The Afghan Whigs Announce Black Love 20th Anniversary Reissue

The Afghan Whigs have announced a 20th anniversary reissue of 1996’s Black Love for Record Store Day Black Friday. The set includes nine previously unreleased recordings and will be released as a double-CD and triple-LP set on November 25 via Rhino and Mute. The reissue follows the 21st anniversary edition of their 1993 album Gentlemen. The band is currently in the studio working on a new release set for 2017. Stream an acoustic version of “Going to Town,” via Stereogum, and check out the tracklist below.

Black Love reissue:

Disc One: Original Album Remastered

01 Crime Scene Part One
02 My Enemy
03 Double Day
04 Blame, Etc.
05 Step Into the Light
06 Going to Town
07 Honky’s Ladder
08 Night by Candlelight
09 Bulletproof
10 Summer’s Kiss
11 Faded

Disc Two: The Demos

01 Go to Town (Acoustic Version/Mix) *
02 Leaving Town (Mix 1.0) *
03 Faded (Demo) *
04 Regret *
05 Crime Scene Part II (Mix 1.1 With Scratch Vocals) *
06 Mick Taylor Jam *
07 Wynton Kelly Jam *
08 I Often Think of You *
09 Staring Across the Water *

* previously unreleased

Watch the original video for “Going to Town”

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