Live Rare Remix Box is a compilation box set released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

 in 1994. It contains three CDs, which are named individually Live, Rare and Remix. The live, rare, and remix tracks in question are essentially the collected B-sides from all five singles taken from the band's hugely successful 1991 album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros. Records...

.

Despite the success of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, guitarist John Frusciante's

John Frusciante

John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...

 1992 departure from the band left them struggling through a string of guitarists until they recruited former Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

 guitarist Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro

David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...

 in 1993. Although the band recorded the instrumental tracks for their then forthcoming One Hot Minute

One Hot Minute

One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, on Warner Bros. Records...

album in 1994, singer Anthony Kiedis relapsed into drug use in late 1993 which delayed his recording of the vocal tracks until 1995, when the album was finally released. As a result of such delays, it is likely that the Live Rare Remix Box release was used as a stop-gap to appease fans until the band finally finished and released One Hot Minute

One Hot Minute

One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, on Warner Bros. Records...

after a four-year recording gap. This set is particularly notable for including all the remixes from the rare "If You Have To Ask" single. It does not however include every remix of "Give It Away", or radio edits of any song. The set nevertheless remains a concise alternative to purchasing every single from the period, and so is popular with fans.

Track listing

Live disc:

1. "Give It Away" (In Progress) – 3:43
2. "Nobody Weird Like Me" (Live) – 5:03
3. "Suck My Kiss
   Suck My Kiss
   "Suck My Kiss" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released as the third single from their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The "Suck My Kiss" single was released in 1992 in Australia only; a music video was made for the song using footage from the Funky Monks documentary...
   
   " (Live) – 3:45
4. "I Could Have Lied" (Live) – 4:33

Rare disc:

1. "Soul to Squeeze
   Soul to Squeeze
   "Soul to Squeeze" is a song by the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers that was originally recorded during the production of their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik...
   
   " – 4:50
2. "Fela's Cock" – 5:10
3. "Sikamikanico
   Sikamikanico
   "Sikamikanico" is a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded for, but left out of, their 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The song was included on the single for "Under the Bridge" as a b-side. "Sikamikanico" saw a rise in popularity after being featured in the successful 1992 film Wayne's World and...
   
   " – 3:25
4. "Search and Destroy" (Cover from The Stooges
   The Stooges
   The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
   
   ) – 3:34

Remix disc:

1. "Give It Away" (12" Mix) – 6:02
2. "Give It Away" (Rasta Mix) – 6:47
3. "If You Have to Ask
   If You Have to Ask
   "If You Have to Ask" is a song by the American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1993. A music video was made, but merely consists of live footage of the band from their 1992/1993 tour overdubbed with...
   
   " (The Disco Krisco Mix) – 7:32
4. "If You Have to Ask" (Scott & Garth Mix) – 7:12
5. "If You Have to Ask" (The Friday Night Fever Blister Mix) – 6:34