STP - Core (Super Deluxe Edition)

mookieblalock said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Where can you order this?!?

Soundstage Direct has it for $79.99 plus 20% off bringing it to $63.99 plus free shipping.

Thanks.

I ordered it from STPs site.  I wanted to make sure I got the Plush 7".

That's an awesome looking boxset!!!

HughFreakingDillon said:

dudeman said:

They did sound great on that tour. I saw them in Grand Rapids. They never disappointed me live. 

I've seen some videos where Scott was obviously messed up but when he was on his game, he was an amazing frontman. 

yes, all 4 times I saw him (VR x 2 and STP x2) he was on fire. 

Agreed. Saw them in 94' and then VR in 2004. They covered "Negative Creep" @HughFreakingDillon at that Velvet Revolver show and I thought the stage was going to explode.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/velvet-revolver/2004/the-pageant-st-louis-mo-53d60fa5.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrdprHQaquI

I saw STP twice in 2000 (No. 4 Tour - Vancouver and Tattoo the Earth festival in Portland, OR) and they were amazing.  Saw them again here in Victoria in 2010 and it wasn't nearly as good :(   Weiland did a solo show here a few years ago and they wanted $80 for it, it ended up being downgraded from a theatre show to bar show because of ticket sales.   I kind of wish I'd gone (hindsight is 20/20) but I remember the last show I went to not being so good.

I also saw VR twice and they were pretty good shows too. 

I find it crazy how big STP was in my teens, and then kind of drifted away after No. 4....  I still listen to their music alot.  I'm very much looking forward to a proper copy of unplugged.

tempo_n_groove said:

I see them still advertising the Plush 7".  I'm surprised there isn't more love for this album!

I like Core, but Purple is my favourite by far.

It's the first four albums I really like and I'd rank them:

Purple
No. 4
Tiny Music
Core

Will all of these mega reissues all I really want is the vinyl, live show, and b-sides.   All i really want from this set is the unplugged cd... I already have core on vinyl and the expanded import version of the cd.

Purple
Core
Shangri-La Dee Da
Self-titled
Tiny Music
No. 4

Shangri La is way underrated. Dumb Love is one of their best rockers hands down. I remember putting it on for a buddy of mine who'd followed them in high school with me and he was surprised how good it was because we both dropped off after Tiny. No. 4 was too uneven and repetitive. I think I'd rank them Purple, Core, Shangri, No. 4 and Tiny Music. Tiny Music turned me away from them until No. 4 came out. Love Big Bang Baby, but the rest is just ok to me on that album. I also don't think some of the songs on Purple have aged well in comparison to their other albums. Something about the production.

Album highlights for me:

Core: Plush, Sex Type Thing and Crackerman
Purple: Vasoline, Big Empty, Superman w/ Silver Gun, Unglued
Tiny Music: Big Bang Baby, Tumble in the Rough
No. 4: Down, Sour Girl, Heaven & Hot Rods
Shangri: Dumb Love, Regeneration, Too Cool Queenie, Hollywood Bitch

tbergs said:

Shangri La is way underrated. Dumb Love is one of their best rockers hands down. I remember putting it on for a buddy of mine who'd followed them in high school with me and he was surprised how good it was because we both dropped off after Tiny. No. 4 was too uneven and repetitive. I think I'd rank them Purple, Core, Shangri, No. 4 and Tiny Music. Tiny Music turned me away from them until No. 4 came out. Love Big Bang Baby, but the rest is just ok to me on that album. I also don't think some of the songs on Purple have aged well in comparison to their other albums. Something about the production.

Album highlights for me:

Core: Plush, Sex Type Thing and Crackerman
Purple: Vasoline, Big Empty, Superman w/ Silver Gun, Unglued
Tiny Music: Big Bang Baby, Tumble in the Rough
No. 4: Down, Sour Girl, Heaven & Hot Rods
Shangri: Dumb Love, Regeneration, Too Cool Queenie, Hollywood Bitch

No love for the eponymous album?

tbergs said:

HesCalledDyer said:

tbergs said:

Shangri La is way underrated. Dumb Love is one of their best rockers hands down. I remember putting it on for a buddy of mine who'd followed them in high school with me and he was surprised how good it was because we both dropped off after Tiny. No. 4 was too uneven and repetitive. I think I'd rank them Purple, Core, Shangri, No. 4 and Tiny Music. Tiny Music turned me away from them until No. 4 came out. Love Big Bang Baby, but the rest is just ok to me on that album. I also don't think some of the songs on Purple have aged well in comparison to their other albums. Something about the production.

Album highlights for me:

Core: Plush, Sex Type Thing and Crackerman
Purple: Vasoline, Big Empty, Superman w/ Silver Gun, Unglued
Tiny Music: Big Bang Baby, Tumble in the Rough
No. 4: Down, Sour Girl, Heaven & Hot Rods
Shangri: Dumb Love, Regeneration, Too Cool Queenie, Hollywood Bitch

No love for the eponymous album?

I've never actually listened to it. What I have heard just didn't sound the same.

That's how STP were. None of their albums sound the same to me.

Personally, I always appreciated that about them. They weren't like some bands that just crank out the same album over and over. 

Self Titled was probably not their masterpiece, but it's a very listenable, enjoyable and engaging record. More so when you consider everything that the band had been through. 

HesCalledDyer said:

tbergs said:

Shangri La is way underrated. Dumb Love is one of their best rockers hands down. I remember putting it on for a buddy of mine who'd followed them in high school with me and he was surprised how good it was because we both dropped off after Tiny. No. 4 was too uneven and repetitive. I think I'd rank them Purple, Core, Shangri, No. 4 and Tiny Music. Tiny Music turned me away from them until No. 4 came out. Love Big Bang Baby, but the rest is just ok to me on that album. I also don't think some of the songs on Purple have aged well in comparison to their other albums. Something about the production.

Album highlights for me:

Core: Plush, Sex Type Thing and Crackerman
Purple: Vasoline, Big Empty, Superman w/ Silver Gun, Unglued
Tiny Music: Big Bang Baby, Tumble in the Rough
No. 4: Down, Sour Girl, Heaven & Hot Rods
Shangri: Dumb Love, Regeneration, Too Cool Queenie, Hollywood Bitch

No love for the eponymous album?

you know, I can only come up with one word for that album: uninspired. some of the tunes are good, but just kind of "meh". The best track on the album is a bonus track on the deluxe version; it is a song that Eric Kreitz leaked with 4 others on the big empty forums after they originally broke up: Samba Nova. 

HesCalledDyer said:

Why is the Alive in the Windy City bluray so damn expensive??

don't know. that's why I bought it on iTunes.