Soundgarden is releasing their first ever collection of live tracks, from a 1996 west coast tour.  The album wont be available until March 22nd, but Q103 has it  posted for you to hear now.

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Titled Live on I-5 – a reference to the Interstate 5 which runs up and down the West Coast-captures the band at the height of their recording and touring career.

Soundgarden rented a mobile 24 track machine/truck and recorded the shows on 2" tape. The band had always intended to release it as a live record soon after the tour,  they disbanded and the tapes were left in the closet of Studio X in Seattle (now called Bad Animals) to gather dust until now.

The track listing for the entire album are as listed.
1. Spoonman

2. Searching With My Good Eye Closed

3. Let Me Drown

Tracks 1-3: Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA – November 30, 1996

4. Head Down
Recorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA – December 18, 1996

5. Outshined

Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA – November 30, 1996
6. Rusty Cage

Recorded live at Pacific National Exhibition Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada – December 7, 1996
7. Burden In My Hand
Recorded live at Salem Armory, Salem, OR – December 8, 1996

8. Helter Skelter

9. Boot Camp

Tracks 8 and 9: Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA – November 30, 1996
10. Nothing To Say

Recorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA – December 18, 1996
11. Slaves & Bulldozers

12. Dusty

13. Fell On Black Days

Tracks 11-13: Recorded live at Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA – December 5, 1996
14. Search And Destroy

Recorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA – December 18, 1996
15. Ty Cobb

Recorded live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA – November 30, 1996
16. Black Hole Sun

Recorded live at Mercer Arena, Seattle, WA – December 17, 1996
17. Jesus Christ Pose
Recorded live at Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA – December 5, 1996

-and now for the new stuff Soundgarden told Billboard that their upcoming new album will feature updated versions of “super-old” material. They have 12 to 14 songs and are “ready to go.” But don’t worry, the band explained the material is “90 percent” new with the remaining parts being updated ideas.

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