The Reissue Thread!

[nnnumb]

Underwhelming, and muddled, to say the least. I've already got a double CDs worth of demo/unreleased tracks from this period, so quite why they've decided to not put anything like that on there I don't understand.

Fingers crossed for a super-deluxe version. If any album from the 80s deserves the full-on treatment, it's this one.

[Eric Generic]

The twinning of Dare with Love & Dancing, remastered, was exactly right. There wasn't any need for this, really - but I suppose these "anniversaries" demand something different every time, even if it's detrimental. A standalone Fascination release would have been nice at some point, though.

[CatastropheBoy]

Susanna Hoffs' first solo album 'When You're A Boy' has been remastered and reissued. I remember being disappointed by it when I was a kid.

[anfunny2003]

There wasn't any need for this, really - but I suppose these "anniversaries" demand something different every time, even if it's detrimental.

Martin Rushent wanted to do it before he died. His son has said that this is how he wanted it to be, so they've used his tracklist...

[invertedbutterfly]

Susanna Hoffs' first solo album 'When You're A Boy' has been remastered and reissued. I remember being disappointed by it when I was a kid.

It's a bit of a let down after The Bangles, but I quite like it. My Side of the Bed is a great pop single, and I like her cover of Unconditional Love better than Cyndi's original (the David Bowie cover not so much). I only own it on cassette, so I might have to get this.

[biffy77]

Susanna Hoffs' first solo album 'When You're A Boy' has been remastered and reissued. I remember being disappointed by it when I was a kid.

I loved this when it came out. Source? Do you know the tracklisting? Thanks.

[letuinmybackdoor]

Susanna Hoffs' first solo album 'When You're A Boy' has been remastered and reissued. I remember being disappointed by it when I was a kid.

I loved this when it came out. Source? Do you know the tracklisting? Thanks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-YouRe-B...7768815&sr=1-1

[Eric Generic]

There wasn't any need for this, really - but I suppose these "anniversaries" demand something different every time, even if it's detrimental.

Martin Rushent wanted to do it before he died. His son has said that this is how he wanted it to be, so they've used his tracklist...

Oh well, I see. Still think the prevous Dare/Love & Dancing 2CD in the hardcover was a more fitting celebration of the era, though.

Susanna Hoffs' album is a good one! Very underrated, I bought it at the time on the strength of hearing 3 songs on Radio 1's Singled Out, then stupidly let it go, found it again on vinyl a few years back and then got it again on CD last summer.

[biffy77]

Susanna Hoffs' first solo album 'When You're A Boy' has been remastered and reissued. I remember being disappointed by it when I was a kid.

I loved this when it came out. Source? Do you know the tracklisting? Thanks.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-YouRe-B...7768815&sr=1-1

Thanks. Oh not even one bonus track?. They could have at least thrown the B-side from 'My Side of the Bed' on there.

[Eric Generic]

I must also point out how gorgeous the sleeve for When You're A Boy is.

Wishing On Telstar has always been my favourite track - should have been a single!

[biffy77]

I must also point out how gorgeous the sleeve for When You're A Boy is.

Wishing On Telstar has always been my favourite track - should have been a single!

'Wishing on Telstar' and 'Only Love' are my faves from the album and her version of 'Unconditional Love' is superior to Cyndi's. It is a shame that her 2nd solo album on Columbia never materialised. Her 1996 London album although not bad was too folksy and arty for me.

[anfunny2003]

I am a huge fan of Susanna Hoffs debut offering. I would go so far as to say it's better over all than any Bangles album is. The singles were very poorly chosen, it's true. I'd have gone for Wishing On Telstar, So Much For Love and Only Love. I think they were expecting another Eternal Flame mega-ballad-smash or something.

I got the Roachford reissues today. Brilliantly done, has to be said. Biog, lyrics, all the artwork from each era, everything I expect from a reissue. Just playing the 12" mixes.

[Eric Generic]

I picked up a cheap promo copy of her 2nd album, but haven't played it yet. It's from 1997, so I'm braced for a degree of post-Alanis grunge nonsense being added into the formula.

Good news about the Roachfords...I may well bite at some point with those.

[biffy77]

I picked up a cheap promo copy of her 2nd album, but haven't played it yet. It's from 1997, so I'm braced for a degree of post-Alanis grunge nonsense being added into the formula.

Good news about the Roachfords...I may well bite at some point with those.

Yes there are a couple of Alanis-inspired tracks and also some folk type songs. It's not too bad just not poppy enough for me. I bought the 1996 USA verion on import it still has the price sticker in it from HMV. £19.49, I don't think it was worth the price for 11 tracks (& 2 hidden tracks including a cover of 'To Sir With Love' but I bought it without hearing it as I loved her 1st album.

[anfunny2003]

The second album is actually from 1996 and the lead single was The Lightning Seeds 'All I Want'. More importantly, it looks like 'Only Love' was released in Canada as an A-side, and had a B-side! 'You Were On My Mind'.

http://www.discogs.com/Susanna-Hoffs...elease/2235827

I need to find a CD single NOW. You can hear it here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taIM0ktEG2Y

[Eric Generic]

1996, not 1997? Whoops. Same period of time, style-wise though. Not my favourite era for how records sounded.

[phoenix123]

I bought "All I Want" by Suzanna Hoffs at the time. It was quite a random purchase but great song. Not sure it even charted or how I got to hear it.,,

[phoenix123]

So as an update to my Bananarama CD remaster saga, I have now had issues ripping Madonna remasters of "True Blue" and "Like A Virgin" (although strangely not the remaster of "Madonna"). Even the additional copies I bought from Amazon recently have the same problem.

After some research it seems there is a bit of an issue with some kind of (illegal?) psuedo-copy protection on a lot of Warner remastered CDs from the mid 2000s which bollock up the sound when ripping to a variety of laptops.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...8-6afb1a8e3470

It leaves me unable to rip all of my Bananarama remasters and a few Madonna remasters to my current laptop. Fortunately, I don't think I had this issue with my old laptop so will have to dust it off for these few CDs.

[Eric Generic]

Interesting!

I couldn't get on with any Windows 7 laptops at all (not because I'm stupid or anything, technical stuff relating to the optical drive), so am using an older version again. Looks like a blessing in disguise!

[phoenix123]

What is it with Warner anyway?

Blocking loads of youtube content.....selling dodgy CDs.....bit of a pattern.

[Eric Generic]

And they don't even put the frosted "w" logo on the CD cases anymore! Ha.

[phoenix123]

Ha!

Would you be so easily won over?

I noticed a few of mine had logos the other day and thought of you!

[Eric Generic]

Oh I would. I'm a logo whore. I got a Rhino reissue at the weekend through the mail, and it didn't have one! I was gutted.

[Eric Generic]

Two upcoming, pretty rare 80s reissues:

Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (debut from 1985)
JoBoxers - Gangbusters (debut from 1983)

I'm not sure if the latter is a first ever time on CD, as there have been several compilations. The 'Til Tuesday album is not quite in the same league as their other two, but it's not far off.

[anfunny2003]

I have no problems with any of the CDs you mentioned - and also not Windows 7!

Two upcoming, pretty rare 80s reissues:

Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (debut from 1985)
JoBoxers - Gangbusters (debut from 1983)

I'm not sure if the latter is a first ever time on CD, as there have been several compilations. The 'Til Tuesday album is not quite in the same league as their other two, but it's not far off.

Nothing on the JoBoxer's reissue hasn't been released on CD before (there was a very good 2CD anthology in the 90s). I rea don another forum that the Til' Tuesday one was missing a B-side or something, but I'm not quite up to speed with their entire output, I just have the two albums on CD from the 80s.