THE REPLACEMENTS - Pleased To Meet Me

Item Description

Box Set,
Deluxe Edition

Released with a hype sticker that reads:
"The pleasure's all yours!
55 tracks on 3 CDs & 1 LP
Original album remastered plus rare B-sides,
unreleased demos, outtakes & rough mixes
Features: "Alex Chilton," "Can't Hardly Wait," "The Ledge" & more
R2 643412 / 603497846467"

CD1:
Tracks CD1-1 to CD1-11: Recorded and mixed at Ardent Studios, Studio B, Memphis, TN. Digital recording originally mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

Tracks CD1-12 to CD1-15: Original versions appeared on "[r=768231]" single, Sire Germany #920707 (6/87).
Track CD1-13: Originally performed by [a=Hank Mizell].
Track CD1-14: Originally performed by [a=Nat King Cole].
Track CD1-15: Originally performed by [a=Bobby Lewis].

Track CD1-16: Original version appeared on "[r=2448305]" single, Sire #28151 (7/87). Originally performed by [a=The Sons Of The Pioneers].

Track CD1-17: Original version appeared on "[m=299441]" promotional single, Sire Promo #2863 (7/87).

CD2:
Tracks CD2-1, CD2-2, CD2-5, CD2-7: Alternate mix appeared on [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3215032-The-Replacements-Pleased-To-Meet-Me]Pleased To Meet Me (Expanded Edition)[/url], Rhino #513982 (09/08).

Tracks CD2-1 to CD2-7, CD2-10 to CD2-14: Engineered at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, MN August 1986. Mixed at Timeless Recording, Los Angeles, CA, April 2020.

CD3:
Tracks CD3-1 to CD3-13, CD3-15, CD3-16: Produced during the Pleased To Meet Me sessions at Ardent Studios, Studio B, Memphis, TN, November-December 1986.

Tracks CD3-14, CD3-17, CD3-20, CD3-21, CD3-23: Produced during the Pleased To Meet Me sessions at Ardent Studios, Studio B, Memphis, TN, November 1986-January 1987. Mixed at Greene Street Recording, New York, NY, June 1997.

Tracks CD3-18, CD3-19, CD3-22: Produced during the Pleased To Meet Me sessions at Ardent Studios, Studio B, Memphis, TN, November 1986-January 1987. Mixed Timeless Recording, Los Angeles, CA, April 2020.

Tracks CD3-14, CD3-17, CD3-20, CD3-21, CD3-23: Original versions appeared on [m=287828], Reprise #46807 (11/97).

Tracks 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 3-13, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-19, 3-22 on CD and all tracks on LP are previously unreleased.

Reissue credits:
Mastered at Mystery Room Mastering

This reissue ℗ & © 2020, 1987 Sire Records
Made in the E.U.

Special thanks: [a=Paul Westerberg], [a=Tommy Stinson], [a=Darren Hill (3)], [a=John Kastner], [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/465187-Chris-Mars]Chris[/url] and [a=Sally Mars], [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/778692-Slim-Dunlap]Slim[/url] and [a=Chrissie Dunlap], [a=Seymour Stein], [a=Michael Hill (3)], [a=Russell Rieger], [a=Gary Hobbib], [a=Julie Panebianco], [a=Mark Pinkus], [a=Brian Hay], [a=Robert Gordon (5)], [a=David Fricke], Steve Kandell, [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/268992-Peter-Jesperson]Peter[/url] and [a=Jennifer Jesperson], [a=Jeff Powell], Harpo Wilkes & The Wilkes Family, [a=Jody Stephens] and [l=Ardent Studios], [a=James Lancaster], [a=Luther Dickinson] & The Dickinson Family.

In memory of: [a=Jim Dickinson], [a=Joe Hardy], [a=John Hampton], [a=Alex Chilton], [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/7131171-Edward-Kirby-2]Edward "Prince Gabe" Kirby[/url], [a=Steve Douglas], [a=Ben Cauley], [a=Andrew Love] & [a=John Fry].

Runouts are etched.