Since 1984 with the release of the first Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, the band had slowly but surely moved into the psyche of the American consumer of music. By 1988 with the release of Tender Prey, they were embedded into the fan consciousness of many. By 2019, Nick Cave has nineteen studio albums in the catalog along with a firm hold of fans across the world. By now, it’s time to look deeper into the vaults for rarities and merge them with B-sides from their almost forty years of recording.
On October 22, Mute Records (the band’s only label in all that time) will reissue and release collected set of B-sides, outtakes, covers, and other rarities over two volumes of CDs and LPs. There will be a reissued Part One Box (originally released in 2005) with 3CDs that will contain 56 tracks from 1988 through 2005. The new Part Two will provide a 2CD-filled collection of 27 tracks from the later albums (2008 with Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! through 2019 with Ghosteen) and a separately available 2LP box with 180g-weight black vinyl. This newly issued set will be known as B-Sides & Rarities (Part II).
A separately available 7LP Limited Edition Box – Parts I & II will be made available that will combine both volumes into one accessible and collectible Box. The vinyl will be 180g-weight black vinyl. It will contain a booklet with photos, notes, and other things.
B-Sides & Rarities – Part Two will be issued on 2CD, 2CD Deluxe (with exclusive photos and notes in slip-cased casing), DD, and 2LP.
B-Sides & Rarities (Part Two) – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
CD1 (Unreleased Tracks – *)
01 Hey Little Firing Squad
02 Fleeting Love
03 Accidents Will Happen
04 Free To Walk (with Debbie Harry)
05 Avalanche*
06 Vortex*
07 Needle Boy
08 Lightning Bolts
09 Animal X
10 Give Us a Kiss
11 Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)*
CD2 (Unreleased Tracks – *)
01 First Skeleton Tree*
02 King Sized Nick Cave Blues*
03 Opium Eyes*
04 Big Dream (With Sky)*
05 Instrumental #33*
06 Hell Villanelle*
07 Euthanasia*
08 Life Per Se*
09 Steve McQueen*
10 First Bright Horses*
12 First Girl in Amber*
13 Glacier*
14 Heart that Kills You*
15 First Waiting for You*
16 Sudden Song*
17 Earthlings*