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Though few could have predicted John Peel favourites Scritti Politti, led by the polymathic singer/songwriter Green Gartside, becoming one of the slickest synth-pop outfits of the 80s, the group’s history has been defined by perpetual reinvention. They began as a Marxist-leaning post-punk outfit whose debut single, 1978’s self-released Skank Bloc Bologna, was a slice of angular agitpop, and by the time of their inaugural LP, 1981’s Songs To Remember, they were serving up honeyed, soulful pop that grazed the lower rungs of the UK Top 50. But their most radical metamorphosis came in 1983 when Cardiff-born Gartside abandoned indie rawness for big-budget major label sophistication; signing a deal with Virgin in the UK and Warner Bros in the US, he travelled to New York and brought in David Gamson (keyboards) and Fred Maher (drums) to create both a new look and sound for the group. Two years later, the a
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Ending with
Destiny Street Demos (1978-1980), filled with additional songs that didn’t make the final cut, every part of
Destiny Street Complete functions as its own individual work. The songs were never a problem, and the original album worked as it was. But all these alternate universe versions are equally valid as well, whether listened to discretely or as a whole. The album is the focus of the conclusion of our chat.
The occasion upon which we are having our first-ever conversation is a most interesting version of an album I love, but you apparently were not pleased with it.
Destiny Street must have seemed like a dead end to Richard Hell & The Voidoids in 1982. Unsatisfied with the art punk originators’ second and final album, perhaps troubled by its rather thin, muffled sound or its flailing chaos, Hell wanted desperately to remix the wild and woolly successor to 1977’s seminal
Blank Generation debut. Unfortunately, the original 24-track masters went missing, preventing Hell from performing the necessary operation.
As luck would have it, in the early 2000s, Hell stumbled upon a cassette from 1981 with all the LP’s rhythm tacks, which allowed him to install thrilling new guitar forays and urgent vocals in 2009’s
Music Reviews: Prince s Sign O the Times (Super Deluxe Edition) Plus Richard Hell
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A new edition of
Sign O the Times, Prince s brilliant and remarkably eclectic 1987 double album, easily earns its super deluxe billing with a long list of bonus goodies. Delivered in an LP-sized slipcase, the set includes an excellent remaster of the original album on two discs, plus six additional CDs: one with remastered single mixes and edits, three with previously unreleased contemporaneous material from the vaults, and two with a terrific June 1987 concert from Utrecht in the Netherlands.
There s more. The package also incorporates a 120-page hardcover book with the late artist s handwritten lyrics for many of the songs; numerous period photos; extensive essays by Lenny Kravitz, Dave Chapelle, and others; and notes on the material. Last but definitely not least, the set includes a DVD that contains a full-length, previously unr
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