Just as a running FYI...

February 8th - The entire Boomtown Rats catalogue gets a long overdue deluxe reissuing (V Deep, Mondo Bongo, The Fine Art Of Surfacing, Tonic For The Troops, The Boomtown Rats, In The Long Grass).

February 15th - Remastered and expanded editions of the original six studio albums from The Hoodoo Gurus albums are being released (Stoneage Romeos, Mars Needs Guitars, Blow your Cool, Kinky, Crank, In Blue Cave).

February 15th - R.E.M. will re-release their entire Warner Bros. back catalogue (Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People, Monster, New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Up, Reveal, Best Of, Around the Sun).

March 22 - Reissues of Dinosaur Jr.'s first three albums (Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, Bug). Previously released by the Homestead and SST labels, the sets have been remastered and include a smattering of bonus tracks and rare photos. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, Mike Watt and Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard contributed to new liner notes.

Feel free to add others...

I'll be interested to see what they do with the HG releases. In Blue Cave is an overlooked gem.

Is Sonic Youth's Goo finally being released deluxe this year?

REM's going to re-release "Around the Sun"?

WTF?

Figures that the Boomtown Rats stuff would be re-issued, now that I paid $30 for The Fine Art Of Surfacing on CD about a year ago. That's actually a good price, but still...


Nice to see the Hoodoo Gurus stuff getting some attention, too. This'll give me a chance to fill in a couple gaps I have with them.

Fall reissues continue; I think Hex Enduction Hour is just about due.

:greedslap:

Hey, why not. Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand's albums from last year are being re-released this year.

Let's all just screw the fans who buy our albums the day they're released. Instead we'll honor those who hear one song on the radio a year after it's been released and decide to buy our album then. They're the ones who can buy the album with bonus tracks. Instead of those stupid fans who buy our album when it first comes out. They can shell out the money twice!

My copy of The Fine Art of Surfacing is worth HOW much??

I think I heard Remain In Light is finally getting remastered.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God and the masterpiece Rum Sodomy & The Lash by the Pogues both came out just a week ago.

Of course more Cure remasters with all that bouns stuff. If any of them compare with that Three Imaginary Boys remaster than they will be more than worth the money of buying all over again. The Glove also in 2005?

Reissues/remasters being released today (1/25):

Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly
Super Furry Animals - Songbook, Vol. 1: The Singles
The Slits - Cut
Shonen Knife - 712
Shonen Knife - Burning Farm
Shonen Knife - Pretty Little Baka Guy
The Mekons - So Good It Hurts

Just as an FYI - let me know if you want me to continue posting updates/announcements as they're released.

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (2cd set) - March 1
The Call - Into the Woods - Feb. 15
The Damned - Strawberries (w/ bonus tracks) - Feb. 15
Devo - New Traditionalists (w/ bonus tracks) - Feb. 22
Devo - Duty Now For The Future - Feb. 22

Updates on the R.E.M. reissues (all released on March 1). Disc 1 of each is the remastered version of the original. Bonus dvd for each is described below:
Green - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Previously Unreleased Making-Of Documentary, 2 Live Clips From The Home Video "Tour Film"
Out Of Time - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Unreleased Documentary "Time Piece"
Automatic For The People - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Little-Known Promotional Film
New Adventures In Hi-Fi - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Unreleased Video Documentary
Up - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Snippets From The Unreleased Film "Uptake", Performances Of Three Songs, Interview Clips
Reveal - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Making-Of Documentary, Remixed Video For "I'll Take the Rain"
In Time - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, 2 Versions Of The Video For "Bad Day"
Around The Sun - 5.1 Surround Sound Version Of The Album, Photo Gallery, Behind-the-scenes Footage, Lyrics

that is all.

So the only difference for the REM is a new mastering? Goddamnit.

I sold all my albums, figuring these would have b-sides and live cuts and be really worth my while.

Yea keep posting the remasters for the release days, bgl3.

I have four so far that I'm digging:

The above mentioned Manic Street Preachers, Suicide's hard to find third album, A Way of Life, Dean Roberts- And the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema, and Augie March- Strange Bird.

All well worth your hard earned $$$

I just made a decision...

With the exception of Pornography, Head on the Door, Kiss me kiss me, kiss me, distentergration, and Wish, I am not buying any other of the CURE reissues....

<---reserves the right to change that statement.

I'd keep Porno & Disintegration on that list and change to Seventeen Seconds and Faith.

I've seen the original CD release go for $75-ish on eBay. Of course, I doubt you could get that much now.

I bought my copy for $28 a couple years ago. It was $40, but I had $12 in trade credit. It was the only copy I've ever seen.

"TFAOS" was a big gateway record for me...I got it & "London Calling" as 8th grade graduation presents.

Some reissue release dates:

Yo La Tengo: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs - 2cd retrospective w/ a 3rd disc of rarities (March 22)
Stiff Little Fingers: Go For It with bonus tracks (April 5)
Shrimp Boat: Speckly (April 5)
The Cure: 17 Seconds, Faith, Pornography (April 26)

At least with Wilco's - A Ghost is Born re-release, if you have the disc already, there's a Wilco web site to dl the 5 tracks from the bonus cd. They were thinking of the fan there.

Ben Folds Five: Whatever and Ever Amen - with bonus tracks (March 22)
Basement Jaxx: Singles - Best of with 2nd disc of live tracks & rarities (March 29)
Super Furry Animals: Fuzzy Logic, Radiator, Outspaced, Guerilla, Mwng - each with bonus CD (April 12)
Screaming Trees: Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996 (April 26)
They Might Be Giants: A Users' Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity (May 3)
Gang Of Four: Entertainment - Rhino release with bonus tracks (May 17)
Paul Westerberg: Besterberg - The Best of...(May 17)

Awesome - now I can buy this album a third time.

I realize these aren't all reissues of actual releases, but each contains older material being re-released (and in most cases remastered). If mentioned in previous posts, it's not listed below...

Lee "Scratch" Perry: I Am the Upsetter: The Story of... - boxset (April 17)
Sloan: A-Sides Win - The Best Of... 1992-2004 (May 10)
Poi Dog Pondering: Best Of (May 17)
Oasis: Definitely Maybe - dualdisc with DVD video & some audio (May 17)
At The Drive-In: Anthology: This Station Is Non-Operational - rarities (May 24)
Belle & Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds - 2CD collection of EPs, singles (May 24)
Steel Pulse: Earth Crisis and True Democracy - each remastered w/ bonus tracks (June 7)
The Ramones: Weird Tales Of... - boxset (June 21)

and not for everyone, but...
Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run - 30th Anniversary Edition - the original album remastered and two discs full of rarities, outtakes, alt versions, etc. - August '05

Ooooh....that's the first I've heard about a Ramones box set.


( runs over to Google )