Rykodisc
2004
Uncollected Galaxie 500
About This Album
One of the best things about 1996's Galaxie 500 box set was the inclusion of a full disc's worth of unreleased tracks and rarities. In 2004, Ryko decided to release the disc on its own, slapping a title (Uncollected) and a new cover on it. Easy for them and welcome to fans of the group who may have missed out on the box set. The disc itself is a fantastic appendage to the group's three studio albums, including some wonderful outtakes, single tracks, their first demo, and a live song from 1989. It also adds the video to "Blue Thunder" as the obligatory multimedia track. Perhaps the most revelatory songs here are those from the band's original demo recorded in 1987. The three songs are much more straightforward than later recordings; "Walking Song" and "On the Floor" even rock in a peppy '60s pop kind of way. Only "The Other Side" gives a hint of the future with its atmospheric feel. Of the outtakes, the best are their lilting cover of the Young Marble Giants' "Final Day," the aching "Maracas Song," and the stuttering "Song in 3." All of them are essential listening, however, with each being good enough to appear on the albums.
Track List (try tracks 1,8 and 11)

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