tracks. The master tapes had been lost, so for this release the tracks were mastered from a Compact Cassette copy of the recordings which Gaudreau sent to King. They include an early version of "Feeling Groovy", which was later re-recorded for Love Songs for the Retarded; on the demo version, the tape ended before the song concluded, so King, Rassler, and Giorgini looped the tape to end the track. The demo also includes early versions of "Gay Boy" and "Goodbye California", with King singing the lead vocal on the latter track and Gaudreau singing backups, since Gaudreau had difficulty hitting some of the notes. The remaining demo tracks are a cover version of Iggy Pop's "Dog Food", followed by "Slug", a song written by Joey Ramone for the Ramones. In his liner notes for the release, King recalled the thrill of exchanging songs with one of his idols: Joey Ramone sent us a cassette of a song called "Slug" he wrote that Johnny Ramone didn't want to do. We started playing it and no one believed it was by the Ramones as it wasn't on any Ramones albums at that time. Joey told us he wanted to record "Love Love Love" and we should do "Slug". The Ramones never did record "Love Love Love" but we were more than happy to record "Slug". Having Joey say he wanted to do our song was a thrill I will never forget. A demo recording of "Slug", recorded by the Ramones, did eventually surface on the 1990 compilation album All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two. For the Grow Up reissue, King, Rassler, and Shore wrote new liner notes reflecting on this period of the Queers' history and on the various recording sessions that comprised the album. Reception Reviewing the 1994 edition of Grow Up, Stewart Mason of Allmusic rated it 2 stars out of 5, remarking that "coming after 1993's excellent Love Songs for the Retarded, Grow Ups flaws are pretty obvious: near bootleg-quality sound, a comparative lack of catchy tunes, and some of leader Joe King's most obnoxious lyrics. On the other hand, 'Junk Freak' is an entertaining statement of purpose, and 'Gay Boy' finally addresses the suspicions of homophobia surrounding the band's name (as do King's revised liner notes on the Lookout! release). More to the point, two songs illustrate what makes King's more puerile moments worthwhile; the winsome pop-punk