A thread for the Siouxsie reissues

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Okay, so -- it begins, and will be following the general model of the Cure reissues. The Scream appears first on October 4 and here's what's on the second disc:

# Make Up To Break Up (Riverside Session)
# Love In A Void (Peel Session)
# Mirage (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Peel Session)
# Suburban Relapse (Peel Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (Peel Session)
# Overground (Peel Session)
# Carcass (Peel Session)
# Helter Skelter (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Pathway Session)
# Suburban Relapse’ (Pathway Session)
# Staircase (Mystery) (Pathway Session)
# Mirage (Pathway Session)
# Nicotine Stain (Pathway Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (7” Single Version)
# Staircase (Mystery) (7” Single Version)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

Oh shit.

"Sorry honey, we'll have to postpone the Disney trip so that I can buy CDs. Wait, where are you going?"

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

Surely, the next one will have the "Live at the punk festival" version of "The Lords Prayer" etc... ?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

Wouldn't that be nice?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:05 (4 years ago) Permalink

About fucking time! I wish it would hurry to A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, though.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

Yeah me too. I don't think I'm gonna get any re-issue before 'Juju'

― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

Oh you say that now...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

I am about to throw up with what with the amount of anticipation I have for Join Hands.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

That's actually the album I'll be the most interested in hearing, because I wonder if a remaster will be as revelatory as the Pornography one was.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

OOooohhhh....me likey likey likey.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

These are going to be imports with import prices, no? Not that it will deter me for one second, but still ...

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

Well, I'm hoping for a domestic issue like the Cure stuff...not clear yet.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

Oh shit the bed. I just bought the first 6 Siouxsie discs about two years ago.

Some of these are going to be must haves though. I agree about "Kiss In The Dreamhouse".

I'm a Hyaena fan too.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

Highlights of 0805 update post from admin of Siouxsie site;

"Remasters Clarification. All studio albums and Nocturne to be remastered. Not Once/Twice Upon A Time. Only The Scream and Juju have the go ahead for the deluxe double editions at present, the rest will be single CDs with three to four bonus tracks which is likely to include non album singles.

Remaining BBC Sessions are not set to appear on any other albums with the possible exception of Juju.

Early next year sees the release of Join Hands, Kaleidoscope and the deluxe double Juju provisionally all set for release in February."

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

Hm, clarity. But not all double-discs! That's unfortunate, I'd have thought there'd be as much live/demo etc. oddball stuff around to work with as with the Cure. Different live era material would be wonderful.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

Me too.

Slow release schedule! Kaleidoscope et al early next year? It'll be forever before the magical tri-fecta of Tinderbox/Looking Glass/Peep Show.

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:09 (4 years ago) Permalink

My girlfriend's a big Siouxsie fan, but she said she's not getting any of the reissues until they get to the later albums either.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

b-b-b-b-but if nobody buys the early albums maybe they'll never reissue the later ones!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

i will be buying them all... especially kaleidoscope, which remains my fave to this day. all of them are great, but that one stands out the most to me. as jerri blank would say... "i am as moist as a snack cake."

― ehbenoit, Friday, 19 August 2005 19:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'm buying them all too. Great things on all of them. I wouldn't worry. A good amount of Banshees fans are pretty obsessive. Actually, they tend to be pre-disposed to being obsessed about music in general. Can't put a finger on why, but it's there.

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

I only have Juju and Superstition on CD, so this is perfect for me.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 August 2005 19:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

I only have Join Hands and Peep Show on CD so I'm definitely going to buy The Scream, A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, and Tinderbox.

That was a problem with me for the Cure re-issues. I still haven't bought the last 3 because I already have those albums in so many formats I couldn't get myself to spend that much money. Should I?

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

This is a good time to address the remaster question. I sometimes have a hard time justifying replacing my original copies with the remasters, because a lot of the time the sound quality doesn't seem to be noticeably improved -- it's mainly mixed louder. There are noticeable exceptions, such as the remastered Raw Power, and the first four Funkadelic albums. But in the end, I usually give in when there's bonus tracks and I can trade in the old ones for a decent price.

I've been holding off on The Cure albums, because they're so damn expensive, and Boys Don't Cry is missing key tracks like "Killing An Arab" and "Plastic Passion." Has anyone compared the remasters with the originals side-by-side?

― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 19 August 2005 21:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

This is where a decent stereo setup really helps. But even from ripped mp3s I say there is a huge benefit to The Cure remasters. Hoping for a similar effect with the Siouxsie releases bc I think the first round of cds are pretty much garbage. (Well, the earlier ones at least.)

As for The Cure, I would skip Three Imaginary Boys, but Seventeen Seconds and Pornography are both stunning with great extras. Faith is an album I never really appreciated, but hearing it spun remastered with Carnage Visors on the end is excellent listening.

As for Siouxsie, if you've heard any of the B-Sides boxset, you'll know firsthand how much better the albums will potentially be when remastered.

I put most of it down to remater technology available now as opposed to 15+ years ago when record companies were rushing everything out to CD bc the format took off.

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Saturday, 20 August 2005 00:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

bkjj40a seconded. The Pornography reissue is absolutely stunning, and a testament to how the remastering process really can improve on a classic album, by revealing stuff you didn't know was there and presenting the stuff you were familiar with instead of just cranking up the volume levels.

Unrelated one: does anyone know if the Downside Up box is ever getting a US release?

Unrelated two: PRINCE. MUST. BE. REMASTERED. Purple Rain and (to a bit lesser extent) Around the World in a Day are acceptable, but the rest sound absolutely horrid. Sign o' the Times especially. Flat, lifeless, way too quiet...urgh.

― telephonething, who misplaced his password and is too lazy to get it resent, Saturday, 20 August 2005 03:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

Don't know for sure, but I would seriously doubt Downside Up gets a U.S. release. I think it is what it is. I mean, they never made the kind of dent The Cure did here.

Got mine for a decent price (like $60?) on one of those Amazon z shops. Check it out. Didn't take long to arrive either. The packaging is mint. The sound is mint. Also bought one for my brother as a b-day gift (and so I don't have to lend mine out).

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Saturday, 20 August 2005 03:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

Thanks- I'll check it out...$60 is most definitely acceptable. Found one for $54, which I'll probably end up doing on my next payday...there are two cheaper from a "caiman.com," but I'm kind of leery of them since they seem to have everything (at least everything on my wish list), but with multiple "new" copies listed at different prices, and the same prices under the new and used sections. I'm figuring they're either pirated copies or the "new" ones are not so.

― telephonething etc, Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

bkjj40a seconded. The Pornography reissue is absolutely stunning, and a testament to how the remastering process really can improve on a classic album, by revealing stuff you didn't know was there and presenting the stuff you were familiar with instead of just cranking up the volume levels.

I did but didn’t know Pornography could sound that good. The reasons why this process is taking so long and with delays is because Robert Smith wouldn't have it any other way. The other thing with the Cure is that the original issues are really poor. I feel that it's more than worth it money wise, but than again I'm a big fan.

I'm stunned that these are not going to be all double CD's. Than you say that it might be import only? Thought Siouxsie was a bit bigger.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

Never had a problem with caiman. Mostly it's a willingness to wait a couple/few weeks. But I remember the Siouxsie boxes arriving quickly.

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Saturday, 20 August 2005 14:12 (4 years ago) Permalink

I used to have every original Siouxsie LP. Traded them in for Nurse With Wound or some such in the late 80's, to my eternal shame. I can't wait for Kaleidoscope! You later Siouxsie lovers should check that one out especially.

― sleeve (sleeve), Saturday, 20 August 2005 14:38 (4 years ago) Permalink

When did Siouxsie and the Banshees become classic rock?

― John Hunter, Saturday, 20 August 2005 15:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

All kidding aside, I'm excited to see that the catalog is being given the same treatment that the Cure and Echo & The Bunnymen have received. Now we just need some decent Smiths remasters . . .

― John Hunter, Saturday, 20 August 2005 15:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

Since you asked Fastnbulbous, here is ILM's thread regarding the Cure remasteres. It's ridiculously long but if you scroll down to when the last three were released (April or so) than you can see where people starting talking about the sound quality difference between the originals and the newer remastered ones.

A thread for the Cure reissues

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 20 August 2005 19:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'll buy all the Siouxsie reissues, too! The only Siouxsie I have right now, sadly, is Join Hands and Twice Upon a Time. I just REALLY want A Kiss in the Dreamhouse and Nocturne.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 20 August 2005 20:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

Shame about the lack of rarities. I'd been curious to hear some of the stuff of the 'Kaleidoscope' era. Did they play those songs live?

― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Saturday, 20 August 2005 20:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

They played Red Light all the time. Christine and Happy House too.

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

x-post Caiman.com has been fine, the couple of times I've ordered from them (via Amazon).

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Sunday, 21 August 2005 01:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

So, I guess the "roxy" gig remains unreleased?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 22 August 2005 07:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

"The Scream appears first on October 4"

Hurrah!

"# Make Up To Break Up (Riverside Session)
# Love In A Void (Peel Session)
# Mirage (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Peel Session)
# Suburban Relapse (Peel Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (Peel Session)
# Overground (Peel Session)
# Carcass (Peel Session)
# Helter Skelter (Peel Session)
# Metal Postcard (Pathway Session)
# Suburban Relapse’ (Pathway Session)
# Staircase (Mystery) (Pathway Session)
# Mirage (Pathway Session)
# Nicotine Stain (Pathway Session)
# Hong Kong Garden (7” Single Version)
# Staircase (Mystery) (7” Single Version)

So once again (as with The Cure reissues) you're expected to buy the Downside Up box if you want "Voices" or "20th Century Boy"; and most importantly where's "Captain Scarlet"?!?

"Surely, the next one will have the "Live at the punk festival" version of "The Lords Prayer" etc... ?"

Logically (chronologically) I'd have thought it really should be on this one - although it really is pretty bloody dreadful and; unless there are substantially better quality recordings of it about than any IIII've ever heard; I can't imagine it ever being legitimately released.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 07:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

True, true, but seeing as how album one is rounding up the demos and peel sessions, and how album two took on the Lords Prayer stuff, it seemed to be the place to put it.

Oh yeah, "Captain Scarlet!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 22 August 2005 08:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

what about "bad shape" only have that on a couple of real dodgy bootlegs and a seg of them performing it on that Punk Rock Movie video. it is quite hilarious and rough...

― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 11:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

Also "Scraphead and "Psychic".

There are studio demos available for all of these!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 12:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

heyyyyyy, i don't have those. i'm missing something!!

― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 13:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

As a result, you shall not be suffered to live. You fake fan. (I don't have those either.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

I am actually kind of happy to be coming into Siouxsie fandom after the fact because I really don't know what I'm missing with these reissues, so the fact that they exist at all makes me feel all funny inside.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

I might buy 'The Scream' reissue just to be able to listen to "Overground" at an even more satisfying volume.

― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:59 (4 years ago) Permalink

Don't get too excited - unfortunately The Banshees kind of peaked with the first album (if truth be told their second one in particular is a bit of a dog!) and it's certainly the only one that really warrants this sort of double-disc reissue treatment.

(x-post)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

Er, their first album isn't Tinderbox!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

No, it's The Scream, which is considerably better.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

Tinderbox and The Scream are tied for no. 1 in my household.

― Baaderonixx on a long black leash (Fabfunk), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

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Yeah, from the "Sound Machine"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 14:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

Why can't they do a reissue that's just 15 versions of "Night Shift"?

― Dan (Fuck The Mothers, Kill The Others) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 14:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

what is the bonus "icon"? live?

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

Peel, I think.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 15:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Meantime, here's a report on some of the bonus stuff on the Nocturne DVD:

"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."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 May 2006 21:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

That does sound wild.

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 00:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

then there's a segway into a Creatures' video

― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 04:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Ok so I just picked up the Scream reissue. Is it me or is the sound particularly distorted?? I'm wondering if there's something wronk with my copy or if they just wanted to keep that punk rock edge despite the adult reissue treatment?

― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Saturday, 29 July 2006 17:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

So I'm concluding that I'm the only person hearing this.

― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 09:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary; if anything, the songs sounded much clearer to me.

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 11:13 (3 years ago) Permalink

Seems like the problem is only with the single disc edition...

― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 14:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

just got the Scream, and yes--it's really distorted; bad. what's up w/ that? amazed more people aren't complaining!

― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Saturday, 12 August 2006 04:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

After the Seven Year Itch, they figure they can get away with anything.

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

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Saturday, 12 August 2006 22:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

The Peel Sessions disc is about out:

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

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

Those last 3 tracks are what... 1985?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 10:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1986/Jan28siouxsieandtheba/

3rd feb 1986

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Cheers!

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

Oh alright, I probably will get it.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

Is it just me or does Join Hands sound like shit?

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:11 (3 years ago) Permalink

In what way?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

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

This reissue job is a joke

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

The album sounds (intentionally) murky and muffled. I believe it's supposed to sound oppressive and menacing but it comes across to me like someone is sitting on my speakers and I'm actually hearing the album as if it is being played through someone's ass.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

I am listening right now, (on an ipod). Regal Zone on right now -sounds great to me, drums really crisp. Maybe the edge has been rolled off the guitar slightly, but doesn't sound too different to what I remember of the old vinyl.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

I am mostly focusing on the guitar. Actually, I'm mostly focusing on "Icon".

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

Guitar sounds fine on Placebo Effect. Right...I'll skip to Icon.

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!

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

The vocal is fine but everything else just seems... subdued.

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.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

Ha! I just put the 7-year itch version on too! I really don't like the guitar throughout on that record - far too much flange for me. The heavy tremolo bit on the chorus of Icon might work if it was tighter in time with the drums. MacKay's original was way better. Straight chords but LOUDER would have worked for me. But you're right, the vocals are fucking dreadful!

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 20 October 2006 14:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

;_;

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Friday, 13 February 2009 20:32 (9 months ago) Permalink

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...)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2009 20:35 (9 months ago) Permalink

;_; ;_;

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Friday, 13 February 2009 20:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

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 )

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 February 2009 06:31 (9 months ago) Permalink

Hooray!

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 20 February 2009 07:20 (9 months ago) Permalink

not sure I'll pick up any of these.

― baaderonixx, Friday, 20 February 2009 10:12 (9 months ago) Permalink

Dreamhouse is maybe my favourite Banshees' lp.

― Marco Damiani, Friday, 20 February 2009 10:56 (9 months ago) Permalink

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!

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Friday, 20 February 2009 14:51 (9 months ago) Permalink

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

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 February 2009 15:00 (9 months ago) Permalink

ha oh right, that thing

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Friday, 20 February 2009 15:01 (9 months ago) Permalink

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.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 February 2009 15:10 (9 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

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.

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 March 2009 09:19 (7 months ago) Permalink

Sounds like a terrific package, but why Morley?

― Soukesian, Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

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

― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:21 (7 months ago) Permalink

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?

― Soukesian, Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:37 (7 months ago) Permalink

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

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:58 (7 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Did anyone else buy the reissue of Hyaena featuring a skip on the "let them siiiing" part of the Dazzle glamour mix. Or was I the only one so blessed?

― mayhaps, Thursday, 21 May 2009 11:52 (6 months ago) Permalink

I almost picked up the Tinderbox one yesterday. Can anyone tell me why it's impossible to find the original mix of "Song from the Edge of the World" on compact disc? I understand that Sioux hates it and all, but still -- get over it.

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:43 (6 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

oh hey, I got the last round of these last week

surprise surprise, they are all awesome

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 18:50 (4 months ago) Permalink

Did anyone else buy the reissue of Hyaena featuring a skip on the "let them siiiing" part of the Dazzle glamour mix. Or was I the only one so blessed?

You know that's on the original vinyl version, don't you? It's an intentional part of the mix, not a skip.

― deedeedeextrovert, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 22:15 (4 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

The boys at the college radio station just played the "Glamour Mix" of "Dazzle." Haha -- I almost called to alert them that the track was skipping.

― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:08 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Still no DVD of the Play At Home fiasco.

― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

ORLY:

Its video version was released on DVD in 2006. Bonus features included the "Play At Home" TV special from 1983, "Dear Prudence" music video, and performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Oh dear God. That should only exist as a 10th-generation VHS dub.

― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:59 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

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