A thread for the Siouxsie reissues

"Sorry honey, we'll have to postpone the Disney trip so that I can buy CDs. Wait, where are you going?"

Some of these are going to be must haves though. I agree about "Kiss In The Dreamhouse".

I'm a Hyaena fan too.

"Remasters Clarification. All studio albums and Nocturne to be remastered. Not Once/Twice Upon A Time. Only The Scream and Juju have the go ahead for the deluxe double editions at present, the rest will be single CDs with three to four bonus tracks which is likely to include non album singles.

Remaining BBC Sessions are not set to appear on any other albums with the possible exception of Juju.

Early next year sees the release of Join Hands, Kaleidoscope and the deluxe double Juju provisionally all set for release in February."

Slow release schedule! Kaleidoscope et al early next year? It'll be forever before the magical tri-fecta of Tinderbox/Looking Glass/Peep Show.

That was a problem with me for the Cure re-issues. I still haven't bought the last 3 because I already have those albums in so many formats I couldn't get myself to spend that much money. Should I?

I've been holding off on The Cure albums, because they're so damn expensive, and Boys Don't Cry is missing key tracks like "Killing An Arab" and "Plastic Passion." Has anyone compared the remasters with the originals side-by-side?

As for The Cure, I would skip Three Imaginary Boys, but Seventeen Seconds and Pornography are both stunning with great extras. Faith is an album I never really appreciated, but hearing it spun remastered with Carnage Visors on the end is excellent listening.

As for Siouxsie, if you've heard any of the B-Sides boxset, you'll know firsthand how much better the albums will potentially be when remastered.

I put most of it down to remater technology available now as opposed to 15+ years ago when record companies were rushing everything out to CD bc the format took off.

Unrelated one: does anyone know if the Downside Up box is ever getting a US release?

Unrelated two: PRINCE. MUST. BE. REMASTERED. Purple Rain and (to a bit lesser extent) Around the World in a Day are acceptable, but the rest sound absolutely horrid. Sign o' the Times especially. Flat, lifeless, way too quiet...urgh.

Got mine for a decent price (like $60?) on one of those Amazon z shops. Check it out. Didn't take long to arrive either. The packaging is mint. The sound is mint. Also bought one for my brother as a b-day gift (and so I don't have to lend mine out).

I did but didn’t know Pornography could sound that good. The reasons why this process is taking so long and with delays is because Robert Smith wouldn't have it any other way. The other thing with the Cure is that the original issues are really poor. I feel that it's more than worth it money wise, but than again I'm a big fan.

I'm stunned that these are not going to be all double CD's. Than you say that it might be import only? Thought Siouxsie was a bit bigger.

A thread for the Cure reissues

Hurrah!

"# Make Up To Break Up (Riverside Session)
# Love In A Void (Peel Session)
# Mirage (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Peel Session)
# Suburban Relapse (Peel Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (Peel Session)
# Overground (Peel Session)
# Carcass (Peel Session)
# Helter Skelter (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Pathway Session)
# Suburban Relapse’ (Pathway Session)
# Staircase (Mystery) (Pathway Session)
# Mirage (Pathway Session)
# Nicotine Stain (Pathway Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (7” Single Version)
# Staircase (Mystery) (7” Single Version)

So once again (as with The Cure reissues) you're expected to buy the Downside Up box if you want "Voices" or "20th Century Boy"; and most importantly where's "Captain Scarlet"?!?

"Surely, the next one will have the "Live at the punk festival" version of "The Lords Prayer" etc... ?"

Logically (chronologically) I'd have thought it really should be on this one - although it really is pretty bloody dreadful and; unless there are substantially better quality recordings of it about than any IIII've ever heard; I can't imagine it ever being legitimately released.

Oh yeah, "Captain Scarlet!"

There are studio demos available for all of these!

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oh hey, I got the last round of these last week

surprise surprise, they are all awesome

Did anyone else buy the reissue of Hyaena featuring a skip on the "let them siiiing" part of the Dazzle glamour mix. Or was I the only one so blessed?

You know that's on the original vinyl version, don't you? It's an intentional part of the mix, not a skip.

The boys at the college radio station just played the "Glamour Mix" of "Dazzle." Haha -- I almost called to alert them that the track was skipping.

Still no DVD of the Play At Home fiasco.

ORLY:

Its video version was released on DVD in 2006. Bonus features included the "Play At Home" TV special from 1983, "Dear Prudence" music video, and performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Oh dear God. That should only exist as a 10th-generation VHS dub.

That's me bought everything from the reissue series up to 'Tinderbox' I'm guessing 'Peepshow' isn't being reissued?

What do folks make of the sound problems that are said to plague the reissues? It's my first time getting acquainted with the Banshees back catalogue but there's a few bits that sound a bit dodgy to my ears. On a few of the sets the bonus demos sound better quality wise than the album versions (i.e 'Happy House' on 'Kaleidoscope') and there's some apparent drop outs in some of the mixing. How do the resissues stack up to the original viny versions?

Great stuff though. Been a real pleasure discovering them recently.

Sound problems? I know there was an issue with the single-disc "The Scream" but otherwise I hadn't heard anything. And I did some A/B comparisons with the original CDs, too.

I think they sound really, really great! Was just playing Dreamhouse yesterday and it's so deep and detailed. That BBC box is a cracker too.

So are Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture being re-done? Anyone know?

BBC box is top of the list next for me. I got into them through the 'Nocturne' disc so I'm looking forward to more live stuff. There's doesn't seem to be many decent Banshees bootlegs on the web. I did download a Rockpalast WDR show from Koln in 81 on the Juju tour which was excellent thought. How great is John McGeogh?

As for the sound problems. This is from an amazon review of Juju;
"When I first read his review about the dropouts, I was skeptical because his was the only review of the three albums that talked about problems with audio quality; but as soon as I received my copies of the three new albums, I threw in Juju and listed for the supposed right-channel dropouts. There's no question about it - they're there. So the next logical step in trying to debunk his review was to rush straight back to my original (Geffen, not Polydor) CD that I bought 12 years ago to see if the same problems were present. Thanks to the not-so-subtle magic of having two CD drives on my computer, I was able to compare the same snippets of audio in rapid succession. The result: the original discs didn't contain the dropouts that are on the remaster. In fact, on "Into The Light," there's a crystal clear peak in volume on the original CD where the remaster's right channel gurgles.

When it comes to volume and clarity, this disc is all over the map (though not as extreme as the last two tracks on "Kaleidoscope" - How a demo version of "Happy House" can sound infinitely better than the remastered version of "Israel" is mind-boggling). To use just two examples on "Juju," the remastered "Into The Light" makes the original CD sound as though it's being played under two feet of water, and I'm not talking about the removal of producer Nigel Gray's "walking on the moon" sound that permeates the entire album. In contrast, there appears to be no upgrade in sound quality on "Sin In My Heart."

I must have cloth ears - all of this has passed me by. Will have a listen to some of this tonight. I'm not really that fussed about the odd glitch though.

I thought they all sounded great loud on my stereo. It's only since I put them on my mp3 and listened through headphones that I began to notice some of the drop outs etc. Like I said though, I don't have any originals to compare with so I can't speak with any authority at all really. The music is superb though. Can't believe I overlooked them for so long.

I must have cloth ears - all of this has passed me by. Will have a listen to some of this tonight. I'm not really that fussed about the odd glitch though.

Same here, actually. I didn't get the fuss about either the Siouxsie or the New Order reissues -- both sound just fine to my ears, but maybe I'm just "not listening critically enough" or what have you.

I R DUMB, I only just got the reissue of Join Hands today. HFS

I will, when I see one in Fopp for FoppPrice.

Really? Aside from the singles "Join Hands" never really grabbed me. What are you hearing that makes you react that way?

steve severin's fb page states they are doing a 20 disc mega box including a dvd and all the albums and singles.

20?? Let's see... 11 proper albums, "Nocturne", 4 discs from "Downside Up", 3 from "At The BBC", one for that 1981 gig he mentions on his page. That's 20!

first album was a double in the remasters, rest just had bonus tracks. doubt the BBC seshs 'd be in this. that's 18!

Funny, when I managed to get JoinHands for Foppcheap, I thought it a reasonably consistent album up to the Lords Prayer. Like sides 3 and 3.5 of "The Scream"...

This version of TLP seemed quite different to the muffled Roxy live version I had in song 'bits'. I nearly fell off my chair (I was driving) when her bit of "Knocking on Heavens Door" went into the Legendary Stardust Cowboy track.

It's totally mad, daftest thing they ever did. I'm assuming the original was meant to have more (um..) menace behind it.

who exactly would buy such a "megabox"?

Not me for a kickoff.

middle-aged goth bank managers.

If they hadn't been doing the reissues, I would have

FINALLY

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/07/07/siouxsie-banshees-final-four-reissue/

Due September 15th. No further track details yet.

Updated, release on Oct. 13, no tracklists yet:

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/08/22/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-final-4-expanded-reissues-confirmed-for-oct-13-release/

Further:

It appears the Banshees’ archival releases indeed won’t be limited to the final four reissues. Dropping further hints on the Banshees’ Facebook group, Severin this week wrote, “Something else drops on Oct. 20th. Another thing in November. Something in the New Year and something BIG in March.”

Well, these came out! But I have yet to get them, and it turns out maybe that was a good thing in one case:

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/11/01/siouxsie-banshees-peepshow-mastering-error-reissue/

Yeah that's annoying

I am really, really starting to sink into the oppressively smothering hollow shell that is Join Hands

Yeah, that was the last Siouxsie album I went back and got - 20 years after first getting into them!

Something about enduring MN-esque winter temperatures for the past 6 weeks for the first time in over 20 years combined with more concentrated snow than I've ever seen in my life has pushed me into the exact right headspace to appreciate every nook and cranny of this album, which has not kept me from looping "Icon" and "Playground Twist" for hours at a time.

that's a great album. it was unfairly maligned for a long time.

JH always seemed a bit short despite the superfluois padding (Lord's Prayer - yawn) but the highs (ICON! Premature Burial!) definitely kicked my ass as a wee goth

Join Hands was always the one that seemed the most remarkable to me. Like, Kaleidoscope has better jams, but Join Hands is just this dark vision

Yeah it shows the band that they could have been but I guess the departure of the rhytm section acted as a reset button for them

Not quite rhythm! (Guitarist/drummer.)

The Join Hands remaster is great.

And jeez, I forgot how punishing of an album it is. Squally squally distortion everywhere.

the vinyl remaster with the original artwork?

so, the new boxset.

having not heard the previous set of remasters with extra tracks, i have to say this new cheap-n-cheerful boxset of the first 6 albums (coverart by one of our own !), sounds fantastic.

or, am i not an enough of a fanboy to notice the subtle f*ck ups ?

wait who did the cover art don't make me buy this thing I have literally everything on it

in multiple formats

if they did an all-encompassing box covering the first two albums and attendant singles, and all previous....

"Oh, Ted, that would be amazin, woah yeah! Just that Ted..."

ahh : checked the post, not 'DID', but 'DIG'.
sorry to have raised excitement levels.
still, no left/right dropouts as mentioned on various s&b threads/discussion groups.
tis a very slimline boxset, no credits, nothing.
but, exactly what i wanted.
though having heard the 14 minute 'lords prayer' track, i aint so sure now !

haha

This box arrived at my house on Sunday. Ten minutes after I left for a week :(

this is exactly the kind of box set I want to replace my grocery bags full of cassettes.

thanks to thread bump for alerting me to this:

http://www.discogs.com/Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees-At-The-BBC/release/1800195

and wow, Downside Up sure needs a repress!

wow this box is cheap. i will probably buy it; I just sold almost all my cds but still.

xp yeah a Downside Up reissue for a reasonable price would be awesome. But please god not in a clamshell box.