Rarities 2

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Album Info

Release Date: 2020-09-04

Label: Sonic Youth Archive

Volume 2 of Sonic Youth Rarities, here consisting mostly but not exclusively of tracks from the 1980s, and mostly found scattered across a series of obscure 7" singles and the like.
The download includes the booklet in pdf format.

Track 1:
Recorded live at 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, 6/19/86
Originally released on Chemical Imbalance #4

Tracks 2, 3:
Recorded live at The Loft, Berlin, 10/30/83
Originally released on (Over)Kill Yr Idols

Track 4:
Recorded live at Knights of Columbus, Baton Rouge, LA 11/9/86
Track 5:
Recorded live at Markthalle, Hamburg 4/2/89
Tracks 4, 5:
Originally released on Sonic Youth - Warpower

Tracks 6, 7:
Recorded live at Solstice, Los Angeles, 12/21/85
Track 8:
Recorded live at Roxy, Los Angeles, 11/19/88
Tracks 6, 7 & 8:
Originally released on Candle (Edit)

Track 9:
Recorded live at Cats Cradle, NC 9/15/87
Originally released on Prehistoric Hits

Track 10:
Recorded live at Urban Outfitters, Santa Monica, CA 7/21/07
Originally released on Free Yr Radio

Track 11:
Recorded live at Newport Beach CA, 9/30/06
Previously unreleased

Track 12:
Recorded live on July 5th, 1985 in NYC @ the Peppermint Lounge.
Originally released on Bang Zoom Issue #7

Tracks 13, 14:
Recorded live at Maxwell’s, Hoboken, 6/9/88
Track 15:
Recorded live at CBGB, 6/23/88
Tracks 13, 14 & 15:
Originally released on Silver Rocket