“French Disco” appeared as the closing track on Stereolab’s 1993 EP Jenny Ondioline. The four-track EP was released on CD and 10” vinyl and was the Anglo-French band’s first release on Elektra Records in the U.S. The song was re-recorded in the same year with the spelling altered and released as a double 7” single with an alternate version of “Jenny Ondioline.”
Stereolab are planning a year-long reissue canpaign of all seven of their original Elektra studio albums released between 1993-2004 on Warp Records/Duophonic UHF Disks with 1993’s Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and 1994’s Mars Audiac Quintet, the first albums from the band’s Elektra run, out on May 3, as expanded and re-mastered editions on vinyl, compact disc and digital, with additional titles to follow in August and November.
According to the label “each album has been re-mastered from the original half-inch tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by Tim Gane. Bonus material will include alternate takes, four-track demos and unreleased mixes. Initial editions of each album will be pressed onto triple clear vinyl with an exclusive poster and insert featuring sleeve notes by Gane. They will also include a lottery style scratch card with a chance to win a limited edition 12” EP. The band have also produced a super limited vinyl edition of 500 clear vinyl copies and 250 compact disks - each will have a numbered obi band made from two-inch 24 track Stereolab master tape, only available from the Stereolab website.”
Stereolab are also doing their first tour dates in a decade. Tickets for their Oct. 14 show at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver go on sale today. For tickets and more info visit commodoreballroom.com/view-all/2019/10/4/stereolab.
