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Release Date: 2005-11-06Label: Universal Music Australia
2xCD compilation released in a standard double-tray jewel case with a die-cut cardboard o-card and a 16-page booklet. On the booklet cover 'Grinspoon' is printed in gold-leaf text. The writing / publishing credits for the bonus disc are printed on the inner tray artwork.The catalogue number on the tray artwork spines is '9874178', while the cat# on the CD1 disc is 9874179' (same as the single disc version of 'Best In Show'). The CD2 disc artwork includes two catalogue numbers, one above the other, '9874180' & '9874178'.
℗ 2005 Universal Music Australia
© 2005 Universal Music Australia
Marketed and distributed in Australasia by Universal Music Australia
Made in Australia.
Printed on the o-card:
"Grinspoon Best Of
Double disc featuring all your favourite Grinspoon tracks.
Plus bonus disc with a collection of covers recorded over the years."
"Warning moderate impact coarse language and/or themes."
Track 1-1 recorded, produced & mixed at Birdland Studios September '05. Mastered at Studio 301.
Tracks 1-2*, 1-3, 1-4*, 1-5 recorded & produced at Rockinghorse February '97. Mixed at Studio 301 April '97. *Recorded & mixed at Studio 227, June '96. Mastered at Studio 301.
Tracks 1-6, 1-7 engineered, produced & mixed at the Hit Factory, NYC July 1998.
Tracks 1-8, 1-9, 1-10 engineered, produced & mixed at Festival Studios & Albert's Studios September '99. Mixed at Sing Sing Studios October '99. Mastered at Studio 301.
Tracks 1-11, 1-12, 1-13**, 1-14** recorded, produced & mixed at Mangrove Studios December '01 & Megaphone January '02. **Festival Studios September '02 & Dodgy November '02. Track 13 mixed at Larrabee. Track 14 mixed at Electric Lady.
Tracks 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18 recorded & mixed, produced at Bay 7 Studios June '04. Mastered at Studio 301.
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Track 1-1 is previously unreleased song, which was recorded by Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios in September 2005.
Tracks 1-2 & 1-4 were first issued on the 'Licker Bottle Cozy' EP, which was recorded by Phil McKellar and released by Grudge/MCA Records on December 16th 1996.
Tracks 1-3 & 1-5 are from the album 'Guide To Better Living', which was recorded by Phil McKellar and released by Grudge/Universal Music Australia on September 16th 1997.
Tracks 1-6 & 1-7 are from the 'Pushing Buttons' EP, which was released by Grudge/Universal Music Australia on September 21st 1998.
Tracks 1-8 to 1-10 are from the album 'Easy', which was produced by Jonathan Burnside and released by Grudge on November 1st 1999.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-14 are from the album 'New Detention', which was recorded by Phil McKellar and first issued by Universal Music Australia on June 3rd 2002.
Tracks 1-15 to 1-18 are from the album 'Thrills, Kills + Sunday Pills', which was produced by Howard Benson and released by Universal Music Australia on September 20th 2004.
Track 2-1 is a cover of the INXS song 'Don't Change' from the 'Panic Attack' EP, which was released by Universal Music Australia on March 3rd 2003.
Track 2-2 is a cover of the James Taylor Move song 'And I Heard the Fire Sing' from 'Dirty Deeds (Music From The Motion Picture)', which was released by rooArt/BMG Australia on July 1st 2002.
Track 2-3 is a cover of the Prong song 'Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck' from the 'Pushing Buttons' EP, which was released by Grudge records on September 21st 1998. It was also issued on the various artists’ compilation 'ECW Extreme Music', which was released by CMC International Records/Slab Recordings in 1998.
Track 2-4 is a cover of the Hoodoo Gurus' song 'I Was a Kamikaze Pilot' from the tribute album 'Stoneage Cameos', which was released by Public Opinion Music on August 29th 2005.
Track 2-5 is a cover of The Angels' song 'Take a Long Line' from 'Sample People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)', which was released by Festival Mushroom Records in 2000.
Track 2-6 is a cover of the Midnight Oil song 'Don't Wanna Be the One' from the tribute album 'The Power & The Passion ...A Tribute To Midnight Oil', which was released by Trademark Records on October 29th 2001.