September 2011
12/9 - Patti Smith - Outside Society (Sony)
A remastered retrospective collection containing Patti's handpicked favourites from 1975 to 2007 with the booklet containing a personal recollection of each of the songs. Eighteen tracks in all and also available in a double vinyl package.
12/9 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Hysterical (V2)
The third release from Alec Ounsworth and the boys, some four years after the challenging second album. Available as a limited CD with additional bonus tracks and garnering some great reviews.
19/9 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy/Darklands (Edsel)
A complete makeover for all of the Mary Chain's albums begins with the seminal 'Psychocandy' and its quieter follow-up 'Darklands'. Each album is packaged in a double CD set with an additional DVD. The original albums are remastered and the extras include b-sides, extended versions and BBC sessions, with the DVDs including promo videos and TV clips. Each release comes with an extensive booklet.
26/9 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic/Honey's Dead (Edsel)
The third and fourth releases from the East Kilbride noise terrorists receiving a similar makeover.
26/9 - Brett Anderson - Black Rainbows (EMI)
The fourth solo slbum in four years from the former Suede mainman. No gimmicks here, just ten tracks standing on their own.
26/9 - Nirvana - Nevermind (UMC)
A radical overhaul for the classic 1991 album from the Washington rockers which took alternative music back into the mainstream all over the world. A variety of packages are available with the box set containing four CDds and a DVD including the original album remastered along with additional b-sides, the Smart Studio sessions, the Boombox rehearsals, the Devonshire mixes and a previously unreleased live concert from the Paramount Theatre. The DVD covers the same concert. Coming in at around £75, there are also cheaper versions available including a straight double CD deluxe version and the album in all its glory, on its own, newly remastered for under a fiver. Can't say fairer than that.
