Rare Cult

Rare Cult Artist: The Cult
Label: Beggars Banquet Us
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 6


UPC: 607618203023
EAN: 0607618203023
ASIN: B0000516TU


Release Date: 2000-11-21

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Tracks:

  1. Ghost Dance [Radio Session]
  2. Bad Medicine Waltz [Radio Edit]
  3. Resurrection Joe [Radio Session]
  4. Go West [Crazy Spinning Circles]
  5. Bone Bag
  6. Sea and Sky
  7. She Sells Sanctuary
  8. No. 13
  9. Snake
  10. (Here Comes The) Rain
  11. Little Face
  12. Spiritwalker [Radio Session]
  13. Revolution [Radio Session]
  14. All Souls Avenue [Radio Session]
  15. Big Neon Glitter

Tracks:

  1. Revolution [Full Length Remix]
  2. Judith
  3. Sunrise
  4. All Souls Avenue
  5. Electric Ocean [Original Version]
  6. Go Go Guru [Original Version]
  7. Love Removal Machine [Radio Session]
  8. Conquistador [Radio Session]
  9. King Contrary Man [Radio Session]
  10. Electric Ocean
  11. Zap City [Demo Version]
  12. Love Trooper [Demo Version]
  13. Progresso [Backing Track Demo]
  14. Peace Dog
  15. Oink [Version One]
  16. Waltz [Backing Track Demo]
  17. Groove Co. [Demo Version]

Tracks:

  1. Love Removal Machine
  2. Wild Flower
  3. Peace Dog
  4. Aphrodisiac Jacket
  5. Electric Ocean
  6. Bad Fun
  7. Conquistador
  8. Zap City
  9. Love Trooper
  10. Outlaw
  11. Groove Co.
  12. Walk My Way

Tracks:

  1. Wild Flower [Extended Rock Mix]
  2. Outlaw [Alternate Mix]
  3. Wolf Child's Blues
  4. Go Go Guru [Rubin Version]
  5. Down So Long
  6. Soldier Blue [Werman Mix]
  7. Zodiac [Demo Version]
  8. Yes Man [Demo Version]
  9. Citadel [Demo Version]
  10. Crystal Ocean [Demo Version]
  11. Lay Down Your Gun [Version One][Demo Version]
  12. Bite on the Bullet [Demo Version]
  13. Iron Star [Demo Version]
  14. Star Child [Demo Version]
  15. Messin' Up the Blues

Tracks:

  1. Fire Woman [NYC Rock Mix]
  2. Medicine Train
  3. New York City [Demo Version]
  4. Sweet Soul Sister [Rock's Remix]
  5. Bleeding Heart Graffitti
  6. River
  7. Indian [Early Version][Demo Version]
  8. Spanish Gold [Demo Version]
  9. Host Of Angels [Demo Version]
  10. Northern Man [Demo Version]
  11. Auto [Demo Jam]
  12. Red Jesus
  13. Join Hands
  14. Edie (Ciao Baby) [Acoustic]
  15. Love Removal Machine [Live Session]

Tracks:

  1. Faith Healer
  2. Full Tilt [Live Session]
  3. Earth Mofo [Live Session]
  4. Heart of Soul [Acoustic]
  5. Witch [Full Version]
  6. Coming Down [Put The Boot In]
  7. Breathing Out
  8. Gone [Degenerate]
  9. Down on Me
  10. Beauty's on the Street
  11. Splurge/Relapse
  12. North
  13. Sacred High
  14. In the Clouds [Edit][Alternate Take]

Tracks:

  1. Resurrection Joe [Long Version]
  2. Assault on Sanctuary
  3. Love Removal Machine [Extended Version]
  4. Wild Flower [Guitar Dub]
  5. Soldier Blue [Extended Version]
  6. Fire Woman [LA Rock Mix]
  7. Witch [Remix]
  8. Coming Down [Butchered]
  9. Gone [Dub Vocal]
  10. Love Removal Machine [Small Soldiers Mix]
  11. Resurrection Joe [Hep Cat Mix Long Version]

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars THE BLUE PRINT For Box Sets to comes.......2007-01-14

I bought this box the month it was released back in 2000.
I was so impressed. This is the best box set I could imagine getting this year. It's amazing in scope and design. Also if you order early you can get a Bonus 7th Disc with the first run of pressings. That 7th disc contains previously released and hard-to-find extended remixes. The Booklet and discs are all perfectly chronological. The pictures in the book are great and show the bands evolution. The Text in the booklet is very informative, plus you get comments from Ian and Billy. You get all the info you need for each song. The box design is minimalist but easy to love. 3 Black cases 2 discs each. The book and then 7th disc in slip case. The discs are Black and just say Rare Cult - Disc 1, etc. This is so cool. Oh, the music. This is for serious Cult fans. Others might be bored here, but I am not. There are demos, B-sides and lots of unreleased wonders. So many songs! So Little Time. Thank You Beggars Banquet!

5 out of 5 stars Should I sell this!.......2006-12-12

Good stuff for the hard core fan.I have the 7 disc version( the remix disc is above average)Nice packaging(2 disc's per case) and great booklet and sound,This is alot to take in,but the The Cult brought something new(in my opinion)to rock music,and this set illustrates that.Now....should I sell this!. You never know. Recommened.

4 out of 5 stars Exhaustive. (almost).......2006-04-27

An exhaustive six disc (with first pressing containing a bonus disc) boxed set of rare and unreleased material by the Cult, "Rare Cult" is pretty much an extended love letter to the band's fans, collecting b-sides, radio sessions, leftovers and the "Peace" sessions. Organized chronologically, the set has a nice organic flow that follows the band's progress.

Being chronological, the set begins in the band's post-goth period, the "Dreamtime" and "Love" albums of the early '80s. A little over a disc of material is included, mostly drawn from radio sessions-- these tend to be pretty interesting and there's some great performances ("Spiritwalker") that capture the energy of the pieces better than the original studio performances did. A couple largely extraneous remixes are included and a few leftover tracks, in particular "Little Face" and "Judith", which were removed from "Love" when the band wanted to produce a harder edge to the album's sound. Both pieces are interesting (in particular "Judith", which is bizarre and atmospheric), but it's clear why "The Phoenix" and "Love" were substituted for them-- neither feel fully realized.

The next set of material is perhaps the most intriguing of the entire boxed set-- the Cult began working up material for an album tentatively titled "Peace" with the usual demos, radio session performances, and eventually recording an album. After hooking up with producer Rick Rubin, the band would re-record the material from these sessions as the "Electric" album, a record of stripped down rock music, so the opportunity to hear this material without Rubin's influence is intriguing, whether it be the sessions and promotion leading up to the album's recording or the album itself. Intriguingly enough, the best material on "Electric" seems to suffer pretty heavily ("Love Removal Machine" is just a mess), but the material I was less interested in on "Electric" ("King Contrary Man", "Peace Dog") seems to work out better here. I'm thinking it may be because not all this material was altogether suited for being stripped down rock, and it's nice to have the "Peace" album to compare (which I actually find to be superior to "Electric"). The real gem from these sessions is "Zap City"-- issued as a b-side, it's a fierce and explosive song that probably would have benefited from Rubin's production strategy, but even without, it's a fantastic piece. The set also includes a handful of tracks leftover from the Rubin sessions, some additional mixes but also a couple leftover tracks, many of which are worthwhile.

The set then turns to a series of demos cut during the "Sonic Temple" sessions-- it only includes pieces that were not included on "Sonic Temple". Some of these, remarkably, are of enormously high quality, but I suspect this is because of a sense of immediacy and urgency, building upon the heights of the stripped-back "Electric" approach ("Zodiac") rather than the somewhat overblown "Sonic Temple". Admittedly, some of hte pieces are a bit lacking in songwriting (notably "Yes Man", which is mind-numbingly irritating but also the rambling, endless "Lay Down Your Gun"), but these are demos and were wisely excluded from the album. Also of note from these sessions is "Star Child", the basis for "Star" on "The Cult" several years later.

"Ceremony", the much lamented follow-up to "Sonic Temple", is the next album and again, a series of demos are provided. The first two are most interesting in that they present the Cult with Billy Duffy on acoustic guitars and, while they feel like demos, both "Indian" and "Spanish Gold" get exciting and powerful readings in this fashion that really allows Astbury to shine. After these two, a few electric demos are provided-- similar to the material on "Ceremony", many of the pieces are intriguing but a bit overlong ("Host of Angels"). The most exciting piece on here is "Northern Man", an early version of fan favorite "The Witch", which even in this early stage was enormously powerful (although it definitely benefited from the lyrical rewrite). The set also includes a set of rerecordings that serbed as b-sides, including great acoustic versions of "Edie (Ciao Baby)" and "Heart and Soul" that really provide an opportunity for the pieces to breathe and fantastic "live in the studio" readings of "Love Removal Machine" and "Earth Mofo" (the latter in particular).

After "Ceremony", the band recorded "The Witch", presented here in an extended mix (that quite frankly, adds little to the piece), one of the best recordings of their career and then turned their attention to what would be their last album before breaking up, simply titled "The CUlt". This set provides an opportunity for long-time fans to reconsider the album, Billy Duffy states in the liner notes that he considers it the "great, undiscovered Cult album", an assertion I would support. A pair of remixes of album tracks (including a brilliantly fractured remix of "Gone") and a pile of fantastic unreleased tracks shed new light on just how good this record was.

The bonus remix CD that the first prints of this came with are kind of... well, it's mostly dance mixes and the like. I'm glad I got the disc, but it's not something I largely feel a great need to listen to.

The boxed set comes housed in a big cardboard box surrounding three double digipacks all in basic black and includes extensive liner notes (culled in part from interviews with Billy Duffy) discussing the band's history, the material on here.

If there's a complaint, it's that the set is not quite exhaustive-- five tracks are only included on "The Best of Rare Cult", a real point of irritation for someone who went out and bought this box.

Let's be straight, years on after the release, odds are anyone reading this already got this box, but if you're a diehard Cult fan and you don't have this, you're really missing out, this set is exhaustive, and while all the music is not essential, there's certainly enough great material on here to make it a fine investment. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars The RAre cult keeps the Love Era alive.......2004-08-18

I was rather skeptical of buying this box set a few years back, i already owned all of their cd's. Unlike most box sets, the songs here are almost completly different than the studio versions; in a good way. The Cults' electric is no longer metal but closer to the Love sound. My friend and I used to joke what if Electric was the only cd in the world, that would mean Outlaw would be popular, i detested that song. But, the rare cult version is stellar it sounds like it came right off of Love. If you are cult fan and feel like you have everything they have to offer, this is the box set for you. It is worth every penny, though the new price is a bit high. This box set is better than their studio albums.

5 out of 5 stars A must have for the Cult fan........2004-05-27

Each of the CDs has a different feel to them. The remixes of many of the songs show the diversity of the band. The first CD and the bonus 7th CD are my favorites. As some of the previous reviewers stated, this is not for the casual Cult fan. If you have all of the other albums, them you NEED this one.

Music CD:

  1. Poquita Robada Mona ~ Fishwife
  2. Nightwing ~ Marduk
  3. Backstreet Symphony ~ Thunder
  4. Flesh & Bone ~ Richard Marx
  5. No Tellin' Lies/3.V ~ Zebra
  6. Restless and Wild/Balls to the Wall ~ Accept
  7. Masquerade ~ Reb Beach
  8. Forbidden Fruit ~ Elegy
  9. Live on the BBC ~ Deep Purple
  10. Turbo ~ Judas Priest

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Folk Heritage, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists

The Best of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke ~ Tony Ashton, Kim Gardner

Adagio ~ Solitude Aeturnus

Elegia ~ Paolo Conte

Salsa Celtica: Great Scottish Latin Adventure ~ Various Artists

Morje Morje ~ De Black Fooss

Juste Une Ligne Bleue

Rock & Real ~ Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers

Great Movie Themes

Leichenschmaus ~ Zombie Nation