Real Gone Music LP reissue news: Fountains of Wayne, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Led by the songwriting team of Chris Collingwood and the late Adam Schlesinger, power pop band Fountains of Wayne put out several albums. Real Gone Music has reissued two: Welcome Interstate Managers and Traffic and Weather. 

Among all the releases by the New Jersey band, the 2005 odds ‘n’ ends 2-CD set Out-of-State Plates, was reportedly among the favorites of Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19 in 2020.

Available on Jan. 13 via Real Gone Music for the first time on LP, Out-of-State Plates is a mixture of demos, B-sides, live performances, and unreleased tracks (“Maureen,” “The Girl I Can’t Forget”). There are covers such as Jackson Browne’s “These Days” and Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time,” holiday fare (“I Want an Alien for Christmas,” “Chanukah Under the Stars”), B-sides “Baby I’ve Changed” and “I’ll Do the Driving” and a live “She’s Got a Problem.”

For its vinyl debut edition, the gatefold jacket features the duo’s commentary inside. The 2-LP set is pressed in “Junkyard Swirl” vinyl to match the cover photo.

LP Track Listing:

Side One

1. Number 45 Sunblock
2. Maureen
3. California Sex Lawyer
4. Janice’s Party
5. Karpet King
6. Baby I’ve Changed
7. I Know You Well

Side Two

1. You’re Just Never Satisfied
2. I’ll Do the Driving
3. Nightlight
4. I Want You Around
5. Trains and Boats and Planes
6. Places
7. Can’t Get It Out of My Head

Side Three

1. City Folk Morning
2. The Girl I Can’t Forget
3. Baby One More Time
4. Elevator Up
5. Comedienne
6. Kid Gloves
7. Today’s Teardrops

Side Four

1. She’s Got a Problem
2. These Days
3. I Want an Alien for Christmas
4. The Man in the Santa Suit
5. Chanukah Under the Stars
6. Killermont Street
7. Half a Woman
8. Small Favors
9. Imperia

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's eponymous 1998 album helped kickstart the late 1990s swing revival. It is being reissues on clear red and yellow swirl vinyl for the first time on Jan. 13 via Real Gone Music.

The band's big break came when three of their songs were featured in the hit 1996 indie film Swingers (and the band made a live cameo playing their song “You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)”). A major label signing to Interscope (followed by an eventual appearance at the halftime of the Super Bowl) came soon after, and the top 50 album Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (also known as Americana Deluxe) was their debut for the imprint.

LP Track Listing:

Side One

1. The Boogie Bumper
2. Mr. Pinstripe Suit
3. King of Swing

Side Two
1. Minnie the Moocher
2. You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)
3. Jump with My Baby

Side Three

1. Maddest Kind of Love
2. Go Daddy-O
3. Please Baby

Side Four

1. Mambo Swing
2. Jumpin’ Jack
3. So Long-Farewell-Goodbye