Big Star Complete Third Box Set Announced
Over the years, Big Star’s 1978 album Third has been re-released, re-sequenced, and reissued as Sister Lovers. Now, all of the album’s recordings—demos, mixes, and alternate versions of songs—have been collected in one place for the first time in a package called Complete Third. It’s out October 14 on Omnivore Recordings. The collection will be released digitally and as a three CD box set with a vinyl release expected at a later date. Complete Third is 69 tracks long and 29 of them are previously unreleased session recordings, demos, and mixes. Find the cover art, the full tracklisting, and a demo of “Like St. Joan (Kanga Roo)” below (via Brooklyn Vegan). Earlier this year, members of Wilco, R.E.M., Yo La Tengo and more performed the album in Los Angeles.
Read Pitchfork’s feature on Big Star frontman Alex Chilton, “A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton.”
Complete Third (Vol. 1):
01 Like St. Joan (Kanga Roo) * (Demo)
02 Lovely Day (Demo)
03 Downs (Demo)
04 Femme Fatale (Demo)
05 Thank You Friends (Demo)
06 Holocaust (Demo)
07 Jesus Christ (Demo)
08 Blue Moon (Demo)
09 Nightime (Demo)
10 Take Care (Demo)
11 Big Black Car (Demo #2/Acoustic Take 1)
12 Don’t Worry Baby
13 I’m In Love With A Girl *
14 Big Black Car (Demo #3/Acoustic Take 2)
15 I’m So Tired * – Alex & Lesa
16 That’s All It Took * – Alex & Lesa
17 Pre-Downs *
18 Baby Strange *
19 Big Black Car (Demo #1/Band)
20 Kizza Me * (Dickinson Rough Mix/Alex Guide Vocal)
21 Till the End Of the Day * (Dickinson Rough Mix/Alex Guide Vocal, Kept As Final Vocal)
22 Thank You Friends * (Dickinson Rough Mix/Alex Guide Vocal)
23 O, Dana * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
24 Dream Lover * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
Complete Third (Vol. 2):
01 Big Black Car * (Dickinson Rough Mix/Alex Guide Vocal)
02 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
03 Take Care * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
04 Holocaust * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
05 Nightime * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
06 Thank You Friends * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
07 Nature Boy * (Dickinson Rough Mix)
08 After Hours * – Lesa
09 Stroke It Noel (Backwards Intro)
10 Lovely Day * (Fry Rough Mix)
11 Nightime * (Fry Rough Mix)
12 Blue Moon * (Fry Rough Mix)
13 Till The End Of The Day (Alternate Mix #1)
14 Big Black Car (Fry Rough Mix)
15 Holocaust (Fry Alternate/Rough Mix)
16 Downs * (Fry Rough Mix)
17 Kanga Roo (Fry Rough Mix)
18 Femme Fatale * (Fry Rough Mix)
19 For You * (Alternate Version/Alex Vocal)
20 Thank You Friends * (Fry Rough Mix)
21 Take Care * (Alternate Version/Alex Vocal)
22 Kizza Me * (Fry Rough Mix)
23 Till the End Of the Day (FRY Rough Mix #2) – Lesa
24 Nature Boy (Fry Rough Mix)
25 Mañana
Complete Third (Vol. 3):
01 Stroke It Noel
02 Downs
03 Femme Fatale
04 Thank You Friends
05 Holocaust
06 Jesus Christ
07 Blue Moon
08 Kizza Me
09 For You
10 O, Dana
11 Nightime
12 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
13 Kanga Roo
14 Take Care
15 Big Black Car
16 Dream Lover
17 You Can’t Have Me
18 Till the End Of the Day
19 Lovely Day
20 Nature Boy
* Previously unreleased
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