22 June 2009 The Stone Roses set to bombard the singles chart

If you’re going to reissue “the greatest album of all time” (NME), you might as well do it in style. The Stone Roses debut album is re-released on August 10th in 4 deluxe formats to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its release.  Prior to that, their Silvertone singles will be reissued - one a week - on 7” vinyl and digitally with their original sleeve artwork.  Starting with ‘Elephant Stone’ on the 6^th July, the set culminates with the bands first top 5 hit, the epic ‘One Love’, and due to demand Sony will also release ‘Fools Gold’ on CD. 

 

A rapidly growing Facebook group has been formed by fans already to campaign to get ‘Fools Gold’ to No.1 on release: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122088412288 , which documents the groundswell of enthusiasm to finally see the band reach the top of the charts.

 

Each iTunes bundle will also feature previously unheard recordings from the band.

 

The singles are:

 

6^th July - ‘Elephant Stone’ (with limited edition & individually numbered box, plus 5 art prints)

13^th July - ‘Made Of Stone’

20^th July - ‘She Bangs The Drums’

27^th July - ‘Fools Gold’

3^rd August - ‘One Love’

 

A highly collectable 7” numbered box will be made available with limited, and individually numbered, copies of the first single ‘Elephant Stone’. This will contain art prints of the John Squire paintings for each of the reissued 7’s and collectors can store the following 4 singles in it.

 

A must have for all fans and the perfect starting point for new converts, The Stone Roses singles are perfect snapshots of one of the most treasured and most missed rock’n’roll bands this country has ever produced on an almost vertical ascension.

 

Formats:

 

6^th July (BOX/PRINTS/ELEPHANT STONE)

7” - Elephant Stone / The Hardest Thing In The World

I-Tunes - Elephant Stone / The Hardest Thing In The World / ‘Untitled 1’

 

13^th July

7” - Made Of Stone / Going Down

I-Tunes - Made Of Stone / Going Down / ‘Untitled 2’

 

20^th July

7” - She Bangs The Drums / Standing Here

I-Tunes - She Bangs The Drums / Standing Here / ‘Untitled 3’

 

27^th July

7” - Fools Gold (4:15) / What The World Is Waiting For

CD - Fools Gold (4:15) / What The World Is Waiting For

I-Tunes - Fools Gold (4:15) / What The World Is Waiting For / ‘Untitled 4’

 

3^rd August

7” - One Love (3:35) / Something's Burning

I-Tunes - One Love (3:35) / Something's Burning / ‘Untitled 5