Smashing Pumpkins get reissue treatment

Reissues (and reunions) are all the rage these days, with many classic albums getting a fresh coat of paint and redelivered to the masses. Recent years have seen reissues from the likes of U2, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails to name but a few. Adding their name to the list are influential US alt-rockers Smashing Pumpkins.

The first of what Pumpkins fans hope will be many to get the remaster and reissue treatment are the first two albums in their discography, 1991's Gish and its follow-up; 1993's breakthrough smash Siamese Dream. Both albums come packed full of bonus content and special features that were curated from the band’s archives by founding member Billy Corgan and have been painstakingly remastered for the first time from the original master tapes by top engineer Bob Ludwig.

The news comes hot on the heels of Billy Corgan's announcement that he has started his own pro-wrestling company, Resistance Pro. The full list of mouthwatering contents reads thus:

Gish (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1

'I Am One'
'Siva'
'Rhinoceros'
'Bury Me'
'Crush'
'Suffer'
'Snail'
'Tristessa'
'Window Paine'
'Daydream'

Disc 2

'Starla' (2011 mix)
'Siva' (Peel session)*
'Honeyspider' (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)
'Hippy Trippy' (Crush Music Box demo)
'Snail' (Live radio performance)
'Plume' (2011 mix)
'Bury Me' (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)
'Daydream' (Old House demo)
'Tristessa' (Sub Pop single / 2011 mix)
''Girl Named Sandoz' (Peel session)*
'Jesus Is The Sun' (Apartment demo)
'Blue' (Gish sessions demo)
'Smiley' (Gish sessions demo)
'I Am One' (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix)
'Seam' (Suffer / Apartment demo)
'La Dolly Vita' (2011 mix)
'Pulseczar' (Gish sessions demo)*
'Drown' (Alternate guitar solo)

*Previously unreleased.

DVD

Live at The Metro, Chicago, IL 8/25/90

'I Am One'
'Snail'
'Rhinoceros'
'Bury Me'
'Tristessa'
'Window Paine'
'Razor'
'Sookie Sookie'
'Godzilla'
'Crush - Acoustic'

Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1

'Cherub Rock'
'Quiet'
'Today'
'Hummer'
'Rocket'
'Disarm'
'Soma'
'Geek U.S.A'
'Mayonaise'
'Spaceboy'
'Silverfuck'
'Sweet Sweet'
'Luna'

Disc 2

'Pissant (Siamese sessions rough mix)
'Siamese Dream' (Broadway rehearsals demo)
'STP' (Rehearsal demo)
'Frail And Bedazzled' (Soundworks demo)
'Luna' (Apartment demo)
'Quiet' (BBC session/bc mix)
'Moleasskiss' (Soundworks demo)
'Hello Kitty Kat' (Soundworks demo)
'Today' (Broadway rehearsal demo)
'Never Let Me Down Again' (BBC session)*
'Apathy's Last Kiss' (Siamese sessions rough mix)
'Ache' (Silverfuck rehearsal demo)
'U.S.A.' (Soundworks demo)
'U.S.S.R.' (Soundworks demo)
'Spaceboy' (Acoustic mix)
'Rocket' (Rehearsal demo)
'Disarm' (Acoustic mix)
'Soma' (Instrumental mix)

*Previously unreleased.

DVD

Live At The Metro, Chicago, 8/14/93

'Rocket'
'Quiet'
'Today'
'Rhinoceros'
'Geek U.S.A.'
'Soma'
'I Am One'
'Disarm'
'Spaceboy'
'Starla'
'Cherub Rock'
'Bury Me'
'Hummer'
'Siva'
'Mayonaise'
'Drown'
'Silverfuck'