Pulp 2xCD remasters coming in August?! Come anticipate.

Not as yet, it seems.

-- JoB

I think it's just an excuse to tidy up the discography, add value, repackage and unnassociate from the second-hand/mid-price market 90% of the time nowadays.

Thats your next vacation sorted out then.

surely 'babies' is the same on EP and LP?

maybe the remastering process will involve going back in time and replacing ed buller with someone competent.

aha but no! It's not on the LP, it was a bonus track on CD - and the EP hangs together thematically, so those songs are going to be better off together, and the LP running order restored (PLEEEEEEEASE etc)

NOT AT ALL PEDANTIC

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re-recorded ??

I can understand the folks who would rather see b-sides and rarities set, but these expanded versions seem to be the way the game is played nowadays. And given that these are purportedly going to be 2 CDs there should be a lot more interesting material than on some other recent reissues, like say in the case of the Talking Heads remasters. The thought of the DC bonus disc, in particular, intrigues me. Remixes aside, there were very few non-album b-sides for the DC singles. ("P.T.A.," "Ansaphone," "Mile End," the acoustic tracks from the "Common People" pt 2., and "Disco 2000" 7" mix, are all I think.) Hopefully this will leave room for some unreleased tracks. Surely they must have at least demoed "We Can Dance Again" as a very polished live version with completed lyrics exists. Ah who am I kidding, they'll probably just pad it with some live stuff from Glasto.

But if I can just hear studio versions of "Live On" and "The Boss" (which I guess these would have to go, somewhat anachronistically, on the HnH bonus disc) I will be a happy man.

1 Mis-Shapes
2 Pencil Skirt
3 Common People
4 I Spy
5 Disco 2000
6 Live Bed Show
7 Something Changed
8 Sorted for E's and Wizz
9 F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E
10 Underwear
11 Monday Morning
12 Bar Italia

13 P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)
14 Common People [Motiv 8 Club Mix]
15 Mile End
16 Ansaphone
17 Live Bed Show [Extended]
18 Your Sister's Clothes
19 Seconds
20 Deep Fried in Kelvin
21 The Babysitter"
22 Street Lites"
23 Common People '96

what's this?

xpost Common People '96 was a single in france. Basically, exactly the same as the single edit, but the 'and screw' line becomes 'and ....'. That's it.

Anyhow, if your Second Class cd has "Common People 96" on it, it's a better one than mine, as mine stops at Street Lites.

It's extremely dispensible.

Okay, now I'm really excited- bring on the demos and rarities! Thanks for the link, Mark.

Apparently, from the Hardcore sessions, "Street Operator" and "Modern Marriage" are good. Confirms that "WE Can Dance Again" was demo-ed.

1. Your Sister's Clothes (b-side)
2. Seconds (b-side)
3. His'n'Hers (b-side)
4. Street Lites (b-side)
5. The Babysitter (b-side)
6. Deep Fried in Kelvin (b-side)
7. You're a Nightmare (BBC John Peel Session)*
8. Live On (BBC Mark Goodier Session)*
9. Space (BBC Hit The North Session soundcheck)*
10. The Boss (demo)*
11. Watching Nicky (demo)*
12. You're not Blind (demo)*
13. Frightened (demo)*

* Previously unavailable

1. Mile End (b-side)
2. PTA (b-side)
3. Ansaphone (b-side)
4. Paula (demo)*
5. Catcliffe Shakedown (demo)*
6. We Can Dance Again (demo)*
7. Don't Lose It (demo)*
8. Common People (at Glastonbury) (b-side)
9. Common People (Vocoda Mix) (b-side)
10. Whisky in the Jar (French only b-side – not available in UK before)
11. Disco 2000 (Nick Cave Pub Rock Version) (b-side)

* Previously unavailable

1. Cocaine Socialism (‘proper’ version of b-side)*
2. Like a Friend (b-side)
3. Ladies' Man (b-side)
4. The Professional (b-side)
5. Tomorrow Never Dies (rough mix)*
6. Laughing Boy (b-side)
7. Can I Have my Balls Back, Please? (demo)*
8. Street Operator (demo)*
9. Modern Marriage (demo)*
10. My Erection (demo)*
11. You Are The One (demo)*
12. It’s A Dirty World (recording session outtake)*
13. This is Hardcore (End of the Line Mix) (b-side)
14. We Are The Boys (b-side)
15. That Boy’s Evil (b-side)

* Previously unavailable

-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...), July 7th, 2006. (later)

Previously unavailable? Pshaw. Get one MP3 search though nice for completism and presumably better sound quality. I prefer the version of "You're A Nightmare" that actually made the single to the JP version, but the JP version is very good too.

That's not the best of the various live "Live On" vrersions, but nice to have it on CD. Hopefully the "The Boss" demos will be, um, audible, rather than the tinny things we've had to make do with for years.

EXACTLY! i don't get all this "rip-off" talk. i'd pay full whack for each of the three bonus cds anyway, and my original cd copies of the albums are, in chronological order, cracked (though miraculously still playable) thanks to a misplaced candle in my dorm room, fucked due to years of overplaying, leaving at parties, beer-mat subsitution etc, and, er, actually i've got about 6 copies of TIH for various reasons, but that never stopped me with the Cure reduxes and it ain't gonna stop me now.

Honestly, every time I read through the above track listings i go all tingly. and my copies arrive tomorrow! will report in full, if anyone's keen.

*chokes* Well, see, now I hate you.

And although it would have been nice to get an unheard demo version of "Live On" (surely there must be one), I do think the Goodier session is the best of versions floating around out there.

Why do eil always do that "In the 21st century, we take for granted.." on every ad?

I am way too excited about those.

well i beg to differ i'm afraid -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000074XP/026-1665287-3401256?v=glance&n=229816

cause i got this for about 3 quid, about 10 years ago.

Its quite dull and bland to be frank - I can see why they decided to bin the track. Shame really as so much potential was there.

And whomever knocked Ed Buller on here before, he did an AMAZING job remixing the OU demo, it sounded like it was performed live, the stylophone playing a key part to the track, but Ed saved this, and released a decent mix of it in the form of the single and Intro album

But onto tape it goes, and its another lost classic.

Tell you what tho, im personally excited about hearing clean versions of the boss and watching nicky - these two are amazing tracks as they are on the demos i have, but to hear it cd quality straight from the master.........oooooooooooh yeah!

(if you dont know me, im a big big big big pulp fan, bootleg collector and demo hoarder!!! lol)

What's the song that goes "you got it right first time" a lot?

Not going to buy any of them anyway, btw. Already own the CDs and I think remastering mid 90s albums is rather pointless.

My guess: Fopp (or whoever) will have the original albums for £5, and these 'deluxe' editions for £15, so it's lots of cheaply recorded tracks for £10.

A nice testimonial payout for the other Pulp guys, but there it is.

This is a double CD of the best of the recordings Pulp made for John Peel. Disc One contains their complete studio sessions, including their first ever and much sought after 1981 session. Disc Two contains the best of their In Concert recordings, including the complete concert recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall to celebrate 40 years of broadcasting by John.

Contains sleeve notes by Jarvis.

Release date is end of this month.

Hahaha. :-)

My NUMBER ONE FAVORITE LIVE RECORDING EVER (he said) -- "Common People (Glastonbury 1995)." Seriously, everything about it, the context, the sound, the whole damn nine yards.

if you listen *very carefully* to that recording, you can hear MY LIE BEING CHANGED IREVOCABLY FOREVER by that particular moment in time, just left of the mixing desk...

also, OTM re ali g!!! damn.

-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...), October 17th, 2006.

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ha yeah. i was just to the right of it.
the spoken bits at that gig were as good as the songs.

Yeah, I've got that too -- the mix obv. isn't as good as it is for the official "Common People" release but it's great to have nonetheless.