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at The Harmony Building in Minneapolis. It is possible by listening carefully to hear one of the audience members curse the police. The audience member in question is believed to be

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. The EP was remastered and reissued by

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on April 22, 2008, with four additional tracks and liner notes by

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. The song "Kids Don't Follow" was made available as '' Rock Band 2'' DLC on May 19, 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Replacements *

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- vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica *

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- lead guitar *

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- bass guitar * Chris Mars - drums ;Technical *Peter Jesperson - producer, mixer *Steven Fjelstad - producer, engineer *Erik Hanson - photography *Bruce Allen - artwork

References

https://blog.thecurrent.org/2016/01/the-replacements-stink-show-a-true-story-from-minnesota-music-history/
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