I wonder if someone could please clear something up for me. I have in my possession a mix tape of Cure songs. On it, amongst other album tracks, etc. are songs like "I'm A Cult Hero" and "I Dig You" and a cover of Jimi Hendrix' "Foxy Lady." I (stupidly) never did ask where these songs came from when I got the tape from my school friend (this was over a decade ago), and I never really thought of it 'til now when I saw the thread with the quiz which has a question about which band Robert Smith was in before The Cure.

Anyway, I know these are Cure songs and they're from very early in their career, but where can they be found (besides going online and searching for them)? Are they B-sides? Also, I was told once that another working name for The Cure before they were The Cure was Cult Hero hence, "I'm A Cult Hero." Is this true? Please fill me in! Thanks. :)

Absolutely Vile

Hey Vile! It is an interest request! at first I supposed that the Hendrix cover was from their early years, because when the band just started, they used to play Bowie and Hendrix at school gigs. So I checked in a Cure biography book that I have ("FAITH" by Bowler & Dray) and remembered the obvious: "Foxy Lady" features in their debult album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979).
It's been a while that I don't listen to that one. :o

The funny thing from the book are excerpts from reviews about the album:
""the albums is a masterful debut"
according to Ian Birch's  MELODY MAKER in a review entitled
"THE EIGHTIES START HERE"." (page 46)

so it was the beginning of a new era :)

>Also, I was told once that another working name for The >Cure before they were The Cure was Cult Hero hence, "I'm A >Cult Hero

I didn't see this being mentioned anywhere in this biography or others. The usual reference is that their first name was MALICE (1976), then EASY CURE (1977) and finally THE CURE, (1978). But Robert Smith had several projects and amongst them one called Cult Hero. Others:
     The Obtainers
     Cult Hero
     The Associates
     Siouxsie and the Banshees
     The Glove
     And Also the Trees ("The Pear Tree" remix)
     Cranes ("Jewel" remix)

What was the Cult Hero project?
 In 1979, The Cure got together with a bunch of friends and decided to make a single.  They called themselves "Cult Hero".  Led by a postman from Horley, England named Frank Bell, as well as Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, and Robert's two sisters, they recorded "I'm a Cult Hero" and "I Dig You".  It was a one-off effort.  They played one show in March 1980.
(see Cure faq from alt.music.the-cure usenet newsgroup)

http://tinyurl.com/gulz

I summed up a bit what it was said in the book about "I'm a Cult Hero":
"1979 the band began to feel that enjoyment was disappearing from the experience, so they took a break through the summer. Robert didn't remain idle, instead he worked with new music and set up his own local label, Dance Fools Dance, with the help of Ric Gallup. This is when Robert recorded the off single with local postman FranK Bell called "I'm a Cult Hero"." (page 48)

>Anyway, I know these are Cure songs and they're from very >early in their career, but where can they be found (besides >going online and searching for them)? Are they B-sides

*Foxy Lady -
from the album "THREE IMAGINARY BOYS" (1979)

*I dig You & I'm a Cult hero -
from Cult Hero project 7'' vinyl featuring  both songs (1979)


now, I suspect that your friend recorded all 2 songs from some kind of compilation. But i can't see to find the name anywhere. So either I try to find online later (I'm curious too) or I will ask my sister in Brazil, she is obssessed by The Cure and is even a member of the huge brazilian fan-club.
I hope this info help in spite of not answering your cruxial question, LOL
take care!

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OTHER BANDS WITH CURE MEMBERS
Easy Cure (Robert, Lol, Michael)
Songs: see the children / meathook / listen / need myself / want to be old
The Glove (Robert, Steve Severin, Jeanette Landary)
Album: Blue Sunshine
Songs: mouth to mouth / the tightrope / like an animal ('club? what club'

mix)
Cogesm (Robert)
A Sign From God
Robert & Gabrels
Yesterday's Gone
Tim Pope (with Robert)
Songs: i want to be a tree / elephant song / the double crossing to two

faced fred
Fools Dance (Simon on bass)
Songs: they'll never know / empty hours
The Cult Heroes (Robert, Simon, Lol, Porl, Janet Smith, and Frank the post

man on vocals)
Songs: i'm a cult hero / i dig you / i dig you (live)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (Robert on guitar)
Albums: hyaena / Nocturne
Robert & David Bowie (Live: Madison Square Garden 1/8/97)
Song:Quicksand & The Last Thing You Should Do
Shelleyan Orphan (Boris on drums/Porl on Dulcimer)
Album: Humroot
And Also The Trees (mixed by Robert)
Song: the pear tree (firm mix)

Wow!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!! It looks like I've got some searching to do! (Or I might just be happy with my trusty little mix tape. :)) Unfortunately, my friend who had made me the tape and I lost touch years ago, and I have no idea where she is these days. :( (Lesson to be learned: "Hold on to your friends." - Morrissey. ...OOPS! How dare I mention Morrissey in a Cure thread! Such blasphemy! ;D)

"I Dig You" is always good for a laugh, and I've always really liked "I'm A Cult Hero."

Thanks again!
Absolutely Vile

"I'm happy. Hope you're happy too."

All I know about where my friend got the songs from is, I believe they were from her boyfriend at the time. (They looked like two Robert Smith wannabe twins. Disturbingly adorable. :D) Where HE got them is beyond me, and I didn't particularly like him, so I tried to go out of my way not to talk to him unless he spoke to me. Typical high school stuff.  ::)

Haven't Moz and Bob made up? I heard that they did, bit I do remember Robert's quote from long ago: "If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I'll eat meat, because I hate Morrissey." I hated him for that, but I still like both bands and never understood the whole Smiths vs. Cure thing. They're both great bands, and people should accept that and not put them in competition with each other! The Smiths would win anyway, because they have the better singer/songwriter. So there. :P Hehehehe ;D

Absolutely Vile

Hi All,

It's been a while since I posted but I happened to find this thread from last year and thought I'd let you know that The Cure is coming out with a 4CD B-sides collection next week called Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001. I'm pretty sure the tracks you were asking about are on there!

Zed

Here's the Track listing per CD from Amazon. I can't wait to get my greedy little hands on this set!!!!!!!!

Disc: 1
1. 10:15 Saturday Night        
2. Plastic Passion        
3. Pillbox Tales        
4. Do the Hansa        
5. I'm Cold        
6. Another Journey by Train        
7. DeScent        
8. Splintered in Her Head        
9. Lament (Flexipop Version)        
10. Just One Kiss        
11. The Dream        
12. The Upstairs Room        
13. Lament        
14. Speak My Language        
15. Mr Pink Eyes        
16. Happy the Man        
17. Throw Your Foot        
18. New Day        
19. The Exploding Boy        
20. A Few Hours After This...        
21. A Man Inside My Mouth        
22. Stop Dead        
Disc: 2
1. A Japanese Dream        
2. Breathe        
3. A Chain of Flowers        
4. Snow in Summer        
5. Sugar Girl        
6. Icing Sugar (Weird Remix)        
7. Hey You!!! (Kevorkian 12" Remix)        
8. How Beautiful You Are (Clearmountain 7" Remix)        
9. To the Sky        
10. Babble        
11. Out of Mind        
12. 2 Late        
13. Fear of Ghosts        
14. Hello I Love You (Psychedelic Version)        
15. Hello I Love You        
16. Hello I Love You (10sec Version)        
17. Harold and Joe        
18. Just Like Heaven ('Chuck' Remix)        
Disc: 3
1. This Twilight Garden        
2. Play        
3. Halo        
4. Scared as You        
5. The Big Hand        
6. A Foolish Arrangement        
7. Doing the Unstuck (Saunders 12" Remix)        
8. Purple Haze (Virgin Radio Version)        
9. Purple Haze        
10. Burn        
11. Young Americans        
12. Dredd Song        
13. It Used to Be ME        
14. Ocean        
15. Adonais        
Disc: 4
1. Home        
2. Waiting        
3. A Pink Dream        
4. This Is a Lie (Palmer Remix)        
5. Wrong Number (Smith Remix)        
6. More Than This        
7. World in My Eyes        
8. Possession        
9. Out of This World (Oakenfold Remix)        
10. Maybe Someday (Hedges Remix)        
11. Coming Up        
12. Signal to Noise (Acoustic Version)        
13. Signal to Noise        
14. Just Say Yes (Curve Remix)        
15. A Forest (Plati/Slick Version)  

By the way I've always considered 'New Day' my favorite Cure song. Simply mind-blowing!!!

I've wanted a CD copy for years but the only place I was aware of it existing was as a vinyl B-Side which I'm not willing to try to find! Or on the 'Standing on the Beach' cassette with most of the B-sides on the 1st disc here, which I don't need another copy of!

$49.49 from Amazon.Com

I love the Cure as well and this will be a must have!

Nope. None of the songs I originally mentioned long ago are on that CD collection. I'm disappointed. :( Oh well, I still have my mix tape!!

Absolutely Vile

My local radio station sometimes play rare songs from The Cure.

A few weeks ago, I heard their cover of Joy Divion's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".  :)

What irks me is the the cassette version of "Standing on a Beach" had the "Unavailable B-sides," but they didn't include the B-sides on the CD version!  >:(
They could have, but they didn't!
I just took burned side B of my cassette onto CD.  It sounds good enough for me.  Some of those b-sides, such as "Love Cats" B-side "Mr. Pink Eye," are easy enough to come by, but others, like my favorite "A Few Hours After This," are exceedingly rare.  I'm not willing to hunt down and shell out for that particular "In Between Days" single.  The CD-R I made is good enough for me.
I have a copy of "Happily Ever After," or has that question been answered?