Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Blank Generation Deluxe Edition (2CD & 2LP)

I have an original press on vinyl with the "You make me ____" cover. What's the difference between this new pressing and the one I have (other than the second disc)?

 

Both the CD and LP are listed under the category 'RSD FIRST' RELEASE as opposed to RSD EXCLUSIVE RELEASE.
BLACK FRIDAY 2017

I think this means this will get a general release later on (sometime in 2018). That's how I'm going to chance it anyway as I can't wait in line Black Friday.

 

I bought the '90 CD issue around 2006 and love it. Matter of fact, it's a perfect companion to Television's Marquee Moon and still makes me wonder how much greater the band could've been had Hell and Verlaine not have fallen out with each other. All the same though, I'm looking forward to this deluxe edition and appreciate the heads up on this, thanks!

 

The Ork single was released way back when on CD:
Richard Hell - Another World

It's also on this compilation CD from 2015:
Various - Ork Records: New York, New York

The Kid with the Replaceable head is only on "Spurts" and it's B-Side, I'm a Man has still not made it to CD.
The version released as a bonus track on the CD version of "Blank Generation" is an earlier version.

 

Richard Hell is definitely one of those artists with a small but somehow very convoluted discography.

 

Dope release. Gonna grab this one.

This has me thinking that an LP (or extra loaded Double LP) edition of the cassette mix of the Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. would make for a fantastic RSD release.

 

Just to add to this: The Ork single sounds amazing on the Ork Records: New York, New York compilation. It does not sound nearly as good on the older Overground UK CD release. Both of these release are, I believe, needledrops, but it's very hard to tell (or be certain) for the Ork Records set. (I had been told 15 years ago that the tapes for the "Another World" EP had long since gone missing, but the Numero Group set has me wondering).

Both sides of "The Kid with the Replaceable Head" single is great, and it's a shame that version of "I'm Your Man" hasn't made it to CD yet. Both of these tracks were produced by Nick Lowe, BTW. If only they'd made an entire LP!

 

I have the original US market release on CD, which is pretty good. Proper, modern mastering of original source should be great. Fingers crossed.

 

Let me second both the praise for the SQ of the Ork box (well worth buying just for the RH tracks, but includes lots of other fantastic material too, plus great notes) and the regret the "I'm Your Man" b-side (which I actually haven't heard, but have always wanted to) has been orphaned. In fact, this set would have been a great place to include both sides of the Lowe single, particularly since the inclusion of "Oh" undermines any argument that it's not "chronologically correct." I definitely love the a-side (in my opinion, the best reason to buy Spurts).

 

The band was better once they nabbed Fred Smith from Blondie. He was(is) a much better bass player then Hell, and he and Ficca made up a rhythm section that was really the secret weapon of that band, especially live.

 

Based on how this is phrased in the press release, I'm unclear WHICH version of "Down At The Rock And Roll Club" is included on the upcoming set: "Produced for release by Richard Hell, the album has been expertly remastered—by Greg Calbi of Sterling Sound, who mastered the original LP—as well as restored to its original 1977 track listing and sleeve imagery."

After all, simply dropping the bonus tracks "I'm Your Man" and "All The Way" could be said to be "restored to its original track listing." The song titles are all the same and in the same order. But I think the spirit of the comment implies the original LP version of the song. And I'm going to be very annoyed if it turns out not to be the case.

 

I'll be waiting in line. I was already going to do it anyways to nab a Tori Amos set as a X-mas gift for my wife. But I am comforted it's not being marked as an RSD exclusive, in case things don't work out.

 

Exactly. I can understand the logic of presenting the original album in it's vintage form on disc 1. But why not just move the CD bonus tracks onto disc 2? Especially when the disc is clearly not approaching full capacity (assuming we're not getting unexpectedly long jam versions of the songs!).

 

Weren't they first known as The Neon Boys or something around '72 or '73 and then became Television?

 

Yup. Before Richard Lloyd.

 

There is allegedly a 2013 remaster of Spurts.
New 2013 remaster of Richard Hell's SPURTS compilation - no compression!

I'm not sure if the CD mentioned in that thread ever surfaced, but it can be purchased in FLAC if you're feeling adventurous.
Spurts: The Richard Hell Story (... | Richard Hell | MP3 Downloads | 7digital United States

 

That's what I thought. Cool. I do have a book on them called Sonic Transmissions, I was just checking the memory bank. Lloyd I think has quit or retired since, but they haven't been that active. According to google/wiki, the last time they did anything was in 2011 and supposedly a new album was in the works, but seems like Verlaine and co. have dropped off the radar. I'd love to see a documentary done on them, I think it'd be really great.

 

One of the better exits in rock 'n' roll. I love Hell and have my own Blank Generation original pressing, but musically, the band wouldn't have come close to its heights with him on bass.

(Then again, I'm a Richard Lloyd fan, and Lloyd and Hell seem to have similarly low opinions of each other.)

 

If I can get this in the UK on vinyl, count me in! I don't have this album and have intended to get it for a long time. I only have the Stiff 3 track 45 of Another World, Blank Generation & You Gotta Lose by Richard Hell, which I like a lot. A scarce single with a numbered picture sleeve.

 

Not sure if I'm feeling that adventurous. But it's labeled the way RH told us to expect.

 

Completely different personalities. Lloyd has always given Hell credit for his songwriting abilities, at least when he was writing with Verlaine. He just didn't like the whole nasty, put down attitudes that Hell and Verlaine embraced. But of course, those guys had a long history together and that might've had something to do with it, too.