The Cure Announces Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with 24 Previously Unreleased Tracks for Oct 2022 Release

English rock band the Cure have announced 30th-anniversary editions of their iconic 1992 album Wish. Among the different packages is 45-track deluxe CD set put together by frontman Robert Smith that features 24 previously unreleased tracks. The album is scheduled to release on October 7, the same day the band begins their tour in Riga, Latvia.

The original recordings of the album that include songs such as “Friday I’m In Love” and “High” were remastered at Abbey Road Studios. According to BrooklynVegan, the 3-CD deluxe edition comprises 21 previously unreleased demos, including four studio vocal demos from 1990 and 17 instrumental demos from 1991, nine of which are previously unreleased songs. There are also four tracks from the mail-order-only cassette Lost Wishes (1993), which have never appeared on CD or digitally, as well as “A Wendy Band” from the 1992 Manor Studio sessions, a previously unheard mix of “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea,” five rare 12” mixes and an unheard live version of “End” from Paris Bercy in October of 1992.

The rerelease will be out on 3xCD, double LP, single CD and digitally. Check out the tracklist below:

CD1: Original album
1 Open
2 High
3 Apart
4 From the Edge of the Green Sea
5 Wendy Time
6 Doing The Unstuck
7 Friday I’m in Love
8 Trust
9 A Letter to Elise
10 Cut
11 To Wish Impossible Things
12 End

CD2: Previously unreleased demos
1 The Big Hand [1990 Demo]
2 Cut [1990 Demo] aka “Away”
3 A Letter To Elise [1990 Demo] aka “Cut”
4 Wendy Time [1990 Demo]
5 This Twilight Garden [Instrumental Demo]
6 Scared as You [Instrumental Demo]
7 To Wish Impossible Things [Instrumental Demo]
8 Apart [Instrumental Demo]
9 T7 [Instrumental Demo]
10 Now Is the Time [Instrumental Demo]
11 Miss van Gogh [Instrumental Demo]
12 T6 [Instrumental Demo]
13 Play [Instrumental Demo]
14 A Foolish Arrangement [Instrumental Demo]
15 Halo [Instrumental Demo]
16 Trust [Instrumental Demo]
17 Abetabw [Instrumental Demo]
18 T8 [Instrumental Demo]
19 Heart Attack [Instrumental Demo]
20 Swing Change [Instrumental Demo]
21 Frogfish [Instrumental Demo]

CD3: Lost Wishes / studio out-takes / 12” remixes / live / rare / previously unreleased
1 Uyea Sound [Dim-D Mix]
2 Cloudberry [Dim-D Mix]
3 Off to Sleep… [Dim-D Mix]
4 The Three Sisters [Dim-D Mix]
5 A Wendy Band [Instrumental]
6 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea [Partscheckruf Mix]
7 Open [Fix Mix]
8 High [Higher Mix]
9 Doing the Unstuck [Extended 12” Mix]
10 Friday I’m in Love [Strangelove Mix]
11 A Letter to Elise [Blue Mix]
12 End [Paris Live 92]

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat