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According to Steven Severin , the next batch of Banshee remasters, Join Hands, Kaleidoscope and Juju will be released in March/April. The next batch of Cure remasters, The Glove's Blue Sunshine, The Top, The Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me will also be released around then. No details yet!!

The Cure really blew it for me when they decided to release the "Join the Dots" boxset and putting these demos that I have no interest in on the remasters. Not only that but they are overpriced. Nobody should have to pay that much for demos/outtakes.

I dunno. I find demos and out takes valuable in that you get to see how the song evolves. To me, the creative process is very important and any chance to get a behind the scenes glimpse into a group as great as the Cure, I'm on it. But was'nt that the idea behind Join the Dots? B-sides and other rarities for the collector who pretty much has all the meat and potatoes of the band?

<a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/cetaceans/index.cfm">I dig whales.</a>

I kinda like the demos... for the longest time their album "Curiosity" was one of my favorites. This collection was the batch of demos and live songs that were on the flip side of the "The Cure - Concert" cassette. Now they are showing up on the CD's as extra tracks and I couldn't be happier. Something about the raw nature of the songs and the lack of production really makes it seem a little more genuine to me. Some of the songs that turned up as demos on the second disc haven't been recorded properly in a studio... so it is the first time I've heard some of them...
The birth of the expanded release has been the most interesting thing to happen in the music biz in years... The recent expanded releases of The Cure, The Stooges, Echo, X, Gene Loves Jezebel, Siouxsie, Clash, Elvis Costello, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, New Model Army, Killing Joke, right on down the line to the recent Yello albums just shows you how the best songs don't always end up on the albums or how the songs evolved into what ended up on the album...
Then again if Robert Smith wanted to put out an album of mantras and chants... I would most likely buy it! So I guess I will like pretty much anything the Cure puts out in any format. Bring 'em on!

[quote][i]Originally posted by marvymarv[/i]
<br>I dunno. I find demos and out takes valuable in that you get to see how the song evolves. To me, the creative process is very important and any chance to get a behind the scenes glimpse into a group as great as the Cure, I'm on it. But was'nt that the idea behind Join the Dots? B-sides and other rarities for the collector who pretty much has all the meat and potatoes of the band?

<a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/cetaceans/index.cfm">I dig whales.</a>
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I do agree with you, I have all the albums of The Cure plus lots of singles so the last stuff left to collect are the Demos. I will get Join the Dots sooner than later eheheh[:D]

I really hope that when Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is remastered, that the song Hey You!!! is put back in its rightful place. It's always bugged me that the CD omits it, especially since CDs have been able to hold more than 74 minutes of music for quite a long time now.

Yeah, even Warner re-released Prince's 1999 the way it was suppose to be without giving the full remastering treatment ages ago. Too bad they didn't do it with New Order's Substance with the full 12" versions. Damn CDs, I tell you! It would have all fit on double vinyl [:D].

I have always mixed feelings when it comes to those remastered albums. On one hand, I'm happy to see the music of one of my favorite bands available to the public, but on the other hand, it's a bit frustrating for collectors like me, who have exerted great efforts to obtain the CD's.
Well, I guess, I will be able to upgrade some albums in my collection:
CURE (THE) BLOODFLOWERS New Wave
CURE (THE) BOYS DON'T CRY New Wave
CURE (THE) DISINTEGRATION New Wave
CURE (THE) FAITH New Wave
CURE (THE) FASCINATION STREET, MIX New Wave
CURE (THE) FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE New Wave
CURE (THE) GALORE New Wave
CURE (THE) GONE! New Wave
CURE (THE) GREATEST HITS 2 CD'S + 1 DVD New Wave
CURE (THE) GREATEST HITS-DOUBLE CD, US New Wave
CURE (THE) JAPANESE WHISPERS New Wave
CURE (THE) KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME New Wave
CURE (THE) LOVE SONG New Wave
CURE (THE) LULLABY New Wave
CURE (THE) MINT CAR, MIX New Wave
CURE (THE) MIXED UP New Wave
CURE (THE) NEVER ENOUGH New Wave
CURE (THE) NEW SONGS New Wave
CURE (THE) PARIS New Wave
CURE (THE) PARIS, SEALED New Wave
CURE (THE) PEEL SESSIONS New Wave
CURE (THE) PICTURES OF YOU New Wave
CURE (THE) PORNOGRAPHY New Wave
CURE (THE) SEVENTEEN SECONDS, 2CD's DELUXE EDITION New Wave
CURE (THE) SHOW New Wave
CURE (THE) STARING AT THE SEA/THE SINGLES New Wave
CURE (THE) STRANGE ATTRACTION New Wave
CURE (THE) THE 13TH SINGLE New Wave
CURE (THE) THE CURE New Wave
CURE (THE) THE HEAD ON THE DOOR New Wave
CURE (THE) THE TOP New Wave
CURE (THE) THREE IMAGINARY BOYS New Wave
CURE (THE) TRILOGY, 2 DVD'S New Wave
CURE (THE) WILD MOOD SWINGS New Wave
CURE (THE) WILD MOVE SWINGS (SPARE) New Wave
CURE (THE) WISH New Wave