YakMusic are proud to announce the final track-listing for the new Digital Release Deluxe Edition which is due to hit online stores this coming Friday (5th July) web-wide!
1. Jamie Shields - Deserted
2. Empreinte Galactique - Drive
3. David Aaron - Life Aint So Shitty
4. The Velmas - New Life
5. Easily Amused - Dear Ol’ Dad
6. MoeDell - Toes Across The Floor
7. Kurt Vatland (featuring Defuze) - Pull
8. Spider - Mouthful Of Cavities
9. Exposed in the Drawing Room - Soak The Sin
10. Flames of Troy - Galaxie
11. Superextra - 2X4
12. 12 Daze - Glitch
13. The Holy Crabs - Letters From A Porcupine
14. Jena Kraus - Tickled Pink
15. David Aaron (featuring Danny Axel) - Change*
16. East Road - Vernie*
17. Shinobi Ninja - No Rain*
18. Renzo!! - All That I Need*
19. Superextra - Walk*
20. 12 Daze - Ever Had the Feeling*
21. Jamie Shields - St Andrews Fall*
* Deluxe Bonus Tracks
"The new tracks have added even more Melon love to what was already an album bursting with heart felt dedication to an amazing band" YakMusic founder Mark Davis said.
"I can't wait for these additional tracks to be heard."
The bonus tracks are a mix of older and new tunes.
"Some of the songs we used on the Deluxe Edition were previously submitted, or were meant to be submitted, to us way back in 2005 during production. Some of them were too good to have left unheard so we contacted those bands to ask if it were ok to include them." Mark added.
"Then we also had a few tracks recorded especially for the re-release. Some of the artists were just itching to be part of this again and naturally we were over the moon when some of them contacted us."
"Every deluxe (bonus) track has a direct or semi connection to the artists who appeared first time around."
THE BONUS TRACKS IN DETAIL
15. David Aaron (featuring Danny Axel) - Change
David Aaron, who is also known as Duke Sims in Brooklyn Hip Hop/Punk/Metal/Reggae/Rock entertainers
Shinobi Ninja, recorded two tracks for the Blind Melon Tribute Album back in 2005.
His amazing rock out version of
Life Aint So Shitty made the cut while his version of
Change had to be put on the back-burner...until now.
16. East Road - Vernie
French Canadian band
Empreinte Galactique, who appeared on the original version covering Drive, have since gone on a hiatus and several bands have since formed on the other side.
One of them was
East Road, which features
Empreinte Galactique's
Rami Renno on bass, drummer
Pete Pételle & the soulful
Jean-Michel Renaud on guitar/vocals, who offered a beautiful rendition of
Vernie for the deluxe edition.
17. Shinobi Ninja - No Rain
Fittingly one of the big omissions from the
Blind Melon catalog on
Twenty Stories Below previously was the band's biggest hit
No Rain.
David Aaron got his
Shinobi Ninja crew together for the deluxe edition to record (and have some fun with) this Melon classic
and the results are what you expect from these Brooklyn Hip Hopping-Punk-Metal-Reggae-Rockers.
18. Renzo!! - All That I Need
Around the time they recorded Drive, Guitarist/Vocalist Rami Remmo, with his Empreinte Galactique bandmates Daniel Lemay (guitarist), Carl Vaudrin (Keyboard) had also recorded All That I Need with their side project Renzo!! It wasn't submitted to YakMusic at the time but was later unearthed for the Deluxe Edition.
19. Superextra - Walk
Argentine Rockers
Superextra originally appeared on
Twenty Stories Below covering their own guitar driven version of
2X4. This time the distorted guitars have been put aside for a stunning rework of the classic
Walk from
Blind Melon's
Soup album.
20. 12 Daze - Ever Had the Feeling
12 Daze, aka Matt Theberge,
performed a dark driven rendition of
Glitch on the original version of
Twenty Stories Below and
has returned with a thumping rendition of
Blind Melon's unreleased track
Ever Had the Feeling. The song was also mixed by Brad Smith of
Blind Melon.
21. Jamie Shields - St Andrews Fall
Like she began the album, covering
Deserted on the original version,
Jamie Shields once again sends chills with a soulful
melodic version of
St Andrews Fall (which we all know also features the album's title in the Bridge).
A fitting way to come full circle....
Make sure you purchase your copy for only $9.99 from one of
CDBaby,
iTunes,
Google Play,
Amazon Mp3s or
7 Digital.
Watch the promo video on Vimeo:
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