Dream Syndicate

new out of the grey era collection coming out — https://usa.firerecords.com/products/the-dream-syndicate-what-can-i-say-no-regrets-out-of-the-grey-live-demos-outtakes-3xcd

a flawed album, but listening recently it sounded much better than I remember. the live show included here is pretty killer too.

I appreciate how the first thing you hear on the 1981 rehearsal tape is a sloppy take on the "Back in Black" riff.

"Paranoid" too, good to know that even the coolest bands noodle away at bad renditions of songs in rehearsal too.

When I was in high school in the '80s there was a stretch of time when I would put the cassette of The Days of Wine and Roses in my boom box every night when I was getting in bed so I could fall asleep to it.

I just now bought the CD of that album for nostalgia reasons and listened to it again. Funnily enough, Track 1 "Tell Me When It's Over" sounds super-familiar, like I remember every note of it. But the rest of it, I feel as if I'm hearing it for the first time. I must have consistently fallen asleep during Track 1 back in high school. In fact I'm surprised how aggro the rest of the album is, starting even with Track 2. I misremembered the whole thing as sounding kind of dreamy and drowsy, but that's only one facet of it.

Hahaha no, dreamy and drowsy it ain’t!

Oh, how sad:

https://thedreamsyndicate.bandcamp.com/album/the-days-of-wine-and-roses-expanded-edition

The Dream Syndicate reveal a newly expanded 40th Anniversary Edition release History Kinda Pales When It and You Are Aligned: The Days Of Wine and Roses (4xCD Expanded Edition). Collecting 54 songs from the original line-up, including 10 hard-to-find rarities and 31 never released recordings.

An exceptional early ‘80s guitar-powered gem, remastered in full and includes a wealth of unreleased material. This newly expanded 4 CD collection includes tracks from main protagonist Steve Wynn’s earlier combo 15 Minutes, the debut EP, astounding cover renditions (Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, The Who), recordings of the band’s first ever rehearsal, along with several visceral live concerts live concerts pre-dating the recording of their album.

Tracklist:

Disc One: Original Days of Wine and Rose album + Down There EP
Tell Me When It's Over
Definitely Clean
That's What You Always Say
Then She Remembers
Halloween
When You Smile
Until Lately
Too Little, Too Late
The Days of Wine and Roses
Sure Thing (Down There EP Version)
That's What You Always Say (Down There EP Version)
When You Smile (Down There EP Version)
Some Kinda Itch (Down There EP Version)

Disc Two: Even More Hot Rocks (no hits & out of phase cookies)
That's What You Always Say (15 Minutes / 7 inch Single Version)
Last Chance For You (15 Minutes / 7 inch Single Version)
Too Little, Too Late (Rehearsal Version, 1981)
Definitely Clean (Rehearsal Version, 1981)
Is It Rolling, Bob? (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
A Reason (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
Like Mary (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
Outside the Dream Syndicate (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
Last Chance For You (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
Unknown song with lyrics (Rehearsal Version, 1982)
Some Kinda Itch (Live at KPFK, 1982)

Disc Three: Crackling Noises Ok - Do Not Correct
Until Lately (Live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, CA, 1982)
Sure Thing (Live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, CA, 1982)
Then She Remembers (Live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, CA, 1982)
It’s Gonna Be Alright (Live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, CA, 1982)
Halloween (Live)
That’s What You Always Say (Live)
Sure Thing (Live)
Definitely Clean (Live)
Too Little, Too Late (Kendra vocal) (Live)
When You Smile (Live)
Some Kinda Itch (Live)
That’s What You Always Say (Rehearsal Version)
Road Runner (Rehearsal Version)
Instrumental (Rehearsal Version)

Disc Four: Live'r Than You'll Ever Be
Tell Me When It’s Over (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
That’s What You Always Say (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
Sure Thing (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
Then She Remembers (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
Halloween (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
Definitely Clean (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)
When You Smile (Live at the Country Club, Reseda CA, 1982)

haha, how many times have they reissued this record? that said ... this looks awesome.

Every 10 years or so? The Rhino was a 20th Anniversary version, and iirc the other expanded one was for the 30th (and the OG CD was in the early '90s).

I was at the 1313 Mockingbird Lane show, it was a goth-ish jewelry and clothing store in Pasadena.

With a name like that I'd hope so!

I only ever had the Rhino reissue with the EP and single track on it, so I'll be fine with this being my second copy of the album (and last, I hope).

LOL, but yeah this looks amazing. I already have the original Slash CD and the Omnivore CD reissue. (Amusingly I was debating whether to get rid of one of them just a few days ago when I was reorganizing the shelves.)

Actually I just learned in this thread that Wynn had an offshoot band called 15 Minutes. When I got the Rhino CD many years ago I saw "(15 Minutes)" after two of the song titles and I thought I'd be in for a couple of long rave ups. Imagine my disappointment.

Steve Wynn and Dennis Duck from original band and Mark Walton from a later line-up, plus Vicki Peterson from The Bangles, are/were touring UK. And Matt Piucci from The Rain Parade supported

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZOmwpmq7mY