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Release Date: 2008-09-09

Label: Merge Records

Packaged in an eight-panel Digipak. Limited edition of 3000.

Tracks 1-1, 1-6 and 2-8 from Portastatic - Starter
Tracks 1-2 and 1-19 from Portastatic - Sandals + 2
Track 1-3 from Various - Songs For Sixty Five Roses
Track 1-4 outtake from Portastatic - Slow Note From A Sinking Ship
Track 1-5, 1-15 previously unreleased from The Wood Floor Sessions (2007)
Track 1-7 previously unreleased. Recorded 1990
Track 1-8 from Various - Compulation Volume One Songs From North Carolina
Track 1-9 and 1-21, 2-10 from I Wanna Know Girls digital ep
Track 1-10 and 2-22 from Portastatic - Looking For A Power Supply
Tracks 1-11 and 2-11 from Portastatic - Naked Pilseners
Tracks 1-12, 2-2 and 2-17 from Portastatic - San Andreas Crouch
Track 1-13 is previously unreleased
Track 1-14 from Portastatic - Slow Note From A Sinking Ship
Tracks 1-16 ans 2-4 from digital only Sour Shores Ep (2006)
Track 1-17 from Various - Survive And Advance Vol 2
Track 1-18 from Various - Oh, Merge: A Merge Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation
Track 1-20 from Various - Survive And Advance Vol 3
Track 1-22 from Various - After Hours Issue #3
Track 2-1 from Various - Old Enough To Know Better: 15 Years Of Merge Records
Track 2-3 from Various - Extra Walt!
Track 2-5 from Portastatic - Spying On The Spys
Track 2-6 from Portastatic, Ida - Too Close To The Screen / Shrug
Track 2-7 from Various - Ow, Quit It Vol II
Track 2-9 from Portastatic - Ideas For Bright Ideas
Track 2-12 from Various - Speed Kills (Bonus Phono Record Issue 7)
Track 2-13 is previously unreleased
Track 2-14 from Portastatic, The Landing - Secret Session / Broken Glass
Track 2-15 from Various - Snowstorm (A Tribute To Galaxie 500)
Track 2-16 from Various - 5 (Rows Of Teeth)
Track 2-18 from Various - Come On Beautiful (The Songs Of American Music Club)
Track 2-19 from Various - It's Only 4 Dollars Every 5 Minutes - The Chunklet 14 Compilation CD
Track 2-20 from Various - A Day In The Park... A Compilation Of Now Sounds
Track 2-21 is previously unreleased

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