Mould vs. Mould: Sugar Catalogue to Be Expanded in U.S., Too

First it was The English Beat – now, Bob Mould’s power-pop outfit Sugar, whose discography is getting the expanded treatment starting next week, is seeing a dueling reissue campaign in both England and the United States.

While Copper Blue, Beaster and File Under: Easy Listening are getting expanded CD/DVD issues from Edsel, Merge Records – for whom Mould will release a new album in the fall – will handle expansions of the albums a bit differently. All the DVD content on the U.S. reissues has been dropped, along with the BBC session tracks that featured on Copper Blue. All the other audio content will be retained, however, and over two packages; Copper Blue and the Beaster EP will be released in one three-disc package, and FU:EL in another on two discs.

For audiophiles, vinyl reissues of the original albums, featuring the extra audio content as additional downloads, will also be available. All these titles are due out July 24. Hit the jump to order your copies and check out the modified track lists.

Copper Blue/Beaster: Deluxe Edition (Merge, 2012)

Disc 1: Expanded LP

1. The Act We Act
2. A Good Idea
3. Changes
4. Helpless
5. Hoover Dam
6. The Slim
7. If I Can’t Change Your Mind
8. Fortune Teller
9. Slick
10. Man on the Moon
11. Needle Hits E
12. If I Can’t Change Your Mind (Solo Mix)
13. Try Again
14. Clownmaster

Disc 2: Beaster (released as Rykodisc RCD 50260, 1993)

1. Come Around
2. Tilted
3. Judas Cradle
4. JC Auto
5. Feeling Better
6. Walking Away

Disc 3: Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago – 7/22/1992

1. The Act We Act
2. A Good Idea
3. Changes
4. Running Out of Time
5. Helpless
6. If I Can’t Change Your Mind
7. Where Diamonds Are Halos
8. Hoover Dam
9. Beer Commercial
10. Slick
11. Anyone
12. Clownmaster
13. Tilted
14. Armenia City in the Sky
15. JC Auto
16. The Slim
17. Dum Dum Boys
18. Man on the Moon

Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 released as Rykodisc RCD 10239, 1992
Disc 1, Tracks 11-13 released on “Helpless” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1024, 1992
Disc 1, Track 14 and Disc 3, Tracks 8 and 11 released on “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1031, 1993
Disc 3, Tracks Tracks 5, 7, 10 and 14 released on “A Good Idea” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1030, 1992
All other tracks previously unreleased

File Under: Easy Listening – Deluxe Edition (Merge, 2012)

Disc 1: Expanded LP

1. Gift
2. Company Book
3. Your Favorite Thing
4. What You Want It to Be
5. Gee Angel
6. Panama City Motel
7. Can’t Help You Anymore
8. Granny Cool
9. Believe What You’re Saying
10. Explode and Make Up
11. Mind is an Island
12. Frustration
13. Going Home
14. In the Eyes of My Friends
15. And You Tell Me
16. Believe What You’re Saying (Campfire Mix)

Disc 2: The Joke is Always on Us, Sometimes: Live at First Avenue, Minneapolis – 11/2/1994 (originally released as bonus disc with limited edition of Besides – Rykodisc RCD 10321-1, 1995)

1. Gift
2. Company Book
3. Hoover Dam
4. After All the Roads Have Led to Nowhere
5. Where Diamonds Are Halos
6. Slick
7. Going Home
8. Running Out of Time
9. Frustration
10. Changes
11. Can’t Help You Any More
12. Helpless
13. If I Can’t Change Your Mind
14. In the Eyes of My Friends
15. Clownmaster
16. Gee Angel
17. Explode and Make Up
18. The Slim

Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 released as Rykodisc LP RCD 10300, 1994
Disc 1, Tracks 11-12 released on “Your Favorite Thing” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1038, 1994
Disc 1, Tracks 13-15 released on “Believe What You’re Saying” CD single – Rykodisc RCD5 1039, 1994
Disc 1, Track 16 released on Besides (Rykodisc RCD 10321, 1995)