August and Everything After- Promo CD:
Probably the oldest promo item for the band. Distributed by the record company when they released the first CD. Comes with a News article saying lots of good things about August and Everything After.

A Murder of One - Promo Tape
1- A Murder of One
2- Mr Jones
Cassette single released at the same time as August & Everything After.
Two interesting facts: the main track is A murder of One, not Mr Jones... and, the sleeve says we can get a $1 discount if we show this tape before buying August. I don't know if this still works!

Mr Jones - 1 Track Promo CD - PRO CD 4588
1- Mr Jones (LP Version)
No sleeve!

Mr. Jones - Promo CD - PRO CD 4588
1- Mr Jones (LP Version)

Round Here - 2 tracks Promo CD - PROCD 4646
1- Round Here (Edit)
2- Round Here (LP Version)
No front sleeve
The "Edit" Version is 11 seconds shorter than the LP one... which is exactly the length of the blank part before the music begins!

Rain King - 1 track Promo CD: - CROW 2
1- Rain king (LP Version)
No sleeve!

Recovering the Satelittes - Promo CD
1- Catapult
2- Angels of the Silences
3- Daylight Fading
4- Goodnight Elisabeth
5- A Long December
Excerpts (short ones, no longer than 2 minutes for each track) from the record.


Angels of the silences - 1 track promo - PROCD 1002
1- Angels of the silences (LP Version)

Daylight Fading - 1 track Promo - PROCD 1092
1- Daylight Fading (LP Version).
No front sleeve!

A Long December - 1 Track Promo

1- A Long December (LP Version)
Exist with (PROCD 1052) or without cardboard sleeve (WGFSTD 22190) (the one with sleeve is a Picture CD).

Across a Wire - Advanced CD

Exactly the same as the official double CD (even including Chelsea) without any artwork nor sleeve. CDs say: "Intimately Acoustic" for the first one and "Intensely Electric" for the second.

Second version... without any sleeve.

Mr Jones - 1 track promo - UMD 70805
1- Mr. Jones

This Desert Life - Advanced CD
Exactly the same as the official CD,except that it comes in a slim jewelcase, with a different design on the CD itself!.

I own a second promo CD, from Canada, without any artwork, only the song titles and legal notices.

I also own a Japanese promo tape! Both the CDs have the extra track Kids' things, the tape hasn't!

This Desert Life - German Promo leaflet
Nice color leaflt including a biography and some information about the release of This Desert Life in Germany. Comes with a 5 tracks CD 5 (Hanginaround, Mrs Potter's Lullabye, Four days, All my friends and I wish I was a girl). I have a second version of this CD, without the leaflet!

Counting Crows 1993-1999
Promo CD for radios only, comes from UK.
1- Hanginaround
2- Round Here
3- Mrs Potter's Lullabye
4- Daylight Fading
5- All my friends
6- Mr Jones


Hanginaround - Promo - 497 147-2
1- Hanginaround

Hanginaround - Promo Acetate
1- Hanginaround
This comes from UK and is supposed to be rare!

Hanginaround - Mexican Promo - CDP 422-2
1- Hanginaround

Live at the Fox Theatre
1- Mercury
2- Omaha
3- Another Horsedreamer's Blues
4- Goodnight Elisabeth

Four live tracks recorded in Boulder, Colorado on the 17th of August 1999... Tracks 1, 2 and 4 appear on the Hanginaround singles.


Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Promo - 497 311-2 and INTR-10059-2
1- Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
2- (Part 1)
3- (Part 2)

Three pseudo versions of the track - two short ones and the full song!
Exists under two formats (Normal and slim jewelcase!).

All my friends - 1 Track Promo - INTR 10171-2
1- All my friends
No front sleeve!

All my friends - 1 Track German Promo - CROWPR01
1- All my friends
Same as the former one, but with a nice artwork and a small text (in German) about the song and the album.

European Summer Tour 2000 Commemorative sampler
1- Mr Jones - Magness Arena Denver 02/12/99
2- Hanginaround - Hammerstein Ballroom NY 07/11/99
3- Four Days - Magness Arena Denver 02/12/99
4- Daylight Fading - Hammerstein Ballroom NY 07/11/99
5- Omaha - Fox theatre Boulder 17/08/99
6- Have you seen me lately? - Hammerstein Ballroom NY 07/11/99

Six live tracks (most of these unreleased!) released to promote their tour on our continent... Great version of Have you seen me lately?


American Girls - Promo - INTR 10753-2
1- American Girls (Radio Edit)
2- American Girls
First Promo single from Hard Candy... Two versions of this song, one is shorter than the other one! I have three versions of this promo CD, two 2-tracks CD (in two different Jewelcases) and one with only the radio Edit.

American Girls - German Promo? - CCCDP1
1- American Girls (Radio Edit)
2- American Girls
Same as the former one but in a slim jewelcase and accompanied by some words in German.

American Girls - UK Promo - LC 07266
1- American Girls (Radio Edit)
Same as the German promo but with only one track (the short one!)

Hard Candy - 15 Tracks Promo CD
1- Miami
2- Hard Candy
3- American Girls
4- Good Time
5- If if could give all
6- Goodnight LA
7- Butterfly
8- New Frontier
9- Carraige
10- Black and Blue
11- Wht should you come
12- Up all night
13- Holiday in Spain
14- Miami (VX+ C2 & Outro)
15- Goin' down to New York
One of the numerous promo CDs DGC sent everywhere before the release of Hard Candy. Note the misprints on some of the track names (I deliberately left these) and the track listing is slightly different. There's a second (not much different) version of Miami and the song which is featured on the Mr Deeds soundtrack.

Hard Candy - Promo
Another version of this advanced CD with a different artwork.

Miami - 2 Tracks Promo - INTR 10830-2
1- Miami (Radio Edit)
2- Miami (LP Version)
Two versions of this song, the radio edit being much shorter than the LP version... Strangely the sentence "I'm too drunk to fuck" has been edited!

Big Yellow Taxi Promo 1 track - INTR-10867-2
1- Big Yellow Taxi (featuring Vanessa Carlton)

Big Yellow Taxi Promo 2 tracks - INTR-10897-2
1- Big Yellow Taxi
2- Big Yellow Taxi (featuring Vanessa Carlton)

Big Yellow Taxi European 1 track promo
1- Big Yellow Taxi (featuring Vanessa Carlton)
I have 4 different promo singles from 4 diferent countries!
UK (CC4) with a sticker explaining it is an hidden track on Hard Candy and giving the song history and the tour dates for their UK January 2003 Tour
Germany (No reference)
Spain (M-6647-2003), cardbordsleeve with an additional print: Tema principal de la pelicula "Amor con Preaviso"
France (3015), with some words in French on the back of the cardboard sleeve about the movie Two weeks notice.

If I could give all my love - 1 track Promo - CC5
1- If I could give all my love

She don't want nobody near - 1 Track promo - GEFR-11053-2
1- She don't want nobody near

She don't want nobody near - 1 Track promo - No reference
1- She don't want nobody near (Rough Mix -Unmastered)

Hanginaround '04 - 2 tracks promo CD- 9861994
1- Hanginaround '04 (Rock Mix)
2- Hanginaround (Album Version)