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10-10-2003, 04:47 PM
Any truth to this? A little early for April fools.
[Posted Friday, October 10th, 2003 02:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]
Will Bryant reports:
Finally, Kannberg confirmed for Pitchfork that Matador will be preparing a deluxe reissue for Pavement's watershed 1994 album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, probably in time for the 2004 holiday season. Kannberg isn't quite sure what material is available for the expanded reissue: "I haven't a chance to get started on compiling and sorting it out. I'll probably get started on it real soon. It should be a nice package, like the Slanted thing," Kannberg told Pitchfork. "There are tons of goodies to pick from."
Apart from the usual assortment of b-sides and compilation tracks, there is a February 1994 Peel session with the unreleased Spiral composition "Tartar Martyr" and three then-unreleased songs, a March 1994 broadcast from Holland's VPRO radio, and a July 1994 JJJ session with the never-released "Candylad" and early versions of several Wowee Zowee cuts.
Kannberg also recalls some early, aborted sessions with original drummer Gary Young: "I remember doing songs like 'Grounded' and 'Cut Your Hair' and others with Gary. I haven't heard them since, but will listen to them when I get to compiling it all. I hope some of it is tapeable. We also played some new songs that were pretty awful on our Australian tour from around that time."
There are also likely versions of a few Spiral songs recorded in New York around the same time as "Hit The Plane Down"; the only one Kannberg vaguely remembers recording is "Kennel District."
[Posted Friday, October 10th, 2003 02:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]
Will Bryant reports:
Finally, Kannberg confirmed for Pitchfork that Matador will be preparing a deluxe reissue for Pavement's watershed 1994 album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, probably in time for the 2004 holiday season. Kannberg isn't quite sure what material is available for the expanded reissue: "I haven't a chance to get started on compiling and sorting it out. I'll probably get started on it real soon. It should be a nice package, like the Slanted thing," Kannberg told Pitchfork. "There are tons of goodies to pick from."
Apart from the usual assortment of b-sides and compilation tracks, there is a February 1994 Peel session with the unreleased Spiral composition "Tartar Martyr" and three then-unreleased songs, a March 1994 broadcast from Holland's VPRO radio, and a July 1994 JJJ session with the never-released "Candylad" and early versions of several Wowee Zowee cuts.
Kannberg also recalls some early, aborted sessions with original drummer Gary Young: "I remember doing songs like 'Grounded' and 'Cut Your Hair' and others with Gary. I haven't heard them since, but will listen to them when I get to compiling it all. I hope some of it is tapeable. We also played some new songs that were pretty awful on our Australian tour from around that time."
There are also likely versions of a few Spiral songs recorded in New York around the same time as "Hit The Plane Down"; the only one Kannberg vaguely remembers recording is "Kennel District."