mixes by markus popp)

by spring heel jack ("galapagos 1")& jim o'rourke ("reference resistance gate") [12.4 / shell 003]


by luke vibert (aka wagon christ/plug) ("the taut & tame") & bundy k. brown ("find the one (wait, abstraction no. 3)" [12.5 / shell 004]
note: this version of wait is the non-edit, not the edit on offbeat.

cd:japan only compilation of the above 12"s [TKCB-70932]
cd:later sold on tour, then in stores. non-plastic paper/carboard sleeve [thrill jockey]

djed (bruise blood mix) by U.N.K.L.E.
tjed by john mcentire
bubble economy by oval
learning curve by oval
galapagos (version one) by spring heel jack
reference resistance gate by jim o'rourke
taut & tame by luke vibert
find the one (wait, abstraction no. 3) by bundy k. brown

compilation appearances

on: macro dub infection [virgin ambt 7]
track: goriri

on: united mutations
track: why we fight [d mix]

on: a means to an end (joy division covers)
track: as you said

on: headz 2 - part a [mo wax mw061]
track: the source of uncertainty

on: offbeat: a red hot sound trip [waxtrax]
track: wait

misc...

credited w/ live percussion on spring heel jack's album "busy curious thirsty" for the track galapagos

side projects

see the sea & cake, slint, the for carnation, gastr del sol...

john mcentire engineered trans am's surrender to the night w/ them.

pictures from Orlando, Florida, possibly 14 May 1998, on tour for TNT.

this page is in no way associated w/ tortoise. I know this discography is very rough, if you have info to add then please help: ab