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My record collection
#061: Galaxie 500 - unreleased sessions and live at The Rat

This is a cassette sent to me in the mid 90s by someone from The Galaxie 500 Mailing List in, I’d guess, 1995 since it has some of the tracks that later turned up on the box set… as well as some stuff that didn’t. I can’t remember who sent this, possibly Matthew (who was very helpful in the early days of the list/website but who I’ve long lost touch with).

Cassette insert for unreleased sessions
Cassette insert for unreleased sessions

Most of this has made it out there over time - some on this website - here’s a tracklist as it was written on the cassette:

A

  • July 88
    • Song in 3 released in the 1996 box set
    • Crazy released as a bonus track on some CD versions of Today
    • St. Jerome released as ‘Jerome’ on the 1996 box set
  • Aug 87
    • Walking Song released on the original 3 song demo and on the 1996 box set
    • On The Floor released on the original 3 song demo and on the 1996 box set
    • The Other Side released on the original 3 song demo and on the 1996 box set
    • Pride on the extended demo tape
    • On The Sofa on the extended demo tape
    • Open Road on the extended demo tape
  • Dec 87
    • Shout You Down I don’t think I ever shared this so… see below
    • Can’t Believe It’s Me released in the 1996 box set
    • See Thru Glasses I don’t think I ever shared this so… see below

B

  • Live 19 12 87
    The Rat, Boston, Mass
    actually probably from the 16th December 1988
    • Tugboat
    • Oblivious
    • Parking Lot
    • Don’t Let Our Youth Go to Waste
    • When Will You Come Home
    • I Wanna Live
    • Flowers
    • Temperature’s Rising
    • Download the full show
  • Tugboat I think this is the single version of Tugboat… which is also the album version?
  • Oblivious this is the alternate version that came with Chemical Imbalance #8 and was released on the 1996 box set

Galaxie 500 - Shout You Down (unreleased demo)

Galaxie 500 - See Thru Glasses (unreleased demo)

The tape is not great sounding - there seems to be some audio leak through, but, if you want to listen to the whole thing I’ve zipped it up and popped it on Mediafire to download.

  • Catalogue Number: AHFOW 16/010
  • Artist: Galaxie 500
  • Title: Unreleased sessions and live at The Rat
  • Notes:
  • Packaging: cassette box and handwritten insert
  • Format: MC

My tape deck died a couple of years back so this has been dubbed with a crappy portable which I suspect is contributing to the poor sound - although the bar was set pretty low.