Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash LP+4CD Box Set

Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash

The Replacements' 1981 Twin/Tone Records debut, SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH, heralded the Minneapolis-based band's competing tendencies toward indelible genius and reckless abandon. The 'Mats' legendary founding line-up - lead singer/songwriter and guitarist Paul Westerberg, drummer Chris Mars, and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (lead guitar and bass respectively) - unleashed a thrilling, dynamic sound on the album with now-classic songs like "Takin' A Ride," "Shiftless When Idle," and "Customer."

We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH this fall with a 4CD/1LP set that offers a remarkable document of The Replacements' formative years. Of the set's 100 tracks, 67 have never been released before, including the first demos the band recorded in early 1980, as well as a professionally captured concert from January 1981. Along with a newly remastered version of the original album, it also uncovers many unreleased rough mixes, alternate takes, and demos from the band's first 18 months together. The LP included in the set, titled Deliberate Noise, presents an alternate version of the original album using these previously unreleased tracks.

SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH (DELUXE EDITION) is presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book loaded with dozens of rarely seen photos. The set was produced by Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperson, Rhino's Jason Jones, and Replacements' biographer Bob Mehr, who received a Grammy for Best Album Notes for his work on the band's acclaimed 2019 boxed set Dead Man's Pop. Mehr again penned the detailed liners that accompany this set, which features new interviews with The Replacements. Former Replacements manager Jesperson also provides a remembrance of the Sorry Ma era.

The boxed set opens with a remastered version of the original album that's been expanded with the non-album B-side, "If Only You Were Lonely." From there, a second disc, titled Raised in the City, delves into the group's very first recordings ("Try Me," "She's Firm," "Lookin For Ya"), as well as studio demos for album tracks (including "Shutup" and "I Hate Music"), outtakes ("Shape Up," and "Get On The Stick," among them) and rare basement recordings ("Lie About Your Age," "Johnny Fast"). A handful of these appeared on Rhino's 2008 reissue of Sorry Ma, but more than a dozen included on the new set have never been released.

Four outtakes on the collection's third disc, Tape's Rolling, debuted on the same 2008 reissue, but here they're joined by more than two dozen unreleased recordings. Highlights include electrifying alternate versions of "Johnny's Gonna Die" and "Love You Till Friday," alternate mixes for "Rattlesnake" and "More Cigarettes," plus Westerberg's home demos of "You're Pretty When You're Rude" and "If Only You Were Lonely."

The Deluxe Edition ends on a high note with the earliest professional live recording of The Replacements. The previously unreleased concert, dubbed Unsuitable for Airplay, was captured by Twin/Tone's mobile unit on January 23, 1981, at the 7th St Entry in Minneapolis, MN. A portion of the show was later broadcast on the local community radio station, KFAI.

Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Takin a Ride
2. Careless
3. Customer
4. Hangin Downtown
5. Kick Your Door Down
6. Otto
7. I Bought a Headache
8. Rattlesnake
9. I Hate Music
10. Johnny’s Gonna Die
11. Shiftless When Idle
12. More Cigarettes
13. Don’t Ask Why
14. Somethin To Du
15. I’m In Trouble
16. Love You Till Friday
17. Shutup
18. Raised In the City
19. If Only You Were Lonely (B-Side)

Disc 2
1. Try Me (Demo)
2. She’s Firm (Demo)
3. Lookin For Ya (Demo)
4. Raised In the City (Demo)
5. Shutup (Demo)
6. Don’t Turn Me Down (Demo)
7. Shape Up (Demo)
8. I Hate Music (Studio Demo)
9. Careless (Studio Demo)
10. Shutup (Studio Demo)
11. Otto (Studio Demo)
12. Get On the Stick (Studio Demo)
13. Oh Baby (Studio Demo)
14. Raised In the City (Studio Demo)
15. Shiftless When Idle (Studio Demo)
16. More Cigarettes (Studio Demo)
17. You Ain’t Gotta Dance (Studio Demo)
18. Don’t Turn Me Down (Studio Demo)
19. Rattlesnake (Basement Version)
20. Takin’ a Ride (Basement Version)
21. Lie About Your Age (Basement Version)
22. We’ll Get Drunk/Customer (Basement Version)
23. Johnny Fast (Basement Version)
24. Mistake (Basement Version)
25. Basement Jam (Rehearsal)

Disc 3
1. Careless (Alternate Version)
2. Takin a Ride (Alternate Version)
3. Shutup (Alternate Version)
4. Otto (Alternate Mix)
5. Raised In the City (Alternate Version)
6. Rattlesnake (Alternate Mix)
7. Love You Till Friday (Alternate Version)
8. Customer (Alternate Version)
9. Somethin To Du (Alternate Version)
10. Johnny’s Gonna Die (Alternate Version)
11. I’m In Trouble (Alternate Version)
12. I Hate Music (Alternate Version)
13. We’ll Get Drunk
14. More Cigarettes (Alternate Mix)
15. Get Lost (Instrumental)
16. Hangin Downtown (Alternate Version)
17. Shutup (Alternate Version 2)
18. Somethin To Du (Alternate Version 2)
19. Don’t Ask Why (Alternate Mix)
20. Kick Your Door Down (Alternate Mix)
21. Love You Till Friday (Alternate Mix)
22. Johnny’s Gonna Die (Alternate Mix)
23. Like You (Outtake)
24. Get Lost (Outtake)
25. A Toe Needs a Shoe (Outtake)
26. You’re Pretty When You’re Rude (Solo Home Demo)
27. If Only You Were Lonely (Working Version/Solo Home Demo)
28. Bad Worker (Solo Home Demo)
29. You’re Getting Married (Solo Home Demo)

Disc 4
1. Careless (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81
2. Takin a Ride (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/2
3. Trouble Boys (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/2
4. Hangin Downtown (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn,
5. Like You (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81
6. Off Your Pants (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1
7. Get Lost (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81
8. Excuse Me (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/8
9. Customer (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81
10. I Wanna Be Loved (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn,
11. Mistake (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81)
12. My Town (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81)
13. Shiftless When Idle (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis,
14. Oh Baby (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81)
15. I’m In Trouble (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1
16. Johnny’s Gonna Die/All By Myself (Live At the 7th St Entry,
17. More Cigarettes (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn,
18. Otto (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81)
19. Don’t Ask Why (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/
20. Slow Down (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/8
21. Somethin To Du (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1
22. Love You Till Friday (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis,
23. Raised In the City (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, M
24. Rattlesnake (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23
25. All Day and All of the Night (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minn
26. I Hate Music (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/2
27. Shutup (Live At the 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, Mn, 1/23/81)

Disc 5 (LP)
1. Takin a Ride (Alternate Version)
2. Careless (Alternate Version)
3. Customer (Alternate Version)
4. Hangin Downtown (Alternate Version)
5. Kick Your Door Down (Alternate Mix)
6. Otto (Alternate Mix)
7. I Bought a Headache (Alternate Mix)
8. Rattlesnake (Alternate Mix)
9. I Hate Music (Studio Demo)
10. Johnny’s Gonna Die (Alternate Mix)
11. Shiftless When Idle (Studio Demo)
12. More Cigarettes (Alternate Mix)
13. Don’t Ask Why (Alternate Mix)
14. Somethin To Du (Alternate Version 2)
15. I’m In Trouble (Alternate Version)
16. Love You Till Friday (Alternate Mix)
17. Shutup (Alternate Version)
18. Raised In the City (Alternate Version) 

Label: Rhino Records
Released: 2021