i don't see any mention of vinyl there. and yes, $95 for a cd collection sounds like a bad deal

We need Matt reeder to explains us all what all these new songs and mixes mean.
Matt, please? would you help us ?

Listen to "Pastichio Medley". Between that and rough mixes of songs, that's basically what the outtakes are. The demo of "Eye" surprises me but not much else does. I'm really stoked to finally get to hear a full studio version of "Speed". If you've never heard "Speed", they played it at the 2/95 Double Door shows but it never got released. Imagine a mix of "Tonight, Tonight" and "Frail & Bedazzled". That's what it always sounded like to me.

The one bummer about this set is that the stuff on that video is already circulating widely in great quality. It will be nice to have pristine, perfect-quality copies of both but neither are even remotely complete. It seems apparent to me that Billy couldn't get the rights to release any more from the Brixton show that has already been broadcast - the tracklist on this reissue is exactly the same as the broadcast version, and is in the same running order. I would bet a lot that "Silverfuck" is incomplete and cut at the same spot as the broadcast version.

Don't get me wrong, that's one quibble about what seems to be an outstanding set. I was just hoping he would be able to release the full Brixton show with this reissue. My guess is that MTV won't let him.

For reference, here's the complete setlist for the Brixton show:

Set One (acoustic):
Tonight, Tonight
In the Arms of Sleep
Cupid de Locke
Thirty-three
Rocket
Soma
Take Me Down
1979
Beautiful
> Muzzle (false start)
Muzzle

Set Two:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (over PA)
Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Fuck You
Here Is No Why
To Forgive
Today
Thru the Eyes Of Ruby
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans > Rocket (tease)
Bodies
> Boys Don't Cry [The Cure] (tease)
Disarm
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Cherub Rock

Encore One:
> Firestarter [The Prodigy] (tease)
X.Y.U.

Encore Two:
Mayonaise

Encore Three:
Jellybelly
Silverfuck
> Space Jam (tease)
> Eye (tease)
> Dose [Filter] (tease)
Farewell and Goodnight

I'd like to hear more about what VinylGuy doesn't like.

I think we should all take a moment here to appreciate the inherent awesomeness of "Here Is No Why".

I'd like to hear more about what VinylGuy doesn't like.

Matt, what are your thoughts on some of the songs in the aeroplane flies high? and mashed potatoes?

Both are awesome. The Aeroplane Flies High features some of my all-time favorite SP songs, like the title track (a top 10 SP song for me), "The Last Song", "Mouths of Babes", "God", "Cherry", "Set the Ray to Jerry", "Meladori Magpie", "Marquis in Spades" and "Believe". The stinker of the set is the "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" single; one decent Iha track and 5 almost unlistenable covers.

Mashed Potatoes is awesome. I'd love to see it remastered and properly released but it sounds great as it is. There's some really great stuff in there, from the live version of "The Joker" to all the early demos.

Was mashed potatoes a kinda official release? i dont remember.

The Aeroplane Flies High features some of my all-time favorite SP songs, like the title track (a top 10 SP song for me)