Cure - Join the Dots, The Fiction Years (B-Sides & Rarities) [2004] + BONUS Cure - B-Sides & Rarities [2015] (15 x CDs)

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Cure - Join the Dots, The Fiction Years (B-Sides & Rarities) [2004] + BONUS Cure - B-Sides & Rarities [2015] (15 x CDs)

Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities is a box set of The Cure, released on 26 January 2004, by their former record label Fiction. (Elektra and Rhino co-released the compilation in North America.) This box set is a four-disc compilation of B-sides and rarities, digitally remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road Studios from their original tapes. The box set includes all B-sides by the band, apart from a number of remixes, as well a number of unreleased songs and songs that had been out of physical circulation for years. Many of the songs had not appeared on CD before. The set includes a booklet with track-by-track commentary and an extensive overview of the band's history up to 2004, followed by an extensive list of The Cure's discography.

The B-side "I'm Cold" features singer Siouxsie Sioux on backing vocals; the collaboration came at the time when The Cure were supporting Siouxsie and the Banshees on their 1979 British tour.

Some of the B-sides released between 1982 and 1983 were first compiled on the Japanese Whispers compilation album issued in late 1983. The boxset includes an early version of "Lament", initially recorded with Siouxsie and the Banshees's bassist Steven Severin in August 1982, to be released as a free single for Flexipop magazine. (Wikipedia)

As a bonus I have included "Cure - B-Sides & Rarities [2015]" This is not an official release by The Cure or any major record label. There isn't much information available about this specific compilation, which suggests it might be an unofficial or fan-made collection from the Ukraine. The following should be noted - All tracks for these compilations taken only from original first press CDs. With the following exceptions -

Tracks "Let's Go To Bed (Extended Mix)", "Just One Kiss (Extended Mix)", "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice, New Mix) (Resung & Club Mixed February 86)" transferred from Vinyl.

Tracks "The Lovecats (Extended Version)", "In Between Days (Extended Version)", "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice, Club Mix) (Resung & Club Mixed February 86) (Extended 12" Dance Version)" are digitally remastered, taken from the series "RetroActive: Rare & Remixed".

Track "Pictures Of You (Extended Remix)" are digitally remastered, taken from compilation Blank & Jones present: So80s (SoEighties) Vol. 9.

One of the standout features of "Cure - B-Sides & Rarities [2015]" is the sheer variety of music it offers. Each track is a unique piece of art, showcasing the band's ability to seamlessly blend different genres and moods. Whether you're in the mood for something melancholic or something more upbeat, this collection has a song for every occasion. The meticulous curation of the tracks ensures that there's never a dull moment, making it a joy to listen to from start to finish. (B)

What makes these sets truly special is its ability to offer a fresh perspective on The Cure's music. While their hit singles are well-loved and widely recognized, the B-sides and rarities included in this collection reveal a different side of the band. These tracks, often overshadowed by the more popular songs, are a testament to The Cure's versatility and willingness to experiment with different sounds and styles. From hauntingly beautiful ballads to upbeat, quirky tunes, these sets box set have it all. (B)

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Track lists

Cure - Join the Dots, The Fiction Years (B-Sides & Rarities) [2004] 

CD1

01 Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night (B-Side of Killing an Arab) 3:43

02 Cure - Plastic Passion (B-Side of Boys Don't Cry) 2:16

03 Cure - Pillbox Tales (B-Side of Boys Don't Cry Re-Release) 2:56

04 Cure - Do the Hansa (Extra B-Side of Boys Don't Cry Re-Release 12") 2:40

05 Cure - I'm Cold (B-Side of Jumping Someone Else's Train) 2:49

06 Cure - Another Journey By Train (B-Side of a Forest) 3:06

07 Cure - Descent (B-Side of Primary) 3:09

08 Cure - Splintered in Her Head (B-Side of Charlotte Sometimes) 5:17

09 Cure - Lament (Flexipop Version) 4:36

10 Cure - Just One Kiss (B-Side of Let's Go to Bed) 4:10

11 Cure - The Dream (B-Side of the Walk) 3:12

12 Cure - The Upstairs Room (Extra B-Side of the Walk 12") 3:31

13 Cure - Lament (Extra B-Side of the Walk 12") 4:25

14 Cure - Speak My Language (B-Side of the Lovecats) 2:43

15 Cure - Mr. Pink Eyes (Extra B-Side of the Lovecats 12") 2:45

16 Cure - Happy the Man (B-Side of the Caterpillar) 2:47

17 Cure - Throw Your Foot (Extra B-Side of the Caterpillar 12") 3:33

18 Cure - New Day (Extra Track on Half an Octopus 10" & Quadpus 12") 4:10

19 Cure - The Exploding Boy (B-Side of Inbetween Days) 2:54

20 Cure - A Few Hours After This (Extra B-Side of Inbetween Days 12") 2:28

21 Cure - A Man Inside My Mouth (B-Side of Close to Me) 3:07

22 Cure - Stop Dead (Extra B-Side of Close to Me 12") 4:02

CD2

01 Cure - A Japanese Dream (B-Side of Why Can't I Be You?) 3:29

02 Cure - Breathe (B-Side of Catch) 4:48

03 Cure - A Chain of Flowers (Extra B-Side of Catch 12") 4:55

04 Cure - Snow in Summer (B-Side of Just Like Heaven) 3:27

05 Cure - Sugar Girl (Extra B-Side of Just Like Heaven 12") 3:15

06 Cure - Icing Sugar (Extra Track on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Orange Vinyl Bonus Disc) 3:23

07 Cure - Hey You!!! (12" Extended Remix B-Side of Hot Hot Hot!!!) 4:08

08 Cure - How Beautiful You Are (Extra Track on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Radio Sampler CD) 4:25

09 Cure - To the Sky (From Fiction CD Stranger Than Fiction) 5:16

10 Cure - Babble (B-Side of Lullaby / Fascination Street) 4:19

11 Cure - Out of Mind (Extra B-Side of Lullaby 12" / Fascination Street 12") 3:51

12 Cure - 2 Late (B-Side of Lovesong) 2:41

13 Cure - Fear of Ghosts (Extra B-Side of Lovesong 12") 6:51

14 Cure - Hello I Love You (Unreleased Psychedelic Mix) 6:04

15 Cure - Hello I Love You (From Elektra CD Rubaiyat) 3:31

16 Cure - Hello I Love You (Slight Return Mix From Elektra CD Rubaiyat) 0:13

17 Cure - Harold and Joe (B-Side of Never Enough) 5:09

18 Cure - Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix B-Side of Close to Me Re-Release Closest Mix) 3:43

CD3

01 Cure - This Twilight Garden (B-Side of High) 4:45

02 Cure - Play (Extra B-Side of High 12") 4:36

03 Cure - Halo (B-Side of Friday I'm in Love) 3:47

04 Cure - Scared as You (Extra B-Side of Friday I'm in Love 12") 4:12

05 Cure - The Big Hand (B-Side of a Letter to Elise) 4:53

06 Cure - A Foolish Arrangement (Extra B-Side of a Letter to Elise 12") 3:51

07 Cure - Doing the Unstuck (Unreleased 12" Version) 5:55

08 Cure - Purple Haze (Unreleased Virgin Radio Version) 3:18

09 Cure - Purple Haze (From Stone Free: a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix) 5:22

10 Cure - Burn (From the Crow OST) 6:37

11 Cure - Young Americans (From 104.9 XFM Compilation) 6:23

12 Cure - Dredd Song (From Judge Dredd OST) 4:25

13 Cure - It Used to Be Me (B-Side of the 13Th) 6:50

14 Cure - Ocean (B-Side of the 13Th) 3:29

15 Cure - Adonais (B-Side of the 13Th) 4:11

CD4

01 Cure - Home (B-Side of Mint Car) 3:24

02 Cure - Waiting (B-Side of Mint Car) 3:34

03 Cure - A Pink Dream (B-Side of Mint Car) 3:44

04 Cure - This is a Lie (Ambient Mix B-Side of Gone! / Strange Attraction) 4:32

05 Cure - Wrong Number (P2P Mix Extra B-Side of Wrong Number) 8:14

06 Cure - More Than This (From the X-Files: the Album) 5:11

07 Cure - World in My Eyes (From for the Masses: an Album of Depeche Mode Songs) 4:52

08 Cure - Possession (Unreleased 2000) 5:17

09 Cure - Out of This World (Oakenfold Mix - Unreleased 2000) 7:01

10 Cure - Maybe Someday (Acoustic Mix From Maybe Someday Promo Only CD) 4:59

11 Cure - Coming Up (Extra Track on Japanese & Australian Versions of Bloodflowers) 6:27

12 Cure - Signal to Noise (Acoustic Version - Unreleased 2001) 3:36

13 Cure - Signal to Noise (B-Side of Cut Here) 4:08

14 Cure - Just Say Yes (Curve Mix - Unreleased 2001) 3:18

15 Cure - A Forest (Featuring Earl Slick) (Mark Plati Mix - Unreleased 2001) 6:42

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Cure - B-Sides & Rarities [2015]

CD01

01 Cure - The Exploding Boy 2:50

02 Cure - A Few Hours After This 2:29

03 Cure - Six Different Ways (Live) 3:28

04 Cure - Push (Live) 4:38

05 Cure - Close to Me (12'' Mix) 6:33

06 Cure - A Man Inside My Mouth 3:06

07 Cure - Stop Dead 4:02

08 Cure - New Day 4:07

09 Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Extended Mix) 8:09

10 Cure - A Japanese Dream (Extended Mix) 5:47

11 Cure - Hey You !!! 2:22

12 Cure - Snow in Summer 3:26

13 Cure - Sugar Girl 3:14

14 Cure - Hot Hot Hot !!! 3:36

15 Cure - Hey You !!! (Extended Remix) 4:06

16 Cure - Killing an Arab (Live) 2:31

17 Cure - 10-15 Saturday Night (Live) 3:48

18 Cure - Fire in Cairo (Live) 3:20

19 Cure - Boys Don't Cry (Live) 2:47

20 Cure - Lullaby (Remix) 4:10

CD02

01 Cure - I Dig You 3:27

02 Cure - World War 2:37

03 Cure - Let's Go to Bed (Extended Mix) 7:45

04 Cure - Just One Kiss (Extended Mix) 7:18

05 Cure - The Lovecats (Extended Version) 4:38

06 Cure - In Between Days (Extended Version) 4:00

07 Cure - Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - Club Mix) 5:31

08 Cure - Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix) 2:39

09 Cure - Just Like Heaven (Remix) 3:31

10 Cure - Breathe 4:48

11 Cure - Chain of Flowers 4:54

12 Cure - Icing Sugar (New Mix) 3:21

13 Cure - To the Sky 5:16

14 Cure - Lovesong (Remix) 3:28

15 Cure - Never Enough 4:26

16 Cure - Pictures of You (Extended Remix) 8:06

17 Cure - High (Single Mix) 3:34

CD03

01 Cure - Babble 4:23

02 Cure - Out of Mind 3:53

03 Cure - Fascination Street (Remix) 4:21

04 Cure - 2 Late 2:41

05 Cure - Fear of Ghosts 6:49

06 Cure - Pictures of You (Remix) 4:47

07 Cure - Harold and Joe 5:08

08 Cure - Lets Go to Bed (Milk Mix) 7:14

09 Cure - Close to Me (Closest Mix) 4:19

10 Cure - Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix) 3:43

11 Cure - Primary (Red Mix) 7:12

12 Cure - Inbetween Days (Shiver Mix) (Edit of LP Version) 3:55

13 Cure - Hello, I Love You 3:27

14 Cure - Hello, I Love You (Slight Return) 0:10

15 Cure - This Twilight Garden 4:45

16 Cure - Play 4:36

17 Cure - High (Higher Mix) 7:13

CD04

01 Cure - Open (Fix Mix) 6:51

02 Cure - Halo 3:47

03 Cure - Scared as You 4:14

04 Cure - Friday I'm in Love (Strangelove Mix) 5:28

05 Cure - The Big Hand 4:55

06 Cure - A Foolish Arrangement 3:53

07 Cure - A Letter to Elise (Blue Mix) 6:36

08 Cure - A Letter to Elise (7'' Remix Edit) 4:22

09 Cure - A Letter to Elise (12'' Extended Remix) 7:06

10 Cure - Tape (Intro) 3:07

11 Cure - Purple Haze 5:22

12 Cure - Burn 6:39

13 Cure - Young Americans 6:21

14 Cure - Dredd Song 4:19

15 Cure - The 13th (Swing Radio Mix) 4:16

CD05

01 Cure - The 13th (Two Chord Cool Mix) 4:09

02 Cure - It Used to Be Me 6:58

03 Cure - Ocean 3:29

04 Cure - Adonais 4:11

05 Cure - The 13th (Killer Bee Mix) 4:14

06 Cure - Mint Car (Electric Mix) 3:31

07 Cure - Waiting 3:33

08 Cure - A Pink Dream 3:46

09 Cure - Mint Car (Buskers Mix) 3:29

10 Cure - Mint Car (Radio Mix) 3:29

11 Cure - Home 3:22

12 Cure - Gone! (Radio Mix) 4:28

13 Cure - Gone! (Critter Mix) 4:27

14 Cure - Gone! (Ultra Living Mix) 5:35

15 Cure - Gone! (Spacer Mix) 6:31

16 Cure - Strange Attraction (Adrian Sherwood Mix) 4:22

17 Cure - The 13th (Feels Good Mix) 6:08

CD06

01 Cure - This is a Lie (Ambient Mix) 4:32

02 Cure - Strange Attraction (Strange Mix) 4:18

03 Cure - Want (Live) 5:01

04 Cure - Club America (Live) 4:45

05 Cure - Mint Car (Live) 3:23

06 Cure - Trap (Live) 3:32

07 Cure - Treasure (Live) 3:19

08 Cure - Wrong Number (Analogue Exchange Mix) 4:52

09 Cure - Wrong Number (P2P Mix) 8:15

10 Cure - Wrong Number (Crossed Line Mix) 8:36

11 Cure - Wrong Number (ISDN Mix) 7:08

12 Cure - Wrong Number (Digital Exchange Mix) 7:09

13 Cure - Wrong Number (Dub Analogue Exchange Mix) 5:35

14 Cure - A Sign From God 3:42

15 Cure - More Than This 5:11

CD07

01 Cure - World in My Eyes 4:51

02 Cure - Out of This World (Radio Edit) 4:44

03 Cure - Coming Up 6:26

04 Cure - Maybe Someday (Radio Edit) 4:00

05 Cure - Maybe Someday (Hybrid Mix Radio Edit) 3:39

06 Cure - Maybe Someday (Dance Mix) 4:57

07 Cure - Maybe Someday (Acoustic Mix) 4:59

08 Cure - Watching Me Fall (Underdog Remix) 7:45

09 Cure - Yesterday's Gone 5:18

10 Cure - Signal to Noise 4:06

11 Cure - Cut Here (Missing Remix) 5:51

12 Cure - One Hundred Years (Live) 6:54

13 Cure - Pictures of You (Live) 7:28

14 Cure - Maybe Someday (Live) 5:08

CD08

01 Cure - The End of the World (Radio Edit) 3:34

02 Cure - This Morning 7:15

03 Cure - Fake 4:42

04 Cure - Truth Goodness and Beauty 4:19

05 Cure - Going Nowhere 3:28

06 Cure - alt.end (Single Edit) 3:00

07 Cure - Why Can't I Be Me 4:16

08 Cure - Your God is Fear 5:06

09 Cure - Da Hype (Vocal Single Version) 3:04

10 Junior Jack - Da Hype (Junior Jack Original Club Mix) 9:25

11 Junior Jack - Da Hype (Warren Clarke Vocal Dub Mix) 7:41

12 Junior Jack - Da Hype (Extended Vocal Version) 9:26

13 Cure - Love 3:15

14 Paul Hartnoll - Please 4:04

15 Cure - The Only One (Mix 13) 3:57

CD09

01 Cure - NY Trip 3:38

02 Cure - Freakshow (Mix 13) 2:31

03 Cure - All Kinds of Stuff 3:13

04 Cure - Sleep When I'm Dead (Mix 13) 3:51

05 Cure - Down Under 3:04

06 Cure - The Perfect Boy (Mix 13) 3:23

07 Cure - Without You 4:11

08 Cure - The Only One (Remix4 By 30 Seconds to Mars) 4:25

09 Cure - Freakshow (Wolves at the Gate Remix By Jade Puget) 3:17

10 Cure - Sleep When I'm Dead (Remix4 By Gerard Way and Julien K) 4:03

11 Cure - The Perfect Boy (Remix4 By Patrick Stump_Pete Wenz) 3:51

12 Cure - Exploding Head Syndrome (4 Single Remix By 65 Days of Static) 21:26

13 Cure - Underneath the Stars (Renholder Remix) 3:36

14 Robert Smith - Very Good Advice 2:58

15 Cure - Not in Love 3:48

16 The Japanese Popstars - Take Forever 5:53

CD10

01 Junkie XL - Perfect Blue Sky 4:11

02 Blink 182 - All of This 4:40

03 Earl Slick - Believe 3:40

04 Blank & Jones - A Forest (Original Mix) 6:57

05 Tweaker - Truth Is 4:02

06 Robert Smith - Pictures of You (Paulmac Remix) 4:22

07 Cure - The Dragon Hunters Song 3:20

08 Anik Jean - J'aurai Tout Essaye 3:50

09 65daysofstatic - Come to Me 8:00

10 Robert Smith - Small Hours 7:54

11 Robert Smith - Witchcraft 4:13

12 Cure - Apart (Renholder Remix) 6:37

13 Cure - Hello Goodbye 4:01

14 Robert Smith - C Moon 4:39

15 Cure - Please 6:34

CD11

01 Eat Static - In All Worlds 6:31

02 Robert Smith - There's a Girl in the Corner 3:51

03 Cure - Take Forever (RS@Home Remix) 4:52

04 Japanese Popstars - Take Forever (Raw Man Remix) 4:57

05 Japanese Popstars - Take Forever (Attaque Remix) 5:26

06 Japanese Popstars - Take Forever (The Deadstock 33s Remix) 7:47

07 Crystal Castles - Not in Love (R. Smith Remix) 3:49

08 Paul Hartnoll - Please (Statik Remix) 3:52

09 Paul Hartnoll - Please (KGB Remix) 5:57

10 Korn - Make Me Bad_In Between Days 5:35

11 Faithless - Spiders, Crocodiles & Kryptonite 5:40

12 Cure - ToLoveSomebody 4:00

13 Blank & Jones - A Forest (Short Cut) 3:36

14 Cure - Wrong Number (Engaged Mix) 6:32

15 Cure - Club America (Roxy Mix) 5:10

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