A thread for the Cure reissues

The drumless, almost folky version of 2 Late is EXCELLENT

That it is.

I'm impressed that this is the stuff they left off the actual bonus disk.

oh boy, that harmony line on "Lovesong"... taking that out was a good move

oh holy fuck, this iteration of "Prayers For Rain"

basically PFR is a career-defining song that is impossible for them to do poorly

oh boy, that harmony line on "Lovesong"... taking that out was a good move

I noticed that and went "Er."

For a half second in "Prayers For Rain" I thought he was about to let loose the held note!

Can't wait to hear the full Dallas show based on these tracks they've got here!

Good grief, and the conclusion of "Disintegration" from that show!

Similarly the extra guitar at the end of "Untitled." This band, I gotta say.

I love these guys so fucking much

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zx4eWPvBTGM/SYX_oYU0aNI/AAAAAAAACtQ/AZ1RAe5kp7I/s400/com-fanboy-anatomy.jpg

the Babble demo is tryly something

truly even

thanks for pointing this out, have listened to a good part of this and sounds good. can't wait until i can get my hands on that 3CD set.

Loving these demos.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-cure/51080

The Cure stream 20 unreleased Disintegration rarities online

Robert Smith and co upload a collection of unheard demos and live tracks
May 14, 2010

Entitled Alternative Rarities 1988-1989, the collection of live tracks and demos are not set to be released or are they part of the remastered version of their 1989 album Disintegration, which is released on May 24 (in the UK, June 8 in US).

Including instrumental versions of "Pictures Of You" and "Fascination Street" and live recordings from their 1989 Dallas gig of Faith and Disintegration, the bonus material is being streamed at www.TheCureDisintegration.com

The tracklisting for Alternative Rarities 1988-1989 is as follows:

1. Closedown - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
2. Last Dance - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
3. Lullaby - RS Home Demo (Instrumental)
4. Tuned Out On RTV5 - (Instrumental Rehearsal)
5. Funknnotfunk' - (Instrumental Rehearsal)
6. Babble - (Instrumental Rehearsal)
7. Plainsong - (Instrumental Demo)
8. Pictures Of You - (Instrumental Demo)
9. Fear Of Ghosts - (Instrumental Demo)
10. Fascination Street - (Instrumental Demo)
11. Homesick - (Instrumental Demo)
12. Delirious Night - (Instrumental Demo)
13. Out Of Mind - (Studio Instrumental Jam)
14. Late - (Studio 'WIP' Mix)
15. Lovesong - (Studio 'WIP' Mix)
16. Prayers For Rain - (Studio 'WIP' Mix)
17. The Same Deep Water As You - (Live Dallas Starplex)
18. Disintegration - (Live Dallas Starplex)
19. Untitled - (Live Dallas Starplex)
20. Faith - (Live Rome Palaeur - Crowd Bootleg)

That "Faith" is just killing me. It's like it's personal or something.

wow what sad hater put together that fanboyanatomy.jpg

feel bad for that guy

These "discarded" rarities have me p stoked for the box - £11.99 on Amazon UK is top value for me as I don't have Disintegration in anything other than vinyl & downlooted mp3.

Disintegration has really grown on me in recent years, despite my hissy fit about it beating Faith, Pornography & Seventeen Seconds in the albums poll. I think it might be second behind Pornography for me now.

oh did u say disintegration was better than faith? funny that I can still hear you seeing as how you are DEAD TO ME

Yeah, I'd take Faith over Pornography I think.

Faith for me as well as the album above all the others. I never tire of it.

oh did u say faith was better than all the rest?
funny that I can still hear you seeing as how you
are NED TO ME

So I assume these outtake, er, outtakes will get officially released at some point, right? Stream-only is like a sucker punch tease.

lol no Stan I put Pornography over Faith but to say Faith < Disintegration is still madness to me

tbh though I think I've listened to the Cure exactly once in the past 10 years and am mainly just memory-laneing here for lols

xpost -- No I'm figuring this is it for any kind of formal release. There's the download link above that's posted if you want a rip of the stream.

I am still missing the b-sides from those 2 CD Deluxe editions. Yes, I know they are all on "Join The Dots", but they would sort of complete the individual albums had they been included on those second CDs instead of some of those alternative versions or live versions.

So I assume these outtake, er, outtakes will get officially released at some point, right? Stream-only is like a sucker punch tease.

Like Ned says. It's been, what, nine years since they last did a similar streaming microsite of unreleased alt versions, and no sign of a release on those.

(it's a huge shame on this one, if they could have just released Entreat Plus as it's own album!)

So.. Delirious Night! I love it! I wonder why they didn't do something proper with that?

Huh? Already? Just got a message, the 3cd has been despatched from universal.co.uk

Nice!

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

Sadly I don't think this is true - looks like it's just going to be the tracks from Disintegration, rather than the whole show :-( Also it's not streaming yet, anyway.

Looks like you're right, I hadn't looked at the setlist before. :-(
Still, I don't expect it to be bad :-)

damn!

Stream's up.

http://www.thecuredisintegration.com/bin/#/dallas/

Oh darn, shucks, etc.

Complete Dallas show here

Thanks for the link. It's an audience recording but there must be a soundboard of that show somewhere.

download link for the stream, the disintegration album, live in Dallas, 128 kbps:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rpdbws

I'm not trying to be contrary on purpose, but I think I prefer the alternate rarities to the ones on the actual disc and Dallas to this Entreat Plus mix.

oh...

That alternate rarities link isn't working anymore

I ordered this for myself and it somehow became a birthday present from my kids. Now I can't open it for a fortnight :(

making do with the otherarities and the Dallas gig

New download link here: http://drop.io/AlternativeRarities8889

this has leaked. be warned that they leak i have found is only at 128, in other words very poor quality.

they the

By "leaked" do you mean released on CD and vinyl and available for legal download?

no but it is out:

http://www.thecure.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=26268

YOU CAN GET DISINTEGRATION FROM...

Universal Music Official Store:
http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/Artists/The-Cure/icat/thecure

i-Tunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/disintegration-special-deluxe/id369066825

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00318EDD8?ie=UTF8&tag=umusiccatalog-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00318EDD8

HMV:
http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=18710&a=1673532&g=280345&url=http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/clk;209394301;31304475;x?http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=13645&affiliate=td&lpgrp=network

Play.com:
http://playcom.at/universalcatalogue?CTY=37&LID=curebanners&DURL=http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/13346175/Disintegration/Product.html?NULL

AND LIKELY LOTS OF OTHER PLACES TOO!

you can get it in the US (i will buy it on the release date) on June 8, 2010.

This is just SO good. All over again....

while we wait for Wish, found this incredible piece about the Cure.

http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/story/2011mar/looking-back-cure-1991

Relating this to The Cure, they were still riding high on the unanticipated success of Disintegration and looking towards the future with an optimistic perspective. They had everything in their favor at this point...

It is a shame, really, because in early 1991, The Cure were well on their way to making a record that was going to be better than Disintegration. If these songs were not tampered with, Wish could have easily topped its predecessor. They likely chose to change directions because of the arrival of grunge and perhaps a desire to shed their gloomy, Goth image a bit - but this decision was truly tragic. If there is some early version of the record out there, I would love to hear it. The "Wendy Time" demo hints at what could have been, while the instrumental version of "The Big Hand" is shimmeringly beautiful. I hope there's a vocal version of this somewhere in the vaults, and the "Wendy Time" demo reminds me that this band, at that point in time, was merely untouchable.

Good article, thanks Bee OK. The change in Wendy Time from demo to album is remarkable.

Demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0akIgJxehSI

from Town & Country Club gig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IVrG8YnEk