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Sonic Youth was reissued in 2006 on CD and as a double-LP with a number of bonus tracks that bring the running time to 63: 04.

Added are seven songs from a live performance recorded on 18 September 1981.

Most of the tracks played were based on pieces composed by the band for the Noisefest festival held earlier in 1981, while others predate the band itself, such as Kim Gordon's song " Cosmopolitan Girl ".

Several of these pieces are quite different from their studio counterparts, in particular the noisy early version of " She Is Not Alone ".

Amongst the tracks is the instrumental " Destroyer ", previously coveted by bootleg collectors.

Also added is a studio recording of a song that appears in the live performance, " Where the Red Fern Grows ".

The song, an early version of " I Dreamed I Dream ", was recorded in October 1981.

This version is an instrumental, while on the live take Lee sings two lines towards the end.