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Out on Oct. 7th. Wish from 1992 has never been remastered until now. Here's the tracklist:


CD1 Original Album Remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios

1 01: Open (6:51)
2 02: High (3:37)
3 03: Apart (6:38)
4 04: From The Edge of The Green Sea (7:44)
5 05: Wendy Time (5:13)
6 06: Doing The Unstuck (4:24)
7 07: Friday I’m In Love (3:38)
8 08: Trust (5:32)
9 09: A Letter To Elise (5:14)
10 10: Cut (5:55)
11 11: To Wish Impossible Things (4:43)
12 12: End (6:45)


CD2 Demos – All previously unreleased versions. *Unreleased track.

1 01: The Big Hand [1990 Demo] (4:38) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 7”]
2 02: Cut [1990 Demo] aka “Away" (3:31) [final version appears on WISH]
3 03: A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo] aka “Cut” (5:01) [final version appears on WISH]
4 04: Wendy Time [1990 Demo] (5:13) [final version appears on WISH]
5 05: This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo] (3:25) [final version on B-side to High 7"]
6 06: Scared As You [Instrumental Demo] (2:33) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 12"]
7 07: To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo] (3:33) [final version appears on WISH]
8 08: Apart [Instrumental Demo] (3:38) [final version appears on WISH]
9 09: T7 [Instrumental Demo] (2:40) *
10 10: Now Is The Time [Instrumental demo] (2:20) *
11 11: Miss Van Gogh [Instrumental demo] (2:48) *
12 12: T6 [Instrumental Demo] (3:14) *
13 13: Play [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to High 12"]
14 14: A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo] (2:28) [final version on B-side to A Letter To Elise 12"]
15 15: Halo [Instrumental Demo] (3:06) [final version on B-side to Friday I’m In Love 7"]
16 16: Trust [Instrumental Demo] (4:02) [final version appears on WISH]
17 17: Abetabw [Instrumental Demo] (2:26) *
18 18: T8 [Instrumental Demo] (2:17) *
19 19: Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo] (2:41) *
20 20: Swing Change [Instrumental Demo] (2:10) *
21 21: Frogfish [Instrumental Demo] (2:35) *


CD3: ’Lost Wishes’ / Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live / Rare / Previously Unreleased.

1 01: Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix] (5:28 [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
2 02: Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix] (5:22) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
3 03: Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix] (3:47) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
4 04: The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix] (4:12) [from Lost Wishes MC 1993]
5 05: A Wendy Band [Instrumental] (3:47) *
6 06: From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix] (7:36) **
7 07: Open [Fix Mix] (6:51) [B-side to High 12"]
8 08: High [Higher Mix] (7:15) [High 12"]
9 09: Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix] (5:54)
10 10: Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix] (5:29 [Friday I’m In Love 12"]
11 11: A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix] (6:36) [A Letter To Elise 12"]
12 12: End [Paris Live 92] (8:38) **

CD 1, track 4, it spells: From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea.

Good choice of tracks for CD 2 (a lot of curiousities just like the Deluxe Disintegration) and CD 3... finally the Lost Wishes on CD! Only had hoped for the High Trip Mix & A Letter To Elise Extended Mix (from the promo CD), but there was not enough space maybe... Well, there's a lot of interesting stuff to check out.

Finally!

Generally looks good; I'll get it. I personally would have preferred to see b-sides such as "Halo" and "This Twilight Garden" on there instead of demos and for continuity purposes, but it's not like they aren't available elsewhere. "Halo" actually got a lot of airplay on alternative radio back in 1992 - at least the Cleveland alt rock station played it in regular rotation, that is.

It's a shame that, since the Deluxe Edition of Mixed Up, the 8-panel Digipak isn't released in the clear plastic cardboard slider anymore. Other than that, the album remaster is clearer than the earlier CD version. Would have also hoped for the High Trip Mix on this Deluxe set, but that's not a big thing. The Extended Version of A Letter To Elise is missed also, because it's way better than the Blue Mix.