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Sonic Youth detail “Smart Bar – Chicago 1985”

Sonic Youth detail “Smart Bar – Chicago 1985”

September 10, 2012 // Riot Fest

As promised a little while back, the Sonic Youth vaults are being opened and the first release has been confirmed. Smart Bar – Chicago 1985 is set for release on November 14, 2012 on 2xLP & CD via the band’s own Goofin’ Records and as you can probably guess, consists of of a show recorded in 1985 at the Smart Bar in Chicago. The record features an otherwise unreleased song “Kat ‘N’ Hat,” rare photos and liner notes by Gerard Cosloy and Sonic Youth engineer Aaron Mullan

1- Hallowe’en
2- Death Valley ’69
3- Intro/Brave Men Run(In My Family)
4- I Love Her All The Time
5- Ghost Bitch
6- I’m Insane
7- Kat ‘N’ Hat
8- Brother James
9- Kill Yr Idols
10- Secret Girl
11- Flower
12- The Burning Spear
13- Expressway To Yr Skull
14- Making The Nature Scene

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