1990s Reissue Thread!

Hello everybody. I love 90s music a lot, mostly college rock or indie, and I would love to have a place where we can talk specifically about music from the 90s that is being reissued on vinyl or CD, because I don't want to miss anything. Please share whatever you hear about here, and thanks in advance!

Just saw that The Amps - Pacer is being reissued on vinyl!

Also, just some bands that I'd love to see reissued, who also need it badly:

The Lilys
The Pastels
The Cannanes
The Ropers

I think I heard that The Ropers might get one, and apparently "All The Time" is still available on vinyl, but they still need it.

you can buy the amps cd for a dollar. in the name of environmentalism, they should hold off on reissues until every last dollar amps cd is bought.

Haha very true! At my record store there is always one copy of it in the clearance bin. Luckily though, it looks like its only being reissued on vinyl.

Also Medicine reissues would be nice.

That's another band that clogs up dollar bins... did their albums ever come out on vinyl?

yeah cuz you can't find that in dollar bins.

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Feelies' Time For A Witness could be reissued ...

Medicine? My store is competitively selling the CDs for between 17.99 and 38.99 (based on amazon prices). I'd be happy to find one in a dollar bin! As for vinyl copies I haven't done any research honestly.

And yeah Feelies would be great. I know the owner of Bar/None records and he expressed a possibility of reissuing the later albums but I don't know if it'll happen any time soon.

Medicine? My store is competitively selling the CDs for between 17.99 and 38.99 (based on amazon prices).

Funny, I see copies of these albums floating around for $5.00 around here...

This year I re-bought "The Buried Life," "Shot Forth Self Living" and "Sounds of Medicine" for $2 each (CD), and they were pretty much brand new... I mean, if people are buying them for 18-39 dollars, this world has gone insane.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Amazon price was because people got sick of trying to move them for a penny each and the only sellers left are the opportunist types who figure someone will pay that much for them...

baffled (when not disgusted) by record stores that base their prices on what some random internet asshole is asking for

The 1st Medicine LP exists on vinyl. Found several copies cheap years ago at the (then) annual Mammoth Music Mart in Skokie, IL (RIP), but only bought one.

yeah creation were still doing LPs when that one came out. i think there might even be an aussie LP version

i had shot forth on vinyl for years. on creation. maybe it was u.k. vinyl only? i don't remember. definitely sounded cool on vinyl. that album is pretty fucked up sound-wise.

baffled (when not disgusted) by record stores that base their prices on what some random internet asshole is asking for

^^^^^ this. disgusting fucking savages imho

Its actually basing it off of the majority of the prices online, not one "internet asshole". In the end, we make a profit off of rare OOP items that sell for high online, and we don't charge too much for items that wouldn't sell above 1.99 or 2.99. Also, prices fluctuate, and we pull inventory after a period of time and re-price it to stay current. Those Medicine albums are actually due to be priced lower, and we're in that process. Our business model works, where most record stores that depend on new items and who slap 8.00 price tags on all used items fail.

baffled (when not disgusted) by record stores that base their prices on what some random internet asshole is asking for

Still remember walking into an Austin store (which shall remain unnamed) and finding some ridiculous prices. This was back when I was filling a lot of gaps in my post-punk era stuff... was excited to find Gang of Four's Songs of the Free... until I saw something like $89.99 on the price tag. This was "based on the Amazon.com price," I learned upon asking. Mentioned no one would buy it at that price but, you know, they stuck to their guns. Found it a few weeks later at Waterloo Records for $7.99 used.

A few months later I came across Joy Division's Peel Sessions CD... the original 1990 issue, not the 2001(?) era reissue with a bit different cover art. This one was priced around $115, again, based on Amazon prices. I talked the guy at the register down to $10 and that was that.

my hunch is that those insane Amazon prices are using some algorithm to automatically adjust price based on availability. I've seen used DVDs jump from like $10 to $70 in a day when they get down to a single merchant, then back to normal once someone else lists it.

Yep, wouldn't be surprised.

Can anyone who sells on Amazon confirm/deny?

No we don't have anything that adjusts it that sporadically, and we aren't trying to screw over customers. If something is rare we have to charge what we see as its current price range. We price competitively so we are a good deal and it gets sold- not so we can squeeze money out of somebody with a vague rareness justification. Waterloo Records may have been screwing themselves over by slapping 7.99 on it, I don't know, but I know that the whole used section where everything is 7.99/dependence on new items to make money model is failing. The referential pricing and constant circulation of mainly used items model is working.

I myself would love if nobody based prices of music on what other people sell it for, cause then I'd have a huge collection of rare vinyl that I purchased on ebay for 7.99 a piece. Thats not how it works though, with anything. CDs aren't loaves of bread or something, specific titles have their own degree of availability, and we have to pay attention to that in order to stay in business.

And as a store buyer, you're buying the rare stuff for a fair price right? For example, if you are selling a disc for 90 bucks on the floor, you paid the seller 30-45 bucks for it right?

I have a buddy at a record store who's told me they intentionally pay low prices for rare stuff, then mark it way up on Amazon or some similar outlet. Reason being, if a person's coming to a local used shop with something really rare, then that person probably doesn't know what the album is worth. Can't speak for specific record stores but I'd imagine that's a pretty common practice.

Well we have a low cap on what we can spend per single CD, but we let the seller know, and they are free to decide whether they would still like to sell it anyway or not. We would never take advantage of a seller. If they still want to get rid of it, we're happy to take it. It is totally up to them. We don't want to upset anyone, and our business depends on people selling to us. We have to set such a low cap so we can afford to constantly make buys, and if that $90 CD never sold and we had to keep lowering the price, we'd be taking a much bigger risk if we spent $30 on it initially.

Anyway though, does anybody know of some great reissues coming out?

There's this Speed Dating comp of all No. 6's singles, came out last year, haven't heard it mentioned here before ... includes Tindersticks, Dean Wareham, Greg Dulli/Marcy Mays, tons of Dwarves and Vegetarian Meat and Unrest, all sorts of early 90s college rock for ya.

There was a record store up near the IL-WI border that only lasted a couple months, but the dude that ran it was extremely shady. I went in there one day and, although he had a great selection, almost everything was priced at $24 and above. I asked him why stuff was so expensive and he told me that he based his prices off eBay (this was 2002ish). I went home and looked up some of the records I had my eye on, saw they were priced exactly the same as in the store. Because, guess what, he was the seller!

The Connells are finally going to have their first few albums reissued! The TVT deal with Bicycle is really great. I've been wanting Boylan Heights on CD for years.

LOL! xp

dad a, that comp sounds great!

Hahaha thats hilarious, jon!

i look at what people are PAYING online for records. not what they are selling things for. well, that's not entirely true. sometimes that can be helpful too. if 10 people are selling something and they are all in the same general price range then that can be helpful.

apalled that there is no mention of the Bill Fox "Shelter From The Smoke" reissue on this thread, which has been blowing me away regularly for the past few months. (on Scat.)

Well Amazon is helpful because we can scan the UPC, which makes the process more efficient.
ian- I'll check it out!

thank god we have craigslist now to make sense of record pricing:

Small Records-7”-45 RPM

1). Cyndi Lauper-She Bop $12.00
2). Denice Williams-1989 $10.00
3). Broken Wings-RCA-? $9.00
4). Scott Brothers-Eye of Tiger-1982 $13.00
5). Air Supply-Sunset-1985 $9.00
6). Motown-1983-Ritchie $13.00
7). Ritchie-Deep River Woman-1986 $14.00
8). Pat Benator-We Belong-1984 $16.00
9). Prince-When Doves Die-1983 $14.00
10). Van Halen-Cry-Jump-1983 $15.00
11). Hooters-And we Dance-1985 $11.00
12). Billy Joe Uptown Girl-? $12.00
13). Ghost Buster-Arista-? $10.00
14). Kenny G-Sane Bird-1984 $11.00
15). Neil Diamond-1982 $18.00
16). Bangels-Manic Monda-1982 $14.00

9). Prince-When Doves Die-1983 $14.00
super rare

i remember once i bought the when doves cry/erotic city dance 12 inch single and some MOTHERFUCKER had snuck in the regular vinyl of purple rain into the sleeve, i was dumb and just bought it w/o looking.

fool me twice, won't get fooled again

90s, guys, 90s. :)

Is it right that The Boo Radleys may/is getting a reissue?

i posted this here a bit back The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! LP C/D:

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred/artists/booradleys.php

Re-Released on 17/05/10 on Cherry Red Records.

Released in 1995 on Creation Wake Up! is the fourth album by the Boo Radleys Although the band had received critical acclaim with their previous album, Giant Steps, Wake Up! was their first true commercial success, reaching number one in the UK album charts. This was due in large part to two factors: the emergence of Britpop as a driving force in mid-1990s British music, and a catchy Top 10 single, "Wake Up Boo!"

This deluxe edition brings together on 3 discs the original album as well as all the B-Sides from the time, with newly written notes and a booklet featuring original sleeves.

CD1: Original album track listing:

1. "Wake Up Boo!" - 3:37
2. "Fairfax Scene" - 2:14
3. "It's Lulu" - 3:04
4. "Joel" - 6:10
5. "Find the Answer Within" - 4:34
6. "Reaching Out From Here" - 3:02
7. "Martin, Doom! It's 7 O'Clock" - 6:21
8. "Stuck on Amber" - 5:24
9. "Charles Bukowski is Dead" - 2:39
10. "4am Conversation" - 2:43
11. "Twinside" - 4:45
12. "Wilder" - 6:56

CD2 : Bonus CD 1

'Wake Up! B-Sides:

Janus
Blues For George Michael
Friendship Song
Wake Up Boo! Music For Astronauts
And Tomorrow The World
The History Of Creation [Parts 17 & 36]

Find the Answer Within B-Sides:

Find The Answer Within (High Llamas Mix)
The Only Word I Can Find
Very Together
Don't Take Your Gun To Town
Wallpaper

CD3 : Bonus CD 2

It's Lulu B-Sides:

This Is Not About Me
Reaching Out From Here - High Llamas Mix
Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'clock - Stereolab Mix
Joel - Justin Warfield Mix
Tambo
Donkey

From The Bench At Belvedere B-Sides:

From The Bench At Belvedere
Hi Falutin'
Crushed
Almost Nearly There

― Bee OK, Thursday, May 6, 2010 7:16 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

there is going to be also this, thanks for pointing this out F'n'B.

Re- Released on 17/05/10 on Cherry Red Records.

Giant Steps is the third album by the Boo Radleys, released in 1993. NME and Select named it as album of the year. It reached the UK Top 20, but did not spawn a Top 40 single. The title is inspired by John Coltrane’s album of the same name. The Boo Radleys were never comfortable fitting into any of the easily defined categories that Pigeon-holed so many British bands in the early 1990s. Arriving on the scene as shoe-gazing My Bloody Valentine wannabes, they signed to Alan McGee's hip-to-the-times Creation Records.

They surprised everyone by releasing Giant Steps in early '93. Living up to its title, the album is indeed a step above and away both from what their peers were doing and what was expected of the band themselves. The album is a cornucopia of varying influences from the Smiths-y "Wish I Was Skinny" to the lovely brass arrangement in "Lazarus". Giant Steps is a mouthful, containing 17 songs, but it's also their definitive album. This re-issue brings together all the b-sides and singles from around the time into one great triple CD.

CD1: Original album track listing:

1. "I Hang Suspended" - 3:57
2. "Upon Ninth and Fairchild" - 4:50
3. "Wish I Was Skinny" - 3:37
4. "Leaves and Sand" - 4:25
5. "Butterfly McQueen" - 3:28
6. "Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce)" - 2:45
7. "Thinking of Ways" - 3:48
8. "Barney (...and Me)" - 4:42
9. "Spun Around" - 2:31
10. "If You Want It, Take It" - 2:47
11. "Best Lose the Fear" - 4:12
12. "Take the Time Around" - 4:07
13. "Lazarus" - 4:38
14. "One Is For" - 1:36
15. "Run My Way Runaway" - 2:20
16. "I've Lost the Reason" - 5:17
17. "The White Noise Revisited" - 5:02

CD2 : Bonus CD 1

Adrenalin EP:
Lazy Day
Vegas
Feels Like Tomorrow
Whiplashed

Boo! Forever EP:

Does This Hurt?
Boo! Forever
Buffalo Bill
Sunfly Ii: Walking With The Kings

I Hang Suspended B-Sides:

Rodney King - St Etienne Remix
As Bound As Tomorrow
I Will Always Ask You Where You've Been Even Though I Know The Answer

Wish I Was Skinny' B-Side:

Peachy Keen Acoustic Version
Furthur
Crow Eye

CD3 : Bonus CD 2

Barney (…and me) B-Sides:

Tortoiseshell
Zoom
Cracked Lips, Homesick

Lazarus B-Side:

At The Sound Of Speed
Let Me Be Your Faith
Petroleum

Lazarus (Remixes) Part 1 and 2:

Lazarus - 7" Version
Lazarus - Acoustic
(I Wanna Be) Touchdown Jesus
Lazarus - St Etienne Remix
Lazarus - Secret Knowledge Remix
Lazarus - Ultramarine Remix
Lazarus - Augustus Pablo Remix
Lazarus - 12" Version

Nice! Thanks.

Love those Cherry Red folks...

there was also this though not a reissue slowdive: classic or dud?:

The Shining Breeze: The Slowdive Anthology (2 CD set) will be released on May 4, 2010 on Cherry Red Records.

Here’s the tracklist:

DISC ONE

Slowdive (Slowdive EP) Nov-90
Avalyn I (Slowdive EP) Nov-90
Morningrise (Morningrise EP) Feb-90
She Calls (Morningrise EP) Feb-90
Catch The Breeze (Holding Our Breath EP) Jun-91
Golden Hair (Holding Our Breath EP) Jun-91
Shine (Holding Our Breath EP) Jun-91
Spanish Air (Just For A Day) Sep-91
Erik's Song (Just For A Day) Sep-91
Waves (Just For A Day) Sep-91
Primal (Just For A Day) Sep-91
Alison (Outside Your Room EP) May-93
So Tired (Outside Your Room EP) May-93
Moussaka Chaos (Outside Your Room EP) May-93

DISC TWO

Souvlaki Space Station (Souvlaki) May-93
Machine Gun (Souvlaki) May-93
Sing (Souvlaki) May-93
Here She Comes (Souvlaki) May-93
Altogether (Souvlaki) May-93
Dagger (Souvlaki) May-93
Some Velvet Morning (Souvlakibonus disc) May-93
In Mind (5 EP) Nov-93
Good Day Sunshine (5 EP) Nov-93
Country Rain (5 EP) Nov-93
Rutti (Pygmalion) Feb-95
Miranda (Pygmalion) Feb-95
Trellisaze (Pygmalion) Feb-95
Cello (Pygmalion) Feb-95
Visions of La (Pygmalion) Feb-95
Blue Skied an' Clear (Pygmalion) Feb-95
All of Us (Pygmalion) Feb-95

― Bee OK, Monday, May 3, 2010 5:58 PM (1 week ago)

we have a bunch of stuff here: 2010 Rolling Reissues Thread

from that thread there is also this:

Catherine Wheel - Ferment: Special Edition (Import)
This title will be released on March 23, 2010.

1. Texture
2. I Wanna To Touch You
3. Black Metallic
4. Indigo Is Blue
5. She's My Friend
6. Shallow
7. Ferment
8. Flower To Hide
9. Tumble Down
10. Bill And Ben
11. Salt
12. 30 Century Man (30 Century Man Ltd Ep)
13. Free Of Mind (30 Century Man Ltd Ep)
14. That s When I Reach For My Revolver (30 Century Man Ltd Ep)
15. Don t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (30 Century Man Ltd Ep)
16. Balloon (Non-Album Single)
17. Intravenous (B-Side To Balloon Single)

Right I knew of that thread but I wanted one that focused on the 1990s. Thanks though! Anything else you hear of let me know. I love them 90s.

I just got

Slowdive - Souvlaki on vinyl with bonus tracks! New!

http://www.insound.com/Slowdive_Souvlaki_2xLP/productmain/p/INS75306/

So I pre-ordered the Unrest: Perfect Teeth 7" boxset reissue, got the Should: A Folding Sieve reissue, and am thinking about grabbing that Codeine boxset coming out on Numero.

Any others I'm missing?

Anything? Anyone else getting those I've mentioned?

Do you have the Bitch Magnet reissue yet (especially given the Codeine thing)? I didn't know about the Unrest reissue, that's cool.

the deardarkhead reissue on CT is worth getting

I didn't get the Bitch Magnet reissue. I'll look into it! -As well as the deardarkhead, thanks guys.

Here's the promo for that Unrest box:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-0Mvtj4tSI