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According to nme.com

Bit of a nice surprise...but don't get too excited - they won't be remastered and not many (if any) unheard songs (no Rattlesnake?!). Tracklistings not up yet. We Love Life deluxe surely has to be closer now?

 

Pulp are set to reissue their 1983 debut album 'It' along with their 1987 LP 'Freaks' and 1992's Separations later this summer. 

All three albums will all be released on August 8, and will come with new liner notes from rock critic Everett True. Although the LPs wont be remastered, they will all come with new artwork, while Freaks and Separations will both come with added bonus tracks. 

'Freaks' will feature an extra disc of material taken from their singles 'Little Girl' and'Dogs Are Everywhere', while 'Separations' will also include two extra songs - 'Death Goes To Disco' and 'Is This House' - plus an extended version of the album track'Countdown'. 

 



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Is it Pulp reissuing them, or Clive bloody Solomon hoping to cash on Pulp's success again? Either way, I need a new copy of Seperations

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Yeah, just been on the Fire site and it looks like they are trying to cash-in on the reunion. Fair enough, but with no input from the band presumably.
A pity that they're getting a respected writer to put notes to them, but they aren't giving the sound a much-needed spruce-up (particularly Freaks). And this is probably the last shot there was for the early unreleased songs (Sink Or Swim/Barefoot In The Park/The Heat etc.) to come out. Bit of a missed opportunity then. Vinyls reissued too.

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000000208

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Darn, I was always hoping Jarvis could get the rights back to these and do proper re-releases, maybe through Rough Trade. My dream reissue would be a two-disc Freaks including a nice remaster of Sudan Gerri.

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Double LP of "Freaks" would be quite nice I guess...nothing new here though. Suppose I had better buy them all anyway though. *sigh* ;)



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Would also have been nice to get Everybody's Problem and There Was... reinstated onto the It CD, but I guess those two songs still lie in the hands of Cherry Red?

They must be quite confident that they will sell, judging by the fact they are doing vinyl pressings too.

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Fucking Fire. Bunch of cunts. And they've changed/distorted the cover art on Separations. AND they just did a re-release of masters of the universe last year!

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If Fire really wanted to cash in they could have pulled their finger out and put something extra into this that would have made it worth while but as usual this is the same unimaginative regurgitated material that they have predictabley been trying to whore for the past 15 years or more. I won't be buying it.

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I'm guessing that Fire only hold the rights on material they've already put out themselves, hence the b-sides and interim singles/EPs being included. If they had gotten the band's blessing (unlikely considering their history) we might have got something special. Pulp will just have to release all the unheard curios themselves if they're arsed about it at all.

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Eamonn wrote:

According to nme.com

Bit of a nice surprise...but don't get too excited - they won't be remastered and not many (if any) unheard songs (no Rattlesnake?!). Tracklistings not up yet. We Love Life deluxe surely has to be closer now?

 

 I hope so! Right now I'm more into the idea of a WLL deluxe than a some new artwork... (jesus!)



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Typically, unbearably cheap, greedy cash in by Fire- which I suppose should be expected. They've always been there jumping on any success the band have garnered. This is the third time these have been reissued- devoid of any imagination or value.

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No point in the CDs, but I must admit to much excitement regarding having these albums on vinyl, particularly Freaks, my second favourite behind TIH. I hope Island reissue the later albums on vinyl too.

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Eamonn wrote:

And this is probably the last shot there was for the early unreleased songs (Sink Or Swim/Barefoot In The Park/The Heat etc.) to come out. Bit of a missed opportunity then.

In fairness, Fire don't and never have had the rights to these tracks as they predate their involvement with Pulp by a good three years. No matter how good a job they did with these reissues, there was never any chance of them being included. Can't really blame them for that. I do agree more generally that these look like a missed opportunity though.



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Yeah, you're right...I suppose the only chance of those early songs being released would be Pulp putting them out themselves/on a different label.

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Money hungry greedy bastards.

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I understand the disappointment over the lost opportunity, but at least Fire is keeping the albums in circulation. Is that such a terrible thing? It'd be great to have linear notes from Jarvis or Russell, but Everett True's linear notes can't be any worse than Harland Miller's officially-sanctioned notes in 'Hits'.

I'd wager the vinyl will sell better than the CD format.

Below: Everett True reviewing '96 Pulp performance. Worth reading.

 

everett-true-reviews-pulp-live-at-the-nec-2nd-march-1996.jpg



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I don't know. I remember articles like that. The guy needed to grow up and have a cold shower or something. That warped Jarvis fixation like all the screaming girls you got at concerts at the time, as though the band were bit players, a musical back drop. I remember THEM from that tour: Steve 6.3' of gleaming black and white, Russell's flailing theatrics, Candida's otherwordly glamour, Nick's forthright and capable drumming, Mark's... cute. There's MY bit of daft hyperbole. Ha ha. It was a good show though, but it was almost spoiled for me by the screeching. And Denim. God they were shit.



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Sleeve wrote:

And Denim. God they were shit.

 I was with you up until this point!

 



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Ha ha. Well, that was a little unfair. At the time I liked that pub rock song and It Fell Off the Back of a Lorry but I don't think I could get away with them now. Minty though- they were class! 'That's Nice!' wild stuff.

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Oh, now we're talking! I controversially loved Minty - even had their album, although annoyingly I seem to have lost it somewhere along the way. Never saw Denim live, 'Back in Denim' is a wonderful LP though.

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Sturdy wrote:
Sleeve wrote:

And Denim. God they were shit.

 I was with you up until this point!

 

RE: Article

I've always read the "Jarvis-Sex-God" thing as being an invention of Pulp's publicists, and that critics like Mr. True were just playing the game. It was Pulp's 'angle', wasn't it?

 

RE: Denim

Always thought they were a disappointment after Felt, to be honest.

 

RE: Linear Notes

Everett True has always been more of an American Indie/Grunge guy, which makes him a strange fit for Pulp linear notes, but who knows, he might bring a fresh perspective.

Obviously, Sturdy would be the best man for the job. 



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god, i HATED Everett True's writing.
Not that i'm ageist but he was about 106 years old even when he was writing about grunge/etc

I remember he tried to launch some cool magazine in the late 90s, it got laughed into the ground. twat

(sorry!)

as for minty, i remember going to a desperate i think the one in vauxhall, my pal spotted someone from minty, cornered him and he had no choice he was going home with her
or was that spearmint. can't remember

(sorry again, lunchtime drinks are dangerous in the sun)

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Oh, now we're talking! I controversially loved Minty - even had their album, although annoyingly I seem to have lost it somewhere along the way. Never saw Denim live, 'Back in Denim' is a wonderful LP though.

 

 

Minty- yeah, just utter warped art insanity!  I had 'Denim on Ice', it had a good cover. I haven't heard anything else other than that, which is what discogs/ youtube is good for , I suppose.

 



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Final tracklistings, i suppose I'm just repeating what's on above already



DISC ONE

01 - Pulp - Fairground 5:07

02 - Pulp - I Want You 4:42

03 - Pulp - Being Followed Home 6:04

04 - Pulp - Master of the Universe 1 3:23

05 - Pulp - Life Must Be So Wonderful 1 3:59



06 - Pulp - There's No Emotion 4:28

07 - Pulp - Anorexic Beauty 3:00

08 - Pulp - The Never-Ending Story 3:01

09 - Pulp - Don't You Know 4:09

10 - Pulp - They Suffocate at Night 6:18



DISC TWO

From the single Little Girl

11 - Pulp - Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) (B... 3:29

12 - Pulp - Simultaneous (BONUS) 4:09

13 - Pulp - Blue Glow (BONUS) 3:06

14 - Pulp - The Will To Power (BONUS) 3:25



From the single Dogs Are Everywhere
15 - Pulp - Dogs Are Everywhere (BON... 4:54

16 - Pulp - The Mark Of The Devil (BON... 4:36

17 - Pulp - 97 Lovers (BONUS) 4:30

18 - Pulp - Aborigine (BONUS) 4:53

19 - Pulp - Goodnight(BONUS) 5:08

20 Pulp - Tunnel (BONUS)

21 Pulp - Manon (BONUS)



http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?p=r&rid=208&dv=1&rcode=602642c7208



The second reissue with Bonus material is Separations which features three bonus tracks including an extended version of iconic Countdown. The tracklilsting is as such;



SEPARATIONS

1. Love Is Blind

2. Don't You Want Me Anymore?

3. She's Dead

4. Separations

5. Down By The River

6. Countdown

7. My Legendary Girlfriend

8. Death II

9. This House Is Condemned



BONUS TRACKS

10.Death Goes To The Disco

11.Is This House

12.Countdown (extended version)



http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?p=r&rid=211&dv=1&rcode=b04578f3211



Finally It remains the same but obviously still benefits from new artwork and liner notes by Everett.



http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?p=r&rid=212&dv=1&rcode=91f182a3212



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Not quite sure why they have felt the need to mess around with the artwork...you can't even see Jarvis on the cover of Freaks now.



-- Edited by LeoVK on Thursday 9th of June 2011 12:45:03 PM

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