Liner Notes For The Revolution

Increasingly, and especially in a day and age where music is so widely and readily available thanks to advanced technologies, when a company or act wants to make a good box set, it had better deliver. To its credit, Beggars Banquet did just that with Rare Cult, an astoundingly comprehensive and entertaining collection that packs in 90 tracks over the course of six discs…

Originally released back in 2006 on Sony BMG, the record was produced by Paul Northfield (Rush, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater), and features some of the bands best-loved tracks including ‘The Bright Ambassadors of Morning’, ‘He Tried To Show Them Magic’ & ‘The Intention Craft’. ‘The Dark Third (2020 Reissue) featuring new liner notes from band members Jon Courtney and Chloë Alper as well as producer Paul Northfield. The new LP edition also includes the bonus track ‘Golden Clothes’ which appears on vinyl for the first time. Pure Reason Revolution recently reunited and released ‘Eupnea’, their first new album in nearly 10 years.

Epic/Legacy reissued the Clash's classic third album, London Calling, in 2000, remastering the album and restoring the original artwork, much of which didn't make the original CD issue. No bonus material was added to this or any of the other Clash reissues of 2000, largely because nearly all of the B-sides and useable rare material had already appeared on compilations ranging from Super Black Market Clash to the box set Clash on Broadway…