Pavement Launch Rarities Compilation Series

Back in April, Pavement teased “great news coming soon.” This is possibly what they were referring to: The Secret History, Vol. 1, a new compilation out on August 11 via Matador Records. It’s the first in a series of five Pavement compilation albums. Each one will include songs from the period associated with each of the band’s five albums. The Secret History, Vol. 1 collects songs from the time surrounding the band’s debut album, Slanted and Enchanted. The 30-track compilation includes B-sides, rarities, John Peel Sessions, and a 1992 live concert at Brixton Academy. All of the tracks were previously included on the 2002 reissue Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe, but are now available unattached to the original release. Update: 25 of the 30 tracks on The Secret History, Vol. 1 are on vinyl for the first time. The Slanted reissue was CD/digital only.

The 2xLP will also include essays by founding members Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg (a.k.a. Spiral Stairs), and executives from Matador, Billions Corporation, and Drag City. Rob Carmichael (Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Real Estate) designed the gatefold. Find the tracklisting below:

The Secret History, Vol. 1:

01 Sue Me Jack
02 So Stark (You’re a Skyscraper)
03 Summer Babe (7″ Version)
04 Mercy Snack: The Laundromat
05 Baptist Blacktick
06 My First Mine
07 Nothing Ever Happens
08 Here (Alternate Mix)
09 Greelander
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]

Watch Pavement perform “In the Mouth a Desert” at Reading Festival in 1992:

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