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The latest edition of the Jesus and Mary Chain debut Psychocandy - with radio sessions, out-takes, demos, promo videos, TV appearances, essays, interviews, booklets, bells and whistles - will be the fourth time I've acquired it on CD. The first copy I hurriedly sold as I found the layers of feedback unlistenable at the time; I later bought it again after rediscovering the band through the gentler Darklands; and, third time, the remastered edition from a few years ago, which, in truth, didn't sound much different and reverted to the original version of the album without the classic Some Candy Talking.
Two things - anyone else bought an album a ridiculous number of times (apart from replacing old vinyl, etc); and, check out the link below for this actually quite impressive SDiCD tool which lets you preview exactly what's inside all the new JAMC digipak reissues, so, if you are someone who begrudges repurchasing old records, at least you can see exactly what you're getting for your money!
http://www.creation-records.com/explore-new-jesus-and-mary-chain-reissue...
Psychocandy's my favourite album, by the way...
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I have
at least ten of the fuckers.
This one is for "Jesus Fuck". I have it on bootleg, but know how great it will be.
My relationship with that record could bore anyone to death.
Thought the US DVD/CD Dualdisc thing sounded great. Warners bottled in the UK.
The 180 gram release from the US at that point is very good too.
If i see an edition from anywhere i do not own, i buy it.
It's deep in my bones.
I should Love JAMC. I remember being
"interested" when they came out, (you couldn't not be as an impressionable teeny in '85/86 they were inescapable). I really liked Taste of Cindy, and then Some Candy Talking and April Skies later on. Never quite 'took' to them though and lost interest.
Indeed I later purchased Pyschocandy but found I couldn't do a whole LP of that tinny, Jesus/Coca Cola stuff and sure enough it went back to Vinyl Exchange.
I just found other bands ripped them off and did much more interesting stuff. I was much more taken with My Bloody Valentine, who by their own admission drew a huge amount from JAMC but they took it somewhere different entirely. Same with Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized later.
I've seen a couple of really good bands recently, Ringo Deathstarr and Moon Duo who are total Marychain freaks too, and I loved them.
Might take a punt on Psychocandy again when this reissue comes out though. It's time I gave them some proper attention!
My Aim Is True
I have at least four copies of the beggar - the original vinyl, the first CD release that came in a box with TYM, AF and the El Mocambo 'bootleg', the double CD re-release AND the latest 'Deluxe Edition' re-re-release. I also have a lousy bootleg of Costello performing the album live with Clover twenty or thirty years after the event.
Costello is a serial re-releaser and sadly I'm a serial buyer of it all.
Feck!
I just bought the first 5 albums on CD package from Amazon last week. Now I'm gonna have to get this.
might be of interest
http://worthless-trash.blogspot.com/2011/09/jesus-and-mary-chain-spin-ra...
they're only up for a few days but if anyone needs them, I know a man...
Cheers James
Cheers James