THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around MAY 29th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items.

Do not eat or drink anything past midnight prior to your appointment- NO FOOD, NO LIQUID.

Non-sensical, un-user friendly, at times half finished. Camper Van Beethovens second album II & III saw the folk-punk of the bands debut LP morphing into an even wider melting pot of stylistic influences and (un)ironic contradictions, all rolled up into a coherently incoherent collection of some of the bands most defining songs.

Originally released in 1986, the follow up to Telephone Free Landslide Victory did much to develop an already iconoclastic Camper Van Beethoven idiom. II & III ranges from alt-country ballads (Sad Lovers Waltz) to call-backs to the European folk instrumentals of the debut (No Krugerrands For David, 4 Year Plan). Also featured is the bands bluegrass-Americana take on Sonic Youths I Love Her All the Time, feeding their appetite for cover songs.

This deluxe double CD set brings together the original II & III album with a 17 track live album of material from Camper Van Beethoven shows supporting REM on their Lifes Rich Pageant tour. This audio was mostly recorded at the Lincoln, Nebraska show from October 10th, 1986, but is supplemented with audio from other shows of the tour.

street date 5/29/2026