LOVE AND ROCKETS NEWS

May 2003

During the first week of June Beggars Banquet release SORTED! The BEST of LOVE AND ROCKETS on both CD and DVD.

Back in the mid-Eighties, when the USA alternative scene was just that, Love And Rockets were on of the leading lights. They were a band that followed their own trajectory, from the legendary Bauhaus through Tones On Tail and solo work to the dance club success of their 1985 debut single, Ball Of Confusion. They released the darkly psychedelic “Seventh Dream Of Teenage heaven” album followed by “Express”, the album that bassist David J summed up in 3 letters - L.S.D.

As in the Sixties, the acid fallout led to a softer, more acoustic feel for their “Earth.Sun.Moon” album which again topped the alternative charts. The wider commercial breakthrough came with their eponymous fourth album and the hit single “So Alive”.

In the USA these first four albums are available in remastered, expanded versions which feature bonus tracks (and, in the case of Love And Rockets, a bonus CD of the previously unreleased “Swing” sessions.)

Following a five year hiatus the group returned with a near ambient album, “Hot Trip to Heaven”, mostly replacing the expected chain saw guitar sound with loops, textures and beats.

The 1996 album “Sweet F.A.” was a return to a more song based structure under the guidance of Rick Rubin and, after switching to a new label, Red Ant, they released their final album, “Lift” in 1998.

Following a successful USA tour at end of 1999, the band felt the itch for new challenges so split up for the second time to pursue solo careers.

SORTED! The BEST of LOVE AND ROCKETS - CD:

- 15 track compilation selected by Love And Rockets from across their entire career
- Some rare 7” single versions previously unavailable on album
- remastered from original tapes
- new sleeve notes by Love And Rockets

1. Kundalini Express
2. The Dog End Of a Day Gone By
3. Mirror People ‘88 - 7” version
4. Ball Of Confusion - 7” version
5. Yin And Yang - alternate 7” version
6. Holiday On The Moon
7. So Alive
8. Holy Fool
9. No New Tale To Tell
10. No Big Deal - 7” version
11. Haunted When The Minutes Drag
12. It Could Be Sunshine
13. Shelf Life
14. Sweet Lover Hangover
15. Saudade

SORTED! The BEST of LOVE AND ROCKETS - DVD

- Based around the original best selling “Haunted Fish Tank’ program
- Extras include all additional Love and rockets’ videos, a band interview and very rare audio track ‘David Lanfair’
- 4 Daniel Ash solo videos
- 1 David Jay solo video
- Special ‘Bubblemen’ section with 3 rare audio tracks
- extra easter eggs
- over 100 minutes playing time
- audio in non compressed PCM Stereo
- Special price
- available in PAL and NTSC

THE HAUNTED FISH TANK
1. opening credits
2. Ball Of Confusion
3. Yin and Yang (the flowerpot man)
4. All In My Mind
5. The Light
6. No New tale To Tell
7. Mirror people
8. The Dog-end Of A Day Gone By
9. Motorcycle
10. So Alive
11. The Bubblemen are Coming
MORE!.....(Extras)
LOVE AND ROCKETS
No Big Deal
Sweet Lover Hangover
Holy Fool
R.I.P. 20 C.
interview
David Lanfair (audio track)
DANIEL ASH
This Love
Walk This Way
Here She Comes
Get Out Of Control
DAVID J
I’ll Be your Chauffeur
THE BUBBLEMEN
The Bubblemen Rap (audio track)
Dub Rap (audio track)
B-Side (audio track)
The Bubblemen comic

03/09/2001

Over the last year the first three Love and Rockets albums have been remastered in preparation for 'best of' and 'rarities' releases in 2002.

After 'Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven' and 'Earth.Sun.Moon' comes 'Express'. Available now at mid-price, 'Express' is classic Love and Rockets with its rocked out psychedelia. In fact, when David J was asked if he'd like to contribute sleeve notes to this release he joked that they would only be 3 letters long..."L.S.D."

Remastered from the original studio tapes, 'Express' boasts 7 b sides and mixes on top of the album itself and includes previously unreleased material and tracks never before issued on CD. The booklet has been expanded to 16 pages and incorporates elements from the original sleeve.

2000

Beggars have released a remastered version of the classic debut album - SEVENTH DREAM OF TEENAGE HEAVEN The album has been lovingly remastered by original producer John A. Riversa and includes a 20 page book with expanded artwork and new notes by David J

This. is exclusively available on-line in the UK. will NOT be released in the USA in the forseeable future, so if you want to avoid expensive import prices then check out the Beggars Mail order - it's secure and efficient.

Also re-issued is a remastered EARTH.SUN.MOON. Again, Beggars has gone back to the original studio master tapes to give the album a new sonic clarity.

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