[BRIEF NOTE] More on the Eurythmics
Mar. 3rd, 2005 10:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldICE Magazine has an article on the Eurythmics' album reissues, scheduled for a UK release on the 28th of March. Selected paragraphs follow:
As for what was discovered in the vaults, Stanford says, "A lot of it was unusable stuff--noodlings in the studio--some of the songs weren’t even Eurythmics tracks, they had been labeled wrong." However, "We did pull out a lot of unreleased material, as well. The real find was seven cover versions that had never seen the light of day."
The sultry renditions of classic Beatles, Sting and Bowie songs are evenly distributed over the reissues, with one song enhancing seven of the eight discs (In the Garden is the exception). The remaining bonuses--each CD contains between five and seven total--are mostly rare 7- and 12-inch sides, though scattered unreleased live recordings are also thrown into the mix. The bulk of extra songs have not appeared on CD before.
The first cover caps off Sweet Dreams: a version of Lou Reed’s "Satellite of Love" which made a fleeting appearance on a limited promo cassette of "Right by Your Side." A rendition of Bowie’s "Fame" is stitched onto 1983’s Touch; Be Yourself Tonight has The Doors’ "Hello, I Love You"; Revenge features "My Guy," made famous by Mary Wells; The Beatles’ "Come Together" enhances Savage; The Smiths’ "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" is included on We Too Are One; and Thunderclap Newman’s "Something in the Air" fills out Peace.
Each reissue comes in digipak form with a three-panel fold out and is embellished with an embossed spine. Inside is a trove of unreleased album artwork and studio shots, plus new liner notes by Phil Savage, who interviewed Lennox and Stewart.
Stanford assures that the sound quality on these reissues is impeccable. "They’re poles apart from the ones that were previously available," he says. "Mel Wickens, who’s a huge Eurythmics fan and a consultant with me on the whole project, cried when he heard the mixes for the first time, he was so impressed with the sound quality."
As I noted last April, I want these reissues. I really, really do.
The sultry renditions of classic Beatles, Sting and Bowie songs are evenly distributed over the reissues, with one song enhancing seven of the eight discs (In the Garden is the exception). The remaining bonuses--each CD contains between five and seven total--are mostly rare 7- and 12-inch sides, though scattered unreleased live recordings are also thrown into the mix. The bulk of extra songs have not appeared on CD before.
The first cover caps off Sweet Dreams: a version of Lou Reed’s "Satellite of Love" which made a fleeting appearance on a limited promo cassette of "Right by Your Side." A rendition of Bowie’s "Fame" is stitched onto 1983’s Touch; Be Yourself Tonight has The Doors’ "Hello, I Love You"; Revenge features "My Guy," made famous by Mary Wells; The Beatles’ "Come Together" enhances Savage; The Smiths’ "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" is included on We Too Are One; and Thunderclap Newman’s "Something in the Air" fills out Peace.
Each reissue comes in digipak form with a three-panel fold out and is embellished with an embossed spine. Inside is a trove of unreleased album artwork and studio shots, plus new liner notes by Phil Savage, who interviewed Lennox and Stewart.
Stanford assures that the sound quality on these reissues is impeccable. "They’re poles apart from the ones that were previously available," he says. "Mel Wickens, who’s a huge Eurythmics fan and a consultant with me on the whole project, cried when he heard the mixes for the first time, he was so impressed with the sound quality."
As I noted last April, I want these reissues. I really, really do.
