Promise
Beggars Banquet
INDIE
BEGGARS BANQUET re-issue the first three GENE LOVES JEZEBEL albums in deluxe, expanded editions. Fronted by twins JAY and MICHAEL ASTON and featuring an evolving cast of musicians (including ALL ABOUT EVE\'s JULIANNE REGAN), the early recordings had an experimental edge that has kept the music fresh. In keeping with the early eighties, it\'s blacker than pop with mutated punk-funk undertones but with those pipe-cleaners in their hair, the Jezebels could only have grown up with a glam heritage. Long unavailable (even on CD), these editions are mid price, double CD sets which feature all the recordings released between 1982 and 1986. Disc one is the original UK album remastered from studio analog tapes and disc two collects singles, mixes, rareties and unreleased tracks. As expected from a Beggars Banquet re-issue, the packaging is comprehensive, with full track details, lyrics, unseen photos and new sleeve notes. BBL2011CDD \'Promise\': The album has been restored with the very rare original version of \"Wraps And Arms\" which was substituted on all subsequent worldwide pressings (and CD releases) with an alternative take. No one remembers exactly why. BBL2012CDD \'Immigrant\': Currently on offer second hand at Amazon for USD$50, this is an alternative 80\'s classic. Produced by JOHN LECKIE (contemporaneous with THE FALL\'s \'This Nation\'s Saving Grace\'), astute STONE ROSES fans may find some of the drum sounds familiar... The second disc features the full version of \"Flame\" produced by STEVE HARLEY (COCKNEY REBEL) as well as two early drafts for songs performed for a John Peel BBC session. BBL2013CDD \'Discover\': This was the album that got the band signed to GEFFEN RECORDS in the USA and introduced the classic line-up. The bonus disc includes tracks never issued on vinyl, let alone CD, which were only available on cassingle.
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Upstairs
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Bruises
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Pop Tarantula
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Screaming For Emmalene
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Scheming
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Bread From Heaven
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Influenza
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Shower Me With Brittle Punches
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09 |
Wraps And Arms
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Psychological Problems
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Shame (original Version)
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Influenza (relapse)
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Stephen (original Version)
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Walking In The Park
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Wraps And Arms (alternate Vers
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Bruises (extended Single Versi
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Punch Drunk
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Brando (bruises) (extended Ver
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Scheming (original Version)
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Screaming (for Emmalene) (sing
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So Young (heave Hard Heave Ho)
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No Voodoo Dollies
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Shaving My Neck
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Sun And Insanity
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Machismo
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Glad To Be Alive
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