Medium Rare (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Medium Rare
Type = compilation
Artist = The Mighty Mighty Bosstones


Released = December 18, 2007
Recorded = 1989 - 2007
Genre = Ska-Core
Length = Unknown
Label = Big Rig Records
Producer =
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Last album = "A Jacknife to a Swan"
(2002)
This album = "Medium Rare"
(2007)
Next album = |

"Medium Rare" is a compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, which was released on December 18th 2007 on Big Rig Records. [ [http://www.punknews.org/article/26246 Punknews.org | Upcoming Bosstones disc due out on Big Rig Records in December ] ] It contains three new songs, nine previously unreleased tracks, and some rare B-sides. [ [http://www.punknews.org/article/26209#917246 Punknews.org | Mighty Mighty Bosstones to record new music for upcoming collection ] ] This is also the band's first release since they went on hiatus in 2003.

Track listing

#"This List"
#"The Meaning"
#"Don’t Worry Desmond Dekker"
#"To California"
#"The One With the Woes All Over It"
#"So Many Ways"
#"Reason To Toast"
#"Who’s Foolin' Who?"
#"Katie"
#"This Time Of Year"
#"Chocolate Pudding"
#"Is It?"
#"Favorite Records"

ong 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 releasd as a vinyl bonus track on "Pay Attention" while "Favorite Records" is previously unreleased.
*"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, 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