Rarities 3

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Album Info

Release Date: 2020-10-02

Label: Sonic Youth Archive

Volume 3 of Sonic Youth’s Rarities series features unreleased and hard-to-find studio recordings, mostly instrumental. This collection spans from the group’s first Peel session - recorded remotely from NYC - to demos and rehearsals for our final record, The Eternal.

Track 1:
Recorded in 2008 during sessions for "The Eternal".
Originally available as a bonus MP3 for Matador’s "Buy Early Get Now" promotional program for "The Eternal", 2009

Track 2:
From "Made in USA" recording sessions. Recorded at Spinhead Studio, September/October 1986.
Originally released on Step, Step, Steppin' On Satan's Foot

Track 3:
Early and extended 4-track demo recorded in 1987 at the basement rehearsal space on Ludlow Street.
Originally available as a bonus MP3 for Matador’s "Buy Early Get Now" promotional program for "The Eternal", 2009

Track 4:
Extended instrumental 4-track demo recorded in 1988 at the basement rehearsal space on Ludlow Street. Outtake from deluxe edition of "Daydream Nation".
Originally available on Mixtape #6 at sonicyouth.com

Track 5:
Part of a jam session recorded in November 1991 at the rehearsal space located on Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ.
Originally released on Volume: Bed Of Sound

Track 6:
Improv piece recorded in 2000 for Chris Habib's short film "Social Static".
Originally available on sonicyouth.com as a free download MP3.

Tracks 7, 8:
Two outtakes of film music, recorded for Oliver Assayas’s film "Demon Lover".
Originally released to commemorate psych-rock festival Terrastock 5

Track 9:
Recorded summer 2009 at Jackpot Studios, Portland, OR. Used for the filming and appearance on the TV show "Gossip Girl".
Originally released as a download at kungfustore.com and Mixtape #8 at sonicyouth.com

Track 10:
Recorded in 2008 at the basement practice room, Northampton, MA, during rehearsal sessions for "The Eternal".
Originally available on Mixtape #7 at sonicyouth.com

Track 11:
Recorded spring 1985 at Wharton Tiers' Fun City for the May 19, 1986 John Peel Session.
Originally released on Stick Me Donna Magick Momma