Rarities compilation from The Knack set for May

Omnivore Recordings announces Knackology: The Zen Recordings, due out May 8. It features rare studio, live and demo recordings by The Knack — including their cover of Badfinger’s “No Matter What” (originally released on a Badfinger tribute) and other hard-to-find performances. 

Principal songwriter and vocalist Doug Fieger created Zen Records as an outlet for new Knack material, as well as early recordings, demos, and more in order to get them heard. 

Knackology: The Zen Recordings collects more than a dozen Knack performances. From pre-Get The Knack demos (“That’s What The Little Girls Do”), a live “Let Me Out,” more worldwide  performances including “Good Girls Don’t,” “Baby Talks Dirty,” “One Day At A Time,” and “My Sharona.” 

Also included are studio tracks from their releases Zoom (which Fieger called their best album) and Normal As The Next Guy. 

Pre-order here: http://www.omnivorerecordings.com/shop/knackolog

Track listing: 

1. Let Me Out (Live In Los Angeles, 1978)

2. Pop Is Dead
3. (She’s So) Selfish (Live At Mountain View, California, June 10, 1994)
4. Ambition
5. That’s What The Little Girls Do (Fieger/Averre Demo)
6. Les Girls
7. Rock & Roll Is Good For You (Fieger/Averre Demo)
8. Can I Borrow A Kiss
9. Oh Tara (Live From The Rock ’n’ Roll Fun House)
10. Normal As The Next Guy
11. Shine (Live At Leeds, 1991)
12. Good Girls Don’t (Live From The Rock ’n’ Fun House)
13. No Matter What
14. Love Is All There Is
15. One Day At A Time (Live From The Rock ’n’ Roll Fun House)
16. Seven Days Of Heaven
17. Harder On You (Demo)
18. Baby Talks Dirty (Live From The Rock ’n’ Roll Fun House)
19. My Sharona (Live At Mountain View, California, June 10, 1994)