REPLACEMENTS - LET IT BE Box Set Vinyl LP

Expected : 10/24/25

Let It Be by The Replacements - Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars - originally released by highly revered indie label Twin/Tone Records, is widely hailed as one of the greatest albums of the 1980s and a cornerstone of indie rock.

The deluxe edition gathers a wide range of unreleased material from the Let It Be sessions, including alternate versions of "Gary's Got a Boner" and "Favorite Thing," as well as previously unreleased outtakes "Who's Gonna Take Us Alive" and "Street Girl." The alternate version of "Androgynous" features a different vocal take and the full piano intro, restored for the first time. All five bonus tracks from 2008's Let It Be (Expanded Edition) are included here, newly remastered for this set.

The collection also includes Goodnight! Go Home!, an unreleased 28-song performance recorded in August 1984 at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. Sourced from an audience tape and newly remastered, it finds the Minneapolis quartet charging through material from the not-yet-released album ("I Will Dare" and "Unsatisfied"), early favorites ("Color Me Impressed" and "Takin' a Ride"), and characteristically offbeat covers "Help Me Rhonda/Little G.T.O." (originally done by The Beach Boys/Ronny & the Daytonas) and "Can't Get Enough" (Bad Company).

Tracks:

LP1 - Original Album Remastered

Side A:

1. I Will Dare
2. Favorite Thing
3. We're Comin' Out
4. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
5. Androgynous
6. Black Diamond

Side B:

1. Unsatisfied
2. Seen Your Video
3. Gary's Got a Boner
4. Sixteen Blue
5. Answering Machine

LP2 - Rarities

Side C:

1. Gary's Got a Boner (Alternate Version)*
2. Favorite Thing (Alternate Version)*
3. Perfectly Lethal
4. Temptation Eyes
5. Who's Gonna Take Us Alive*
6. Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat
7. Answering Machine (Home Demo #1)
8. Answering Machine (Home Demo #2)*

Side D:

1. Street Girl (Takes 1 & 2)*
2. Sixteen Blue (Alternate Version)
3. Unsatisfied (Full-Length Version)*
4. Androgynous (Alternate Version)*
5. 20th Century Boy
6. Hey Good Lookin' (Live)

LP3-4 - Goodnight! Go Home!: Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, TBD March, 1984

Side E:

1. Can't Hardly Wait*
2. Left in the Dark*
3. Unsatisfied*
4. I Will Dare*
5. Favorite Thing*
6. Kids Don't Follow*

Side F:

1. Run It*
2. Color Me Impressed*
3. Hayday*
4. Nowhere Is My Home*
5. Love You 'Til Friday*
6. Help Me Rhonda / G.T.O.*
7. Takin' a Ride*

Side G:

1. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out*
2. Gary's Got a Boner*
3. Johnny's Gonna Die*
4. Can't Get Enough*
5. I'm in Trouble*
6. Don't Ask Why*
7. Take Me Down to the Hospital*

Side H:

1. Shiftless When Idle*
2. Mr. Whirly*
3. Hitchin' a Ride*
4. Black Diamond*
5. 20th Century Boy*
6. Go*
7. Gimme Noise*
8. White and Lazy*

*previously unreleased

Label: Rhino