A collection of veteran Seattle psych outfit's rare & unreleased tracks 1997-2006...

A compilation along the lines of past Green Pajamas releases like 'Indian Winter' and 'Narcotic Kisses; 20 tracks that, for one reason or another, never made it onto albums or EPs released over the last decade. Most of these songs likely didn't fit the concept or 'sound' of whatever album was being created at the time, and during sequencing, were left off. The result is, ironically, a Pajamas album in what some might regard as the "classic" sense: a rather psychedelic collection of short, sweet pop songs. No theme or agenda.

Mainman Jeff Kelly came across most of these songs again while making digital back-up copies from DAT master tapes. He was struck by how good all these songs sounded collected together. Coincidentally, Eric Lichter offered up two new songs that he'd recorded with Ken Stringfellow (Posies, Big Star, REM) which fit perfectly with this collection.

There's a song Kelly wrote in in 1973 called “Looking For Heaven” and out-takes from both 'Strung Behind the Sun' and 'All Clues Lead to Meagan's Bed.' There are some songs previously only available on magazine compilation CDs and a brand new song, “When Natalie Sings”. There are two songs originally meant for an unfinished concept album (“Forever 13” and “The Haunted Dollhouse”) based on a strange picture book, 'The Haunted Dollhouse" published in the early 1980's. There are also out-takes from 'Northern Gothic,' including the original longer version of 'The Bitter Moon,' and some favorite recordings that just never came out, and more...

So it's a collection of rarities, out-takes and previously unreleased songs that, all together, make a nice double-LP-length collection for Green Pajamas fans. And there might be a Volume 2.

Tracklist detail...

1. Looking for Heaven [1973]
out-take, 21st Century Seance

2. The Memory of You
out-take, Northern Gothic

3. Beautiful Deadly
previously unreleased

4. I Can’t Wait Here Anymore
previously unreleased

5. Through a Lonely Window
out-take, 21st Century Seance

6. Holy Names
from Dream Magazine #3 comp

7. Song for Tess
alternate version

8. Bitter Moon
original version

9. Maureenie in a Bottle
out-take Northern Gothic

10. Forever 13
previously unreleased

11. The Haunted Dollhouse
from Ptolemaic Terrascope #33

12. The Game [Mina]
previously unreleased

13. She Turns Me On
from Rubric 01 compilation

14. Darkness
out-take, Northern Gothic

15. The 4 Mistakes in Life
out-take, All Clues Lead to Meagan's Bed

16. Essence of Carol
alternate mix

17. Susanna is Gone
out-take, In A Glass Darkly

18. When Natalie Sings
previously unreleased

19. Shame
previously unreleased

20. Black Velvet Cat
from Ptolemaic Terrascope issue #35


Past praise for the work of The Green Pajamas:

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: “Seattle's Green Pajamas can be seen as a more serious equivalent to XTC side project the Dukes Of Stratosphear; both bands deal in subtle twists of '60s psychedelia…the Green Pajamas have a more earnest, folksy sound…”

NEW YORK TIMES: “When are the highly literate and melody-savvy Mr. Kelly and the retro psychedelic pop band he leads, The Green Pajamas, going to get, at the very least, a decent cult following?” - NEW YORK TIMES

MAGNET: “A recommended pursuit for fans of the Go-Betweens, Elf Power or the Soft Boys”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: “Coy, clever psychedelic pop.”