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We are thrilled to announce Bubblegum XX, the 20th anniversary edition on August 23rd.

Bubblegum is undoubtedly one of Mark Lanegan’s masterpiece records. A dark, throbbing malevolent cauldron of songs.
After years spent honing his craft as a songwriter, Mark took some time out to join his comrades in QOTSA which heavily informed his next visit to the studio.

The sessions for this record found Mark at one of his most creative and experimental peaks. Surrounded by an incredible collection of musicians,Bubblegum is the sum of all these extraordinary parts.

The original Bubblegum record, its sister EP ‘Here comes the weird chill’ & the bsides from those records have all been remastered at Abbey Road studios in London.

We went into his archive and we’ve pulled out some of the unreleased songs that were recorded during those same sessions and mastered those too. There was a wealth of astonishing material (that now adds Beck to the list of accomplices), and reading through Mark’s notes, we saw that all of these were included in the final running order at one point or another before the final tracklist was called.

The set is rounded out with a collection of demos produced by Troy Van Leeuwen. Troy recorded these in various hotel rooms on the Gold Coast of Australia when they were on tour. They are beautiful and included here in their entirety. A really special collection of recordings.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bubblegum is the beginning of a small series of plans we have for this year.

Your kind words and love for Mark have been the source of much comfort in recent times, and we’re excited to be able to share with you previously unreleased material as a thank you.

contamination wrote:

We are thrilled to announce Bubblegum XX, the 20th anniversary edition on August 23rd.

Bubblegum is undoubtedly one of Mark Lanegan’s masterpiece records. A dark, throbbing malevolent cauldron of songs.
After years spent honing his craft as a songwriter, Mark took some time out to join his comrades in QOTSA which heavily informed his next visit to the studio.

The sessions for this record found Mark at one of his most creative and experimental peaks. Surrounded by an incredible collection of musicians,Bubblegum is the sum of all these extraordinary parts.

The original Bubblegum record, its sister EP ‘Here comes the weird chill’ & the bsides from those records have all been remastered at Abbey Road studios in London.

We went into his archive and we’ve pulled out some of the unreleased songs that were recorded during those same sessions and mastered those too. There was a wealth of astonishing material (that now adds Beck to the list of accomplices), and reading through Mark’s notes, we saw that all of these were included in the final running order at one point or another before the final tracklist was called.

The set is rounded out with a collection of demos produced by Troy Van Leeuwen. Troy recorded these in various hotel rooms on the Gold Coast of Australia when they were on tour. They are beautiful and included here in their entirety. A really special collection of recordings.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bubblegum is the beginning of a small series of plans we have for this year.

Your kind words and love for Mark have been the source of much comfort in recent times, and we’re excited to be able to share with you previously unreleased material as a thank you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarkLanegan/co ... blegum_xx/

VinylGuy wrote:Ill try to listen to it today

anyone got the box? how is the book?

kreng wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Ill try to listen to it today

anyone got the box? how is the book?

Yes, and great. Basically a picture book of photos taken by Steve Gullick around the time Bubblegum and Weird Chill were recorded, and some pics of master tapes and recording notes by I think engineers plus essays by 6-7 players who played on these sessions. Very pleased with the box overall, as well as the sound quality of the records, with the exception of Mirrored which has terrible sibilance.