The Replacements' beloved major label debut, 1985’s Tim, will be expanded into a four-CD, one-LP box set this summer with a remix and previously unreleased recordings.
. The rarities include alternate versions, demos, and even a “cello version” of “Can’t Hardly Wait.” The collection, officially titledThe heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium worked on — from the original multi-track tapes — last year. The band had long been unsatisfied with the original mix, overseen by producer Tommy Erdelyi , though the box set features another disc with that mix remastered. “I really loved working on this project,” Stasium said in a statement.
A disc of miscellany contains recordings from the group’s January 1985 session with Alex Chilton, best known for fronting the Box Tops and Big Star, and the tribute song “Alex Chilton” that the Replacements recorded a couple of years later for their 1987 album, Pleased to Meet Me. They began work with Erdelyi on the album that April. One of the outtakes, “Having Fun,” was written by Tommy Stinson, though sung by frontman Paul Westerberg.
The live album, in typical Replacements fashion, contains 28 songs. They recorded it at Chicago’s Metro directly from the soundboard. Two songs from the Chilton sessions, “Nowhere Is My Home” and the cello version of “Can’t Hardly Wait,” will also be issued on a seven-inch to those who pre-order the album on the website forThe box set is packaged in a 12-inch hardcover case to house an LP of the Stasium mix and previously unseen photos and new liner notes by Grammy-winning Replacements historian Bob Mehr.
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