Reissue

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
(Tracks 1-9)


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SPACEMEN 3: Bio – Discography

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

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS – Hear Previously Unreleased Blues Track ‘HELP ME’ From Reissue MOJO Album

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7 October 2023

Thirteen years ago TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
released their 12th LP, titled MOJO.

On 20 October the album will be reissued on limited edition red
vinyl, available exclusively in indie retail and the Tom Petty Store.

. Pre-order info here.

I’ll feature 2 previously unreleased tracks. HELP ME is one of them.
A minor-key 12 bar blues originally credited to Sonny Boy Williamson II.
The late great Tom Petty‘s bluesy vocals and the harmonica play are
spot-on old skool.

WATCH/LISTEN

STREAM


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TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS: Website – Instagram – All Albums

THE REPLACEMENTS Re-Release Their 4th LP With Deluxe Box Set ‘TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION’

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15 August 2023

THE REPLACEMENTS, the beloved indie rockers from Minneapolis, MI (1979–1991,
2006, 2012–2015) will have their 4th LP – issued in 1985 – named TIM re-released
with a special box edition through Rhino on 22 September.

The 4CD/1LP deluxe boxed set, titled TIM: LET IT BLEED EDITION, is built around a stunning new mix of Tim by legendary producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Ramones, Talking Heads) and features a collection of previously unheard tracks (Sons of No One: Rare and Unreleased) and a classic concert from 1986 in Chicago (Not Ready For Prime Time).

Presented in a 12 x 12 hardcover book – loaded with dozens of previously unseen photos – the set features a detailed history of the Tim era written by Bob Mehr, who produced the box with Rhino’s Jason Jones. Mehr, author of The New York Times bestseller Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, won a Grammy® award for his album notes to the band’s 2019 release, Dead Man’s Pop.

Original album 


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THE REPLACEMENTS: Bio – Discography – Instagram

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Reissue Of Three Of Their Albums On Vinyl And With Restored Artwork

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24 September 2022

Stoner rock junks QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
will re-release three of their albums.

Eponymous debut album – 1998

The vinyl release is set for October 21.
It will be available on standard black
and limited edition opaque orange vinyl.

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…LIKE CLOCKWORK (2013)

A limited opaque aqua vinyl pressing is available from December 9.

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VILLAINS – 2017

Reissue in a special 5th Anniversary package featuring etching, obi-strip,
and a brand new poster by Boneface, and as on limited edition leaf-green
transparent vinyl.

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ALL DETAILS HERE

PJ HARVEY – Giant Box (59 Tracks) With B-Sides, Demos And Rarities In November

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21 September 2022

On 4 November PJ HARVEY‘s record label launches a giant
boxset of B-SIDES, DEMOS & RARITIES containing 6LPs/3CDs

This 59-track collection spans decades, with most of the songs previously
unavailable physically or digitally, and 14 tracks either previously unreleased
or in previously unreleased versions. It’s the final release in her reissue program.

Pre-order info here.

Hear 3 tracks from the upcoming release here.

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PJ HARVEY: Bio – Discography

RUSH – Deluxe Anniversary Reissue For 40th Birthday Of ‘MOVING PICTURES’ Album

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8 June 2022

Band: RUSH
Inconic prog-rockers from Toronto, Canada
Active: 1968-2018 / 19 studio LPs

Anniversary Reissue: MOVING PICTURES

It was their eighth LP and was released in February 1981. A reissue in honor of its
40th anniversary in a sumptuous multidisc/multi-LP set—mastered concision is out
now. Order info here.

Pitchfork : “In 1981, Rush fully transformed from a prog-rock trio to a mainstay of
classic rock. A 40th-anniversary reissue of Moving Pictures captures the band at their
absolute peak… Thanks to its tautness, conceptual integrity, and the fortuitous manner
in which their career ambitions and radio programmer taste intersected, Moving Pictures functioned as much a harbinger of a new artistic era as David Bowie’s Young Americans.
It peaked at No. 3 in America, their best chart position to date; the RIAA would certify it
five-times platinum.” Full review here. Score: 9/10.

Singles/clips: Limelight / Tom Sawyer

– LIMELIGHT –

– TOM SAWYER –

Full reisssue streaming on Spotify

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Original cover artwork 1981

RUSH: Website – All Albums

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Second Album ‘DIG YOUR OWN HOLE’ Is 25 – Special Edition In July

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8 April 2022

Manchester rave experts Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, better known as
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS released their 2nd LP DIG YOUR OWN HOLE
25 years ago, on 7 April 1997. Their first number one album in the UK.

And lead single Block Rockin’ Beats was their first #1 single in G-B…

Two strictly limited-edition formats of the album, and a unique line of
merchandise are planned for release on 29 July. Those limited editions
each containing 5 previously unreleased tracks. More info here.

First of those 5 rare tracks is a demo (demos suck!) of the album’s track Elektrobank…

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Full original album…

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THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Facebook – Instagram