![]() Since the original lineup of the Pretenders was one of the great rock & roll bands of its time, these live tracks are all very good, bordering on excellent, but it's not quite the same as hearing rough demos and unheard songs, which is what makes the bonus disc on The Pretenders so good. Which isn't to say that there's a lot of familiar recordings here: all but two of the tracks are previously unreleased, but all but three are live tracks. If this bonus disc pales in comparison to the bonus disc on the reissue of The Pretenders, it's because it packs few revelations or unexpected rarities among its 18 tracks. The Pretenders' second album received a much-deserved upgrade in the fall of 2006, as Rhino reissued it as a double-disc set containing a remastered version of the original album on the first disc and a wealth of rarities on the second. Tracks 4 and 14 appeared as b-sides to the single release of "I Go to Sleep." Tracks 14 and 16-18 are previously unreleased. ![]() promotional live album, Pretenders Live at the Santa Monica Civic, from 1982. ![]() On disc two, tracks 1-3, 5-6, 8-13, and 15 originally appeared as a Warner Bros. Rhino released a re-mastered edition of Pretenders II in 2006, including with it a second disc of live tracks and outtakes. Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) (2CD Remaster Edit 2006)
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