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horses/horses 2005 November 2005 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Patti Smith's debut album, Horses, a groundbreaking rock & roll masterpiece which continues its unparalleled influence on rock music, style and culture. Arista/Columbia/Legacy Recordings will celebrate this musical milestone with the release of Horses/Horses, a two-disc Legacy Special Edition of Patti Smith's debut album, on Tuesday, November 8. Disc One of Horses/Horses features the original album, in its entirety, along with the bonus track, Patti's interpretation of the Who's classic "My Generation." The second disc of Horses/Horses features the complete Horses album live, with a "My Generation" encore, at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 25, 2005.
To celebrate the anniversary of this album's original release, Arista, Columbia and Legacy Recordings are releasing a special two-disc Legacy Edition of this album. Disc One of Horses/Horses features the original album, in its entirety, along with the bonus track of Patti's interpretation of the Who's classic "My Generation," originally released as the B-Side on the first single from Horses, "Gloria." This album has been remastered for superior sounds to previous editions of the album. Disc two if this Legacy Edition showcases Patti Smith and her band-original band members Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, Tom Verlaine (who guested on the 1975 album), Tony Shanahan and featuring Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers - performing the complete Horses album live, with a "My Generation," encore, at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 25, 2005. This historic performance of Horses was the culminating concert at the 2005 Meltdown Festival which was curated by Patti Smith. Horses Horses is packaged in a beautiful fold-out digipak with deluxe-booklet featuring rare photographs, ephemera, lyrics, and documentation of the 2005 concert as well as Paul William's provocative essay on "Gloria" and Lester Bangs' 1975 essay for Creem magazine."
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the press release: "Thirty years ago, a young poet released one of the
most exciting debut albums of all time. Patti Smith meshed high art with three
chord rock & roll to create an ambitious, unconvential and thrilling album
that would anticipate punk by a year or two: Horses. Produced by ex-Velvet Underground
John Cale, this revolutionary rock & roll masterpiece continues its unparalleled
influence on rock music, style, and culture to this day, with artists such as
Michael Stipe citing its powerful effect on their own work. The album is regularly
ranked as one of the most essential albums ever recorded by the media, including
Rolling Stones, Q, and NME.
