LANEGAN, MARK

3CD - Limited Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition containing 40 remastered tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased.

De in 2022 overleden singer, songwriter en dichter Mark Lanegan wordt geëerd met een 20th Anniversary edition van het album Bubblegum – met daarop een mooi aantal extra’s. Uiteraard had Mark Lanegan zijn muzikale sporen reeds ruimschoots verdiend met zijn eigen band The Screaming Trees (waarmee hij met Sweet Oblivian zijn meest succesvolle plaat uitbracht en met het van dat album afkomstige Nearly Lost You tevens op de heerlijk alternatieve soundtrack Singles stond – samen met bijvoorbeeld Seattle stadgenoten Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains en Soundgarden) en speelde hij later mee in The Queens of the Stone Age. Ook nam hij ooit een album op met Kurt Cobain (welke overigens nooit is gereleased). Als solo artiest was Bubblegum veruit zijn meest succesvolle album, dus terecht dat deze plaat een mooie reissue verdient. Liefhebbers van Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen en Nick Cave zullen de prachtig diepe en warme stem van Mark Lanegan zeker kunnen waarderen en een draaibeurt van dit tijdloze album Bubblegum brengt je weer helemaal terug naar die begin jaren 90, toen de Grunge scene op haar best was. Een heerlijke ‘terug in de tijd’ plaat, die na 20 jaar nog niets aan kracht en essentie heeft verloren. (Jasper Koot)
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Beggars Arkive in conjunction with the Estate of Mark Lanegan, are honoured to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mark Lanegan’s acclaimed 2004 album Bubblegum. On August 23rd, we will release Bubblegum XX - a set of releases that include a remastered double LP edition of the original album and a 4XLP/3XCD release containing 40 remastered tracks, 12 of which are previously unreleased.

The limited-edition Bubblegum XX 4XLP box contains a 64-page hardcover book with essays by Troy Van Leewuen, Josh Homme, Chris Goss, Alain Johannes, David Catching, Greg Dulli, Duff McKagan, and Brett Netson along with studio notes and previously unseen photographs by Steve Gullick. It includes Bubblegum, which has been cut as a double LP and remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. It also includes a remastered edition of Here Comes That Weird Chill (Methamphetamine Blues, Extras & Oddities) to which three bonus tracks have been added. The fourth LP contains demos and unreleased tracks, comprised of outtakes from the Bubblegum sessions and tracks recorded, produced and mixed by Troy Van Leeuwen in various hotel rooms with Mark singing and Troy playing all the instruments. The set was executive produced by Mark’s former manager Brian Klein, who worked with him during the Bubblegum era.


Tracklist:

Bubblegum (CD)

1. When Your Number Isn't Up
2. Hit the City (with PJ Harvey)
3. Wedding Dress
4. Methamphetamine Blues
5. One Hundred Days
6. Bombed
7. Strange Religion
8. Sideways in Reverse
9. Come to Me (With PJ Harvey)
10. Like Little Willie John
11. Can't Come Down
12. Morning Glory Wine
13. Head
14. Driving Death Valley Blues
15. Out of Nowhere


“Here Comes That Weird Chill” (Methamphetamine Blues, Extras & Oddities) (CD)

1. Methamphetamine Blues
2. On the Steps of the Cathedral
3. Clear Spot
4. Message to Mine
5. Lexington Slow Down
6. Skeletal History
7. Wish You Well
8. Sleep With Me
9. Sleep With Me - Version

(Bonus Tracks)
10. Sympathy (Previously only available on the Has God Seen My Shadow Anthology)
11. Mirrored (B-side from Hit The City Single)
12. Mud Pink Skag (B-side from Hit The City Single)

Demos & Unreleased Songs (CD)

1. Heard a Train %
2. Union Tombstone (feat Beck) %
3. Josephine %
4. Kingdom %
5. Soldier %
6. Little Willie John % (Alternate version of Like Little Willie John)
7. Blood (Crackers & Honey) %
8. You Wild Colorado # (Johnny Cash cover)
9. Revolver # (Original Demo)
10. Leaving New River Blues #
(Previously only available on the Has God Seen My Shadow Anthology as Heaven Is Dry)
11. St James Infirmary # (Cover)
12. Willie John # (Alternate version of Like Little Willie John)
13. Pure Religion # (Alternate version of Strange Religion)

% = outtake

# = Troy Van Leeuwen Hotel session