The Replacements Announce Tim Expanded Reissue With Previously Unreleased Studio And Live Tracks

Deborah Feingold

The Replacements Announce Tim Expanded Reissue With Previously Unreleased Studio And Live Tracks

Deborah Feingold

The Replacements’ 1985 major label debut Tim is getting an expanded deluxe reissue called Tim: Let It Bleed Edition. It’ll be out on September 22 via Rhino Records in a 4CD/1LP boxed set.

The reissue included a new mix of the album that was done by Ed Stasium, who was originally in the running to co-produce the album alongside Tommy Erdelyi but ended up not. (Erdélyi — aka Tommy Ramone — passed away in 2014.) “I really loved working on this project,” Stasium said in a press release. “It’s a great record, and now you can hear even better what’s great about it. But the best thing for me was that, in a funny and really beautiful way, I got to work with my dear friend Tommy Erdelyi once again.”

Also included are a bunch of previously unreleased recordings housed on a collection dubbed Sons Of No One: Rare & Unreleased, including material from a recording session with Big Star’s Alex Chilton that took place in January 1985; there’s also a full recording of a 1986 show at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago. The box set of the reissue included a hardcover book that features previously unseen photos and a history of the album written by Bob Mehr, who wrote Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements.

Check out the new mix of “Left Of The Dial” below.

Tim: Let It Bleed Edition is out 9/22 via Rhino. Pre-order it here.

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