The Replacements – Dead Man’s Pop 4CD + LP

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The Replacements – Dead Man’s Pop 4CD/1LP Boxed Set Features The Groups Dont Tell A Soul Album Mixed As It Was Originally Intended And Expanded With Previously Unreleased Studio And Live Recordings, Including A Session With Tom Waits And A Complete 1989 Concert.

Back in 1987, Minneapolis rock and roll renegades The Replacements famously stole their Twin/Tone master tapes and threw them in the Mississippi River. A year laterwhile wrapping up work on their Warner Bros. album, Don’t Tell A Soulthe group absconded with a collection of their reels from Paisley Park studios. Thankfully, those tapes were spared a watery fate, and instead stashed away for decades by the band. Now theyve been recovered to form the basis of The Replacements first-ever boxed set, DEAD MANS POP.

Although Dont Tell A Soul ultimately became the groups best-selling effort, The Replacements were unsatisfied with the sound of the record. The band has radically reimagined Dont Tell A Soul to create a 4CD/1LP set that features the album mixed as it was originally intended (Dont Tell A Soul Redux), along with a collection of previously unheard tracks (We Know The Night: Rare & Unreleased), and a classic concert from 1989 (The Complete Inconcerated Live).

The box features a newly completed mix of the album by Dont Tell A Soul producer Matt Wallace (based on his 1988 Paisley Park mix); a disc of unreleased recordings (including a session with Tom Waits); plus the bands entire June 2, 1989 show at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In total, the box includes 60 tracks58 of which have never been heard before.

The final two CDs of Dead Mans Pop capture the band performing live in Milwaukee during the Dont Tell A Soul Tour. A few songs from the concert originally appeared on the promo-only EP Inconcerated Live (1989), but the bulk of the 29 tracks included have never been released. The entire show has been newly mixed by Brian Kehew (Ramones, The Faces).