Lullabies for a New Dark Age (Legendary Pink Dots)
Rex <richwill@xsite.net>
In 1995, the Dots established a relationship with Soleilmoon Recordings, an
American-based record label and mail-order outlet, which has since seen to
re-releasing domestically for the first time a number of the LPD's early
works plus their most recent discs. Lullabies For the New Dark Ages (the
title taken from the band's description of one of their self-released
cassettes in 1982) is a box which houses the new reissues of Brighter Now,
Curse, Faces In the Fire, and The Tower, all with new (generic/inferior)
cover art and lyric booklets. Originally, these re-releases were to feature
bonus tracks as well, but PIAS didn't agree to having the content altered of
the albums they were licensing. The track separations for the original PIAS
releases of Curse and The Tower are both faulty; Soleilmoon has corrected
the divisions on The Tower but not on Curse.