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As tipped yesterday (March 28) on Billboard's Jaded Insider blog, Replacements members Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars have reunited to record two new songs for an upcoming retrospective, "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements." Due June 13 via Rhino, the set will feature "Message to the Boys" and "Pool & Dive," the band's first new recordings in 16 years.Session drummer Josh Freese was behind the kit for the new recordings, while Mars, who in recent years has foregone music for an art career, contributed backing vocals. The songs were written by Westerberg and were recorded at producer Ed Ackerson's Flowers studio in Minneapolis. At deadline, it is unclear if any further activity is brewing within the Replacements' camp.

Meanwhile, sources say the long-awaited Replacements boxed set is still in the planning stages and will not be out until 2007 at the earliest. Rhino is also working on expanded editions of the Replacements' albums, but no release date has yet been announced for those packages either.Here is the track list for “Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?”: "Takin a Ride""Shiftless When Idle""Kids Don't Follow""Color Me Impressed""Within Your Reach""I Will Dare""Answering Machine""Unsatisfied""Here Comes a Regular""Kiss Me on the Bus""Bastards of Young""Left of the Dial""Alex Chilton""Skyway""Can't Hardly Wait""Achin' To Be""I'll Be You""Merry Go Round""Message to the Boys""Pool & Dive"