Full tracklist, packaging and release date revealed for Smashing Pumpkins’ first 2 albums reissues

Rob Hakimian·October 18, 2011

Earlier this year EMI announced that they would be periodically releasing expanded and remastered editions of all of the albums in Smashing Pumpkins’ discography. Today we get our first look at the first two reissues in this series: Gish and Siamese Dream – and I have to say it looks like they’ve done a good job.

Along with a remastered version of the original album on one disc, both albums come with a disc of rare and unreleased material and both albums come with a live DVD, both of two separate occasions when the band played the Metro in Chicago. Gish‘s DVD features a 10-song performance from 8/25/90 and Siamese Dream‘s is 17 songs taken from their performance on 8/14/93. Both DVDs feature an introduction from Metro’s owner Joe Shanahan.

As for the liner notes, they are also expanded. Corgan was recently interviewed by David Wild, and these interviews, reprinted in the notes, have Corgan talking about why these albums were triumphs. Additionally Corgan has done a track-by-track commentary on each of the songs. All of this comes housed in a deluxe lift-top box that also features “never-before-seen collages and photos, postcards and more.”

If you’re a vinyl fan, the reissues will also be coming out in that format, specially mastered for that sound. So when can you get all of this? If you live in North America EMI is releasing it on November 29th, everywhere else can get it on December 6th. You can check out the full expanded tracklistings for both albums below.

Gish:

Disc 1:

1. I am one
2. Siva
3. Rhinoceros
4. Bury me
5. Crush
6. Suffer
7. Snail
8. Tristessa
9. Window paine
10. 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)

All songs previously unreleased except where indicated.*

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

Introduction

I am one
Snail
Rhinoceros
Bury Me
Tristessa
Window Paine
Razor
Sookie Sookie
Godzilla
Crush – Acoustic

Siamese Dream

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)