Music to Climb the Apple Tree By was originally released as one of the seven CDs in the 2002 Beat Happening box set Crashing Through, but was not made available for sale separately until the following year. Gathering material from 1984-2000, it has odds and ends from singles and compilations, including the 45 versions of "Nancy Sin" and "Look Around," as well as four tracks from the EP the band did with the Screaming Trees. It's a good service for fans who might already have all of the five Beat Happening albums.