Just got this on vinyl...
The Cure?s ?Entreat Plus? live album to receive double-vinyl U.S. release on Record Store Day ? slicing up eyeballs // 80s alternative music, college rock, indie
More than a year after it was first announced, it appears the double-vinyl release of The Cure?s expanded Entreat Plus live album finally will see a U.S. release on Record Store Day ? although it?s not an exclusive RSD release, meaning it could be available at non-participating or non-indie stores and will be sold online.
The eight-track Entreat live album ? recorded at London?s Wembley Arena in July 1989 ? originally was released as a promo-only CD in 1990, and later was issued commercially in Europe. It was expanded in 2010 to flesh out the album to replicate a full live performance of 1989?s Disintegration and included as one of the three CDs in that album?s expanded reissue.
The tracks were remixed in 2009 for the CD reissue by Robert Smith ? a sonic makeover that some fans have complained dampens Boris Williams? drumming. A U.S. vinyl release had been announced for early 2011, although that never materialized. Entreat Plus was released in Europe in a very limited marble-vinyl format; you can see the record label?s unboxing video here.
Neither the band nor Rhino Records have announced the April 21 U.S. 180-gram vinyl release, but as fansite Chain of Flowers notes, it?s popping up at a number of online retailers. That includes the late, lamented The Ideal Copy, which is essentially re-opening to fulfill old pre-orders of the long-delayed release ? and take news ones, too.
Check out The Cure?s official (U.K.-only) Record Store Day releases via our round-up.
Tracklist: The Cure, Entreat Plus
Live at Wembley July 1989 ? remix July 2009
LP 1
A1. ?Plainsong?
A2. ?Pictures Of You?
A3. ?Closedown?
B1. ?Lovesong?
B2. ?Last Dance?
B3. ?Lullaby?
B4. ?Fascination Street?
LP 2
A1. ?Prayers For Rain?
A2. ?The Same Deep Water As You?
B1. ?Disintegration?
B2. ?Homesick?
B3. ?Untitled?
Here's the original release in full...