Beggars Archive will release an expanded 2CD reissue of The Charlatans’ 1990 debut “Some Friendly” — although not the larger “Omnibus” set originally planned — to coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary performance of the full album in London and Barcelona this May.

The canonization of the Pixies’ beloved Doolittle continues with Beggars Archives’ just-announced plans to release an “Omnibus Edition” of the 1989 album, with a new surround mix, the record’s demos and possibly a Blu-ray included in the expanded box set.

[tweetmeme]Three rare Bauhaus and Gary Numan + Tubeway Army compilation CDs that were previously available only as bonus discs included in recent reissue packages will be available for individual purchase through Beggars Archive beginning in January for a limited time.
Starting Jan. 4, the archival arm of Beggars Banquet will sell Bauhaus’ Live in the Studio [...]

Expanded box-set reissues of Bauhaus’ first two albums — In the Flat Field and Mask — will help inaugurate the new Beggars Archive series of back-catalog and archival releases from the venerable Beggars Banquet label.
In addition to those titles, Beggars plans to give the deluxe reissue treatment to the Pixies, The Fall, Gary Numan, The [...]

The Cult is reissuing its 1985 breakthrough album Love in two expanded editions this summer to coincide with its worldwide Love Live Tour, which kicks off in San Diego in August.
On Sept. 7 in Europe and Sept. 8 in the U.S. and Canada, Beggars Banquet will issue Love: Omnibus Edition, a limited-edition four-disc box set [...]