A thread for the Siouxsie reissues

"You have got to check out the Siouxsie & The Banshees Nocturne DVD. Not only does it have the original live concert with Robert, but two TV
appearances with Mr. Smith as well. Plus one of the Bonus features is a BBC TV Special that i'd probably only read about, but had never seen.
It is basically filmed LSD. Robert, Sioux, Budgie, and Severin all dressed as Alice visit Wonderland (also the name of the Banshees record label). While in Wonderland, Robert gets interrogated by surreal clowns, then there's a segway into a Creatures' video, then a Glove performance (!!) of "A Blues In Drag", Sioux tells a story, and more bizarro mini-films. It just has to be seen - a must for any Cure fan."

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I occasionally see Mr Severin in my local curry house - if I get a chance I'll ask him.

29/11/77
1. Love In A Void
2. Mirage
3. Metal Postcard
4. Suburban Relapse

6/2/78
5. Hong Kong Garden
6. Overground
7. Carcass
8. Helter Skelter

9/4/79
9. Placebo Effect
10. Playground Twist
11. Regal Zone
12. Poppy Day

10/2/81
13. Halloween
14. Voodoo Dolly
15. But Not Them
16. Into The Light
17. Candyman
18. Cannons
19. Lands End

3rd feb 1986

I shan't get this, as the best stuff is on the Scream 2CD thing.

Oh alright, I probably will get it.

-- Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonix...), July 29th, 2006. (baaderonixx)

This reissue job is a joke

Sorry Dan, it sounds really good to me, but possibly a bit quieter than I remembered. Maybe it's just that there's more space around the guitar - you can hear REALLY clearly when he stomps on the tremolo at the start of the chorus (e.g at 2'15"). I like details like this!

I think the guitar tone isn't nearly as bright as it is on virtually every other siouxsie recording I've heard, which may be influencing my perception here. I'm also comparing this sonically to the version on The Seven Year Itch which has atrocious vocals but balls-out FANTASTIC guitar and drums.

;_;

I know, I was thinking about this the other day. (Not to mention the 'oh yeah one of these days here' remainder of the Cure reissues...)

;_; ;_;

Well I'll be damned -- we complain and lo and behold, the latest batch is announced:

Kiss in the Dreamhouse:

1. Cascade ( 4.25 )
2. Green Fingers ( 3.33 )
3. Obsession ( 3.51 )
4. She's A Carnival ( 3.40 )
5. Circle ( 5.22 )
6. Melt! ( 3.47 )
7. Painted Bird ( 4.15 )
8. Cocoon ( 4.29 )
9. Slowdive ( 4.17 )

Bonus Tracks
10. Fireworks – 12" Version ( 4.31 )
11. Slowdive – 12" Version ( 5.46 )
12. Painted Bird – Workhouse Demo ( 3.45 )
13. Cascade – Workhouse Demo ( 4.32 )

Hyaena:

1. Dazzle ( 5.31 )
2. We Hunger ( 3.30 )
3. Take Me Back ( 3.04 )
4. Belladonna ( 4.30 )
5. Swimming Horses ( 4.05 )
6. Bring Me The Head of The Preacher Man ( 4.37 )
7. Running Town ( 4.05 )
8. Pointing Bone ( 3.49 )
9. Blow The House Down ( 7.00 )
10. Dear Prudence ( 3.49 )

Bonus Tracks
11. Dazzle - Glamour Mix ( 7.04 )
12. Baby Piano – Part One ( 1.47 )
13. Baby Piano – Part Two ( 5.43 )

Tinderbox:

1. Candyman ( 3.44 )
2. Sweetest Chill ( 4.07 )
3. This Unrest ( 6.21 )
4. Cities In Dust ( 3.52 )
5. Cannons ( 3.14 )
6. Party’s Fall ( 4.57 )
7. 92 Degrees ( 6.03 )
8. Lands End ( 6.06 )

Bonus Tracks
9. Cities In Dust – Extended Version ( 6.50 )
10. Sweetest Chill - Chris Kimsey 12" Version ( 5.54 )
11. Song From The Edge of The World – JVC Version ( 4.00 )
12. Starcrossed Lovers ( 4.07 )

Hooray!

not sure I'll pick up any of these.

Dreamhouse is maybe my favourite Banshees' lp.

wtf at the Tinderbox one, what happened to all of the weird b-sides that they used to stick on pressings of the CD

Now that I know their catalog a little better, I am REALLY looking forward to Dreamhouse!

wtf at the Tinderbox one, what happened to all of the weird b-sides that they used to stick on pressings of the CD

The box set! Downside Up

ha oh right, that thing

Nocturne is getting a rerelease as well -- no bonus tracks and the DVD's been out for a while, so less essential but a great album anyway.

You guys:

Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC is a stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977–2001 split across 3CDs and a DVD. All tracks were hand picked by the band, including alternative versions of 18 classic hit singles, key session tracks from 1977-1987 and a concert recording from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. The set also includes the complete John Peel sessions alongside sessions recorded for Kid Jensen, Richard Skinner and Janice Long. Disc 3 contains highlights from their BBC concert recordings at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford and the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1988, where the band performed a storming set 3 nights in a row to a sold out crowd. Highlights include a breathtaking "Last Beat of My Heart", "Christine" and a rip roaring crowd pleasing end of show version of "Hong Kong Garden". Disc 4, however, is the real gem; a 29 track DVD of the band’s BBC TV performances, features the complete Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 and 1985, the Something Else performances from 1979 and 1980, the Rock Goes to College broadcast from 1981 and the band’s complete Top of the Pops performances. A fantastic 30 page booklet contains extensive sleeve notes by Paul Morley, interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful introduction written by Siouxsie.

Sounds like a terrific package, but why Morley?

Morley seems inescapable, when it comes to UK post-punk reissues.

I suppose he was around at the time, but I really can't imagine him having anything to tell me about the Banshees, and they're not a band I'd ever associate him with. Is he going to go on and on about Kylie?

wait a minute - Amazon is selling the remastered 'Dreamhouse' for 5 pounds?!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiss-Dreamhouse-Siouxsie-Banshees/dp/B001OY5X3K/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__img_b