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This index features only vinyl and includes unofficial releases; this index will not include re-pressings of official releases unless they’re significantly different or contain different tracks.

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B. Unofficial Releases

1. Germs ‎– Cruising Studio Sessions
Label: Bandwagon Records
Catalog Number: none
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 1/3 RPM, EP
Released: 1980

Notes: Officially unreleased tracks produced by Jack Nitzsche. Limited to 500 copies.

Tracklist
A1 ‎– Throw It Away
A2 ‎– Not All Right
B1 ‎– Now I Hear The Laughter
B2 ‎– Going Down

2. The Germs ‎– What God Means To Me…
Label: not on label
Catalog Number: none
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single
Released: 1991

Notes: Four apparent versions of this bootleg were issued: tan colored cover with light blue labels, light blue colored cover with blue labels, light blue colored cover with red labels, and light blue colored cover with white labels.

Tracklist
A ‎– No God
B ‎– Lion’s Share

3. The Germs ‎– What We Do Is Bootleg!
Label: Ghost O’Darb Records
Catalog Number: none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1992

Notes: Side A is studio recordings, side B consists of excerpts from the film “The Decline Of Western Civilization”, as well as their last live show at Starwood.

Tracklist
A1 ‎– My Tunnel
A2 ‎– Throw It Away
A3 ‎– Not All Right
A4 ‎– Now I Hear The Laughter
A5 ‎– Going Down
A6 ‎– Lions Share
A7 ‎– Caught In My Eye
A8 ‎– Round And Round
B1 ‎– Nicole (Germs’ Manager) Speaks
B2 ‎– Manimal
B3 ‎– Public Image
B4 ‎– Strange Notes
B5 ‎– Shutdown
B6 ‎– Richie Dagger’s Crime

4. The Germs (GI) ‎– The Germs (GI)
Label: CRASH! Records
Catalog Number: CRASH! 001
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP
Released: 1992

Notes: Collects the ‘Tooth & Nail’ comp LP tracks. Numbered edition of 500 [?].

Tracklist
A ‎– Manimal
B1 ‎– Dragon Lady
B2 ‎– Strange Notes

5. The Germs ‎– At The Masque
Label: not on label
Catalog Number: none
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP
Released: 1998

Notes: Recorded Live at The Masque in Los Angeles on February 24, 1978. Limited to 200 numbered copies.

Tracklist
A1 ‎– Let’s Pretend
A2 ‎– No God
A3 ‎– The Slave
B1 ‎– Shutdown
B2 ‎– Hang On To Yourself
B3 ‎– Forming