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Ida - Will You Find Me (25th Anniversary)

Ida - Will You Find Me (25th Anniversary)

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Label: Numero

Reissued 5/2/2025, Originally released 2000

Ida was founded in 1992 by NYC-based singers/guitarists Daniel Littleton (also of The Hated) and Elizabeth Mitchell, bringing together a wide variety of disparate influences into a singular minimalist brand of experimental pop all their own. Ida made their debut with 1994’s luminous Tales of Brave Ida, released on Tsunami frontwoman Jenny Toomey’s hugely influential Simple Machines label. The project soon grew into a full-fledged band with the addition of Littleton’s brother Michael (Miggy) Littleton on drums and bassist Karla Schickele, followed by 1996’s I Know About You and 1997’s Ten Small Paces, both of which earned critical acclaim for their subtle arrangements, rich harmonies, and stunning songcraft. Looking to expand their sound and audience, Ida signed to Capitol Records in 1997 and set to work on what would become Will You Find Me. The protracted process saw the band recording in 14 studios across the country, joined by an array of additional musicians including Tara Jane O’Neil, Warren Defever, and the one and only Bernie Worrell.The resulting collection captures a band caught between Brooklyn and Woodstock, temping and adulting, burying a parent and birthing a child. A tireless compendium and ode to sleep, sex, all-night talking, and other bed-ridden activities, Will You Find Me was ultimately released in 2000 by New York-based independent label Tiger Style Records to worldwide praise from such publications as the New York Times, whose Jon Pareles described its songs as “like the whispers of uncertain lovers in a perpetual dance of vulnerability and assurance, parting and reconciliation.”  The Vinyl Edition see's the original releases 14 remastered songs pillowed with 34 outtakes, alternate mixes, 4-track demos, and covers from the band’s extensive vault, unfolding thematically across four LPs. The accompanying 24-page booklet documents Ida’s major label album that never was in both stunning photographs and Douglas Wolk’s blow-by-blow essay. Who were you then?

The 5xCD Box Set includes an additionally expanded 89 of these never-before-heard outtakes, alternate mixes, demos, and covers from Ida’s extensive archive plus an accompanying 64-page booklet. 

Track Listing:

LP Tracklist

  1. Down On Your Back
  2. Maybelle
  3. This Water
  4. Shrug
  5. The Radiator
  6. Shotgun
  7. Turn Me On
  8. Man In Mind
  9. Past The Past
  10. Georgia
  11. Triptych
  12. Firefly
  13. Encantada
  14. Don’t Get Sad
  15. Shrug (Brown Rice In a Magic Shop Dub)
  16. Time To Listen To the Mystery Sound Of Your Own Heart
  17. AZ U R
  18. What Holds The World Together
  19. The Great South River
  20. Black Thumb
  21. Better Days

CD Tracklist

  1. Down On Your Back
  2. Maybelle
  3. This Water
  4. Shrug
  5. The Radiator
  6. Shotgun
  7. Turn Me On
  8. Man In Mind
  9. Past The Past
  10. Georgia
  11. Triptych
  12. Firefly
  13. Encantada
  14. Don’t Get Sad
  15. Georgia Strings
  16. Shrug (Capitol Demos Reel)
  17. Shotgun (Capitol Demos Reel)
  18. Past the Past (Capitol Demos Reel)
  19. This Water (Capitol Demos Reel)
  20. Maybelle (Capitol Demos Reel)
  21. Don’t Get Sad (Live, Capitol Demos Reel)
  22. Tales of Brave Ida (4-track Demo)
  23. Triptych (4-track Demo)
  24. Nothing But Sound (4-track Demo)
  25. Love Streams (4-track Demo)
  26. Past the Past (4-track Demo)
  27. Encantada (4-track Demo)
  28. Wineglass
  29. Better Days (4-track Demo)
  30. The Radiator (Instrumental Mix)
  31. Never Goes Away
  32. Shotgun (Time Stereo Mix)
  33. Mestizo Blues
  34. Georgia (Rockabilly Version)
  35. Shotgun Strings
  36. Be Careful (Live on WFMU)
  37. Post Prom Disorder (Live on WFMU)
  38. Are You Tired of Me My Darling (Live on WFMU)
  39. The Pain Of Loving You (Live on WFMU)
  40. The Great South River (Live on WFMU)
  41. Triptych Wands
  42. At Last
  43. Georgia (Mono)
  44. AZ U R
  45. Chasing The Goat From The Sky
  46. Capo (Live at CPOP)
  47. Man In Mind (Live at CPOP)
  48. Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (Live at CPOP) (Traditional)
  49. Cynthia
  50. Don’t Get Sad (4-track Demo)
  51. The Pearl
  52. Shrug (4-track Demo)
  53. Shotgun (Minimal Mix)
  54. Shrug (Brown Rice In a Magic Shop Dub)
  55. The Oldest News (ON-ME Sound Demo)
  56. The Happy Blues (Prince Aged Two Demo)
  57. The Great South River
  58. Songs of The Icebergs
  59. Shotgun (Brown Rice In a Magic Shop Dub)
  60. Lola Carlota’s Hands
  61. Firefly (Rehearsal Excerpt)
  62. Firefly (Instrumental Mix)
  63. Mark Eitzel On Windham Hill
  64. What Holds The World Together
  65. Stone Flower Blues
  66. Man In Mind (Vocal Only Mix)
  67. Best Of The Belated (4-track Demo)
  68. Telephone Loop
  69. Black Thumb
  70. Could Be The Door
  71. Down On Your Back (First Thought Mix)
  72. Down On Your Back (ON-ME Sound Demo)
  73. Down On Your Back (Rehearsal)
  74. Down On Your Back (Instrumental Mix)
  75. Down On Your Back (Vocal Only Mix)
  76. Maybelle (Strings and Piano Mix)
  77. Turn Me On (Instrumental Mix)
  78. Man In Mind (Dreamland Solo Mix)
  79. Shotgun (The Woo Mix)
  80. Turn Me On Echoplex
  81. Shrug (The Woo Mix)
  82. I Met Death In A Dream Blues
  83. Tara’s Thumbnail
  84. Miggy and a Rhythm Box, Part 2
  85. When The Cicadas Come Back In The Summertime
  86. Tango For Liz
  87. Triptych Coda
  88. Don’t Be Cruel
  89. Don’t Be A Robot #1
  90. Don’t Talk, Put Your Head On My Shoulder
  91. Don’t Worry Baby (Old New Style Mix)
  92. Don’t Drop The Baby
  93. Don’t Let Me Down
  94. Don’t Come Home A Drinking
  95. Don’t Cry No Tears
  96. Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
  97. Don’t Worry Baby (New Old Style Mix)
  98. Don’t Be A Robot #2
  99. Don’t Get Sad (Dreamland)
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