Song Premiere: 311 “Time is Precious”

Photo by Stephen Lashbrook

311 will celebrate their 25th year with a special career-spanning box set. Archive collects 81 tracks that span the band’s career. The 4-CD set is now available for pre-order, bundled with a limited-edition lithograph and/or collector’s patch. Today we premiere “Time is Precious” from Archive, recorded during the Evolver sessions in 2003. The complete Archive tracklisting appears below the audio.

311 will take to the road in celebration of their silver anniversary, starting on July 2.

CD 1: B-SIDES & BONUS TRACKS:

1. Transistor Intro (Transistor – Hidden Track – 1997) 2. Let the Cards Fall (Enlarged To Show Detail Bonus CD EP – 1996) 3. Outside (National Lampoon’s Senior Trip Original Soundtrack – 1995) 4. Gap (Enlarged To Show Detail Bonus CD EP – 1996) 5. Tribute (Enlarged To Show Detail Bonus CD EP – 1996) 6. Firewater Slo-Mo (Enlarged To Show Detail Bonus CD EP – 1996) 7. Blizza (Soundsystem– Japanese Release Bonus Track – 1999) 8. Dancehall (Enlarged To Show Detail 2 Bonus CD EP – 2001) 9. Bomb the Town (Enlarged To Show Detail 2 Bonus CD EP – 2001) 10. Will the World (Enlarged To Show Detail 2 Bonus CD EP – 2001) 11. We Do It Like This (Enlarged To Show Detail 2 Bonus CD EP – 2001) 12. Dreamland (Enlarged To Show Detail 2 Bonus CD EP – 2001) 13. What Do You Do (Evolver – Japanese Release Bonus Track – 2003) 14. Little Brother (Don’t Tread on Me – Japanese Release Bonus Track – 2005) 15. I Like the Way (Uplifter – Deluxe Edition Bonus Track – 2009) 16. Get Down (Uplifter – Deluxe Edition Bonus Track – 2009) 17. How Long Has It Been (Uplifter – iTunes Exclusive Track – 2009) 18. Sun Come Through (Uplifter – Amazon Exclusive Track – 2009) 19. Vape’n Away (Stereolithic – 311 Day Edition – 2014)

CD 2: UNRELEASED SONGS:

1. Summer of Love (Unreleased Version – 1994) 2. Juan Bond (311 Sessions – 1995) 3. Firewater – Normal Speed (311 Sessions – 1995) 4. Next (311 Sessions – 1995) 5. Grifter (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 6. Writer’s Block Party (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 7. Earth People (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 8. The Quickening (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 9. Everything (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 10. Old Funk (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 11. Space Funk (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 12. Lemming (Transistor Sessions – 1997) 13. Cali Soca (Soundsystem Sessions – 1999) 14. Seal the Deal (Soundsystem Sessions – 1999) 15. Who’s Got the Herb (Unreleased Version – 2001) 16. Time is Precious (Evolver Sessions – 2003) 17. Into the Flames (Don’t Tread On Me Sessions – 2005) 18. Stealing My Girl (Don’t Tread On Me Sessions – 2005) 19. Week of Saturdays (Uplifter Sessions – 2009) 20. Simplify (Uplifter Sessions – 2009)

CD 3: PRE-PRODUCTION VERSIONS & DEMOS

1. Welcome (Pre-Production Version – 1992) 2. Visit (Pre-Production Version – 1992) 3. Feels So Good (Pre-Production Version – 1992) 4. Paradise (Pre-Production Version – 1992) 5. Homebrew (Pre-Production Version – 1993) 6. Offbeat Bare-Ass (Pre-Production Version – 1993) 7. Six (Pre-Production Version – 1993) 8. Lose (Pre-Production Version – 1993) 9. Come Original (Pre-Production Version – 1999) 10. Freeze Time (Pre-Production Version – 1999) 11. Flowing (Pre-Production Version – 1999) 12. Livin n’ Rockin (Pre-Production Version – 1999) 13. Full Ride (Pre-Production Version – 2001) 14. Champagne (Pre-Production Version – 2001) 15. Sick Tight (Pre-Production Version – 2001) 16. How Do You Feel (Pre-Production Version – 2004) 17. Down (Demo – 1995) 18. Let the Cards Fall (Demo – 1995) 19. Random (Demo – 1995) 20. The Continuous Life (Demo – 1997)

CD 4: DEMOS:

1. Color (Demo – 1997) 2. Starshines (Demo – 1997) 3. Inner Light Spectrum (Demo – 1997) 4. Stealing Happy Hours (Demo – 1997) 5. Strong All Along (Early Title: Pass the Grass) (Demo w/Vocals – 1999) 6. Large in the Margin (Early Title: Forward) (Demo w/Vocals – 1999) 7. Mindspin (Demo – 1999) 8. Eons (Early Title: Stop Dat) (Demo – 1999) 9. Can’t Fade Me (Early Title: Kill) (Demo w/Vocals – 1999) 10. Sick Tight (Demo – 2001) 11. From Chaos (Demo- 2001) 12. I Told Myself (Demo- 2001) 13. You Wouldn’t Believe (Demo – 2001) 14. I’ll Be Here Awhile (Demo w/Vocals – 2001) 15. Seems Uncertain (Demo w/Vocals – 2003) 16. Give Me A Call (Demo w/Vocals) 17. Speak Easy (Early Title: Romantic Odyssey) (Demo – 2005) 18. Sun Come Through (Early Title: Rockin aught8) (Demo – 2009) 19. Jackpot (Early Title: New Thingy) (Demo – 2009) 20. Rock On (Early Title: Rock On Circus) (Demo – 2011) 21. Ebb & Flow (Early Title: Go!) (Demo – 2014) 22. Paradise (Acoustic Version – 1992)