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Mixed Up 2XLP

The Cure

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Released Jun 15, 2018 Elektra

The Cure - Mixed Up 2XLP Vinyl

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With the Disintegration album and its accompanying global Prayer Tour, 1989 had delivered a triumphant end to the 80s, but the first year of the 90s found The Cure unexpectedly unsettled.

Determined to keep up the momentum of the band’s ongoing success, but knowing there were internal tensions to address before heading back into the studio, Robert Smith decided on a different course of action; curating an album of the band’s rarer 12” mixes. As work on Mixed Up progressed, Smith realised that some of The Cure’s earlier remixes didn’t stand up to the newer ones.

Robert singles out Brian 'Chuck’ New’s dub style remix of Pictures Of You as the one that inspired him to take a more adventurous path. "That mix turned the music on its head, but at the same time left the essential heart of the song intact. As soon as I heard it, I updated the entire Mixed Up plan. My revised ambition was to compile an album that was contemporary without being dated, immediate without being obvious, musically inspiring, rhythmically exciting and sonically great!"

Two tracks on the album, A Forest and The Walk, were not just remixed but entirely re-recorded, as the multi-track tapes for both songs had long been lost. Both songs were reconstructed in the studio with producer Mark Saunders, using original instruments and gear.

The band convened over five days in June 1990 to record a new track for Mixed Up. After a certain amount of fraught experimenting with beats, loops and sequenced bass lines, Smith decided to change the vibe. A demo entitled PhaseAGE that had previously been deemed ‘too rock' was committed to tape as Never Enough and was released as a single in September 1990. The ‘Closer Mix’ of Close To Me soon followed this and both songs were accompanied by customarily deranged Tim Pope videos.

With Mixed Up finally released, Smith felt he could at last move on, confident in a re-energized and re-integrated band. "The whole of 1990 was essentially spent emerging from the shadow of Disintegration, and we managed to do it in a creatively satisfying way; by the end of the year, I couldn't wait to start work on new songs for the next record".

Set for release on vinyl, the 2LP sets of ‘Mixed Up’ and ‘Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018’ have been Half-Speed Mastered by Robert Smith and Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, London. They have been pressed on 180-gram vinyl and housed in Gatefold Sleeves.

Tracklisting

Lullaby - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
Close To Me - Closer Mix - 2018 remaster
Fascination Street - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
The Walk - Everything Mix - 2018 remaster
Lovesong - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
A Forest - Tree Mix - 2018 remaster
Pictures of You - Extended Dub Mix - 2018 remaster
Hot Hot Hot!!! - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
Why Can't I Be You ? - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
The Caterpillar - Flicker Mix - 2018 remaster
Inbetween Days - Shiver Mix - 2018 remaster
Never Enough - Big Mix - 2018 remaster


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