Limited Edition Animal Collective Box Set, “Animal Crack Box”

Catsup Plate is set to release a 3xLP set of Animal Collective rarities, in a vinyl limited edition of 1000. All of the material was recorded live to MiniDisc at various locations, spanning the first three years of the band. It is to be released "within the next 4-6 weeks," though you can currently buy a test-pressing of it on Ebay, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders. Full details "after the jump..." The music here is all recorded live to MiniDisc at various locations over the course of the course of the first three years or so of the band. The songs veer from the early percussion/feedback wailings to the Campfire Songs style acoustica to wall of sound forest children vocal chanting. The sonics are rough in places as these were recorded more for reference than for an actual release, but the power of the songs and the band's uncompromising intensity are apparent all the way through. Here is the tracklisting and recording info, for those who are curious: A1. Jimmy Raven A2. Ahhh Good Country A3. Iko Ovo A1 and A2 recorded live to MiniDisc 18 September 2000 at the Cooler, NYC by Avey/Panda. A3 recorded live to MiniDisc fall 2000 at N. 4th Practice Space, Brooklyn by Avey/Panda. B1. Pumpkin Gets a Snakebite B2. Pumpkin's Hallucination B3. Pumpkin's Funeral B1 and B3 recorded live to MiniDisc February 2001 at N. 4th Practice Space, Brooklyn by Avey/Panda/Geologist. B2 recorded live to MiniDisc 25 February 2001 at Mercury Lounge, NYC by Avey/Panda/Geologist. C1. Jungle Heat C2. Hey Friend C3. De Soto De Son C1 and C2 recorded live to MiniDisc winter early 2001 at 67 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn by Avey/Panda. C3 recorded live to MiniDisc August 2000 at Mercury Lounge, NYC by Avey/Panda. D1. Oh Sweet D2. Young Prayer #2 D3. Do the Nurse D1 partly recorded live to MiniDisc summer 2002 at N. 4th Practice Space, Brooklyn by Avey/Deakin and partly recorded live to MiniDisc 18 October 2002 at Warsaw, Brooklyn by Avey. D2 recorded live to MiniDisc fall 2002 at Bard College, NYC by Avey/Panda. D3 recorded live to MiniDisc 18 October 2002 at Warsaw, Brooklyn by Avey. E1. Ice Cream Factory E2. Hey Light E3. Two Sails E1 and E3 recorded live to MiniDisc March 2002 at Tonic, NYC by Avey/Panda/Geologist/Deakin. E2 recorded live to MiniDisc winter early 2002 at N. 4th Practice Space, Brooklyn by Avey/Panda/Geologist/Deakin. F1. Don't Believe the Pilot F2. Who Could Win a Rabbit F3. Mouth Wooed Her F4. Covered in Frogs F5. We Tigers F1 and F2 recorded live to MiniDisc July 2003 at New World Brewery, Tampa, FL by Avey/Panda. F3 recorded live to MiniDisc June 2003 at a house party in Brooklyn by Avey/Panda. F4 recorded live to MiniDisc sometime and somewhere in 2003 (recording details are lost) by Avey/Panda. F5 recorded live to MiniDisc October 2003 at Concorde 2, Brighton, UK by Avey/Panda.

- Ryan Catbird