The Replacements expand 'Let It Be' for new deluxe edition

The landmark 1984 album has been remastered and includes unreleased bonus tracks

Rhino will reissue The Replacements’ Let It Be as a deluxe edition on October 24th. The set, originally released by highly revered indie label Twin/Tone Records, has been expanded and remastered to contain unreleased studio and live recordings on 3 CDs and 4 LPs.

The set gathers a wide range of unreleased material from the Let It Be sessions, including alternate versions of “Gary’s Got A Boner” and “Favorite Thing,” as well as previously unreleased outtakes “Who’s Gonna Take Us Alive” and “Street Girl.” The alternate version of “Androgynous” features a different vocal take and the full piano intro, restored for the first time. All five bonus tracks from 2008’s Let It Be (Expanded Edition) are included and newly remastered for this set.

The collection also includes Goodnight! Go Home!, an unreleased 28-song performance recorded in August 1984 at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. Sourced from an audience tape and newly remastered, it finds the Minneapolis quartet charging through material from the not-yet-released album (“I Will Dare” and “Unsatisfied”), early favorites (“Color Me Impressed” and “Takin’ A Ride”), and offbeat covers “Help Me Rhonda/Little G.T.O.” (originally done by The Beach Boys/Ronny & The Daytonas) and Bad Company’s “Can’t Get Enough.”

4 LP or 3 CD versions of Let It Be (Deluxe Edition), plus a bonus ten-inch vinyl Live at City Garden, will be available exclusively at Rhino.com. Rhino.com exclusive merch bundles include the 3 CD alongside a t-shirt, and the 4 LP with a ten-inch and a t-shirt. The six-song soundboard recording was made on February 11th at one of the band’s favorite punk clubs in Trenton, NJ. One highlight is a rare performance of the ballad “You’re Getting Married,” a birthday request from the band’s original manager and Twin/Tone co-founder Peter Jesperson, who co-produced the 1984 album and this deluxe edition. Westerberg altered the lyrics mid-song, delivering them to a punk crowd Jesperson feared “might eat him alive”—but didn’t. “In all of The Replacements’ lore,” he says, “I think this is one of the greatest moments ever.”

By the time Let It Be was recorded, The Replacements had nearly outgrown their rough-edged hardcore beginnings. In their place were songs about longing, identity, and the uneasy shift from youth to adulthood. Tracks like “Unsatisfied” and “Answering Machine” embody that evolution, while “Seen Your Video” preserved their instinct for irreverence. The response was immediate, earning a rare A+ from Robert Christgau in The Village Voice and four stars from Rolling Stone. Its critical reputation only snowballed from there, eventually landing it on countless lists of the greatest albums ever made.

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