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The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2
Live album by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released	November 25, 2022
Label	Martha's Music
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The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2 is a live album by The Smashing Pumpkins documenting 18 songs from early shows. It is the fourth archive release by the band and the second volume of The Rubano Tapes following Volume 1. Rubano refers to Billy Corgan's close friend Mike Rubano (known to the band as "Cuz"), that accompanied the band and recorded their live shows and rehearsals from 1988 to 1991.

The album was announced on November 20, 2022,^[1] and went on sale exclusively through Madame ZuZu's on November 25. By the following day, all 2000 copies were sold out.^[2] All the initial copies were pressed on mustard yellow vinyl, with 100 copies signed by Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin and James Iha. Online sales shipped around December 18. A black vinyl edition was also released of unknown quantity. A compact disc version was released in July 2024.

“

I was shocked when I actually went through all the tapes and all the songs (you know, the 26 versions of "Bury Me" or whatever). I was shocked that the seeds of the band that got really big later were there and present that early. … There's little moments and flashes where you go "oh man that's the Mellon Collie band; oh man that's Adore". It's weird. You almost hear every record that we made in the 90s in these early tapes. So the band's character and identity was well well-formed before anybody cared about us.

”

— Billy Corgan, November 2022

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan.

No.	Title	Source
1.	"STP"	1991-08-24
2.	"Rhinoceros"	1991-06-22
3.	"I'll Never Change"	1990-03-30
4.	"I Am My End"	1990-02-09
5.	"Holiday"	1988-10-29
6.	"Air"	1989-04-30
6a.	"Alabaster"	1989-04-30
7.	"My Dahlia"	1988-12-17
8.	"Blue"	1991-06-22
9.	"Bury Me"	1991-06-22
10.	"Under Your Spell"	1988-10-02
11.	"Worship"	1990-03-30
12.	"Opal"	1990-01-05
13.	"Nothing and Everything"	1988-10-20
14.	"Snap"	1989-06-24
15.	"Lie I Lie"	1989-10-31
16.	"Right Out the Door"	1988-10-29
17.	"Tristessa"	1991-06-22
18.	"Silverfuck"	1991-08-10

Release history[edit | edit source]

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
November 25, 2022	Martha's Music	MMLP-A004	2×LP	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
July 13, 2024	Martha's Music	MMCD-A004	CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Billy Corgan – guitar, vocals
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
James Iha – guitar
D'arcy Wretzky – bass
Mike Rubano – recording
Howie Weinberg – mastering

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/ClMhdXuSKup/

[2] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/ClZTxFrP6iR/

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 '''''The Rubano Tapes Vol. 2''''' is a [[:Category:Live albums|live album]] by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] documenting 18 songs from early shows. It is the fourth [[:Category:Archive releases|archive release]] by the band and the second volume of ''The Rubano Tapes'' following [[The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1|''Volume 1'']]. Rubano refers to [[Billy Corgan]]'s close friend [[Mike Rubano]] (known to the band as "Cuz"), that accompanied the band and recorded their live shows and rehearsals from 1988 to 1991.
-The album was announced on November 20, 2022,<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMhdXuSKup/</ref> and went on sale exclusively through [[Madame ZuZu's]] on November 25. By the following day, all 2000 copies were sold out.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZTxFrP6iR/</ref> All the initial copies were pressed on mustard yellow vinyl, with 100 copies signed by Corgan, [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] and [[James Iha]]. Online sales shipped around December 18. A black vinyl edition was also released of unknown quantity.
+The album was announced on November 20, 2022,<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMhdXuSKup/</ref> and went on sale exclusively through [[Madame ZuZu's]] on November 25. By the following day, all 2000 copies were sold out.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZTxFrP6iR/</ref> All the initial copies were pressed on mustard yellow vinyl, with 100 copies signed by Corgan, [[Jimmy Chamberlin]] and [[James Iha]]. Online sales shipped around December 18. A black vinyl edition was also released of unknown quantity. A compact disc version was released in July 2024.
 {{Cquote|I was shocked when I actually went through all the tapes and all the songs (you know, the 26 versions of "[[Bury Me]]" or whatever). I was shocked that the seeds of the band that got really big later were there and present that early. … There's little moments and flashes where you go "oh man that's the ''[[Mellon Collie]]'' band; oh man that's ''[[Adore]]''". It's weird. You almost hear every record that we made in the 90s in these early tapes. So the band's character and identity was well well-formed before anybody cared about us.|author=Billy Corgan|source=November 2022}}
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