Stone Temple Pilots prep ‘Tiny Music’ Super Deluxe Edition

Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Shop comes July 23rd

Stone Temple Pilots embraced experimentation and open-mindedness to record the band’s third album, 1996’s Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop. Released on March 26, 1996, the album is a pitch-perfect amalgamation of the band members’ musical personalities, yielding three No. 1 hits – “Big Bang Baby,” “Lady Picture Show,” and “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart.” On the eve of the album’s 25th anniversary, Rhino announces the upcoming release of a newly remastered version of Tiny Music… expanded with unreleased studio and live recordings.

Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop: Super Deluxe Edition will be available on July 23rd. The 3 CD/1 LP set includes a newly remastered version of the original studio album on both CD and vinyl, plus unreleased early versions, instrumentals, and alternate takes along with a complete concert recording from 1997. On the same day, the music will be made available both digitally as a 2 CD Deluxe Edition. The remastered original album will also be available as a single CD. The previously unreleased “Alternate Version” of “Big Bang Baby” is out now on all digital download and streaming services.

A limited edition bundle is now available to pre-order at stonetemplepilots.com which includes a copy of the Super Deluxe Edition along with a bonus 7-inch vinyl single of “Big Bang Baby” that replicates the artwork of the original CD promo single from 1997. This exclusive bundle is limited to 1,000 copies.

Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz recorded Tiny Music… at a home studio tucked away in California’s Santa Ynez Valley with Brendan O’Brien, who also produced the band’s two previous albums, Core and Purple. The 25,000-square-foot house became a muse for STP, who recorded in different rooms – from the attic to the garden – and used the expansive space to experiment with new sounds.

Along with a newly remastered version of the original album, both Deluxe Editions feature 15 unreleased tracks that pull back the curtain on the creative process. Those include early versions of nearly every song on the album with nascent incarnations of “Tumble In The Rough,” “Pop’s Love Suicide,” and “Seven Caged Tigers.” The selections also feature an alternate take for “Big Bang Baby,” and a percussion mix of “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart.” There are also instrumentals for “Ride The Cliché” and “Adhesive,” plus the unreleased “Kretz’s Acoustic Song.”

An exclusive feature of the Super Deluxe Edition is a previously unreleased live recording of the band’s March 14, 1997 concert in Panama City Beach, Florida that premiered on MTV at the time. STP is dialed in from start to finish, delivering blistering takes of songs from the new album (“Tumble In The Rough” and “Big Bang Baby”), as well as hits from their earlier records (“Vasoline,” “Plush,” and “Interstate Love Song.”)

Super Deluxe Edition | 2 CD | CD

CD 1: Original Album 2021 Remaster

1. Press Play
2. Pop’s Love Suicide
3. Tumble In The Rough
4. Big Bang Baby
5. Lady Picture Show
6. And So I Know
7. Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
8. Art School Girl
9. Adhesive
10. Ride The Cliché
11. Daisy
12. Seven Caged Tigers

CD 2: Early Versions, Instrumentals, & Alternate Mixes [Previously Unreleased]

1. Press Play – Full Length Version
2. Pop’s Love Suicide – Early Version
3. Tumble In The Rough – Early Version
4. Big Bang Baby – Early Version
5. Lady Picture Show – Early Version
6. And So I Know – Early Version
7. Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart – Early Version
8. 5 Or 4 Times (Art School Girl) – Early Version
9. Adhesive – Instrumental
10. Ride The Cliché – Instrumental
11. Seven Caged Tigers – Early Version
12. Big Bang Baby – Alternate Version
13. Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart – Percussion Mix
14. Art School Girl – Jaw Harp Version
15. Kretz’s Acoustic Song

CD 3: Live at Club La Vela, Panama City Beach, FL (3/14/97) [Previously Unreleased]

1. Crackerman
2. Meatplow
3. Tumble In The Rough
4. Vasoline
5. Wicked Garden
6. Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
7. Plush
8. Big Empty
9. Interstate Love Song
10. Lady Picture Show
11. Unglued
12. Big Bang Baby
13. Dead & Bloated
14. Sex Type Thing