{"id":359580,"date":"2025-08-20T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359580\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:03:09","slug":"the-replacements-announce-deluxe-edition-of-let-it-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359580\/","title":{"rendered":"The Replacements Announce Deluxe Edition of ‘Let It Be’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Replacements<\/a> will release an expanded, three-CD Deluxe Edition of their classic 1984 album, Let It Be, in the fall.<\/p>\n

The set, which will be available on Oct. 24, will include a new remastered version of the original album, a disc of rarities and a CD featuring a live show from that year.<\/p>\n

You can hear a previously unreleased version of “Androgynous” below.<\/p>\n

Listen to an Alternate Version of the Replacements’ ‘Androgynous’\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let It Be was released on Oct. 2, 1984, as the Minneapolis band’s third LP. It was a cornerstone LP in a year that helped fortify the American college rock scene of the mid-’80s.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Top 50 Albums of 1984<\/a><\/p>\n

The success of the album, released on the local label Twin\/Tone, led to the band being signed by the major Sire, which was distributed by Warner Bros. Their next album, 1986’s Tim, was the first of four albums on the label before the band’s breakup in 1991.<\/p>\n

What’s on the Deluxe Edition of the Replacements ‘Let It Be’?<\/p>\n

The upcoming Let It Be reissue features seven outtakes from the album’s sessions that have never been released before, including alternate takes of “Gary’s Got a Boner” and “Favorite Thing,” and the songs “Who’s Gonna Take Us Alive” and “Street Girl” that didn’t appear on the original LP.<\/p>\n

Bonus tracks included on the 2008 reissue of the album \u2014 including covers of the Grass Roots’ “Midnight Confessions” and the DeFranco Family’s “Heartbeat \u2014 It’s a Lovebeat,” as well as covers of T. Rex<\/a>‘s “20th Century Boy” and Hank Williams’ “Hey, Good Lookin'” first released as B-sides \u2014 are also here in newly remastered versions.<\/p>\n

The third CD features Goodnight! Go Home!, a previously unreleased live show from March 1984, seven months before the album’s release, from Chicago that includes Let It Be songs “Unsatisfied,” “I Will Dare,” “Favorite Things” and others and covers of the Beach Boys<\/a>‘ “Help Me, Rhonda” and Kiss<\/a>‘ “Black Diamond,” which appeared in a studio version on the album.<\/p>\n

Songs from the Replacements’ first two albums are also here, along with the set-opening “Can’t Hardly Wait,” which wouldn’t appear on a Replacements album until 1987’s\u00a0Pleased to Meet Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the three-CD set, a four-LP vinyl version will also be available<\/a>. You can see the track listing for the Deluxe Edition of the Replacements’ Let It Be below.<\/p>\n

The Replacements, ‘Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)’ Track Listing<\/strong>
Disc One: 2025 Remaster<\/strong>
1. \u201cI Will Dare\u201d
2. \u201cFavorite Thing\u201d
3. \u201cWe\u2019re Comin\u2019 Out\u201d
4. \u201cTommy Gets His Tonsils Out\u201d
5. \u201cAndrogynous\u201d
6. \u201cBlack Diamond\u201d
7. \u201cUnsatisfied\u201d
8. \u201cSeen Your Video\u201d
9. \u201cGary\u2019s Got A Boner\u201d
10. \u201cSixteen Blue\u201d
11. \u201cAnswering Machine\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Two: Rarities<\/strong>
1. \u201cGary\u2019s Got A Boner\u201d \u2013 Alternate Version *
2. \u201cFavorite Thing\u201d \u2013 Alternate Version *
3. \u201cPerfectly Lethal\u201d
4. \u201cTemptation Eyes\u201d
5. \u201cWho\u2019s Gonna Take Us Alive\u201d *
6. \u201cHeartbeat, It\u2019s A Lovebeat\u201d
7. \u201cAnswering Machine\u201d \u2013 Home Demo #1
8. \u201cAnswering Machine\u201d \u2013 Home Demo #2 *
9. \u201cStreet Girl\u201d \u2013 Takes 1 And 2 *
10. \u201cSixteen Blue\u201d \u2013 Alternate Version
11. \u201cUnsatisfied\u201d \u2013 Full Length Version *
12. \u201cAndrogynous\u201d \u2013 Alternate Version *
13. \u201c20th Century Boy\u201d
14. \u201cHey Good Lookin\u2019\u201d \u2013 Live<\/p>\n

Disc Three: Goodnight! Go Home!: Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL (March 1984)<\/strong>
1. \u201cCan\u2019t Hardly Wait\u201d *
2. \u201cLeft In The Dark\u201d *
3. \u201cUnsatisfied\u201d *
4. \u201cI Will Dare\u201d *
5. \u201cFavorite Thing\u201d *
6. \u201cKids Don\u2019t Follow\u201d *
7. \u201cRun It\u201d *
8. \u201cColor Me Impressed\u201d *
9. \u201cHayday\u201d *
10. \u201cNowhere Is My Home\u201d *
11. \u201cLove You Till Friday\u201d *
12. \u201cHelp Me Rhonda\/G.T.O.\u201d *
13. \u201cTakin\u2019 A Ride\u201d *
14. \u201cTommy Gets His Tonsils Out\u201d *
15. \u201cGary\u2019s Got A Boner\u201d *
16. \u201cJohnny\u2019s Gonna Die\u201d *
17. \u201cCan\u2019t Get Enough\u201d *
18. \u201cI\u2019m In Trouble\u201d *
19. \u201cDon\u2019t Ask Why\u201d *
20. \u201cTake Me Down To The Hospital\u201d *
21. \u201cShiftless When Idle\u201d *
22. \u201cMr. Whirly\u201d *
23. \u201cHitchin\u2019 A Ride\u201d *
24. \u201cBlack Diamond\u201d *
25. \u201c20th Century Boy\u201d *
26. \u201cGo\u201d *
27. \u201cGimme Noise\u201d *
28. \u201cWhite And Lazy\u201d *<\/p>\n

*Previously unreleased<\/p>\n

10 Worst Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs<\/p>\n

These exclusions are particularly egregious.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Bryan Rolli<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Replacements will release an expanded, three-CD Deluxe Edition of their classic 1984 album, Let It Be, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,84395,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-359580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-albums","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}