A super deluxe 30th anniversary edition of The Smashing Pumpkins‘ third studio album “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness” will meet a November 21st release date on UMe. This celebratory release of that diamond-certified double album will feature the original track listing, as well as over 80 minutes of previously unreleased live material from the band’s 1996 touring on the record. Audio of a January 30th, 1996 live performance of “Geek U.S.A.” from that collection is streaming below.
Also included is a hardbound book featuring new liner notes from vocalist/guitarist, etc. Billy Corgan, a custom tarot card set, and 7 lithographs. The entire collection is housed in a velvet wrapped slipcase with the featured double album and live material spread out across 6 LPs. The included bonus material will run as follows:
“Infinite Sadness Tour ’96“:
Side A:
01 – “Geek U.S.A.” (1.30.96. San Diego)
02 – “X.Y.U.” (1.30.96. San Diego)
03 – “Cupid De Locke” (1.30.96. San Diego)
04 – “Here Is No Why” (2.4.96. Los Angeles)
Side B:
01 – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” (2.4.96. Los Angeles)
02 – “Galapogos” (2.4.96. Los Angeles)
03 – “Bodies” (6.25.96. Saginaw)
04 – “Where Boys Fear To Tread” (6.29.96. Detroit)
Side C:
01 – “Zero” (6.29.96. Detroit)
02 – “Muzzle” (6.29.96. Detroit)
03 – “Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans“/”Beautiful“/”Rocket” (7.3.96. Cleveland)
Side D:
01 – “Siva” (6.30.96. Detroit)
02 – “An Ode To No One” (7.3.96. Cleveland)
03 – “Thru The Eyes Of Ruby“/”By Starlight” (7.5.96. Philadelphia)
Pre-orders for the set, which will also be released in a 4-CD format, as well as digitally, are available now through madamezuzus.com. Corgan commented:
“Unearthing these live recordings from the original lineup’s true, last large-scale tour was a labour of love, and for me certainly a bittersweet as once we blew apart in 1996, we were never quite the same: be it emotionally, or spiritually. Thankfully, I can say this as the band is now enjoying our greatest public success since that time, and one can hear in these tapes the raw power that such nascent faith afforded us, then, and the will and wisdom to persevere that followed.”
