I am SOOOO going to fucking buy this on January 24th, 2004 it's not even funny!!!!!!

================================= The Cure:

Join The Dots: B-sides & Rarities - 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years)

of Discs: 4

Total running time: 300+ minutes

Also included: A 76-page book with rare photos, a track-by-track breakdown from Robert & Simon and original commentary by noted U.K. scribe Johnny Black.

Digitally Remastered and Produced by: Robert Smith

Released by: Universal in Europe Rhino Records in North America

Suggested retail price: $54.98

Track Listing

Disc 1 (1978-1987) 10:15 Saturday Night Plastic Passion Pillbox Tales Do The Hansa I'm Cold Another Journey By Train Descent Splintered In Her Head Lament (flexipop version) Just One Kiss The Dream The Upstairs Room Lament Speak My Language Mr. Pink Eyes Happy The Man Throw Your Foot New Day The Exploding Boy A Few Hours After This A Man Inside My Mouth Stop Dead

Disc 2 (1987-1992)

A Japanese Dream Breathe A Chain Of Flowers Snow In Summer Sugar Girl Icing Sugar (weird remix) Hey You!!! (kevorkian 12" remix) How Beautiful You Are (clearmountain 7" remix) To The Sky Babble Out Of Mind 2 Late Fear Of Ghosts Hello I Love You (psychedelic version) Hello I Love You Hello I Love You (10 second version) Harold and Joe Just Like Heaven ('chuck' remix)

Disc 3 (1992-1996)

This Twilight Garden Play Halo Scared As You The Big Hand A Foolish Arrangement Doing The Unstuck (saunders 12" remix) Purple Haze (virgin radio version) Purple Haze Burn Young Americans Dredd Song It Used To Be Me Ocean Adonais

Disc 4 (1996-2001)

Home Waiting A Pink Dream This Is A Lie (palmer remix) Wrong Number (smith remix) More Than This World In My Eyes Possession Out Of This World (oakenfold remix) Maybe Someday (hedges remix) Coming Up Signal To Noise (acoustic version) Signal To Noise Just Say Yes (curve remix) A Forest (plati/slick version)

BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD BY FAR IN 2004!!!!

Don't waste yer money

Originally posted by Mike Don't waste yer money

Har har yer funny!

*hey that rhymes*

I may pick that up myself someday. But more importantly for now, what cool smilies!

Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr I may pick that up myself someday. But more importantly for now, what cool smilies!

I gotta ask, what is that smiley fella doin with his other hand ?

Meh...I downloaded almost all of those tracks (except the remixes) back in my downloading days. But if someone wants to send me that Posession track, I'll take it.

World in my eyes is not a DM cover, is it?

Originally posted by Server Error in "/" Application World in my eyes is not a DM cover, is it?

Yeah, it is. It was on the DM covers album, For the Masses.

Originally posted by Thief Like Me > Originally posted by Server Error in "/" Application> World in my eyes is not a DM cover, is it?

Yeah, it is. It was on the DM covers album, For the Masses.

I had to ask 'cause I found out that More Than This was not a Roxy Music cover!

release date pushed back to february 10th. and pictures of you/fear of ghost being released Janruary 6th. holy shit, thats tomorow! why oh why am i going to get this tomorrow, when i have the single to poy and so many fucking versions already and fear of ghost on the lovesong single and ill have it on the boxset. why? cause im an idiot. oh well, still excited though. nothing beats that feeling of buying a new release by your favorite bands :)

You bet your ass I am going to buy it.

Not ashamed, rather proud. But Rather buy some NO stuff.

I'm Cold and Signal to Noise are great tracks, btw IMHO.

i love the bsides from the wild mood swings album as well. and the remixes to hello i love you and out of this world are really good too.

The b-sides off Wish are the hero ones.

Originally posted by The Man Up North Yes, the b-sides of Wish are excellent, and those of Disintegration are very interesting as well (they are really what you could expect from an 80s/90s alternative band -- think of Fear of Ghosts and Babble... and 2 Late is a great track to whistle to!).I also like the ones off the Kiss Me album (Think of Breathe, for instance).I WILL DEFINITLY BE BUYING THIS MYSELF. I have been asking this package for years, and now I will be getting even more than I expected, everything REMASTERED and with a 76 pages booklet.

Another job well done by The Cure, productwise.

Agreed. Those are all excellent b-sides. That whole late-80's period created great b-sides. Too bad a few of them couldn't have ended up on Kiss Me and Wish. I guess Smithey now says he wished he'd put This Twilight Garden on Wish instead of Wendy Time----as if that wouldn't have been obvious!!

A Few Hours After This/Snow In Summer/Babble/2 Late.

Originally posted by The Man Up North Exaaaaactly.But then again, if it would have been my choice, I would have picked The Big Hand instead. :)

Nope, the Big Hand sucks compared to the others. :barf:

r u insane?

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope > Originally posted by The Man Up North> Yes, the b-sides of Wish are excellent, and those of Disintegration are very interesting as well (they are really what you could expect from an 80s/90s alternative band -- think of Fear of Ghosts and Babble... and 2 Late is a great track to whistle to!).> > I also like the ones off the Kiss Me album (Think of Breathe, for instance).> > I WILL DEFINITLY BE BUYING THIS MYSELF. I have been asking this package for years, and now I will be getting even more than I expected, everything REMASTERED and with a 76 pages booklet.

Another job well done by The Cure, productwise.

Agreed. Those are all excellent b-sides. That whole late-80's period created great b-sides. Too bad a few of them couldn't have ended up on Kiss Me and Wish. I guess Smithey now says he wished he'd put This Twilight Garden on Wish instead of Wendy Time----as if that wouldn't have been obvious!! Wendy Time is one of the best tracks on Wish. Trust, however, and High could've been replaced.

You've gotta be druggin' big time! High is one of the top cuts on there, and Trust is great also.

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope You've gotta be druggin' big time! High is one of the top cuts on there, and Trust is great also.

I've always disliked High for some reason. Trust sounds better live, but overall, it's a fairly forgettable track.

if anyone pays attetion to charts, it debuted at 106 on the top 200 for billboard. i love the book, and as for the actual music, here are my favorites: disc 1 exploding boy a few hours after this the upstairs room disc 2 sugar girl breathe snow in summer 2 late to the sky hello i love you (psychedelic mix) disc 3 this twilight garden halo big hand play scared as you purple haze (unreleased virgin radio version) adonais disc 4 a pink dream this is a lie (ambient mix) more than this out of this world (paul okenfeld mix)

i had most of this stuff alredy, and my favorite part is the remastered disc 2 and 1, the kiss me bsides were always my favorite but i had terrible versions of them.

Originally posted by The Man Up North Here's a shocker... The person roaming on this site playing in a band named KNOWN PLEASURES who likes to call himself "Timbo" is actually LOL TOLHURST, EX-MEMBER OF THE CURE !!!!!Look for yourselves!!Shocker! .

No way!v Please tell me you're joking!!!

i knew Lol had a load of time on his hands, but I had no idea he had enough to make 7k+ posts!;)

Looks like a good collection to me!! Now if I can just convince my girlfriend to buy it for me so I can save my $$ for NO/JD stuff that I MIGHT find and beer!!

Originally posted by The Man Up North I HAVE THE ITEM IN HAND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.It's very very well crafted... a real nice compilation boxset.I'm sorry to say this, but this is what Retro should have been...

Kudos to Robert Smith and The Cure for a nice product.

S.

P.S. Never knew where the word "Kudos" come from... is it greek?

Hit the nail on the Head!!

How is the song "Posession"? It's the only one I don't have yet (not counting the remixes).

Originally posted by The Man Up North Still no word from Lol "Timbo" Tolhurst, leader of the band Known Pleasures?

Well you picked the ideal place to insult him. I have no idea how I was unfortunate enough to spot it, in a thread that should be in the Gays and Goths forum.:D

Originally posted by The Man Up North Still no word from Lol "Timbo" Tolhurst, leader of the band Known Pleasures?

He's got dark hair I suppose, but that's about as close as it gets ! I can play keyboards......am several stone lighter (than the photo of me), and probably hate The Cure more than he does !

Not sure I should be classed as "leader" - it's supposedly a democracy though it is always me that ends up having to do everything.

Same radiation?

Originally posted by The Man Up North I still thibk there is a striking resemblance between the two of you!!!Same mom ?

He's a fat bastard with curly hair ! I'm not !

Originally posted by Low-Life > Originally posted by The Man Up North> I still thibk there is a striking resemblance between the two of you!!!> > Same mom ?

He's a fat bastard with curly hair ! I'm not !

seen that wedding photo on your profile. and yes, dear, you do look like one mr. west! better fashion sense, though. ;)

I can only assume you've not seen many pics of Fred West(or me)then, because we look absolutely nothing alike at all unless I am laughing. Rose'll kill you if she knows you think that !

Ah, Fred West? The serial killer? I was assuming Agent was talking about ADAM West.

The guy suicided, didn't he?

Wow talk about completely derailing the FUCK outta this thread LOL!

Originally posted by Low-Life I can only assume you've not seen many pics of Fred West(or me)then, because we look absolutely nothing alike at all unless I am laughing. Rose'll kill you if she knows you think that !

keep convincing yourself of that, mate. ;)

and i ain't afraid of rosemary. middle-aged female serial killers with bowl cuts are a dime a dozen here in the states, my friend.

Originally posted by Server Error in "/" Application Ah, Fred West? The serial killer? I was assuming Agent was talking about ADAM West.The guy suicided, didn't he?

Adam West? I don't think he offed himself, unless he's done it since he was on The Simpsons.