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Release Date: 2020-08-07Label: Sonic Youth Archive
The first in a series of rare recordings selected from various out-of-print and hard-to-find compilations.Track 1, 2:
Recorded Live at The Kitchen December 27, 1982
Originally Released on From The Kitchen Archives No.3 / Amplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986
Track 3:
Recorded live at The Smart Bar Chicago, IL on August 11, 1985
Mixed [...] at Echo Canyon West 2009
Originally released on Give. Listen. Help. Vol 6 - 826 Benefit Record
A different mix of this performance was released on Smart Bar - Chicago 1985
Track 4:
Recorded live in Irvine, CA November 3, 1990
This mix originally released on Submerge Yourself In Sound, a Geffen CD sampler released in 1991.
This performance was remixed and released on Live In Irvine 1990 in June 2020 on the Sonic Youth Archive on Bandcamp.
Track 5:
Recorded Live at Mesa Amphitheatre Mesa, AZ on September 27th, 1992
Originally released on Alternative NRG compilation
Recorded and Mixed with solar power.
Track 6:
Recorded live at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York City June 7, 1997
Live version of Wildfower Soul.
Track 7:
Recorded live during the band's April 8, 2000 performance at the first All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK.
Originally intended to be included on SYR 7 12" (J'accuse Ted Hughes), later to be included on an ATP compilation that never materialized.
A different mix of this performance was released on Live At All Tomorrows Parties 2000
Track 8:
Recorded live at Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, CA on
October 23-24, 2004
Originally released on The Bridge School Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition
Track 9:
Recorded live at Metro Chicago, IL August 17, 2002
Originally released on Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1 CD [sic! No Sonic Youth song on this CD]
Track 10:
Recorded live at KEXP [...] on July 14, 2004
Originally released on Live At KEXP, Volume One
Track 11:
Originally released on WDET Live! Vol. 4 CD
Original Broadcast August 2, 2004
Track 12:
Recorded at Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival Dudingen, Switzerland on 5/31/09
Originally released on Does Your Cat Know My Dog?