News 12 Nov 2012

Sugar / A Box of Sugar vinyl set

By Paul Sinclair

Having succesfully reissued Sugar‘s albums on expanded CDs, Edsel now turn their attention to vinyl, with the release of a deluxe vinyl boxset containing the complete recordings made between 1992 and 1995 by the trio of Bob Mould (guitar, vocals), David Barbe (bass) and Malcolm Travis (drums).

The boxset marks the 20th anniversary of Copper Blue’s 1992 release, and all recordings have been remastered specifically for vinyl, from the original tapes by FU:EL engineer Jim Wilson. It will be released on 10 December 2012.

Contents:

• Vinyl replicas of all 3 studio albums with printed inner sleeves
• Double gatefold B-sides collection, incorporating their 1992 BBC radio session in full
• Double gatefold live album recorded in 1994
• Vinyl replica of their debut 7” on Bob Mould’s Single Only label
• First ever vinyl issues of ‘Besides’ and ‘The Joke Is Always On Us, Sometimes’
• 20 page book containing photos, rare memorabilia and candid interviews that tell the story of the band’s short but intensecareer in their own words.
• Eight pieces of vinyl total.

Track listings:

COPPER BLUE

Side 1

The Act We Act
A Good Idea
Changes
Helpless
Hoover Dam

Side 2

The Slim
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Fortune Teller
Slick
Man on the Moon

BEASTER

Side 1

Come Around
Tilted
Judas Cradle

Side 2

JC Auto
Feeling Better
Walking Away

FILE UNDER: EASY LISTENING

Side 1

Gift
Company Book
Your Favorite Thing
What You Want It To Be
Gee Angel

Side 2

Panama City Motel
Can’t Help You Anymore
Granny Cool
Believe What You’re Saying
Explode And Make Up

BESIDES

Side 1

If I Can’t Change Your Mind (Solo Mix)
Try Again
Where Diamonds Are Halos
Armenia City In The Sky

Side 2

Clownmaster
Anyone
JC Auto
Believe What You’re Saying (Campfire Mix)
Mind Is An Island

Side 3

Frustration
Going Home
In The Eyes Of My Friends
And You Tell Me

Side 4

If I Can’t Change Your Mind (BBC Radio Session)
Hoover Dam (BBC Radio Session)
The Slim (BBC Radio Session)
Where Diamonds Are Halos (BBC Radio Session)

THE JOKE IS ALWAYS ON US, SOMETIMES
(live at First Avenue, Minneapolis 2nd November 1994)

Side 1

Gift
Company Book
Hoover Dam
After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere

Side 2

Where Diamonds Are Halos
Slick
Going Home
Running Out Of Time
Frustration

Side 3

Changes
Can’t Help You Any More
Helpless
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
In The Eyes Of My Friends

Side 4

Clownmaster
Gee Angel
Explode And Make Up
The Slim

7″ Single

Helpless b/w Changes

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