Mac McCaughan, the man Portastatic, readies Some Small History September 9. According to a recent press release, the 2-disc collection compiles b-sides, compilation tracks, EPs, fanzine vinyl and previously unreleased material recorded between 1990 and 2007. Check out the art work and mega-track listing below:


Some Small History












Disc 1:

1. "Starter"
2. "Sandals With White Socks"
3. "Oh My Sweet Carolina (Ryan Adams)"
4. "Lousy Penpal" **
5. "A Cunning Latch (acoustic)" **
6. "Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)"
7. "Too Trashed to Smoke" **
8. "Skinny Glasses Girl"
9. "Trajectory"
10. "Power Supply"
11. "Josephine (The Magnetic Fields)"
12. "Race You Home"
13. "Make You Up" **
14. "Your Own Cloud"
15. "Love Breaks Down (Prefab Sprout)" **
16. "Portraits From Before the War"
17. "Soft Fruit"
18. "Easily Aroused"
19. "Guessing"
20. "Little Fern"
21. "All I Need Is You (Sandy Denny & the Strawbs)"
22. "You Love to Fail (The Magnetic Fields)"

Disc 2:

1. "Some Small History"
2. "San Andreas Crouch"
3. "Not the Same"
4. "Boy From School (Hot Chip)"
5. "Spying on the Spys"
6. "Weighted Raft"
7. "Dragging A Crow"
8. "Gray Robins"
9. "I Wanna Know Girls (acoustic demo)"
10. "Feel Better"
11. "Useless Switch"
12. "Had (full band)" **
13. "Secret Session"
14. "Tugboat (Galaxie 500)"
15. "Codes, Runes, Dunes"
16. "Candy Cigarettes"
17. "Firefly (American Music Club)"
18. "La Pelicula"
19. "Look, Honey, Peaches"
20. "Replacement Parts" **
21. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)"

** previously unreleased