Mad Season's 1995 album Above will be re-released as an expanded set on April 2nd - the deluxe version will be released as a 2 CD/1 DVD set. The release includes the original material remastered, live concert footage, a documentary, plus three previously unreleased songs written in the 90s but never finished/recorded by Mad Season before the death of Layne Staley and John Baker Saunders. Last year, the remaining members of Mad Season enlisted Mark Lanegan to help finish up the songs - Lanegan contributed lyrics and vocals on the three songs, and Peter Buck from R.E.M. also helped out on one of the previously unreleased tracks. One of the tracks, "Locomotive" is streaming this week exclusively over at Rolling Stone - check it out here.
The Mad Season Above 2 CD/1DVD reissue is available to pre-order through the official Pearl Jam store and on Amazon. Fans interested in just the digital version can pre-order through iTunes. A double vinyl version will be released on Record Store Day. The tracklisting for the first disc of the reissue, plus info on Disc 2 and the DVD are posted below:
Disc 1:
01. Wake Up
02. X-Ray Mind
03. River Of Deceit
04. I'm Above
05. Artificial Red
06. Lifeless Dead
07. I Don't Know Anything
08. Long Gone Day
09. November Hotel
10. All Alone
11. Interlude (acoustic instrumental, previously unreleased)
12. Locomotive (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
13. Black Book Of Fear (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
14. Slip Away (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
15. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (remix of John Lennon cover)
Disc 2:
Remaster of full audio set from performance at Moore Theater in Seattle on April 29, 1995
DVD
Live at The Moore (remixed/remastered/re-edited)
New Year's Eve show from 1995 at RKCNDY in Seattle
Self Pollution Radio session
The Mad Season Above 2 CD/1DVD reissue is available to pre-order through the official Pearl Jam store and on Amazon. Fans interested in just the digital version can pre-order through iTunes. A double vinyl version will be released on Record Store Day. The tracklisting for the first disc of the reissue, plus info on Disc 2 and the DVD are posted below:
Disc 1:
01. Wake Up
02. X-Ray Mind
03. River Of Deceit
04. I'm Above
05. Artificial Red
06. Lifeless Dead
07. I Don't Know Anything
08. Long Gone Day
09. November Hotel
10. All Alone
11. Interlude (acoustic instrumental, previously unreleased)
12. Locomotive (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
13. Black Book Of Fear (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
14. Slip Away (previously unreleased w/ Mark Lanegan)
15. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (remix of John Lennon cover)
Disc 2:
Remaster of full audio set from performance at Moore Theater in Seattle on April 29, 1995
DVD
Live at The Moore (remixed/remastered/re-edited)
New Year's Eve show from 1995 at RKCNDY in Seattle
Self Pollution Radio session