Jesus And Mary Chain Albums To Have First Five Albums Reissued

05/16/06 6:00pm

by Allegra Shepherd (CHARTattack)

It used to be that getting your hands on an early The Jesus And Mary Chain album required scouring used record stores or taking part in frantic online auctions. Thankfully, Rhino is set to reissue the innovative Scottish band's first five studio albums on July 11.

The Jesus And Mary Chain, who influenced your favourite band's favourite bands, were formed in 1984 just outside of Glasgow by singing, guitar-playing brothers William and Jim Reid. The band broke up in 1998 after yet another onstage squabble between the two while promoting their last album, Munki. In those 14 years, they released six studio albums, five of which are long out of print.

Each reissue will be released in dual disc format, with one side containing the remastered album and the other side featuring a high-resolution audio mix and three music videos.

The band's 1985 debut, Psychocandy — which was named one of Spin Magazine's 50 essential records — will include the videos for "Just Like Honey," "You Trip Me Up" and "Never Understand."

Darklands (1987) features videos for "Happy When It Rains," "April Skies" and the title track.

The DVD portion of 1989's Automatic is comprised of "Her Way Of Praying," "Blues From A Gun" and "Head On."

Honey's Dead, their underrated 1992 album, has clips for "Almost Gold," "Reverence" and "Far Gone And Out."

Stoned And Dethroned, the last JAMC album to be released via Warner Bros. in 1994, will be reissued with the videos for "Come On," "Snakedriver" and "Sometimes Always."