pavement-secret

Pavement releasing series of rarities compilations, first one's out in August (artwork, tracklist)

by Bill Pearis

Pavement in the '90s

Pavement are going through their closets and junk drawers for a series of five rarities compilations due out via Matador Records. The first of those is titled The Secret History Vol 1 and will be out August 11, focusing on the band’s formative years up through their debut album Slanted & Enchanted. It includes b-sides, rarities, Peel Sessions — which was on the Luxe & Reduxe double CD reissue of Slanted — but also a live concert from London 1992, and this will be the first time all of this has appeared on one vinyl set. The gatefold double-LP features new essays from Stephen Malkmus and Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, as well as remembrances from relevant folks at Matador Records, booking agency Billions Corporation, and Drag City. Pre-orders are available and you can check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Stephen Malkmus will be in NYC this July with The Jicks to play the 2015 4Knots Festival alongside Super Furry Animals, Mikal Cronin, Screaming Females & more (tix).

Pavement - The Secret History Vol 1

Pavement – The Secret History Vol 1 – tracklist:
1. Sue Me Jack
2. So Stark (You’re A Skyscraper)
3. Summer Babe (7″ Version)
4. Mercy Snack: The Laundromat
5. Baptiss Blacktick
6. My First Mine
7. Nothing Ever Happens
8. Here (Alternate Mix)
9. Greenlander
10. Circa 1762 (Peel Session 1)
11. Kentucky Cocktail (Peel Session 1)
12. Secret Knowledge Of Backroads (Peel Session 1)
13. Here (Peel Session 1)
14. Rain Ammunition (Peel Session 2)
15. Drunks With Guns (Peel Session 2)
16. Ed Ames (Peel Session 2)
17. The List Of Dorms (Peel Session 2)
18. Conduit For Sale [Live Brixton 1992]
19. Fame Throwa [Live Brixton 1992]
20. Home [Live Brixton 1992]
21. Perfume V [Live Brixton 1992]
22. Summer Babe [Live Brixton 1992]
23. Frontwards [Live Brixton 1992]
24. Angel Carver Blues Mellow Jazz Docent [Live Brixton 1992]
25. Two States [Live Brixton 1992]
26. No Life Singed Her [Live Brixton 1992]
27. So Stark (You’re A Skyscraper) [Live Brixton 1992]
28. Box Elder [Live Brixton 1992]
29. Baby Yeah [Live Brixton 1992]
30. In The Mouth A Desert [Live Brixton 1992]