Release Notes:
Cooking Vinyl USA celebrated Pere Ubu's 30th year anniversary with the release of The Director's Cut version of Raygun Suitcase. Released in 1995 Raygun Suitcase received rave reviews, including CD Review "Editor's Choice for 1995" and ArtForum's "Best of The 90s."

"The point of doing a Director's Cut is to benefit from that older and wiser thing," David Thomas explains. "I reviewed all alternate mixes from the session, sometimes discovering that an earlier mix turned out to be superior to the chosen mix. As well, 10 years later, we have access to improved mastering technology. Consequently, there is a greater clarity and cohesion to the Director's Cut. We are not going to make both versions available. The Director's Cut is the way it's supposed to be. Period."

The Director's Cut was re-mastered at Suma by David Thomas and Paul Hamann in early 2005. Alternate mixes of: "Surfer Girl," "Three Things," "Down By The River II," "Memphis," "Vacuum In My Head," and "Red Sky" were substituted. The "lost" version of "Electricity," recovered from a session desk-mix tape, was also substituted. The demo versions of "Memphis" and "Down By The River II" were added as bonus tracks. The packaging was redesigned by John Thompson in the jewel case format with an 8 page color booklet featuring the "Media Priests of the Big Lie" story. A "Director's Cut" logo appears on the front cover. The UK/ROW release of The Director's Cut followed in March 2010.

Engineered by Paul Hamann.
Recorded at Suma January, July, August & September 1994.
Package designed by John Thompson, idrome.

Beach Boys, Memphis, Montana and Down By The River II written by Jones - Krauss - Temple - Thomas - Yellin.
Don't Worry, Folly of Youth, Horse, Ray Gun Suitcase, Red Sky, Three Things, Turquoise Fins, Vacuum In My Head and Electricity written by Jones - Temple - Thomas - Wheeler.
My Friend Is A Stooge For The Media Priests written by Hamann - Jones - Temple - Thomas.
Surfer Girl written by Wilson.
All songs ©1995 Ubu Projex, administered by Bug Music, except Surfer Girl which is © EMI Music Publishing.

Pere Ubu (v.7.2):
David Thomas - vocals, melodeon, musette, auto-cans, ray gun
Jim Jones - guitar, keyboard bass, backing vocals, keyboards, spike, sleigh bells
Robert Wheeler - EML synthesizers, Ensoniq EPS, theremin
Michele Temple - bass, slide bass, guitar, lute
Scott Benedict - drums
Scott Krauss played drums on Memphis, Beach Boys, Down By The River, and Montana. Garo Yellin played electric cello on Memphis, Beach Boys, Down By The River, and Montana. Paul Hamann played bass on My Friend Is A Stooge, and swirl bells on Vacuum In My Head.

• Release History
• Cooking Vinyl COOK CD089 (UK) 7/31/95 cd in jewel case.
• Tim/Kerr TK95CD100 (US) 8/14/95 cd in digipak.
• Sonic Records Sonic 104 (Poland) cd mc.
• RTI Records CKV 1258 2 (Italy) cd.

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