Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

To coincide with their worldwide tour kicking off in Auckland on March 1st, Pavement will be releasing a best of album through Matador entitled Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement. The album is due out in March and features 23 fully remastered tracks which span the entirety of Pavement's career from 1989 to 1999.

If this wasn't enough to getting Pavement fans going, they're also running a Guess The Track Listing Contest with the following prizes up for grabs for fans the worldwide.

First prize will be a pair of tickets, with flights and hotel rooms, to see Pavement at Central Park Summerstage on Tuesday, September 21, 2009 2010. Plus a complete set of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

Second prize will be having your track listing pressed up in a special limited-edition vinyl double LP for Record Store Day (April 17). You will receive 5 copies of your best of selection. Plus a complete set of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

Runner-up prizes will be complete sets of Pavement Matador 12″ vinyl.

Visit the Matablog for info.

Tickets for Pavement's one and only NZ show at the Auckland Town Hall are available from www.buytickets.co.nz.