"november's heat" continues to be issued and re-issued worldwide (bomp/alive records, fan club records, and commotion records). in 2001, sourmash records issued the two-cd set "an introduction to war", which included the previously unreleased album "the dead rabbit gang" (songs that were to be released after "november's heat" in 1985), and a disc of live material, "savage young generals", circa 1981–1982. in 2005, certain general were included in soul jazz records three-cd compilation series entitled, "new york noise", which featured most of the prominent post-punk new york bands from 1978–1982. in 2007, uk label easy action records released the only comprehensive retrospective devoted to certain general, "invisible new york". that disc included a collaboration of "new york, new york" with julee cruise and lenny kaye, which was recorded in response to 9/11.