Red Red Meat / Bunny Gets Paid: Deluxe Edition - SP778

Red Red Meat’s third full-length record, 1995’s Bunny Gets Paid has been out of print and unavailable for the past several years. And, while that’s a genuine shame on the face of it, it also provides a really good excuse for a deluxed-up reissue. In a recent reassessment of Red Red Meat’s catalog on Pitchfork Managing Editor Mark Richardson commented, “Having lived with these records for a decade plus now, I can say with confidence that this is Red Red Meat’s best by far. It’s one of the best pure rock records of the 1990s, actually, though it’s not exactly pure.”

We at Sub Pop heartily agree and have been talking about putting together this expanded reissue for the better part of a year now. In this deluxe edition, the original album has been remastered by Red Red Meat’s own Brian Deck and is accompanied by a 7-song 2nd disc of alternate, demo and single versions of album tracks, plus b-sides, covers and a previously unreleased song from the same era (“St. Anthony’s Jawbone”), all put together by the band. And it’s all packaged with expanded and enhanced album art. Bunny Gets Paid is easily one of the high points in the entire Sub Pop catalog (which is no one’s idea of “pure” either…), and we’re exceedingly proud to present it in this new version.

Released: March 24, 2009

Red Red Meat / Theres a Star Above the Manger Tonight - SP387

MEDIUMS: LP, CD

TRACK LISTING:

NOTES: Released 2/25/97.

Released: February 25, 1997

Red Red Meat / Bunny Gets Paid - SP318

MEDIUMS: LP, CD

TRACK LISTING:

1. Carpet of Horses
2. Chain Chain Chain
3. Rosewood, Wax, Voltz + Glitter
4. Buttered
5. Gauze
6. Idiot Son
7. Variations on Nadia’s Theme
8. Oxtail
9. Sad Cadillac
10. Taxidermy Blues in Reverse
11. There’s Always Tomorrow

NOTES: Released 10/10/95.

Released: October 10, 1995

Red Red Meat / Jimmywine Majestic - SP243

MEDIUMS: CD, LP, CS

TRACK LISTING:
Flank
Stained & Lit
Braindead
Smokey Mountain Dbl Dip
Moon Calf Tripe
Cillamange
Ball
Lather
Rusted Water
Gorshin
Dowser
Comes
Roses

NOTES: Released 2/1/94

Released: February 1, 1994

Red Red Meat / Red Red Meat Perishable Records - RS-PER03

Red Red Meat's self-titled LP consists of 15 fuzzed-out, inspired rock & roll songs soaked in codeine and twisted 'til they're ready to snap. The ragamuffin Chicago band plays their hazy brand of roots rock underneath singer Tim Rutili's croaked tales of eating dirt and falling into the bottle. Much like a precariously perched pile of dirty dishes, you just hope you can get through each one of them without toppling the pile and slicing your hand open.

Track Listing:

1. Robo Sleep
2. Snowball
3. Molly's on the Rag
4. Flossy
5. Idaho Durt
6. Cellophane
7. Grief Giver
8. Rabit Eyed
9. Hot Nickety Trunk Monkey
10. Nice Round Numbers
11. X-Diamond Cutter Blues
12. Stare Box
13. PCLM
14. Rubbing Mirrors
15. Sand Box