Rerecord or fade away?

There has been a minor vogue over the last few years for musicians reassessing the recordings of their youth. Brian Wilson did it in 2004 with his much-bootlegged but never properly recorded, mythical Smile sessions. In 2007, Vic Godard turned the Subway Sect 1978 debut album that never was into 1978 Now, an album of rerecordings of the material that would have comprised the short-lived punk band's first long-player. And this September, Paddy McAloon will finally get around to releasing a comple...

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