The Smashing Pumpkins will dig into their expansive catalog of archival material with Live In Japan, 1992. The first-ever official archival release from the Chicago alt-icons will arrive on vinyl later this year, with pre-orders currently sold out.
Announced during Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin‘s weekend Gish 30th anniversary livestream, Live In Japan, 1992 is a long time coming. For a few years, Corgan has publicly flirted with opening up the band’s vaults for an archival release.
The Gish livestream itself even saw the debut of unheard Smashing Pumpkins material, as well. During the Saturday online event, Corgan and Chamberlin announced Live In Japan, 1992, which went on sale via Corgan’s Madam ZuZu’s tea shop in Chicago for 24 hours. The limited-edition, double LP purple swirl, 180-gram vinyl is currently sold out.
Captured in February 1992 at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan, the concert is Gish heavy with tracks like “Drown”, “I Am One”, “Siva” and more appearing in the 11-song concert. The show also sees early previews of songs like “Slunk”, which would appear on 1994’s Earphoria, Siamese Dream tracks “Luna” and “Silverfuck”, as well as “Blue” from 1994’s Pisces Iscariot compilation, a song originally demoed during the Gish sessions.
The Smashing Pumpkins noted that these soundboard recordings are not available anywhere else and that this is previously unheard material.
Scroll down to see the full tracklist and details for The Smashing Pumpkins’ Live In Japan, 1992. Keep an eye on the band’s social media accounts as well as Madam ZuZu’s for any information on additional pressings.
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