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1	–Stephin Merritt	Forever And A Day Engineer – Charles Newman
2	–The Magnetic Fields	Rats In The Garbage Of The Western World
3	–The Magnetic Fields	I Don't Believe You
4	–Buffalo Rome	Plant White Roses Guitar – Shirley SimmsVoice – Shirley Simms
5	–The 6ths	Rot In The Sun
6	–The Magnetic Fields	The Sun And The Sea And The Sky
7	–The 6ths	Yet Another Girl Drums – Claudia GonsonVoice – Stuart Moxham
8	–Stephin Merritt	Scream (Till You Make The Scene)
9	–Stephin Merritt	The Song From Venus Engineer – Charles Newman
10	–The Magnetic Fields	Beach-A-Boop-Boop Drums – Claudia GonsonWritten-By – Shirley Simms, Stephin Merritt
11	–The Magnetic Fields	When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There
12	–The Magnetic Fields	Take Ecstasy With Me Vocals – Susan Anway
13	–Stephin Merritt	When You're Young And In Love Backing Vocals – Claudia GonsonEngineer – Charles Newman
14	–The Gothic Archies	You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home

Credits

• Design – Michael Fusco
• Engineer [Archival Engineering] – Tom Rogers
• Mastered By – Jeff Lipton
• Photography [Portrait] – Gail O'hara
• Written-By – Stephin Merritt

Notes

A career-spanning collection of B-sides, rarities and unreleased material from 1989-2011. Digipak.

Track 1: From "The Song From Venus," an unfinished musical by Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler.
Track 2: B-side of the "All The Umbrellas In London" 7-inch single.
Track 3: 7-inch single (version).
Track 4: From the "Cooking With The Priests," K Records cassette.
Track 5: B-side of the "Heaven In A Black Leather Jacket" 7-inch single.
Track 6: Previously unreleased.
Track 7: From the limited edition "Wasps' Nests" vinyl box set.
Track 8: Previously unreleased.
Track 9: From "The Song From Venus," an unfinished musical by Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler.
Track 10: B-side of the "Long Vermont Roads" 7-inch single.
Track 11: B-side of the "I Don't Believe You" 7-inch single.
Track 12: From the "Oh, Merge" compilation.
Track 13: From "The Song From Venus," an unfinished musical by Stephin Merritt and Daniel Handler.
Track 14: From the Neil Gaiman audiobook "Coraline" HarperCollins Publishers.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 673855043029
• Matrix / Runout: Z104958 7G MRG 430-2 01
• Mastering SID Code: ifpi L909
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U9H
• Other (on mould): MOS1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MRG430	Stephin Merritt	Obscurities ‎(LP, Comp)	Merge Records	MRG430	US	2011
WIGLP282	Stephin Merritt	Obscurities ‎(LP, Comp)	Domino	WIGLP282	Europe	2011
WIGCD282P	Stephin Merritt	Obscurities ‎(CD, Comp, Promo)	Domino	WIGCD282P	UK	2011
6800012	Stephin Merritt	Obscurities ‎(CD, Comp)	Domino	6800012	Australia	2011
MRG430 ADVANCE	Stephin Merritt	Obscurities ‎(CD, Comp, Promo, adv)	Merge Records	MRG430 ADVANCE	US	2011

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