Pavement announce rarities compilation series

Following their promise of “great news coming soon” back in April, Pavement have announced a new series of rarities compilations. The first of the five part series, ‘The Secret History, Vol. 1,’ is out on August 11 via Matador Records, and collects together material from the time around the band’s debut album ‘Slanted and Enchanted’.

The 30-track record includes B-sides, rarities, and John Peel Sessions, as well as live recordings of a 1992 live concert at Brixton Academy. Though all of the tracks were previously available on Pavement’s ‘Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe’ re-issue, this’ll be the first time they are available on vinyl.

The double album will come with essays written by Pavement’s founding members Stephen Malkmus, and Scott Kannberg, as well as executives from Matador, Billions Corporation, and Drag City. The artwork is by Rob Carmichael, who designed the covers for Dirty Projectors’ ‘Bitte Orca’ and Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavillion’.

The tracklisting is as follows:

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]