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Be interesting to see how many versions they can put out of KYE reissue then! Suppose it depends on how much stuff they put out, the album, then b-sides, live stuff from the period, demos. Hope for a DVD but they've not included one since SATT reissue.
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I had to laugh out loud at this line from the interview:
“There are actually a lot of goodies. Even I’m quite giddy with excitement. James and Sean [Moore, drummer] weren’t arsed though…” |
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I have no issue with a bit of revisionism with the b-sides fitted into the two albums. Or even Masses on the Solidarity album.
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I absolutely loved the idea of the “two albums”. It’s not that big of a deal if they do it like that. Switching one track, a small change like that, is a BIGGER deal to me than just releasing something in a different way, splitting it etc - if anything it makes it worth the reissue and much more interesting to hear.
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I think I said I thought they should leave it alone*, but I’m happier if they (well, Nicky anyway!) go the whole hog and do the two-album thing with multiple changes so it’s a properly different thing, rather than just swapping out one track like they’ve done before.
*If the band reserve the right to contradict themselves, then so do I ** Unless I don’t.
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Played the new album a few times this morning. It's nice enough but will need a lot more plays to get into it. I'm more excited for this KYE box set reissue now haha!
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I really hope they do the 2 albums - it feels much more exciting to have a new reissue this way, especially as its a mess of an album to begin with! Do a real proper, new mix of stuff too.
I'd pull FD/LT stuff in there too and even the remixs. God, the Ocean spray remix is the most beautiful, poignant piece of music in their whole catalogue! In no particular order (Soul would be such a scuzzy punk affair!) Pedestal Masses We Are All Bougeouis Now (not as a hidden track!) Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel Locust Valley Groundhog Days Found That Soul Intravenous Agnostic Dead Martyrs My Guernica Wattsville Blues The Convalescent Ocean Spray Ocean Spray Kinobe remix So Why So Sad So Why So Sad Avalanches mix Let Robeson Sing Year of purification Miss Europa Disco Dancer Royal Correspondent (acoustic like Reading/Leeds festival version) Baby Elian Freedom of speech There By the grace of god Forever delayed |
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“There’s some good stuff with [2004 album] ‘Lifeblood’, because the [producer] Tony Visconti versions have never been released. There are about three or four of them. I think that’s about it.”
Oh yes please, plus the demo's, Nicky, the demo's!!!! Please have a look in the loft asap. The BBC can provide the sublime Maida Vale session too - a triple disker on the cards if ever there was one. |
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Can they not do something like:
CD1: The original, remastered album CD2: The reimagined rock album CD3: The reimagined acoustic album CD4: Demos, B-sides, etc |
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Yep. Perfect.
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Realistically in 2021/22 whatever format they provide the tracks in won't prevent us from reconstructing the album as it was with remastered tracks.
Or, y'know, excising a few
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Some might end up on YouTube like the still excellent Pieces of Sleep. Or we could have a DVD in the box? I'd like maybe a trilogy of YouTube VHS edited films for all the footage they have which could be made into those films. It'll all be over (the uncertainty of contents) by Christmas! |
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Anybody interested in trying to make a track listing of the two albums?
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Here is my late Saturday night attempt.
My rules were any songs and b-sides, but not Forever Delayed or Masses (I doubt they will put Masses on any revised track listing; and I've never read anything about Forever Delayed being already written during this era). This was tough because there are not that many acoustic-y or softer tracks for the Door to the River album. You could argue for Ocean Spray and a few others going on the Solidarity album. I stuck to 11 songs per album just because. So there are some songs missing but choices had to be made. A little bit of thought went into the track listing - mainly top loaded with the singles but still trying to keep songs where they came in the original album. All good fun. Solidarity Found That Soul Freedom of Speech Intravenous Agnostic Just a Kid Epicentre Pedestal His Last Painting Locust Valley My Guernica Groundhog Days We are all Bourgeois Now Door to the River Door to the River So Why So Sad (Avalanches) Ocean Spray Let Robeson Sing The Year of Purification Wattsville Blues Miss Europa Disco Dancer The Convalescent Royal Correspondent Baby Elian Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? |
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