Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

This expansive 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features 100 tracks on the 6 CD Box Set of which over 50 are previously unreleased. The 5 LP, 56 track Vinyl box features 30previously unreleased tracks and over 40 tracks being released on vinyl for the first time. Both formats include the original album, demos, b-sides, and highlights of the many radio sessions the band performed. The 6 CD box also includes the two EPs released during the original album cycle and two live concerts from Boston in 2002 and London in 2003. The EPs and live concerts will be released on vinyl in 2023.  Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is an essential portrait of rock’s most restlessly creative band at the peak of their powers. 

5LP Box Set

LP 1 -Original Album

Side A
1.Fight Test
2.One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
4.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
5.In The Morning Of The Magicians

Side B
1.Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell
2.Are You A Hypnotist
3.It's Summertime
4.Do You Realize??
5.All We Have Is Now
6.Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon

LP 2 -Demos+
Side C
1.All My Life -Morning Of The Magicians
2.Ego Tripping Part 2 or 3
3.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
4.Hypnotist: Early Version
5.Epic Systems Delirium
6.In The Morning Of The Magicians

Side D
1.Do You Realize?? 1st Chords Wayne
2.Do You Realize?? Steven New Part
3.Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice
4.If I Go Mad/Funeral in My Head
5.Syrtis Major

LP 3 -Non-LP+

Side E
1.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)
2.SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy
3.Seven Nation Army
4.Go (Feat Sparklehorse)
5.The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response
6.Fight Test

Side F
1.Do You Realize??
2.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3.Waitin' For A Superman
4.In The Morning Of The Magicians
5.White Christmas
6.The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, Feat The Flaming Lips)

LP 4 -Radio Sessions

Side G
1.Suspicious Minds
2.Assassination Of The Sun
3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head 
4.Do You Realize??
5.One More Robot

Side H
1.Do You Realize??
2.One More Robot
3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head 
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
5.Breathe
6.Ego Tripping AtThe Gates of Hell
7.Sunship Balloons

LP 5 -Radio Sessions+
Side I
1.Fight Test
2.Thank You Jack White
3.Do You Realize??
4.One More Robot
5.Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Side J
1.Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hel
l2.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3.SunshipBalloons
4.Up Above The Daily Hum
5.Xanthe Terra

6CD Box Set

CD 1: Original Album, plus demos

1.Fight Test

2.One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21

3.Yoshimi Battles ThePink Robots Part 1

4.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2

5.In The Morning Of The Magicians

6.Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell

7.Are You A Hypnotist

8.It's Summertime

9.Do You Realize??

10.All We Have Is Now

11.Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon

12.All My Life -Morning Of The Magicians

13.Ego Tripping Part 2 or 3

14.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

15.Hypnotist: Early Version

16.Epic Systems Delirium

17.In The Morning Of The Magicians

18.Do You Realize?? (1st Chords Wayne)

19.Do You Realize?? (Steven New Part)

CD 2 -Fight Test and Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Eps
1.Fight Test

2.Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live)

3.The Golden Age (Live)

4.Knives Out (Live)

5.Do You Realize?? (Scott Hardkiss Remix)

6.The Strange Design of Conscience

7.Thank You Jack White

8.Assassination Of The Sun

9.I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)

10.Sunship Balloons

11.Do You Realize??

12.Ego Tripping (Ego in Acceleration)

13.Ego Tripping (Self Admiration with Blow-up Mix

14.A Change at Christmas

15.Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Utah Saints Remix)

CD 3 -Non-LP+

 1.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)

2.SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy

3.Seven Nation Army

4.Go (Feat Sparklehorse)

5.Do You Realize??

6.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

7.Waitin' For A Superman

8.In TheMorning Of The Magicians

9.White Christmas

10.The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, feat. The Flaming Lips)

11.If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head

12.Syrtis Major

13.Up Above The Daily Hum

14.Xanthe Terra

15.The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response

16.Fight Test

17.Duck Dodgers Theme (Wayne Scratch Vocal)

18.I Know I’ve Got To Make That Dream The Real Thing (demo)

19.Do You Realize?? (Instrumental)

20.Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice

CD 4 -Radio Sessions

1.Suspicious Minds

2.Assassination Of The Sun

3.Can't Get You Out Of My Head

4.Do You Realize??

5.One More Robot

6.Do You Realize??

7.One More Robot

8.Can't Get You Out Of My Head

9.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

10.Do You Realize??

11.One More Robot

12.Can't Get You Out Of My Head

13.Fight Test

14.Thank You Jack White

15.Breathe

16.Ego Tripping AtThe Gates of Hell

17.Sunship Balloons

18.Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell

19.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

20.Sunship Balloons

CD 5 -Live 2002+: Radio Broadcast WBOS (Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston), plus Yoshimi Demo

 1.Introduction (David O'Leary)

2.The Golden Age

3.Wayne Rap 1

4.Lucifer Sam

5.Wayne Rap 2

6.Do You Realize??

7.Wayne Rap 3

8.Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

9.Wayne Rap 4

10.Wayner Talking Over Beginnng of Fight Test

11.Fight Test

12.Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream"

CD 6 -Live 2003: Radio Broadcast BBC (Live at The Forum, London, UK)

1. Introduction

2. Race For The Prize

3. Fight Test

4. Lucifer Sam

5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

6. Lightning Strikes The Postman

7. In The Morning Of The Magicians

8. Happy Birthdays

9. She Don't Use Jelly

10. All We Have Is Now

11. Do You Realize??

12. Waitin' For A Superman

13. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton

14. What Is The Light?

15. The Observer

3CD + Blu-Ray + 80 Page Hardcover Book

CD1: Original Album
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
New Feeling
Tentative Decisions
Happy Day
Who Is It?
No Compassion
The Book I Read
Don’t Worry About the Government
First Week/Last Week… Carefree
Psycho Killer
Pulled Up

CD2: Outtakes/Alternates/Rarities
Sugar on My Tongue
I Want to Live
(Love Goes To) Building On Fire 
I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That 
Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town (Alternate Pop Version)
New Feeling (Alternate Pop Version)
Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version) [Previously Unreleased]
Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
First Week/Last Week… Carefree (Acoustic)
I Feel It in My Heart
Psycho Killer (Alternate Version) [Previously Unreleased]

CD3: Live
(Love Goes To) Building On Fire (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Don’t Worry About the Government (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Take Me to the River (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
The Book I Read (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
New Feeling (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
A Clean Break (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
No Compassion (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Who Is It? (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Pulled Up (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Psycho Killer (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
Stay Hungry (Live at CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]

Blu-Ray:
Atmos Mix of Talking Heads: 77
5.1 Mix of Talking Heads: 77
Hi-Resolution Stereo of Talking Heads: 77

 

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