Deluxe Editions

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the second disc of remixes isNT half bad either.

Great:
My Gen - Who
Buckley - Sin'e
Who's Next - the Kinks (not really)

not:
VU+Nico
Grease (extra disc = megamix, more incidental music, and another megamix. There was a 'radio friendly' Greased Lightning back in 77, and the film version has a number of different lines. (Blame my kids for my knowledge here)

I agree w/ the Jeff Buckley one, too.

the who, live at leeds
james brown, live at the apollo vol 2
diana ross, diana
jeff buckley, live at sin e
marvin gaye, what's going on

(I am in CD reissue heaven at the moment btw, what with all the above + ZE coming back + the SoulJazz reissue programme + Altered Images reissues + all the LTM stuff...)

anyway, i recently was given the A Love Supreme deluxe edition and it's really quite good. the second cd is just a live set, but to my knowledge is the first time the entire suite from that album has been officially released in a live form, and live recordings of coltrane are always appreciated. so add that to the "good" list.

http://www.universalchronicles.com/catalog.asp?cattype=3

Anyone have the Bob Marley deluxe editions? Are they worth having?

My short-list:
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (actually pretty much all the bonus material from TMR you could want is on the "Grow Fins" box - but the album still desperately needs re-mastering)
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off Baby (just to have it available at all would be a plus!)
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
Captain Beefheart - The Spotlight Kid

A couple of nice big boxsets of rarities and unreleased material by Prefab Sprout and Tom Waits wouldn't go amiss either.

I reckon the Velvets one would've been better served if they'd nixed the mono mix of the album and the solo Nico stuff, and put some live material on it. There's obviously stuff like this in the vaults, like that "Melody Laughter" track from the box set.

Nothing it looks like, I must have just presumed it was Rhino doing these.

In the what would I want to see released as a "Deluxe Edition"
a) Prince - Purple Rain
Disc 1: Purple Rain remastered + outtakes (of which there are numerous high quality ones available.
Disc 2: Purple Rain B Sides & Extended Mixes + Single Mixes if room is available.
Disc 3: Live at First Avenue 1983: Besides being a great live performance, the concert is noted for three things 1) Debut of Wendy on guitar, 2) Debut of Purple Rain songs, & 3) "I Would Die 4 U, Baby I'm A Star, & Purple Rain" tracks on the Purple Rain album come from these performances (with editing & overdubbing).

If I was going for a great album, that such a Deluxe Edition would help push into the canon (Purple Rain hardly needs any help), I would go for Hall & Oates - Private Eyes. I know Hall & Oates definetly have some good 12" versions that could go on.

Rhino have certainly been responsible for some such items - several Elvis Costello titles leap to mind.

the original edit of Exposure, not the frustrating shorter version which trims the guitar solos, speech cut-ups & ambient sections. the original version never made it to CD. would pay again for that.

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Basically they were a female vocal group headed by Sly's sister. Sly also wrote and produced the two seongs they recorded: "Somebody's Watching You", and "You're The One (Part 1 & 2)".

Both songs were recorded in 1970 and give incite into what "Riot" would have sounded like without tape problems. "You're the one" is most commonly come across as only part 1, but there are copies of the 5 minute version floating around on P2P.

Seconded

But that was 'pre' Deluxe edition city.

The My Generation edition is fantastic, as it's such a great, great record, but couldn't they have squeezed in the mono mix of the original album as well?

Does anyone have the Disreali Gears de-luxe set?

The only time Keith Moon gets duff on "Won't get fooled again". Possibly as he'd only played it a few times by then.

also the dvd stuff in with it is tops. the field at glastonbury looks half empty. it's really weird, cause *god* knows who was on the main stage at the time, but what were they all thinking?!! richey looks *fantastic*. has to be said i was stood at the back waiting for the rain to go off. i wasnt a big MSP fan then. seems like yesterday.

£12 99 in MUSIC ZONE.

The Young Vic recording is interesting because they seemingly don't really know what they're doing. PT actually orders someone to stop dancing because it's putting him off. I think it's worth having, but I haven't really listened to it very much, if truth be told.

And I think the sleevenotes are exactly the same too.

I honestly can't hear the difference. There's a bit of keyboard low down in the mix on some of the songs, and the drums are a bit more fierce on a couple more. And the guitars on 'Yes' phase in and out a bit, but other than that... nothing.

If anyone's got a link which provides the differences between the two versions, please share it here.

Can't supply a link but there was a post in one of the bigger manics forums that did a whole breakdown of the differences. The list is vast.

I managed to snag an unwanted original copy of the Canadian issue (if i'm correct, it was never actually released in the US as such) from a friend I lived with when I first moved to Toronto from the UK. I believe it was only available in this mix during it's initial pressing, and subsequent repressings have been of the 'worldwide' mix variety.

I wonder if given the deluxe treatment it now has, the value of the original will still hold true. It does have different art work (kinda) after all.

-- (milto...), February 25th, 2004.

This has indeed been issued as a Deluxe Edition, just as described, yes?

I was under the impression (from a variety of reviews and complaints) that the Live at Leeds Deluxe Edition sounded terrible, and people were very unhappy with it. Is this not the case?

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are you sure about that? i'm almost positive it's the unedited version. but yeah, fucking phenomenal reissue.

there are a few duff moments, like "bargain" or "too much of anything" where they're still finding their way through the songs. these shows were essentially open rehearsals (free admission, little public notice, etc.). but there are frequent moments ("love ain't for keeping," "time is passing," among others) that are as good or better than leeds.

It is fun to get re-acquainted with an album with all the bonus goodies and liner notes, such as Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes, Joe Jackson - Night And Day, Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies, Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell, The Glove, Siouxsie - The Scream, and The Cars first album. They screwed up Patti Smith - Horses because it's missing the "Piss Factory"/"Hey Joe" single. Also, could have used live performances from that era, not a recent one.

This just came out:

Sublime (Universal) Aug 15, which includes some Marley and Bad Brains covers. I've never really listened to them, as I thought they were part of the mall punk brigade. Was I wrong?

I see The Pretenders' debut is slated for an October 3 release on Rhino. I hope it has lots of goodies.

I second the Beefheart and Sly Stone suggestions. That Purple Rain would be juicy too.

I nominate:

Van Morrison * Astral Weeks (WB) 68
There are outtakes that Van didn't think fit the album -- some more bluesy stuff. Maybe a live performance from that year too.

The Beatles * Revolver (Capitol) 66
One can dream, right? With all the singles from that era.

Hüsker Dü * Zen Arcade (SST) 84
Must at least add "Eight Miles High." And a remaster is badly needed.

The Feelies * Crazy Rhythms (Stiff/Line/A&M) 80
There are tons of covers they've done that could be included.

Sonic Youth * Daydream Nation (Enigma) 88
Rumor has it a triple disc version is coming this fall (anyone knoew more exact info?). It's about time. It's even been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, joining 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man' as mandated by Congress 'to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

The Sex Pistols * Never Mind the Bullocks (WB) 77
Pull together all the stray and bootlegged bits once and for all.

The Clash (Epic) 77
Same thing -- what the hell is the deal with issuing separate U.S. and U.K. editions? Lame. Bring it all together, with the singles and B-sides.

New York Dolls * New York Dolls (Mercury) 73

the who dx's seem pointless as the mid-90s releases had tons of great bonus tracks already.

Irksome that some of these never come out in the States, though- ABC, the Orb, Pulp (so far), etc...

The Pretenders

Disc 1
1. "Precious"
2. "The Phone Call"
3. "Up The Neck"
4. "Tattooed Love Boys"
5. "Space Invader"
6. "The Wait"
7. "Stop Your Sobbing"
8. "Kid"
9. "Private Life"
10. "Brass In Pocket"
11. "Lovers Of Today"
12. "Mystery Achievement"

Disc 2

1. "Cuban Slide"
2. "Porcelain"
3. "The Phone Call" -- Demo*
4. "The Wait" -- Demo*
5. "I Can't Control Myself" -- Demo*
6. "Swinging London"
7. "Brass In Pocket" -- Demo*
8. "Kid" -- Demo*
9. "Stop Your Sobbing" -- Demo*
10. "Tequila" -- Demo*
11. "Nervous But Shy"
12. "I Need Somebody" -- Live BBC
13. "Mystery Achievement" -- Live BBC
14. "Precious" -- Live*
15. "Tattooed Love Boys" -- Live*
16. "Sabre Dance -- Live*

PRETENDERS II
Track Listing

Disc 1

1. "The Adultress"
2. "Bad Boys Get Spanked"
3. "Message Of Love"
4. "I Go To Sleep"
5. "Birds Of Paradise"
6. "Talk Of The Town"
7. "Pack It Up"
8. "Waste Not Want Not"
9. "Day After Day"
10. "Jealous Dogs"
11. "The English Roses"
12. "Louie Louie"

Disc 2

1. "The Wait" -- Live
2. "The Adultress" -- Live
3. "Message Of Love" -- Live
4. "Louie Louie" -- Live
5. "Talk Of The Town" -- Live
6. "Birds Of Paradise" -- Live
7. "The English Roses" -- Live
8. "Up The Neck" -- Live
9. "Bad Boys Get Spanked" -- Live
10. "Stop Your Sobbing" -- Live
11. "Private Life" -- Live
12. "Kid" -- Live
13. "Day After Day" -- Live
14. "Brass In Pocket" -- Live
15. "Higher And Higher" -- Live
16. "Talk Of The Town" -- Demo*
17. "I Go To Sleep" -- Guitar Version Outtake*
18. "Pack It Up" -- Radio Mix Outtake*

As far as B-sides go, there's the Martin Chambers-penned and sung "Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law)" and a bunch of live cuts ("Time the Avenger," "Bad Boys Get Spanked," and a cover of "Money" from the un-legendary US Festival).

Incidentally, as far as legitimate releases go, it looks like Pretenders II is missing the Small Faces cover "What You Gonna Do About It" from Flexipop magazine, and the B-side instrumental "In the Sticks."

In a case of super-deluxe oneupmanship, NIN's drummer Josh Freese has now put out his Since 1972 album on 11 formats. $7 gets you a digital download; $50 and you'll receive a "Thank you" phone call from Josh for buying Since 1972. And, for the fan who has everything, including limitless funds, there's a $75,000 limited edition of one, for which Josh will write, record and release a five-song EP about you and your life story, and take a flying trapeze lesson with you, after which you get to "go back to Robin from NIN's place and his wife will make you raw lasagne". To prove that even the wealthiest fans can't get everything they want, there is a "no spooning" clause.

Schweet. Not a bad b-day present for that crazy NIN fan in your life, heh.