Singer-songwriter Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville is about to turn 25, and Matador Records is making sure that anniversary doesn't go unnoticed.  On May 4, the label will issue Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Boxset, a 7-LP or 3-CD (or digital) collection tracing her artistic evolution from her three pre-Matador demo cassettes (originally released under the name of Girly-Sound) to her acclaimed debut album.

Girly-Sound to Guyville kicks off with each of the three privately-pressed cassettes remastered and restored on vinyl, and now titled Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word to Ya Mutha (Girly-Sound 1), Girls Girls Girls (Girly-Sound 2), and Sooty (Girly-Sound 3).  Volumes 1 and 2 are pressed on two vinyl LPs, while Volume 3 takes up one LP.  The box is rounded out, on two LPs, with a remastered version of Exile in Guyville.

Additionally, the box set will feature a book with an oral history by Jason Cohen, drawing on interviews with Chris Brokaw, Gerard Cosloy, John Henderson, Chris Holmes, Tutti Jackson, Nash Kato, Mark Ohe, Casey Rice, Brad Wood, Tae Won Yu, and of course, Phair.  Essays by Phair ("You Might Be a Lucky Star") and Ann Powers ("Talking Back in Guyville") are also included, along with rare photographs and memorabilia.  For her June tour, Phair will exclusively perform material from the Girly-Sound tapes.

For those interested in having the Girly-Sound tapes in their original cassette format, a bundle of three cassettes can be ordered directly from Matador to add to a box set pre-order.  Lastly, the original Exile in Guyville album will be reissued on double-vinyl or single CD, also on May 4.  Amazon links are currently available below for the vinyl and CD editions of the box set; the standard reissue isn't yet available for preorder at Amazon.  You can also peruse the track listings below!

Liz Phair, Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set (Matador, 2018)

7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD

LPs 1-2: Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word To Ya Mutha - Girly-Sound 1 (self-released cassette, 1991 - Track 10 released on Juvenilia EP - Matador OLE-129, 1995)

1. White Babies
2. Shane
3. 6 Dick Pimp
4. Divorce Song
5. Go West
6. Don't Holdyrbreath
7. Johnny Sunshine
8. Miss Lucy
9. Elvis Song
10. Dead Shark
11. One Less Thing
12. Money
13. In Love w/Yself

LPs 3-4: Girls Girls Girls - Girly-Sound 2 (self-released cassette, 1991)

1. Hello Sailor
2. Wild-Thing
3. Fuck and Run
4. Easy Target
5. Soap Star Joe
6. Ant In Alaska
7. GIRLSGIRLSGIRLS
8. Polyester Bride
9. Thrax
10. Miss Mary Mack
11. Clean
12. Love Song
13. Valentine

LP 5: Sooty - Girly-Sound 3 (self-released cassette, 1991 - Tracks 3, 8-9 and 11 released on Juvenilia EP - Matador OLE-129, 1995)

1. Gigolo
2. Flower
3. Batmobile
4. Slave
5. Open Season
6. Whip Smart
7. Suckerfish
8. California
9. South Dakota
10. Bomb
11. Easy
12. Chopsticks

LPs 6-7: Exile In Guyville (released as Matador OLE-051, 1993)

1. 6'1"
2. Help Me, Mary
3. Glory
4. Dance of the Seven Veils
5. Never Said
6. Soap Star Joe
7. Explain It to Me
8. Canary
9. Mesmerizing
10. Fuck and Run
11. Girls! Girls! Girls!
12. Divorce Song
13. Shatter
14. Flower
15. Johnny Sunshine
16. Gunshy
17. Stratford-On-Guy
18. Strange Loop?