Galaxie 500 to Release 2xDVD in June
Wareham's off-key warble to have viewers searching for tracking cue

Though its members haven't been united as a band since Dean Wareham quit to form Luna in 1991, Galaxie 500 were recently able to get past any old differences they may have had to compile material for a double DVD release, now planned for a June 29th release via Plexifilm. Titled for the near-seven-minute Jonathan Richman cover on their classic 1988 debut, Today, Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste will compile a just-insane amount of previously unseen material-- including 3½ hours of live performances of more than 40 songs and an unaired interview and in-studio performance for UK television-- and all of their videos, shot by photographer Sergio Huidor. Additionally, the set's accompanying booklet features interviews with each member by Yo La Tengo bassist/keyboardist James McNew.

The 40 songs performed live on the box set are culled from eight different shows, some shot professionally, and some by fans. Spanning the band's entire career, the footage documents shows ranging from Boston's Middle East in 1988 to a concert at the University of London in November 1990, and features virtually every song from the band's three albums-- Today, 1989's On Fire, and their 1990 swan song This Is Our Music-- as well as two which have never been released in any form: "Buzz in My Head" dates back to 1988, but was never put to tape in a studio; "Back in Your Life" dates from the same era, and is another cover of a Jonathan Richman song originally performed with The Modern Lovers on their 1979 album of the same name. Tracklist:

>> Disc One (130 min.)

>> Music Videos [directed by Sergio Huidor]
01 Tugboat
02 When Will You Come Home
03 Blue Thunder
04 Fourth of July

>> UK Television, London [February 9th, 1990]
05 Tell Me
06 Strange
07 Here She Comes Now [Velvet Underground cover]
08 Interview

>> Live Archive
-- Middle East, Cambridge, MA: 03-19-88
09 Oblivious 10 I Can't Believe It's Me 11 Back in Your Life [previously unreleased; Jonathan Richman cover]
12 Buzz in My Head [previously unreleased]
-- Commonwealth School, Boston, MA: 04-21-89
13 Tugboat
14 Temperature's Rising
15 When Will You Come Home
-- Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA: 03-28-90
16 Flowers
17 Blue Thunder
18 Decomposing Trees
-- Club Lingerie, Hollywood, CA: 03-30-90
19 Snowstorm 20 Plastic Bird 21 Victory Garden [Red Krayola cover]
22 Pictures 23 Ceremony [Joy Division cover]
-- Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA: 10-15-90
24 Summertime
25 Spook
26 Hearing Voices
27 Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste [Jonathan Richman cover]
28 Melt Away

>> Disc Two (100 min.)

>> Bootlegs [two full concerts from 1990]
-- The Point, Atlanta, GA: 01-26-90
01 Decomposing Trees
02 Pictures
03 Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste [Jonathan Richman cover]
04 Blue Thunder
05 Plastic Bird
06 When Will You Come Home
07 Ceremony [Joy Division cover]
-- University of London, UK: 11-15-90
08 Fourth of July
09 Hearing Voices
10 Summertime
11 Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste [Jonathan Richman cover]
12 Spook
13 When Will You Come Home
14 Sorry
15 Melt Away
16 Listen the Snow is Falling [Yoko Ono cover]
17 Blue Thunder
18 Here She Comes Now [Velvet Underground cover]

Plexifilm: http://www.plexifilm.com