[2023-09-22] The Replacements "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" 4CD/1LP set (Sire)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

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Description
The TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION 4CD/1LP deluxe boxed set is built around a stunning new mix of Tim by legendary producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Ramones, Talking Heads) and features a collection of previously unheard tracks (Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased) and a classic concert from 1986 (Not Ready For Prime Time).

Stasium, who was a close friend and longtime production partner of the late Erdelyi (who died in 2014), has fashioned the definitive mix of the 11-track TIM. Also included is a new and improved mastering of Erdelyi’s original 1985 mix of the album. This deluxe edition also features a disc of unreleased recordings (among them, unearthed material from the band’s January 1985 session produced by Big Star legend Alex Chilton); as well as The Replacements’ entire January 11, 1986, show at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago. In total, the box includes 65 tracks–50 of which have never been heard before.

Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book – loaded with dozens of previously unseen photos - the set features a detailed history of the TIM era written by Bob Mehr, who produced the box with Rhino’s Jason Jones. Mehr, author of The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, won a Grammy® award for his album notes to the band’s 2019 release, DEAD MAN’S POP.

In addition to the revelatory new mix, the TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION also boasts a fresh cover, featuring an instantly iconic 1985 image of the band in its Minneapolis rehearsal space, taken by noted photographer Moshe Brakha. Coincidentally, Brakha shot the cover of The Ramones' 1977 album LEAVE HOME, a record which marked the first collaboration between Tommy Erdelyi and Ed Stasium.

Stasium – who was originally considered to co-produce TIM with Erdelyi back in 1985 – was entrusted with the remix in 2022 and went back to the original multi-tracks, spending several months creating a fuller, deeply detailed and ultimately more satisfying version of the record, which finally captures the band’s raw power. Stasium also completed work on several previously unreleased Tim songs and alternates and did mixes of the Alex Chilton session material.

Even before signing with Sire/Warner Bros. in early 1985, The Replacements – singer/guitarist Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Chris Mars and lead guitarist Bob Stinson – began recording new material with their musical/spiritual godfather Alex Chilton that January in their hometown of Minneapolis. They followed up by cutting initial demos with Erdelyi in April, then starting the Tim sessions in earnest that summer. Sons Of No One: Rare & Unreleased collects all that material, including illuminating alternate versions of songs like “Can’t Hardly Wait,” “Bastards of Young,” and “Hold My Life” – plus a unique and previously unheard original, “Havin Fun,” written by Tommy Stinson, and sung by Westerberg.

The final disc, Not Ready For Prime Time, captures the band performing live at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro in January 1986. A soundboard recording made by the band’s live mixer, the late Monty Lee Wilkes, the show was a one-off date that came just a week before the group’s infamous appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which ultimately saw them banned from the network. The 28-song Metro performance finds the original lineup of the band at its final peak, with incendiary versions of Replacements classics (“Color Me Impressed,” “Answering Machine”), rarely played deep cuts (“Mr. Whirly,” “Go”), as well covers of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Sham 69, plus a rare lead vocal turn from Bob Stinson on The Novas’ Minnesota garage rock classic “The Crusher.”

Additionally, TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITON will include Stasium’s new mix of the record on 180-gram vinyl, cut by Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman mastering.

Tracklist
[CD1: Tim (Ed Stasium Mix)]
1. Hold My Life
2. I’ll Buy
3. Kiss Me On The Bus
4. Dose Of Thunder
5. Waitress In The Sky
6. Swingin Party
7. Bastards Of Young
8. Lay It Down Clown
9. Left Of The Dial
10. Little Mascara
11. Here Comes A Stranger

[CD2: Tim (2023 Remaster)]
1. Hold My Life
2. I’ll Buy
3. Kiss Me On The Bus
4. Dose Of Thunder
5. Waitress In The Sky
6. Swingin Party
7. Bastards Of Young
8. Lay It Down Clown
9. Left Of The Dial
10. Little Mascara
11. Here Comes A Stranger

[CD3: Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased]
1. Can’t Hardly Wait (Acoustic Demo)
2. Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Mix)
3. Can’t Hardly Wait (Electric Demo) [Alternate Mix]
4. Left Of The Dial (Alternate Version)
5. Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)
6. Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)
7. Kiss Me On The Bus (Studio Demo)
8. Little Mascara (Studio Demo)
9. Bastards Of Young (Alternate Version)
10. Hold My Life (Alternate Version)
11. Having Fun
12. Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version)
13. Can’t Hardly Wait (The “Tim” Version) [Alternate Mix]
14. Swingin Party (Alternate Version)
15. Here Comes A Regular (Alternate Version)

[CD4: Not Ready For Prime Time -- Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986]
1. Gary’s Got A Boner
2. Love You ‘Till Friday
3. Bastards Of Young
4. Can’t Hardly Wait
5. Answering Machine
6. Little Mascara
7. Color Me Impressed
8. Kiss Me On The Bus
9. Favorite Thing
10. Mr. Whirly
11. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
12. I Will Dare
13. Johnny’s Gonna Die
14. Dose Of Thunder
15. Takin’ A Ride
16. Hitchin’ A Ride
17. Trouble Boys
18. Unsatisfied
19. Black Diamond
20. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
21. Customer
22. Borstal Breakout
23. Take Me Down To The Hospital
24. Kids Don’t Follow
25. Nowhere Man
26. The Crusher
27. I’m In Trouble
28. Go

[LP: Ed Stasium Mix]
Side A
1. Hold My Life
2. I’ll Buy
3. Kiss Me On The Bus
4. Dose Of Thunder
5. Waitress In The Sky
6. Swingin Party

Side B
1. Bastards Of Young
2. Lay It Down Clown
3. Left Of The Dial
4. Little Mascara
5. Here Comes A Regular

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Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Ed Stasium's new mix of "Left Of The Dial":

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

This sounds great! My favorite Replacements album. Definitely getting it.

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

They could put both the original and new album mixes on one disc, drop the vinyl, and sell the set for half the price. Thanks again, Rhino!

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

Count me in. This will go nicely with the other sets Rhino has issued.

Jason Czeskleba · **Joined:** 03 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 1645

wardo wrote:

They could put both the original and new album mixes on one disc, drop the vinyl, and sell the set for half the price. Thanks again, Rhino!

I don't need the record either and I have never played any of the records that came with the previous Replacements box sets. But... Replacements albums don't exactly sell by the bushel. I assume they are doing what they have to do to make this thing pencil out as profitable, and I'm sure nobody is getting rich off of these sets.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

I'm happy the vinyl is included. I have all the other sets as well.

The Human Top · **Joined:** 29 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 1114

I'm trying to cut down on my music collecting, but I'm definitely going to get this! One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands. I've never liked the original sound of the album so this is going to be great!

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Now available for pre-order from Amazon USA:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDMJHT3T/?tag=imwan-20

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

The American pre-order price has dropped by $18, down to $71.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDMJHT3T/?tag=imwan-20

djshermanus · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2015 **Posts:** 121

Although the vinyl is superfluous, these Mats’ reissues have been excellent and decently priced. Rhino has done a fine job here.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" from CD4:

wardo · 18 Oct 2007

down to $69.88: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDMJHT3T/?tag=imwan-20

[2023-09-22] The Replacements "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" 4CD/1LP set (Sire)

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