Matador Records | Pavement

09/29/04— 'Crooked' Deluxe — at last!
'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins' is the long-awaited 2-CD deluxe reissue of Pavement's best-selling second album, originally released in 1994. The entire remastered original album plus all the B-sides, compilation tracks, rarities and outtakes and Peel sessions. Containing 49 tracks, 25 unreleased recordings, and 11 never-before-heard songs. In laminated, die-cut slipcase with 40-page perfect-bound book.

Here is the full, and very complicated, information on this document:

DISC ONE

[Tracks 1-12 are the original 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, released in January 1994. Tracks 13-24 are B-sides and compilation tracks.]

1. Silence Kit
2. Elevate Me Later
3. Stop Breathin
4. Cut Your Hair
5. Newark Wilder
6. Unfair
7. Gold Soundz
8. 5-4 = Unity
9. Range Life
10. Heaven Is a Truck
11. Hit the Plane Down
12. Fillmore Jive
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13. Camera
14. Stare
15. Raft
16. Cooling by Sound
17. Kneeling Bus
18. Strings of Nashville
19. Exit Theory
20. 5-4 Vocal
21. Jam Kids
22. Haunt You Down
23. Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
24. Nail Clinic

DISC ONE tracks 1-12 from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, originally released by Matador Records, February 1994, OLE-079-1/2/4.

DISC ONE tracks 13 & 14 from "Cut Your Hair" originally released by Matador Records, January 1994, OLE-082-7/2/1

DISC ONE tracks 15 & 16 from "Range Life" originally released by Big Cat Records, January 1995, ABB77-S/T/CD. Used by permisssion

DISC ONE tracks 17-19 from "Gold Soundz" originally released by Matador Records, June 1994, OLE-101-7/2

DISC ONE track 20 from Gold Soundz Austral-N.Z. French Micronesia 94 , originally released by Fellaheen, July 1994, JACK-015-2. Used by permission

DISC ONE tracks 21 & 22 from the Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain bonus 7", originally released by Matador Records February 1994, OLE-087-7

DISC ONE track 23 from V/A - No Alternative originally released by Arista Records, November 1993, 18737-2. Used by Permission

DISC ONE track 24 from V/A - Hey Drag City! originally released by Drag City Records, 1994, DC-20-1/2/4. Used by Permission

Tracks 1-12, 15, 16, 19, 20 recorded Aug-Sept 1993 at Random Falls, NYC, engineered by Mark Venezia.

Tracks 14, 17, 18, 21, 22 recorded early 1993 at Louder Than You Think, Stockton, CA

Tracks 13, 23, 24 recorded spring 1993 at Waterworks, NYC.

DISC TWO

[All tracks unreleased; * indicates a completely unreleased song. Tracks 1-8 are an early version of 'Crooked Rain' recorded with original drummer Gary Young. Some songs ended up in considerably changed versions on the third album, 'Wowee Zowee.']

1. All My Friends *
2. Soiled Little Filly *
3. Range Life
4. Stop Breathing
5. Ell Ess Two [early version of Elevate Me Later (Loretta Scars II)]
6. Flux = Rad
7. Bad Version of War *
8. Same Way of Saying *
9. Hands Off the Bayou *
10. Heaven Is a Truck (Egg Shell)
11. Grounded
12. Kennel District
13. Pueblo (Beach Boys)
14. Fucking Righteous *
15. Colorado *
16. Dark Ages *
17. Flood Victim *
18. JMC Retro *
19. Rug Rat [vocal version of KNEELING BUS, not an unreleased song]
20. Strings of Nashville (instrumental)
21. Instrumental *
22. Brink of the Clouds
23. Tartar Martyr *
24. Pueblo Domain
25. The Sutcliffe Catering Song [this ended up being called EASILY FOOLED and is not an unreleased song]

EVERY RECORDING ON DISC TWO IS UNRELEASED
* UNRELEASED SONGS

DISC TWO tracks 1-8 recorded early 1993 at Louder Than You Think, Stockton, CA. Gary Young on drums. PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

DISC TWO tracks 9-21 recorded at Random Falls Aug-Sept 1993, engineered by Mark Venezia. PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

DISC TWO tracks 22-25 Recorded for Radio 1's John Peel Show at BBC's Maida Vale Studio 5. Producer: Mike Hawkes. First Transmission Date: 26th February 1994. PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

10/15/02— 'Slanted' reish & 'Slow Century' double DVD to usher in new era of early '90's nostalgia
Or maybe not. Cause it isn't about nostalgia. While both of these lavishly packaged, lovingly produced artifacts --- available later this month --- might succeed in transporting you to another time and place, this observer thinks they stand up pretty damn well to anything on offer in 2002. 'S&E' version 2.0 isn't just a treasure trove of Pavement reminisces and mysteriously stained setlists ; the bonus disc of live recordings and radio sessions is worth the price of admission all by itself (though in retrospect, it might've been a bit ambitious to charge the neighbors admission to come into my living room to hear an advance copy). Likewise, 'Slow Century' is no mere 'greatest video hits' collection ; the multi-camera angle live footage and accompanying docu-drama from Lance Bangs are so substantial you might excuse us if we decided to delay the DVD's release by another 2 months.

But we'll do no such thing. That's how much we care about you, about Pavement's musical legacy, and about making this holiday season extra special for everyone without coffee tables.

08/01/02— Pavement - archived and committed to video
as rumoured elsewhere (well, fuck, here actually), we'll be reissuing Pavement's groundbreaking 'Slanted & Enchanted' album on October 22, completely remastered with scads of extra tracks (at least 3 outtakes, the "Summer Babe" b-sides, b-sides from the "Trigger Cut" single, the entire "Watery, Domestic" EP, plus more), liner notes from SM, Spiral, Chris Lombardi, Dan Koretzky, Gerard Cosloy, Boche Billions and other hangers-on.

On the same day, we'll also be releasing the long-awaited Pavement 2-DVD collection, 'Slow Century'. Compiling all of Pavement's videos, two live gigs with multiple camera angles, plus a 90 minute documentary by director Lance Bangs. And no exhaustive DVD set would be complete without self-serving commentary from the musicians and video directors. If only we could've hired Elvis Mitchell to lob the softball questions up there the way he did on that "Memento" DVD....well, that would've taken us another year to get together, so be thankful we didn't bother.

08/04/00 — Matador announces new album from aspiring singer-songwriter & friends.
Matador announces new album from aspiring singer-songwriter and friends. We’re still not sure of titles, dates or anything else, but we can tell you that sometime in early 2001, Matador will be releasing a new full-length album by Stephen Malkmus, fronting a new trio known as The Jicks. We at Matador have always been supportive of new, unheard artists, and we’re confident that the rock & roll stylings of these youngsters will be like nothing you have ever heard. OK, check that, they will actually be very much like something you have heard (but something very good, indeed).

05/25/00 — Lance Bangs, director of many Pavement videos and the guy who’s putting the Slow Century VHS/DVD together, posted this on the bulletinboard:

Lance Bangs
Re: I can see that the DVD is delayed
Mon May 22 06:49:33 2000

It’s being finalised, and will be released, but the date won’t be announced until it is ready for production and Matador have sufficient time to handle it’s manufacturing and release. Since it has been a while, I will run through what it entails:

Music Videos for:
Here
Perfume-V
Cut Your Hair
Gold Sounds
Range Life
rattled by the Rush
father to a Sister of a Thought
Painted Soldiers
Stereo
Shady Lane
Carrot Rope
Spit on a Stranger
Major Leagues

Alternate videos for:
Rattled by The Rush
Major Leagues
Cut Your Hair

The DVD has a 2nd audio track option of commentary by the band over the videos, and a 3rd audio track with commentary from directors where they were available.

Between the Music Videos there is interstitial footage of them making the videos, appearing on various television segments, etc.

Following that is an hour of live footage and documentary material spanning from 1990 up to the last three songs they performed at the Brixton Academy in late November of 1999 (stop bereathing/conduit for sale/here).

All of that material should be on the planned VHS as well as the DVD, with the exception of the audio commentary tracks.

Additionally, the DVD is likely to contain a substantial amount of concert footage shot with two cameras, which you can jump back and forth between at your own discretion. The setlist for this is as follows:

Showbox
Seattle, WA
July 14 1999

In the Mouth A Desert
Speak See Remember
Spit On A Stranger
Date with Ikea
The Hexx
Box Elder
Folk Jam
Billie
Major Leagues
Shady Lane
Cream Of Gold
Platform Blues
We Dance
Harness Your Hopes
Stereo
Gold Soundz
Killing Moon
Sinister Purpose
Debris Slide

I’m finishing up edits of versions of Grounded, Summer Babe, Unfair, Fin, Range Life, Frontwards, Give it a Day, Kennel D, Carrot Rope, and Whip It to make sure that they will fit without too much compression on the disc as well.

We’ve designed the menus, including some short animated clips, have a thorough discography, and basically took full advantage of the DVD format. I still need to finalize the documentary and get the bands approval, and go through clearances with Matador for the various clips that came from various television stations over the years, but it is very close now, and I think that fans will be pleased with how comprehensive and thorough the disc will be. They are a tremendous band, and I appreciate their patience, Matador’s patience, and the fans patience while this was all being pulled together.