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There's really no easy way to say goodbye to a musical fixture in your life, especially with one that you feel has been there forever. After almost a decade of hosting KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, Jason Bentley will step down this week, wrapping things up on Friday, August 30. To commemorate his time there, KCRW will be releasing a limited-edition, double-vinyl compilation – Morning Becomes Eclectic: Live from the Basement.

“Morning Becomes Eclectic: Live from the Basement is a collection of live sessions recorded during my tenure as host,” says Bentley. “At the close of KCRW’s basement era, this compilation – limited to 1000 pressings – is a tribute to all the links in the chain who helped cast radio magic into the ether, and the audience who leaned-in to their radios for incredible moments like these.”

You can get your own copy by clicking here with a one-time donation of $240 to the Santa Monica-based public radio station or by taking a $20 a month membership to the station, which includes a membership card that gives you discounts all over Los Angeles for either option. The record is limited to 1000 pressings. Jason Bentley will be on air all this week on Morning Becomes Eclectic from 9 a.m. PST to 12 p.m. PST. Click here to stream.

PURCHASE: Morning Becomes Eclectic: Live from the Basement double-vinyl compilation

Track List:

DISC ONE, SIDE 1:
1 – Father John Misty: “Real Love Baby”
2 – Ben Gibbard: “Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke)”
3 – Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: “Continental Breakfast”
4 – Cold War Kids: “First”
5 – Vampire Weekend: “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”

DISC ONE, SIDE 2:
1 – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: “Stranger to My Happiness”
2 – BADBADNOTGOOD: “Lavender”
3 – Toro y Moi: “Mirage”
4 – Little Dragon: “Pretty Girls”
5 – The xx: “Islands”

DISC TWO, SIDE 1
1 – Iron & Wine: “Thomas County Law”
2 – Agnes Obel: “Mary”
3 – Grizzly Bear: “While You Wait for the Others”
4 – Beach House: “Other People”
5 – Jóhann Jóhannsson: “Odi et Amo”

DISC TWO, SIDE 2:
1 – Khruangbin: “Mr. White”
2 – Los Lobos: “Kiko And The Lavender Moon”
3 – Quantic: “Águas de Sorongo (feat. Thalma De Freitas)”
4 – Natalia Lafourcade: “Tú Si Sabes Quererme”