Incredible news, one of my fave 80's bands with Mitch Easter at the boards. The reissue program starts with "Blaze of Glory" from 1982. I'm am so in!

•Highly influential 1980s band.

•Albums produced by Mitch Easter.

•Band members included Michael Quercio (The Three O’Clock) and Donnette Thayer (Hex).

•Post Game Theory, band leader Scott Miller formed The Loud Family.

Game Theory’s 1982 debut album, expanded and reissued!

Even before the world lost musician and author Scott Miller in 2013, the work he did with his band Game Theory had also been missing for decades. Omnivore Recordings is pleased to right that audio wrong with the first in a series of expanded reissues of the Davis, California group’s classic catalog.

Blaze Of Glory, originally released in 1982, was the first music from Miller and company, after an album and EP fronting Alternate Learning. It showed the beginnings of the power-pop mixed with new-wave sensibilities the band would become known for and even hints at the upcoming Paisley Underground sound that would take California by storm.

Unavailable in its original form since its initial release (the material was remixed and re-recorded as part of anow out-of-print 1993 compilation that also commands top dollar in collector circles), the CD issue of Blaze Of Glory contains the entire 12 track album, supplemented with 15 bonus tracks—4 from Alternate Learning and 11 previously unissued tracks from Scott Miller’s archive. The vinyl LP also sees its first reissue in over 3 decades. The first pressing on translucent pink vinyl (black to follow) contains a download card for the entire 27 song program.

Mastered from the original tapes and featuring a 24 page booklet in the CD (8 page in the LP) with rare photos, an essay from Game Theory tour manager (and set co-producer) Dan Vallor and remembrances from band members and colleagues, including The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn.

Reissues of highly sought after Game Theory titles like Real Nighttime and Lolita Nation are on the horizon. But the story begins with Blaze Of Glory.

Rick A.

There's three more coming up.

On RSD Black Friday, Omnivore is reissuing the next two EPs on 10" vinyl:
Pointed Accounts of People You Know
Distortion

And on Monday of the same week, they're releasing the French compilation:
Dead Center

They even put up a preview video!

Unfortunately, Dead Center is missing one track from each EP, and Omnivore neglected to add them back as extras. (In fact, the description from either EP states "__________ will only see its full reissue as this one-time pressing of 1,500 units for Record Store Day Black Friday.")

Frustrating!

(On Black Friday, Omnivore is also releasing the first EP by Sneakers.)

Fantastic news with "Dead Center" coming out. And the "Sneakers" EP as well. Wow! Omnivore is the reissue label of the year.

Thanks Plasquatch for the news.

Rick A.