Paisley Underground band Rain Parade have announced they will release a deluxe edition of their 1985 ‘lost double album’ “Crashing Dream” on 30th May 2025 via Label 51 Recordings.
This new, deluxe version of “Crashing Dream” features a remastered album on compact disc, vinyl and digital formats and boasts an additional full album of previously unreleased, live and alternate versions of tracks recorded at sessions and venues for this release. Rain Parade will be holding a record release show presented by KCRW around this deluxe reissue of “Crashing Dream” in Los Angeles on 31st May 2025 at Zebulon and hopefully via the internet.
“Rain Parade were excited that a major label was interested in us, but it became apparent pretty quickly that we had limited support within the Island Records infrastructure,” said the Rain Parade’s Matt Piucci. “The rumours that we were breaking up were false, as we played a US tour upon our return from the UK to support the record. We began working on new material soon as we returned, and those demos are on this release, as well as the demos for the Island album. It’s an old story, huge label signs band and has no clue what to do with them. We love these songs and are glad they are getting their proper due.”
The reissue features a gatefold album jacket and CD packaging with extensive liner notes and photos from the era when “Crashing Dream” was recorded. Additionally, several tracks on the expanded edition are from “Demolition”, a very limited edition CD that the band self-released in 1991, an official “bootleg” of “Crashing Dream” demos. “Demolition” has been unavailable for 30 years. All of these recordings have recently been remastered by Rain Parade’s producer, Jim Hill.
This “Crashing Dream” deluxe reissue from Label 51 is part of an ongoing series of upgraded albums from the Rain Parade catalogue, which now includes “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” (Deluxe), which is available on double vinyl and double CD.
Rain Parade 2025 features Matt Piucci, Steven Roback, long-time Rain Parade guitarist John Thoman, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Derek See (The Gentle Cycle, Chocolate Watchband, Dean & Britta), and drummer/percussionist Stephan Junca (Billy Talbot Band, Jon Anderson, The Hellenes, Boatclub). Currently the Rain Parade is in the studio working on an album of new material.
