glove in the Beatles' 1968 animated movie Yellow Submarine. Their album's title, Blue Sunshine, referred to the horror film of the same name, in which people who took the fictional "Blue Sunshine" variety of LSD became psychotic murderers 10 years later. Smith described the recording sessions as "unreal": "We spent 12 weeks in the studio but actually recorded for about five days. The rest of the time was spent having an endless party to which we invited a succession of people. It was like a station -- once they got really out of it, they'd be moved on and the next batch brought in. In between all this we'd record a piece of piano or drum". During that period, the duo stayed up most of the nights watching "video nasties", including Dario Argento films. Since Smith was contractually prohibited from singing with another band (one of the reasons he cited for the 2001 split from the Cure's longtime label), former Zoo dancer Jeanette Landray (a former girlfriend of Severin's bandmate Budgie) was recruited as the lead singer. Smith sang on two of the songs, "Perfect Murder" and "Mr. Alphabet Says". With the latter, Smith sang lyrics other than his own. Other musicians involved in this project were Andy Anderson (who was about to become the new Cure drummer), Martin McCarrick (a musician of Marc Almond who later joined the Banshees), and strings players Ginny Hewes and Anne Stephenson. Smith, Severin and Landray promoted the album with a tv appearance on the show Riverside in October 1983. In 2005, Severin proposed re-releasing Blue Sunshine. Smith, who had been gradually reissuing editions of the Cure's back catalogue, agreed, and the Glove remaster was released as a 2-CD set on 8 August 2006 alongside three Cure re-releases. On the second disc, a dozen unreleased demo versions sung by Smith appeared for the first time. To commemorate Record Store Day 2013 a limited edition blue coloured vinyl version of the LP was produced. Personnel Robert Smith: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards Steven Severin: bass, keyboards Jeanette Landray: vocals Andy Anderson: drums Martin McCarrick: keyboards, strings Ginny Hewes: strings Anne Stephenson: strings Discography Studio albums Blue Sunshine (1983, Wonderland/Polydor) Singles "Like an Animal" (1983, Wonderland/Polydor) "Punish Me with Kisses" (1983, Wonderland/Polydor) References Sources The Glove. 2006 Rhino Records CD re-release booklet. External links The Glove on Myspace The Cure English new wave musical groups English gothic