The Bad And Lowdown World Of The Kane Gang / 3CD deluxe

I have 3 versions of brother brother (7″, 12″ & live) and we’ll take this train or take this train (7″, 12″ & LP). Which versions are featured on this release?

Yes. Yes. Blah. Blah. Lots of extra tracks, yadda yadda. But has it been remastered?! Has Cherry Red jacked with the sound?

so happy to see the kane gang back on the shelves.
time for another talent in the Kitchenware stable to be reissued:
Andy Pawlak, please

I would also love to see a similar treatment applied to the Miracle album, and that they include the single edit of “Motortown.”

Great to see a rerelease of this fine album, though I’ll add my voice to the chorus asking for similar treatment to be given to MIRACLE!

Growing up in the US, the only song I’d heard from them was Motortown. When I heard Closest Thing T0 Heaven a few years ago, I had to investigate the Kane Gang. I eventually bought the fine “Miracle of the Kane Gang” 2-CD set that features their 2 LPs plus b-sides.

Still, I’ll double-dip for this set for the extras. And in the hope they do a similar release for Miracle, ‘cuz I’d really like to have the various versions of Motortown on CD!

Finally, I’d like to echo William’s comment regarding Silent Running’s Shades Of Liberty; it’s such a great mid-80s record. It’s never been issued on CD as far as I know, and it also deserves a full expanded edition. Cheers!

I’ve never understood why The Kane Gang didn’t have more success in the UK, a great act. Fingers crossed Cherry Red are working on a similar package for Miracle.

Very happy with a three CD set stuffed with all of this magical extra stuff. Hey ho, it’s ordering, I will go…

Great album from a band in the Kitchenware stable (Prefab Sprout, Martin Stephenson, Hurrah). Consistent quality throughout its tracks of authentic blue eyed soul covering a variety of styles, from the 80s electro funk of “Gun Law “and “Smalltown Creed”, to the Chic-esq “How Much Longer”, a Stax cover “Respect Yourself” and Smooth folk soul of “Closest Thing to Heaven”. Add intelligent lyrics. Even the sleeve is classy! Very underrated band and I am personally thrilled with the 3CD set. I’ve seen talk on the web of the band reforming this year for a very low key one off gig in Durham. Would love to see them tour this. Once again Cherry Red do an excellent job.

I loved the Kane Gang, they were an extremely under-appreciated band of the mid-80s…including the excellent 2nd album Miracle which was the sound of Summer ’87 in a lot of ways for me.

3CDs feels like overkill on this, though. Not only does it bump up the overall price, it turns the welcome re-issue of a great album into just part of a demos/rarities/live collection which seems bloated given the band only had 2 albums, and there is already a sort-of Anthology out there from a few years ago.

I guess modern-day economics just don’t allow for seperate releases anymore; acts would have split all this content into different albums once upon a time.

Pure greatness….

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw1rde_kane-gang-closest-thing-to-heaven_shortfilms

Would buy that Hungry for Hits 2! Summer 84 was the best ever and agreed Closest Thing To Heaven is a stone cold classic.

the name of the band doesn’t ring a bell but the song daran mentioned sounds familiar to me. have to check it. perhaps it is interesting.

Cherry Red do it again, Love the kane gang and i’m off to pre-order this right now!!, So many extras to look forward to.

Now if they could just get the license to give this expanded treatment to Shades Of Liberty by Silent Running I’ll be in the closest thing to music heaven i’ve ever known for eternity :-p

Great news. I think Closest Thing To Heaven is one of THE standout singles from the 80’s – such an amazing vocal and overall vibe. Strangely has been hard to find on any mp3 download sites. I only managed to find a low res file.

Looks like a good SDE