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. It features several cover songs from the 2004 bonus disc ''Extra Value'' and the 2005 ''Wheels'' EP, including

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." Originally, Columbia Records requested the band to release a greatest hits compilation, but the band promptly refused. During the legal fall-out, Cake formed its own record label,

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, and released ''B-Sides and Rarities'' A limited edition version of the album features a bonus track, a live version of "War Pigs" featuring

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Track listing

Personnel

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– trumpet, keyboard, harmony vocals * John McCrea – acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Xan McCurdy – electric guitar, background vocals *

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– bass guitar, keyboard, background vocals ;Guest musicians * Paulo Baldi – drums on tracks 4, 10, 11 * Greg Brown – guitar, organ on tracks 7, 8, 9 *

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– bass on tracks 7, 8, 9 *Pete McNeal – drums on tracks 1, 2, 3 * Tyler Pope – keyboards, guitar on track 5 *Todd Roper – drums on tracks 7, 8, 9 ;Technical personnel *produced, arranged, & mixed by

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/ref> *mastered by Patrick Olguin at Velvet Tone South, Sacramento, CA *design by Aesthetic Apparatus *CAKE management by Tommy Manzi (for ''the Umbrella Group'') and Lori Turncrantz (for ''Silent Tribunal LLC'')

Appearances in other media

*Cake's cover of " Mahna Mahna" appears on the charity CD ''

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'' whose proceeds benefit the "VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC" organization. * "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" features in the movie

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. * Cake's cover of "

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" appears on the PC video game soundtrack

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* "Conroy" appears in an episode of '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' entitled " The Lost Girls".

References

External links

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