Following on from the successful An Idiot Prayer live album and livestream event released this year, Nick Cave Productions and BMG release B-Sides and Rarities: Part I and Part 2.

B-Sides and Rarities: Part I and Part 2 contains material from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 30-plus year career. This collection features 83 tracks across 7 x 180g LPs housed in a deluxe case bound slipcase with foiling, featuring exclusive photographs and sleeve notes written by Sean O’Hagan.

This is the first time Part I, compiled by Mick Harvey and originally released in 2005, has been made available on vinyl. It comprises 56 tracks including rarities, out-takes, covers and B-sides from 1988-2005. Part II, compiled by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis features 27 tracks from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2006 to 2019’s Ghosteen. 19 are rare and unreleased tracks including first recordings of ‘Skeleton Tree’, ‘Girl in Amber’, ‘Bright Horses’ and ‘Waiting for You’.