BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL Ashes in the brittle air (remastered expanded edition) 2CD Digipack 2020

Ashes in the brittle air (remastered expanded edition)

2CD in 6-panel digipak with 16-page lyric/photo booklet.
Remastered expanded edition
• Remastered from original 1/4” tapes
• 21 bonus tracks on 2nd CD: demos, acapella, with 6 additional never-before-heard complete songs
• Their goth hit “Across a thousand blades” plus a new 2020 mix

CD1
1. ashes in the brittle air
2. across a thousand blades
3. the touch and the darkness
4. through sky blue rooms
5. the scar of a poet
6. you tangle within me
7. from the tightrope
8. am i so deceived
9. is it love that dare not be?
10. i ran to you
11. i wish you could smile

CD2
the sound of waves ep
1. let the rain fall
2. milan
3. the sound of waves
4. i’m spinning
5. griffith park

demos and early mixes
6. ashes in the brittle air (acapella)
7. i’m spinning (demo)
8. the amber girl (through sky blue rooms early version)
9. through sky blue rooms (alternate version - in between mix)
10. through sky blue rooms (alternate version)
11. ashes in the brittle air (demo)
12. we return
13. i’m spinning (acapella)
14. the scar of a poet (demo)
15. from the tightrope (demo)
16. our flesh as one (demo)
17. am i so deceived (demo)

the evolution of a thousand blades
18. across a thousand blades (“with trumpets” - late 1987 demo)
19. across a thousand blades (8-11-88 demo)
20. across a thousand blades (acapella)
21. across a thousand blades (2020 mix)

Black tape for a blue girl's 1989 third album in an expanded edition. Remastered from the original 1/4-inch analog tapes, it sounds amazing! 21 bonus tracks on 2nd CD: demos, acapella, with 6 additional never-before-heard complete songs. An album of existential, ethereal, and gothic musings, includes their popular goth-rock song "Across a thousand blades." L.A. Weekly: "Black Tape for A Blue Girl do a reasonable approximation of the 4AD vibe around the corner in Garden Grove. This is languid, lucid music... Their entropy is infectious."