At Least, at Last is an album from the band The Posies

The Posies

The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...

, released in 2000.

At Least, at Last is a box set containing a "history" of The Posies b-sides, demos

Demo (music)

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 and outtake

Outtake

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s from 1987-1998 on four discs. Published by Not Lame

Not Lame Recordings

Not Lame Recordings was a Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States based independent record label specializing in power pop releases. The company was started by Bruce Brodeen in November 1994 but it shut down per November 24, 2010. The reasons Brodeen mentioned were a career switch combined with...

 records, this box set was produced to satisfy fans after the reported "demise" of the band in 2000. Although the band has since reformed with the release of an E.P.

Extended play

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 and a new album, the box set has been a "holy grail" in most Posies fans collections. This set is currently out of print and as of yet, The Posies have no intention to re-publish it.

Some highlights on the boxed set include a cover of Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

s' song "Dreaming"

Dreaming (Blondie song)

"Dreaming" is a song by the American punk/new wave band Blondie. Released in 1979, it was the lead single from their fourth album Eat to the Beat...

 and a song recorded for the television program Bill Nye the Science Guy

Bill Nye the Science Guy

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, entitled "Oceanic Exploration". Also included in the set are liner notes for each song written by both founding members.

DISC ONE: 1987 - 1991

1. Believe in Something Other (Than Yourself) (live at FOE, Bellingham 8.28.87)
2. I Don't Want to Talk to You (demo)
3. Help Yourself (demo)
4. Thinking Outloud (demo)
5. Apology (Ken's demo)
6. I May Hate You Sometimes (live at the Moore Theatre, Seattle 12.8.88)
7. Keep Me Guessing (studio outtake)
8. Diary of an Insecure Girl (demo)
9. Now They Want Your Head (demo)
10. What Am I Supposed to Do (studio outtake)
11. Any Other Way (demo)
12. Suddenly Mary (demo)
13. Apology (Jon's demo)
14. Beck's Bolero
    Beck's Bolero
    "Beck's Bolero" is a short, rock-based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel's Boléro, recorded in May 1966 by Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page on guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Keith Moon on drums...
    
    (studio outtake)
15. 21 (studio outtake)
16. This One's Taken (studio outtake)
17. Magnifying Mirror (studio outtake)
18. Ramblin' Rose (live at the OK Hotel, Seattle, 8.25.91)
19. Spite and Malice (intro vocals a capella)

DISC TWO: 1992 - 1993

1. Flood of Sunshine (live at RCKCNDY, Seattle, 5.16.92)
2. Dream All Day (demo)
3. ¿Will You Ever Ease Your Mind? (demo)
4. Ever Since I Was Alone (demo)
5. Going Going Gone (demo)
6. Forrest Recovery (demo)
7. Sullen Waistcoat (demo)
8. Depression Child (demo)
9. Solar Sister (demo)
10. Finally See It Right (demo)
11. Earlier Than Expected (demo)
12. Ladies and Gentlemen (demo)
13. When Mute Tongues Can Speak (demo)
14. Lights Out (demo)
15. How She Lied by Living (demo)
16. Féte le Muzz (studio outtake)
17. Velvet Monkey Theme (studio outtake)

DISC THREE: 1993 - 1994

1. Trace My Falls (demo)
2. Burn & Shine (French radio, 1993)
3. Dreaming (2 Meter Sessions-Dutch Radio/TV-11.1.93)
4. Wiggly World (studio outtake)
5. Come Along and Dance (demo)
6. Revelation to Follow (demo)
7. Daily Mutilation (demo)
8. You're the Beautiful One (demo)
9. World (demo)
10. Pay You Back in Time (demo)
11. Throwaway (demo)
12. Sad to Be Aware (demo)
13. Everybody Is a Fucking Liar (demo)
14. Somehow Everything (demo)
15. Fight It (If You Want) (demo)
16. Oh Michael (demo)

DISC FOUR: 1994 - 1998

1. Hate Song (demo)
2. Broken Record (demo)
3. Terrorized (non-US album track)
4. Star-Spangled Banner (live at the Kingdome, Seattle 1995)
5. Surrender (studio outtake)
6. What's Going Ahn (studio outtake)
7. Grant Hart (live on Swedish radio, 1996)
8. Ontario (live at Podi-Jum Rock Festival, Belgium, 4.5.97)
9. Oceanic Exploration (recorded for 'Bill Nye, The Science Guy'-US TV)
10. Start a Life (live at the LVC, Netherlands, 8.12.98)
11. Flavor of the Month (live at the Crocodile Cafe, Seattle 2.13.98)
12. Solar Sister (live at the Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco 9.18.98)
13. Golden Blunders (Muzak version)
14. Suddenly Mary (Muzak version)