Another one! Already! And again, it is LOADED.
From Matador’s Blog:
November 18 will see the release of Mark IV in our series of deluxe reissues of the original Pavement albums. Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. sports the amazing packaging and deep contents that you’ve seen in our previous three deluxe editions. Like the first three editions, released every 2 years since 2000, this package treats Pavement’s fourth album right, with two CDs containing the entire 1997 record, remastered from the original tapes, plus all the B-sides and compilation tracks from that period, and a plethora of unreleased live and studio tracks as enumerated below. The CDs come in an embossed slipcase with a 62-page perfect-bound book containing photos, ephemera, writings and more. (The record will be out on Domino in Europe and Matador everywhere else.)
Matador will be doing a Buy Early Get Now promotion for this record, and the extras will be very special indeed. We’ll be announcing that shortly, so keep your eyes on this space.”
Sound amazing yet? Check out the tracklist after the jump.
DISC ONE
Original Album (Remastered) – Tracks 1-12
1. Stereo
2. Shady Lane / J Vs. S
3. Transport is Arranged
4. Date w/ IKEA
5. Old to Begin
6. Type Slowly
7. Embassy Row
8. Blue Hawaiian
9. We Are Underused
10. Passat Dream
11. Starlings of the Slipstream
12. Fin
13. Westie Can Drum – Stereo B-side
14. Winner of the… – Stereo B-side
15. Birds In The Majic Industry – UNRELEASED VOCAL VERSION WILL TAKE PLACE OF RELEASED INSTRUMENTAL ‘STEREO’ B-SIDE VERSION
16. Slowly Typed – Shady Lane B-side
17. Cherry Area – Shady Lane B-side
18. Wanna Mess You Around – Shady Lane B-side
19. No Tan Lines – Shady Lane B-side
21. Harness Your Hopes – Spit On A Stranger B-side
22. Roll With the Wind – Spit On A Stranger B-side
20. And Then… – A MUCH SHORTER VERSION OF THIS APPEARED ON THE Spit On A Stranger 7″ B-side BUT this is the full 7-minute+ version
DISC TWO
BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997
1. Then
2. Harness Your Hopes
3. The Killing Moon
4. Winner of the…
5. Embassy Row Psych Intro – UNRELEASED INTRO – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
6. Nigel – UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
7. Chevy (Old To Begin) – UNRELEASED VERSION – BTC SESSIONS
8. Roll With The Wind (Roxy) – UNRELEASED VERSION – BTC SESSIONS
VPRO Loladamusica TV show, April 4, 1997
9 . For Sale! The Preston School of Industry — UNRELEASED SONG
10. Oddity (from the ‘God Save The Clean’ compilation)
11. Type Slowly (live) (from the ‘Free Tibet’ compilation)
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, February 25, 1997
12. Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer In a Non-Alcoholic Bar – UNRELEASED SONG
13. Maybe Maybe – UNRELEASED VERSION
BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session August 21, 1997
14. Date w/ IKEA
15. Fin
16. Grave Architecture
17. The Classical
18. Space Ghost Theme I – UNRELEASED SONG – RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
19. Space Ghost Theme II – UNRELEASED SONG SONG – RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
20. Beautiful as a Butterfly – UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
21. Cataracts – UNRELEASED SONG – BTC SESSIONS OUTTAKE
Well considering how underrated Brighten The Corners is, this should make it 4 straight amazing Pavement reissues. All they gotta do now is get these on vinyl.
Meanwhile, the mastermind behind these songs is currently touring.
Steven Malkmus and the Jicks with Blitzen Trapper:
10.23 – Calgary, Alberta – The Warehouse
10.24 – Edmonton, Alberta – Starlite Room
10.25 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigo’s
10.27 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Pyramid Cabinet
10.30 – Madison, Wisconsin – High Noon Saloon
10.31 – Iowa City, Iowa – The Picador
11.02 – Columbia, Missouri – The Blue Note
11.04 – Omaha, Nebraska – Slowdown
11.05 – Lawrence, Kansas – Liberty Hall
11.06 – Denver, Colorado – Gothic Theatre
11.08 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Urban Lounge
-Ryan N.
