Since we have seen Pavement, The Cure, Sonic Youth, Pulp, Waterboys, Matthew Sweet, Jeff Buckley, Stooges, yada yada, get 'Legacy' or 'Deluxe' editions, which artists back catalogue would you be most interested in hearing remastered and with 'bonus' tracks?

For me it would have to be The Smiths. I would imagine that the primaries are not interested, because re-releasing those 6 albums would make millions

Replacements
New York Dolls
Nick Lowe
The Sweet
Long Ryders
Fleshtones
The Jazz Butcher
Del Fuegos
5 Man Electrical Band (okay, maybe just a greatest hits)

Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen

Desperately

Also

Thin Lizzy
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Artful Dodger
Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Skynyrd's One More From the Road is available in a Deluxe Edition. And hell yeah, on the Thin Lizzy. How about some Ian Hunter and Mott as well?

Yeah, but what about the Skynyrd debut? Huh? Huh?

Good call on Ian Hunter, but all the Mott albums except for The Hoople have had the remaster + bonus tracks treatment.

Wall Of Voodoo

True, the studio albums do need remastering. And we're talking Deluxe here, not simple remaster. You need a plastic cover and a flimsy jacket to make it a true Deluxe.

I would agree that MANY of those artists could use remastering, but with a catalogue as big as morrisons or springsteens, im not sure 'bonus' tracks are warranted (the basis for the 'deluxe' edition)

A replacements series would be very nice, I could also go for a SAHB set.

[quote="DumpJack"]
Skynyrd's One More From the Road is available in a Deluxe Edition. /quote]

Hell, I thought I sent that link to Rads? Say what you want about Skynyrd, but also kiss my ass.

The REAL answer to this is: THE ROLLING STONES.

Those SACDs sounded pretty good, but were lacking in the extras dept.

bruce had a 4cd box set of all the unreleased stuff put out, which is the gentelmanly way to do it (instead of making people buy all his albums again)

I think all those Leonard Cohen albums are no frills

Really? I didn't think he actually remastered any of his work yet, outside of Born to Run. At least, I've never come across an mention of an officially released box.

EDIT: And then again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracks_%28album%29

Public Enemy could use a couple of Deluxe Editions.

The Smiths could do for a remaster/reissue with a couple bonus tracks on each, but their lack of any real b-sides, aside from edits/remixes/etc. could make a two-disc collection kind of dull. It would wind up being just demos and live tracks.


I vote Smashing Pumpkins, simply for the number of b-sides/raritieies/comp tracks that they released.

Even though I realize the box is coming, Neil Young's early albums need to be remastered and made into deluxe editions.

I almost wonder how much stuff is available. F'instance, London Calling was a great deluxe because it had the fabled Vanilla Tapes with it, but I wonder if for some of these artists if things exist out there. Sure there are boots and whatnot, but for Thin Lizzy, etc I wonder.

I'll throw in for some country acts: Willie Nelson & Emmylou Harris. Boxes yes, remasters yes, but not to my liking on albums.

Out of the way to some, but I'd like to see Clutch get some treatment.

What about the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks? Or the early U2?

Oh, and Ween!!! Again, remaster on first album but nothing more.

Supposedly, these are ready & done. It's just a matter of finding a release date. And IIRC, Ryko was recently sold, so that always gums shit up.

On the P.E. stuff...I bet we get a "20th Anniversary" edition of It Takes A Nation Of Millions... at least.

My Bloody Valentine
Husker Du
Radiohead

Speaking of Husker Du, how about the entire SST catalog?

And a one disc compilation of the four discs, 18 Tracks. I would gladly buy Greetings..., E-Street Shuffle, Darkness, and The River again if they were remastered.

Also, good call on them Skynyrd studio albums.

And Dump, instead of releasing Chinese Democracy, Axl shoulda put out a 20th anniversary special edition of Appetite....

Have you heard this?



Continuing an on-again/off-again relationship with his Drywall side project that began in 1986 with Work the Dumb Oracle, the third album in Stan Ridgway's "trilogy of apocalyptic documents" isn't substantially different from his better-known solo work, at least on this 2006 release. His carnival barker vocals, bizarre lyrics, and shapeshifting cinematic soundscapes are in fine twisted form as the songs morph from the moody, bluesy harmonica-laced "Bury the Pope" to the more experimental subtle electronica textures of "Rain on Down" and the whimsical, Tex-Mex party atmosphere of "Goin' on Down to the BBQ." Co-Drywall conspirators/multi-instrumentalists Pietra Wexstun and especially Rick King are relegated to sideline status as Ridgway's distinctive vocals and lyrics dominate the proceedings. The diverse sounds combine aspects of Tom Waits (the percussive "The Alibi Room" sounds like an outtake from Rain Dogs), jazzy noir lounge ("Somewhere in the Dark"), Yello ("That Big Weird Thing"), and even world music ("Bold Marauder" is sung by Wexstun doing her best Grace Slick impression), but ultimately seem like Ridgway pushing his already elastic musical boundaries. At just over an hour, including a humorous bonus track that features sentences from George W. Bush speeches cut-and-pasted to mean something far different than what was originally intended, there is a lot to listen to here. Each track is overdubbed multiple times with layers of sound effects and instruments requiring repeated listenings to fully absorb. As with many Ridgway projects, the lyrical theme is obtuse but the music is so challenging, quirky, and innovative that the whole shebang is a mesmerizing musical trip. Anyone already a Ridgway fan will be thrilled, and open-minded newcomers might find enough of interest here to seek out his earlier, arguably more cohesive albums. Barbeque Babylon is a fun, often but not always lighthearted romp with the participants obviously enjoying themselves by painting a sonic palette the equivalent of '60s pop art. Part pastiche, part storytelling, and part experimental, the album finds Ridgway at the peak of his powers, creating music that demands attention even if at times it doesn't take itself seriously.

Yup. I'm not a fan of anything post-Joshua Tree, but I'd love to see their 80s material remastered (along with the slew of solid b-sides that accompanied most of their early singles).