Road Apples 30th anniversary box set features previously unreleased Hip demos, outtakes, and alternate versions

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      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.

      Jim Herrington

      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booklet featuring reproductions of original handwritten lyrics from Gord Downie’s personal notebooks, previously unpublished photos from the Road Apples era, and commentary from the band.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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