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The album is a capsule of weeks in a hospital bed and recovery back at his Portland home, where he recorded the album with significant contributions from Peter Buck, Joe Adragna, Jeff Tweedy, and more. The results are often head-scratching, tongue-tying spats of confusion, as the lyrics nudged him to experiment with voice-altering effects, to match the singular new outer-space characters he felt he was singing as.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.  Plascent Folk\r 2.  My Collection\r 3.  Beacon From RKO\r 4.  Bleach Boys \u0026amp; Beach Girls\r 5.  My Master Bull\r 6.  Beatles Forever (Little Red)\r 7.  Message Of Mother\r 8.  Well In Fact She Said\r 9.  MRI\r 10. Pink Bag For Rip Torn\r 11. Scar Crow\r 12. Goodbye Braverman\r 13. 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But aside from giving the album the ultimate audiophile treatment of a vinyl release, this release contains the entire \"gun sessions\" recordings. An entire album's worth of bonus tracks (demos, outtakes, previously unreleased tracks, rarities, and alternate mixes) have made their way out of the Minus 5 vaults to be included as a digital download available only with purchase of this LP. A total of 23 tracks are sure to satisfy both fans and soon to be fans the world over. The Minus 5 features the Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, John Ramberg and Bill Rieflin line-up, as well as two tracks recorded in Chicago with Wilco, and guest appearances by John Wesley Harding, Kelly Hogan, Morgan Fisher (Mott), Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger\/Long Winters), Tucker Jackson (The Dimes\/Celilo), and Colin Meloy and John Moen (Decemberists)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: Single LP w\/ 7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Minus 5","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42013201956945,"sku":"R4ERBD-0X8L-PU","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/the-minus-5-the-minus-5_XjsqK.jpg?v=1762477874"},{"product_id":"the-minus-5-sad-hasselhoff-ep-12-vinyl-vinyl","title":"Sad Hasselhoff EP (12\" Vinyl) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sad Hasselhoff 12\" vinyl EP features six news songs foreshadowing The Minus 5's forthcoming 2009 album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: Vinyl (180g 6-song 12\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Minus 5","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42013537665105,"sku":"KTYNOV-1TET-FF","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/the-minus-5-sad-hasselhoff-ep-12-vinyl_pkufE.jpg?v=1762478012"},{"product_id":"the-minus-5-of-monkees-and-men-vinyl","title":"Of Monkees And Men (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2016 marks the 50th anniversary of The Monkees, the band that wasn't really a band when they started (yes, they were the Prefab Four before The Rutles), but became one, and in the process have reached legendary status, with a catalog of music that rightly deserves the attention it has garnered over the years. I was eleven years old when I first heard \"Last Train To Clarksville\" and I became a lifelong fan in that moment. A few years ago I gathered like-minded Minus 5 cohorts for Of Monkees \u0026amp; Men, and, starting with the surreal 10-minute epic \"Michael Nesmith\", we crafted a song for each member, as well as one for \"Boyce \u0026amp; Hart\", the duo that wrote and produced many classic Monkees tracks. Side Two of the LP eulogizes other important figures in that roam my psyche, naming names and proudly so. It's not a musical documentary by any means - but it pays real tribute to people who heavily influenced my life and music. -Scott McCaughey \/ The Minus 5HIGHLIGHTS: - Special Stand Alone release from 2014's 5 LP set Scott The Hoople In Dungeon of Horror - Many special guests, including: members of R.E.M. and The Smithereens, plus Laura Gibson as \"The Girl\". TRACK LISTING: SIDE 1 1. Michael Nesmith 2. Davey Gets The Girl 3. Song For Peter Tork 4. Mickey's A Cool Drummer 5. 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This collection was artfully curated, by McCaughey, from the extremely limited edition (500 copies) Record Store Day 2014 vinyl only box set, Scott The Hoople In The Dungeon Of Horror. In the process of compiling these tracks, McCaughey could not resist reworking several of these songs. As a result, half the songs are different versions than what appeared on the box set. This is the first digital\/CD release of any of these tracks. Guests include, Peter Buck, Jeff Tweedy, Ian McLagan, Jon Moen and Nate Query (The Decemberists), Linda Pitmon, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: Gatefold CD Wallet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Minus 5","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027178524753,"sku":"MNLIG3-SOI2-WN","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/the-minus-5-dungeon-golds_EIYkG.jpg?v=1759474728"},{"product_id":"the-minus-5-dear-december-cd","title":"Dear December (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn early 2017, Scott McCaughey was asked to write some holiday songs for another artist's holiday album. 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But aside from giving the album the ultimate audiophile treatment of a vinyl release, this release contains the entire \"gun sessions\" recordings. An entire album's worth of bonus tracks (demos, outtakes, previously unreleased tracks, rarities, and alternate mixes) have made their way out of the Minus 5 vaults to be included as a digital download available only with purchase of this LP. A total of 23 tracks are sure to satisfy both fans and soon to be fans the world over.The Minus 5 features the Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, John Ramberg and Bill Rieflin line-up, as well as two tracks recorded in Chicago with Wilco, and guest appearances by John Wesley Harding, Kelly Hogan, Morgan Fisher (Mott), Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger\/Long Winters), Tucker Jackson (The Dimes\/Celilo), and Colin Meloy and John Moen (Decemberists)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Minus 5","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027276206161,"sku":"T9EKAI-3I59-NY","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/the-minus-5-the-minus-5_ZeGIH.jpg?v=1762487947"},{"product_id":"the-minus-5-down-with-wilco-cd","title":"Down With Wilco (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first-ever LP release of the now-legendary rock summit between Scott McCaughey's astonishingly prolific Minus 5 collective and the members of experimental pop stalwarts Wilco. Combining the art of collaborative recording with the craft of precision lacquer sculpture (and with 5 previously unreleased tracks not available on CD), this lovingly crafted, 180-gram vinyl tour de force is sure to remain a family keepsake for years to come. Features performances from Ken Stringfellow (the Posies), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Rebecca Gates (Spinanes), Sean O'Hagan \u0026amp; Charlie Francis (the High Llamas), Christy McWilson, JessyGreene, Brian Paulson, and the entire cast of the hit Broadway musical \"Oh! Wilco!\"This is a limited edition gatefold double LP repressing of the vinyl, there will only be one press of Down With Wilco on vinyl. The LP also includes the original fold out poster included in the original pressing. Be sure to get yours now! 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Incoherent yarns mostly told after midnight by highway hobos in and around Portland, Oregon? Surely. Killingsworth features an incarnation of The Minus 5 including apparatus support poles \"McOi,\" Peter Buck and John Moen (Decemberists). Other gypsies in the carnival include The She Bee Gees, further Decemberists Colin Meloy, Jenny Conlee, Chris Funk, Nate Query and many more. Pedal steel belted radials drive throughout the gravelly fern-lined byways of the neighborhood of Killingsworth. Either ride along with the show or get out of the way of its careening wheel man, drunk with liquor and blood. 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When he's not pulling down sideman duty in R.E.M., the Young Fresh Fellows' co-founder has hitched his wagon to myriad musical stars - including tour stints with Tuatura, Cedell Davis and most recently the members of Wilco on the Yep Roc release \"Down With Wilco\". While a new Minus 5 studio album is in the works, Yep Roc is proud to release a new, deluxe version of \"In Rock\", for which, says McCaughey, he and the band have \"dropped two wildly worthy songs and added four new complimentary numbers and a barcode.\" Which makes \"In Rock,\" originally a printing of a 1000 CDs on the mysterious Book Records, an honest-to-God, bona fida real album. From the Northwest garage-rock grind of tracks like \"In a Lonely Coffin\" to the Beatle-esque pop mutations of \"The Girl I Never Met,\" this is classic Minus 5 material, sparkling with the wit, taste and melodic sophistication we've come to expect from this bunch. Essential listening. 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Not to outdone -- Scott calls himself one of three of the greatest songwriters of our time.Scott's got it all and he's not afraid to flaunt it.  Do you like slow songs?  He'll do it.  How about rockers?  Oh yeah, he knows how to do that, too.  Lay down your arms and accept that your fate has been predetermined by the sarcastic avalanche of pop that seems to spew endlessly from Scott's mind.  You loved them on Down With Wilco, so why not take the plunge into this sea of newly recorded material, alternate versions, and moving pictures?  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