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tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 bass Mitch Mitchell
compiled by David Newgarden
compiled by Jesper Eklow
compiled by Mark Ohe
compiled by Rich Turiel
compiled by Robert Pollard
design, illustration [collage] Bob Ohe
design, illustration [collage] Mark Ohe
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 drums Peyton Eric
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 engineer Wayne Hartman
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 guitar Paul Comstock
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 guitar, vocals Robert Pollard
liner notes Byron Coley
liner notes Chris Knox
liner notes John Chandler
liner notes Matt Sweeney
liner notes Rich Turiel
liner notes Richard Meltzer
liner notes Robert Pollard
liner notes Tom Lax
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 mastered by Chuck Madden
photography by Ana Luisa Morales
photography by Banks Tarver
photography by Bruce Greenwald
photography by C. Taylor Crothers
photography by Christian Lantry
photography by Daniel Coston
photography by David Newgarden
photography by Doug Gillard
photography by Jim Pollard
photography by Kim Pollard
photography by Mahsa Hojjat
photography by Michael Lavine
photography by Mike Baehr
photography by Mindy Hertzon
photography by Pete Jamison
photography by Rich Turiel
photography by Scott Marshall
photography by Stephen Apicella-Hitchcock
photography by Tobin Sprout
photography by Todd Robinson
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 piano Paul Comstock
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 producer Guided By Voices
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 producer Wayne Hartman
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 remix Guided By Voices
tracks cd5-1 to cd5-7 remix Wayne Hartman
tracks cd3-2 written-by Bruce Smitty Smith
tracks cd1-20, cd2-5 written-by Doug Gillard
tracks cd2-9, cd2-16, cd2-29, cd4-31 written-by Jim Pollard
tracks cd2-15, cd2-16, cd3-2, cd4-18 written-by Mitch Mitchell
tracks cd1-1 to cd1-18, cd1-21 to cd2-7, cd2-9 to cd5-7 written-by Robert Pollard
tracks cd1-4, cd1-8, cd1-11, cd1-14, cd1-19, cd2-1, cd2-8, cd2-14, cd2-16, cd2-31, cd4-3, cd4-4, cd4-7, cd4-17, cd4-29, cd4-31 written-by Tobin Sprout
tracks cd3-2 written-by Tony Conley
tracks cd3-2 written-by Wendell Napier
Phonographic Copyright (p) Matador Records (2)
Copyright (c) Matador Records (2)
Copyright (c) TVT Records
Published By Needmore Songs
Published By Songs Of Universal, Inc.
Published By I'm A Cowboy Songs
Published By Flippant Music
Recorded At The Paradise, Boston
Recorded At Bogart's
Recorded At Fox Theatre, Boulder
Recorded At Cat's Cradle
Recorded At Bernie's Bagels
Recorded At Bimbo's 365 Club
Recorded At Phantasy Nite Club
Recorded At The Metro, Chicago, IL
Recorded At First Avenue
Recorded At 40 Watt Club
Recorded At Melkweg, Amsterdam
Recorded At Crocodile Club
Recorded At Group Effort Studios
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Glass Mastered At WAMO
The box contains four digipaks (discs 1 & 2 in the first digipak, discs 3 & 4 in the second digipak and disc 5 and the DVD each in a separate digipak) and a 76 page booklet.

Track CD1-1 from the Schwa album 'Devil Between My Toes', released 1987.
Track CD1-2 from the Rocket #9 album 'Same Place The Fly Got Smashed', released 1990.
Tracks CD1-3 & CD1-4 from the Rockathon album 'Propeller', released 1992.
Tracks CD1-5 from the Scat EP 'The Grand Hour', released 1993.
Track CD1-6 from the Scat album 'Vampire On Titus', released 1993.
Tracks CD1-7 to CD1-9 from the Scat album 'Bee Thousand', released 1994.
Track CD1-10 from the Scat EP 'I Am A Scientist', released 1994.
Tracks CD1-11 to CD1-16 from the Matador album 'Alien Lanes', released 1995.
Tracks CD1-17 to CD1-19 from the Matador album 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars', released 1996.
Tracks CD1-20 to CD1-22 from the Matador album 'Mag Earwhig!', released 1997.
Track CD1-23 from the Jass EP 'Wish In One Hand ...', released 1997.
Tracks CD1-24 & CD1-25 from the TVT album 'Do The Collapse', released 1999.
Tracks CD1-26 to CD1-28 from the TVT album 'Isolation Drills', released 2001.
Tracks CD1-29 & CD1-30 from the Matador album 'Universal Truths And Cycles', released 2002.
Tracks CD1-31 & CD1-32 from the Matador album 'Earthquake Glue', released 2003.
Tracks CD2-1 & CD2-2 from 'Motor Away' 7 OLE-148-7, released June 1995.
Tracks CD2-3 to CD2-8 from 'Tigerbomb' 7 EP OLE-168-7, released November 1995.
Tracks CD2-9 to CD2-11 from 'The Official Ironmen Rally Song' 7/CD OLE-184-7/2, released February 1996.
Tracks CD2-12 to CD2-14 from the Matador Europe bonus CD of 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars' OLE-161-2, released March 1996.
Track CD2-15 from OST 'The Kids In The Hall In Brain Candy' LP/CD/CS OLE-183-1/2/4, released April 1996.
Tracks CD2-16 & CD2-17 from 'Cut-Out Witch' 7 OLE-218-7 Matador Europe, released June 1996.
Tracks CD2-18 to CD2-23 from 'Plantations Of Pale Pink' 7 EP OLE-208-7, released November 1996.
Tracks CD2-24 & CD2-25 bonus tracks from the Japanese CD of 'Under The Bushes Under The Stars', Bandai, released March 1997.
Tracks CD2-26 to CD2-28 from 'Bulldog Skin' 7/CD OLE-217-7/2 Matador Europe, released May 1997.
Tracks CD2-29 to CD2-31 from 'I Am A Tree' 7/CD OLE-264-7/2 Matador Europe, released July 1997.
Track 2.32 from V/A 'What's Up Matador' DBL LP/CD/CS OLE-163-1/2/4, released August 1997.
Tracks CD2-33 & CD2-34 bonus tracks from the Japanese CD of 'Mag Earwhig!', Bandai, released May 1998.
Track CD2-35 from V/A 'Everything Is Nice' DBL LP/3XCD OLE-400-1/2, released September 1999.
Tracks CD3-1 & CD3-4 recorded on boombox 1984.
Track CD3-2 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1990.
Track CD3-3 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1989.
Tracks CD3-5 & CD3-6 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1987.
Tracks CD3-7 to CD3-11 recorded at Steve Wilbur's 8-track garage 1989. Outtakes from 'Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia'.
Tracks CD3-12 to CD3-14 recording date unknown.
Tracks CD3-15 to CD3-18 recording date unknown. Demo for 'Do The Collapse'.
Tracks CD3-19 to CD3-22 recording date unknown. Demo for 'Mag Earwhig!'.
Track CD3-23 recorded on boombox 1998.
Tracks CD4-1, CD4-7 & CD4-24 recorded live at The Paradise, Boston, MA, June 20, 1995.
Tracks CD4-2, CD4-4 & CD4-9 recorded live at Bogart's, Cincinatti, OH, July 25, 1995.
Tracks CD4-3, CD4-18, CD4-27 & CD4-32 live, location & date unknown.
Tracks CD4-5 & CD4-29 recorded live at Fox Theatre, Denver, CO, April 10, 1995.
Tracks CD4-6, CD4-8, CD4-11 & CD4-19 recorded live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, April 16, 2002.
Tracks CD4-10 & CD4-26 recorded live at Bernie's Bagel Shop, Columbus, OH, March 28, 1998.
Tracks CD4-12 & CD4-23 recorded live at Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA, February 27, 1999.
Track CD4-13 recorded live at Phantasy Club, Cleveland, OH, April 26, 1997.
Tracks CD4-14, CD4-15, CD4-21 & CD4-22 recorded live at The Metro, Chicago, IL, February 24, 1996.
Tracks CD4-16 & CD4-20 recorded live at The Metro, Chicago, IL, July 11, 1998.
Track CD4-17 recorded live at First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, February 22, 1996.
Track CD4-25 recorded live at 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, January 22, 2000.
Tracks CD4-28 & CD4-30 recorded live at Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland, July 10, 1997.
Track CD4-31 recorded live at Crocodile Club, Seattle, WA, April 17, 1995.
Tracks CD5-1 to CD5-7 recorded at Group Effort Studios, Crescent Springs, Kentucky, 4/86 & 5/86.
Track DVD-2 contains parts of the songs Hot Freaks, Superwhore, Goldheart Mountaintop, Queen Directory, Shocker In Gloomtown, Postal Blowfish, Weed King, Exit Flagger and I Am A Scientist.
Track DVD-4-1 has multi-angle features.

The booklet mentions a video for My Kind Of Soldier, but it is not actually included on the DVD.

©℗ 2003 Matador Records

Tracks CD1-1 through CD1-10 appear courtesy of Scat Records.
Tracks CD1-24 through CD1-28 appear courtesy of TVT Records.
1-24 & 1-25 © 1999 TVT Records.
1-26, 1-27 & 1-28 © 2001 TVT Records.

Tracks CD1-1 to CD1-3, CD1-5 to CD1-7, CD1-9, CD1-10, CD1-26 to CD1-28, CD2-2 to CD2-4, CD2-6, CD2-7, CD2-10 to CD2-13, CD2-17 to CD2-28, CD2-30, CD2-32 to CD2-35, CD3-1 to CD3-18, CD4-6, CD4-8, CD4-13, CD4-15, CD4-16, CD4-18, CD4-19, CD4-22, CD4-24, CD4-28 & CD4-32 to CD5-7 published by Needmore Songs, BMI
Tracks CD1-12, CD1-13, CD1-15 to CD1-18, CD1-22 to CD1-25, CD2-9, CD2-16, CD2-29, CD3-19 to CD3-23,CD4-2, CD4-5, CD4-9, CD4-10, CD4-12, CD4-14, CD4-20, CD4-21, CD4-23, CD4-25 to CD4-27, CD4-30 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-4, CD1-8, CD4-7 & CD4-31 published by I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI/Needmore Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-1, CD2-14, CD2-31, CD4-3, CD4-4, CD4-17 & CD4-29 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI/I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI.
Tracks CD1-19 & CD2-8 published by I'm A Cowboy Songs, BMI.
Track CD1-20 published by Flippant Music, BMI.
Track CD2-5 published by Songs Of Universal, Inc./Needmore Songs, BMI/Flippant Music, BMI.
Barcode: 7 44861 05502 0
Other: OLE 550-2.1 (Cat# CD1)
Other: OLE 550-2.2 (Cat# CD2)
Other: OLE 550-2.3 (Cat# CD3)
Other: OLE 550-2.4 (Cat# CD4)
Other: OLE 550-2.5 (Cat# CD5)
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. olyphant X19964 LN OLE 550-2.1 03 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. olyphant Z20208 LN OLE 550-2.2 RE-1 03 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. olyphant Y21999 LN OLE 550-2.3 04 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. olyphant Y20105 LN OLE 550-2.4 01 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. olyphant Y21992 LN OLE 550-2.5 01 (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: Mastered by wamo LN550.1.A VB01 (DVD)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L902 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L909 (CD2 & CD4)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L903 (CD3 & CD5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L907 (DVD)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U3E (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U7A (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U3Q (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U4C (CD4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U3U (CD5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2UN5 (DVD)
Rights Society: BMI