The Replacements

Getting it all wrong since 1979

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and makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition 2LP set. Find your nearest retailer here: https://t.co/85hnoSYwHi

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What a mess!

Coming April 20, 2024 for #RecordStoreDay2024 is NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME: LIVE AT THE CABARET METRO, CHICAGO, IL, JANUARY 11, 1986. Taken from "Tim: Let It Bleed Edition," this blistering live set features 28 tracks packed with 'Mats classics, rarities & covers...

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...The 'Mats were eventually convinced to perform two numbers from "Tim": "Bastards of Young" and "Kiss Me on the Bus". "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is out now! ...(2/2)

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GOOD NIGHT AND HAVE A PLEASANT TOMORROW: Did you know that when The Replacements were booked for their infamous Saturday Night Live performance in 1986, they originally intended to perform "Answering Machine", the final closing track from "Let It Be"? ...(1/2)

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...own promotional idea: "Tell you what, you get us on "Hee-Haw" and I'll lip-synch to "Waitress in the Sky". "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is out now! ...(2/2)

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SOMEBODY JUST BLOWED UP A COW: The Replacements reluctance in making any promotional videos for "Tim" finally came to a head in early 1986. Summoned to the Warner offices in Burbank, Paul Westerberg shrugged off the demands of the Warner brass and came up with his...(1/2)

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...the opening lines: 'Out to see in a ship full of homes/Even so, with a heave and a ho/Gonna raise my sails.' The guitar solo still knocks my socks off, one of Bob Stinson's finest." ...(3/3)

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AIN'T TOO FAR FROM HERE: One of the great lost Replacements tracks as heard on the new "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is a track cut during the Alex Chilton sessions, "Nowhere Is My Home". ...(1/3)

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...The song was originally released on the UK-only "Boink!!" compilation in 1986. Peter Jesperson: "A song about touring. I always thought there was a sweet optimism in...(2/3)

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Replacements fans! Peter Jesperson's new memoir, "Euphoric Recall," is out & he's on tour starting tonite in Seattle, where he'll appear with Tommy Stinson, and other guests along the way. A remarkable journey thru a magic musical life-buy the book now! https://t.co/NYzfnYt5oa

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...for an all-ages audience. Peter Jesperson: "Paul's demands were that he wanted a a flashing "Bat Signal" kleig light out for the gigs and free soda pop for the kids." ...(2/2)

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BAM! POW! ZAP!: To mark the release of "Tim" in 1985, The Replacements decided to do something special. Rather than play a show in the main room at First Avenue in Minneapolis, they elected to do a five-night stand at the 7th Street Entry, one of them... (1/2)

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...He had me turn the lights down so that he was in almost complete darkness. I joined everyone in the control room. We rolled tape, heard this song for the first time, and we were speechless." "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is out now. ...(2/2)

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AIN'T MUCH TO RAKE ANYWAY IN THE FALL: Peter Jesperson recalls the recording session for "Here Comes a Regular", the "Tim" album closer. "We moved some giant choir baffles in front of the windows so Paul couldn't be seen from the control room...(1/2)

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...recording of Neil Young playing the old Buffalo Springfield gem "Flying on the Ground is Wrong". Paul Westerberg: "If you steal from everything, nobody can put a finger on you." "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is out now! ...(2/2)

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WE HANG SIDE BY SIDE: "Swingin' Party", one of the classic tracks from "Tim" and a song that has become one of the most popular Replacements tracks, was originally inspired by Frank Sinatra's version of the Rodgers and Hart standard "Where or When" and a live bootleg...(1/2)

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...Paul Westerberg: "It's me trying to write a short story and put it to music. I went through a phase where I read all of Tennessee Williams and Flannery O'Connor, a lot of great Southern tragic people." "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" is out now. ...(2/2)

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ALL YOU'RE EVER LOSING IS… : "Little Mascara" was an altogether new kind of number for The Replacements during the recording of "Tim"...(1/2)

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...single for the track that was released by Sire back in 1985. You can hear the new Ed Stasium remix of "Kiss Me on the Bus" on the "Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)" available now! ...(2/2)

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THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US: "Kiss Me on the Bus", the official first single released from "Tim", was a chronicle of adolescent longing recalled by a man years removed from the experience. Pictured is the original promotional 12"...(1/2)