A thread for the Cure reissues

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

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/images/desktops/andidas/OMG-Its-Domo-kun.jpg

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

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qGNFDCoPL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

hah i was more thinking of:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bamako/world/music/tuxedomoon/7_dark.jpg

My fear kinda extends to a lot of bands thusly, but perhaps the holdup on the Disintegration Deluxe reissues as well as the other four may just be an issue of money -- they can't afford to make them.

It's a bit irrational to think this right now, but the longer these get delayed, it seems the less money will be available to fund the reissues. It seems Bob's attitude is: well, always concentrate on the new stuff first, reissues whatever. Which is fine. I have no idea how well the Cure deluxe reissues have been selling.

This actually crossed my mind as well. I remember when the last Associates/Billy Mackenzie reissues came out a couple of years back, one of the folks working on it via EMI commented that, essentially, it was the last chance for such reissues to be made in remastered CD format, and I can only guess this applies on a wide scale as well. And this was of course before the current economic whatsit.

I seriously doubt that. Reissuing this will be pretty cheap and the Cure have a slighter bigger audience than the Associates. With no promo they'll still manage to sell a pretty respectable amount.
I think the delay is more linked to the new album and not wanting to interfere with its schedule. Might as well keep the new batch of reissues for that long 4-year stretch we'll have to endure til the next album

I doubt it too, but that's because I'd be surprised if Disintegration isn't the best-selling album in their back catalog already. So I'd expect a reissue to actually make some money (whereas I wouldn't be shocked if The Top reissue barely covers costs in the short-ish term at least).

Well, I assume that even the Best Selling Album By A Very Popular Band Released As 2-CD Deluxe isn't guaranteed to be a blockbuster anymore, especially if the cheaper single disc version is available instead.

I hope I can be proven wrong.

That said, I could imagine this and future ones being special deals through their website, so I don't think they'll vanish. But we may not see them in record stores right away like the previous ones.

^^^all this: BOO.

wish and disintegration don't really need remastering though, they sound great, and I'm hard pressed to think of bonuses for these that I'd care about that weren't already b-sides.

it's demos and live stuff and so forth that i'd like, i guess, rather than remasters - or maybe the kilburn national wish mini-tour show in its entirety!

I'd really like to hear Disintegration demos actually - just because how grand and over the top the finished article is

related news: http://www.nme.com/news/the-cure/42829

art brut doing catch! lovely.

i suppose i should tell people about my Cure night in London next week...

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56698728155

do please come along!

Any word on the next batch of reissues? I'm getting antsy to hear them, but doesn't seem like any potential dates have been floated yet.

no word, no potential, Bob very probably hasn't even started listening to his old cassettes to pick out the worst tracks yet

WOAHH!

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'DISINTEGRATION' COMES OF AGE?!!

Posted by CURE:ROBERT on 10/8/2009
'DISINTEGRATION' COMES OF AGE?!!

'DISINTEGRATION' COMES OF AGE?!!

THE REMASTERED 'DISINTEGRATION' ALBUM (21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION) WILL BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN SPRING 2010 ON UNIVERSAL AND RHINO

IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS PART OF A 3CD DELUXE EDITION, AS A SINGLE CD AND ON DOUBLE VINYL

THE 3CD DELUXE EDITION WILL COMPRISE:

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CD1 DISINTEGRATION

01 PLAINSONG

02 PICTURES OF YOU

03 CLOSEDOWN

04 LOVESONG

05 LAST DANCE

06 LULLABY

07 FASCINATION STREET

08 PRAYERS FOR RAIN

09 THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU

10 DISINTEGRATION

11 HOMESICK

12 UNTITLED

CD2 RARITIES (1988 - 1989)

ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSIONS

(* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG)

01 PRAYERS FOR RAIN

-RS HOME DEMO (instrumental)-04/88

02 PICTURES OF YOU

-RS HOME DEMO (instrumental)-04/88

03 FASCINATION STREET

-RS HOME DEMO (instrumental)-04/88

04 HOMESICK

-BAND REHEARSAL (instrumental)-06/88

05 FEAR OF GHOSTS

-BAND REHEARSAL (instrumental)-06/88

06 NOHEART

-BAND REHEARSAL (instrumental)-06/88 *

07 ESTEN

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88 *

08 CLOSEDOWN

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88

09 LOVESONG

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88

10 2LATE (alt version)

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88

11 THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88

12 DISINTEGRATION

-BAND DEMO (instrumental)-09/88

13 UNTITLED (alt version)

-STUDIO ROUGH (instrumental)-11/88

14 BABBLE (alt version)

-STUDIO ROUGH (instrumental)-11/88

15 PLAINSONG

-STUDIO ROUGH (guide vocal)-11/88

16 LAST DANCE

-STUDIO ROUGH (guide vocal)-11/88

17 LULLABY

-STUDIO ROUGH (guide vocal)-11/88

18 OUT OF MIND

-STUDIO ROUGH (guide vocal)-11/88

19 DELIRIOUS NIGHT

-ROUGH MIX (vocal)-12/88 *

20 PIRATE SHIPS

-(RS solo) ROUGH MIX (vocal)-12/89 *

CD3 ENTREAT PLUS

RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA 1989

REMIXED BY RS 2009

(* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PERFORMANCE)

01 PLAINSONG *

02 PICTURES OF YOU

03 CLOSEDOWN

04 LOVESONG *

05 LAST DANCE

06 LULLABY *

07 FASCINATION STREET

08 PRAYERS FOR RAIN

09 THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU *

10 DISINTEGRATION

11 HOMESICK

12 UNTITLED

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THE SINGLE CD WILL BE THE 12 TRACK ALBUM, AS WILL THE DOUBLE VINYL

...AND IT IS LIKELY A REMASTERED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL 8 TRACK 'ENTREAT' LIVE ALBUM WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE...

THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE REMASTERED CURE STUFF IN 2010... INCLUDING MIXED UP 2... THE CURE @ THE BBC BOX SET... IN ORANGE AND SHOW ON DVD... AND...

ONWARDS!

RSX

holy fucking shit

this like surpasses what I expected, my God

also MIXED UP 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!