SummersRadio™ Bonus Disc! Grandaddy!

SummersRadio™ Bonus Disc! Grandaddy - 'What Can't Be Erased'/ 'XD-Data-II' Last month when I first reported news of a 'Deluxe Edition' of Grandaddy's 'The Sophtware Slump' album I mentioned that I would post more details when they became available - today I have the full tracklisting for disc two! The 'Deluxe Edition' is being released to celebrate the 11th Anniversary of the release of the album - which is 'better than 10' in singer Jason Lytle's words. 

Disc 2:

1. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot

2. Our Dying Brains

3. L.F.O.

4. Wives Of Farmers

5. Chartsengrafs

6. N. Blender

7. Wonder Why In L.A.

8. Air Conditioners in the Woods

9. Moe Bandy Mountaineers

10. First Movement / Message Sent

11. XD-Data-II

12. Beautiful Ground

13. Street Bunny

14. She Deleter

15. What Can't Be Erased (Drinking Beer In The Bank Of America With Two Chicks From Tempe Arizona)

16. I Don't Want To Record Anymore

17. Aisle Seat 37-D

18. Hewlett's Daughter

19. Rode My Bike To My Stepsister's Wedding

I fully admit that I'm a pretty massive Grandaddy fan - but there are several tracks here that even I don't have! The 19 track disc consists largely of b-sides, but also demos and 'other lost bits and pieces created around that same time.' 'What Can't Be Erased' previously appeared on the 'Through A Frosty Plate Glass' EP which was released in 2001. It contained six tracks that first appeared as b-sides on their European singles - and it was also included as the bonus disc in some 2cd versions of 'The Sophtware Slump'. Thus far the Deluxe Edition is only scheduled for release in Europe on August 22nd - you can pre-order it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sophtware-Slump-Grandaddy/dp/B005687SLA/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music

This is the first of two of their spacier, somewhat ambient tracks from that long out of print EP that will now be included on the 'Deluxe Edition'. This is a fan made video for 'What Can't Be Erased'... Enjoy!



In other Grandaddy news the band is reissuing their first three albums - 'Under The Western Freeway', The Sophtware Slump' and 'Sumday' on vinyl in North America on July 19th. Also available is a boxed 'Collector's Edition' that contains all three albums, an exlcusively designed t-shirt - and a poster handmade by Jason! You can find out more information on these and other items from their new official website here: http://grandaddymusic.com/

Here's another track included on the 'Deluxe Edition' of 'The Sophtware Slump' called 'X-Data-II'... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ Music News! Grandaddy!

SummersRadio™ Music News! Grandaddy! This week Grandaddy and former singer/ guitarist/ keyboardist and lyricist Jason Lytle posted this teaser video...



Grandaddy were an indie rock band from Modesto California that were together from 1992 - 2006. They released four studio albums - along with several self released albums, compilations and EP's. 'The Sophtware Slump' was their second studio album and was released in May 2000. It's considered by some to be a concept album about the problems with modern technology in society. I believe it to be that and much more - while Radiohead's 'Ok Computer' reflected the themes of pre-millenium tension, Grandaddy's 'Sophtware Slump' was the first release of the new millenium to reflect life after NYE 1999 - the opening track on the album 'He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot' features the lyrics 'How's it goin' 2000 man? Welcome back to solid ground my friend'.

The indie music magazine 'Under The Radar' ranked 'The Sophtware Slump' at number 15 on it's Best Albums of the Decade list for 2000-2009. While it would be a tough list to make, it would also rank in my top 10 albums of all time! So while there are no further details as yet on what the new deluxe edition will include - I present here a revisit to the beauty of 'The Sophware Slump'.

The album features two tracks about Jed - an alcoholic robot. Jed was first introduced in a song called 'Jeddy 3's Poem' on their rare 1999 EP called 'Signal To Snow Ratio' - which was included on a 2cd limited edition of 'The Sophtware Slump' - hopefully this new deluxe edition will feature those four tracks as well. This is a fan made video for the album track 'Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)' which was made with a vintage 1979 Apple computer... Enjoy!



Grandaddy didn't make a lot of official video's - this is one of two that were made for 'The Sophware Slump' - this one is for 'The Crystal Lake' - which was the first official single... Enjoy!



Here's another fan made video for another album track called 'Underneath The Weeping Willow'... Enjoy!



More Grandaddy to come when further details of 'The Sophtware Slump' Deluxe Edition are released - Cheers!