| Original demo tape (1980) | |
| This is the demo tape which Paul Westerberg gave to Peter Jesperson one night at the Oarfolkjokeapus record store. Jesperson was a booker for the Longhorn Bar, and Paul hoped that the cassette would help the Mats get a gig. When Jesperson heard the tape, he decided he wanted to manage the band. Two recordings from this demo cassette were used on the Sorry Ma album. | |
| Raised in the City | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Shutup | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Shape Up | |
| Don't Turn Me Down | |
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| First session (July 20, 1980) | |
| Careless (alternate version) | |
| Otto (alternate version) | |
| Shiftless When Idle | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| More Cigarettes (alternate version) | |
| I Hate Music (alternate version) | |
| Shutup (alternate version) | |
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| Sorry Ma sessions (early 1981) | |
| produced by Steve Fjelstad, Paul Westerberg, and Peter Jesperson. Engineered by Steve Fjelstad. Recorded at Blackberry Way Studios, Minneapolis. | |
| Takin' A Ride | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Careless | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Customer | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Hangin' Downtown | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Kick Your Door Down | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Otto | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| I Bought A Headache | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Rattlesnake | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| I Hate Music | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Johnny's Gonna Die | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| More Cigarettes | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Don't Ask Why | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Somethin' To Dü | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| I'm In Trouble | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| Love You Till Friday | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash |
| If Only You Were Lonely | b-side of "I'm in Trouble" single |
| Raised in the City (alternate version) | |
| Takin' a Ride (alternate version) | |
| Careless (alternate version) | |
| Johnny's Gonna Die (alternate version) | |
| Somethin' to Dü (alternate version) | |
| Love You Till Friday (alternate version 1) | |
| Love You Till Friday (alternate version 2) | |
| Like You | |
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| Stink sessions (early 1982) | |
| produced by Steve Fjelstad, Peter Jesperson, and the Replacements. Minneapolis police recorded live on location by Terry Kaufman. | |
| Kids Don't Follow | Stink |
| Fuck School | Stink |
| Stuck In The Middle | Stink |
| God Damn Job | Stink |
| White And Lazy | Stink |
| Dope Smokin' Moron | Stink |
| Go | Stink |
| Gimme Noise | Stink |
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| Trackin' Up the North session (mid-1982) | |
| This song was recorded specifically for the "KQDS Miller High Life Rock to Riches Talent Search Contest", and appeared on a compilation album dedicated to contest entries from various bands. At the end of the song Paul yells "Keep your riches, gimme a Budweiser," which probably didn't make the Miller beer people too happy. Needless to say, the Mats did not win the contest. | |
| Lookin' For Ya | Trackin' Up the North |
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| Hootenanny sessions (October 1982 to January 1983) | |
| Produced by Paul Stark, Peter Jesperson, and the Replacements. Engineered by Steve Fjelstad. Recorded at Blackberry Way Studios, and at "a warehouse in some godawful suburb north of Mpls." | |
| Hootenanny | Hootenanny |
| Run it | Hootenanny |
| Color Me Impressed | Hootenanny |
| Willpower | Hootenanny |
| Take Me Down to the Hospital | Hootenanny |
| Mr. Whirly | Hootenanny |
| Within Your Reach | Hootenanny |
| Buck Hill | Hootenanny |
| Lovelines | Hootenanny |
| You Lose | Hootenanny |
| Hayday | Hootenanny |
| Treatment Bound | Hootenanny |
| Don't Get Married | |
| Shoot Me, Kill Me (aka Sex with a Goat) | |
| Note: Peter Jesperson has stated that the Mats recorded almost two album's worth of material during the Hootenanny sessions, so there are presumably several other outtakes from these sessions whose titles are unknown. | |
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| Let it Be sessions (mid-1983 to mid-1984) | |
| Produced by Steve Fjelstad, Paul Westerberg, and Peter Jesperson. Engineered by Steve Fjelstad. Recorded at Blackberry Way Studios, Minneapolis. | |
| I Will Dare | Let it Be |
| Favorite Thing | Let it Be |
| We're Comin' Out | Let it Be |
| Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out | Let it Be |
| Androgynous | Let it Be |
| Black Diamond | Let it Be |
| Unsatisfied | Let it Be |
| Seen Your Video | Let it Be |
| Gary's Got A Boner | Let it Be |
| Sixteen Blue | Let it Be |
| Answering Machine | Let it Be |
| 20th Century Boy | b-side of "I Will Dare" |
| Sixteen Blue (alternate version) | |
| Who's Gonna Take Us Alive | |
| Temptation Eyes | |
| Street Girl (version one) | |
| Street Girl (version two) | |
| Gary's Got a Boner (alternate version) | |
| Perfectly Lethal | |
| You Look Like an Adult | |
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| Alex Chilton sessions (January 1985) | |
| Produced by Alex Chilton and the Replacements.
Recorded at Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis. The original plan was for Alex Chilton to produce the next Mats album. But when they signed to Sire Records shortly after these sessions, the label asked them to replace Chilton with Tom Erdelyi. So these January sessions wound up being the only production work Chilton did, and Left of the Dial was the only Chilton-produced song that made it onto Tim. | |
| Left of the Dial | Tim |
| Nowhere is My Home | Boink!!! (a British "greatest hits" EP) |
| Can't Hardly Wait (electric) | |
| Can't Hardly Wait (acoustic "airshaft" version) | |
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| Tim sessions (June-July 1985) | |
| Produced by Tommy Erdelyi. Engineered by Steve Fjelstad. Recorded at Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis. | |
| Hold My Life | Tim |
| I'll Buy | Tim |
| Kiss Me On The Bus | Tim |
| Dose Of Thunder | Tim |
| Waitress In The Sky | Tim |
| Swingin Party | Tim |
| Bastards Of Young | Tim |
| Lay It Down Clown | Tim |
| Little Mascara | Tim |
| Here Comes A Regular | Tim |
| Can't Hardly Wait | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Kiss Me on the Bus (alternate version) | |
| Little Mascara (alternate version) | |
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| Pleased to Meet Me demos (August 1986) | |
| Bob Stinson did his last gig with the Mats in June of 1986, so these sessions mark the last time he ever played with the band. They give an indication of what the PTMM album might have been like if he'd been on it. | |
| Valentine | |
| Birthday Gal | |
| Bundle Up | |
| Red Red Wine | |
| PO Box (aka Empty as Your Heart) | |
| Time is Killing Us (Not the Other Way) | |
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| Pleased to Meet Me sessions (late 1986-early 1987) | |
| Produced by Jim Dickinson. Recorded and mixed by John Hampton and Joe Hardy. Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis. PTMM was recorded as a trio. Bob "Slim" Dunlap joined the band after sessions were complete. | |
| I.O.U. | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Alex Chilton | Pleased to Meet Me |
| I Don't Know | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Nightclub Jitters | Pleased to Meet Me |
| The Ledge | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Never Mind | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Valentine | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Shooting Dirty Pool | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Red Red Wine | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Skyway | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Can't Hardly Wait | Pleased to Meet Me |
| Election Day | b-side of German "The Ledge" EP |
| Route 66 | b-side of German "The Ledge" EP |
| Tossin' and Turnin' | b-side of German "The Ledge" EP |
| Jungle Rock | b-side of German "The Ledge" EP |
| Cool Water | b-side of "Can't Hardly Wait" single |
| Birthday Gal | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Beer for Breakfast | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Till We're Nude | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| All He Wants to Do is Fish | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| I Don't Know (alternate version) | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Never mind (alternate version) | |
| Alex Chilton (alternate version) | |
| Red Red Wine (alternate version) | |
| Kick it In (aka Television) | |
| Valentine (instrumental version) | |
| Run for the Country | |
| Going Out of My Head | |
| Trouble on the Way | |
| Make this Your Home | |
| Learn How to Fail | |
| I Don't Know (alternate version with "Going Out of My Head" fragment) | |
| Red Red Wine (alternate version) | |
| Shooting Dirty Pool (alternate version) | |
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| Tony Berg sessions (1988) | |
| Produced by Tony Berg. Engineered by Dan Bates. Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY. According to Chris Mars, an album's worth of songs were recorded at these sessions, but the Mats decided to scrap the album because it was it was turning into a typical loudfast Mats album, and Westerberg decided he wanted to try for a different sound instead. Nothing from these sessions has been bootlegged, so the other titles aren't known. | |
| Portland | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Wake Up | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Beer for Breakfast (remake) | |
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| Don't Tell a Soul sessions (1988) | |
| Produced by Matt Wallace and the Replacements. Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles. | |
| Talent Show | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Back To Back | Don't Tell a Soul |
| We'll Inherit The Earth | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Achin' To Be | Don't Tell a Soul |
| They're Blind | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Anywhere's Better Than Here | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Asking Me Lies | Don't Tell a Soul |
| I'll Be You | Don't Tell a Soul |
| I Won't | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Rock 'n' Roll Ghost | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Darlin' One | Don't Tell a Soul |
| Date to Church | b-side of "I'll Be You" |
| We Know the Night | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| Ought to Get Love | Don't Sell or Buy, It's Crap |
| Rock 'n' Roll Ghost (alternate version) | |
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| Stay Awake session (1988) | |
| Produced by the Replacements. Recorded at Paisley Park Studios, Minnesota. This track was recorded specifically for a compilation album of pop and rock artists doing songs from Disney films. | |
| Cruella DeVille | Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films |
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| All Shook Down demos (1990) | |
| Kissin' In Action | |
| Only If We Must | |
| Someone Take The Wheel | |
| When It Began | |
| Nobody | |
| One Wink at a Time | |
| Someone Take The Wheel | |
| My Little Problem | |
| Sadly Beautiful | |
| Attitude | |
| Torture | |
| Happy Town | |
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| All Shook Down sessions (1990) | |
| Produced by Scott Litt and the Replacements. Engineered and mixed by Scott Litt. Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles. This was originally intended as a Westerberg solo album, but Tommy, Slim, and Chris were gradually added to some songs and it was decided to market it as a Mats album. "Attitude" is the only song which actually features all four Replacements. | |
| Merry Go Round | All Shook Down |
| One Wink At A Time | All Shook Down |
| Nobody | All Shook Down |
| Bent Out Of Shape | All Shook Down |
| Sadly Beautiful | All Shook Down |
| Someone Take The Wheel | All Shook Down |
| When It Began | All Shook Down |
| All Shook Down | All Shook Down |
| Attitude | All Shook Down |
| Happy Town | All Shook Down |
| Torture | All Shook Down |
| My Little Problem | All Shook Down |
| The Last | All Shook Down |
| Kissin' in Action | Don't Sell or Buy, It's Crap |
| Like a Rolling Pin | Don't Sell or Buy, It's Crap |
| Who Knows | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
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| Satellite session (1990) | |
| Produced by the Replacements. Engineered and mixed by Jay Healy. Recorded at Paisley Park Studios, Minnesota. | |
| Satellite | Don't Sell or Buy, It's Crap |
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