Friday, March 14, 2008

Japanese SMH-CD's Rescheduled

Originally scheduled for release on March 19th, then removed, they are now rescheduled for May 21st. But it looks like Concert, Japanese Whispers, Standing On A Beach and Disintegration are no longer listed. Here's the e-mail from CDJapan:

Description:Japan-only thirtieth anniversary cardboard sleeve reissue from The Cure featuring the high-quality SHM-CD audio CD format (playable on standard CD players) and cardboard sleeve replica of the original UK E-style jacket artwork with inner bag. Part of a seven-album The Cure cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Three Imaginary Boys" "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," "Pornography," "The Top," "The Head on The Door," and "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."

THE CURE/Three Imaginary Boys [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93477

THE CURE/Seventeen Seconds [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93478

THE CURE/Faith [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93479

THE CURE/Pornography [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93480

THE CURE/The Top [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93481

THE CURE/The Head on The Door [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93482

THE CURE/Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [Cardboard Sleeve][SHM-CD]
2667 yen US$26/102.05 Release Date:2008/05/21
http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=UICY-93483

6 comments:

  1. Seems like a lot of re-re-re-re issues, live albums, etc etc from The Cure...

    ...But where is the new Studio album? It's supposed to be out in less than 2 months..

    ...yet we have no single, no title, and they only play 3 new songs, 2 of which suck and one that is from the 2004 sessions.

    Something is up here.

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  2. That's a bummer. I was looking forward to the Conert reissue, but I suppose it's all been released on CD now, anyway. I see the reasoning behind limiting the release, though--wouldn't want them to get ahead of the official remastered sets.

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  3. quite obvious why this was rescheduled... with no Disintegration or Concert listed anymore, seems like we will never see a proper rerelease of Concert and the next part of the Japan CDs will probably come out when we see Disintegration/Wish as deluxe editions (in 2013???)...

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  4. What's going on with the remasters? How is it that robert has lost so much momentum since the last album. Aside from a smattering of concerts, what the heck has he been doing with his time? The new album is long overdue. How can they be currently touring and finalizing the new album at the same time?

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  5. Also, I can't believe the official site is still using artwork from the last album, The Cure, rather than freshening it up with images and music from the forthcoming album. Thank God for Craig's site! If it wasn't for him we'd have no news on The Cure whatsoever.

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  6. One would think that with all the delays that the reissues would have been released to satisfy everyone til the new album comes out, it all seems long overdue.

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