"Horses Horses" press release

["Michael C. Berch" <mcb>]

This is from Columbia Records:

30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PATTI SMITH'S PROTO-PUNK MASTERPIECE, "HORSES,"  
CELEBRATED WITH RELEASE OF "HORSES HORSES" ON ARISTA/COLUMBIA/LEGACY

Two-Disc Legacy Special Edition Features Newly Remastered "Horses"  
Album + "Horses" 30th Anniversary Performance Recorded Live At 2005  
Meltdown Festival

"Horses Horses" In Stores November 8

NEW YORK, August 19, 2005 -- November 2005 marks the 30th anniversary  
of the release of Patti Smith's debut album, Horses, a ground  
breaking 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." Initially released as the B-side to  
"Gloria," the first single from Horses, in 1975, "My Generation"  
features John Cale, the album's producer, on bass. The Legacy Special  
Edition of Horses has been remastered by Greg Calbi producing  
superior sound to previous editions of the album.

The second disc of Horses Horses showcases Patti Smith and her Band-- 
Lenny Kaye (guitar), Jay Dee Daugherty (drums), Tony Shanahan (bass),  
Tom Verlaine (guitar) 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.  (Lenny  
Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty were both members of the ensemble that  
played on the original Horses while Tom Verlaine was a guest artist  
on the 1975 album).

Horses Horses comes packaged with a deluxe booklet featuring rare  
archival photographs, ephemera, lyrics and documentation of the 2005  
concert as well as Paul Williams' provocative essay on "Gloria."