Minus 5's "In Rock" hits stores Feb. 24. If you pre-order before the street date, you'll get a bonus disc with 2 tracks not on the reissue. Here's the skinny from the mouth of Minus 5 leader Scott McCaughey:
"The Minus 5 "In Rock" (original version) was released Oct. 14, 2000, sold at our show at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle that night. The Book Records label was the culprit. No one knows who is behind this label or why. The address of the label is 17 Library St., Binding, USA. 1000 copies were pressed, and mostly sold at shows, with a few made available by mail order through the R.E.M. Fan Club. We really had to do the release pretty undercover, as we had a finished Minus 5 album waiting to be released by Mammoth Records, which was concerned that In Rock could undermine the impact of a new album, or at least confuse people. The early In Rock includes '60s garage classic "The Little Black Egg" and the Buck/McCaughey composition "Myrna Loy" (different version than the one that appears on I Don't Know Who I Am album). These were left off the "redux" issue for no particular reason -- and four new songs ("Bambi Molester", "Forgotten Fridays", "Cosmic Jive", "Where The Wires Meet The Skies") were added. "The Girl I Never Met" is a different mix. "Dr. Evil" has a different intro. New one is remastered/resequenced as well. Definitely! Once we started playing these songs, Peter Buck switched over to bass and has pretty much refused to abdicate that throne. He'll still play 12-string and such on Minus 5 albums though. This album really represents when the Minus 5 became more of a band, and less a studio collective (though there is always opportunity for that approach as well)."