The Replacements Reissuing Tim With Alex Chilton–Produced Sessions

The Replacements will reissue Tim, their major-label debut from 1985, in a new box set packaged with the shelved sessions produced by Big Star’s Alex Chilton. The 4xCD, 1xLP box, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, is out via Rhino on September 22, and it comes with a hardcover book featuring photos and a new Bob Mehr essay, a live album recorded at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago in 1986, and 50 previously unheard tracks, including material unearthed from that January 1985 session with Chilton. A new mix by Ed Stasium overhauls the original album production by his longtime working partner Tommy Ramone. 

Mehr, the band’s biographer, says in a press release: “After nearly 40 years, Tim remains a charmed collision of intention and accident, a balance of deliberate anthems and tossed-off gems, of raucous release and refined beauty—and a record that perfectly captures the band’s fraught but always compelling ascent on the ladder of success.”

Stasium’s new mix is on the vinyl that comes with the box, and the CD set additionally features a 2023 remaster of the original mix. Check out the full tracklist below. 

Revisit Pitchfork’s interview with Bob Mehr, “Why It Took Decades for The Replacements to Get Their Due.”

Tim: Let It Bleed Edition:

01 Hold My Life
02 I’ll Buy
03 Kiss Me On The Bus
04 Dose Of Thunder
05 Waitress In The Sky
06 Swingin Party
07 Bastard Of Young
08 Lay It Down Clown
09 Left Of The Dial
10 Little Mascara
11 Here Comes A Stranger
12 Can’t Hardly Wait (Acoustic Demo)
13 Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Mix)
14 Can’t Hardly Wait (Electric Demo) [Alternate Mix]
15 Left Of The Dial (Alternate Version)
16 Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)
17 Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)
18 Kiss Me On The Bus (Studio Demo)
19 Little Mascara (Studio Demo)
20 Bastards Of Young (Alternate Version)
21 Hold My Life (Alternate Version)
22 Having Fun
23 Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version)
24 Can’t Hardly Wait (The “Tim” Version) [Alternate Mix]
25 Swingin Party (Alternate Version)
26 Here Comes A Regular (Alternate Version)
27 Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986
28 Gary’s Got A Boner (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
29 Love You ‘Till Friday (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
30 Bastards Of Young (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
31 Can’t Hardly Wait (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
32 Answering Machine (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
33 Little Mascara (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
34 Color Me Impressed (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
35 Kiss Me on the Bus (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
36 Favorite Thing (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
37 Mr. Whirly (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
38 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986) I Will 39 Dare (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
40 Johnny’s Gonna Die (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
41 Dose Of Thunder (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
42 Takin’ A Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
43 Hitchin’ A Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
44 Trouble Boys (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
45 Unsatisfied (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
46 Black Diamond (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
47 Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
48 Customer (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
49 Borstal Breakout (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
50 Take Me Down to The Hospital (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
51 Kids Don’t Follow (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
52 Nowhere Man (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
53 The Crusher (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
54 I’m in Trouble (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
55 Go (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)