Road Apples 30th anniversary box set features previously unreleased Hip demos, outtakes, and alternate versions
Today Universal Music Canada announced that the Tragically Hip would be releasing 30th anniversary deluxe editions of its Road Apples album on October 15.
That's the Hip album that's almost as good as Fully Completely. The one that opens with "Little Bones". Yeah, you know it.
The box set includes a remastered version of Road Apples, the Saskadelphia EP that was released earlier this year, and the 15-track Live At The Roxy Los Angeles, May 3rd 1991, originally recorded for a Westwood One radio show.
But the best news for hardcore Hip fans is that the box set will include Hoof-Hearted, an album that includes outtakes of "Cordelia", "Fight", and "Born in the Water"; demo versions of "Bring It All Back" and "Cordelia" (when it was known as "Angst on the Planks"); alternatve versions of "Fiddler's Green" and "Little Bones" (acoustic); the full length version of "The Last of the Unplucked Gems"; and the 1990 demo of a previously unreleased song called "If You Lived Here".
The price tag of $225 also includes Dolby Atmos, 7.1, 5.1, and binaural mixes of Road Apples and 5 cuts from Saskadelphia, and a 36-page booklet featuring reproductions of original handwritten lyrics from Gord Downie’s personal notebooks, previously unpublished photos from the Road Apples era, and commentary from the band.
Deluxe vinyl box set track listing:
Record 1 – Road Apples 2021 Remaster
Side 1
1. Little Bones
2. Twist My Arm
3. Cordelia
4. The Luxury
5. Born In The Water
6. Long Time Running
Side 2
1. Bring It All Back
2. Three Pistols
3. Fight
4. On The Verge
5. Fiddler's Green
6. The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
Record 2 Saskadelphia
Side 1
1. Ouch
2. Not Necessary
3. Montreal (Live)
Side 2
1. Crack My Spine Like A Whip
2. Just As Well
3. Reformed Baptist Blues
Record 3 Live At The Roxy, Los Angeles May 3rd, 1991
Side 1
1. Little Bones
2. She Didn't Know
3. Twist My Arm
4. Highway Girl
Side 2
1. Cordelia
2. Trickle Down
3. The Luxury
4. Three Pistols
5. Fight
Record 4 Live At The Roxy, Los Angeles May 3rd, 1991
Side 3
1. I'll Believe In You (Or I’ll Be Leaving You Tonight)
2. New Orleans Is Sinking
3. On The Verge
Side 4
1. Long Time Running
2. Blow At High Dough
3. All Canadian Surf Club
Record 5 Hoof-Hearted (An album of unreleased demos, outtakes & alternate versions)
Side 1
1. Cordelia (Outtake)
2. Bring It All Back (February 1990 Demo)
3. Fiddler's Green (Alternate Version)
4. Fight (Outtake)
Side 2
1. Born In The Water (Outtake)
2. Little Bones (Alternate Acoustic Version)
3. If You Lived Here (June 1990 Demo of Unreleased Song)
4. Angst On The Planks (Demo Version of "Cordelia")
5. The Last Of The Unplucked Gems (Full Length Version)
Blu-ray Road Apples & Saskadelphia Blu-ray Dolby Atmos, 7.1, 5.1, Binaural Mixes
1. Little Bones
2. Twist My Arm
3. Cordelia
4. The Luxury
5. Born In The Water
6. Long Time Running
7. Bring It All Back
8. Three Pistols
9. Fight
10. On The Verge
11. Fiddler's Green
12. The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
13. Ouch
14. Not Necessary
15. Crack My Spine Like A Whip
16. Just As Well
17. Reformed Baptist Blues
You can preorder the Road Apples 30th Anniversary packages here.
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