aaamusic | On 26, Feb 2011

MUTE EXCLUSIVE RELEASES FOR RECORD STORE DAY – 16 APRIL 2011

Grinderman : Josh T. Pearson : Yeasayer : Vorwärts compilation

Mute announce a series of exclusive releases to celebrate the third annual UK Record Store Day, on 16 April 2011.

The releases include Vorwärts, a compilation of exclusive tracks from Mute artists, either from the vaults, such as Can’s Millionspiel (edit), previously unreleased from 1970 or tracks which have been previously unreleased commercially. Released as a limited edition of 1000 in the UK on orange vinyl plus CD package, Vorwärts features unreleased tracks from Liars, Mick Harvey, Yann Tiersen and Simon Fisher Turner alongside previously commercially unavailable tracks from Grinderman and Yeasayer. Full tracklisting below.

Grinderman will release the EVIL 12”, a limited edition of 750 in the UK on red glitter vinyl with CD. The EVIL 12” features three previously unavailable versions: a remix from Silver Alert (Jim Sclavunos and Peter Mavrogeorgis), featuring lead vocals by The National’s Matt Berninger, The Michael Cliffe House Remix by Factory Floor and First Evil, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ early demo from RAK studios plus as the original version, from the latest album, Grinderman 2.

Josh T. Pearson, whose debut album is released on 14 March, will release a 12” limited to 250 copies in the UK with two exclusive piano versions of tracks from Last Of The Country Gentlemen of Sweetheart I Ain’t Your Christ and Country Dumb.

Yeasayer bookend 2010’s acclaimed album ODD BLOOD with a limited edition of 200 7”’s entitled END BLOOD featuring two unreleased tracks – Swallowing the Decibels and Phoenix Wind.

Mute Vorwärts – Vinyl album + CD
Various artists – Stumm440

Heathen Child (Rak Session) – Grinderman

The Gutter – Yann Tiersen

Locked Up – Big Deal

Singer To The Crowd – Josh T. Pearson

Greyscale – Liars

Millionspiel (Edit) – Can

Summon The Sound – S.C.U.M

Madder Red (Munk Remix) – Yeasayer

The Ballad Of Jay Givens – Mick Harvey

Silver Lining – Polly Scattergood

Noise Activity – Simon Fisher Turner / Espen J. Jörgensen

Grinderman 12” – EVIL – 12mute666 – Vinyl + CD

Evil – Album Version

Evil – The Michael Cliffe House Remix by Factory Floor

First Evil

Evil – Silver Alert Remix – (Jim Sclavunos and Peter Mavrogeorgis), featuring lead vocals by The National’s Matt Berninger

Josh T. Pearson 12” – 12mute450

Sweetheart I Ain’t Your Christ

Country Dumb

Yeasayer 7” – End Blood – Mute448

Swallowing the Decibels

Phoenix Wind