50th Anniversary Super Deluxe 3LP & 7" Box Set!
Includes Previously Unreleased Demos, Live Performances, Outtakes & Never-Before-Heard Songs from Miller's Personal Archive!
Features Joker Iron-On, Lithograph, 60-Page Booklet & More!
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Joker. J50: The Evolution of The Joker (curated by Steve Miller) highlights 27 previously unreleased demos, live performances, studio outtakes and rehearsals from Miller's personal archive, including eight never-before-heard songs. Miller also provides narration guiding the "evolution" of the songs from The Joker. The Super Deluxe Edition 3LP (with bonus 7" vinyl single) features a lenticular cover, reproduction of a vintage Joker iron-on, a new Joker lithograph, plus a 60-page booklet with classic photos and liner notes from Steve Miller and Anthony DeCurtis.
Features
- 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
- Curated by Steve Miller
- 3LP
- Bonus 45rpm 7" Vinyl Single
- 27 Previously Unreleased Demos, Live Performances, Studio Outtakes & Rehearsals from Miller's Personal Archive
- 8 Never-Before-Heard Songs
- Steve Miller Commentary Guiding the "Evolution" of the Songs from The Joker
- Lift-Off Box with Lenticular Cover
- Reproduction of a Vintage Joker Iron-On
- New Joker Lithograph
- 60-Page Booklet - Classic Photos & Liner Notes from Steve Miller and Anthony DeCurtis
- Made in Canada
Selections
LP I
Side One:
- Steve Miller Commentary 1
- Children of the Future - Live (Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
- Brave New World - Live (Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
- Dear Mary - Live (Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972)
- Space Cowboy - Live (Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
- Ginger Man - Live (Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
- Nothing Lasts - Live (Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972)
Side Two:
- Steve Miller Commentary 2
- Sugar Babe - Early Version (HOtel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
- Sugar Babe - Live (Columbus, OH, December 8, 1973)
- Sugar Babe - Album Version
- Mary Lou - Early Version (Studio Rehearsal, January 19, 1973)
- Mary Lou - Album Version
LP II
Side One:
- Steve Miller Commentary 3
- Hat - Live (Pre-Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma, Sacramento CA, June 6, 1971)
- Say Hey Ray (Pre-Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma, Studio Rehearsal, July 27, 1973)
- White Elephant (Pre-Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma, Studio Rehearsal, June 21, 1973)
- Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma - Early Version (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
- Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma - Album Version
Side Two:
- Steve Miller Commentary 4
- Your Cash Ain't Nothin' but Trash - Early Version (Studio Jam, July 5, 1973)
- Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash - Album Version
- Lidi - Twang Guitar (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
- Lidi - Studio (August 4, 1973)
- Lidi / Travelin' (Harmonics - Looking for a Chorus for The Joker, Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972)
- Travelin' (Looking for a Chorus for The Joker, Live Radio, July 1, 1973)
- The Joker - Album Version
LP III
Side One:
- Steve Miller Commentary 5
- Lovin' Cup - Live (Lansing, MI, November 27, 1973)
- Lovin' Cup - Album Version
- Come on in My Kitchen - Live (Dallas, TX, October 19, 1973)
- Come on in My Kitchen - Album Version
- Evil - Studio Demo (July 28, 1973)
- Evil - Album Version
Side Two:
- Steve Miller Commentary 6
- Coupe de Ville - A Cappella (Hotel 4-Track, July 1973)
- Something to Believe In - Early Version (Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972)
- Something to Believe In - Tough Crowd - Live (Austin, TX, October 19, 1973)
- Something to Believe In - Album Version
- I Don't Mind - Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972
- I Don't Mind - Studio (July 31, 1973)
- Mama Church - A Cappella (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972)
7" Single
Side One:
- The Joker - Single Version
- Lidi / Travelin' (Harmonics - Looking for a Chorus for The Joker, Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972)
Side Two:
- I Don't Mind - Studio (July 31, 1973)
- Lidi - Studio (August 4, 1973)