The group will issue a greatest hits set, Popular Songs, June 24 via Cooking Vinyl. The album will include some of the group’s most well-known material, such as “Border Ska” and the college radio classic “Take The Skinheads Bowling.” The group re-recorded five songs from their major-label days, specifically 1988’s Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and 1989’s Key Lime Pie, when they were unable to purchase the masters from their former label, Virgin.
They will also co-host their annual Campout music festival September 11 through the 13 at Pappy And Harriet’s in Pioneertown, California. The festival will include Beethoven-man David Lowery’s other group Cracker, as well as Built To Spill, Quasi, Citay, McCabe And Mrs Miller, the Dangers and others.
The line-up for these dates will include many of Camper’s original members, including Lowery and Jonathan Segel on guitars and keyboards, Victor Krummenacher on bass, Greg Lisher on lead guitar, and Cracker drummer Frank Funaro.
Tracklist For Popular Songs:
01. The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon
02. Border Ska
03. Take The Skinheads Bowling
04. Pictures Of Matchstick Men*
05. Skinhead Stomp
06. Opi Rides Again/Club Med Sucks
07. Eye Of Fatima (Parts 1 And 2)*
08. ZZ Top Goes to Egypt
09. Sad Lovers’ Waltz
10. When I Win The Lottery*
11. The History Of Utah
12. Seven Languages
13. All Her Favorite Fruit*
14. Good Guys And Bad Guys
15. Circles
16. One Of These Days
17. Ambiguity Song
18. Shut Us Down
* Re-recording
Tour Dates For Camper Van Beethoven:
06/26 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues
06/28 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore (Silver Anniversary Show)
09/11 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy And Harriet’s (Fourth Annual CAMPOUT)
09/12 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy And Harriet’s (Fourth Annual CAMPOUT)
09/13 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy And Harriet’s (Fourth Annual CAMPOUT)
Wikipedia Discography for Camper Van Beethoven
Studio Albums
* Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)
* II & III (1986)
* Camper Van Beethoven (1986)
* Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)
* Key Lime Pie (1989)
* Tusk (2002)
* New Roman Times (2004)
EPs
* Take The Skinheads Bowling (1986)
* Vampire Can Mating Oven (1987)
* Turquoise Jewelry (1988)
Compilations & Special Releases
* The Virgin Years (1993) (by Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker)
* Camper Vantiquities (1993) Rarities Compilation
* Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven (2000) Rarities Compilation
* Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years (2002) Box Set. Includes Telephone Free Landslide Victory, II & III, Camper Van Beethoven, Camper Vantiquities, & Greatest Hits Played Faster, a bonus live disc.
* In the Mouth of the Crocodile – Live in Seattle (2004) Live Album
* Discotheque CVB: Live In Chicago (2005) Live Album
* Look at All the Love We Found (2005) Sublime Tribute
Camper Van Beethoven: www.campervanbeethoven.com