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Those long in the works Replacements reissues are finally here! Whether you've never pored over their tales of Upper Midwestern debauchery and desperation, or you just need to switch out your tired, beer-soaked copies for shiny new models, there's plenty for fans and new converts to dig into throughout Rhino's deluxe editions of the 'Mats' four releases for the Twin/Tone label.

On April 22, Rhino will throw a ton of stuff you've never heard on the back of these classic Replacements platters. 1981's Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash gets a bunch of demos and outtakes as well as the B-side "If Only You Were Lonely", the 1982 EP Stink gets some covers, 1983's Hootenanny gets rough mixes and alternate takes, and 1984's Let It Be (Pitchfork's 29th favorite album of the 1980s) gets T. Rex and the Grass Roots covers.

The reissues were overseen by producer/Replacements manager Peter Jesperson, and according to a press release, the band was involved in picking the bonus tracks.

Rhino plan to do all this again later this year with similarly stuffed reissues of the band's Sire catalog, including Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, Don't Tell a Soul, and All Shook Down.

In other Replacements news, All Over but the Shouting, a book about the band with contributions from Jesperson, Twin/Tone label co-founder Paul Stark, the Hold Steady's Craig Finn, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, and Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould and Grant Hart, is out now on Voyageur Press.

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash:

Original album:

01 Takin a Ride
02 Careless
03 Customer
04 Hangin Downtown
05 Kick Your Door Down
06 Otto
07 I Bought a Headache
08 Rattlesnake
09 I Hate Music
10 Johnny's Gonna Die
11 Shiftless When Idle
12 More Cigarettes
13 Don't Ask Why
14 Somethin to Dü
15 I'm in Trouble
16 Love You Till Friday
17 Shutup
18 Raised in the City

Bonus tracks:

19 Raised in the City (live 1980 demo, previously unreleased)
20 Shutup (live 1980 demo, previously unreleased)
21 Don't Turn Me Down (live 1980 demo previously unreleased)
22 Shape Up (live 1980 demo, previously unreleased)
23 You Ain't Gotta Dance (studio demo, previously unreleased)
24 Get on the Stick (studio demo, previously unreleased)
25 Oh Baby (studio demo, previously unreleased)
26 Like You (outtake, previously unreleased)
27 Get Lost (outtake, previously unreleased)
28 A Toe Needs a Shoe (outtake, previously unreleased)
29 Customer (alternate take, previously unreleased)
30 Basement Jam (rehearsal, previously unreleased)
31 If Only You Were Lonely

Stink:

Original EP:

01 Kids Don't Follow
02 Fuck School
03 Stuck in the Middle
04 God Damn Job
05 White And Lazy
06 Dope Smokin Moron
07 Go
08 Gimme Noise

Bonus tracks:

09 Staples in Her Stomach (outtake, previously unreleased)
10 Hey, Good Lookin' (outtake, previously unreleased)
11 (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (outtake, previously unreleased)
12 You're Getting Married (Paul Westerberg solo home demo, previously unreleased)

Hootenanny:

Original album:

01 Hootenanny
02 Run It
03 Color Me Impressed
04 Willpower
05 Take Me Down to the Hospital
06 Mr. Whirly
07 Within Your Reach
08 Buck Hill
09 Lovelines
10 You Lose
11 Hayday
12 Treatment Bound

Bonus tracks:

13 Lookin' for Ya
14 Junior's Got A Gun (outtake, rough mix, previously unreleased)
15 Ain't No Crime (outtake, previously unreleased)
16 Johnny Fast (outtake, rough mix, previously unreleased)
17 Treatment Bound (alternate version, previously unreleased)
18 Lovelines (alternate vocal, previously unreleased)
19 Bad Worker (Paul Westerberg solo home demo, previously unreleased)

Let It Be:

Original album:

01 I Will Dare
02 Favorite Thing
03 We're Comin' Out
04 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
05 Androgynous
06 Black Diamond
07 Unsatisfied
08 Seen Your Video
09 Gary's Got a Boner
10 Sixteen Blue
11 Answering Machine

Bonus tracks:

12 20th Century Boy
13 Perfectly Lethal (outtake, previously unreleased)
14 Temptation Eyes (outtake, previously unreleased)
15 Answering Machine (Paul Westerberg solo home demo, previously unreleased)
16 Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat (outtake, rough mix, previously unreleased)
17 Sixteen Blue (outtake, alternate vocal, previously unreleased)