Reissues with worthwhile bonus tracks..

King Crimson - 40th Anniversary series (CD+DVD-A)
 - these are all essential and contain copious amounts of bonus material

Jethro Tull - Remasters
 - The early 2000s remasters of the Jethro Tull catalog each contained numerous bonus tracks and in many cases the extra material was equally as good as the original studio record.  There are also deluxe reissues of Aqualung (2011) and Thick As A Brick (2012) that are well worth obtaining.  

Pink Floyd - In addition to the regular 2011 reissues of the Pink Floyd catalog there are also "Experience Editions" available for Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall.  These editions each contain a bonus disc of extra material and they are definitely worth spending a few extra dollars to get them.

Witchfinder wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The Bush-era re-issues of Anthrax had some great bonus tunes.

What Re-issues? They only reissued Sound Of White Noise.

They actually reissued Stomp 442 in 2001 with these bonus tracks:

12. Grunt & Click
13. Dethroned Emperor (Celtic Frost Cover)
14. Celebrated Summer (Hüsker Dü Cover)
15. Watchin' You (KISS Cover)

Also reissued in 2003 was Volume 8 with these bonus tracks:

16. Giving the Horns
17. The Bends (Radiohead cover)
18. Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping (D.R.I. cover)


I know this for a fact because I own them.

Those are some interesting cover tunes. I do not care for Bush-era 'Thrax, but I'd be interested to hear some of those covers.

Mortification - Blood World (Metal Mind) 1994/2008

1. "Clan of Light" ( 4:21)
2. "Blood World" (4:12)
3. "Starlight" (4:50)
4. "Your Life" (4:16)
5. "Monk of the High Lord" (6:17)
6. "Symbiosis" (7:11)
7. "Love Song" (4:02)
8. "Live by the Sword" (3:25)
9. "J.G.S.H." (:29)
10. "Dark Allusions" (5:45)
Metal Mind 2008 Reissue Bonus Tracks
11 "Altar Of God" [Studio] (5:58)
12 "New Beginnings" [live] (3:00)
13 "Blood World" [live] (4:20)
14 "Entering The Eternal Dawn" [Studio] (6:33)

Worth it just for the bonus track Entering the Eternal Dawn.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

I am still kickin' myself for not buying that entire Castle Records series of Maiden double-discs in one shot. At the time I only bought the ones I didn't have on CD already.

Same here.  I have managed to get all but two.  

I've been lucky enough to score a couple of them used over the years since then, but I've all but given up on finding the rest of the ones I'm missing without paying stooopid $$$ for'em.

These Iron Maiden 2 disc re releases were good but if your after just the bonus material then it may be cheaper to pick up the eddies archive boxset. I'm not sure how much it goes for these days but I picked it up on release and it has a great selection of rare goodies and includes all of the stuff that was on the second discs of these re releases.

Queensryche remasters
Helloween re-issues

The re-issue CD that I have for Deathrow - Raging Steel included a demo from when they were still called Samhain. That demo was my intro to the band way back when, so it was great to hear it again!

Mercyful Fate's deluxe edition of Melissa has some great radio sessions and demo material. The bonus track Black Masses is my favorite MF song. No earthly clue why that wasn't put on the actual album.

jstate wrote:

Mercyful Fate's deluxe edition of Melissa has some great radio sessions and demo material.  The bonus track Black Masses is my favorite MF song.  No earthly clue why that wasn't put on the actual album.

Agree. Excellent track.

Wayne wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

I am still kickin' myself for not buying that entire Castle Records series of Maiden double-discs in one shot. At the time I only bought the ones I didn't have on CD already.

Same here.  I have managed to get all but two.  

I've been lucky enough to score a couple of them used over the years since then, but I've all but given up on finding the rest of the ones I'm missing without paying stooopid $$$ for'em.

These Iron Maiden 2 disc re releases were good but if your after just the bonus material then it may be cheaper to pick up the eddies archive boxset. I'm not sure how much it goes for these days but I picked it up on release and it has a great selection of rare goodies and includes all of the stuff that was on the second discs of these re releases.

If I remember correctly, eddies archive does not have everything. I have that too though.

Witchfinder wrote:

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The Bush-era re-issues of Anthrax had some great bonus tunes.

What Re-issues? They only reissued Sound Of White Noise.

They actually reissued Stomp 442 in 2001 with these bonus tracks:

12. Grunt & Click
13. Dethroned Emperor (Celtic Frost Cover)
14. Celebrated Summer (Hüsker Dü Cover)
15. Watchin' You (KISS Cover)

Also reissued in 2003 was Volume 8 with these bonus tracks:

16. Giving the Horns
17. The Bends (Radiohead cover)
18. Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping (D.R.I. cover)


I know this for a fact because I own them.

Damn now that you mentioned it I sort of remember these being re-released. The only reissue I have of theirs is Among The Living.

I really like the bonus tracks on the Judas Priest reissues. Thunder Road, Fire Burns Below, the Race with the Devil cover, etc. lots of great stuff

I also liked the Gamma Ray re-issues. The bonus tracks were cool on those. The recent Nektar re-issues have some cool bonus material on them too.