{"id":485809,"date":"2019-05-13T20:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T02:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=835065"},"modified":"2019-05-13T20:21:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T02:21:10","slug":"the-b-52s-prep-cosmic-thing-30th-anniversary-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/the-b-52s-prep-cosmic-thing-30th-anniversary-reissue\/","title":{"rendered":"The B-52s Prep \u2018Cosmic Thing\u2019 30th Anniversary Reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The B-52s<\/a> will release a remastered edition of their fifth LP, 1989\u2019s Cosmic Thing<\/em>, on June 28th via Rhino Entertainment. The 30th anniversary reissue includes B-sides, remixes and previously unreleased live recordings from the band\u2019s 1990 Cosmic Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

The live album, found on the second disc of the two-CD set, features seven tracks from Cosmic Thing<\/em> (like \u201cRoam\u201d and \u201cLove Shack\u201d) and a handful of earlier classics (\u201cRock Lobster,\u201d \u201cPrivate Idaho\u201d) recorded during their stretch of August dates in Texas. The accompanying booklet contains new liner notes, lyrics and unseen photos of the band during that period.<\/span><\/p>\n

The B-52s recently kicked off a series of North American and European dates<\/a> celebrating their 40th anniversary. The lengthy summer trek continues May 26th in Nashville, Tennessee and runs through September 24th in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n

The B-52s also recently announced two projects in other mediums: their first-ever official band history book, due out in 2020, and an in-development documentary film with executive producer Fred Armisen and director Craig Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n

The B-52s \u2013 Cosmic Thing 30th Anniversary Edition<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disc One: Newly Remastered Original Album<\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u201cCosmic Thing\u201d
<\/span>2. \u201cDry County\u201d
<\/span>3. \u201cDeadbeat Club\u201d
<\/span>4. \u201cLove Shack\u201d
<\/span>5. \u201cJunebug\u201d
<\/span>6. \u201cRoam\u201d
<\/span>7. \u201cBushfire\u201d
<\/span>8. \u201cChannel Z\u201d
<\/span>9. \u201cTopaz\u201d
<\/span>10. \u201cFollow Your Bliss\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Assorted B-Sides And Remixes \u2013 Newly Remastered<\/span><\/p>\n

11. \u201cB-52\u2019s Megamix\u201d
<\/span>12. \u201cLove Shack\u201d (Edit)
<\/span>13. \u201cChannel Z\u201d (Rock Mix)
<\/span>14. \u201cRoam\u201d (Extended Remix)
<\/span>15. \u201cRoam\u201d (12\u201d Remix)
<\/span><\/p>\n

Disc Two: Cosmic Tour: Live In Texas, 1990<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u201cCosmic Thing\u201d
<\/span>2. \u201cBushfire\u201d
<\/span>3. \u201cQuiche Lorraine\u201d
<\/span>4. \u201cDance This Mess Around\u201d
<\/span>5. \u201cDry County\u201d
<\/span>6. \u201cPrivate Idaho\u201d
<\/span>7. \u201cGive Me Back My Man\u201d
<\/span>8. \u201cDeadbeat Club\u201d
<\/span>9. \u201cMesopotamia\u201d
<\/span>10. \u201cStrobe Light\u201d
<\/span>11. \u201cRoam\u201d
<\/span>12. \u201c52 Girls\u201d
<\/span>13. \u201cLove Shack\u201d
<\/span>14. \u201cRock Lobster\u201d
<\/span>15. \u201cWhammy Kiss\u201d
<\/span>16. \u201cChannel Z\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The B-52s will release a remastered edition of their fifth LP, 1989\u2019s Cosmic Thing, on June 28th via Rhino Entertainment. The 30th anniversary reissue includes B-sides, remixes and previously unreleased live recordings from the band\u2019s 1990 Cosmic Tour. The live album, found on the second disc of the two-CD set, features seven tracks from Cosmic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 05:29:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}