Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (Dlx) (Dig)
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Artist: CureBrand: Rhino
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- 10:15 Saturday Night
- Accuracy
- Grinding Halt
- Another Day
- Object
- Subway Song
- Foxy Lady
- Meathook
- So What
- Fire In Cairo
- It's Not You
- Three Imaginary Boys
- The Weedy Burton
- I Want To Be Old (sav studio demo 10/77 - previously unreleased song) (@)
- I'm Cold (sav studio demo 11/77 - previously unreleased version) (@)
- Heroin Face (live in the rocket, crawley 12/77 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984) (@)
- I Just Need Myself (psl studio demo 1/78 - previously unreleased song) (@)
- 10:15 Saturday Night (rs home demo 2/78 - previously unreleased version)
- The Cocktail Party (group home demo 3/78 - previously unreleased song) (@)
- Grinding Halt (group home demo 4/78 - previously unreleased version) (@)
- Boys Don't Cry (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
- It's Not You (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
- 10:15 Saturday Night (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
- Fire In Cairo (chestnut studio demo 5/78 - previously unreleased version)
- Winter ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
- Faded Smiles (aka I Don't Know) ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
- Play With Me ('tib' studio out-take 10/78 - previously unreleased song)
- World War (on early copies of 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
- Boys Don't Cry (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
- Jumping Someone Else's Train (single - also on 'boys don't cry' album 1979)
- Subway Song (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously available on 'curiosity' mc 1984)
- Accuracy (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)
- 10:15 Saturday Night (live in nottingham 10/79 - previously unreleased version)
Free Music Notes for Three Imaginary Boys (Dlx) (Dig)
Free Music Review: Early Cure - Quirky Pop-Rock That's Waaaaay Addictive
Hit: 5 Stars
There's something about the primitive innocence of early Cure that makes me want to listen to it again and again. I'm a dyed-n-the-wool Cure fan, which means I like or at least appreciate nearly everything they do, but this early stuff is really melodic and could potentially appeal to a much bigger crowd than, say, PORNOGRAPHY ever could. Yes, the American release of THREE IMAGINARY BOYS (renamed BOYS DON'T CRY) is superior, but Disk 1 presents the album in its original form - that's history, baby! Yes, "Killing An Arab" belongs here, but that song's pretty easy to come by anyway. "Plastic Passion" is also missing, but you can get that one on the JOIN THE DOTS B-side collection which is worth getting for the first disk alone (and, of course, there's always downloading). Obviously, this expanded package is aimed at the die-hard fans, but some of the unreleased tracks on Disk 2 are superior to many of the TIB tracks (IMHO). There's a lot of really cool music on Disk 2 that's worth discovering even if you're not a big fan. There's also a few well-known singles and some demos that are mostly of interest to the die-hards.
The following is a song by song commentary of Disk 2 from an old-school Cure fan (since '85). I've never been dedicated or savvy enough to collect a lot of bootlegs, so most of Disk 2 for me was a thrilling discovery.
"I Want To Be Old" (studio demo) - this appropriately cynical song totally rips. Very punk. Robert Smith has said his main influences starting out were The Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Buzzcocks, and that influence is very evident on several Disk 2 tracks including this one. Great sound. *****
"I'm Cold" (studio demo) - many Cure fans are familiar with a slowed-down, wiggy version of this song which served as an early B-side. This is a straight-up version, upbeat and rocking. The lyrics are perfectly clear without the wicked reversed echo heard on the B-side and they're so cool - cold, actually. Guitar wizard Porl Thompson appears on several of these early tracks including this cut. After a falling out with Robert Smith, he later rejoined the band. Great sound on this one. *****
"Heroin Face" (live) - a harsh blast of punked-up energy. Decent but not great sound (I believe it's an audience recording). Those fortunate enough to have a copy of the rare CURIOSITY cassette released back in the day have heard this track. ***1/2
"I Just Need Myself" (studio demo) - Robert Smith quite obviously cops Johnny Rotten's attitude (Sex Pistols) on this cut (as he does on the TIB track "So What"). He even sounds a bit like a sneering Rotten. Pretty basic rock n' roll with Porl wailing on guitar. I love it. ****
"10:15 Saturday Night" (home demo) - I am so thrilled to have this version. Just a young Robert Smith, home alone on Hammond organ, guitar and drum machine. This version captures the bare essence of the song. Robert sounds so anguished! *****
"The Cocktail Party" (home demo) - an amusing lark with Hawaiian-sounding guitar, poorly recorded but fun. ***1/2
"Grinding Halt" (home demo) - early document, mostly of interest to those who study the band. Not much different from the final studio version, has bad sound. ***
"Boys Don't Cry" (studio demo) - pretty good, straight-up version. A very good pop song, but far from my personal Cure fav. ****
"It's Not You" (studio demo) - cool song, very good version, some different lyrics. ****
"10:15 Saturday Night" (studio demo) - great version, not too different but way cool. *****
"Fire In Cairo" (studio demo) - cool version, slightly grittier sound on the guitars. *****
"Winter" (studio out-take) - this is a great lost track. So soft and dreamy, I can understand why it wasn't included on the debut. A harbinger of more mellow and emotional songs to come from the Cure. *****
"Faded Smiles" aka "I Don't Know" (studio out-take) - another great lost track, this one rocks. ****1/2
"Play With Me" (studio out-take) - wow! yet another great unreleased song, this one has a prickly old-school guitar groove that just works. ****1/2
"World War" (rare album track) - Robert Smith hates this cut and was appalled when label head Chris Perry added it to the original album line-up. If memory serves, this song was on my old BOYS DON'T CRY tape and I've always found its primitive, almost bone-headed approach strangely appealing. It's got a sort of sinister post-apocalyptic feel to it. ****
"Boys Don't Cry" (extra album track) - the (should've been) hit single. Undeniably catchy, but again, not my favorite Cure song. ****1/2
"Jumping Someone Else's Train" (extra album track) - This frantic, runaway-train track is one of their best singles. A biting commentary on poseurs. *****
"Subway Song" (live) - previously available on the CURIOSITY tape. An otherworldly sounding, very cool bootleg. ****1/2
"Accuracy" (live) - Smith has claimed this is one of his favorite Cure songs. I don't share his opinion. It's too "sing-songy" for my tastes. This early bootleg does nothing to change my opinion of it. **1/2
"10:15 Saturday Night" (live) - a totally punked-out, hyper kinetic blast through "10:15." Quite a vast difference between this one and Robert's home demo, but both of them are absolutely fantastic in their own way. This live version gets into some totally groove-worthy rhythms to ward the end and reaches a head-spinning climax. A must for Cure fans!
UPDATE:
Just for the fun of it, I made my own "alternate reality Cure album" composed of the "new" songs on this disk along with some early B-sides from the JOIN THE DOTS collection. I think it's great! Also, as someone mentioned elsewhere, "See The Children" is a great early track that should've been included here. Robert Smith probably left it off because it's a song sung from the point of view of a child molester! You can hear it on [...] (that popular sight that plays videos).
"SICKNESS"
I Want To Be Old
I'm Cold
I Just Need Myself
Do The Hansa
The Coctail Party
Heroin Face
World War
Plastic Passion
Pillbox Tales
Faded Smiles
Winter
Play With Me
Three Imaginary Boys (Dlx) (Dig) Poster
Originally a postpunk outfit with gothic leanings, The Cure evolved into one of the most visionary, creatively satisfying and influential groups to come of age in the 1980's. From dreamy pop to moody expressionism, their signature sound is adventurous, hypnotic, and rich with texture. Formed in 1976 by Robert Smith and schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass) and Laurence Tolhurst (drums), The Cure's stunning debut album on U.K.-based Fiction Records launched an extraordinary career and enduring worldwide popularity.Though this 1979 debut album by The Cure would scarcely dent the Top 50 in the UK and entirely forego an official American release (though a handful of tracks would appear on the US-only compilation Boys Don't Cry), it remains equal parts touchstone and curiosity for Cure faithful. It's easy to see why mainstay Robert Smith has long had mixed feelings about it: The spare, angular performances and New Wave-y production cliches often seem more akin to Devo or the B-52's. Smith himself hadn't quite perfected the moody wail that would make him a pioneering goth icon, though there are hints of dark things to come on the title track and "10:15 Saturday Night." The real attraction here is the set's 20-song bonus disc, a treasure trove of primal Cure that includes key A-sides ("Boys Don't Cry," "Jumping Someone Else's Train"), early outtakes and demos (including the Ziggy-esque "I Want to Be Old" from '77, more emblematic tracks from the following year and a haunting Smith home-recording of "10:15" that shows how focused the singer's instincts were when left to his own devices) and some energetic, if sonically flawed live tracks. It's a must for Cure fans, an intriguing, warts-'n'-all portrait of a seminal rock band finding its true voice. --Jerry McCulley
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