Reissue

VIRGIN PRUNES – Deluxe Edition Of Legendary Irish Mavericks’ 1983 Compilation Album ‘A NEW FORM OF BEAUTY 1-4’ Out Now

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11 March 2024

Experimental Irish new wave mavericks VIRGIN PRUNES (1977-1986), were known as
“the most overtly subversive rock group ever to come out of the genre.” Their reputation was built on outrageous stage performances and a unique collection of record releases. The band disbanded in 1986 after co-founder and driving force Gavin Friday left to pursue
a solo career.


Photo Credit: Colm Henr via Big Mouth Publicity

They only released two LPs. …If I Die, I Die (1982), and
The Moon Looked Down and Laughed (1986).


Original artwork ‘A New Form Of Beauty 1-4’

In 1983 the band had a compilation album out A New Form of Beauty Parts 1-4
featuring 7″single A New Form of Beauty 1 (A plus B-sides), 10″ single A New Form of
Beauty 2, four-song 12″ EP A New Form of Beauty 3 and a cassette A New Form of Beauty 4 .

The album perfectly showcases the pioneering avant-garde elements of the band’s sound, combining elements of industrial, post-punk, darkwave, and sound collage – it’s no wonder why they’ve earned fans in everyone from Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Mark E Smith, Courtney Love, and many, many more. Singer and songwriter Gavin Friday’s career has spanned four decades and has seen him collaborate with his childhood friends in U2 (The Edge’s seclusive brother, Dik Evans was also in Virgin Prunes), as well as The Fall, Sinead O’Connor, Dave Ball, Scott Walker, Hal Willner, and Quincy Jones, and create music for Academy Award nominated films such as “In the Name of the Father” and “In America”.

A deluxe edition, remastered from Tape on 3LP contains
brand new remixes on 2CD & Digital Deluxe is out now.

You can order the set here.

I’m pretty sure lifelong VP fans already purchased their copy. For all other music addicts who are interested in avant-garde punk of yesteryear this is a, exemplary treasure.

STREAM ALBUM


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VIRGIN PRUNES: Bio – Facebook – Instagram

NEIL YOUNG And CRAZY HORSE – 1975 Album ZUMA Becomes DUME With Its Double Vinyl Reissue

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6 March 2024

ZUMA was the 7th NEIL YOUNG LP recorded with Crazy Horse.

It appeared in 1975.

Neil Young told Rolling Stone back then: “I’ve got all these songs about Peru, the Aztecs
and the Incas. Time travel stuff. We’ve got one song called “Marlon Brando, John Ehrlichman, Pocahontas and Me.” I’m playing a lot of electric guitar and that’s what I like best. Two guitars, bass and drums. And it’s really flying off the ground too. Fucking unbelievable. I’ve got a bet with Elliot that it’ll be out before the end of September.

After that, we’ll probably go out on a fall tour of 3000 seaters. Me and Crazy Horse again.
I couldn’t be happier. That, combined with the bachelor life. I feel magnificent. Now is the
first time I can remember coming out of a relationship, definitely not wanting to get into another one. I’m just not looking. I’m so happy with the space I’m in right now. It’s like
spring. [laughs] I’ll sell you two bottles of it for $1.50.”

Now, almost 50 years later the classic is reissued on vinyl, including 7 previously unreleased songs from the Zuma recordings sessions. For the re-issue occasion,
the album is rebaptized DUNE and comes in 2 LPs.

Order info here.

Young: “Zuma was full of great music by Crazy Horse, but not all of it was included. Dume is a complete look at that period. When you hear Dume, you can see why some of the tracks were not released on Zuma. They have flaws here and there, but now, looking back at that time, they provide a clear picture of us playing in David Brigg’s Dume home with our tube board and analog machines. The earliest Crazy Horse versions of Ride My Llama and Powderfinger are included. Enjoy Dume, an almost complete picture of Zuma. Sedan Delivery, the only missing example of Dume, is available on Chrome Dreams, which was just released.”

Cortez The Killer is the most memorable and best-known track on Zuma.

Side A

1. Ride My Llama
2. Cortez The Killer*
3. Don’t Cry No Tears*
4. Born To Run

Side B

1. Barstool Blues*
2. Danger Bird*
3. Stupid Girl*
4. Kansas

Side C

1. Powderfinger
2. Hawaii
3. Drive Back*

Side D

1. Lookin’ For A Love*
2. Pardon My Heart*
3. Too Far Gone
4. Pocahontas
5. No One Seems To Know

Song titles in bold are the previously unreleased ones.

Neil Young Store

COCTEAU TWINS – A Vinyl Reissue Of Their Two Final Albums ‘MILK & KISSES’ And ‘FOUR-CALENDER CAFE’ Out Now

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15 January 2024

Even after almost 30 years since their farewell, Scottish ethereal dream-pop heroes COCTEAU TWINS, with key members Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) and Robin Guthrie (musical architect), still have a huge following (more than 270,000 followers on FB).

Great news for all these fans. The band’s final two LPs, FOUR-CALENDER CAFE (1993)
and MILK & KISSES (1996) were reissued on vinyl last week.

Info and order details here.

FOUR-CALENDAR CAFE (1993)

It’s their seventh LP. It was originally released on 18 October 1993 on Fontana. The album distinguished itself from the rest of the Twins’ catalogue in two major areas: The sound was much more pop-oriented and less ambient than previous works, and Liz Fraser’s lyrics were much more intelligible than usual. It peaked at #13 on the UK charts.

Original LP


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MILK & KISSES (1996)

Although not intended so at the time, Milk and Kisses, released in March 1996, became
the final album issued by the group. The trio worked separately but effectively – Raymonde would work in the daytime, Guthrie at night, leaving Fraser to add her vocals. Because of the aftershocks of her split with Guthrie, lyrics came easy to her. Although work had begun on a follow-up album the band split up in 1997.

#17 on the UK Charts, #24 in Scotland

Original LP


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CT: Bio – Discography – Facebook – Instagram

Best Reissue Of 2023 – BOB DYLAN With Live Album ‘THE COMPLETE BUDOKAN 1978’ Originally Released 45 Years Ago

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26 December 2023

THE COMPLETE BUDOKAN 1978 presents two full shows originally
recorded on 24-channel multitrack analog tapes at the famous Nippon
Budokan Hall in Japan, 45 years ago.

It includes 36 previously unreleased Dylan performances from these concerts.

Order info here.

UNCUT Mag: “Some fans just seemed to hate the original version released in 1979 very, very much. But listening to this expanded edition – featuring the two full concerts from which the original was compiled – the reaction is, “What’s the problem?” Dylan sings his heart out.”
Score: 8/10.

TUTV: The majority of the songs here are played differently from their original versions. Dylan always loved (and still does, as I witnessed several times ) to turn his songs upside down, play them slower or faster or in another, surprising key on stage.

Add the horn sections here at work and lots of choir vocals and you get quite some riveting interpretations of great pieces from his 17 longplayers, he had released by
then.

It doesn’t work all the time, and there are too many songs – 58 – packed in this reissue
box (many record labels prefer quantity to quality). I picked the 25 best-executed ones, and made me a formidable historic live album.

THE COMPLETE BUDOKAN 1978


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DYLAN: Instagram – Website

SONIC YOUTH Will Release 1986 Live Bootleg Album ‘WALLS HAVE EARS’ Officially Next February

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6 December 2023


American fan magazine – 1986

WALLS HAVE EARS is a live SONIC YOUTH
album that came out as a bootleg in 1986.

An official release under the band’s auspices will
be released on 9 February 2024. More info HERE

Press info: “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s ‘Walls Have Ears’ appeared as a 2LP set in 1986, not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité on par with elements of side B of ‘Master Dik’ to come later. With a bit of complexity to the situation of the release itself. Deleted as quickly as it appeared, it’s now issued for the first time officially under the band’s auspices.”


Album cover (then and now)

The bootleg is still streamable on the Internet.
Via YouTube below. Pretty good quality.

SONIC YOUTH: Bio – Discography – Instagram

LOU REED – His Final 2007 Ambient Album ‘HUDSON RIVER MIND MEDITATIONS’ Will Be Reissued On 12th January

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4 December 2023

The late genial LOU REED (1942-2013) released his final LP (not widely known),
titled Hudson River Wind Mediations in 2007.

It was his 12th solo one. A 67-minute journey through meditational/ambient music intended to relax the body, mind and spirit, adjunct to Tai Chi, an internal Chinese,
martial art for self-defense and health practiced by Reed.

Reed: “I first composed this music to play in the background of life. To replace the
everyday cacophony with new and ordered sounds of an unpredictable nature.”

The newly remastered Hudson River Wind Meditations will be available in double LP, CD
and digital formats on January 12. Physical editions include liner notes by yoga instructor and author Eddie Stern, plus a recent conversation with Reed’s widow Laurie Anderson.

Stream the original album here via YouTube.

LOU REED: Bio – Discography – Instagram

SPACEMEN 3 – Reissue Of Their 2nd Album ‘FORGED PRESCRIPTION’ For The First Time On Vinyl In December

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15 November 2023

Iconic band SPACEMEN 3, featuring Sonic Boom a.k.a. Peter Kember
and Jason Pierce (Spiritualized), gained a cult following between 1981
and 1992 with their psychedelic, drug-infused, space rock escapades.
Drugs (what else?) led to clashes between the two wayward egos and
turned into a break-up.

They fabricated 4 studio albums.

Space Age Recordings just announced the reissue of their second
one FORGET PRESCRIPTION, for the first time ever on vinyl.


Original 1987 cover.

It’ll come as a double vinyl LP containing a myriad of alternative takes
and demo versions and including, at the time of the CD release, some
never before heard tracks.

Out on 15 December.
Order info here

Sonic Boom: ”For me, this is where the Spacemen 3 songwriting came to a head. Many
of these songs pre-dated “Sound Of Confusion”, some were even recorded at both sessions,
but I am still impressed mightily by Jason’s lyrical genius on originals like “Walking With Jesus” and re-writes like “Come Down Easy” and his fluid guitar playing across the whole sessions. To be sure “Playing With Fire” was soon to be our long and sultry Indian Summer but “Perfect Prescription” was the progeny of that hot, lazy (and occasionally rainy) summer.”

Single ‘Walking With Jesus’

Pitchfork said: “As for those neophytes who ask if this album’s any good if you’re not on drugs, a better question might be whether drugs are any good without this album.” Full review here.

ORIGINAL ALBUM
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SPACEMEN 3: Bio – Discography

Unique Theatrical Artist KLAUS NOMI Passed Away 40 Years Ago – 4 Of His Albums Are Reissued Now

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12 November 2023

KLAUS NOMI, the German countertenor singer known for his extraordinary
vocal performances and unique stage presence, was born Klaus Sperber on
24 January 1944 in Immenstadt, Germany, he quickly gained recognition for his
remarkable talent.

Influenced by artists such as Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, and Laurie Anderson among others, Nomi‘s music itself influenced big names such as Visage, Gary Numan, and DEVO.

Flabbergasting live performance

Unfortunately, Klaus became one of the first celebrities
to pass away from AIDS 40 years ago, in 1983.

To remember this unique artist two studio LPs, Klaus Nomi (1981) and Simple Man (1982)— stream both below – as well as the 1983 posthumous compilation Encore (Nomi’s Best) and the 1986 live album In Concert are now reissued.

All four titles are on CD, in digipacks, and standalone vinyl reissues, except for In Concert – the vinyl edition is only available as part of a boxed set of the new reissues. The self-titled debut will be reissued on cassette.

Info and order details HERE.

KLAUS NOMI – 1981


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SIMPLE MAN – 1982


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KLAUS NOMI: Bio – Discography – Website

Unique Theatrical Artist KLAUS NOMI Passed Away 40 Years Ago – 4 Of His Albums Are Reissued Now

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10 November 2023

KLAUS NOMI, the German countertenor singer known for his extraordinary
vocal performances and unique stage presence, was born Klaus Sperber on
24 January 1944 in Immenstadt, Germany, he quickly gained recognition for his
remarkable talent.

Influenced by artists such as Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, and Laurie Anderson among others, Nomi‘s music itself influenced big names such as Visage, Gary Numan, and DEVO.

Flabbergasting live performance

Unfortunately, Klaus became one of the first celebrities
to pass away from AIDS 40 years ago, in 1983.

To remember this unique artist two studio LPs, Klaus Nomi (1981) and Simple Man (1982)— stream both below – as well as the 1983 posthumous compilation Encore (Nomi’s Best) and the 1986 live album In Concert are now reissued.

All four titles are on CD, in digipacks, and standalone vinyl reissues, except for In Concert – the vinyl edition is only available as part of a boxed set of the new reissues. The self-titled debut will be reissued on cassette.

Info and order details HERE.

KLAUS NOMI – 1981


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SIMPLE MAN – 1982


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KLAUS NOMI: Bio – Discography – Website

TRICKY – British Trip-Hop Legend Released An Extensive REINCARNATED Version Of His 1995 Magnum Opus ‘MAXINQUAYE’

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24 October 2023

British trip-hop artist TRICKY (born Adrian Nicholas Matthews 55 years ago in Bristol) started his solo journey, after a stint with Massive Attack with his 1995 magnum opus MAXINQUAYE.

He just released a re-issue of it featuring multiple remixes. It contains 49 pieces.

Order here.

Press info: ‘Maxinquaye (Reincarnated)’ contains rarities and brand new versions of tracks many of which have not been officially released before. The single-LP contains the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studio. The super deluxe triple-LP set contains six new “Reincarnated” versions of tracks recorded by Tricky in 2022, previously unreleased BBC session tracks recorded with a full live band in the autumn of 1995 as well ‘Black Steel’ performed live at Glastonbury that same year and it concludes with some rough monitor mixes.

Tricky in an interview with NME about the original songs: “I wanted to take them
somewhere else. I’ve had so much love over the years that I have to put some effort into
it, the people deserve that. I’m very grateful for the support I’ve had all these years.”

Single ‘Overcome’
Original version

The album was named after Tricky’s mother, Maxine Quaye. She suffered from epilepsy
and was placed in hospital when Tricky was just 12 months old. His grandmother took
him into her care.


Maxine Quaye
Courtesy of Tricky

Tricky decided to name the reissue an reincarnation. Around the same time
he received a call from a cousin in Tipperary, saying he knew of a box containing
the only known photograph of him and his mother together. That box was found
with their great-grandmother, who lived with family in Colorado. That photo is now
on the cover of ‘Maxinquaye (Reincarnated)’. “It was meant to be”, Tricky said.

REINCARNATED

ORIGINAL


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TRICKY: Instagram – All Albums