I am most apologetic for doing this to you, folks, but I've always felt this should be an annual thing. Trouble is, there is very little new material to keep it lively (help us out here, Joanna!), so all that we'll learn, really, is how OUR tastes may have changed, or how few people will take part in the quiet times.
I'm not quite ready to launch into JNST3 just yet, but want to prepare by making sure I have all the eligible songs.
Here's the list so far, listed in (approximate) numerical order of release - or where no official release is available, of (earliest known) performance date. (The actual song tournament, however, is not about individual recordings, but about the songs - so although En Gallop!, for instance, is listed under Walnut Whales, you will be encouraged to vote in accordance with whichever version you like the best, be it the early Walnut Whales version, the professional Milk-Eyed Mender one, or any of the live bootlegs you may have heard. The same goes for all the songs (I just picked the best one as an example ... but I promise I won't try to influence you at all once the thing starts). Entries in italics are included for reference only: I've excluded compilations which do not add to the sum total of JN songs. This list is put up for you to add to before we get underway, as I always seem to forget something.
WALNUT WHALES (2002)
001. Erin
002. Cassiopeia
003. Peach, Plum, Pear
004. Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie
005. Flying A Kite
006. The Fray
007. En Gallop!
008. The Book Of Right-On
ONE PIECE FROM THE MIDDLE (2002) – The Pleased
009. One Horse
010. Swift Nude
011. If You Can Afford It
012. No Style
013. Another Disaster
014. Let Go
015. The Conversation
016. Intermission
017. About Me
018. I'm Already Gone
019. Orange Peter
020. Secret
021. R.U. In
022. Exit
LET MY BURDEN BE (Oct 2002) – Golden Shoulders
024. Do You Know Who You Are?
025. Bring Me Down
026. The Honey, The Power, The Light
027. Sympathy
YARN AND GLUE (2003)
028. Sprout and the Bean
029. This Side Of The Blue
030. Yarn And Glue
031. What We Have Known
032. Bridges And Balloons
DON’T MAKE THINGS (2003) – The Pleased
Already Gone [renamed and re-recorded version of #018]
033. We Are the Doctor
034. No Style
035. If You Can Afford It
036. Wake Up Instead
037. Never Come Home
038. I the Province
039. About Me
040. One Horse
041. Another Disaster
042. Oh Canada
043. Don't Make Things
044. Orange Peter
045. Orderly Manor
NRVSCP (Nov 2003) – Nervous Cop
046. Setting the Bushes on Fire
047. Rice Precipitation
048. Nonrum Nonproblem
049. Get Wolf Boy and Get in Context
050. Ill Pearls
051. Franks vs Frank
052. Colorchains of Inner Space
053. Nuflesh, Old Thirst
054. Pow Strikes Pow Implosion
055. Hawk Feeds You to Feed Itself
THE MILK-EYED MENDER (Mar 2004)
Bridges And Balloons
Sprout and the Bean
The Book of Right-On
056. Sadie
057. Inflammatory Writ
This Side of the Blue
"En Gallop"
Cassiopeia
Peach, Plum, Pear
058. Swansea
059. Three Little Babes
Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie
VETIVER (May 2004) – Vetiver
060. Amerilie
Unreleased (2004) – Vetiver, Joanna Newson, Andy Cabic, Devendra Banhart
061. Amour Fou
Unreleased (Jun 2004)
062. Prepared Harp Improv.
Unreleased (2004) – Joanna Newsom, Smog & Weird War
063. Ring The Living Bell
Unreleased (Nov 2004)
064. Man’s Road
SPROUT AND THE BEAN (Nov 2004)
Sprout And The Bean
What We Have Known
Unreleased (Dec 2004)
065. Ring The Living Bell
Unreleased (Jan 2005)
066. Angel
067. Little Wing
A RIVER AIN’T TOO MUCH TO LOVE (May 2005) - Smog
068. Rock Bottom Riser
LOOKAFTERING (Oct 2005) – Vashti Bunyan
069. Against The Sky
070. If I Were
Unreleased (Nov 2006)
071. Ca’ The Yowes To The Knowes
YS (Nov 2006)
072. Emily
073. Monkey & Bear
074. Sawdust & Diamonds
075. Only Skin [previously circulated as Be A Woman]
076. Cosmia
COLLEEN (Apr 2007) – Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band
077. Colleen
Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
Cosmia
WOKE ON A WHALEHEART (Apr 2007) - Bill Callaghan
078. The Wheel
Unreleased (Apr 2007) – Bill Callaghan
079. Sycamore
080. River Guard
ELEVEN CONTINENTS (Jul 2007) – RF & Lili De La Mora
081. Through The Trees
082. Eleven Continents
083. Lifetime
Unreleased (Jan 2008) – Kevin Barker, Joanna Newsom
084. Same Old Man
INCREDIBAD (Feb 2009) – The Lonely Island
085. Ras Trent
APTOS (Mar 2009) – The Moore Brothers
086. Good Heart, Money And Rain
GET REASONABLE (May 2009) – Golden Shoulders
087. Mountain
HAVE ONE ON ME (Feb 2010)
088. Easy
089. Have One On Me
090. ’81
091. Good Intentions Paving Company
092. No Provenance
093. Baby Birch
094. On A Good Day
095. You and Me, Bess
096. In California
097. Jackrabbits
098. Go Long
099. Occident
100. Soft As Chalk
101. Esme
102. Autumn
103. Ribbon Bows [previously circulated as Barbara or Heart To Task]
104. Kingfisher
105. Does Not Suffice (In California, Refrain)
Unreleased (Aug 2010) – Robin Pecknold, Joanna Newsom
106. Picture
THE FAMILY JAMS (Apr 2011, recorded 2004?) – Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vetiver
107. Dreams
Unreleased (2011)
108. This Is Just To Say
WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN (Jul 2011)
What We Have Known
Unreleased (Nov 2011) – Roy Harper, Joanna Newsom
109. Another Day
THE MUPPETS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (Nov 2011) – The Muppets
110. The Muppet Show Theme
Unreleased PORTLANDIA (Feb 2012)
111. Tom Bombadil
HARPFELT CONNECTIONS (Mar 2012, recorded 1999?)
112. Instrumental 1999
Unreleased (June 2012) – Philip Glass, Joanna Newsom, Tim Fain
113. France
114. The Orchard
115. The French Lieutenant Dreams {Joanna Newsom, Tim Fain}
116. The Diver’s Wife [aka Diver] {Joanna Newsom}
Unreleased (Oct 2012)
117. Look And Despair
WE THE COMMON (Feb 2013) – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
118. Kindness Be Conceived
Unreleased (Mar 2013)
119. The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
WHY DO BIRDS SUDDENLY APPEAR (Mar 2013, though dated 2012)– Hard Skin feat. Joanna Newsom
120. The Man Who Ran The Town