The Windfall Varietal

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The Windfall Varietal is an unofficial album by the band Grandaddy, released in 2000. It first became available on their tour with Elliott Smith, beginning October 2000.

The album started out as a way to make more songs available less expensively. It was sold only at shows, and resulted in angry record labels and cease and desist^{[citation needed]} orders. The band didn't have full permission to release the final track on the album. The band claims only a couple thousand were sold^{[citation needed]}. If the album is ever re-released, it is speculated that the final track would not be there.

The first track is an instrumental version of part of The Sophtware Slump's He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot, and Fun x3, track 14, is a low-fi cover of The Beach Boys' Fun Fun Fun. The final track was released as a promotional single and can also be found on the XFM benefit compilation, It's a Cool, Cool Christmas.

[edit] Track listing

1. "2000 Man" (Robo Version)
2. "Wretched Songs" (Live)
3. "Fare Thee Not Well Mutineer"
4. "Jeff Message"
5. "Levitz (with Birds)"
6. "Broken"
7. "I'm Not in Love"
8. "Spitting Up Blood"
9. "Fly"
10. "Black Bats"
11. "Wilbur 10:30 am"
12. "Sarah 5646766"
13. "Gold"
14. "Fun x3"
15. "Lawn and So On"
16. "Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland"