Monday, January 7, 2013

Mad Season - Details emerge on 3-disc 'Above' reissue

As previously reported, Mad Season's 1995 album Above will be reissued as a 2 CD/1 DVD set on April 2nd. More details on the contents of the reissue have emerged via a listing on Amazon. The audio discs include all the original material from Above, along with 3 previously unreleased "new" songs featuring Mark Lanegan on vocals, and a full concert recorded in Seattle in April, 1995. The DVD includes a remastered version of Live At The Moore, full concert from December 1995, and audio/video of two radio sessions.

Take a look at the full listing for Above and pre-order now from Amazon or Pearl Jam's official store.

CD 1: original album + an unreleased acoustic instrumental titled "Interlude," 3 new songs from the band's unfinished second album with newly recorded vocals and lyrics by Mark Lanegan and a remixed version of the band's John Lennon cover "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier"

CD 2: full audio set from the band's historical performance at the Moore Theater in Seattle on April 29, 1995, remastered in stereo sound.

DVD: the first official DVD release of Live at The Moore, remixed and remastered and newly edited by director Duncan Sharp. Also featured is a full concert of the bands performance from New Years Eve 1995 at RKCNDY in Seattle and both performances from Self-Pollution Radio, one newly edited.

A full-color collector's booklet features previously unseen performance photographs and an essay by Barret Martin reflecting on the lives of Staley and Saunders and the history of the band.

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