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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have in my paws four deluxe 2CD reissue packages of 808 State albums - namely 808:90, Ex:El, Gorgeous and Don Solaris.

This thread isn't really about the merits of 808 State though.* I just find it interesting that a band who were - after their initial emergence and big hit anyhow - fairly minor are getting this tombstone luxury reissue treatment.

Will there come a time when everyone who strung together a 3 or 4 album career in the 80s or 90s has these kind of monuments? And where's the cutoff - who were the first band to hit cult status with an audience who simply won't care about CD reissues?

*FWIW my at-the-time responses to these were (in order) bit chilly; great stuff; disappointing; never heard.

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

They have been remastered!

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

after reading your post i looked them up. what's peculiar here is that anyone who had a slightly keen interest in them at the time, who therefore would presumably have picked up a smattering of singles, and maybe the US redux of 90 (utd state 90) would have the vast majority of the bonus tracks here. like those recent new order reissues, it will take something more for me to buy - even though I might be the target demographic. maybe what it takes is a joy division oven glove.