Every incarnation of Bee Thousand, leading up to its release in May 1994 (mk. VIb). These song lists represent all the songs and sequences considered for the album. You'll need to scroll right to see them all...

mk. I: All That Glue (Revolution Boy) mk. II: Instructions to the Rusty Time Machine 2LP mk. III: Instructions to the Rusty Time Machine mk. IV: Bee Thousand mk. V: Bee Thousand (Hardcore UFOs) mk. VIa/b: Bee Thousand
song eventually released on... FJSC: Fast Japanese Spin Cycle EP   KS: King Shit and the Golden Boys (Box)   
NIMAF: Not in My Air Force   SC: Suitcase   SHB: Sunfish Holy Breakfast ep   TDC: Bee Thousand The Director's Cut

Side 1
1. Greenface KS
2. Postal Blowfish KS
3. Queen of Cans and Jars
4. Twig TDC
5. Why Did You Land? SC
6. Smothered in Hugs
7. Bite KS
8. Shit Midas SC
9. Stabbing a Star SHB

Side 2
1. Crunch Pillow KS
2. Crayola [aka "Parakeet Troopers"] NIMAF
3. Hello Song unreleased
4. Indian Was an Angel KS
5. Scissors KS
6. 2nd Moves to Twin KS
7. Way to a Man's Heart TDC
8. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory

(Director's Cut sequence)
Side 1
1. Demons Are Real
2. Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster KS
3. Postal Blowfish KS
4. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
5. At Odds with Dr. Genesis KS
6. Hot Freaks
7. Queen of Cans and Jars
8. Bite KS
9. It’s Like Soul Man [4trk version] TDC

Side 2
1. Supermarket the Moon SC
2. Stabbing a Star SHB
3. Ester’s Day
4. Her Psychology Today
5. Good for a Few Laughs SC
6. Smothered in Hugs
7. What Are We Coming Up To? SC
8. Peep-hole

Side 3
1. Hello Song unreleased
2. Indian Was an Angel KS
3. Zoning the Planet [aka “Dank Star Ground Control”] SC
4. Scissors KS
5. Crayola [aka "Parakeet Troopers"] NIMAF
6. Kicker of Elves
7. 2nd Moves to Twin KS
8. I’ll Buy You a Bird [aka “Tobacco’s Last Stand”] SC
Side 4
1. Awful Bliss
2. Echoes Myron
3. Why Did You Land? [4 trk version] SC
4. You’re Not an Airplane
5. Crunch Pillow KS
6. Rainbow Billy SC
7. Tractor Rape Chain
8. Crocker’s Favorite Song KS

Side 1
1. Demons Are Real
2. Postal Blowfish KS
3. Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
4. Queen of Cans and Jars
5. Bite KS
6. Awful Bliss
7. Stabbing a Star SHB
8. Her Psychology Today
9. Good for a Few Laughs SC
10. Smothered in Hugs
11. Crunch Pillow KS

Side 2
1. Hello Song unreleased
2. Indian Was an Angel KS
3. Scissors KS
4. Crayola [aka "Parakeet Troopers"] NIMAF
5. 2nd Moves to Twin KS
6. Tractor Rape Chain
7. Why Did You Land? SC
8. Echoes Myron
9. Kicker of Elves

Side 1
1. Demons Are Real
2. Echoes Myron
3. Ester's Day
4. 2nd Moves to Twin KS
5. Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster KS
6. Don't Stop Now KS
7. Postal Blowfish KS
8. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
9. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
10. It's Like Soul Man TDC
11. Peep-Hole

Side 2
1. Bite KS
2. Hot Freaks
3. Scissors KS
4. Indian Was an Angel KS
5. Awful Bliss
6. Smothered in Hugs
7. Kicker of Elves
8. Queen of Cans and Jars
9. Crayola [aka "Parakeet Troopers"] NIMAF
10. Please Freeze Me KS
11. Tractor Rape Chain

Side 1
1. Unleashed! [rough version] unreleased
2. Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster KS
3. Dusted [solo version] FJSC*
4. I'll Buy You a Bird [aka "Tobacco's Last Stand"] SC
5. Break Even [rough version] TDC
6. At Odds with Dr. Genesis KS
7. Hot Freaks
8. Shocker in Gloomtown [rough version] TDC
9. Ester's Day
10. Perch Warble SC*
11. Kisses to the Crying Cooks FJSC*

Side 2
1. Zoning the Planet [aka "Dank Star Ground Control"] SC
2. The Hard Way [solo version] unreleased
3. Navy Girl Song [solo version of "If We Wait"] unreleased
4. Taco, Buffalo, Birddog and Jesus SC*
5. You're Not an Airplane
6. Peep-Hole
7. Rainbow Billy SC
8. The Future is in Eggs [instrumental] SC*

Side 1
1. Hardcore UFOs
2. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
3. Tractor Rape Chain
4. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
5. Hot Freaks
6. Smothered in Hugs
7. Echoes Myron / Yours to Keep
8b. Echoes Myron

Side 2
1. Gold Star for Robot Boy
2. Awful Bliss
3. Scissors KS / Mincer Ray
4. A Big Fan of the Pig Pen
5. Queen of Cans and Jars
6. Her Psychology Today
7. Kicker of Elves
8. Ester's Day
9. Demons Are Real
10. I Am a Scientist
11. Peep-Hole
12. You're Not an Airplane

A couple of these tracks should not really be considered "Bee Thousand" outtakes because they were recorded at sessions for earlier albums:

Note that there is not even one song that appears consistently in each incarnation of the album!

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