The Cure
Various Studio and Live Stuff
Interviews: 1981, 1982 (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Radio West, UK, 4-20-82; Radio 3RR, Sydney, 8-81; Radio 3XY, Sydney, 8-81; Radio
3XY, Sydney, 8-81; Australian TV Sounds 8-81; Radio Fourth, 5-12-82; Simon
Picture Disk, 4-82; BBC “Rockon”, 4-8-81; BBC “Rockon”, 4-8-81; Kid
Jenson Session 9-1-79: Do the Hansa, Boys Don’t Cry, 10:15 Saturday Night
Interviews: 1983, 1984, 1985 (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Rock Around the World, Australian TV 1983; 3XY, Melbourne 1983; Vara Dutch Den
Bosch, 5-30-84; Finland, Turku, Ruisrock Press Meeting, 8-3-85; Roskilde Press
Meeting, 6-28-85; WLAIR NY, 11-1-85; WXRT, Chicago, 10-15-85
Interviews: 1982, 1985, 1987 (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
3RRR, 11-85 Melbourne; Much Music 10-25-85 Canada; Much Music 10-25-85 Canada;
Shazam 85, New Zealand TV; WLIR 5-22-87; Montpelier 6-3-82; Decitels 87 w/Tim
Pope; Music Box 11-26-85; I Dig You (Mix), 1987; Music Box 11-9-85
Radio First
Transmission (Radioshows 1979-1981) (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Live at the Reading Festival 8-24-79: Foxy Lady, Plastic Passion, Three
Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Fire in Cairo, Killing an Arab. Live at
Threatre De L'Empire, Paris, 11-15-79: A Forest, Three Imaginary Boys, Killing
an Arab. Live at the Rettle Festival, 6-14-80: Play for Today, Fire in
Cairo, 10:15 Saturday Night, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Another Journey by
Train, A Forest. Live at Zuiderpark, Den Bosch, 6-25-81: Primary, Three
Imaginary Boys, A Forest, Faith
TV Appearances 1979 – 1993 (1
CD) (CD-R Copy)
Paris Chorus 11-15-79: A Forest, Three Imaginary Boys, Killing an Arab.
Amsterdam 10-17-80: 10:15 Saturday Night, Jumping Someone Else’s Train,
Another Journey By Train, Grinding Halt, A Forest.
Rotterdam 09-09-79: 10:15 Saturday Night.
(Unknown) 07-18-80: In Your House, M, Jumping Someone Else’s Train,
Another Journey By Train, A Forest, A Reflection/Play for today.
Live at the Tube, 4-12-84: Bananafishbones, Piggy in the Mirror, The Top.
Live at the Tube 4-26-87: Catch, Why Can't I Be You?, Hot Hot Hot!!!.
XFM 6-28-93: Fire in Cairo, Just Like Heaven
Comments: Excellent quality.
The
Cure –Rarities: Radio and Studio Sessions (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Demo w/Michael Dempsey - 2-27-77: Plastic Passion. Sound + Vision Studios, 11-15-77: I'm Cold, Killing an Arab.
Chestnut Studios, 5-27-78: Plastic Passion, Boys Don't Cry, It's Not You,
10:15 Saturday Night, Fire in Cairo, Faded Smiles.
1991 Demos: Olde England, Heart Attack, Slvvy.
Kid Jensen Session, 1979: Do the Hansa.
Kid Jensen Session, 11-23-82: Ariel (cut), Just One Kiss (cut).
RTL Studios, Paris, 1980: A Reflection, Play for Today, Three Imaginary
Boys, Fire in Cairo, 10:15 Saturday Night, Accuracy, Boys Don't Cry, Unknown.
Comments: Mostly excellent studio and radio sessions.
Buried Demos - Demos from Easy Cure through
Pornography (1CD) (CD-R Copy)
I Dig You, I'm a Cult Hero, Meathook, Pillbox Tales, I Just Need Myself, I Want to Be Old,
See the Children, Plastic Passion, I'm Cold, It's Not You, 10:15 Saturday Night, Fire in
Cairo, Killing an Arab (Slow Version), Faded Smiles, Play for Today, Into the Trees, A
Forest, The Figurehead, The Figurehead, Cold
Cats Like Cheese
- Demos from Pornography through The Head on the Door (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
The Hanging Garden, One Hundred Years, Primary, The Wailing Wall, Shake Dog Shake, Birdmad
Girl, The Empty World, Bananafishbones, Throw Your Foot, Cats Like Cheese, Piggy in the
Mirror, The Top, Caterpillar, Inbetween Days, Close to Me, Kyoto Song, The Baby Screams,
Sinking
Swinging
Piggy in the Mirror - Top Studio Demos (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Wailing Wall, Shake Dog Shake, Birdmad Girl, The Empty World, Bananafishbones,
Throw Your Foot, Cats Like Cheese, Piggy In The Mirror, The Top, The Caterpillar
17 Boys Have Faith in
Pornography (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Grinding Halt, Accuracy, Subway Song, Plastic Passion, Play for
Today, A Forest, M, Seventeen Seconds, The Holy Hour, Primary, All Cats Are Grey, Forever,
Siamese Twins, One Hundred Years, The Figurehead, Cold Colours
Rating: 8-9.5 Comments: Quality varies, most is very good, some are kind
of hissy. Songs from the Faith and Pornography Sessions have different
lyrics.
Razor
Rare Remixes Volume 2 (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Closer to Me (Extended 12" Remix), Inbetween Days (Extended 12" Mix),
Just Like Heaven (12" Remix), The Lovecats (Extended Mix), Boys Don’t Cry
(12" Dance Version), The Walk (Class-X Remix), Why Can’t I Be You
(12" Extended Mix), Fascination Street (Extended 5th Ave.
Remix), To the Sky (Resurrection Remix), Pictures of You (Extended Remix),
Multitrax Megamix (Horny Dub Remix), Caterpillar (D.J. Edit), Hot Hot Hot (D.J.
Promo), To the Sky (Original Mix)
Razor Rare Demos Vol. 3
(1 CD) (Original Boot)
Play for Today, Siamese Twins (w/Steve Severin), Forever, Hello I
Love You, Why Can't I Be You, World War, Cold Colors, Inbetween Days, Sinking, See the
Children, Meathook, I Want to be Old, Listen (Pillbox Tales), Need Myself, Piggy in the
Mirror, Cats Like Cheese, Bananafishbones, Subway Song, A Forest, All Cats are Grey, Hello
I Love You
Rating: 10 Comments: Great mix of demos, all very good sound quality.
Razor Rare Live Vol. 4
(1 CD) (Original Boot)
At Night, In Your House, The Drowning Man, Other Voice, The Funeral
Party, All Mine, Forever, Happy Birthday, All I Have to Do is Kill Her, I Hate Rock 'n'
Roll, Let's Go to Bed, Just Like Heaven, The Caterpillar, The Blood, Boys Don't Cry, The
Walk, Closing Theme (Tracks 1 - 7 are from Curiosity Cassette, and 11-17 are from MTV
Unplugged recorded in 1991)
Rating: 8 Comments: Nothing here you can't get elsewhere, some of them
legally.
Stained Glass Smile
- Live 1985 - 1987 (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Live in London, England, 11-19-85: The Baby Screams, Primary,
Inbetween Days, Close to Me, Let's Go to Bed, The Walk, Charlotte Sometimes, Boys Don't
Cry; Live in London, England, 5-25-86 - A Strange Day, A Night Like This, A Forest,
Charlotte Sometimes; Live in Birminham, U.K., 12-6-87 - Torture, A Japanese Dream, Catch,
Inbetween Days, The Perfect Girl, The Snakepit, Why Can't I Be You
The Complete B-Side
Collection '79-'87 (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Carnage Visors, I'm Cold, Another Journey by Train, Descent,
Splintered in Her Head, Mr. Pink Eyes, Happy the Man, Throw Your Foot, The Exploding Boy,
A Few Hours After This, A Man Inside My Mouth, Stop Dead, New Day, Pillbox Tales, Do the
Hansa, Too Late
Rating: 10 Comments: Great early b-sides
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me B-Sides,
Remixes, etc. (1 CD) (mp3 and CD sources, w/homemade graphics)
Why Can't I Be You (demo), To the Sky, Hey You!!! (album version), A
Japanese Dream, Breathe, Snow in Summer, A Chain of Flowers, Sugar Girl, Hey You!!!
(remix), How Beautiful You Are (remix), Icing Sugar (new mix), Why Can't I Be You
(extended mix), Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix), A Japanese Dream (extended Mix), Hey You!!!
(Extended Mix), To the Sky (Resurrection Mix), A Japanese Dream (live)
The Complete B-Side
Collection '89-'92 (1 CD) (Original Boot)
A Japanese Dream, Breathe, A Chain of Flowers, Snow in Summer, Sugar
Girl, Purple Haze, Fear of Ghosts, Babble, Out of Mind, Harold and Joe, This Twilight,
Garden, Play, Halo, Scared as You, The Big Hand, A Foolish Arrangement, Hello I Love You,
Hello I Love You (Slight Return)
Rating: 10 Comments: Great mid-period b-sides
Disintegration B-Sides, Remixes,
Faith Live '89 (1 CD) (mp3 and CD sources)
Live in London, England 7-22-89 - Faith; Pictures of You (Extended
Remix), Lovesong (remix), Babble, Out of Mind, 2 Late, Fear of Ghosts; Live in Brest,
France, 7-5-89 - Faith; Live in Mansfield, Massachusettes, 9-23-89 - Boys Don't Cry; Live
in Frejus, France, 6-16-89 - Faith
Gifted
Quacks - Acoustic Daze plus Bonus live tracks (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Let's Go to Bed, Just Like Heaven, The Caterpillar, The Blood, Boy's Don't Cry, The Walk,
A Strange Day, Lullaby, Primary, Inbetween Days, A Forest
Alternative
Medicine (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Lament (Flexipop), All I Have to Do is Kill Her (live), Splintered
in Her Head (live), Birdmad Girl (demo), Throw Your Foot (demo), Happy Birthday Simon
(live), Catepillar (MTV Unplugged), Caterpillar (demo), Close to Me (demo), A Reflection
(live), Pornography (live), I Dig You (live), Desperate Journalist, The Blood (MTV
Unplugged), Ariel, Accuracy, Hello I Love You, Purple Haze, I Dig You, I'm a Cult Hero
What
Happened Behind the Door? (1 CD) (Original Boot)
One Hundred years, Forever, Ariel, Figurehead, Cold Colours, Siamese Twins,
Inbetween Days, Close To Me, Kyoto Song, The Baby Screams, Sinking, To The Sky,
Just Like Heaven, The Caterpillar, The Blood
Lost Wishes and
Mixes (1 CD) (Original Boot)
Let's Go to Bed (Extended Version), Just One Kiss (Extended
Version), Lovecats (Special Disco Version), Boys Don't Cry (New Voice Club Mix), Close to
Me (Extended Version), Primary (Extended Version), I Want to Be a Tree, Elephant Song, The
Double Crossing by Two Faced Fred, Uyea Sound, Cloudberry, Off to Sleep..., The Three
Sisters, Let's Go to Bed (Edit Version)
Wish B-Sides, Lost Wishes, etc.
(2 CD) (Mostly from CD Sources, w/homemade graphics)
Disk 1: The Big Hand (instrumental), This Twilight Garden,
Play, High, (Higher Mix), Halo, Scared as You, Friday I'm in Love (Strangelove Mix), The
Big Hand, A Foolish Arrangement, A Letter to Elise (Blue Mix), Uyea Sound, Cloudberry, Off
to Sleep..., The Three Sisters
Disk 2: Wish-era Demos: Heart Attack, Olde England, Slvvy. Open (Fix Mix),
High (Trip Mix), A Letter to Elise (Promo Mix), Purple Haze (Stone Free
Compilation), Hello I Love You (Rubiayat Compilation), Hello I Love You (Slight
Return), Young Americans, Purple Haze (Promo Mix), Burn (Crow Soundtrack), Hello
I Love You (Slow Version), Purple Haze (Rock Mix), Just Like Heaven (Live 1993),
Disintegration (Live 1993)
Shellfish's
Advice - Various Live Tracks (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Faith, A Forest, Let's Go To Bed, Inbetween Days,
The Walk, Why Can't I Be You, Hot! Hot! Hot!, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Friday I'm Love
Ultra Rare Trax (1
CD) (Original Boot)
Fascination Street (Art of Mix), The Walk (Razormaid), Friday I'm in
Love (Strangelove Mix), Why Can't I Be You (Kevorkian/German Remix), Never Enough (Ultra
Hot Razorcuts), Lovesong (Art of Mix), Hot! Hot! Hot! (Kevorkian/German Remix), Lullaby
(Art of Mix), A Walk with the Cure (Megamix), Inbetween Days (Remix), High (Trip Mix), To
the Sky (Resurrection Mix)
Rating: 10 Comments: These mixes aren't a lot different from Mixed Up, but
different enough to be interesting.
Fourteen Delicious
Drugs (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Inbetween Days (remix), Why Can't I Be You (Kevorkian/German - US Remix), Friday I'm in
Love (Extended Strangelove Mix), The Walk (Razorboy's remix), Hot Hot Hot!!! (extended
remix), Love Song (Art Of remix), A Forest (Mark's hypnotic remix), Never Enough (ultra
hot razor remix), Fascination Street (Art Of Crew remix), Lullaby (bat remix), Close To Me
(Paul's horny dub remix), High (Tripmix), Back Trax (Megamix), Caterpillar (Chuck's remix
- edit)
A Thousand Virgins
(1 CD) (Original Boot)
Young Americans, Purple Haze (Promo), Dredd Song (Promo), How
Beautiful You Are (Remix), To the Sky (Resurrection Mix), High (Trip Mix), Just Like
Heaven (Live at XFM, '93), Disintegration (Live at XFM, '93), A Letter to Elise (Remix),
Lament (Flexi-pop Version), Close to Me (Remix), Open (Fix Mix)
Rating: 10 Comments: Great rarities - well worth the price just for the
early version of Lament!
Rarities
(1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Faded Smiles (Demo), The Exploding Boy (1985 BBC Session), Young Americans,
Hello I Love You (Psychadelic Version), Hello I Love You (Jonathan Ross Show,
1991), Harold and Joe (Jonathan Ross Show, 1991), Slvvy (Demo), Heart Attack
(Demo), Olde England (Demo), Foxy Lady (Live 1992), Just Like Heaven (Radio
6-20-96), Purple Haze, Numb (Demo), Club America (Demo), Jupiter Crash (Demo),
Bare (Demo), World in My Eyes, Spilt Milk, You Really Got Me (Soundcheck
6-16-85), Mission Impossible (Soundcheck 11-16-96)
Swing Mood London -
Adrenaline Club and Acoustic Daze (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Want, Club America, This is a Lie, Mint Car, Jupiter Crash, Round and Round and Round,
Return, Trap, Treasure, Bare, Strange Attraction, Let's Go to Bed, Just Like Heaven, The
Blood, Boys Don't Cry, The Walk, The Caterpillar
Obscurities (1
CD) (Original Boot)
Burn, Want (demo), This is a Lie (demo), Club America (demo),
Jupiter Crash (demo), The Two Chord Cool (demo), Mint Car (demo), Dredd Song, The Lovecats
(Extended Remix), Inbetween Days (Extended Remix), Purple Haze, Friday I'm in Love
(Strangelove Mix), Just Like Heaven (Bob Clearmountain Mix), High (Trip Mix), Snow in
Summer, Sugar Girl, Killing an Arab (live, Hanging Garden B-Side), Cats Like Cheese
(demo), Boys Don't Cry (demo), Hello I Love You (Slight Return)
Rating: 10 Comments: The WMS demos are cut at the start and end, and
aren't much different from the final versions. The other stuff is all
available elsewhere.
Var. Live - Strawb. Kisses, The Laughing Soupdish, Glastonbury 1995, Secret Gig 1991 (1 CD) (CD-R Copy) From Bite the Big Apple - Cut; Live in London, 12-95 - Friday I'm in Love, Mint Car, Just Like Heaven; Live in London, 5-11-96 - Club America, This is a Lie, Gone!; From Dressing Up for a Day Out - Pictures of You; From The Laughing Soupdish - To Wish Impossible Things, A Letter to Elise, M, The Figurehead; From From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea - The Big Hand, One 23 Four (Cut), A Letter to Elise
Remixes from the Heart (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Killing an Arab (Speedy Jay 1998 Remix), 10:15 Saturday Night (Satorius 1998 Remix), Fire
in Cairo (Egyptian Mix), Grinding Halt (Itashi's Respect '98), Play for Today (CU Remix
1998), Seventeen Seconds (CU Remix 1998), A Forest (Ultra Hot Razor Cut), Friday I'm in
Love (911 Remix), A Letter to Elise (911 Remix), Lullaby (Art of Mix), Let's Go to Bed
(Ultra Hot Razor Mix), Hot Hot Hot (Razormaid US Mix), Never Enough (Ultra Hot Razor
Cuts), Friday I'm in Love II (Art of Mix)
Wild Mood Swings Singles, B-Sides, Remixes, Etc. (2 CD) (Homemade CD from
CD sources)
Disk 1: Ocean, It Used to Be Me, Adonais, Waiting, A Pink Dream, Home, The 13th
(Two Chord Cool Mix), Gone (Radio Mix), Wrong Number (Digital Exchane Mix), Mint
Car (Buskers Mix), Strange Attraction (Adrian Sherwood Album Mix), Dredd Song
(Judge Dredd Soundtrack), The 13th (Feels Good Mix), Gone (Spacer Mix), Wrong
Number (ISDN Mix)
Disk 2: Mint Car (Radio Mix), Gone (Critter Mix), Wrong Number (Dub Analog
Exchange Mix), The 13th (Killer Bee Mix), Strange Attraction (Strange Mix), This
is a Lie (Ambient Mix), Club America (Roxy Mix), Dredd Song (Promo Version),
More Than This (X-Files Soundtrack), World in My Eyes (Depeche Mode Tribute
Album), Cogasm - A Sign from God (Orgazmo Soundtrack), Gone (Ultraliving Mix),
Mint Car (Electric Mix), Wrong Number (Engaged Mix), The 13th (Swing Radio Mix),
The Cranes - Jewel (Robert Smith Remix)
Bloodflowered – B-Sides and Remixes from Bloodflowers
(1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Out of This World - Radio Edit, Maybe
Someday – Edit, Maybe Someday - Dance Mix, Out of this World - Paul Oakenfold
Remix, Maybe Someday - Hybrid Radio Mix, Spilt Milk, Coming Up, Watching Me Fall
- Underdog Remix, Audio Bio
Bloodflowers Demos (1
CD) (CD-R Copy)
Where the Birds Always Sing, Unknown, Out of This World, Unknown, Watching Me
Fall, Unknown, 39, Unknown, Unknown, There is No If, The Loudest Sound, Unknown
Comments: Excellent quality instrumental demos.
Robert DJ on JJJ Radio, 10-14-2000, Plus JJJ Interview, 9-22-2000 (1
CD) (CD-R Copy)
Comments: Very good radio broadcasts.
Live at Le Reservoir in Paris, France for Music Planet 2Nite, 10-26-2001 (1
CD) (CD-R Copy)
Intro, Just Like Heaven, Close to Me, Lullaby, Robert interview part 1,
Inbetween Days, Robert interview part 2, A Forest, Lovesong, Robert interview
part 3, Boys Don't Cry (with Ray Cokes), Just Say Yes (with Saffron), Robert
interview part 4 with Saffron, Friday I'm in Love, Robert interview part 5, The
Walk, Why Can't I Be You?
Comments: Available in two versions, one a kind of hissy radio version, and the
other an incomplete but excellent audience recording.
Live
on XFM, 11-13-2001 (1 CD) (CD-R Copy)
Interview, Lullaby, Lovesong, Pictures of You
Comments: Excellent radio broadcast recording.
Live on Europe 2 - French Version, 11-13-2001 (1
CD) (CD-R Copy)
Interview (with overdubbed French translation) and live performances of Cut
Here, Mint Car, Lovecats, Boys Don't Cry, Friday I'm in Love, Why Can't I Be
You?
Comments: Excellent radio broadcast, but it's hard to hear the questions and
answers in English with the French overdubbing.
The
Cure Demos (1 CD) (CDR Copy)
Lost, Labyrinth, Before 3, Fake, Never, Going Nowhere, This Morning
Comments: Excellent studio recordings. Instrumental
versions only.