liner notes Steve Shelley mastered by Jeremy Lemos Volume 3 of Sonic Youth’s Rarities series features unreleased and hard-to-find studio recordings, mostly instrumental. This collection spans from the group’s first Peel session - recorded remotely from NYC - to demos and rehearsals for our final record, The Eternal.
Track 1: Recorded in 2008 during sessions for The Eternal. Originally available as a bonus MP3 for Matador’s Buy Early Get Now promotional program for The Eternal, 2009
Track 2: From Made in USA recording sessions. Recorded at Spinhead Studio, September/October 1986. Originally released on Step, Step, Steppin' On Satan's Foot
Track 3: Early and extended 4-track demo recorded in 1987 at the basement rehearsal space on Ludlow Street. Originally available as a bonus MP3 for Matador’s Buy Early Get Now promotional program for The Eternal, 2009
Track 4: Extended instrumental 4-track demo recorded in 1988 at the basement rehearsal space on Ludlow Street. Outtake from deluxe edition of Daydream Nation. Originally available on Mixtape #6 at sonicyouth.com
Track 5: Part of a jam session recorded in November 1991 at the rehearsal space located on Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ. Originally released on Volume: Bed Of Sound
Track 6: Improv piece recorded in 2000 for Chris Habib's short film Social Static. Originally available on sonicyouth.com as a free download MP3.
Tracks 7, 8: Two outtakes of film music, recorded for Oliver Assayas’s film Demon Lover. Originally released to commemorate psych-rock festival Terrastock 5
Track 9: Recorded summer 2009 at Jackpot Studios, Portland, OR. Used for the filming and appearance on the TV show Gossip Girl. Originally released as a download at kungfustore.com and Mixtape #8 at sonicyouth.com
Track 10: Recorded in 2008 at the basement practice room, Northampton, MA, during rehearsal sessions for The Eternal. Originally available on Mixtape #7 at sonicyouth.com
Track 11: Recorded spring 1985 at Wharton Tiers' Fun City for the May 19, 1986 John Peel Session. Originally released on [m=370620]