PINWHEEL BLOOD BOX
(released on Capitol in October 1997)
Plaastik's first major project upon the move to Capitol was to prepare this boxed set. The band had always made a point of keeping singles in print, but as soon as they left each label, the smaller-scale releases disappeared almost immediately. Singles like "This is Not Here" had been scarce for some time and very few fans by 1997 had ever even seen any of the Geffen-era singles, much less owned them. The solution was planned to be a synchronized pair of releases. The first would be a new reissue of FUN GOLDFISH TOYS, in print for the first time since 1984. This had become a holy grail for newer fans, who were only able to find cassette copies if they could track the EP down at all. The second was to be this four-disc set of all of the b-sides from each and every single starting with "The Middle of the Desert." (The b-sides from NO PARKING ANYTIME had been collected on the GOLDFISH reissue, and Plaastik claimed that they had no intention of ever releasing "Nachos" and "Funk" again.) However, the packaging design for this box was so elaborate that it ended up falling behind and was not issued until three months after SUPER FUN GOLDFISH TOYS.
The band wanted to make this set "fun," and they succeeded by designing it as if it was a board game. There were even gamepieces included, though no rules were provided. "Players can make their own rules," explained Nick gleefully in an interview. (There is a set of Monopoly-style "chance" cards included with the SUPER FUN GOLDFISH TOYS set, presumably to be used in conjunction with this. Almost hidden inside the cardboard tracklist is a mammoth booklet with band interviews regarding each specific track in the set.
The only problem was that hardcore fans who already owned the songs were not given anything extra, at least in terms of the music, although for many of them, the booket and wondrous package were enough, and in fact by this point very few people already had *everything* that made it to the box. Thankfully, Capitol and the band also managed to keep the pricetag under $50, which makes the set a real treasure for devoted fans.
tracklist:
disc one:
1. Meat
2. Ecch!
3. Common Prompt (Write Me)
4. Ear Pop
5. Catch Me
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday
7. Ruined
8. Watch the Time
9. Visitor (The)
10. Glory
11. The Newspaper
12. Reggae Mon
13. Evil Little Boys
14. Neighbor
15. Jerk
16. Bagism (Take Out the Trash)
17. 1,000,000
18. Pinwheel Blood (Gory Music Box)
disc two:
1. Legends Don't Need Spraypaint
2. Years Ago
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. The Glorious Supermarket
5. To Be Continued
6. Our Car Club
7. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
8. Hat
9. Oldies Medley
10. Seri*--
11. Channel Out (Up?)
12. Sister Ray
13. Lies
14. Let the Circle Be Unbroken (This is a Church)
15. Give
16. I Don't Know
17. Amusement Parks U.S.A.
18. World Without Love/The Star Spangled Banner
disc three:
1. Play With
2. Steal the Show
3. Where is My Soda? It's in Hell! (About Last Night)
4. Where Did Our Love Go?
5. Starstruck
6. My Full Attention
7. Sick Happenings
8. Copper Wire [demo]
9. The Explosion of Full-Dimensional Stereo Sound
10. Zero
11. New Toys I
12. New Toys II
13. Sizable?
14. Bear's Brother (Herd Politics)
15. Hair
16. You're a Bastard (My Woman Kate)
17. Crazy [version B]
18. Crazy [version C]
disc four:
1. Daddy's Little Girl / Jesus / Noises / Screaming Melody / Serenade [live 1994]
2. People Like Us
3. Crazy [version D]
4. One
5. Wind
6. Hamlet [acoustic]
7. Blank Page [acoustic]
8. Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone
9. Older
10. Best New Thing [hot dance mix]
11. Best New Thing [hip mix]
12. Best New Thing [music mix]
13. You Were Meant for Me
14. Don't Let Me Down [live 1994]
15. Vacation [live 1994]
16. Piano Song [live 1994]
17. Girl
18. Barking Dog
19. I've Been Thinking About You [live 1994]
20. Girl Don't Tell Me [live 1994]
To Know Him is to Love Him single
To Know Him is to Love Him
Girl
Barking Dog