(2020) Pylon - Pylon Box


Review:
New West Records is proud to present Pylon Box – A comprehensive look at the band that features their studio LPs Gyrate and Chomp, both of which have been remastered from their original tapes, the 11-song collection Extra which includes rarities and 5 previously unreleased studio & live recordings, as well as Razz Tape, Pylon‘s first-ever recording: a 13-song unreleased session that pre-dates the band’s seminal “Cool” b/w “Dub” debut. Pylon Box also Includes an Autographed hardbound, 200 page full color book featuring pieces written by the members of R.E.M., Gang of Four, Steve Albini, Corin Tucker & Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Interpol, B-52’s, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, Mission of Burma, Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening & K Records, Anthony DeCurtis, Chris Stamey of the dB’s, Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate and many more. Includes an extensive essay chronicling the band’s history with interviews with the surviving members of the band as well as members of R.E.M., B-52’s, Gang of Four, Method Actors, and more. It also features never before seen images and artifacts from both the band’s personal archives as well as items now housed at the Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia as well as the Georgia Museum of Art, UGA.


Tracklist:

CD1: Gyrate
1. Volume (Remastered) (04:13)
2. Feast on My Heart (Remastered) (03:35)
3. Precaution (Remastered) (02:48)
4. Weather Radio (Remastered) (02:16)
5. The Human Body (Remastered) (03:11)
6. Read a Book (Remastered) (02:02)
7. Driving School (Remastered) (03:53)
8. Gravity (Remastered) (02:37)
9. Danger (Remastered) (05:38)
10. Working Is No Problem (Remastered) (03:29)
11. Stop It (Remastered) (03:06)

CD2: Chomp
1. K (Remastered) (04:32)
2. Yo – Yo (Remastered) (04:14)
3. Beep (Remastered) (03:23)
4. Italian Movie Theme (Remastered) (02:01)
5. Crazy (Remastered) (03:13)
6. M – Train (Remastered) (03:48)
7. Buzz (Remastered) (02:58)
8. No Clocks (Remastered) (02:57)
9. Reptiles (Remastered) (03:56)
10. Spider (Remastered) (03:58)
11. Gyrate (Remastered) (04:06)
12. Altitude (Remastered) (03:19)

CD3: Razz Tape
1. The Human Body (Razz Tape) (03:08)
2. Modern Day Fashion Woman – Version 1 (Razz Tape) (03:03)
3. Read a Book – Instrumental (Razz Tape) (01:48)
4. Working Is No Problem (Razz Tape) (03:11)
5. Precaution (Razz Tape) (02:10)
6. Cool (Razz Tape) (03:02)
7. Functionality (Razz Tape) (04:31)
8. Efficiency (Razz Tape) (02:20)
9. Information (Razz Tape) (02:43)
10. Dub (Razz Tape) (04:41)
11. Modern Day Fashion Woman – Version 2 (Razz Tape) (03:51)
12. Danger (Razz Tape) (04:47)
13. Feast on My Heart – Working Version (Razz Tape) (04:17)

CD4: Extra
1. Untitled (Extra) (02:21)
2. Cool (Extra) (03:19)
3. Dub (Extra) (04:42)
4. Recent Title (Extra) (02:27)
5. Danger – Danger Remix (Extra) (05:37)
6. Crazy – Single Mix (Extra) (03:14)
7. Reptiles – Channel One Version (Extra) (03:32)
8. No Clocks – Channel One Version (Extra) (02:50)
9. Spider – Alternative Mix (Extra) (03:49)
10. 3 X 3 – Live (Extra) (02:19)
11. Danger III – Live (Extra) (04:30)


Media Report:
Genre: new wave, post-punk
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits