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“No weak new songs, no holographic Doug Scharin on drums, no guest vocals by Scarlett Johansson, no synched films: just the three of us playing these shows. And, I promise, what’s on our schedule now will be the only Codeine shows until the next century.”— Stephen Immerwahr
An interview with Codeine: (Kicking Against The Pricks) .
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Filmed and edited by our shipping manager Nate Phillips and our accountant Leland Meiners. Seriously, this is what we spend our time doing all day over here.
Not pictured: 36 pages of notes + a 5 foot x 1 foot poster filled with text about Codeine’s non-album discography. That said, here’s a description of the contents above:
Top: Front side of the 5 foot poster.
Middle: Duotone silver print of When I See The Sun box, wet proof of The White Birch (on reverse board, natch), inside gatefold of Frigid Stars LP.
Bottom: Inside gatefold of Barely Real, outside of Barely Real, outside of Frigid Stars LP.
We’ll delve into the booklets next week.
We’ve been getting bombarded with emails wondering when the Codeine pre-order would be announced. Today is that day. First watch this:
All three albums will have subjected to our notoriously elaborate packaging and detailed liner notes, including essays by Sub Pop’s Jonathan Poneman, Love Child’s Alan Licht, and the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd. The albums have been faithfully restored from the original masters, and are accompanied by a plethora of singles, demos, live recordings, and Peel sessions. Each album will be packaged as a double album with a CD of the same material. Additionally, an ultra deluxe box set of all three albums is available in a limited edition of 1000 copies. The box set features no additional tracks, but does come with a 5′ x 1′ fold out poster of the band’s complete discography and a tidy box that holds all three albums National Geographic-style.
The first 500 copies pre-ordered of When I See The Sun will also receive a bonus 7″, featuring two songs recorded live at TT the Bear’s Place in Boston by Bob Weston.
We’ve also made an ultra deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, that comes with a Numero “Winner” t-shirt.
Filed under: Codeine, Newsworthy | Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties, Codeine, Primavera
Late last year we issued a press release about a new direction Numero was going in: The 1990s. Alright, it didn’t explicitly say that, but it was implied in the content. On May 8th 2012 we’ll be reissuing the near-complete works of the seminal “slowcore” pioneers Codeine, and we’ll be setting a new standard for the modern reissue as a result. Their three albums for Seattle’s Sub Pop label, 1990′s Frigid Stars LP, 1992′s Barely Real, and 1994′s The White Birch, have been given the full Numero treatment, in a package that rivals our Boddie box.
All three double albums will be sold separately, or you can buy them together as the deluxe box set: When I See The Sun. We’ll be announcing a pre-order for the box shortly, and the first 500 will come with a bonus 45. Watch this spot for details.
The contents:
Frigid Stars LP
A
1. D
2. Gravel Bed
3. Pick Up Song
4. 3 Angels
5. New Year’s
B
1. Second Chance
2. Cave-In
3. Cigarette Machine
4. Old Things
5. Pea
C
1 Castle (SOS Demo)
2 Skeletons (SOS Demo)
3 Three Angels (SOS Demo)
4 Corner Store (SOS Demo)
5 Summer Dresses (SOS Demo)
D
1 Pea (Acoustic)
2 Second Chance (Demo)
3 Pickup Song (Demo)
4 Cave-In (Demo)
5 Kitchen (SOS Demo)
Barely Real
A
1. Realize
2. Jr
3. Barely Real
B
1. Hard To Find
2. W.
3. Promise Of Love
C
1 JR (Dessau Demo)
2 Hydroplane (Live)
3 Wird (Dessau Demo)
4 I Wonder (Dessau Demo)
D
1 Tom (Dessau Demo)
2 A l’Ombre de Nous
3 Cracked in Two
4 Realize (Alternate take)
5 Broken-Hearted Wine
The White Birch
A
1. Sea
2. Loss Leader
3. Vacancy
4. Kitchen Light
5. Washed Up
B
1. Tom
2. Ides
3. Wird
4. Smoking Room
C
1 Median (Peel Session)
2 Loss Leader (Peel Session)
3 Sure Looks That Way (Peel Session)
4 D (Live)
D
1 Atmosphere
2 Something New
3 Ides (Demo)
4 Smoking Room (Demo)
Additionally, a CD of the same material will accompany each album, packaged in a manner that is respectful of the object—not just thrown in as an afterthought.
Lastly, the band has announced a handful of dates to support the re-release of their catalog.After that, they go back in the box for another 20 years. Three dates have been confirmed, with another dozen or so club gigs to follow:
May 26 London – All Tomorrow’s Parties
June 1 Barcelona – Primavera
June 8 Porto, Portugal – Primavera Porto
