To Who Knows When?

Timeline of a classic…

NoveMbeR 4, 1991 Loveless is released by Creation Records; it reaches No 24 in the UK albums chart

JANUARy 2004 Reports circulate that a careerspanning boxset will be released, including ‘alternative versions’ and outtakes of Loveless

2006 Shields begins remastering Isn’t Anything and Loveless

ApRil 2008 A 4CD boxset of the remastered albums, plus EP and unreleased tracks is announced; promotional CDs are sent to journalists

MAy 18, 2008

Writing in The Guardian, Sean O’Hagan confirms he has been approached to write sleevenotes for “a very imminent My Bloody Valentine boxset”

JUNe 16, 2008

The given release date for Shields’ CD remasters.

MAy 7, 2012

The actual date that the CD remasters are finally released. Disc 1 is remastered from original tape; Disc 2 is mastered from original ½“analogue tapes. Shields tells Pitchfork that vinyl versions are due “probably in a few months”

oCTobeR 25, 2017

The vinyl analogue remasters are made available to pre-order from the band’s website

JANUARy 18, 2018

Loveless and Isn’t Anything are finally released as fully analogue mastered 180g vinyl versions