Greatest Hits Rarities

~ Release by The Cure (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Original track order as imported from Discogs 2017.

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Annotation last modified on 2024-05-30 16:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boys Don’t Cry (demo Chestnut Studio, Surrey 27th May 78)
recording of:
Boys Don’t Cry (on 1978-05-27)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure42:42
2A Forest (instrumental rehearsal session)
instrumental recording of:
A Forest (on 1980-01-04)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure6:04
3Temptation (original instrumental demo)
recording of:
Let’s Go to Bed (in 1982)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
Robert Smith3:56
4Let’s Go to Bed (12″ ‘Duke’ remix)
recording of:
Let’s Go to Bed (in 1982)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
The Cure6:07
5The Lovecats (‘TC & Benny’ 12″ remix)
recording of:
The Lovecats (in 1991)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure54:36
6The Caterpillar (live in U.K. 1984)
live recording of:
The Caterpillar (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Lol Tolhurst
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure4:08
7B2 – Are You Taping? (original group demo)
demo recording of:
In Between Days (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure2:45
8A2 – Chirpy DMC (original group demo)
recording of:
Close to Me (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
The Cure4:07
9Stolen Robin #1 (original instrumental group demo)
recording of:
Why Can’t I Be You? (in 1986-06)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
The Cure2:16
10Shivers (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Just Like Heaven (in 1985)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
Robert Smith2:22
11RS3 Arched (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Lullaby (in 1988)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co. and Fiction Songs Ltd. (in 1989)
Robert Smith2:18
12S2 (original instrumental group demo)
engineer:
Bruno Brunning
instrumental recording of:
Lovesong (in 1988-09)
lyricist:
Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Boris Williams, Laurence Tolhurst, Paul S. Thompson, Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Roger O’Donnell and Simon Gallup
publisher:
APB Music Co., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Fiction Songs Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
adaptation of:
Chanson d’amour (Chanson d’amour (lovesong))
The Cure4.53:39
13XP (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Pictures of You (in 1988)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams
publisher:
APB Music Co.
Robert Smith4:45
14Anniversary (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
High (in 1990)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure), Porl Thompson and Boris Williams
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd.
Simon Gallup5:19
15Friday I’m in Love (live at Kilburn National. May 1992)
recorded at:
Kilburn National Ballroom in Kilburn, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1992-05)
live recording of:
Friday I’m in Love (in 1992)
lyricist:
Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Boris Williams, Paul S. Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Robert J. Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure) and Simon Gallup
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc. and Fiction Songs Ltd.
The Cure3:25
16Mint Car (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Mint Car (in 1994)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper (UK drummer for The Cure), Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
publisher:
Fiction Songs Ltd. and Universal Music–MGB Songs
Simon Gallup3:29
17A Thought (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Wrong Number (in 1997-06)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Robert Smith5:17
18Wrong Number (16b (Crossed Line) ‘Warm Vocal’ remix)
recording of:
Wrong Number (in 1997)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
The Cure5:28
19B46 V.3 (instrumental home demo)
instrumental recording of:
Cut Here (in 1997)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper (UK drummer for The Cure), Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Robert Smith4:38
20Just Say Yes (early version)
recording of:
Just Say Yes (in 1999)
lyricist:
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:
Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper (UK drummer for The Cure), Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell and Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
The Cure4:34