SONIC YOUTH are to released an expanded edition of their classic 1990 album 'GOO' later this year.

The 2xCD/4xLP set, out on September 12, includes 31 songs featuring the original album remastered, and remixed/remastered versions of the band's eight-track demos.

Other additions include B-sides, rehearsal out-takes (including a cover of The Beach Boys’ ’I Know There’s An Answer’ and the promo-only ’Goo’ interview flexidisc.

A 24 page full-colour booklet (16 pages in the LP edition) includes never before seen photos.

The 4xLP vinyl box set will be available thru the band's own Goofin' imprint via Smells Like Records/Revolver USA on or shortly after the September 12 release date.

The full tracklisting is:

CD1:


’Dirty Boots’
’Tunic (Song for Karen)’
’Mary-Christ’
’Kool Thing’
’Mote’
’My Friend Goo’
’Disappearer’
’Mildred Pierce’
’Cinderella's Big Score’
’Scooter and Jinx’
’Titanium Expose’
’Lee #2’ (album out-take)
’That's All I Know (Right Now)’ (Neon Boys cover version & B-side)
’The Bedroom’ (B-side)
’Dr. Benway's House’ (As featured on William Burroughs’ tribute album)
’Tuff Boyz’ (Rehearsal outtake)

CD2:


’Tunic’ (demo)
’Number One (Disappearer)' (demo)
’Titanium Expose’ (demo)
’Dirty Boots’ (demo)
’Corky (Cinderella's Big Score)’ (demo)
’My Friend Goo’ (demo)
’Bookstore (Mote)’ (demo)
’Animals (Mary-Christ)’ (demo)
’DV 2 (Kool Thing)’ (demo)
’Blowjob (Mildred Pierce)’ (demo)
’Lee #2’ (demo)
’I Know There's an Answer’ (Beach Boys cover)
’Can Song’(‘The Bedroom’) (demo)
’Isaac’ (Rehearsal outtake)
’Goo Interview Flexi’

cool

Are they rereleasing every album?

This is really really awesome

Not that I know of. They've only released a special editon of Dirty prior to this one.

has Daydream been remastered yet?

No. I think it's Dirty only. Washing Machine probably knows more than me though.

Why they have done Dirty and Goo, and not Daydream Nation is beyond me. But this is still cool anyways.

i JUST bought goo the other day.

~ marks calendar ~

i really want to hear 'I Know There's an Answer'

I got this for Xmas and it is stunning. Not only is the normal version of the album good but the demo versions are spectacular. I didn't even realize that there was a beach boys cover on here. I'll have to go back and listen to remind myself.

From what I've read at their site Daydream Nation is going to be the next album to get this same treatment.

They cover some random things. For instance, I just found the cover of "Personality Crisis" they did as a b-side to Dirty. It sucks, but still.

Anyone here that actually prefers the 2nd cd for rawness than the 'studio" cut?

CD2>cd1

i think I need to pick this up.

dirty boots > tunic > mary christ > kool thing = one of the coolest sets of songs ever recorded.

I've been listening to this and Daydream a lot lately for some reason.

A couple of thoughts:

-After years of listening to sonic youth, I am starting to think that the two albums (DDN and Goo) are twins seperated at birth. Fraternal twins, but still. They are very similar feeling albums. I can't put my finger on it, but both are full of sprawling noise with equal parts beauty and punk rock.

-The band most definitely should have touched up the audio quality and released the demos as the actual album. Surely geffen put the pressure on them to release something somewhat marketable, but how great is, say, the Demo version of Mildred Pierce? It blows the super-short version on the album out of the water. The other tracks also benefit from the band not giving a shit at all. I retracked the demos on my ipod and i consider it the album now.