A Cabinet of Curiosities is a compilation box set by alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

, released on April 21, 2009 on Rhino Records. The collection includes three discs of demos, rehearsals, remixes, covers, and live recordings from the group's initial lifespan of 1986–1991, and one DVD featuring the movie Soul Kiss, the band's music videos, and concert footage. Vocalist Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...

 stated that "it's a really nice, fetishy object."

Background

In 2009, vocalist Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...

 stated that "[the] box set was supposed to be released two years ago. It just took so long. We cut that deal on the box set when we were still together on the last record, and it took that long to get it co-ordinated and gathered and all those other things and it was just kind of a happenstance that we were together at this time. When Rhino saw that we were together they thought, 'Let’s just really work day and night and get the thing out.'"

Disc 1

1. "Jane Says (Radio Tokyo Demo)" *
2. "Pigs in Zen (Radio Tokyo Demo)"
3. "Mountain Song (Radio Tokyo Demo)"
4. "Had a Dad (Radio Tokyo Demo)"
5. "I Would for You (Radio Tokyo Demo)"
6. "Idiots Rule (Demo)" *
7. "Classic Girl (Demo)" *
8. "Up the Beach (Demo)" *
9. "Suffer Some (Demo)" *
10. "Thank You Boys (Demo)" *
11. "Summertime Rolls (Demo)" *
12. "City (Demo)" *
13. "Ocean Size (Demo)" *
14. "Stop! (Demo)" *
15. "Standing in the Shower...Thinking (Demo)" *
16. "Ain't No Right (Demo)" *
17. "Three Days (Demo)" *

Disc 2

1. "Ted, Just Admit It... (Demo)" *
2. "Maceo (Demo)" *
3. "No One's Leaving (Demo)" *
4. "My Time (Rehearsal)" *
5. "Been Caught Stealing (12" Remix Version)"
6. "Ripple
   Ripple (song)
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   " (from Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
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   )
7. "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (feat. Ice-T
   ICE-T
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    & Ernie-C)
8. "L.A. Medley: L.A. Woman/Nausea/Lexicon Devil (Live 1989)"
9. "Kettle Whistle (Live 1987)" *
10. "Whole Lotta Love (Live 1987)
    Whole Lotta Love
    "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...
    
    " *
11. "1970 (Live 1987)" *
12. "Bobhaus (Live 1989)" *

Disc 3

Live at the Palladium 12/19/90

1. "Drum Intro (Live)" *
2. "Up the Beach (Live)"
3. "Whores (Live)" *
4. "1% (Live)" *
5. "No One's Leaving (Live)"
6. "Ain't No Right (Live)"
7. "Then She Did... (Live)" *
8. "Had a Dad (Live)" *
9. "Been Caught Stealing (Live)" *
10. "Three Days (Live)"
11. "Mountain Song (Live)" *
12. "Stop! (Live)"
13. "Summertime Rolls (Live)" *
14. "Ocean Size (Live)" *

Music videos

• "Had a Dad"
• "Ocean Size"
• "Stop!"
• "Been Caught Stealing"
• "Classic Girl"
• "Ain't No Right"

Live at the City Square in Milan (for MTV Italy, October 1990)

• "Whores" *
• "Then She Did..." *
• "Three Days" *

Bonus Disc 5

Live at Irvine Meadows, 7/23-24/91
(Available as a Best Buy exclusive for a limited supply)

1. "Standing in the Shower...Thinking" *
2. "Of Course" *
3. "Ted, Just Admit It..." *
4. "Mountain Song" *
5. "Stop!" *