Cure Night at London Stone tonight

INBETWEEN DAYS [ A Cure night at the London Stone]
APRIL 28TH 2012
DJs Valeriun, Stix, The Baron and guest DJ Mr Pink Eyes will be playing music from from The Cure's entire musical history from post punk days to goth days to the recent albums and all inbetween[days]
£6 entry. 10pm-3am.
The London Stone, 109 Cannon St, London, EC4N 5AD
(Thanks Thomas)

Nightmares Of The Cure's Robert Smith

From Grammy.com: "Video director Tim Pope discusses the ghoulish inspiration behind the Cure's "Lullaby" in this week's edition of Forgotten Videos." (Thanks @SixDifferentWay)

NME's 100 Best Songs of the 80s

The Cure came in at #8 ('Inbetween Days') & #53 ('Just Like Heaven') in the NME 100 Best Songs of the 80s.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder and Darrell)

Update: The Cure also came in at #7 on NME's 25 Reasons Why Everything Was Better In The 80s list. (Thanks Pom)

Gui Borchert on his Secret 7" design

Perfect.Murder purchased Secret 7" #595 by Gui Borchert and contacted him to ask about his design. Here's his response:
"The idea comes from distilling the song into two icons: Friday and Love, hence the colour red. I wanted to build a sleeve that felt as delicate as a heart ( Love, much like a Friday, often starts and ends before we can really enjoy it all the way. So the idea is a sleeve that can break, crack, scratch, depending on what you do with it. I hope that makes sense. :) " (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

He also contacted @davidshrigley about his designs (042, 190, 398, 456 & 539). His reply? "They are all Robert Smith. That's all I can tell you." Okay. : )

Update on Robert's Secret 7" and new auction

Robert has updated the official site with news of a positive resolution to the ebay auction of his Secret 7" sleeve, and news on plans to auction off signed test pressings soon:
"SO...I WILL SIGN THE FIVE (I THINK THERE ARE FIVE?) VINYL 7" TEST PRESSINGS THAT WERE MADE FOR THE SECRET 7 CAMPAIGN (NOT SURE IF THEY ARE ALL 'FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE' THOUGH?!! MIGHT HAVE TO THROW SOMETHING CURE IN WITH THEM IF THEY ARE NOT!) AND THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION VIA THE TCT EBAY SITE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK...
MORE DETAILS WHEN I HAVE THEM
A GOOD OUTCOME I THINK"

Jared Leto wants to work with Robert

From Gigwise: "Asked by the magazine (Rolling Stone) who he'd most like to work with, Leto answered: "I'd love to do something with Eminem. That would be pretty mind-blowing." He also said that he would love to collaborate with Bjork, The Cure's Robert Smith and Sigur Ros." (Thanks @john_malloy)

Secret 7" Singles

Update (4/24): Robert has updated the official site with his thoughts on the the ebay debacle, and news that there will be 7 sleeves officially auctioned off for The Teenage Cancer Trust. Thank you, Robert!

"MY ADVICE? DONT BOTHER BIDDING ON THIS ITEM AS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON EBAY YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FIND...

SEVEN MORE RS 'FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE' SECRET 7 SLEEVES/VINYL ALL SIGNED ALL WITH DIFFERENT HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM THE SONG AND ALL AUCTIONED WITH EVERY PENNY GOING TO THE TEENAGE CANCER TRUST

FULL DETAILS HERE TOMORROW"

If you bought one of The Cure's 'Friday I'm in Love' 7" singles, please send me a photo of it, along with sleeve # and designer. And if artists want to reveal their designs, please do. Thanks! Here's #123, Robert's design.

Update: Sigh...and of course, it's already up on ebay. Please don't bid on it. But if you absolutely must have it, please also donate to The Teenage Cancer Trust. Remember, that's what this was all about. (Thanks @miles_donovan and @seanpledger)

#007 by Guillaume Grivaz (Thanks @guillaumegrivaz)
#022 by 835 835 (Thanks @cookiepusher)
#025 by KeFF (Thanks Ville)
#042 by David Shrigley (Thanks @marsworld)
#050 by Fabien G (Thanks Fabien G)
#065 by Erin Dawson (Thanks Erin)
#081 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks Chris)
#082 by Sergio Fernandez (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#123 by Robert Smith (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#172 by Stanley Chow (Thanks Darren)
#173 by Steve Clark (Thanks @spcdesigns)
#182 by Oscar Serrano (Thanks @OscarCure)
#190 by David Shrigley (Thanks Chris)
#191 by Sergio Salla (Thanks Daren)
#211 by David Hurley (Thanks Darren)
#215 by Owen Tozer (Thanks Darren)
#220 (2) by Martin Gauthier (Thanks Kissingcrimson)
#223 by Zack Nipper (Thanks Zack)
#240 (2) by Jo Robertson (Thanks Kissingcrimson)
#259 (2) by Toby Mott (Thanks @peterbrooks8)
#287 by Sarah McPhail (Thanks @cookiepusher) 
#297 by Chet Slater
#320 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks @marsworld)
#330 by John Debono-Cullen (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#353 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks Chris)
#361 by Shantell Martin (Thanks @marsworld)
#364 by Miss M (Thanks @marsworld)
#398 by David Shrigley (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#456 & 539 by David Shrigley (Thanks @willstuff)
#471 by Bela Backes (Thanks Darren)
#483 by Julie Van Wezemael (Thanks Julie)
#510 by Andy Vella (Thanks Darren)
#512 by Justin Scott Shirley (Thanks @guillaumegrivaz)
#521 by Sebas & Clim (Thanks Jon) 
#525 by Brad Kruger (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#540 by Harry Pye (Thanks Chris)
#591 by Andrew Rae (Thanks @miles_donovan)
#595 by Gui Borchert (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#602 by Simon Donald (Thanks @RickSkilbeck) 
#603 (Back) (Video) by Si Scott (Thanks @seanpledger)
#608 by Jim Chancellor of Fiction Records (Thanks @marsworld)
? by ?  (Thanks @Umusicuk)


If anyone has #287 by Sarah McPhail (@cookiepusher) or #182 by Oscar Serrano (@OscarCure), please let them know. Thanks!

Cure colored vinyl RSD UK list

Update (4/27/12): All 5 albums are now available online from Rough Trade Shops. (Thanks @nil_by_mouth)

Update (4/23-25): Perfect.Murder reports that Rough Trade East in London still has 15-20 copies each of the 5 @RSDUK Cure colored vinyl in stock.
And from @crawleyrocket - "I got all 5 RSD albums at Rough Trade East last night (24/04/12) and there were still plenty of copies of each. 17 Seconds only had about 5 but the others had up to 20."

In hopes of helping other fans find them, if you see the UK Record Store Day Cure colored vinyl releases today, please let me know the store, city, etc. Photos would be nice, too. Thanks!

Photos - All 5 / Three Imaginary Boys / Seventeen Seconds 1 - 2 / Faith / Pornography / The Top 1 - 2 (Thanks Marion and Guillaume)

Dom found Faith at Flashback in Crouch End, London. Had all 5, but only The Top & Faith left when he arrived.

Guillaume - "London. Bought the last 3 (TIB, 17, Top) at Sister Ray. Found Faith & Pornography at Phonica. They still had some."

Marion - "got all 5 Cure vinyls at @roughtradeshops and Rough Trade East had loads of all 5 cure vinyls left when I was there this afternoon! They had alot of stock."

Le Felt Yannick - "found the 5 coloured vinyl for record store day in imagin shop (langueux,brittanny ,France). great day for a big fan."

Matthew - "I got 4 of them at Rise records in Bristol, one missing was Seventeen Seconds that I got in DaDa in Chiswick (yes I was doing a road trip yesterday), but Dada did have a few others left in stock. I cant recommend this shop enough a proper music shop run by people that know music"

Entreat Plus US vinyl list

Update (04/28/12): Schuler Books & Music in Okemos, MI has The Cure Entreat Plus vinyl on sale for $19.99 ($18.74 online). (Thanks Halo Eighteen)

In hopes of helping other fans find it, if you see the US Entreat Plus vinyl today, please let me know the store, city, state, etc. Thanks!

- Waterloo Records in Austin, TX - Photo (Thanks @ryaann)
- Cactus in Houston, TX (Thanks @nyx_awakened)
- Amoeba Music in Berkeley, CA - 4 in stock. (Thanks @SameDeepH2OasU)
- Newbury Comics stores in the New England area. Framingham, MA - 4 in stock. (Thanks Justin)
- Electric Fetus in Minneapolis - 18 in stock but 2hr wait, Cheapo in uptown - 4 in stock no wait.  (Thanks Joqua)
- Gray Whale in Salt Lake City - Had quite a few, all gone now - Photo (Thanks @HaloCure13)
- Twist & Shout in Denver - 10+ in stock (Thanks @Slicingeyeballs)
- Rockin' Rudy's in Missoula. "Ear Candy also had at least 4 but were sold out when I showed up." (Thanks @moodrider)
- Randy's Records in Salt Lake City - 6 in stock. (Thanks versionke)
- Arkansas Record & CD Exchange in North Little Rock, AR. (Thanks Unknown)
- Exclusive Company in Madison, WI had 1 left. (Thanks Numb)
- The Loop Reckless in Chicago had it. (Thanks @shalloboi)
- Park Ave CDs in Orlando, FL - 6 in stock on Sunday afternoon. (Thanks Tom)
- Princeton Record Exchange in New Jersey - had 20+ copies in stock. (Thanks Frank)

Happy Birthday, Robert!

A very Happy Birthday, Best Wishes, and an enormous & heartfelt Thank You Once Again for the Reflections shows, to Robert! Hope you have a wonderful day & night! Cheers!

And thanks to Vladislav for sending this in -"Happy Birthday, Mr. Robert Smith (vinyl only mixtape)"

From @RollingStone - "Happy birthday, Robert Smith! Here's a look back at the Cure frontman's career through the years"

From @LOQUILLOPANAMA- "several BRAZILIAN bloggers unite to make a happy birthday tribute to ROBERT SMITH"

Cure Record Store Day 2012 releases

Exclusive product for UK Record Store Day (April 21st, 2012):
Friday I'm In Love (Secret 7" single Qty: 100)
Three Imaginary Boys (Numbered coloured vinyl LP 180g)
Seventeen Seconds (Numbered coloured vinyl LP 180g)
Faith (Numbered coloured vinyl LP 180g)
Pornography (Numbered coloured vinyl LP 180g)
The Top (Numbered coloured vinyl LP 180g)
(Thanks @guillaumegrivaz)

Update: The US list is out, and no surprise, we aren't getting any of these new releases. At least not as RSD exclusives. But we are still expecting the non-exclusive Entreat Plus 180g 2LP to be released that day, though there's still no word from the official site about this.

Update (03/30/12): Hot Stuff in Sweden has all 5 up for pre-ordering. (Thanks Stefan)

Update (04/12/12): Oh, look at what's arrived at @spillersrecords...some of the new vinyl!
(Thanks @mistermarcjones)

'Entreat Plus' US vinyl release on April 21st

Music Direct, Vintage Vinyl, and Elusive Disc have a new US listing for a 180g 2LP release of 'Entreat Plus' on April 21st, 2012. Also, @recordstoreday confirms the release date but says it's "not a Record Store Day piece". Still nothing on the official site. (Thanks @jimbull and jimhb)

Update (3-9-12): "Just wanted to let you know that WEA has included the US Entreat 2LP in their Record Store Day 2012 one sheet book pdf. They are taking orders from retail stores now. I attached those two pages from the full pdf book here.

It's listed under "RSD ALL RETAIL RELEASES", as opposed to "RSD EXCLUSIVE RELEASES" or "WEA RSD RELATED VINYL CATALOG". I guess that just means, as you said in your post, that it's not technically a RSD release, but just released at that time?

I think it's funny that they include criticism of the remix in the actual one sheet. ("a sonic makeover that some fans have complained dampens Boris Williams' drumming.")

Also noteworthy to me was the part (on page 2) about a 9-track sampler being available. I'd definitely like to get my hands on one of those!" (Thanks Zack)

Update (3-27-12): Our old friends at Ideal Copy are taking pre-orders, and F.A.B. Distribution has it listed for Canadian retail orders.

Secret 7" launch party

"Just got back from the Secret 7" launch preview, some nice sleeves in there (amongst some less nice, but isn't art subjective..to be debated...)
Anyway i got there at 6.30 pm and stayed for 45 minutes........... it got crowded very quickly...here's some shots, sorry about the quality, they were taken on my Iphone....
Nice to see all the names of the people who submitted artworks mentioned (Robert Smith, Andy Vella, .......and Bunny Lake amongst others)..." (Thanks Perfect.Murder).

Update: Added 3 more photos from Perfect.Murder, and Secret 7" have posted photos to their Facebook.

Update 2: And some more from Perfect.Murder - The Many Faces of Secret 7" Robert Smith. : ) And a video posted by Secret 7".

Update 3 (04/21/12):  "Just got back from Secret 7"....I was first in line this morning with my friend Darren..Managed to buy a few of the ones i had an eye on...and it's all made it worthwhile getting there at 5.40 am!!!As i was paying, a guy next to me was lucky to buy Robert's design(unbeknown to him until he paid of course).....Robert's sleeve's number?? Easy as as Jackson 5 song starting with ABC :)" (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Remembering Reflections London

From @RoyalAlbertHall: "Our feature on The Cure's 'Reflections' concert from November '11, featuring the (long) setlist & pictures, is now up."

Robert on The Weedy Burton

From a BBC article on the death of guitarist Bert Weedon:
"The Cure, meanwhile, wrote a short instrumental called The Weedy Burtons, which featured as a hidden track on their debut album Three Imaginary Boys in 1979.
"I'd taught myself to play a bit by reading Bert Weedon's Play In A Day books using my older brother's guitar," said Robert Smith. "It's a sort of tongue in cheek tribute to Bert."
(Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Sirius XM celebrates Robert's birthday

"XM radio's 1st Wave station will dedicate Friday and all of next week to Robert for his birthday!!" (Thanks @413bloodflowers)

KEXP celebrates Robert's birthday & Earth Day

The excellent Seattle radio station KEXP will be celebrating Earth Day & Robert's birthday on Friday, by getting in on the Goths Up Trees phenomenon. If you participate, please let me know and I'll post a link to your photo. Though I suggest we do Goths Up Trees with RS birthday cupcakes. Jo, can you bake us up another batch? : ) (Thanks @Wellsee)

Roger at Analogue to Digital Music Festival

Roger will be at the Analogue to Digital Music Festival in Exeter, Devon on April 21st. He'll be on the industry panel, and will be demonstrating, and performing with, his Moog setup.

Cure Parties in Mexico City on 4/20 & 4/21

"Just letting you know that our fan club mexiCure is throwing a party in Mexico City the next Friday 20th so we can sing happy birthday to Robert wherever he is at midnight ;)

Is a party for fans by fans. 100% cure all night long! No cover. Every cure fan in the world is invited!" (Thanks Miss Matrix)

Update: From @Jogelu - "Another Cure Party in Mexico City. 21th April on the Real Under.2nd Floor.8:00 pm."

Cure party in Moscow on 4/21

"Dear Cure-friends, CloseToCure Fan Club is very glad to invite you to Curemania Vol. VIII! It's a good opportunity to celebrate Robert's birthday! The party will take place on 21st of April (19:00 - 23:00) in China Town Cafe, Moscow, Russia. Purple Fog Side and Middle Storm will play Cure-covers and their own songs. More information here and here." (Thanks Olga/b-flower)