The Cure - Wish - 30th Anniversary Edition

25/11/22

Wish released in April 1992 was The Cure’s 9th studio album and reached Number 1 in the UK Album Chart on its release. It also reached Number 2 in the USA, where it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative Music Album category. The first single to be released from the album, “High” was released in March 1992 and reached #8 in the UK Singles chart, but the album is probably best known for the 2nd single, “Friday I’m In Love” which reached #6 in May 1992. The 3rd and final single from the album was “A Letter To Elise” which peaked at #28 in October 1992. The Original 1992 album remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road.

3CD Deluxe Edition : The Original 1992 album remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road. Compiled and Expanded by Robert Smith

Disc One: “Demos”- All Previously Unreleased Versions
4 x 1990 Studio Vocal Demos (3 x Album Songs & 1 B-Side)
18 x 1991 Studio Instrumental DemosDisc Two: The Original 1992 album remastered by Robert SmithDisc Three: “Studio Out-Takes / 12” Remixes / Live Performances”
1 x 1992 Manor Studio Instrumental -Previously Unreleased
4 x ‘Lost Wishes’ ( 4 x Instrumental Demos / Mail Order-only Cassette release -First Time on CD
4 x 12” Single Mixes (Unavailable since 1992)
3 x Live tracks recorded at the Kilburn National, London in 1992 – Previously Unreleased

CD1

Open
High
Apart
From The Edge of The Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End

CD2

The Big Hand [1990 Demo]
Cut [1990 Demo]
A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo]
Wendy Time [1990 Demo]
This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo]
Scared As You [Instrumental Demo]
To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo]
Apart [Instrumental Demo]
T7 [Instrumental Demo]
Now Is The Time [Instrumental demo]
Miss Van Gogh [Instrumental demo]
T6 [Instrumental Demo]
Play [Instrumental Demo]
A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo]
Halo [Instrumental Demo]
Trust [Instrumental Demo]
Abetabw [Instrumental Demo]
T8 [Instrumental Demo]
Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo]
Swing Change [Instrumental Demo]
Frogfish [Instrumental Demo]

CD3

Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix]
Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix]
Off To Sleep… [Dim-D Mix]
The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix]
A Wendy Band [Instrumental]
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix]
Open [Fix Mix]
High [Higher Mix]
Doing The Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix]
Friday I’m In Love [Strangelove Mix]
A Letter To Elise [Blue Mix]
End [Paris Live 92]

2LP VERS:

Side A

Open
High
Apart

Side B

From The Edge of The Deep Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck

Side C

Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise

Side D

Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End

1CD Version:

Open
High
Apart
From The Edge of The Green Sea
Wendy Time
Doing The Unstuck
Friday I’m In Love
Trust
A Letter To Elise
Cut
To Wish Impossible Things
End