deluxe version of ‘Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.’

- 41 tracks on 2 CDs! out 8th december ‘08 on Domino -

December 8 will see the release of Mark IV in Domino’s series of deluxe reissues of the original Pavement albums. 'Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.' sports the amazing packaging and deep contents that you've seen in the previous three deluxe editions.

Like the first three editions, released every 2 years since 2000, this package treats Pavement's fourth album right, with two CDs containing the entire 1997 record, remastered from the original tapes, plus all the B-sides and compilation tracks from that period, and a plethora of unreleased live and studio tracks as enumerated below. The CDs come in an embossed slipcase with a 62-page perfect-bound book containing photos, ephemera, writings and more.

In more detail:

DISC ONE

Original Album (Remastered) - Tracks 1-12

1. Stereo
2. Shady Lane / J Vs. S
3. Transport is Arranged
4. Date w/ IKEA
5. Old to Begin
6. Type Slowly
7. Embassy Row
8. Blue Hawaiian
9. We Are Underused
10. Passat Dream
11. Starlings of the Slipstream
12. Fin
13. Westie Can Drum - Stereo B-side
14. Winner of the... - Stereo B-side
15. Birds In The Majic Industry - UNRELEASED VOCAL VERSION WILL TAKE PLACE OF RELEASED INSTRUMENTAL 'STEREO' B-SIDE VERSION
16. Slowly Typed - Shady Lane B-side
17. Cherry Area - Shady Lane B-side
18. Wanna Mess You Around - Shady Lane B-side
19. No Tan Lines - Shady Lane B-side
20. And Then... - A MUCH SHORTER VERSION OF THIS APPEARED ON THE Spit On A Stranger 7" B-side BUT this is the full 7-minute+ version
21. Harness Your Hopes - Spit On A Stranger B-side
22. Roll With the Wind - Spit On A Stranger B-side

DISC TWO

BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997

1. Then
2. Harness Your Hopes
3. The Killing Moon
4. Winner of the...
5. Embassy Row Psych Intro - UNRELEASED INTRO - BTC SESSIONS OUT TAKE
6. Nigel - UNRELEASED SONG - BTC SESSIONS OUT TAKE
7. Chevy (Old To Begin) - UNRELEASED VERSION - BTC SESSIONS
8. Roll With The Wind (Roxy) - UNRELEASED VERSION - BTC SESSIONS

VPRO Loladamusica TV show, April 4, 1997

9 . For Sale! The Preston School of Industry -- UNRELEASED SONG
10. Oddity (from the 'God Save The Clean' compilation)
11. Type Slowly (live) (from the 'Free Tibet' compilation)

KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, February 25, 1997

12. Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer In a Non-Alcoholic Bar - UNRELEASED SONG
13. Maybe Maybe - UNRELEASED VERSION

BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session August 21, 1997

14. Date w/ IKEA
15. Fin
16. Grave Architecture
17. The Classical
18. Space Ghost Theme I - UNRELEASED SONG - RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
19. Space Ghost Theme II - UNRELEASED SONG - RECORDED LIVE AT WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997
20. Beautiful as a Butterfly - UNRELEASED SONG - BTC SESSIONS OUT TAKE
21. Cataracts - UNRELEASED SONG - BTC SESSIONS OUT TAKE