The Cure boxset "Join the Dots", the tracklisting is here!!!!!

re. Dots, for the moment, I've been most impressed by Speak My Language, which I've never really cared about. It has an actual groove now! I've only listened to the 1st disc on my actual stereo (ie. while the rest I've encoded and played on the CPU).

($39.99 at Newbury Comics, BTW.)

The thing that's amazing me is how much I love the instrumental to "Breathe" because I've never really liked that song. I'm still not convinced by the vocal, though.

Also, "Hey You!!!" is flat-out wonderful.

and ben, thanks for the tip about crow's nest (kinda sad that they are going out of business). join the dots was sold out though. everything $18.98 and lower is on sale for $10.99 so i did manage to walk out of there with a lot of music!

from Steven Severin website:

Next up is the remastering and re-release of all of the banshees albums. This is set to start in November in batches of 3/4 albums at a time. The GLOVE "BLUE SUNSHINE" (21st. anniversary edition) album will be included in the second batch (poss. January 2005). It will include a newly unearthed 'tribute' track by Mr. Waverly entitled "(Fearing the worst, the private detective goes in search of The Glove, following a dubious tip-off, he finds himself in) THE SEEDIEST LOUNGE BAR IN THE UNIVERSE". "

Anyone manage to get tickets for The Cure's London Barfly show this Friday? They're going for a grand a pop on eBay, apparently, but it's for charidee so that's ok I suppose.

Oh, and this, copied from Popbitch:

"Tom Middleton aka Cosmos is recording a new track with Jonny Marr from The Smiths and Robert Smith from The Cure."

Interesting!

9/21/2004 1:01:42 PM - by geffen

Release Date - 15th November 2004

The Cure's debut album from 1979 has now been elevated to the Deluxe Edition series.

Compiled by Robert Smith and Digitally Remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road, this 2 CD set is a must for all Cure fans as it contains 6 Previously Unreleased songs and 15 tracks on CD for the very first time! The 16-page booklet has sleevenotes by Johnny Black plus rare and previously
unseen photographs from Robert Smith's personal archive.

DISC 1 - Three Imaginary Boys

01. 10:15 SATURDAY NIGHT
02. ACCURACY
03. GRINDING HALT
04. ANOTHER DAY
05. OBJECT
06. SUBWAY SONG
07. FOXY LADY
08. MEATHOOK
09. SO WHAT
10. FIRE IN CAIRO
11. IT'S NOT YOU
12. THREE IMAGINARY BOYS
13. THE WEEDY BURTON

DISC 2 - Rarities 1977-1979

01. I Want To Be Old (sav studio demo 10/77 - previously unreleased song) (@)
02. I'm Cold (sav studio demo 11/77 - previously unreleased version) (@)
03. Heroin Face (live in the rocket, crawley 12/77 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984) (@)
04. I Just Need Myself (psl studio demo 1/78 - previously unreleased song) (@)
05. 10:15 Saturday Night (rs home demo 2/78 - previously unreleased version)
06. The Cocktail Party (group home demo 3/78 - previously unreleased song) (@)
07. Grinding Halt (group home demo 4/78 - previously unreleased version) (@)
08. Boys Don't Cry (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
09. It's Not You (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
10. 10:15 Saturday Night (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
11. Fire In Cairo (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
12. Winter ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
13. Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
14. Play With Me ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
15. World War (on early copies of 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
16. Boys Don't Cry (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
17. Jumping Someone Else's Train (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
18. Subway Song (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
19. Accuracy (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)
20. 10:15 Saturday Night (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)

which would make the use of Boys and Jumping here stupidly redundant. so not out of the realm of possibility given 10:15 is currently on this, Join The Dots and Standing On A Beach...

Can we get a REAL Cure tribute album plz? Preferably with this on it?

TIB/BDC: "Another Day"
SS: "Secrets"
F: "Doubt"
P: "A Short Term Effect"
JW: "The Dream"
TT: "Wailing Wall"
THOTD: "Screw"
KMKMKM: "The Snakepit"
D: "Last Dance"
W: "To Wish Impossible Things"
WMS: "Trap"
B: "The Loudest Sound"
TC: "Taking Off"

Not that I'm jealous. Grr!

what are the next re-releases going to be? i can't wait for 17s and faith.

Good list, Dan - "To Wish Impossible Things", "Last Dance", and "The Loudest Sound" are godly, and "Taking Off" is one of the better songs off the latest. But I'll add to the list of "Fake" grumbling, that song is atrocious. As for the other recent b-sides, "Truth Goodness & Beauty" is ruined by the soupy production, but "This Morning" is quite good (I'm a sucka for "Homesick"-style tinkly piano).

"Taking Off" is great because Robert decided to use "2 Late" as its template rather than "Friday I'm In Love".