The Flaming Lips — creators of such albums as The Most Recent Flaming Lips Album and That Really Famous Flaming Lips Album — have announced a new forthcoming series of reissues courtesy of Rhino/Warner Bros. Starting April 20, the group behind The First Flaming Lips Album will begin releasing remastered editions of some of their earliest material. And I mean, like: for real-earliest material.

Up first is Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips , a relatively straightforward 19-track compilation of, you guessed it, the very first recordings the Flaming Lips ever did as a band! Featuring the original Flaming Lips lineup with Mark Coyne on vocals, it includes the band’s first two cassette demos, as well their first self-released EP, the latter of which was remastered from the original analog tape master.

That’s not all however — because May 25 sees the release of Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of the Flaming Lips 1986-1990 . This six-CD collection includes the first four Flaming Lips albums, originally released on Restless Records ( Hear It Is , Oh My Gawd!!! , Telepathic Surgery , and In a Priest Driven Ambulance ) as well as two discs of rarities. Start dusting off a new place your glass-doored box set cabinet now!

And as if that wasn’t enough, the Flaming Lips also plan to release a whole bunch of vinyl remasters this year, including those aforementioned Restless Records albums. But first, there’s Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips on April 20, and Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of the Flaming Lips 1986-1990 on May 25, both being released via Rhino. Head down below to revisit those first couple of records, view the cover art for Scratching the Door , and read all the extensive, respective tracklists. And make sure to watch out for falling confetti, just in case the Flaming Lips accidentally left the door to their archives open.







Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips

01. Bag Full Of Thoughts

02. Out For A Walk

03. Garden Of Eyes

04. Forever Is A Long Time

05. Scratchin’ The Door

06. My Own Planet

07. Killer On The Radio

08. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

09. Batman Theme

10. Handsome Johnny

11. Flaming Lips Theme Song 1983

12. The Future Is Gone”

13. Underground Pharmacist

14. Real Fast Words

15. Groove Room

16. Jesus Shootin’ Heroin

17. Trains, Brains & Rain

18. Communication Breakdown

19. Summertime Blues

Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of the Flaming Lips 1986-1990

Disc One: Hear It Is

01. With You

02. Unplugged

03. Trains, Brains and Rain

04. Jesus Shootin’ Heroin

05. Just Like Before

06. She Is Death

07. Charlie Manson Blues

08. Man From Pakistan

09. Godzilla Flick

10. Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise)

Disc Two: Oh My Gawd!!!…The Flaming Lips

01. Everything’s Explodin’

02. One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning

03. Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel

04. Can’t Exist

05. Ode to C.C. (Part I)

06. The Ceiling Is Bendin’

07. Prescription: Love

08. Thanks To You

09. Can’t Stop The Spring

10. Ode To C.C. (Part II)

11. Love Yer Brain

Disc Three: Telepathic Surgery

01. Drug Machine In Heaven

02. Right Now

03. Michael, Time To Wake Up

04. Chrome Plated Suicide

05. Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)

06. Miracle On 42nd Street

07. Fryin’ Up

08. Hell’s Angel’s Cracker Factory

09. U.F.O. Story

10. Redneck School Of Technology

11. Shaved Gorilla

12. The Spontaneous Combustion Of John

13. The Last Drop Of Morning Dew

14. Begs and Achin’

Disc Four: In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares)

01. Shine On Sweet Jesus - Jesus Song No. 5

02. Unconsciously Screamin’

03. Rainin’ Babies

04. Take Meta Mars

05. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain

06. Stand In Line

07. God Walks Among Us Now - Jesus Song No. 6

08. There You Are - Jesus Song No. 7

09. Mountain Side

10. What A Wonderful World

Disc Five: Restless Rarities

01. Death Valley ‘69

02. Thank You

03. Can’t Stop The Spring - Remix

04. After The Gold Rush

05. Death Trippin’ At Sunrise

06. Drug Machine In Heaven - Sub Pop 7” version

07. Strychnine/Peace, Love And Understanding

08. Lucifer Rising

09. Ma, I Didn’t Notice

10. Let Me Be It

11. She’s Gone Mad Again

12. Golden Hearse

13. Stand In Line

14. I Want To Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head

15. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain