Good news, music fans: The two albums from ’80s supergroup Traveling Wilburys will finally be reissued on June 12 by the noble historians at Rhino Records.The group — comprised of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison — is best known for 1988′s "Handle With Care"; while Petty’s been doing the tune in concert for years, Jenny Lewis’ decision to cover that song on last year’s Rabbit Fur Coat seemed to get plenty of hipsters asking, Dude, how come I can’t buy the original? And, as we all know, what the hipsters want, the hipsters get. Huzzah!
Anyway, I’m psyched to have another chance to own Vol. 1, especially "End of the Line," which I’ll always associate equally with the death of Roy Orbison and the sad realization, while filling out my proposed schedule for high school, that I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. But that’s neither here nor there. Must learn to focus.PopWatchers! Let’s see if we’ve got the same power as the hipsters: What out-of-print album, DVD, or book would you like to see reissued? My vote: the My So-Called Life DVDs. Your turn!
My So-Called Life: Complete Series
I was just looking for this song on iTunes the other day. They used “Handle with Care” on an episode of “The Black Donnellys” and I remembered how great it is. Hopefully the reissue will be available for download.
Many of Ike & Tine Turner’s original LPs are long out of print; those would be nice.
And how about The Beatles “Let It Be” on DVD?
Dear Popwatch Genie,
I’ve been extra special good this year, and wish for the following:
1) Full runs of “get a life” on dvd. Rhino re-issued like 9 episodes in 2000, and it’s been out of print since. Of course, the DVDs would remind people not to watch GAL immitator “the winner”, but I still want’em.
2)A NON director’s cut edition of Blade Runner on dvd.
3) An official copy of Sam J Jones’ Flash Gordon on DVD
A friend of mine tried burning me a copy of the Raincoats eponomyous debute, but it was too scuffed to play. Also, I’ve never seen My Dinner with Andre and wish it’d come back into print so I could at least rent it.
I meant “eponymous debut”
I second the entire Get a Life series too. I’ve been waiting for that for a while now (3 whole months).
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2006/12/tv_on_dvd_delig.html
My So-Called Life. Oh, wouldn’t that be grand? As grand as China Beach. With loads of extras.
It will probably never happen because of music licensing costs, but I would love to see Dana Delany’s series “China Beach” on DVD. I’m a sucker for depressing Vietnam-era drama. The last season, in which the series followed the characters through their post-Nam lives, was particularly memorable.
Wonder Years on DVD!
I don’t know if it was ever issued in the first place, but can I get DVDs of the Jackson 5 cartoons? Ain’t nothing sweeter than Michael and Tito travelling on rainbows and other hippy, trippy animation backgrounds. (Plus, it taught valuable lessons!)
F.T:
“My Dinner with Andre” is always played on cable. It’s right up there with “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” as one of the most overplayed films on cable, no offense.
I’d like to see Paul Collins and The Beats (“You won’t be happy”) two records on CD or as download on ITunes.
Thank heavens the Wilburys will be on CD! That’s literally the last audiocassette I have that I need to upgrade to the CD… now how about getting The Beatles’ Let it Be on DVD? Or even better, The Letter People?
I actually had to order a copy of the cds from some Russian website. When I was a kid, we used to take roadtrips and the Wilbury’s were always playing. Even after losing the cassette I could still sing all the words. NOW this is a super group.
No offense taken. I don’t have cable* so I rely mostly on renting DVDs or watching tv over someone else’s place. I just like talky movies (Clerks, Kicking and Screaming (not the Will Ferrell version), Before Sunrise/Sunset) and I heard that it falls in line with those.
*Yes, me and the Amish.
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