i. The front page

ii. Guide to The Files

- Introduction to the sections.

iii. Index

- this page!

Blackening Pages

This section is growing all the time. Check the actual contents on the sub-index page.

Leonard Cohen's Songs

Remastered albums:

Three first albums (Spring 2007)

Original albums of Leonard Cohen:

Song Index and links to lyrics
The Songs Of Leonard Cohen 1967
Songs From A Room 1969
Songs Of Love And Hate 1971
Live Songs 1973
New Skin For The Old Ceremony 1974
Death Of A Ladies' Man 1977
Recent Songs 1979
Various Positions 1985
I'm Your Man 1988
The Future 1992
Cohen Live 1994
Field Commander Cohen - Tour of 1979 2001
Ten New Songs 2001
Dear Heather 2004

Albums of Anjani:

Blue Alert 2006/2007
Book of Longing 2007 by Glass/Cohen

Greatest Hits/Best of compilations:

Greatest Hits/The Best of Leonard Cohen 1975
More Best Of Leonard Cohen 1997
The Essential Leonard Cohen 2002

Index Page of "The Essential" Section
Mojo Presents... And Introduction to Leonard Cohen 2003

Other compilations:

CD compilations
So Long Marianne, Highlights, Leonard Cohen Takes Manhattan, Los 60 de los 60

LP compilations
Historia de la Musica Rock, FL Edition Speciale, Liebesträume, Top Artists of Pop Music, Star Sound Collection, Scoop (EP), Leonard Cohen Songbook

Singles and promos:

7" and 12" vinyl singles
CD singles and CD promos

Authorized live recordings of Leonard Cohen:

Isle of Wight Rock festival 1970
Do I have to dance all night/The Butcher. Paris 1976
Columbia Radio Hour. Los Angeles 1993

Guest appearances of Leonard Cohen: Poets in New York
Other guest appearances:

The Earl Scruggs revue (1974
Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)
Are you okay? (1990)
Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus (1992)
Elton John: Duets (1993)
Paul Shaffer & The Party Boys of Rock'n Roll: 1999

Songs written by Leonard Cohen but recorded only by other artists

Bootlegs (Live albums)

Bootlegs from 60's and 70's
Bootlegs from the 80's
Bootlegs from the 90's

Russian counterfeits (before "Ten New Songs")
Russian counterfeits (after "Ten New Songs")

Songbooks:

Sheet music and anthologies
Selection of Album songbooks

Master Poems

Six Montreal Poets (1957)
Canadian Poets 1 (1966)
More poetry on records
Poems recorded by other artists

The Filmography

A. Cohen songs on the soundtracks:

Leonard Cohen's songs on soundtracks - list of more than 40 films
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Kiss the Sky

B. Documentaries:

Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965)
Bird on a wire (1974)
Song of Leonard Cohen by Harry Rasky (1980)
Songs from the life of Leonard Cohen (1988)
Leonard Cohen. Spring 1996. A portrait by Armelle Brusq (1997)
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. A tribute by Lian Lunson (2005)
Leonard Cohen Under Review 1934-1977 (2007) and 1978-2006 (2008)

C.Short films, special appearances, etc.:

Comprehensive list of short films, Cohen's guest appearances, document footage, and some concert compilations.
In Short - a collection of four shortfilms (1996)

D. Musicals etc.:

Night Magic
Night Magic - remastered soundtrack album
I am a Hotel

E. Concert footage:

Rockpop Special, Germany 1979
San Sebastian, Spain 1988
Austin City Limits, USA 1988 and 1993.

F. Video Clips:

Promotional Song Videos

G. Narrated by Leonard Cohen:

The Tibetan Book of Dead

H. Films based on Cohen's novels:

The Favourite Game, Canada 2003

Tributes and covers

A. Covers of the songs of Leonard Cohen - The most complete listing so far - 1500 songs!

B. Famous cover versions: Judy Collins

C. Tribute and cover albums:

Jennifer Warnes
Jenny & Lenny (large picture)
Cohen på norsk (Norway)
Maciej Zembaty (Poland)
I’m your fan (Tribute album)
Tower of song (tribute album)
Juraj Kukura (the Czech republic)
Graeme Allwright and Francoise Hardy (France)
Enrique Morente: Omega (tribute to Lorca & Cohen; Spain)
Daniele Pascal: Dance me to the end of love (South Africa)
Tom Northcott: The Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen (Canada)
Juergen Jaensch: Ich Kenne Deine Träume (Germany)
Pierre Ström sings songs of Leonard Cohen (Sweden)
Kern András: Engem vársz (Hungary)
Ibrica Jusic: Hazarder (Croatia)
Daiano: Io come chiunque (sulla pista di Cohen) (Italy)
Valur Snaer Gunnarsson: Valur og regnulpurnar - Reykjavik er köld (Iceland)
Chelsea Hotel: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen by Mean Larry & Friends
Mats Klingström: Jag är din man (Sweden)
Mathys Roets: Hy's Ons Man (South Africa)
Red: Songs from a room (France)
Enya & Leonard Cohen (USA)
Jan Erik Lundqvist: Leonard Cohen på svenska (Sweden)
John Bergeron: In the House of Mystery & In the House of Mystery Unplugged (USA)
Various Artists: A vendégek - Leonard Cohen dalai (Hungary)
Various Artists På danske laeber (Denmark)
Democracy: Judy Collins sings Leonard Cohen (USA)
Orlandi & Poltronieri: Comme traduire...L. Cohen (Italy)
Yasmine: Vandaag (het morgen van gisteren) & Yesterday's tomorrow (Belgium)
Blue Engine String Quartet: If it be your will (Canada)
Perla Batalla: Bird on the wire (USA)
Henk Hofstede: Yesterday's Tomorrow (Belgium)
Various Artists: Disparen a Cohen (Spain)
Various Artists: Leonard Cohen: I'm your Man soundtrack (USA)
Jorcx Interpreta Cohen (Spain)
Avalanche Quartet: Leonard Cohen Songs (Switzerland)
Monsieur Camembert: Famous Blue Cheese (Australia)
Acordes con Leonard Cohen (Spain)
+ concert photos on page 2
Pawel Orkisz: Dno serca (Poland)
Feast of Cohen - Live (Canada)
Conspiracy of Beards (USA)
Lena Måndotter (Sweden)
Will Taylor & Strings Attached (USA)

D. More remarkable covers

Esther Ofarim, Israel
Herman van Veen, Holland
Tapani Perttu, Finland
Superelvis,Spain
Farhad Mehrad, Iran
Hasse Westergård, Finland
Patricia O'Callaghan, Canada
Guns2Guitars, Israel
Nana Mouskouri France/Canada
Werner Meyer Germany

E. Covers from faraway countries

Covers from Asia: Taiwan, Korea, Iran, Japan, Israel...

Tours and Musicians

Tour 2008

The Tour Schedule
Rehearsal photos
The Tour Band

All Tours

Tours of Leonard Cohen - we list every tour and city, also all known venues and set lists!

Concert Memories

Warsaw 1985 by Daniel Wyszogrodzki
Warsaw 1985 transcription by Artur Jarocinski

Concert Photos

Paris 1972-1976 by Claude Gassian
Germany 1976-1979 by Peter Barthel
Paris 1976 by Albert Labbouz
Bruxelles 1979 by Marc Zwijsen
Edinburgh 1979 by Alan Wilson
Warsaw 1985 by Andrzej Kielbowicz
Paris 1976 by Claude Gassian
Milan 1988 by Mariano Brustio
Kalvøya 1985 by Hans Arne Nakrem
Berlin 1993 by Vlad Arghir
Milan 1993 by Thomas Krismer

Musicians

On the road with Leonard
Leonard Cohen, the Medicine Man by Tom McMorran
The story of "C" nby Anjani Thomas

The Ladies

Jennifer Warnes
Perla Batalla
Julie Christensen
Anjani Thomas
Sharon Robinson
Leanne Ungar

Leonard Cohen Bibliography

Novels and Poetry written by Leonard Cohen:

Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956)
The Spice-Box Of Earth (1961)
The Favorite Game (novel; 1963)
Flowers For Hitler (1964)
Beautiful Losers (novel; 1966)
Parasites Of Heaven (1966)
Selected Poems 1956-1968 (1968) & Poems 1956-1968 (UK 1969)
The Energy Of Slaves (1972)
Death Of A Lady's Man (1978)
Book Of Mercy (1984)
Stranger Music (1993)
Book Of Longing (2006)

Gallery of Books:

Let Us Compare Mythologies
The Spice-Box Of Earth
The Favourite Game:

Editions 1963-1980

Editions 1980-

Editions in other languages 1963-1999

Editions in other languages 2000-
Flowers for Hitler
Beautiful Losers:

Editions in English

Editions in other languages 1966-1997

Editions in other languages 1998-

Parasites of Heaven
Selected Poems 1956-1968
The Energy Of Slaves
Death Of A Lady's Man
Book Of Mercy
Stranger Music
Book Of Longing
Other collections of poems and novels:

Editions 1972-1989

Editions 1990-
Collections of song lyrics

Art Books, Books of Poetry:

Canciones by Leonard Cohen & Alberto Manzano
Credo by Leonard Cohen & Juergen Jaensch
Canzoni da una stanza tutti i testi by Leonard Cohen & Massimo Cotto
Nimm Diese Sehnsucht by Leonard Cohen & Hartmut Witte
Dance Me To The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen & Henri Matisse,
Ich kenne Deine Träume by Leonard Cohen & Juergen Jaensch
God is alive magic is afoot by Leonard Cohen, Sarah Perkins & Ian Jackson
Homage to Leonard Cohen by Elizabeth Laishley, Canada 2002

Biographies:

Leonard Cohen by Jacques Vassal
Prophet Of The Heart by Loranne S. Dorman & Clive L. Rawlins
So Long Leonard by Christof Graf
Life in Art by Ira B. Nadel
Various Positions - A Life of Leonard Cohen by Ira B Nadel
In Every Style of Passion by Jim Devlin
Partisan der Liebe by Christof Graf
Came so far for Love by Paul Barrera
Songs of a Life by Christof Graf

Critiques and Studies:

Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
The immoral moralists by Patricia A Morley
Leonard Cohen: Redescoberta da Vida e uma Alegoria a Eros by Manuel Cadafaz de Matos
Leonard Cohen And His Critics by Michael Gnarowski
Leonard Cohen by Stephen Scobie
Leonard Cohen: An Annotated Bibliography by Bruce Whiteman
Leonard Cohen and His Works by Linda Hutcheon
In Quest of Delight by Rod Sinclair
The Proceedings of the Leonard Cohen Conference, edited by E.F. Dyck
Leonard Cohen - Melodia Poética, by David F. Abel, Spain 1996
Leonard Cohen In His Own Words by Jim Devlin
The Complete Guide to the Music of Leonard Cohen by Maurice Ratcliff
Music Makers: Leonard Cohen by David Sheppard
Intricate Preparations: Writing Leonard Cohen Also published as "Essays on Canadian Writing: Leonard Cohen issue". Edited by Stephen Scobie
Three Moments of Love in Leonard Cohen and Bruce Cockburn by Paul Nonnekes
Soldado de la Vida by Alberto Manzano
Love Itself by Erling Aadland
Dylan and Cohen: Poets of Rock and Roll by David Boucher
Yesterday's Tomorrow by Marc Hendrickx & Yasmine
Leonard Cohen - Conversaciones con un superviviente by Alberto Manzano
Leonard Cohen by Gilles Tordjman
Leonard Cohen - Vertigo of Surrender by Robert Humphrey

Books about the Tours:

Recordings of Leonard Cohen 1957-86 by Gerhard Schinzel & Michael Lohse
Is This What You Wanted by Jim Devlin
Fotografii Dintr-un Concert & Kepek egy koncertrol by Vlad Arghir
The Song of Leonard Cohen by Harry Rasky1

Tribute Books:

Hadde månen en søster by Håvard Rem
Take This Waltz, 60th birthday tribute
Die Hommage/Un Hommage by Christof Graf
15dana by Tomislav Sakic (Croatia)
Mannen som förstörde mitt liv by Peter Lindforss (Sweden)

Articles and Interviews

Irving and Leonard (January 2006) by Richard Baines
70 things about Leonard Cohen at 70 (Sept 17, 2004) by Tim de Lisle
Companion to The Order of Canada (Jan 17, 2003)
Zen robes retired as singer turns 65 by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, (September 18, 1999)
The Bombay Connection Ratnesh Mathur's report from India (April 24, 1999)
Leonard Cohen in India The Times of India, February 7, 1999
The Virtueless Monk La Nazione, Florence, Nov 25, 1998
Billboard's 30th Anniversary Tribute in the Nov 28, 1998 issue
Leonard Cohen Unplugged by Pico Iyer, the Buzz Magazine, April 1998
Interview with Cohen, France Inter, Oct 6, 1997
Interview with Cohen, KCRW, Feb 18, 1997
Ordination of Cohen, Montreal Mirror
Excerpts from various interviewsNews update 1995
The Vancouver Sun, August 10, 1995
The New York Times, October 11, 1995
The Irish Times, November 3, 1995
Les Inrockuptibles, March 15, 1995
The Portuguese interview in 1994
The Q Magazine interview from 1991
How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns, by RTE Ireland (1988)

Interview with Leonard Cohen by Robert Sward, Montreal 1984
The Obscure Case of Leonard Cohen and The Mysterious Mr. M. by Bruce Pollock, After Dark, 1977
New Musical Express interview from 1972
The Sounds interview from 1971
Complexities and Mr. Cohen (1972) by Will Walker in Sounds
Cohen, Cohen, Gone (1973)by Roy Hollingworth in Melody Maker
Cohen regrets (1973)by Alastair Pirrie in New Musical Express
Cohen's new skin (1975)by Harvey Kubernil and Justin Pierce in Melody Maker
Suffering for fun and profit (1976) by Mick Brown in Sounds

Leonard Cohen and Internet

Our Very Special Guest - Leonard at our meetup in London (October 2007)
Encounter in Montreal - reported by Dick Straub, Montreal 2006
Meeting with Leonard and Anjani - reported by Kim Solez, Montreal 2005
Interview with the webmaster - how this website was born
Links to all Leonard Cohen sites and a selection of other Cohen information available on-line
Our Man On-Line. by Jarkko Arjatsalo
History of Them All. by Geoffrey Wren
Counting Down to Cohen's Return. by Sarah Elton
Leonard Cohen Redux - Angst for the memories. by Alex Beam
Bird on the wires. by Ira B. Nadel
The Digital Landmark. story of Planete Internet
Leonard in the Chatroom Transcription of Cohen's surprise visit on October 16, 2001
My Intenet - A Good Vehicle Interview with Cohen about Internet /Com!Online 2/2002)

Analysis on Cohen's Work

Tom Robbins considers The Man in the Tower
The Future
Jazz Police
Light as the Breeze
The Future (album)
Natural Born Killers
Suzanne - story of the song
The Fiction of Leonard Cohen by T F Rigelhof
Abstraction and Ambiguity in the Lyrics of Leonard Cohen by Jeffrey Side
T F Rigelhof: The Favourite Game
Waiting for the Miracle by Michael Dube
Under the Spell of Stranger Music - Paul Monk explores the depths of Cohen's lyrical Judaism
The Beautiful Losers Walkthrough - Geoffrey Wren dismantles Cohen's second novel
Ten Reasons To Toast Him On His Birthday by Stephen Scobie
The Essential Leonard Cohen by Pico Iyer
Leonard Cohen, Los Angeles 1992 by Paul Zollo
Hallelujah by Bryan Appleyard
I'm Your Man - the movie by Walter Mosley

Collectors' Corner

Cover Photo Gallery:

CD singles and promos 1988-1991

CD singles and promos 1992-1993

CD singles and promos 1994-1997

CD singles and promos 2001-

7" singles, 60's & 70's

7" singles, 80's & 90's

12" singles, 80's

Vinyl LPs with different cover art

Albums in outdated formats

Commemorative Releases and Editions:

Closing Time CD Box
Stranger Music - the numbered commemorative edition.

Special Phonograms:

Interviews on albums
Postcard singles from Poland
Amnesty International Picture Disc

Book/CD Combinations:

Sköna Förlorare - Swedish translation of Beautiful Losers with bonus CD
Leonard Cohen Live In Concert

Posters and Postcards:

The Montreal Poster by Sam Tata
More Posters -a selection of tour and promo posters
Postcards

Tour Books:

Tour Books - selection 1974-1993

Promotional photos:

Columbia promo 1994

Reprints of Paintings:

The Mirror - French reprint of Cohen's artwork
The Art Portfolio - three reprints of paintings
The Lines Of The Poet by Morten Rosengarten

I'm Your Fan Promo Items:

Les Inrockuptibles - the Magazine with CD insert
More Fans - another promo CD

The Future Promo Items:

The Future Lyrics - two promo booklets
The Future: promotional items - a selection of the collectibles

Ten New Songs Promo Items:

Promo photos by Laszlo Ten New Song booklets from Germany and France

Dear Heather Promo Items

Promotional lithography and postcards

See also Promo singles

Remasters Promo Items

Ites to promote the first set of remastered albums (2007)

Fan Activities

Intensity, Holland 1987-2000
Leonard Cohen Information Service, UK 1984-1994

Events and Gatherings

* Intensity meeting in Amsterdam - October 26, 1996
* Intensity meeting in Amsterdam - September 27, 1997
* Tribute Night in Seattle - January 4, 1998
* Chelsea Hotel. Leonard Cohen Tribute by Mean Larry & Friends - January 31, 1998 (every year!)
* Asylum. The 1998 UK Leonard Cohen Meeting - Lincoln, March 28, 1998
* Came So Far For Beauty, USA - May 2, 1998
* A Quiet Afternoon in Los Angeles - October 15, 1998
* April in Paris - April 10, 1999
* Bird on the Wire - The Danish tribute - June 3, 1999
* Tribute Night in Sydney - February 17, 2000
* Birthday Tribute Night in Toowoomba, Australia - September 23, 2000
* Leonard Cohen Get-together in Helsinki, Finland - June 2001
* Leonard Cohen Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 15-16, 2001
* Leonard Cohen Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 14-15, 2002
* First We Take Victoria - Leonard Cohen Tribute - September 26, 2002
* The First Leonard Cohen Meeting in Italy - November 1-3, 2002
* An Evening with Songs by Leonard Cohen Under the Stars - Tribute concert produced by Hal Willner, Brooklyn Park, June 28, 2003: Page 1 - Page 2
* Leonard Cohen Meeting in Gloucester, UK - October 18, 2003
* Leonard Cohen Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 20-21, 2003
' Leonard Cohen 70th Birthday Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 25-26, 2004
* Came So Far For Beauty - Sydney, Australia, January 28-30, 2005
* 13th Leonard Cohen Birthday Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 24-25, 2005
* Leonard Cohen Meet-Up in Bristol, UK - January 6, 2006
* 14th Leonard Cohen Birthday Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 23-24, 2006
* Came So Far For Beauty, Dublin - October 4-5, 2006
* The Dublin Meetup - October 2006
* 15th Leonard Cohen Birthday Celebration in Toowoomba, Australia - September 22-23, 2007
* Our Very Special Guest - Leonard at our meetup in London, October 2007

Special Event Reports:

The Montreal Event, May 12-14, 2000
Hydra 2002 - The Leonard Cohen Experience, Greece, June 7-9, 2002
New York 2004 - The Leonard Cohen Event, June 11-13, 2004
Berlin 2006 - The next Leonard Cohen Event in August 2006
Hydra Meetups in 2005 and 2007

Gallery Of Beautiful Losers

Gallery of Memories

Gallery of Magazine covers:

1960's and 70's

1980's and 90's

2000-

Leonard Cohen Presents Anjani (Blue Alert Promo Tour):

The Cuckoo Club, London, March 26, 2007
Radio Trojka, Warsaw, March 31, 2007
Backstage in Warsaw
Joe's Pub, New York, April 24 & 29, 2007

Book Signing at the Washington DC Book Fair (May 20, 2006)
Leonard and Anjani live at Indigo (May 13, 2006)- page 1
Leonard and Anjani live at Indigo - page 2
Cohen 70 years on September 21, 2004 - our gifts
Los Angeles 2002 - family photos
Chelsea Hotel
Marianne and Leonard Interview with Marianne Ihlen 2(2005)
Leonard looks back on the past Interview with Leonard Cohen (2005)
Leonard Cohen's Hydra
Red Needle - Leonard's drink
Leonard Cohen's Montreal by T.F. Rigelhof

Art Inspired by Leonard Cohen

Portraits of Leonard Cohen by:

Vicki Perlman
Trevor Neal
Juergen Jaecsch
Patrice Hamilton
Alexandra Fortier
Wilfrid Dube
Michel Karam
Martin Beek
Lori Kosmatka
Elizabeth Francis
Ivy Ney
Andrea Macho
Joni Mitchell
Dave Skyrie
David Sheppard Oz Almog
Juang Siahaan

Photo Portraits of Leonard Cohen by:

Max S. Gerber
David Boswell
John Byrne Cooke
Jean-Marc Carisse
Ilpo Musto
Andrzej Kielbowicz
Claude Gassian
Diane Williams

Paintings:

If the moon has a sister by Martin Beek
Love: The Only Engine Of Survival. - Painting by Valeryk
Four paintings by Elizabeth Laishley
Twelve paintings by Elizabeth Laishley
Winter Quiz 2001 - 14 paintings!
Boogie Street by Elizabeth Laishley
Alexandra Leaving by Elizabeth Laishley
By The Rivers Dark by Elizabeth Laishley
New paintings 2006
Dear Heather - Paintings by Allan Brack
Joan of Arc - Wallpapers by Anja Hermann

Sculpture:

Matter and Ghost by Brent Sommerhauser

Cartoons:

Cartoon by Mark Beebe

Computer Art:

Tower of song by Mariano Brustio

Films:

Leonard, Light My Cigarette!

Plays:

Sincerely, A Friend
Doing Leonard Cohen (on stage)
Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen and The News Step
Came so far for beauty in Manchester, CT
Dance me to the end of love in Hong Kong
Book of Longing Philip Glass/Leonard Cohen collaboration

Books:

Give Me The Leonard Cohen Afterworld by Stefan Banz
I can sleep for the rest of my life
Hydra and The Bananas of Leonard Cohen by Roger Green
Weeks Like This by Henry Denander
Hydra: Deeper Than Bones by Soheyl Dahi

Songs:

Songs written about Leonard Cohen:

Leonard Cohen's Day Jobby Austin Lounge Lizards
Marianne by David Blue
Lenny and Marianne by Tom Cochrane
Leonard Cohen by Joe D'Urso & The Stone Caravan
Leonard Cohen by David Emmets
When Leonard Cohen Sings by Marie-Lynn Hammond
Great little town of history by Gerald Block and Juergen Jaensch
Summer Winter Song by Khaya
Venovani L Cohenovi by Marsyas
When you put Leonard Cohen on by Melys
A drop in time by Mercury Rev
Night-Owl by The Nits
Channelling Leonard Cohen by Tesseractive
Leonard Cohen by Roberto Vecchio
Leonard Cohen's never gonna bring my groceries in by Nancy White
Hydra 1994 by Steve Wilcox
l.c. by Adam Again
Why I'm lonely by Harvey Danger

Cover artwork:

The Pod by Ween

Bands:

Alexis With Avalanche

Art photography:

Paper Thin Hotel by Ania Nowakowski
Joan of Arc by Ania Nowakowski
Story of Isaacby Niko Solitander
Famous Blue Raincoat by Robin Hill
Dead Song by Ania Nowakowski

Poems set to music:

Energy of Slaves, music by Henning Franz

I'm Your Man - Short biography

Cohen portrayed by Christof Graf
A short biography by Larry Sloman
Cohen's Awards

Timeline of Leonard Cohen

Adi's Fingerprints

All Adi Heindl’s original Cohen pages mirrored here!

Leonard Cohen Suomessa/in Finland

Leonard's concert in Helsinki, 1985
Leonard's concert in Helsinki, 1988
Leonard's concert in Helsinki, 1993

Authors