| Author | Message | ||
     Pat Boland Member Username: Pat_boland Post Number: 70 Registered: 05-2005 |
July release apparently - with a second disc of demos for good measure. A vinyl reissue is also on the cards. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1242 Registered: 10-2008 |
the beginning of the end.. i'll probably buy this one, it's apparently got one of these cool flip tops that the reissue of fables had, but i'm buying no more after this one. its a great album by most other groups standards, but not really a patch on their own first 3 albums. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2162 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kev, I'll agree with you on "the beginning of the end..but not really a patch on their own first 3 albums." It was their first album I didn't play more then a couple times a week upon buying it. I only have my original 1986 CD, so I'll probably get the 25th AV double disc for the improved sound and outakes. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 499 Registered: 01-2007 |
I'm not as harsh on them as some of you, but will get this, quite liked it at the time. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2164 Registered: 01-2005 |
Frank, REM was still my favorite band in 1986. The first four songs on LRP are very strong and they still hold up for me 25 years later, but after those four some of the subsequent songs sounded like they were mailed in. Maybe the remastering on the 25th Anniversary Edition will change my opinion somewhat. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 501 Registered: 01-2007 |
I remember getting this and being excited, I was working as a gardner and had it on tape pretty constantly, I always liked Coyahoga. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2167 Registered: 01-2005 |
Frank, I used to travel to Cleveland once or twice a year on buisness from 1985-92. Stipe doesn't pronounce/sing Cuyahoga correctly. Native Clevelanders pronounce the river which meanders through their city (and dumps into Lake Erie) as Kai-a-hog-a. It's still a great song though. The Cuyahoga famously caught fire back in 1969 due to massive pollution problems caused by the many factories and sewage plants located on it's shores. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1596 Registered: 08-2006 |
Randy Newman wrote a pretty great song about that fire. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2168 Registered: 01-2005 |
Burning River Pale Ale, a decent brew (that I've had on numerous occasions) is also named after the fire. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/73/ 225 http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beer/an -exceptional-family-of-beers/year-round | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1246 Registered: 10-2008 |
listened to lifes rich pageant earlier. sounded pretty good, although how would it have sounded if easter/dixon, or even joe boyd had produced it and taken that polished rock sheen off it? does anybody know if the (incorrect)track listing on the back was what was originally planned, or just rem (stipe?) being difficult?? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2169 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kev, Maybe it was a last minute switch of the running order and the artwork was already being printed up? During the night before the six screen Paris premier of his 1969 movie Army Of Shadows, director Jean-Pierre Melville switched the closing scene of the Army Of Shadows to the opening scene. He had been contemplating the switch for weeks and was driving the editor (future Oscar winner Françoise Bonnot) crazy. Only half the Paris theaters got the revised edited version before the first screenings the following day. JPM was right to make the switch, as it is one of the most powerfull opening scenes of all time. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ING NJA/ref=atv_feed_catalog&tag=imdb-amazon video-20 | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1248 Registered: 10-2008 |
From REM FAQ "Reportedly, the song order on LRP was changed at the last minute, too late for the cover art to be changed. While it's anybody's guess why this was not subsequently corrected for later domestic vinyl and CD pressings, it *has* been corrected for many foreign and record club versions. Bear in mind that the off-beat creativity of the mixed-up list, and the cryptic "lyrics clues," is typical of the band. Note also that some European issues of LRP have the proper track order, but list "Superman" as "Superwoman." On a related note, the song "When I was Young" is listed on the sleeve of Fables of the Reconstruction, but was dropped at the last minute, destined to reappear later in quite revised form on LRP as "I Believe."" can't believe i have never noticed that bit about the dropped track before. i have 3 copies of this album (vinyl,cd, and deluxe reissue), and sure enough it's listed on all 3. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3917 Registered: 05-2005 |
I never noticed that before either Kevin! |