Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The V - CD

Stone Temple Pilots embraced experimentation and open-mindedness to record the band’s third album, 1996’s TINY MUSIC... SONGS FROM THE VATICAN GIFT SHOP. Released on March 26, 1996, the album is a pitch-perfect amalgamation of the band members’ musical personalities, yielding three #1 hits – “Big Bang Baby,” “Lady Picture Show,” and “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart.” On the eve of the album’s 25th anniversary, we're proud to announce the upcoming release of a newly remastered version of TINY MUSIC... expanded with unreleased studio and live recordings.

TINY MUSIC… SONGS FROM THE VATICAN GIFT SHOP: SUPER DELUXE EDITION will be available on July 23. The 3-CD/1-LP set includes a newly remastered version of the original studio album on both CD and vinyl, plus unreleased early versions, instrumentals, and alternate takes along with a complete concert recording from 1997.

Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz recorded TINY MUSIC… at a home studio tucked away in California’s Santa Ynez Valley with Brendan O’Brien, who also produced the band’s two previous albums, CORE and PURPLE. The 25,000-square-foot house became a muse for STP, who recorded in different rooms – from the attic to the garden – and used the expansive space to experiment with new sounds.

Along with a newly remastered version of the original album, this one features 15 unreleased tracks that pull back the curtain on the creative process. Those include early versions of nearly every song on the album with nascent incarnations of “Tumble In The Rough,” “Pop’s Love Suicide,” and “Seven Caged Tigers.” The selections also feature an alternate take for “Big Bang Baby,” and a percussion mix of “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart.” There are also instrumentals for “Ride The Cliché” and “Adhesive,” plus the unreleased “Kretz’s Acoustic Song.”

An exclusive feature of the Super Deluxe Edition is a previously unreleased live recording of the band’s March 14, 1997 concert in Panama City Beach, Florida. STP is dialed in from start to finish, delivering blistering takes of songs from the new album (“Tumble In The Rough” and “Big Bang Baby”), as well as hits from their earlier records (“Vasoline,” “Plush,” and “Interstate Love Song.”)


Tracklist

Disc 1: Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (2021 Remaster)
1. PRESS PLAY (2021 REMASTER)
2. POP’S LOVE SUICIDE (2021 REMASTER)
3. TUMBLE IN THE ROUGH (2021 REMASTER)
4. BIG BANG BABY (2021 REMASTER)
5. LADY PICTURE SHOW (2021 REMASTER)
6. AND SO I KNOW (2021 REMASTER)
7. TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART (2021 REMASTER)
8. ART SCHOOL GIRL (2021 REMASTER)
9. ADHESIVE (2021 REMASTER)
10. RIDE THE CLICHE (2021 REMASTER)
11. DAISY (2021 REMASTER)
12. SEVEN CAGED TIGERS (2021 REMASTER)

Disc 2: Early Versions, Instrumentals, & Alternate Mixes
1. PRESS PLAY (FULL LENGTH VERSION)[2021 REMASTER]*
2. POP’S LOVE SUICIDE (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
3. TUMBLE IN THE ROUGH (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
4. BIG BANG BABY (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
5. LADY PICTURE SHOW (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
6. AND SO I KNOW (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
7. TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
8. 5 OR 4 TIMES (ART SCHOOL GIRL) (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
9. ADHESIVE (INSTRUMENTAL) [2021 REMASTER]*
10. RIDE THE CLICHE (INSTRUMENTAL) [2021 REMASTER]*
11. SEVEN CAGED TIGERS (EARLY VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
12. BIG BANG BABY (ALTERNATE VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
13. TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART (PERCUSSION MIX) [2021 REMASTER]*
14. ART SCHOOL GIRL (JAW HARP VERSION) [2021 REMASTER]*
15. KRETZ’S ACOUSTIC SONG [2021 REMASTER]*

*Previously Unreleased