These titles are taken from various sources, and credited as such below. Some of these could be different titles for the same songs (or early versions of released songs), but I don't know for sure. Except for known covers, I'm assuming all of these are Shadowy Men originals. If you know otherwise, let me know. Thanks!
Songs
- "Auld Lang Syne" (Burns)
Recorded for a Brave New Waves Christmas special on the CBC.
- "Autumn Leaves" (Mercer/Kozma/Prevert)
Techincally not unreleased as it shows up on Sport Fishin' - The Lure Of The Bait, The Luck Of The Hook. However, by that time, "Autumn Leaves" had been reduced to the five chords you hear on the album. They used to play the whole song. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page
- "Autobahn" (Hütter/Schneider/Schult)
In an interview with Don Pyle in Live Wire, Don mentions that S Men had recorded a cover of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" (OK, a cover of the single-edit, not the full twenty-two minute version) for a potential single. He also alludes to another "six-and-a-half minute song", which was probably "16 Encores".
- "Beatles Of Mexico" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Campfire Follies" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Chez Barn" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Crow Magnet" (Connelly/Good/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Fancy Hotdogs" (Connelly/Good/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "From A Jack To A King" (Miller)
Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page as "Jack 2 A Queen". I'm assuming this is a cover of Ned Miller's "From A Jack To A King".
- "Goldfinger" (Barry/Newley/Bricusse)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Cover of the theme from the James Bond movie. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Gypsies Stole Our Brains (So We Hired Some Spies To Get Them Back For Us)" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original. Sometimes performed as a medley with "Goldfinger" as "Gypsy Goldfinger". Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page and is referred to in an article from 1986.
- "Happening Mid-80s" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Hawaiian Shirts" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original.
- "I Weep For The Lonely Spanish Boy Who Dreams Of Faraway Lands" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original.
- "In Search Of Boola Boola" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page
- "Injuns On Ice" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original.
- "It's All Over But The Shooting" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original.
- "Las Vegas Scene" (Dakus)
Cover of a song by Wes Dakus & The Rebels. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page
- "Leadfoot" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original.
- "Mom's A Cubist" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "New & Used" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original.
- "Olé" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Perry Mason's Lost Weekend" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original. Also shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page
- "Saturn Calling" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original.
- "Silver Bells" (Evans/Livingston)
Recorded for a Brave New Waves Christmas special on the CBC.
- "The Streets Of Cairo" (Thornton)
Unreleased cover. You know this song, although you may not know the title. I always associate it with the cliché of a snake charmer playing it, but I've also heard it with lyrics starting "There's a place in France where the ladies wear no pants …"
- "Telepathetic" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
On March 23, 1993, The Shadowy Men did a "Peel Session" which was broadcast on the BBC on June 26, 1993. The Peel Sessions involve the band recording "live in the studio" performances for exclusive broadcast on the show.
Accoriding to the entry on the BBC's Peel Sessions site, the set list was "Telepathetic", "They Used To Pay Him To Watch The Trains", "The Jehrney", "The Last Of My Hiccups" and "16 Encores". According to a separate site (now down), "The Last Of My Hiccups" was only aired as part of a rerun broadcast on November 6, 1993.
NOTE: "Telepathetic" is one of three titles for the same song. The Ramblin' Ambassadors titled it "Twenty Original Fembots" on their album Avanti, and Atomic 7 titled it "Daddy's Little World" on their second album … en Hillbilly Caliente.
- "They Used To Pay Him To Watch The Trains" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Recorded for the '93 John Peel session (see "Telepathetic")
- "Town Without Pitney" (Tiomkin/Washington/??)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu" and is referred to in an article from 1986. I'm assuming the title is a play on the song "Town Without Pity" recorded by Gene Pitney. The menu makes it sound like a medley of two songs, so I'm assuming it's "Town Without Pity" and different Gene Pitney song.
- "Trip To Upper Volta" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page
- "Uncle Arthur Gets" (Connelly/Good/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page. I'm assuming this is a shortened version of the title. Not sure what Uncle Arthur gets.
- "Why Scum Rises" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page.
- "Wojtyla The Goody-Goody" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Item from the Shadowy Men "Musical Menu". Unreleased original. The title is a reference to the birth name of Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła.
- "You, Me & Mexico" (Connelly/Good/Pyle)
Unreleased original. Shows up on a setlist on the Etc. page. You can hear it in this video from Moncton, 2019.
Background music from The Kids In The Hall
Apart from "Having An Average Weekend", I remember hearing "We'll Be Right Back!" as part of the filler music on the show. However, the versions were definitely different than the LP versions. I assume the Shadowy Men recorded 'em specifically for the show. That material has never come out on record, tape or CD (at least that I'm aware of). In addition, only one of the songs where they back Bruce McCulloch has shown up ("Daves I Know" on Shame-Based Man). The version of "Having An Average Weekend" used on the show is available on Television's Greatest Hits Volume 7: Cable Ready.
The Truth About J.F.K.
Shadowy Men did one of their theme shows (probably in 1987) that they called "The Truth About J.F.K." They shot a Super-8 movie with a reconstructed set of Dealey Plaza and Kennedy motorcade, and showed it before they played. Reid narrates the story over the silent film and presents an alternate theory on the events of the day that involve spilled ketchup and a practical joke gone awry.