The Replacements Set To Release Box-Set For 1987 Album “Pleased to Meet Me”

The Replacements Set To Release Box-Set For 1987 Album “Pleased to Meet Me” | Society Of Rock Videos

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Out On October 9

The Replacements are set to release a box set reissue of their 1987 album “Pleased to Meet Me.” The three-disc set will feature 29 previously unreleased tracks, rarities including 15 demos, 13 rough mixes, and outtakes, and their seven final recordings with Bob Stinson from 1986. The collection will be out on October 9 via Rhino.

The physical version of “Pleased to Meet Me” reissue will come in a 12 x 12 hardcover book and will include rare photos and a detailed history of the band’s “Pleased to Meet Me” era.

The LP was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis for three months.

Pleased to Meet Me Box Set Tracklist

Disc One – Pleased to Meet Me (2020 Remaster) + Rare, Single-Only Tracks

1. “I.O.U.”
2. “Alex Chilton”
3. “I Don’t Know”
4. “Nightclub Jitters”
5. “The Ledge”
6. “Never Mind”
7. “Valentine”
8. “Shooting Dirty Pool”
9. “Red Red Wine”
10. “Skyway”
11. “Can’t Hardly Wait”
12. “Election Day”
13. “Jungle Rock”
14. “Route 66”
15. “Tossin’ n’ Turnin’”
16. “Cool Water”
17. “Can’t Hardly Wait” – Jimmy Iovine Remix

Disc Two – Blackberry Way Demos

1. “Bundle Up” – Demo
2. “Birthday Gal” – Demo
3. “I.O.U.” – Demo *
4. “Red Red Wine” – Demo *
5. “Photo” – Demo
6. “Time Is Killing Us” – Demo *
7. “Valentine” – Demo
8. “Awake Tonight” – Demo *
9. “Hey Shadow” – Demo *
10. “I Don’t Know” – Demo *
11. “Kick It in” – Demo 1 *
12. “Shooting Dirty Pool” – Demo *
13. “Kick It in” – Demo 2 *
14. “All He Wants To Do Is Fish” – Demo *
15. “Even If It’s Cheap” – Demo *

Disc Three – Rough Mixes, Outtakes and Alternates

1. “Valentine” – Rough Mix *
2. “Never Mind” – Rough Mix *
3. “Birthday Gal” – Rough Mix *
4. “Alex Chilton” – Rough Mix *
5. “Election Day” – Rough Mix *
6. “Kick It in” – Rough Mix *
7. “Red Red Wine” – Rough Mix *
8. “The Ledge” – Rough Mix *
9. “I.O.U.” – Rough Mix *
10. “Can’t Hardly Wait” – Rough Mix *
11. “Nightclub Jitters” – Rough Mix *
12. “Skyway” – Rough Mix *
13. “Cool Water” – Rough Mix *
14. “Birthday Gal”
15. “Learn How to Fail” *
16. “Run for the Country” *
17. “All He Wants to Do Is Fish”
18. “I Can Help” – Outtake *
19. “Lift Your Skirt” *
20. “‘Til We’re Nude”
21. “Beer for Breakfast”
22. “Trouble on the Way” *
23. “I Don’t Know” – Outtake

*previously unreleased

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