― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 19:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 19:45 (twenty years ago) link
Live tracks? That would be pathetic, but, I guess you could tack Entreat onto Disintegration and get away with it. Lost Wishes is only four songs, mediocre instrumentals at that...NED WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR US AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
Er? Man, there are so many great live tracks I've heard from all the incarnations of the band, I'd love to hear more and/or more clearly. Things like Smith's freakout on the 'Tiananmen' version of "Faith" and all.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:07 (twenty years ago) link
The Tiananmen "Faith" is just so over the top, I seriously can't listen to it. But I had that Hot Hot Hot boot too, great sound quality.
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:13 (twenty years ago) link
Demos of all of the albums would be great, actually. I want "Two People" on CD.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
You guys are mental.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
i had no idea these remasters were coming out. i assume that carnage visors will be on the remaster of faith, which will be nice as i want to replace my tapes already!
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 20:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Monday, 10 November 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 08:40 (twenty years ago) link
Crystal Palace Bowl, when they debuted Never Enough, it sounded awesome. I have the bootleg somewhere, come to think of it. And each remaster should def. have a live version of "A Forest" from that year.
― Jim Eaton-Terry (Jim E-T), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 10:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 10:37 (twenty years ago) link
Argh my fuckin' head's going to explode! You mean having lovingly collected all the albums on CD over eight years (Seventeen Seconds was the very first CD I ever bought - and I've just realised I made sure it was, just so I could say so in situations such as this), specifically bought the big empty black Wish-era box to put them all in, and now THE FUCKERS ARE GOING TO MAKE ME BUY THEM ALL AGAIN?
Where will it all end, I ask you? Did that sign say "Hell"? And what are we doing in this handcart? etc.
"Never Enough" is fantastic, of course - my copy's especially cool, since Simon Gallup gave it to me (my mate Higgy's mum used to walk her dog with Simon's wife, FACT!). "Harold & Joe"...mmm...
Anyone going to the London show in December?
Oh, and I've just realised why Hot hot Heat are so named...d'oh.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 12:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Jim Eaton-Terry (Jim E-T), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 14:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 14:56 (twenty years ago) link
― etc, Tuesday, 11 November 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 15:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 15:31 (twenty years ago) link
http://thecure.com/albumimages/coverjtd.jpg
http://thecure.com/albumimages/coverjtdback.jpg
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 4 December 2003 00:52 (twenty years ago) link
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 4 December 2003 01:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 4 December 2003 08:26 (twenty years ago) link
― the curefox, Thursday, 4 December 2003 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 4 December 2003 13:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:26 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
I am stoked at the prospect of 2 CD remastered versions coming out this year, there is a lot of unreleased stuff out there that is worth hearing. Also they should get some kind of Dick's Picks (Ned's Picks?) thing happening, especially some of those foreign radio broadcasts from 80-82 Werchter/Lille/Hertford etc: They had an a great sound back then.
check www.skippyscage.com/mzui if anyone wants to trade some early Cure.
― mzui, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
I WOULD HAPPILY TRAWL THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF THAT. Um, please.
My box set is on order at my Fave Local Record Store, and I will be picking it up this Friday.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago) link
I read this whole post but maybe i missed this: anybody know if there’ll be duplication between the box and the future supplemental discs.
― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:40 (twenty years ago) link
― mzui, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
Mmmm.
― Muppet Boy, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 5 February 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 5 February 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
"A Japanese Dream" sounds as shitty and thin as it did from day one and I'm convinced they mastered all of the KMKMKM B-sides from a virgin vinyl copy, there's shitloads of clipping in the left track on most of them and they sound way too high in the 8KHz range. I have CD-R boots with the "New Mix" of "Icing Sugar" that sound better than the one on here. The 12" remix of "A Japanese Dream" is so many light years better it's ridiculous. Why even acknowledge this bullshit single-length take, it has no space, no bass, no pulse, nothing compared to the extended mix. The real treausres on this set are Clearmountain's dubious single-prep mix of "How Beautiful You Are" and "To The Sky" (apparently this settles that the superior "Resurrection" mix from the early 90s Unplugged boot Acoustic Daze is a pure bootleg mix?).
Disintegration remaster is going to sound amazing: "Babble", "Fear of Ghosts" and particularly "Out of Mind" are so much fuller - the track depth and clarity in comparison to the original mixes is unreal, it's like new songs. "2 Late" still sounds as dry and distant from the album as it did on the "Lovesong" single. Still most everyone's favorite b-side, a lot of folks' favorite Cure song. Too Smiths/REM for me.
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 5 February 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
urgh - I hate all the remixes you mentionned, esp the "Inbetween Days" one. What's there to like?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 September 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, except maybe the fact that it ends.
What Ned said. Everything about that remix is brilliant:
- the fact that it's rather unapologetically 4/4 dancefloor fodder that still encapsulates the original dance-pop-rock infectiousness of the original; - the synth burbles floating throughout; - the pitch-shifting on the original components of the song to make it match the new stompy BPM; - the all-out euphoric assault that builds from the opening and never stops; - etc etc etc it's just plain awesome!
I agree with you about the "Just Like Heaven" and "Caterpillar" remixes, which is why I said they weren't too great.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 27 September 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Mark Saunders' Everything remix of "The Walk" will always be my favorite.
― matt2, Thursday, 27 September 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The remix of "A Forest" is pretty damn boss, too.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 27 September 2007 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Hah yeah the Walk remix used to be my testing-new-audio-equipement favorite. Hmm, I'm gonna have to give the 'IBD' remix another spin but I rememeber hating that "synth burble" and the pitch shift used to make me sea-sick.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 27 September 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I just got this and I must say I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's interesting to see what slipped through the cracks for me, cause I would have thought myself pretty familiar with everything up through Disintegration. Like, I can't understand why I saw that Half An Octopus 10"/Quadpus 12" thing so many damn times in stores and yet it never occured to me to buy it. I guess I didn't understand there was a track on there I hadn't got elsewhere. Or maybe I didn't think it would be worth the money. I really don't know.
Also a grand surprise are the Catch b-sides (I swear to god I never even saw that 12" in stores, for real - I looked up the sleeve online and it rings zero bells for me) and the Just Like Heaven 12" b-sides. I don't recall ever owning that 12" either, but I'm not sure why.
That flexi version of Lament is um...nothing to get excited about, though...;)
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
"To The Sky" leaves me weak at the knees. That might just be the best thing here.
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I am amazed that they managed to turn the Doors' "Hello, I Love You" into a fantastic goth song. It's cool that it's mostly instrumental, too.
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
By that I mean the "unreleased psychedelic mix", not the other one. The other one is not goth.
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait - I resurrected a Cure thread on ILM and no one responded??
HA! What a laugh.
― Bimble, Saturday, 26 January 2008 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Most of the Kiss Me b-sides are pretty great. I like them more than the album, in fact. When I bought it, it came with a bonus orange LP with all the b-sides and that's the one I always played.
― f. hazel, Saturday, 26 January 2008 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Can anyone confirm if there is indeed an audible amount of clipping/distortion/etc. on the version of 'A Chain of Flowers' on disc 2?
I just bought a new set of speakers and it's driving me mad trying to figure out if its the speakers or the cd!!
Cheers!
― AnotherDeadHero, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, it clips... around 2:24, 3:08, other places too.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool, thanks.
The problems I'm having are with the guitar lines in the intro souding really shrill and distorted.
― AnotherDeadHero, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Clearmountain mix of How Beautiful You Are; amazing! wasn't there some story that Clearmountain was hired to remix the whole KMKMKM album by the Cure's manager? i know he did all the singles too.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link