Bill Hicks – The Complete Collection

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Label:	Comedy Dynamics – NWD0464
Format:	Box Set, Compilation 12 x CD 6 x DVD, DVD-Video
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 11, 2015
Genre:	Non-Music
Style:	Comedy, Spoken Word

Tracklist

	The Audio Collection
	Rant In E-Minor
CD1-01	Fevered Egos	4:05
CD1-02	Easter	1:18
CD1-03	Gideons	1:05
CD1-04	People Suck	0:21
CD1-05	Pro Life	4:13
CD1-06	People Who Hate People	0:32
CD1-07	Non-Smokers	2:38
CD1-08	Gifts Of Forgiveness	5:09
CD1-09	Purple Vein Dick Joke	0:29
CD1-10	Confession Time (COPS)	4:26
CD1-11	Wax Dart	0:30
CD1-12	I'm Talking To The Women Here	1:10
CD1-13	You're Wrong Night	5:36
CD1-14	A New Flag (Patriotism)	1:12
CD1-15	Gays In The Military	2:24
CD1-16	I.R.S. Bust	1:09
CD1-17	Politics In America	0:39
CD1-18	Quiet Loner	0:57
CD1-19	Artistic Roll Call	4:33
CD1-20	Orange Drink	1:08
CD1-21	Save Willie	1:31
CD1-22	Deficit (Jesse Helms)	2:47
CD1-23	Rush Limbaugh	2:21
CD1-24	Time To Evolve	3:16
CD1-25	Waco (Koresh)	5:35
CD1-26	The Pope	1:02
CD1-27	Christianity	0:27
CD1-28	Seven Seals	0:28
CD1-29	One Of The Boys (Clinton)	1:03
CD1-30	Car Bomb Derby	0:25
CD1-31	The Elite	1:06
CD1-32	Love List (No Future)	2:55
CD1-33	Back To The Garden	1:19
CD1-34	Your Children Aren't Special	3:13
CD1-35	Wizards Have Landed	1:43
CD1-36	Lift Me Lord	0:52
	Arizona Bay
CD2-01	Goodbye You Lizard Scum	3:52
CD2-02	Step On The Gas (L.A. Riots)	4:50
CD2-03	Hooligans	4:20
CD2-04	Officer N****r Hater	5:27
CD2-05	As Long As We're Talking Shelf Life (Kennedy)	5:00
CD2-06	The Elephant Is Dead (Bush)	1:57
CD2-07	Me & Saddam	3:11
CD2-08	Bullies Of The World	1:22
CD2-09	Shane's Song	2:02
CD2-10	Dinosaurs In The Bible	5:45
CD2-11	Living God	1:05
CD2-12	Marketing & Advertising	4:38
CD2-13	Don't Talk For Me	1:40
CD2-14	Clam Lappers & Sonic The Hedgehog	3:01
CD2-15	She's Got A Broken Heart	1:08
CD2-16	Pussywhipped Satan	4:40
CD2-17	L.A. Falls	3:54
CD2-18	Elvis	8:04
	Dangerous
CD3-01	Modern Bummer	6:34
CD3-02	Smoking	5:30
CD3-03	The War On Drugs	9:14
CD3-04	I Love My Job	1:33
CD3-05	Please Do Not Disturb	7:02
CD3-06	Flying Saucer Tour	3:21
CD3-07	We Live In A World...	10:51
CD3-08	Burning Issues	4:00
CD3-09	My Parents	5:26
CD3-10	The Vision	0:58
	Relentless
CD4-01	Greetings	1:20
CD4-02	Sex On Trial	3:07
CD4-03	The News	1:19
CD4-04	The War	12:09
CD4-05	Odd Beliefs	0:49
CD4-06	A Killer Idea	3:01
CD4-07	Smoking	7:10
CD4-08	Great Times On Drugs	11:23
CD4-09	Drugs Have Done Good Things	1:19
CD4-10	Rockers Against Drugs Suck	2:10
CD4-11	Beelzebozo	1:07
CD4-12	Summer Trip	1:26
CD4-13	What Is Pornography?	3:36
CD4-14	The Sanctity Of Life	2:50
CD4-15	Chicks Dig Jerks	4:46
	Salvation Part 1
CD5-01	Intro	0:55
CD5-02	Ding Dong	10:21
CD5-03	Puppet People	13:13
CD5-04	Kennedy & The Warren Commission	3:10
CD5-05	Smoking	3:44
CD5-06	Polls	3:59
CD5-07	Dick Jokes	7:11
CD5-08	News/Movies/Religion	13:57
	Salvation Part 2
CD6-01	Religion/Drugs	23:51
CD6-02	Film	3:03
CD6-03	Kids	5:00
CD6-04	Fries	2:54
CD6-05	Backed Up	12:20
CD6-06	Sleep & The Message	10:51
	12/16/61
CD6-07	Ladies And Gentlemen... Bill Hicks	3:48
CD6-08	Cats Or Dogs	3:21
CD6-09	Punks (Where's The Bone?)	1:15
CD6-10	Mick And Keef	2:58
CD6-11	Deep Thoughts	3:51
	Love, Laughter And Truth
CD7-01	Intro/Smokers Vs. Drinkers	1:33
CD7-02	Drunk Driving	6:53
CD7-03	New York Apartment	1:53
CD7-04	My One Man Show	1:32
CD7-05	Pot Smoking	1:11
CD7-06	Drugs Are Bad	3:14
CD7-07	Children On Airplanes	3:52
CD7-08	50 Year Smoker	1:37
CD7-09	Smoking In Heaven	3:57
CD7-10	Australia	2:18
CD7-11	Satiating The American Comedy Audience	0:44
CD7-12	Dance Club	1:44
CD7-13	Speaking Of Homosexuality	2:32
CD7-14	Poe-Naw-Grah-Fee	1:46
CD7-15	A Question For The Ladies	4:33
CD7-16	My Favorite New Kid	1:07
CD7-17	You Can't Get Bitter	2:53
CD7-18	Closing Bit	0:27
	Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1
CD8-01	Intro	0:26
CD8-02	Summertime	2:49
CD8-03	The F Word	0:42
CD8-04	Smoking	2:01
CD8-05	Yul Brynner	1:25
CD8-06	Trying To Quit	4:56
CD8-07	The News	1:00
CD8-08	The War	3:45
CD8-09	Worst Audience Ever	1:03
CD8-10	More War	2:14
CD8-11	Are You Guys Drug Dealers?	1:50
CD8-12	Praying For Nuclear Holocaust	1:10
CD8-13	Girl Of Your Dreams	2:16
CD8-14	Young Lady	1:26
CD8-15	Vs. The Audience 1	0:51
CD8-16	What's Wrong?	1:53
CD8-17	Vs. The Audience 2	4:40
CD8-18	School Days	3:18
CD8-19	Vs. The Audience 3	1:16
CD8-20	Working	1:15
CD8-21	Great Times On Drugs	7:11
CD8-22	Mandatory Marijuana	4:49
CD8-23	Penthouse Letters	2:48
CD8-24	Talking Car	3:38
CD8-25	Summer Trip	2:20
CD8-26	Drugs Have Done Good Things	3:10
CD8-27	Menu?	1:28
CD8-28	Beelzebozo	1:36
CD8-29	Cause Of Sexual Thought	4:08
CD8-30	Mechanics Of Pornography	3:09
CD8-31	Goodnight	0:44
	Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 2
CD9-01	California Drought	2:20
CD9-02	War, Famine, Death, AIDS	1:43
CD9-03	George Bush Is A Demon	4:26
CD9-04	I'm The Sixth Largest Army	3:32
CD9-05	We Call Them Boogers	4:04
CD9-06	I'm Yul Brynner And I'm Dead Now	6:00
CD9-07	Auditions For Your Freedom	10:09
CD9-08	Where's My Commercial?	3:45
CD9-09	Pot Is A Better Drug Than Alcohol	5:22
CD9-10	I'm Bill And I'm A Pussyholic	3:12
CD9-11	Musicians Today Suck	2:57
CD9-12	Thong Bathing Suits	4:26
CD9-13	Sexual Thoughts	4:41
CD9-14	You Need Fresh Towel?	7:12
CD9-15	The Guys Have Their Fingers Crossed	4:43
	Early Bill Hicks (Amarillo '85)
CD10-01	William Melvin Hicks	5:31
CD10-02	You Look Like A Pretzel, Dad	2:40
CD10-03	My Mom Has Weird Logic	4:12
CD10-04	Christmas Gifts	1:30
CD10-05	I Drive A Chevette	4:17
CD10-06	Women Are Weird	6:40
CD10-07	I Live In Houston	4:32
CD10-08	Working At A Ladies' Shoe Store	4:46
CD10-09	Jews Are Badass	1:47
CD10-10	Studying Philosophy	2:47
CD10-11	Southern Christians	3:24
CD10-12	My Mom's Favorite Bit	2:21
CD10-13	The Door Is Locked!	3:55
CD10-14	Possum Queen	2:41
CD10-15	Sexpert	1:50
CD10-16	Henry Lee Lucas	3:54
CD10-17	Men Hate Cats	2:37
CD10-18	The Smoking Section	3:18
CD10-19	I'm A Nice Psycho	3:56
CD10-20	Follow The Yellow Brick Road	6:18
CD10-21	A Mouse Stole My Coke	4:09
	Queen's Theatre Early Show
CD11-01	L.A. Burns To The Ground	1:43
CD11-02	Magic Baton Theory	3:09
CD11-03	Jackie's Pink Dress	2:00
CD11-04	The Future Enemy	4:37
CD11-05	Sharon Stone's Pussy	5:52
CD11-06	U.S. Vs. U.K.	6:58
CD11-07	Let's Get To The Dick Jokes	6:33
CD11-08	Fundamentalist Christians	7:38
CD11-09	A Dead Guy Covered In Urine	8:41
CD11-10	Stop Your Internal Dialog	5:59
CD11-11	The Door Is A Jar	4:43
CD11-12	Positive Drug Stories	4:12
CD11-13	Rock Against Drugs	2:24
CD11-14	Nothing But Air	3:55
CD11-15	Bill, You Are Goat Boy	5:37
	Queen's Theatre Late Show
CD12-01	The Rodney King Tape	5:20
CD12-02	Kennedy Assassination Theories	4:00
CD12-03	Head And Chips	5:56
CD12-04	Bill Hicks Polled Me	5:59
CD12-05	Jaded Goat Boy	2:23
CD12-06	Christ's Bogus Adventure	6:42
CD12-07	I'm Bill Hicks	8:02
CD12-08	Marijuana Should Be Mandatory	9:31
CD12-09	Cavemen On Mushrooms	4:42
CD12-10	The Beatles Were So High	1:15
CD12-11	I Have Sucked Satan's Pecker	2:36
CD12-12	The War Against Drugs	6:40
CD12-13	That's America	6:11
CD12-14	Goat Children	4:09
	The Video Collection
DVD1-01	Live At Comix Annex, Houston '81	20:43
DVD1-02	Live At Comix Annex, Houston '84	18:50
DVD1-03	Live In Indianapolis '85	37:37
DVD1-04	Live At Comix Annex, Houston '86, Show 1	19:54
DVD1-05	Live At Comix Annex, Houston '86, Show 2	26:14
DVD1-06	The Early Years TV Interview	1:57
DVD1-07	The Outlaw Comics	5:11
DVD1-08	The Outlaw Comics Interview	13:11
DVD2-01	Sane Man, Austin '89	1:20:49
DVD2-02	Live At Funny Firm, Chicago '89	1:04:35
DVD3-01	Live At Loonees, Colorado Springs '90	1:16:19
DVD3-02	Live At Igby's, Los Angeles '90	59:52
DVD3-03	Live At Igby's, Los Angeles '93	1:04:24
DVD4-01	Relentless	1:00:45
DVD4-02	Reflections	1:23:13
DVD4-03	One Night Stand	28:28
DVD4-04	Ninja Bachelor Party	30:41
DVD5-01	Live At Zanies, Nashville '91	1:18:15
DVD5-02	Live At Punch Line, San Francisco '91	1:18:56
DVD6-01	Totally Bill Hicks	1:56:30
DVD6-02	Live At The Laff Stop, Austin, November '91	11:56
DVD6-03	Live At The Laff Stop, Austin, December '92	20:23
DVD6-04	Live At The Laff Stop, Austin, June '93	18:48
DVD6-05	Live At The Laff Stop, Austin, October '93	39:41

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Comedy Dynamics
Copyright © – Comedy Dynamics

Credits

Creative Director – Paul Grosso (tracks: CD05, CD06)
Design – Gregorio Gonzalez, Gregorio Gonzalez (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), John Brown (24)
Edited By [Assistant] – Sam Smith (13) (tracks: CD03)
Edited By, Engineer [Mixing] – Fred Remmert (tracks: CD04)
Engineer – John Etchells (tracks: CD05, CD06)
Engineer [Additional Audio] – Tyler Whitlatch
Engineer [Additional] – Tyler Whitlatch (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12)
Executive-Producer – Mary Reese Hicks (tracks: CD01, CD02, CD07, CD08), Peter Casperson (tracks: CD03, CD04, CD05, CD06), Steven Saporta (tracks: CD03, CD04, CD05, CD06)
Executive-Producer [Senior] – Mary Reese Hicks* (tracks: CD05, CD06)
Mastered By – Eddie Garcia (tracks: CD04), Jeff Lipton (tracks: CD05, CD06)
Mastered By, Edited By – Jeff Lipton (tracks: CD07, CD08)
Mixed By, Edited By – Joel Soyffer (tracks: CD03)
Producer – Brian Volk-Weiss, Brian Volk-Weiss (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), Jack Vaughn, Jack Vaughn (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), Jeff Rougvie (tracks: CD05, CD06, CD07, CD08), Lynn Hicks, Lynn Hicks (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), Mary Hicks (2), Mary Hicks (2) (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), Michael Epstein (5), Michael Epstein (5) (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12), Peter Casperson (tracks: CD03), Steve Hicks (4), Steve Hicks (4) (tracks: CD09, CD10, CD11, CD12)
Producer [Associate] – Laughing Stock Productions (tracks: CD05, CD06)
Producer, Engineer [Live Recording] – Kevin Booth (tracks: CD04)
Producer, Engineer, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion – Kevin Booth (tracks: CD01)
Producer, Engineer, Drums, Effects, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion – Kevin Booth (tracks: CD02)
Recorded By [Live] – Matt Hathaway (tracks: CD03), Nancy Albino (tracks: CD03)

Notes

12 CD, 6 DVD collection. CDs and DVDs in separate fold-out packages in one flip-top box. Contains a 48-page photo book as well.

On Disc 1, the packaging mistakenly numbers tracks 1-30 and then 25-30 again rather than 31-36.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 05438 04642 1
Matrix / Runout (Disc01): #10109 RENT IN E-MINOR
Matrix / Runout (Disc02): #10113 ARIZONA BAY
Matrix / Runout (Disc03): #10112 DANGEROUS
Matrix / Runout (Disc04): #10108 RELENTLESS
Matrix / Runout (Disc05): #10107 SALVATION PART 1
Matrix / Runout (Disc06): #10114 SALVATION PART 2 +12/16/61
Matrix / Runout (Disc07): #10110 LOVE, LAUGHTER AND TRUTH
Matrix / Runout (Disc08): #10111 FLYING SAUCER TOUR VOL.1
Matrix / Runout (Disc09): #10103 FLYING SAUCER TOUR VOL.2
Matrix / Runout (Disc10): #10104 EARLY BILL HICKS
Matrix / Runout (Disc11): #10106 QUEEN'S THEATRE EARLY SHOW
Matrix / Runout (Disc12): #10105 QUEEN'S THEATRE LATE SHOW
Matrix / Runout (DVD01): #10115 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 1 L0 #10115 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 1 L1
Matrix / Runout (DVD02): #10116 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 2 L0 #10116 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 2 L1
Matrix / Runout (DVD03): #10117 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 3 L0 #10117 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 3 L1
Matrix / Runout (DVD04): #10118 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 4 L0 #10118 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 4 L1
Matrix / Runout (DVD05): #10119 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 5 L0 #10119 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 5 L1
Matrix / Runout (DVD06): #10120 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 6 L0 #10120 BILL HICKS THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DISC 6 L1

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Reviews

jondica Mar 26, 2016
Via Steve Hicks, a good breakdown of what's included:

***12 Audio CDs***
1) Arizona Bay
2) Love, Laughter and Truth
3) Salvation Part 1
4A) Salvation Part 2
4B) 12/16/61 (an EP previously released digitally only in 2011 to commemorate what would have been Bill's 50th birthday)
5) Amarillo, Texas 1985 (previously unreleased, Bill was 23 years old)
6) Rant in E-Minor
7) Relentless
8) Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1
9) Dangerous
10) Flying Saucer Vol. 2 (previously unreleased show from San Ramon, California 1992)
11) Queen's Theatre Early Show (previously unreleased show from Bill's UK tour, 1991)
12) Queen's Theatre Late Show (previously unreleased, same as CD11)

***6 DVDs***
1A) Houston, Texas, 1981
1B) Houston, 1984
1C) Indianapolis, Indiana 1985
1D) Houston 1986, Show 1
1E) Houston 1986, Show 2
1F) TV Interview-Early Years
1G) The Outlaw Comics Interview
2A) Sane Man 1989
2B) Chicago, Funny Farm 1989 (previously unreleased)
3A) Colorado Springs, Loonees 1990 (previously unreleased)
3B) Los Angeles, Igby's 1990 (previously unreleased)
3C) Los Angeles, Igby's 1993 (previously unreleased but has been heavily bootlegged on YouTube as "Bill's Last Performance" - this version has better video quality)
4A) Relentless
4B) Reflections (30-minute documentary that played before Relentless when it was in movie theatres in the US in April 2015 - it's me telling stories and talking about Bill, interspersed with pictures and videos of Bill)
4C) One Night Stand
4D) Ninja Bachelor Party
5A) Nashville, Tennessee, Zanies 1991 (previously unreleased)
5B) San Francisco, Punch Line 1991 (previously unreleased)
6A) Totally Bill Hicks:
1. It’s Just a Ride (documentary)
2. Revelations
6B) Clips, not whole shows, from Austin, Texas, The Austin Bootleg Series:
1. November 1991
2. December 1992
3. June 1993
4. October 1993

The menu music on each of the DVDs is more of Bill's songs. Here are the song titles for each disc:.
DVD 1 - Don't Think I Didn't Love You
DVD 2 - Fly Home Little Bird
DVD 3 - Nothing I Can Do
DVD 4 - Someday
DVD 5 - Moon Is Smiling (Extended Version)
DVD 6 - Worth The Wait (Instrumental)

***Photo Book***
This is just a nice little bonus feature. 40+ pages of Bill photos covering his entire life - some of these have been out there in the world and you may have seen them, but some are here for the first time.