Sugar: Copper Blue / Beaster / F.U.E.L.
I had just found a Ryko remaster of Copper Blue when Merge Records announced that they would be reissuing the full catalog by the quintessential band. I sold my copy and waited by the mailbox after work each day. The remastering sounds great and over all the songs don’t seem dated or any less amazing.
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
The remaster sounds great and at least 50 of the 64 bonus tracks were new or different for fans like myself who have the two or three different bootleg MCIS era demo collections.
Check out my earlier post on MCIS / Buy the reissue from the band.
Rites of Spring: Six Song Demo
Even though this demo was widely bootlegged, I had never heard it until now. The demo sounds more like a mixtape or sound collage than a “normal” recording.
feedtime: The Aberrant Years
I wasn’t familiar with this late 70s Australian band until this cool SubPop reissue, but they did have a big influence on bands like Mudhoney.
Medicine: Box Set- Shot Forth Self Living / The Buried Life / Sounds of Medicine / Always Starting To Stop
This box set came out on Record Store Day and I purchased it to share with my wife for our wedding anniversary!
Buy the reissue from Captured Tracks