On This Day: The Replacements’ Maxwell’s Show Reached Record Stores
Released in 2017, For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986 documents the original Replacements quartet across a 29-song Hoboken performance.
Original editorial illustration of Paul Westerberg, informed by 1986 photographs.
A concert from February 1986 became an official album on October 6, 2017. The Replacements’ For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986 brought that Hoboken performance to CD, double vinyl and digital formats. October 6, 2026 marks nine years since its release. Rhino’s release announcement Rhino’s release-day record
The original four, on tape
The recording captures Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars. For listeners interested in the band’s original lineup, that is the central reason to return to this particular show.
A 24-track mobile studio recorded the 29-song set. The running order puts “Bastards of Young” and “Left of the Dial” alongside “I Will Dare” and “Color Me Impressed,” with B-sides and covers extending the view beyond a single album.
A long route to release
According to Rhino, the multitrack tapes received a mix in 2007, then waited another decade for this release. It is a useful distinction: the concert, the mix and the commercial album belong to different years.
This was not the band’s first officially issued live recording in every format. The cassette-only The Shit Hits the Fans had appeared in 1985. Maxwell’s was the later CD, vinyl and digital arrival.
The anniversary is a good excuse to hear the original quartet across a full set. Which performance here makes the strongest case for the Replacements as a live band?