[bigred]Slanted And Enchanted: Luxe And Reduxe[/bigred]
[lilred]October 22, 2002[/lilred]



The remastered version of Pavement's seminal debut. 2 CDs, 48 tracks, 23 unreleased recordings, 8 unreleased songs. The complete [title]Slanted[/title] recording sessions along with the contemporary "Watery, Domestic" EP, B-sides, compilation tracks, outtakes, two Peel sessions and a complete live concert.

Disc 1
1. Summer Babe (Winter Version) 3:16
2. Trigger Cut/Wounded Kite at :17 3:17
3. No Life Singed Her 2:08
4. In the Mouth A Desert 3:52
5. Conduit For Sale! 2:52
6. Zürich Is Stained 1:41
7. Chesley's Little Wrists 1:15
8. Loretta's Scars 2:55
9. Here 3:56
10. Two States 1:47
11. Perfume-V 2:10
12. Fame Throwa 3:22
13. Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era 3:21
14. Our Singer 3:12
15. Summer Baby (7" Version) 3:14
16. Mercy Snack: The Laundromat 1:38
17. Baptist Blacktick 2:04
18. My First Mine 2:21
19. Here (Alternate Mix) 3:58
20. Nothing Ever Happens 2:31
21. Circa 1762 (John Peel Session #1) 3:26
22. Kentucky Cocktail (John Peel Session #1) 3:34
23. Secret Knowledge Of Backroads (John Peel Session #1) 3:27
24. Here (John Peel Session #1) 3:48

Disc 2
1. Texas Never Whispers 3:08
2. Frontwards 3:16
3. Lions (Linden) 1:48
4. Shoot The Singer (One Sick Verse) 3:15
5. Sue Me Jack (Watery Session) 3:01
6. So Stark (You're A Skyscraper) (Watery Session) 3:01
7. Greenlander (Watery Session) 3:11
8. Rain Ammunition (John Peel Session #2) 3:24
9. Drunks With Guns (John Peel Session #2) 1:42
10. Ed Ames (John Peel Session #2) 3:22
11. The List Of Dorms (John Peel Session #2) 2:25
12. Conduit For Sale! (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:10
13. Fame Throwa (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 2:32
14. Home (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:14
15. Perfume-V (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 2:14
16. Summer Babe (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:21
17. Frontwards (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:18
18. Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:01
19. Two States (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 1:54
20. No Life Singed Her (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 1:45
21. So Stark (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 3:56
22. Box Elder (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 2:44
23. Baby Yeah (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 2:44
24. In The Mouth A Desert (Live Brixton Academy, London, Dec. 14, 1992) 4:00

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[bigred]Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins[/bigred]
[lilred]October 26, 2004[/lilred]



This deluxe double disc reissue is a superbly done follow-up to the treatment afforded Pavement’s brilliant ‘92 debut [title]Slanted & Enchanted[/title]. L.A.'s Desert Origins is a joy for fans, with the majority of the second disc previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Crooked Rain is enjoyable and has some of their best songs ("Range Life," "Gold Soundz," "Silence Kit") but it’s a strange, transitional album by a band still a little wobbly on their prog-rock feet. With this ’94 release, the stadium-ready lineup of the erudite garage group had solidified, though it was not quite solid. Erratic, eccentric producer/drummer Gary Young had been booted out of the band, whose previous recordings were primarily made by Scott Kannberg and Stephen Malkmus. With two percussionists and bassist Mark Ibold brought into the studio, Crooked Rain has a far warmer, less trebly sound to it. Among the many extras included on this expanded version are the band’s two exceptional, unironic tributes to R.E.M.

Disc 1
1. Silence Kit 3:00
2. Elevate Me Later 2:51
3. Stop Breathin' 4:28
4. Cut Your Hair 3:06
5. Newark Wilder 3:53
6. Unfair 2:33
7. Gold Soundz 2:40
8. 5-4=Unity 2:09
9. Range Life 4:54
10. Heaven Is A Truck 2:30
11. Hit The Plane Down 3:36
12. Fillmore Jive 6:38
13. Camera 3:45
14. Stare 2:51
15. Raft 3:34
16. Coolin' By Sound 2:50
17. Kneeling Bus 1:34
18. Strings Of Nashville 3:46
19. Exit Theory 0:59
20. 5-4 Vocal 2:08
21. Jam Kids 4:54
22. Haunt You Down 4:51
23. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence 3:51
24. Nail Clinic 2:25

Disc 2
1. All My Friends 5:12
2. Soiled Little Filly 2:08
3. Range Life 4:11
4. Stop Breathing 3:54
5. Ell Ess Two 2:43
6. Flux = Rad 2:11
7. Bad Version Of War 3:27
8. Same Way Of Saying 4:34
9. Hands Off The Bayou 2:43
10. Heaven Is A Truck (Egg Shell) 2:20
11. Grounded 3:35
12. Kennel District 3:24
13. Pueblo (Beach Boys) 3:47
14. Fucking Righteous 2:47
15. Colorado 1:13
16. Dark Ages 2:39
17. Flood Victim 1:17
18. JMC Retro 0:52
19. Rug Rat 3:05
20. Strings Of Nashville (Instrumental) 3:50
21. Instrumental 3:40
22. Brink Of The Clouds 3:48
23. Tartar Martyr 3:12
24. Pueblo Domain 4:18
25. The Sutcliffe Catering Song 3:22

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[bigred]Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition[/bigred]
[lilred]November 7, 2006[/lilred]



Originally released in April 1995, fresh off the success of "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain", the band recorded a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid-'80s central California hardcore bands, [title]Wowee Zowee[/title] confused critics and alienated fans. Yet it became a fan favorite over time. The songs have a darkness that now seems appropriate and with Bryce Goggin at the mixing desk, the production was the band's most rocking to date. This super-deluxe re-mastered comp contains an embossed slipcase with two CDs and a 64-page perfect-bound book, fifty tracks total; eighteen unreleased recordings, nine non-album b-sides, four compilation tracks, five BBC Evening Session tracks and much more.

Disc 1
1. We Dance 3:02
2. Rattled By The Rush 4:16
3. Black Out 2:09
4. Brinx Job 1:30
5. Grounded 4:16
6. Serpentine Pad 1:16
7. Motion Suggests Itself 3:15
8. Father To A Sister Of Thought 3:30
9. Extradition 2:12
10. Best Friend's Arm 2:19
11. Grave Architecture 4:16
12. AT&T 3:32
13. Flux = Rad 1:45
14. Fight This Generation 4:22
15. Kennel District 2:59
16. Pueblo 3:25
17. Half A Canyon 6:10
18. Western Homes 1:52
19. Sordid 0:28
20. Brink Of The Clouds 2:25
21. False Skorpion 2:03
22. Easily Fooled 3:05
23. Kris Kraft 2:46
24. Mussle Rock (Is A Horse In Transition) 3:26
25. Give It A Day 2:38
26. Gangsters & Pranksters 1:30
27. Saganaw 3:32
28. I Love Perth 1:05
29. Sentinel 0:14

Disc 2
1. Sensitive Euro Man 3:17
2. Stray Fire 2:46
3. Fight This Generation 8:10
4. Easily Fooled 3:43
5. Soul Food 3:46
6. It's A Hectic World 1:03
7. Kris Kraft 2:38
8. Golden Boys/Serpentine Pad 4:33
9. Painted Soldiers 2:39
10. I Love Perth 1:10
11. Dancing With The Elders 4:14
12. Half A Canyon 5:27
13. Best Friend's Arm 3:52
14. Brink Of The Clouds/Candylad 3:59
15. Unfair 2:40
16. Easily Fooled 3:25
17. Heaven Is A Truck 4:03
18. Box Elder 5:16
19. No More Kings 4:23
20. Painted Soldiers 2:54
21. We Dance 3:02

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[bigred]Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition[/bigred]
[lilred]December 9, 2008[/lilred]



Review
"Brighten hits Pavement's goal of making classic rock according to its own definition of the classics" --New York Times

Product Description
The fourth in Matador's series of deluxe editions of the five classic Pavement albums is a rather joyous pop explosion after the complications of "Wowee Zowee". The double CD set, again packaged in an embossed slipcase with gorgeous 62-page perfect-bound booklet, contains the remastered original twelve-song album, ten non-album B-sides, ten outtakes, and fourteen live radio session takes, along with full-color poster and postcard.

CD1:
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. Then (The Hexx)
14. Beautiful As A Butterfly
15. Cateracts
16. Westie Can Drum
17. Winner Of The
18. Birds In The Majic Industry
19. Harness Your Hopes
20. Roll With The Wind

CD2:
1. Slowly Typed
2. Cherry Area
3. Wanna Mess You Around
4. No Tan Lines
5. Then (The Hexx)
6. Harness Your Hopes
7. The Killing Moon
8. Winner Of The
9. Embassy Row Psych Intro
10. Nigel
11. Chevy (Old To Begin)
12. Roll With The Wind (Roxy)
13. Oddity
14. Type Slowly - Live
15. Neil Hegarty Meets Jon Spencer In A Non-Alcoholic Bar
16. Destroy Mater Dei
17. It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
18. Maybe Maybe
19. Date W/IKEA
20. Fin
21. Grave Architecture
22. The Classical
23. Space Ghost Theme I
24. Space Ghost Theme II

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Hi Linda:

Yet one more that got delayed. (Brighten The Corners)

This one is now due for a 12-09-08 street date.

Rebel007

Got the expanded first two, looking forward to Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition.

Rick A.