A thread for the Cure reissues

At the end of the day I think this is where I stand. That album is just monstrously great.

Sometime this year, I suppose. But you have reminded me I need to get the 2005 live DVD that's out now.

when are disintegration and wish coming out?

Nothing specific -- again, likely this year.

That album is just monstrously great.

And inspired by this talk I have brought into work with me.

So thanks to Baaderonix for finding this -- I'll just post it here for easy reference:

Cure fans will have to wait slightly longer for the next instalment of their re-issues. Next in the que are 1989's classic Disintegration, 1990's Mixed Up and 1992's Wish.
They won't surface until next year at the earliest.
"They're half-ready", Robert Smith says. "I gave up on compiling the extra disc".
However fans will be rewarded for their patience.
"The extra disc for Disintegration will be great", he says. "It's very atmospheric. There are some strange versions of some of the songs".
Meanwhile the remix album Mixed Up will come with a bonus disc of new remakes by "contemporary" remixes.

Smith has also discovered the missing tapes for the 80's live concert The Cure in Orange, which will be issued on DVD along with 1993's Show.
Rifling through old Cure tapes in his archive isn't only good for material for bonus discs.
Smith has uncovered 3 songs which he's reworking for the new Cure album.
"I was loath to put them on as extras; I'd thought they'd work well if they were played by this band", Smith says.
"One's really early, between Pornography and The Top, from 1983. The other are from the Kiss Me period, 1986-87. I'm sure I'll find more, we did loads of stuff that didn't get used on Disintegration".

Smith is also preparing a comprehensive DVD for The Cure's 30th anniversary in 2009.
"It's all the live footage that hasn't come out, lots of TV stuff I've got on video. That's the full stop. Once that's done, that's it for the re-issuing and remastering".

Meanwhile the remix album Mixed Up will come with a bonus disc of new remakes by "contemporary" remixes.

oh god. is this a good idea at all? i suppose if it's like Digitalism...

One of the million reasons i love Robert is that he uses words like "loath" and makes it sound totally normal! (which it is, of course, but still)

i'm still only up to Seventeen Seconds - any cheap UK shopping tips? The first ones I got from Amazon for like a tenner each but the rest all seem to be 20 quid, which is harsh.

Landray wasn't that bad really, after all.

Apart from the 1st couple of albums most of the bonus stuff has been pretty pointless, no? I mean, I'm not having a go if you like live versions etc, but I'm listening to the bonus disc of KMKMKM right now, and it's like strip the vocals off the actual album, add a bit of tape hiss, and Bob (lol)'s yr uncle. Bollocks, more like.

The earlier discs' bonus cuts are the more interesting overall, true -- and I'd be happy with just more of the solo demos in all. Still, I like 'em!

The Three Imaginary Boys reissue is really really great, I love the punky early stuff, so after that most of the rest seem like a real let-down. I'm just grumbling, it's not like I bought any of them (apart from 3IB)

the sound quality improvement alone, over the original albums on CD, is worth the purchase of these reissues.

yeah even for a fanatic like me, it's been a bit disappointing. The "Faith" outtakes are interesting, simply for being so different from the actual album and 'The Top' ones are just awesome.
KMKMKM are completely useless though. I still haven't bought 'Head on the Door', I'm wondering if I should.

Abree with Bee OK, regarding the sound quality. Which is why I have mostly waited for the one disc version of the remaster to appear. It has usually even been at a discount almost at once.

so where's the DISINTEGRATION one?? did they forget?

they should get that bob clearmountain guy to remix it like he did with
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE.

they've stopped 'em for the time being cos
a) bob's too busy not writing the lyrics for his otherwise-recorded new double album
b) he's too busy touring Japan and Australia and New Zealand and Mexico and Europe and stuff and
c) all he could find for the bonus disc was some really awesome alternative takes and cool remixes from the time and the whole Entreat album, so it's been put off until he digs up some bootlegs recorded on a walkman hidden in a duffle bag at the back of a stadium, and demos of him farting in the bath

Not that you're bitter or anything.

I'm not really! They were pumping them out way too fast, I'll be happy if it takes a couple of years so I can get around to listening to all the others again and then really be excited for Disintegration.

I wanna get the Mixed Up remaster

I'll cut him some slack, but only because I'll be finally seeing them live in May! It seems like I've had these tickets for over a year now, what with the rescheduling.

Gosh...a Disintegration reissue...I'd never even thought of such a thing. *sighs heavily with a dreamy look in his eye*

you know, disintegration sounds fine. I don't think they need to reissue it

It sounds perfectly fine. I just want extra tracks plz.

yes cheap home demos of prayers of rain plz

plus passed out pix of lol for extra lolz

the extra tracks on the other albums turned out to be kind of a dud for me...the live stuff is nice but yeah, the demos are not the most exciting things. i kind of wish they'd just put the b-sides on these rather than join the dots

The reissues (deluxe editions) would have had more values for me had they put on a lot of b-sides instead of live recordings and demos only.

And, yes, I am aware that those b-sides are available on "Join The Dots", but they would have fit in better put together with the respective albums from the same era.

I still only have burned copies of "Disintegration", "Mixed Up" and "Wish" though - so I am awaiting the reissues rather than buying the current and soon obsolute editions.

I doubt they'll do "Mixed Up" though.

No, they're doing that. A post upthread talks about it.

I still only have burned copies of "Disintegration", "Mixed Up" and "Wish" though

U MAD

I still only have burned copies of "Disintegration", "Mixed Up" and "Wish" though

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U MAD

Blame it on my brother, who used to be a huge Cure fan. I felt we didn't need to have one original each, but I changed my mind when the remasters started appearing. ;)

I think I said the same as Geir upthread. The demos are interesting once, maybe twice, but I never replay them.

I've gone through two cassettes and one CD of "Disintigration", and I, too, am waiting for the reissue. I haven't listened to it for almost three years now. I guess that's fine, though, because I was WAY burned out on it by the time my CD got wrecked.

Is "Mixed Up" worth getting? I've picked up at least three live albums, three VHS/DVDs, the B-Sides box and most of the reissues, but haven't even given it a thought.

As Dan would say (and will say, and as I would say and will say) -- yes, it is worth getting. This is because there are some absolutely brilliant remixes on that thing.

hmmm, i'd say it's more for the devoted...

Well, I'm not devoted, but I like it.

"Mixed Up" is kind of worth it for the version of "A Forest" alone.

a forest on mixed up is the first time a heard a cure song and noticed it - and i was converted ever since. mixed up will always be my fave - though in the years since I picked up their backcatalogue. i would definitely get a remastered mixed up.

I haven't listened to it for almost three years now.

oh man! i listened to it last night :)

I've gone through two cassettes and one CD of "Disintigration", and I, too, am waiting for the reissue.

On this note, anyone know when/if deluxe versions of Disintrgration and Wish are actually scheduled to appear anytime soon? I've been slowly collecting all the reduxes and I'm only one short of the (thus far) full set - but man I want a Disintegration one NOW!

ned?

Ya got me.

nothing on their site

No date yet - I guess it'll depend on whether that rumored "dark companion" album comes out. If not, I'm sure new reissues are ready to be released in 6 months or so

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