Archive release. The Soft Bulletin is one of The Flaming Lips most popular and best-selling albums. The Soft Bulletin Companion Disc was originally only available as a promo only CD, hand-made by the Lip's management, and given to media and radio as the original album grew in popularity around it's original release. The compilation includes unreleased songs from the era, plus outtakes and early mixes, B-sides, international bonus tracks and stereo versions of Zaireeka tracks.