The Cure - Disintegration 20th Anniversary Box Set Due Out May 25th

The new edition includes a remastered version of the original album and a disc of outtakes and demos. The third disc contains an expanded version of the live album Entreat, containing live versions of every song on Disintegration recorded during a 1989 three-night stand at London's Wembley Arena.

You also get a 20-page booklet with previously unreleased photos and art and a period overview from Cure frontman Robert Smith. Smith is responsible for compiling, producing, and supervising the mastering of the whole shebang.

Disintegration: Deluxe Edition:

CD1 (remastered album):

01 Plainsong
02 Pictures of You
03 Closedown
04 Lovesong
05 Last Dance
06 Lullaby
07 Fascination Street
08 Prayers for Rain
09 The Same Deep Water as You
10 Disintegration
11 Homesick
12 Untitled

CD2 (rarities):

01 Prayers for Rain (RS Home Demo [Instrumental])
02 Pictures of You (RS Home Demo [Instrumental])
03 Fascination Street (RS Home Demo [Instrumental])
04 Homesick (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental])
05 Fear of Ghosts (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental])
06 Noheart (Band Rehearsal [Instrumental]) *
07 Esten (Band Demo [Instrumental]) *
08 Closedown (Band Demo [Instrumental])
09 Lovesong (Band Demo [Instrumental])
10 2 Late (Alternate Version) (Band Demo [Instrumental])
11 The Same Deep Water as You (Band Demo [Instrumental])
12 Disintegration (Band Demo [Instrumental])
13 Untitled (Alternate Version) (Studio Rough [Instrumental])
14 Babble (Alternate Version) (Studio Rough [Instrumental])
15 Plainsong (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal])
16 Last Dance (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal])
17 Lullaby (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal])
18 Out of Mind (Studio Rough [Guide Vocal])
19 Delirious Night (Rough Mix [Vocal]) *
20 Pirate Ships(RS Solo, Rough Mix [Vocal]) *

CD3 (Entreat Plus -- Disintegration performed live at Wembley Arena in 1989):

01 Plainsong *
02 Pictures of You
03 Closedown
04 Lovesong *
05 Last Dance
06 Lullaby *
07 Fascination Street
08 Prayers for Rain
09 The Same Deep Water as You *
10 Disintegration
11 Homesick
12 Untitled

* Previously unreleased

(details courtesy of Pitchfork.com)

Band of Horses - Deluxe Package Details

INCLUDES:

*180G vinyl

*CD (slipcase)

*Download card of full album

*Collector's Edition poster

*10 High Quality Photos by Christopher Wilson

*All packaged in custom/limited edition box set (cardboard)

Trent Reznor's New Group: How to Destroy Angels

6 song EP due out this summer.

More details here:

http://pitchfork.com/news/38633-trent-reznor-and-wife-mariqueen-maandig-are-how-to-destroy-angels/

01 from How To Destroy Angels on Vimeo.

Details of Super Deluxe Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. Release

Super deluxe package features the original 18 track release, bonus CD with 10 special bonus tracks, the original 18 track vinyl, a 30-minute documentary DVD with footage from Cocksucker Blues, Ladies and Gentlemen... the Rolling Stones and Stones in Exile, and a 50-page collector's book with photos from the Exile era.

Regular 18 track CD, deluxe CD with a bonus CD feat. 10 bonus tracks and the 18 track LP will also be available separately.

L.A. Times Article on Record Store Day

"The holiday season comes in April for independent retailers. Sales for the third-annual Record Store Day were reported to be their highest ever, with a large uptake in vinyl and single sales reflected in Nielsen SoundScan's weekly numbers."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/on-the-charts-record-store-day-is-more-important-than-christmas.html#more

Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse - Dark Night of The Soul

Finally coming out. July 13th.

Cool Re-Issue Alert: Otis Redding - Live on the Sunset Strip 2CD Set

On May 18, old-school soul fans can purchase a slice of music history in the form of a 2-CD box set featuring the recordings of a series of 1966 live performances by Otis Redding at Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles. Live On The Sunset Strip covers three live sets, sequenced exactly as the sets unfolded, including Redding’s spoken intros. The set also includes a booklet with rare photos and liner note commentary by NPR Morning Edition‘s Ashley Kahn. “In 1966, Redding was 24 and defined not only the sound but the style and look of a true soul man. Tall and lanky, he was ready to drop to his knees and tear off the thin-lapelled jacket of his sharply pressed suit when it was time to deliver the goods," Kahn’s notes read. "His ten-piece band was his personal, traveling amen-corner, urging him to testify night after night . . . His out-of-breath stage patter was warm and downhome. ‘Ladies and gentlemens,’ he addressed his fans, ‘holler as loud as you wanna — you ain’t home!’” The set marks the first time the live sets, which include "I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” “Security,” “I Can’t Turn You Loose,” “Satisfaction,” “Respect,” “These Arms of Mine” and “Just One More Day,” have been available in their entirety. (courtesy of Paste Magazine)

My Record Store Day 2010 Purchases

Soundgarden Play First Reunited Show in Seattle

http://www.spin.com/articles/reunited-soundgarden-play-secret-seattle-show

Cool Re-issue Alert: Iggy Pop & the Stooges - Raw Power

2CD Deluxe Edition out April 13th!

First released on Columbia Records in 1973, the savagely bombastic Raw Power is perhaps the first record that could truly be called punk. It was the confluence of The Stooges' ages, hormones, creativity, ability, experience, tastes, lack of supervision, contempt for authority and ambition that has made Raw Power one of the most influential albums of all time. This Legacy Edition features the original 1973 David Bowie mix along with a second disc of previously unreleased live recordings from the Raw Power tour and studio outtakes.

Cool Re-issue Alert: David Bowie - David Bowie

2CD Deluxe Edition out now!

David Bowie's 1967 debut album for Decca finally receives the Deluxe Edition treatment. Disc One features the original stereo and mono mixes of the album stunningly remastered by Peter Mew and Tris Penna at Abbey Road Studios . This is the first time that the mono mix has been available in any format since the late '60s and is obviously the first time on CD. Disc Two features the singles, unreleased stereo mixes, the legendary unreleased single "London Bye Ta-Ta" and 5 Previously Unreleased tracks recorded for John Peel's Top Gear programme in 1967. All in all, there are a total of 53 tracks over the two CDs with 26 appearing on CD for the very first time! Sleeve notes by Tris Penna and Kevin Cann.