In Stores This Week: David Bowie, Chicago, and The Flaming Lips
When it comes to Rhino’s release schedule, you never know what you’re going to get, but you always know you’re going to get something good. This week, we’re offering up so much good stuff that we can’t even preview it all in a single day, so we’re spreading it out over the course of the week, and even at that we’re tackling three separate releases in this one post.
So, yeah, it’s a pretty good week…
David Bowie:
We’ve got three different Bowie releases arriving on Friday, starting with the CD and digital debut of WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT (LIVE LONDON ’78), which features performances recorded at Earl’s Court on June 30 and July 1, 1978. If you’re a vinyl freak, then you may well have taken advantage of the opportunity to pick up our limited-edition triple-LP reissue for this year’s Record Store Day, but for those who prefer the aforementioned other mediums, now’s your chance to enjoy this BLACKOUT. Next up is a vinyl reissue of Bowie’s soundtrack to the 1981 film CHRISTIANE F. – WIR KINDER VON BAHNOFF ZOO, which hasn’t been available as an LP in 30 years, and to make it even more awesome, it’s now being pressed on red vinyl. Please also note, however, that it’s being made available strictly at “brick and mortar” retail stores, so go hit your friendly neighborhood record store on Friday! And while you’re there, you can ask about the last of this week’s Bowie reissues and the other “brick and mortar”-only item: DAVID BOWIE IN BERTOLT BRECHT’S BAAL, a 5-song EP available as a 10” vinyl reissue.
Here’s the track listing for all three of these items, but stay tuned after you read those, because next we’re talking about Chicago!
Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78)
CD and Digital for streaming and download in standard resolution, 96kHz/24bit and 192/kHz/24bit resolutions.
Disc One
1. "Warszawa"
2. "'Heroes'"
3. "What In The World"
4. "Be My Wife"
5. "The Jean Genie"
6. "Blackout"
7. "Sense Of Doubt"
8. "Speed Of Life"
9. "Sound And Vision"
10. "Breaking Glass"
11. "Fame"
12. "Beauty And The Beast"
Disc Two
1. "Five Years"
2. "Soul Love"
3. "Star"
4. "Hang On To Yourself"
5. "Ziggy Stardust"
6. "Suffragette City"
7. "Art Decade"
8. "Alabama Song"
9. "Station To Station"
10. "TVC 15"
11. "Stay"
12. "Rebel Rebel"
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder Von Bahnoff Zoo
Red Vinyl (Limited Edition "Brick & Mortar" Retail Exclusive)
Side One
1. "V-2 Schneider"
2. "TVC 15"
3. "'Heroes/Helden'"
4. "Boys Keep Swinging"
5. "Sense Of Doubt"
Side Two
1. "Station To Station"
2. "Look Back In Anger
3. "Stay"
4. "Warszawa"
David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal
10" EP (Limited Edition "Brick & Mortar" Retail Exclusive)
Side One
1. "Baal's Hymn (Der Choral Vom Großen Baal)"
2. "Remembering Marie A. (Erinnerung An Die Marie A.)"
Side Two
1. "Ballad Of The Adventurers (Die Ballad Von Den Abenteurern)"
2. "The Drowned Girl (Vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen)"
3. "The Dirty Song"
Chicago:
If you’re a PBS fan, then you may already be aware that Chicago went home to – you guessed it – Chicago last year and visited the studios of WTTW, where they performed every single song from their classic album CHICAGO II. Yes, every song. Even the ones that fell out of their set list years ago. If you’ve seen the special and you’ve wondered how one might get a copy of that performance, then you’re in luck: this Friday, you’ll be able to pick it up on either CD or, if you want the whole package, a CD/DVD set. Actually, if you really, really want the whole package, there’s one more option: CHICAGO II: COLLECTOR'S EDTION, which comes with the Soundstage performance on CD and DVD, as well as the original Chicago II album remixed by acclaimed producer Steven Wilson on both CD and double-LP.
You can find the track listing below, but after you’ve given it a once-over, stick around and find out about the Flaming Lips reissues we’ve got coming out tomorrow, too!
CHICAGO II: LIVE ON SOUNDSTAGE
CD/DVD Track Listing:
1. MOVIN' IN
2. THE ROAD
3. POEM FOR THE PEOPLE
4. IN THE COUNTRY
5. WAKE UP SUNSHINE
6. Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon
• MAKE ME SMILE
• SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
• ANXIETY'S MOMENT
• WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
• COLOUR MY WORLD
• TO BE FREE
• NOW MORE THAN EVER
7. FANCY COLOURS
8. MEMORIES OF LOVE
9. It Better End Soon
• 1ST MOVEMENT
• 2ND MOVEMENT
• 4TH MOVEMENT
10. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
11. 25 or 6 to 4
The Flaming Lips:
It’s a good year to be a Flaming Lips fan, as you probably already know if you’re one of the many who picked up SCRATCHING THE DOOR: THE FIRST RECORDINGS OF THE FLAMING LIPS, but this Friday we really kick things up a notch with the release of the 6-CD set SEEING THE UNSEEABLE: THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE FLAMING LIPS 1986-1990.
Before you ask, no, they didn’t actually release six albums between 1986 and 1990. Two of those discs feature rarities, however, so they’re chock full of Flaming goodness.
We’re also reissuing all of those albums on vinyl, but we’re doing that in a more gradual fashion, and we’re even bothering to wait until Friday to start: as of today, you can pick up both HEAR IT IS, OH MY GAWD!!!...THE FLAMING LIPS, and TELEPATHIC SURGERY.
The track listing for SEEING THE UNSEEABLE is below, just to remind you what’s on which album, but with The Flaming Lips, it hardly matters: no matter what album of theirs you get, you know it’s gonna be good.
HEAR IT IS
1. "With You"
2. "Unplugged"
3. "Trains, Brains and Rain"
4. "Jesus Shootin' Heroin"
5. "Just Like Before"
6. "She Is Death"
7. "Charlie Manson Blues"
8. "Man From Pakistan"
9. "Godzilla Flick"
10. "Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise)"
OH MY GAWD!!!...THE FLAMING LIPS
1. "Everything's Explodin'"
2. "One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning"
3. "Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel"
4. "Can't Exist"
5. "Ode to C.C. (Part I)"
6. "The Ceiling Is Bendin'"
7. "Prescription: Love"
8. "Thanks To You"
9. "Can't Stop The Spring"
10. "Ode To C.C. (Part II)"
11. "Love Yer Brain"
TELEPATHIC SURGERY
1. "Drug Machine In Heaven"
2. "Right Now"
3. "Michael, Time To Wake Up"
4. "Chrome Plated Suicide"
5. "Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)"
6. "Miracle On 42nd Street"
7. "Fryin' Up"
8. "Hell's Angel's Cracker Factory"
9. "U.F.O. Story"
10. "Redneck School Of Technology"
11. "Shaved Gorilla"
12. "The Spontaneous Combustion Of John"
13. "The Last Drop Of Morning Dew"
14. "Begs and Achin'"
IN A PRIEST DRIVEN AMBULANCE (WITH SILVER SUNSHINE STARES)
1. "Shine On Sweet Jesus - Jesus Song No. 5"
2. "Unconsciously Screamin'"
3. "Rainin' Babies"
4. "Take Meta Mars"
5. "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain"
6. "Stand In Line"
7. "God Walks Among Us Now - Jesus Song No. 6"
8. "There You Are - Jesus Song No. 7"
9. "Mountain Side"
10. "What A Wonderful World"
DEATH TRIPPIN' AT SUNRISE
1. "Death Valley '69"
2. "Thank You"
3. "Can't Stop The Spring" - Remix
4. "After The Gold Rush"
5. "Death Trippin' At Sunrise"
6. "Drug Machine In Heaven" - Sub Pop 7" version
7. "Strychnine/Peace, Love And Understanding"
8. "Lucifer Rising"
9. "Ma, I Didn't Notice"
10. "Let Me Be It"
11. "She's Gone Mad Again"
12. "Golden Hearse"
13. "Stand In Line"
14. "I Want To Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head"
15. "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain"
