A Cure CD Collection without a latin gem
I just came back from the record store after having scored two albums by The Cure. I’ve been collecting the band’s Deluxe Edition reprintings of their old albums. These are remastered versions of their seminal early releases with an accompanying second CD filled with rareties as well as an exhaustive booklet that chronicles the band at the time of recording the said album.
These Deluxe Editions are a bit pricey but then I tell myself that I’m actually buying a piece of music history, a time capsule of where The Cure was at creatively during that particular point in their existence as one of the most promising post punk bands to emerge from England in the late 70’s - early 80’s.
So far, I’ve practically bought the whole catalogue. I just bought The Top and Seventeen Seconds today, which just leaves me with Faith (which was not in stock) and The Glove’s Blue Sunshine (a one-off music project/collaboration of Robert Smith and Siouxsie and The Banshees, Steve Severin). Consider me a happy camper today, especially when I almost reverently slipped those two albums among the four other Cure Deluxe Editions that I already have.
My collection of The Cure albums will never be complete though until I find a copy (long out of print) of Tributo a the Cure: Porque No Puedo Ser Tu. This is a collection of classic Cure songs as interpreted by Latin artists. Let me stress this: these are not just a bunch of covers but rather a reworking or reinterpretation of Cure songs. And to top it off, it’s sung in Spanish. I fell in love with this album when I chanced upon an MP3 rip in one site I visited. I’ve been looking for a copy of this album ever since. If you’ve got a lead on where I can get do email me and I’ll be forever indebted.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Holy cow man, where’d you get it? And how much did it cost you? I’m curious if this remastering thing has any significant difference when you listen to the songs.
May 31st, 2007 at 11:53 pm
In M1. There are still a lot of copies of the cure deluxe editions there so no worries. I highly recommend the deluxe editions because of the previously unreleased materials that you cannot find anywhere!
June 5th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Unreleased materials? Man, this intrigues me. I’ll have a look once I drop by Greenbelt. Thanks for the tip mate!
August 17th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
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November 7th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
You can download it from here! I Know it’s not the best way to get music, but about latin music -such as a tribute- sometimes it’s not easy to get it.
I hope you can enjoy it…
http://lix.in/09a2250f