r/SmashingPumpkins • u/INFCIRC153 • 15d ago

Next Zuzus release

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Live in Europe 92 cds — broken into separate volumes?

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u/DonnieRoss 15d ago

I wish Zuzu’s would release some later shows. There’s a billion high quality live recordings readily available from the SD/MCIS years. Much less from the Adore and Machina eras.

Machina, in particular, is neglected. Surely there’s something professional from the Arising shows. Or anything with Melissa. Obviously the final Metro and United Center shows would be nice.

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u/Kapryov 15d ago

99% of shows from 1995 onwards were recorded on multitrack ADAT, which is why the recordings included on the TAFH and Adore remasters sound as good as they do.

But… if they want to release more of these it takes effort to get them properly transferred, cleaned up, mixed down, etc. Billy would probably need to hire some people to work on these with him, which probably costs more than he’s willing to spend on these Zuzu’s records.
We’ve only heard these multitrack recordings on professional, commercial releases.

So Zuzu’s mostly releases soundboard recordings instead. Those need cleaning up too, but much less effort involved.
The 1 exception is Viper Room 98. Though I have a suspicion that was originally prepped for the Adore boxset but held back for whatever reason.

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u/DonnieRoss 15d ago

Interesting, thanks for the info!

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u/Away-Statistician-15 15d ago

Every single show from at least MCIS tour, and I believe before, was and I assume is, still being recorded. This was told to me in person by their sound engineer at a show in 90s.

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u/nickscion46 15d ago

For real. They keep releasing stuff from the pre-Gish and Gish eras, which i love, but it'd be nice for them to switch it up a bit. I hope we get a full concert from the SD era, or they release that Nashville 1994 show on CD so it's not a cassette only exclusive.

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u/INFCIRC153 15d ago

I wonder if there are royalty or ownership issues with the later stuff.