Robert has posted the tracklistings
for the new set of remastered cds:
5/28/2006 8:18:27 PM- by CURE:ROBERT
BLUE SUNSHINE (1983) / THE TOP (1984)
/ THE HEAD ON THE DOOR (1985) / KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME (1987)
TRACK DETAILS OF THE NEXT ROUND OF RE-MASTERED
RE-RELEASES - OUT IN AUGUST...
THE GLOVE - BLUE SUNSHINE
2 CD SET COMPILED BY STEVEN SEVERIN AND
ROBERT SMITH
DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL
MASTER TAPES
RARITIES FEATURES x16 TRACKS ON CD FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME
DELUXE PACKAGE CONTAINS A 20 PAGE BOOKLET
INCLUDING SLEEVENOTES AND LYRICS WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY
UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS
DISC ONE – THE ORIGINAL ALBUM (AND BONUS
TRACKS) (1983)
01 Like An Animal
02 Looking Glass Girl
03 Sex-Eye-Make-Up
04 Mr. Alphabet Says
05 A Blues In Drag
06 Punish Me With Kisses
07 This Green City
08 Orgy
09 Perfect Murder
10 Relax
11 The Man From Nowhere (Original Instrumental
Mix)
12 Mouth To Mouth (Landray Vocal Mix)
13 Punish Me With Kisses (Mike Hedges
Mix)
14 The Tightrope (Original Instrumental
Mix)
15 Like An Animal (12" Club What Club?
Mix)
DISC TWO – RARITIES (1983)
01 Like An Animal (RS Vocal Demo)
02 Looking Glass Girl (RS Vocal Demo)
03 Sex-Eye-Make-Up (RS Vocal Demo)
04 Mr. Alphabet Says (Alt RS Vocal Demo)
05 A Blues In Drag (Alt RS Vocal Demo)
06 Punish Me With Kisses (RS Vocal Demo)
07 This Green City (RS Vocal Demo)
08 Orgy (RS Vocal Demo)
09 Perfect Murder (Alt RS Vocal Demo)
10 Relax (Alt RS Vocal Demo)
11 The Man From Nowhere (Alt Instrumental
Mix)
12 Mouth To Mouth (RS Vocal Demo)
13 Opened The Box (A Waltz) (RS Vocal
Demo)
14 The Tightrope (Almost Time) (RS Vocal
Demo)
15 And All Around Us The Mermaids Sang
(aka Torment) (RS Vocal Demo)
16 Holiday 80 (Original Instrumental Mix)
THE CURE - THE TOP
2 CD SET COMPILED BY ROBERT SMITH
DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL
MASTER TAPES
RARITIES FEATURES x4 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
SONGS
WITH x17 TRACKS ON CD FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME
DELUXE PACKAGE CONTAINS A 20 PAGE BOOKLET
INCLUDING SLEEVENOTES AND LYRICS WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY
UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS
DISC ONE – THE ORIGINAL ALBUM (1984)
01 SHAKE DOG SHAKE
02 BIRDMAD GIRL
03 WAILING WALL
04 GIVE ME IT
05 DRESSING UP
06 THE CATERPILLAR
07 PIGGY IN THE MIRROR
08 THE EMPTY WORLD
09 BANANAFISHBONES
10 THE TOP
DISC TWO - RARITIES (1982 – 1984)
01 YOU STAYED... (RS Home demo)
02 ARIEL (RS Home demo)
03 A HAND INSIDE MY MOUTH (Studio demo)
04 SADACIC (RS Studio demo)
05 SHAKE DOG SHAKE (Studio demo)
06 PIGGY IN THE MIRROR (Studio demo)
07 BIRDMAD GIRL (Studio demo)
08 GIVE ME IT (Studio demo)
09 THROW YOUR FOOT (Studio demo)
10 HAPPY THE MAN (Studio demo)
11 THE CATERPILLAR (Studio demo)
12 DRESSING UP (Studio alt mix)
13 WAILING WALL (Studio alt mix)
14 THE EMPTY WORLD (Live bootleg)
15 BANANAFISH BONES (Live bootleg)
16 THE TOP (Live bootleg)
17 FOREVER (version) (Live bootleg)
THE CURE - THE HEAD ON THE DOOR
2 CD SET COMPILED BY ROBERT SMITH
DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL
MASTER TAPES
RARITIES FEATURES x4 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
SONGS
WITH x18 TRACKS ON CD FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME
DELUXE PACKAGE CONTAINS A 20 PAGE BOOKLET
INCLUDING SLEEVENOTES AND
LYRICS WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN
PHOTOGRAPHS
DISC ONE – THE ORIGNAL ALBUM (1985)
01 INBETWEEN DAYS
02 KYOTO SONG
03 THE BLOOD
04 SIX DIFFERENT WAYS
05 PUSH
06 THE BABY SCREAMS
07 CLOSE TO ME
08 A NIGHT LIKE THIS
09 SCREW
10 SINKING
DISC TWO - RARITIES (1984 – 1985)
01 INBETWEEN DAYS (RS Home demo)
02 INWOOD (RS Home demo)
03 PUSH (RS Home demo)
04 INNSBRUCK (RS Home demo)
05 STOP DEAD (Studio demo)
06 MANSOLIDGONE (Studio demo)
07 SCREW (Studio demo)
08 LIME TIME (Studio demo)
09 KYOTO SONG (Studio demo)
10 A FEW HOURS AFTER THIS... (Studio demo)
11 SIX DIFFERENT WAYS (Studio demo)
12 A MAN INSIDE MY MOUTH (Studio demo)
13 A NIGHT LIKE THIS (Studio demo)
14 THE EXPLODING BOY (Studio demo)
15 CLOSE TO ME (Studio demo)
16 THE BABY SCREAMS (Live bootleg)
17 THE BLOOD (Live bootleg)
18 SINKING (Live bootleg)
THE CURE - KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME
2 CD SET COMPILED BY ROBERT SMITH
DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL
MASTER TAPES
RARITIES FEATURES x18 TRACKS ON CD FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME
DELUXE PACKAGE CONTAINS A 20 PAGE BOOKLET
INCLUDING SLEEVENOTES AND
LYRICS WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN
PHOTOGRAPHS
DISC ONE – THE ORIGINAL ALBUM (1984)
01 THE KISS
02 CATCH
03 TORTURE
04 IF ONLY TONIGHT WE COULD SLEEP
05 WHY CAN'T I BE YOU?
06 HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE...
07 THE SNAKEPIT
08 HEY YOU!
09 JUST LIKE HEAVEN
10 ALL I WANT
11 HOT HOT HOT!!!
12 ONE MORE TIME
13 LIKE COCKATOOS
14 ICING SUGAR
15 THE PERFECT GIRL
16 A THOUSAND HOURS
17 SHIVER AND SHAKE
18 FIGHT
DISC TWO – RARITIES (1986 – 1987)
01 THE KISS (RS Home demo)
02 THE PERFECT GIRL (Studio demo)
03 LIKE COCKATOOS (Studio demo)
04 ALL I WANT (Studio demo)
05 HOT HOT HOT!!! (Studio demo)
06 SHIVER AND SHAKE (Studio demo)
07 IF ONLY TONIGHT WE COULD SLEEP (Studio
demo)
08 JUST LIKE HEAVEN (Studio demo)
09 HEY YOU! (Studio demo)
10 A THOUSAND HOURS (Studio alt mix)
11 ICING SUGAR (Studio alt mix)
12 ONE MORE TIME (Studio alt mix)
13 HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE (Live bootleg)
14 THE SNAKEPIT (Live bootleg)
15 CATCH (Live bootleg)
16 TORTURE (Live bootleg)
17 FIGHT (Live bootleg)
18 WHY CAN’T I BE YOU? (Live bootleg)
(Thanks Hellonwheels4u)
Preview of The Cure on the
Benicassim dvd:
BENICASSIM DVD EPISODE 3
Now you can get the Benicassim DVD Episode 3
a double DVD set with more than four hours of musical content highlighting
the best of the eleventh annual FIB
Heineken. Concerts, interviews, photo galleries and
the docu-clip Four Days, summing up an unforgettable summer.
And, as a special offer from now until
May 31st, you can get the Benicassim DVD Episode 3 at the
FIBshop
for only 15. (After May 31st it will cost 18.)
Want to see an exclusive sneak-peak
of The Cure concert last year? Click here.
(Thanks Manuel)
New interview with Roger:
"Just a mail
to tell you that Roger O'Donnell did an interview for my
website http://www.picturesofcure.com
. He talks about his new album, The Cure, etc. It's in the "focus on"
section and it's in english..."
(Thanks Jeff)
Help still needed for the
'Push' documentary:
"WANTED: personal
photos, stories and visual memorabelia from your experiences
on the 2000 dreamtour. This is for the cure fan documentary
entitled "push". This is what i am still
in need of to get to completion:
1) photos of fans (with and without the
band), especially in new orleans, las vegas, los angeles,
san diego, salt lake city, toronto, boston, and
jones beach.
2) photos of fans with band at aftershows
and so on
3) brief descriptions (one or two paragraphs
at most) of great experiences on tour
4) brief descriptions (one or two paragraphs
at most) of disappoitning experiences on tour
5) non dream tour: any notes/ info from
fans who followed the band extensively, especially before the
2000 dreamtour
please send all info to rubella@arushabaker.com.
sincerely,
arusha
www.arushabaker.com/doc.htm"
(Thanks Arusha)
Beware, it looks like yet another
poorly made, unauthorized Cure dvd will be out soon:
"Maybe I missed it on your site,
but do you know about the Lost in the Labyrinth Cure DVD
coming out June 6th?
http://www.rykodistribution.com/artist_title.php?artist_id11487&media_id=16623"
(Thanks Rick)
There's a petition asking for a
release of the RAH show on DVD and CD.
(Thanks John)
"The argentinian
netlabet Licor De Mono has released a 4 cd tribute available
to download for free at his homepage. http://www.discoslicordemono.com.ar/http/Cure.htm.
cds 3 and 4 are available now and 1
and 2 will be available in a few days."
(Thanks Sebastian)
Sad news
last wednesday, with the passing of Ian Copeland:
New wave music impresario Ian Copeland
dead at 57
Wed May 24, 5:53 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ian Copeland,
a pioneering booking agent and music promoter credited
with helping launch the "new wave" alternative rock movement
of the 1970s and '80s with such bands as the Police, the B-52's
and R.E.M, has died at age 57, relatives said on Wednesday.
Copeland succumbed to melanoma on Tuesday
at his home in Los Angeles where he was surrounded by family
members, including younger brother
Stewart Copeland, a founder and drummer
of the Police, his publicist said.
With the help of older brother Miles,
Copeland began his career in show business as a booking agent
in London, where he discovered the Scottish funk outfit Average
White Band, who made their debut in 1973 opening for Eric Clapton.
Copeland moved in the mid-1970s to Macon,
Georgia, to work for the Paragon Agency, which booked tours
for popular southern rock acts like Charlie Daniels, Lynyrd
Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band.
But it was Copeland's role in helping
brother Miles, founder of the International Records Syndicate
(I.R.S.) label, introduce the British band Squeeze to the United
States that transformed his career.
The brothers adopted a strategy of building
fan support for Squeeze by booking the group on a tour
of smaller nightclubs, and successfully repeated that formula
to launch other bands, including the Police and the B-52's.
Their work was pivotal in establishing
the "club circuit" that helped usher in the punk rock and
new wave scenes to the United States.
After the demise of Paragon, Copeland
moved to New York and started his own booking agency, Frontier
Booking International (F.B.I.), which represented such acts
as Adam Ant, the Bangles, R.E.M., nine inch nails, the Go-Go's,
UB40, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Oingo Boingo, the Dead Kennedys
and the Cure.
The son of a jazz musician turned U.S.
intelligence officer, Copeland was born in Damascus, Syria,
in the midst of a military coup. As a young man he enlisted in
the U.S. Army at the height of the Vietnam War and served in the
infantry, earning numerous decorations.
He is survived by his two daughters,
brothers Stewart and Miles and a sister, Lorraine, a writer
and producer. Memorial plans were pending.
Reuters/VNU
(Thanks Andrew,
Jon, Paivi and Bevon)
"Another Achewood appearance, this
one bizarre and sweet in a disturbing way: http://www.achewood.com/index.php"
(Thanks Christian
and Apart)
"On English
ITV May 22nd
Soccer Aid program.
Soccer Legends and famous TV stars,
raising money for charity..Unicef England V Rest of World.
Legends and Famous TV stars training for the right to play
at Old Trafford (Manchester Utd) this coming Saturday. When Celeb
chef Gordon Ramsey got injured in training, music in background
was Boys Dont Cry."
(Thanks Dave)
"here's a strange
cure spotting. on vh1's supergroup (featuring ted nuggent,
sebastian bach, scott ian, evan seinfeld, and jason bonhem),
alt.end was played during the first scene of the second episode."
(Thanks Brian)
In case you missed it, like
I did, Robert posted an update about the album sessions:
"Here's a post from the thecure.com.
It can be read in the open topics section and was posted on
03/05. The important news is the 'tracking' bit, as it implies
that the days of ross's recording of all tracks live
are over. Back to a more traditional method.
NEW ALBUM... 5/3/2006 4:29:41
PM - by CURE:ROBERT
NO REAL NEWS
WHICH IS WHY THERE IS LITTLE POSTED
HERE
BUT...
THIS WEEK IS OUR SIXTH IN THE STUDIO
AND WE WILL FINISH 'TRACKING' (ie RECORDING
DRUMS/BASS/GUITARS/GUIDE VOICE) OUR 20TH SONG THIS FRIDAY...
EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY
AND IT SOUNDS GORGEOUS!
WE ARE TAKING A BREAK NEXT WEEK SO
I CAN FIGURE OUT THE A-LIST SONGS AND GET THE WORDS TO
WORK...
AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK INTO SINGING
AND OVERDUBS AND RE-RECORDS AND MIXING...
STILL HOPING FOR A HALLOWEEN RELEASE
BUT UNTIL IT HAPPENS...
IS THIS NEWS?!!
RX"
(Thanks Sylvain)
Cure songs to be included
in Sofia Coppola's new film 'Marie Antoinette':
"Cure songs
in the forthcoming Marie Antoinette movie: http://www.premonition.fr
has just posted the news, two Cure songs will be included
in the ost of the Marie Antoinette movie by Sofia Coppola (out
on May 24th in France, on October 13th in the US): All Cats Are Grey
and Plainsong.
Other contributors inculde Squarepusher,
Phoenix, Adam and the Ants, Aphex Twin, The Strokes, Bow
Wow Wow, The Radio Dept., Air, Gang of
Four, Siouxsie and the Banshees (Hong
Kong Garden) and New Order (Ceremony).
A press kit is available here (in French
for): http://www.marieantoinette-lefilm.com/presse/downloads/dp.ma.zip
Movie trailer: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/marieantoinette"
(Thanks Olivier)
There's an interview with
Roger at DIY Rockstar. Also,
Roger wants your reviews (good or bad) of 'The Truth In Me'. Check his website for more
info.
'A Forest' is #1 again on
the 3FM "Greatest Hits of the 80's" chart:
Just wanted
to let you know The Cure scored # 1 in the Dutch "Greatest
hits of the eighties" overview, broadcasted on May 12 2006!
Here's the hitlist: http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/diverse%202006/80's%20request%203%20fm.htm
Note that 3FM is the most popular pop
radio station in The Netherlands (comparable to Radio 1
in England).
Overview of The Cure in this list:
# 1 - A Forest
# 36 - Boys don't cry
# 52 - Lullaby
(Thanks Gerke
and Michiel)
Some more info about the 'Play
At Home' feature on the 'Nocturne' dvd:
"Probably outing myself as an ageing,
long-term Cure and Banshees fan, but I thought you might
like to know that the TV show on the Nocturne DVD was part
of a series called 'Play At Home', broadcast by Channel 4 in the
UK in the early 1980s. Basically, they just gave a band a TV camera
or two and let them come up with whatever they could to produce
a one-hour 'documentary' (of sorts)! Other noteable inclusions
I recall were Echo And The Bunnymen and New Order. However, I do
remember the Banshees being lauded at the time for producing the
most imaginative and interesting programme of the series (I also
remember the others being dull!) I'm glad it's come out on the DVD
as I've not seen it since it was originally shown, we had no VCR
in those days and, as far as I'm aware, the shows have never been
repeated."
(Thanks Top Scooter)
German version of 'After The
Rain' available now:
Just want to let you know that the
German edition of the fan book "After therain", which is
called "Nach dem Regen", is now available. For those of you
who haven't seen it yet - it's quite a nice book. Here is the link
from amazon.de:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3854452675/qid%3D1146909414/303-1129095-1983416"
(Thanks Markus)
"there are
twelve songs that became availalbe for recording once again.
So you have 12 more chances to take part of Pink Pig. Then, we
call all those who haven´t yet recorded a Cure cover for
The Pink Pig Project to choose one of the twelve available songs.
Please visit www.pinkpig.com.ar
and take a look at the list of songs. come on!"
(Thanks Germán
and Juan José)
"Aussie band
"Something for Kate" has recorded a cover of "Close to Me"
which is available for download via iTunes.
>From the official site:
"To coincide with the release of 'Cigarettes
and Suitcases' the iTunes Music Store will have an exclusive
track,a brand new recording,of SFK covering The Cure's classic,
'Close to Me'. This has never been performed live and will only
be available to itunes exclusively for a week starting from May
9th The other B-sides consist of a new track titled 'The Actor Makes
His Move' recorded by Brad Wood in L.A. during the album sessions,
A cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's classic, 'The Killing Moon' and a
live recording of 'Prick' from 2004. Available May 6th instores."
More information can be found at: http://www.somethingforkate.com"
(Thanks ZT and David)
"I recorded
a cover (just lyrics) of "Mr Alphabet Says" This is on
my Space page http://www.myspace.com/naboo"
(Thanks Nab)
"Hi. Just
curious as to whether or not you've heard a remix of 'Plainsong'
by someone named Adjuster. If not, you can listen to a sample
of it at http://www.beatport.com/
under their chillout section or simply do a search. It's a nice little
tune."
(Thanks Four
Elevener)
"10:15 Saturday
Night appears on the good Canadian movie C.R.A.Z.Y."
(Thanks David)
"I saw an
interesting reference to Robert Smith made by actor Paul
Bettany - He was interviewed as a "Man of Style" in the May
issue of InStyle Magazine. When asked about what
kind of kid he was in school and more specifically what his
look was like then he said:
"I tried to look like Robert Smith
(lead singer of the Cure). I had a black Mohawk with
really cheap hair extensions that ended up a knotted mess on
the top of my head. I could tell people wanted to spit at me. I
looked simply awful, with a pale complexion and bright red lipstick.
This lasted for about three minutes as part of an ill-conceived
adolescent stage."