Blonde Redhead’s long out-of-print early recordings have finally crawled their way out of the ’90s basement thanks to Numero Group who will issue a 4LP / 2CD set on Sept. 30. Containing 37 tracks, ‘Masculin Féminin’ compiles the band’s first two albums for Steve Shelley’s Smells Like Records (self-titled and La Mia Via Violenta), their period singles, extant demos, and radio performances across four LPs or two CDs. Dozens of previously unpublished photographs illustrate two lengthy essays on this essential New York band’s formative years. Stream the early demo, This Is The Number Of Times I Said I Will But Didn’t (4 Track Demo), via Soundcloud below.
This is the latest installment in Numero Group’s 200 Line series which has also included releases from Unwound, Bedhead, Codeine, White Zombie and The Scientists.
Blonde Redhead ‘Masculin Féminin’
Pre-order here
Track list:
Masculin
LP 1 – Self-titled
1. I Don’t Want U
2. Sciuri Sciura
3. Astro Boy
4. Without Feathers
5. Snippet
6. Mama Cita
7. Swing Pool
8. Girl Boy
LP 2 – 7″s and Bonus Material
9. Amescream
10. Big Song
11. Inside You
12. Vague
13. Jet Star
14. This Is The Number Of Times I Said I Will But Didn’t (4 Track Demo)
15. Instrumental (Live at Snacktime)
16. Slogan Attempt
17. Swing Pool Instrumental (Live at Snacktime)
18. Woody (4 Track Demo)
Féminin
LP 1 – La Mia Vita Violenta
19. (I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off
20. Violent Life
21. U.F.O.
22. I Am There While You Choke On Me
23. Harmony
24. Down Under
25. Bean
26. Young Neil
27. 10 Feet High
28. Jewel
LP 2 – 7″s and Bonus Material
29. Flying Douglas
30. Harmony (7″ Version)
31. 10 Feet High (7″ Version)
32. Valentine
33. Not Too Late
34. (I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off (KCRW Session)
35. Pier Paolo (KCRW Session)
36. Country Song (La Mia Vita Violenta Outtake)
37. It Was All So Sudden (4 Track Demo)
You can also catch the band on tour this Fall – see dates below.
Tour dates
10/09 Laval, QC – Salle Andre-Mathieu
10/11 New York, NY – The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
10/13 Washington DC – The Howard Theatre
10/14 Durham, NC – RJ Reynolds Industries Theater
