A thread for the Cure reissues

Trilogy's take is definitely stellar (and arguably even better than the originals at points) but Entreat is often no less powerful and has two OMG performances -- the title track and, as Dan rightly likes to note, a version of "Prayers for Rain" where Robert cuts loose on his vocals towards the end in an honestly jaw-dropping performance.

Entreat was the first time I heard the "Prayers For Rain" howl, since I missed the Prayer Tour, and it seriously is amazing how long and how strongly he holds that note.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALmNS6Z1lc

Ooo. Have to watch this after the MC5 documentary finishes up. Can't. Pause. It.

lol 20 years later I now hear hitches in his voice at points but this was life-altering when I was 16

I cannot wait. Wow, I also feel old.

I am SO excited for this. I've been waiting a long time. Now if can get the Wish reissue sometime in the next year, I may finally feel complete.

Wow. That's something, it is. Faster, meaner, harder, whateverer.

Now did everyone get their copy of the live 'box set' as such that was put together via here...?

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Fade Away: The Early Years (LIMITED EDITION)

This title will be released on December 15, 2009.

Extremely limited seven 180gm vinyl LP box set containing The Cure's first four albums: Three Imaginary Boys, Faith, Seventeen Seconds and Pornography. Their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys, is a single vinyl LP pressing while the other three titles come in deluxe double vinyl LP pressings with bonus tracks. 67 tracks total.

i think that's just a fancy bootleg

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No "If Only Tonight" Santa Barbara '87 come on now.

i think that's just a fancy bootleg

http://www.amazon.com/Fade-Away-Early-Years-Cure/dp/B002QF31EO/ref=sr_1_37?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260241460&sr=1-37

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Disintegration: 20th Anniversary Edition
Cure (Artist)

List Price: $39.98 Price: $35.99 You Save: $3.99 (10%)

This title will be released on February 16, 2010.

fascinating stuff from roger here
http://www.99songsoutof10.com/disintegrationmemories.html

I have to get the 'Faith' reissue...the version of "Carnage Visors" I have is one my friend ripped from a very well-loved cassette.

yeah, I really enjoyed that piece on the making of Disintegration, although he's obviously holding back a lot of stuff

he's quite frank about how beastly they all were to Lol which is strange. I want to know what happened on the tour though.

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SO. The 'Entreat' extended CD is just the album with a few more tracks on? Shame they couldn't have done a CD of the *entire gig* from that night. 35 songs, 3 hours long.. that would have been ace. Not that i'm complaining or anything. Disintegration has always sounded muffled and a bit muddy to my ears so i'm intrigued to hear a remaster.

Are any of these lost Disintegration era songs (Delirious Night etc) well known amongst Cure heads for being particularly amazing?

delayed til May. *yawn*

25th anniversary edition!

Out in March in the UK apparently:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disintegration-Cure/dp/B00318EDD8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268150682&sr=1-1

http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=25518

The disc (part 2) also contains four unreleased songs: "Noheart", "Esten", "Delirious Night" and a cover of Judy Collins’ "Pirate Ships", the latter a solo performance by Smith that was recorded for, but ultimately not included on, Rubáiyát, a 1990 album celebrating Elektra Records’ 40th anniversary.

i don't think i have heard any of those four songs before, looking forward to this is a big way.

But it worries me that two of those new songs say "(Vocal)" after them. Does that mean vocals only?

No.

"Pirate Ships" is terrible, like "this must be a prank"-level bad

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5LP1Yi4Xov4/S9d-jnvg62I/AAAAAAAAA9w/4_XQA2KMLEg/s1600/Disintegration+set+(Amazon).jpg

also

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5LP1Yi4Xov4/S9doElwYxcI/AAAAAAAAA9o/Jh24zo4v2E4/s1600/disintegration+deluxe+edition+(promo_sampler).jpg

You shd start a thread with that jpeg and a press release about it.

Gawwwwwwwwd what an album. Can't wait.

Very very very very excited for this!

this is being delayed yet again in the U.S. new release date is now June 8, 2010. this is around my birthday so it's alright for me! hope the price comes down from $31.99 however.

ooooooooh. There was so much material that they couldn't all get it on one bonus disc, so they're streaming loads of extra material online here:

http://thecuredisintegration.com/bin/#/altrarities/

sweet

VERY nice -- I know what I'm listening to when I get into work. Is that the 'Tienanmen Square' version of "Faith" at the end there?

So that's why he says "this is for everyone that died today in China" - thanks, and yes, it is.

The drumless, almost folky version of 2 Late is EXCELLENT (what a shame that song didn't make the album).

They will be streaming a full live show (Dallas) from that era starting May 24th on that site as well, by the way.

wtf

why am I enjoying the demo version of "Closedown" way more than I've ever enjoyed the final, released song

(ans: because it's only like a minute long)

Haha well there you go. And it does sound lovely.

"Babble" instrumental = awesome

Wish I had Flash player at work so I could listen to these songs before tonight... jealous!

I do like, um, "Fuknnotfunk," it's like they were still wondering "Wait are we going Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me again with this album or not?"

is a reissue of an album that I've already purchased on vinyl, cassette, and cd (twice) over the years really going to be my third cd purchase of the year? yeah probably.

If it is of any consolation, I just bought Exile on Main Street for the nth time.

my God, I always forget how much I love "Fear of Ghosts"

finally! is it weird that they didn't include the 12"/extended versions of all the singles though? i like adding as much length to this album as possible.

download link just below the picture here http://craigjparker.blogspot.com/2010/05/disintegration-alternative-rarites.html