The Replacements’ 1985 album 'Tim' to get deluxe reissue next month

Next up in the ongoing reissue series of The Replacements’ catalog is 'Tim,' its 1985 major label debut on Sire/Warner Bros. The ones for 'Don't Tell a Soul' and 'Pleased to Meet Me' were excellent, so I can't wait to hear this one...

TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION, due September 22 via Rhino Records, is a deluxe boxed set with a new mix of Tim by producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Smithereens, Ramones, Talking Heads). It features a collection of previously unheard tracks (Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased) and a concert from 1986 (Not Ready For Prime Time). Pre-order HERE.

Stasium, who was a close friend and longtime production partner of the late Tommy Erdelyi (AKA Tommy Ramone, who died in 2014), has done a new mix of the 11-track Tim. Also included is a new mastering of Erdelyi’s original 1985 mix of the album. This deluxe edition also includes a disc of unreleased recordings (among them, unearthed material from the band’s January 1985 session produced by Big Star legend Alex Chilton); as well as The Replacements’ entire January 11, 1986, show at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago. In total, the box includes 65 tracks–50 of which have never been heard before.

The fans that purchase TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION at Rhino.com will also receive a limited edition 7” vinyl single featuring two songs from the Chilton sessions: the rollicking road song “Nowhere is My Home” b/w the previously unreleased “Cello Version” of “Can’t Hardly Wait.” Those who purchase directly from Rhino will also have access to exclusive merch bundles.

Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book and dozens of previously unseen photos - the set features a history of the Tim era written by Bob Mehr, who produced the box with Rhino’s Jason Jones. Mehr, author of The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, won a Grammy® award for his album notes to the band’s 2019 release, Dead Man’s Pop.

In addition to the new mix, the TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION also has a fresh cover, featuring a 1985 image of the band in its Minneapolis rehearsal space, taken by noted photographer Moshe Brakha. Coincidentally, Brakha shot the cover of The Ramones' 1977 album Leave Home, a record which marked the first collaboration between Tommy Erdelyi and Ed Stasium.

Stasium – who was originally considered to co-produce Tim with Erdelyi back in 1985 – was entrusted with the remix in 2022 and went back to the original multi-tracks, spending several months on it. Stasium also completed work on several previously unreleased Tim songs and alternates and did mixes of the Alex Chilton session material.

“I really loved working on this project,” noted Stasium. “It’s a great record, and now you can hear even better what’s great about it. But the best thing for me was that, in a funny and really beautiful way, I got to work with my dear friend Tommy Erdelyi once again.”

The Not Ready For Prime Time disc, from a concert at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro in January 1986, is a soundboard recording. The show was a one-off date that came just a week before the group’s infamous appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which ultimately saw them banned from the network. The 28-song Metro performance finds the original lineup of the band tossing in rarely played deep cuts (“Mr. Whirly,” “Go”), as well as covers of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Sham 69, plus a rare lead vocal turn from guitarist Bob Stinson on The Novas’ Minnesota garage rocker “The Crusher.”

Additionally, TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITON will include Stasium’s new mix of the record on 180-gram vinyl, cut by Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman mastering.

TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION

Track Listing

CD 1: Tim (Ed Stasium Mix)

Hold My Life
I’ll Buy
Kiss Me On The Bus
Dose Of Thunder
Waitress In The Sky
Swingin Party
Bastard Of Young
Lay It Down Clown
Left Of The Dial
Little Mascara
Here Comes A Stranger

CD 2: Tim (2023 Remaster)

Hold My Life
I’ll Buy
Kiss Me On The Bus
Dose Of Thunder
Waitress In The Sky
Swingin Party
Bastard Of Young
Lay It Down Clown
Left Of The Dial
Little Mascara
Here Comes A Regular

CD 3: Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased

Can’t Hardly Wait (Acoustic Demo)
Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Mix)*
Can’t Hardly Wait (Electric Demo) [Alternate Mix]*
Left Of The Dial (Alternate Version)*
Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)*
Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)*
Kiss Me On The Bus (Studio Demo)
Little Mascara (Studio Demo)*
Bastards Of Young (Alternate Version)*
Hold My Life (Alternate Version)*
Having Fun*
Waitress In The Sky (Alternate Version)
Can’t Hardly Wait (The “Tim” Version) [Alternate Mix]*
Swingin Party (Alternate Version)*
Here Comes A Regular (Alternate Version)

CD 4: Not Ready For Prime Time

Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986

Gary’s Got A Boner*
Love You ‘Till Friday*
Bastards Of Young*
Can’t Hardly Wait*
Answering Machine*
Little Mascara*
Color Me Impressed*
Kiss Me On The Bus*
Favorite Thing*
Mr. Whirly*
Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out*
I Will Dare*
Johnny’s Gonna Die*
Dose Of Thunder*
Takin’ A Ride*
Hitchin’ A Ride*
Trouble Boys*
Unsatisfied*
Black Diamond*
Jumpin’ Jack Flash*
Customer*
Borstal Breakout*
Take Me Down To The Hospital*
Kids Don’t Follow*
Nowhere Man*
The Crusher*
I’m In Trouble*
Go*

LP: Ed Stasium Mix
Side A

Hold My Life
I’ll Buy
Kiss Me On The Bus
Dose Of Thunder
Waitress In The Sky
Swingin Party

Side B

Bastards Of Young
Lay It Down Clown
Left Of The Dial
Little Mascara
Here Comes A Regular

*Previously Unreleased