| 12 October 2004 | Matador Records | OLE-623-2 |
| CD 1 – GREATEST HITS 1999-2004: 01. Pretty Girls Make Graves – This Is Our Emergency 02. Interpol – Obstacle 1 03. The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed 04. Mission Of Burma – Dirt 05. Cat Power – Free 06. Stephen Malkmus – Church On White 07. Yo La Tengo – Don’t Have To Be So Sad 08. Cornelius – Drop 09. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Money Rock’n’Roll 10. Dead Meadow – The Whirlings 11. Guided By Voices – My Kind Of Soldier 12. Preston School Of Industry – Caught In The Rain 13. Bardo Pond – Inside 14. Seachange – Forty Nights 15. Belle and Sebastian – Don’t Leave The Light On Baby 16. Thalia Zedek – 1926 17. Matmos – For The Trees 18. Mogwai – Hunted By A Freak CD 2 – UNRELEASED AND RARITIES 1999-2004: DVD – MUSIC VIDEOS 1999-2004: |
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| Three disc set in fold-out DigiPak with detailed booklet includes Jon Spencer Blues Explosion audio track (Money Rock ‘n’ Roll) and video (She Said) taken from the album Plastic Fang.
The booklet features many emails written to/by the label and two hand-written letters one of which is in relation to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. “Matador’s fifteenth-anniversary compilation consists of one CD of “greatest hits”, one CD of rarities and unreleased tracks, and a DVD of music videos, all roughly from the period 1999-2004. The three discs come housed in an exquisite embossed laminated fold-out laminated digipak which is to the word LOUD as our tenth anniversary package was to the word MUTED. Additionally there is a 20-page booklet recounting many of the highlights of the past five years via original documents.” – matadorrecords.com |
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Concept: Gerard Cosloy/Chris Lombardi/Patrick Amory Execution: Mark Ohe/Jesper Eklow CD Mastering: SAE Mastering DVD Authoring: Plexifilm CD 1 – GREATEST HITS 1999-2004: 01. Pretty Girls Make Graves – This Is Our Emergency 02. Interpol – Obstacle 1 03. The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed 04. Mission Of Burma – Dirt 05. Cat Power – Free 06. Stephen Malkmus – Church On White 07. Yo La Tengo – Don’t Have To Be So Sad 08. Cornelius – Drop 09. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Money Rock’n’Roll 10. Dead Meadow – The Whirlings 11. Guided By Voices – My Kind Of Soldier 12. Preston School Of Industry – Caught In The Rain 13. Bardo Pond – Inside 14. Seachange – Forty Nights 15. Belle and Sebastian – Don’t Leave The Light On Baby 16. Thalia Zedek – 1926 17. Matmos – For The Trees 18. Mogwai – Hunted By A Freak CD 2 – UNRELEASED AND RARITIES 1999-2004: 01. The New Pornographers – Graceland 02. Interpol – Specialist 03. Pretty Girls Make Graves – C-30 C-60 C-90 GO! 04. M. Ward – Duet For Guitars #1 05. Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – It Kills 06. Mogwai – Hunted By A Freak (Boom Bip Remix) 07. Dead Meadow – Everything’s Going On (Alternate Version) 08. Yo La Tengo – Deeper Into Movies (Acoustic Version) 09. Mission Of Burma – Fame & Fortune (Live) 10. Guided By Voices – Free Of This World 11. Cat Power – The Party 12. Seachange – Seven Calls 13. Preston School Of Industry – Tone It Down (Pablo Wong Remix) 14. A.C. Newman – Homemade Bombs In The Afternoon 15. Matmos – Cymbals & Aspirin (A Breakthrough In Pain Relief) 16. Cornelius – Wataridori DVD – MUSIC VIDEOS 1999-2004: 01. Mogwai – Stanley Kubrick 02. Pavement – Spit On A Stranger 03. Mary Timony – Dr. Cat 04. The Wisdom of Harry – Ladies & Gentlemen (In The Woods) 05. Stephen Malkmus – Discretion Grove 06. Cornelius – I Hate Hate 07. The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed 08. Interpol – PDA 09. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – She Said 10. Cat Power – He War 11. Pretty Girls Make Graves – This Is Our Emergency 12. Matmos – Stars and Stripes Forever |
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| “Dear Friends,
As out little record company enters yet another confusing stage of its adolescence (hormonal troubles, strange facial hair, voices changing, etc.) I cannot help but recall the popular television series that helped inspire this label’s formation, “Matador At 15”. “Matador At 15” was one of TV’s more honest attempts at portraying the pains and joys of growing up and trying to run a record label. 15-year-old Chris Lombardi was a bright, sensitive teenager who found his world completely turned upside down when his father, a college professor, moved the family (and Chris’s fledgling Matador imprint) from Oregon to New York City in order to accept a new teaching position. At first, Chris tried to run away; then he began to learn how to cope with life in a new city. Among his new friends at Gritty Inner City High were: Marlene, a “plain jane,” very intelligent girl who always took the intellectual point of view and Sly, his hip best friend who always had a little bit of advice or, as he called it, “Sly-cology,” when Chris needed it. Chris was an avid photographer and also a daydreamer. One of the best elements of the series were his periodic lapses into daydreaming of himself as he would like to be – heroic & suave – portrayed in special, dream-like sequences. Although there were lighter moments in “Matador At 15”, the subject matter was often rather serious: teenage alcoholism, venereal disease, independent radio promotion, etc. The most controversial episode was one in which chris lost his virginity in an affair with Swedish exchange student (played by Kirsten Baker) Although subject matter in this show was tastefully handled and NBC had high hopes for it, it did not attract a large audience and was cancelled after its first year. Though we’ve been in negotiations with NBC to issue many of the classic “Matador At 15″ episodes on DVD, Chris Lombardi has withheld his consent, and as a result, we’ve had to settle for yet another collection of classic tracks, hard-to-find rarities and music videos only hope this collection is as enjoyable for you as it was agonizing for us to compile. Gerard Cosloy [booklet also includes two letters and many emails to/from Matador records.] |
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