The Replacements Announce ‘Tim: Let It Bleed Edition’
The Replacements have announced a deluxe reissue of Tim, their 1985 classic album. The first taste of the set, Left Of The Dial (Ed Stasium Mix) is available to hear now, listen below.
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The Tim: Let It Bleed Edition 4CD+LP box set is built around a stunning new mix of Tim by legendary producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Ramones, Talking Heads) and features a collection of previously unheard tracks (Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased) and a classic concert from 1986 (Not Ready For Prime Time). In total, the box includes 65 tracks – 50 of which have never been released before.
In addition to the revelatory new mix, the Tim: Let It Bleed Edition also boasts a fresh cover, featuring a 1985 image of the band in its Minneapolis rehearsal space, taken by noted photographer Moshe Brakha.
Presented in a 12×12 hardcover book loaded with dozens of previously unseen photos, the set features a detailed history of the Tim era written by Bob Mehr, author of The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements.
Stasium – who was originally considered to co-produce Tim with Tommy Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, back in 1985 – was entrusted with the remix in 2022 and went back to the original multi-tracks, spending several months creating a fuller, deeply detailed and ultimately more satisfying version of the record, which finally captures the band’s raw power. Stasium also completed work on several previously unreleased Tim songs and alternates and did mixes of the Alex Chilton session material.
In early 1985, The Replacements – singer/guitarist Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Chris Mars and lead guitarist Bob Stinson – began recording new material with their musical/spiritual godfather Alex Chilton that January in their hometown of Minneapolis. They followed up by cutting initial demos with Erdelyi in April, then starting the Tim sessions in earnest that summer. Sons Of No One: Rare & Unreleased collects all that material, including illuminating alternate versions Can’t Hardly Wait, Bastards of Young, and Hold My Life – plus a previously unheard original, Havin Fun, written by Tommy Stinson, and sung by Westerberg.
The final disc, Not Ready For Prime Time, captures the band performing live at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro in January 1986. The show was a one-off date that came just a week before the group’s infamous appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which ultimately saw them banned from the network.
Additionally, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition will include Stasium’s new mix of the record on 180-gram vinyl.
TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION – Tracklisting
CD 1: Tim (Ed Stasium Mix)
1. Hold My Life
2. I’ll Buy
3. Kiss Me On The Bus
4. Dose Of Thunder
5. Waitress In The Sky
6. Swingin Party
7. Bastard Of Young
8. Lay It Down Clown
9. Left Of The Dial
10. Little Mascara
11. Here Comes A Regular
CD 2: Tim (2023 Remaster)
1. Hold My Life
2. I’ll Buy
3. Kiss Me On The Bus
4. Dose Of Thunder
5. Waitress In The Sky
6. Swingin Party
7. Bastard Of Young
8. Lay It Down Clown
9. Left Of The Dial
10. Little Mascara
11. Here Comes A Regular
CD 3: Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased
1. Can’t Hardly Wait (Acoustic Demo)
2. Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Mix)*
3. Can’t Hardly Wait (Electric Demo) [Alternate Mix]*
4. Left Of The Dial (Alternate Version)*
5. Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)*
6. Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)*
7. Kiss Me On The Bus (Studio Demo)
8. Little Mascara (Studio Demo)*
9. Bastards Of Young (Alternate Version)*
10. Hold My Life (Alternate Version)*
11. Having Fun*
12. Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version)
13. Can’t Hardly Wait (The “Tim” Version) [Alternate Mix]*
14. Swingin Party (Alternate Version)*
15. Here Comes A Regular (Alternate Version)
CD 4: Not Ready For Prime Time – Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986
1. Gary’s Got A Boner*
2. Love You ‘Till Friday*
3. Bastards Of Young*
4. Can’t Hardly Wait*
5. Answering Machine*
6. Little Mascara*
7. Color Me Impressed*
8. Kiss Me On The Bus*
9. Favorite Thing*
10. Mr. Whirly*
11. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out*
12. I Will Dare*
13. Johnny’s Gonna Die*
14. Dose Of Thunder*
15. Takin’ A Ride*
16. Hitchin’ A Ride*
17. Trouble Boys*
18. Unsatisfied*
19. Black Diamond*
20. Jumpin’ Jack Flash*
21. Customer*
22. Borstal Breakout*
23. Take Me Down To The Hospital*
24. Kids Don’t Follow*
25. Nowhere Man*
26. The Crusher*
27. I’m In Trouble*
28. Go*
* previously unreleased