Peter Hammill's Fie! catalogue reissues beginning this year on Cherry Red

[Progatron]

https://mailchi.mp/cherryred/business-unusual-922172

We have purchased the Fie! Records catalogue from Van Der Graaf Generator’s Peter Hammill and will begin a reissue programme later this year retaining the Fie! identity. Fie! was established in 1991 by Peter as an outlet for his solo work, including acclaimed albums Fireships, Roaring Forties, Everyone You Hold, Incoherence, This, All That Might Have Been and From the Trees.

Great news for collectors who missed out on any of the later titles on Hammill's Fie! label, most of which are long out of print. I'm hoping this means we get a reissue of The Fall of the House of Usher - Deconstructed & Rebuilt, as it's about the only title in his catalogue I am missing (I refuse to give in to the greed on the secondhand market. Yes, I really want it... no, I am not paying $85 for it). Actually, a deluxe set featuring both versions would be ideal, since the original 1991 CD is bronzed/rotted for most people (an unfortunate victim of the PDO plant, where most faulty discs were pressed around that time). I'm not sure about the licensing on that first version though, which was on Some Bizarre records.

[selfextraction]

Cool! I have a few gaps in my catalog that I need to fill.

[polmico]

^Same so this is definitely good news!

Roaring Forties is a particularly excellent album. I’ve already imagined it’s what VdGG in the 90s might sound like (sort of how the K Group is what 80s VdGG might have sounded like).

[Kcrimso]

Nice! I don't have Everyone You Hold yet.

[thedunno]

Of course i have them all but my original "usher" is bronzed. I hope they reissue that one.

[Hobo Chang Ba]

https://mailchi.mp/cherryred/business-unusual-922172

We have purchased the Fie! Records catalogue from Van Der Graaf Generator’s Peter Hammill and will begin a reissue programme later this year retaining the Fie! identity. Fie! was established in 1991 by Peter as an outlet for his solo work, including acclaimed albums Fireships, Roaring Forties, Everyone You Hold, Incoherence, This, All That Might Have Been and From the Trees.

Great news for collectors who missed out on any of the later titles on Hammill's Fie! label, most of which are long out of print. I'm hoping this means we get a reissue of The Fall of the House of Usher - Deconstructed & Rebuilt, as it's about the only title in his catalogue I am missing (I refuse to give in to the greed on the secondhand market. Yes, I really want it... no, I am not paying $85 for it). Actually, a deluxe set featuring both versions would be ideal, since the original 1991 CD is bronzed/rotted for most people (an unfortunate victim of the PDO plant, where most faulty discs were pressed around that time). I'm not sure about the licensing on that first version though, which was on Some Bizarre records.

I had the exact same thought regarding The Fall...both versions in one package would be heaven.

I have a smattering of those later albums listed there, and to be honest, I'm not sure I would purchase more.

[The Czar]

I already have everything, but I'm curious what they will be doing with the re-releases.

[Progatron]

Of course i have them all but my original "usher" is bronzed. I hope they reissue that one.

Double check your Fireships and The Noise. Those are both PDO titles as well that some people have reported bronzing issues with. Fortunately I've had no problems with my copy of Fireships (my copy of The Noise is the 2005 reissue).

[thedunno]

Double check your Fireships and The Noise. Those are both PDO titles as well that some people have reported bronzing issues with. Fortunately I've had no problems with my copy of Fireships (my copy of The Noise is the 2005 reissue).

Fireships is still fine but I have to admit that I have not played the Noise in ages.

[EBES]

I'm pretty sure I have everything from the Fie years other than, as others have noted, the rebuilt Usher. Surely that has to get reissued?

Reminds me a bit of the trend of bands selling their catalogs to big investment firms, except good.

[The Czar]

I hope they reissue Peter Hammill ‎– PNO GTR VOX BOX (Eighty-Four Live Performances)
I have the 2 cd version, but the box is expensive now...and I found out about it too late.

[thedunno]

I hope they reissue Peter Hammill ‎– PNO GTR VOX BOX (Eighty-Four Live Performances)
I have the 2 cd version, but the box is expensive now...and I found out about it too late.

No chance I think. It was originally released as a limited edition box set.

[The Czar]

No chance I think. It was originally released as a limited edition box set.

Well I can hope until an official Cherry Red announcement says so.