Medium Rare (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones album)

Medium Rare
Compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Released	December 18, 2007
Recorded	1989 - 2007
Genre	Ska punk
Length	40:46
Label	Big Rig
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones chronology
A Jackknife to a Swan (2002) Medium Rare (2007) Pin Points and Gin Joints (2009)

Medium Rare is a compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released on December 18, 2007 on Big Rig Records.^[1] It contains three new songs, nine previously unreleased tracks, and some rare B-sides.^[2] This is also the band's first release since they went on hiatus in 2003.

Track listing

1. "This List" (4:21)
2. "The Meaning" (2:34)
3. "Don't Worry Desmond Dekker" (3:38)
4. "To California" (3:11)
5. "The One with the Woes All Over It" (2:59)
6. "So Many Ways" (2:36)
7. "A Reason to Toast" (2:58)
8. "Who’s Fooling Who?" (2:33)
9. "Katie"(3:10)
10. "This Time of Year" (2:17)
11. "Chocolate Pudding" (3:01)
12. "Is It?" (2:52)
13. "Favorite Records" (4:36)

Song information

• "This List", "Don't Worry Desmond Dekker", and "The One with the Woes All Over It" are brand new songs, recorded and produced by the Bosstones during the Fall of 2007.
• "The Meaning" and "Favorite Records" are B-sides from the Pay Attention sessions (2000). "The Meaning" was released as a vinyl bonus track on Pay Attention while "Favorite Records" is previously unreleased. It seems to be a song about Phil Spector.
• "To California" and "Katie" are previously unreleased tracks from A Jackknife to a Swan sessions (2002).
• "Is It?", "So Many Ways", and "Who's Fooling Who?" are B-sides from the Let's Face It sessions (1997). "Is It?" appears on the "The Impression That I Get" (Australian/UK) single (1997) and The Rascal King (US) 7" single (1998). "So Many Ways" appears on the second UK The Impression That I Get single (1997). An alternate version of "Who's Fooling Who?" appears on the compilation CD Mashin' Up the Nation, Best of American Ska Volumes 3 & 4 (1998).
• "This Time of Year" and "A Reason to Toast" were originally recorded in 2001 (along with other songs that would later appear on A Jackknife to a Swan). "This Time of Year" originally appears on a promotional Bosstones CD given out during the 2001 Hometown Throwdown and Santa Clause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas (2003). An extended version of "A Reason to Toast" appears on an EP split with Madcap (2001).
• "Chocolate Pudding" was a B-side from the Question the Answers sessions (1994). It originally appears as a bonus track on Question the Answers (Japanese import version), the "Kinder Words" single (1994), and the Here We Go Again EP (1995).

Personnel

• Dicky Barrett – vocals
• Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton – saxophone
• Ben Carr – manager and "Bosstone"
• Joe Gittleman "the Bass Fiddleman" – bass guitar
• Lawrence Katz – guitar
• Joe Sirois – drums
• Chris Rhodes – trombone
• Roman Fleysher – saxophone
• Nate Albert – guitar
• Dennis Brockenborough – trombone
• Kevin Lenear – saxophone
• Dave Aaronoff – keyboards

References

1. ^ Punknews.org | Upcoming Bosstones disc due out on Big Rig Records in December
2. ^ Punknews.org | Mighty Mighty Bosstones to record new music for upcoming collection