Hüsker Dü's Early Years Compilation Album Savage Young Dü, released on November 10

[Falifax]

Experience the punishing sonic origins of a punk icon. Collected here for the first time, and skillfully remastered from original board tapes, demos, and session masters, this collection is an authoritative chronicling of the wellspring and maturation of Grant Hart, Greg Norton and Bob Mould—three St. Paul teenagers who'd go on to become the most heralded trio of the American punk underground. Follow the Hüskers to their earliest gigs in 1979, through extensive road dog touring, and to the start of their partnership with West Coast tastemaker SST in 1983 via a 108-page hardbound book crammed full of photos, flyers, and a sprawling essay with participation from the band. Spread across four LPs, 47 of the 69 songs compiled here are previously unissued, and includes In A Free Land, Everything Falls Apart , and an alternate Land Speed Record.

Source: Item listing from Numero Group's online store

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I thought this album deserves its own thread since Husker Du hasn't really been keen on releasing their never heard before stuff, and this year marking the 30th anniversary of their breakup. Plus the recent passing of Grant Hart makes this release even more significant.

1.  Do You Remember? (Demo)
2.  Sore Eyes (Demo)
3.  Can't See You Anymore (Demo)
4.  Picture of You (Demo)
5.  The Truth Hurts (Demo)
6.  Do the Bee (Demo)
7.  Nuclear Nightmare (Demo)
8.  All I've Got to Lose Is You (Demo)
9.  Chinese Rocks (Rehearsal)
10. Uncle Ron (Rehearsal)
11. Data Control (Rehearsal)
12. Insects Rule the World (Live)
13. You're Too Obtuse (Live)
14. Outside (Live)
15. Sexual Economics (Live)
16. What Went Wrong (Live)
17. Statues
18. Amusement
19. Writer's Cramp
20. Let's Go Die
21. Walk Within the Wounded (Live)
22. Industrial Grocery Store (Live)
23. Drug Party (Live)
24. Call on Me (Live)
25. Termination (Live)
26. I'm Tired of Doing Things Your Way (Live)
27. Stick It to Me (Live)
28. Wheels (Live)
29. All Tensed Up (Live)
30. Don't Try to Call (Live)
31. I'm Not Interested (Live)
32. Guns at My School (Live)
33. Push the Button (Live)
34. Gilligan's Island (Live)
35. MTC (Live)
36. Don't Have a Life (Live)
37. You're Naive (Live)
38. Strange Week (Live)
39. Big Sky (Live)
40. Ultracore (Live)
41. Let's Go Die (Live)
42. Won't Say a Word (Live)
43. Don't Try It (Live)
44. Private Hell (Live)
45. Diane (Live)
46. Sex Dolls (Live)
47. In a Free Land
48. What Do I Want?
49. M.I.C.
50. Target (In a Free Land Session)
51. Signals from Above (In a Free Land Session)
52. From the Gut
53. Blah, Blah, Blah
54. Punch Drunk
55. Bricklayer
56. Afraid of Being Wrong
57. Sunshine Superman
58. Signals from Above
59. Everything Falls Apart
60. Wheels
61. Target
62. Obnoxious
63. Gravity
64. Do You Remember? (Live)
65. Travel in the Opposite Car (Live)
66. It's Not Funny Anymore (Live)
67. Real World (Live)
68. Out on a Limb (Live)
69. It's Not Fair (Live)

 

[ispendtoomuchmoneyongames]

I'll be honest, I'm way more of a melodic later Du kinda guy and even more a Sugar/Bob solo guy. Grant sure wrote some awesome tunes and I'm still totally gonna bump this tomorrow at work though

 

[Falifax]

As of this writing the album should be up on every streaming platform.

I'll be honest, I'm way more of a melodic later Du kinda guy and even more a Sugar/Bob solo guy. Grant sure wrote some awesome tunes and I'm still totally gonna bump this tomorrow at work though

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I tried to get into Sugar but for some reason I couldn't. I guess the trio was a perfect complement of their style and once they went solo/other projects, it wasn't the same again. Although I like some of the Nova Mob stuff.