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     Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 726 Registered: 01-2005 |
and what prompted you to buy it? That would be 1978-1990 for me. Because I loved the sound of 16LL so much, I was surprised to discover that they had such a rich cannon of non-16LL like songs from previous albums that 1978-1990 presented. That got be me scuttle about trying to find the prior 16LL albums! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 293 Registered: 01-2006 |
Ditto and ditto, 78-90 was a birthday present from my friends in 91 or 92 as I wouldn't shut up about 16LL... Then LBATBDE and then Tallulah... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1621 Registered: 05-2005 |
1978-1990. First was Metal And Shells. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 134 Registered: 01-2007 |
Before Hollywood, just bought LB | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 820 Registered: 08-2006 |
Funny, I took the same route as Michael and XY. 16 LL then 1978-1990. That 1978-1990 comp is, I think, a priceless intro to the GBs (at least it has served that purpose for a lot of my friends and a lot of people here) and it's a shame it's not in print. For whatever reason, "Bellavista Terrace" doesn't have the same magic. Whoever's in charge of furthering the GB's legacy on disc should see it gets back on the shelves. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 727 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, I agree with you regarding 1978-1990 and "Bellavista Terrace"! I ordered BT hoping to get the bonus "Live SNAP on KCRW" disc that was included on some of the initial units. Alas, it arrived sans the bonuds cd, so I had to special order a seperate "Live SNAP on KCRW" disc. I listened to BT a couple of times, but I bet it's been 8 years since the last time I pulled it off the shelf. SNAP I can't get enough of! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 642 Registered: 10-2004 |
Liberty Belle. (The first was Before Hollywood). What prompted me to buy them in that order (apart from intense interest) was simply a matter of availability. I got into the Go-Betweens in '95, which was a year before the Beggars reissues, but long after all the Go-Betweens' records all became out of print and extremely elusive. So, I bought what I found, as I found it. This was pre-internet, so I was solely at the mercy of my local record stores. My third was '78-'90. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 686 Registered: 08-2004 |
FORW after Bellavista Terrace. (I was blind then I could see) | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1488 Registered: 04-2005 |
I've confessed before that I'm a latecomer to the Go-Betweens, discovering them when the Mk II version put out TFORW, as many in the States did. Intrigued but not entirely convinced by that album, I bought "Bellavista Terrace" next, being the only comp available in the U.S. at the time. And that's when my insane love for the band began and the head-first dive into the back catalog started. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 585 Registered: 09-2006 |
Liberty Belle, bought in '88. Reason: I definitely wanted more after my first (Tallulah), Go-Bee's records were somewhat hard to find in Seattle at that time, and so I swooped like an eagle... | ||
| Paul S. Member Username: Prema Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2005 |
Spring Hill Fair because it was 1984 and the first album to emerge after Before Hollywood. I was quite impressed by the band's progression between the two recordings. These two remain my first albums of choice from the Go-Betweens discography to pull out and play whenever I have a hankering. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2147 Registered: 03-2006 |
A cassette of Metal & Shells, purchased, as much as for any other reason, because it was in a cut-out bin and cheap. The first had been Tallulah, which I had credulously bought because some record store, fast-talking used-car salesman type swore it was something fans of Elvis Costello would like, which it, apart from being smart, literate and poppy, really didn't resemble at all. I guess Metal and Shells really was what grabbed me, cemented my interest, being as it was chockful of louder guitars, harsher sounds, more rocking tunes, which is what I was into at the time. Funnily enough, I know this is probably a minority view, but now, Talullah is really up there for me, despite a minor flub (Cut it out, which I don't hate as much as everyone else, apparently) - I probably place it second in the canon, right behind 16 LL. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 47 Registered: 03-2007 |
I was introduced to the band by the guys who owned my local independent record shop ( Speed Records ) in the early 1980's and bought the albums as they were released so for me it was Before Hollywood. I was a big fan of The Church back then and the guys at the shop stocked Send Me A Lullaby especially for me after being told by some record company sales representative that this was a new Australian band who sounded similar to The Church. We laughed at that description for a long time afterwards. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1316 Registered: 03-2005 |
I can't remember what I bought second. No idea at all. 78-90 was the first, bought something like 10 or 11 years before whatever it is that I got for the second. | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 114 Registered: 10-2006 |
In my case, I think Oceans Apart followed on the heels of Liberty Belle - because it happened to be in my local record store. LB I ordered on the Net because I couldn't get 'Head Full of Steam' out of mine. I soon became an addict. Dying to hear the 'Evangelist' soon. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 822 Registered: 08-2006 |
I suppose I should amend my entry. Technically, my first GBs purchase was "Before Hollywood" at a used record store in Columbus, Ohio, and I can't for the life of me remember why I bought it. The GBs were almost invisible in the States at the time. Anyhow, I played it maybe a couple times, it didn't make an impression, and, after languishing in my collection for a while, back to the used bins it went. (Please, guys, no hate mail.) Looking back, I think my experience kind of sums up the GBs sales woes. I like to think of myself, then and now, as a pretty adventurous listener who can spot good music when I hear it. But the GBs escaped me the first time through; the music just required more attention than I was willing to give it. But that "1978-1990" comp somehow bridged the gap, maybe because it started a little more punky than their proper records, which helped me ease into the more orchestrated and subtle stuff. I don't know, but I do know a lot of people have trouble breaking the surface with the GBs. Once you do, of course, you never come up for air. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1631 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, feel no shame. I sold my cassette of Metal And Shells to a second hand shop because I thought "what is that shit?" How I wish I hadn't. 1978-1990 was such a revelation to me not much later. I followed that with 16 Lover's Lane. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 243 Registered: 07-2006 |
liberty belle. and i couldn't believe how easy it was to listen to....it soon became my favourite early morning riding the train lp. and just as i'd pull into the city apology accepted would be drawing to a close. tallulah's the one now which really makes me crazy (in the good way), but all five are absolutely essential. i never got 78-90....is it worth forking out for the japanese 2cd version? | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 285 Registered: 04-2005 |
(have we not already done this thread or something similar?) I started with the Postcard 45 when it was released. I was a student in Glasgow and loved that label and its whole ethos. Can't say that those 2 particular songs made a huge impression on me though and it was only hearing "Cattle and Cane" on the John Peel show a couple of years later and seeing Edwyn Collins' review (http://perso.orange.fr/Vidoni-Kerr/Edwyn _2.htm) that made me look into the group again. I bought 'Before Hollywood' and (unlike Rob!) was stunned. I remember listening to the record 3 times through without interruption. Then I went back and bought 'Send Me a Lullabye'. After that it was as the records were released. 'Liberty Belle' held a special place in my heart as I was in Australia when it was released and listened endlessly to a cassette whilst travelling around. Somehow 'Ghost in the Black Hat' made a lot of sense picking grapes miles from anywhere in extreme heat...'A hole in the ground spits dirt at the sun'. And I saw the band 2 nights running in Melbourne, for the first time with Amanda in the line-up. Does anyone know what is actually on the Japanese 78-90 compilation that it not available elsewhere now? | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 135 Registered: 01-2007 |
I've got the Japanese 78-90 which i bought 12-18 months ago.I didn't get the compilatoin at the time of release as I had more or less everything,but found the cassette of 78-90 in a bargain bin in "Our Price" records in North Devon,about a couple of years after its release.That cassette is one that I still play and the running order on that is the same as the japanese double CD I got from ebay.The CD is well worth tracking down.( I was fearful my tape would get chewed up). The 78-90 is one of my all time favourites, the sequencing is wonderful, old gems stand proud next to obscure b sides.I love that CD. As I remeber the CD had different listing to the Record and cassette, hence the Japanes one is quite special. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 98 Registered: 05-2005 |
Are we talking posession or purchase? The second album I bought would be a tie between Spring Hill Fair and 16 Lovers Lane (Purchased on the same day, ordered by my local record shop owner, in response to months of hounding, once I heard of the re-releases in 1996, and quickly followed by the other 4) Technically the first I bought was Spring Hill Fair on vinyl at a record fair. If we're talking posession though, then the Vinyl SHF moves to 2nd place, as first was Liberty Belle. I was briefly infatuated with a guy, (who's name I can't even remember!) the only thing we had in common was the Go-Betweens. He loaned me his casette copy of Liberty Belle. The infatuation wore off very quickly when I realised the only positive thing about him was that he was a Go-Betweens fan. But I never did return that casette... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 731 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andrew, Here is the Japanese 2 disc "1978-1990" content: Disc 1 1. Karen 2. Hammer the Hammer 3. Cattle and Cane 4. Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea 5. Bachelor Kisses 6. Draining the Pool for You 7. Spring Rain 8. The Wrong Road 9. The Clarke Sisters 10. Right Here 11. Bye Bye Pride 12. The House that Jack Kerouac Built 13. Streets of Your Town 14. Love is a Sign Disc 2 1. Pictures 2. I Need Two Heads 3. When People are Dead 4. The Sound Of Rain 5. People Say 6. World Weary 7. Rock and Roll Friend 8. Dusty in Here 9. A King In The Mirrors 10. Second-hand Furniture 11. This Girl, Black Girl 12. Don't Call Me Gone 13. Mexican Postcard 14. You Won't Find it Again | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 120 Registered: 05-2005 |
Catherine wrote: "The infatuation wore off very quickly when I realised the only positive thing about him was that he was a Go-Betweens fan. But I never did return that casette..." Well I'm going to e-mail you off list so you can return the cassette now. ps - if you want your wonky Aztec Camera tape back, I'll oblige in kind. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 100 Registered: 05-2005 |
I didn't own any Aztec Camera tapes, wonky or otherwise, at that time. Come to think of it, I still don't. But knock yourself out. If you can convince me you're the person who loaned me the tape, I'll gladly return it. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 287 Registered: 04-2005 |
Just pondering fsh's post + thinking that for some reason I know that 'his' real name is Barbara. But maybe that fact that I saw a production of 'Twelfth Night' last night with all its confused/hidden gender theme is throwing me? But then I (scarily) realised that the cassette version of LB that I mentioned in my posting above...well, I only have the case + no tape and I have no idea where the tape went to? So I have to ask: Catherine, where you in Edinburgh in the 80s? | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 101 Registered: 05-2005 |
This thread is turning into a bit of a C90s reunited... Sorry Andrew, can't help you on the 80's Edinburgh score. I'd like to say in my defence, by the way, that I did make some attempt to return the tape. I had it in my pocket in the pub on more than one occasion, with that very intent. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 288 Registered: 04-2005 |
> Sorry Andrew, can't help you on the 80's Edinburgh score. Just as well, as I would hate to be described in the following terms: "the only positive thing about him was that he was a Go-Betweens fan". Still, doesn't help much on finding the tape. | ||
| Duncan Hurwood Member Username: Duncan_h Post Number: 79 Registered: 05-2005 |
The second GB album I bought...? Well, like a lot of others on here, the first was the 1978-1990 compilation. The second thing I bought was probably 16LL, a few months later. I was more interested in the solo records, though. In the 1990s they were current, and I bought them the moment I first saw them. Also, and maybe this is a problem with the 1978-1990 record, that compilation gave me the impression that the first three GoBs albums weren't up to much, so I didn't bother buying them until they were re-issued on CD around 1996 or so. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 734 Registered: 01-2005 |
Duncan, I didn't get the SMAL, BH or SHF until the reissues came out in cd in the mid 90's as well. As far as the solo albums, I bought the single disc Horsebreaker around 1994 and nothing after that until I saw Robert and Grant in Pontiac, MI at the June 1999 concert at the 7th House. Matthias gave me the lowdown on the other seven solo albums while we were waiting in line for the doors to open. I had the other seven within the next couple of months, some of which I had to order from Oz. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 102 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, you’ve discovered my secret then. Yes, you've found out that I spend my time wandering the globe, callously flirting with random guys, borrowing their Go-Betweens recordings, and viciously never returning them!! And forgive me. Of course, all Go-Betweens fans are wonderfully interesting, devilishly handsome creatures with scintillating personalities, who are, at all times, kind to small fluffy bunnies!! I’m sure my description of the poor mis-represented soul who's tape I so spitefully didn't return has been made harsher by time, and possibly a large dollop of dramatic licence. There are of course, exceptions to the above. Personally, I’m a fat ugly boring troll who can be a bit of a b*tch now and then. But I still love the Go-Betweens… Even though my favourite pastime is to creep up behind bunny rabbits and shout BOO! | ||
| Elizabeth Robinson Member Username: Liz_the_new_listener Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2006 |
It's interesting to see how many of you actually got into the Go-B's at the time of the reissues! There are a lot of subtleties to their music - which I was only lucky enough to hear 'by chance' (I took to them right away but it was basically Liberty Belle and then give me more! more! more!). It may be simple on the surface but profound underneath. Today I was thinking of 'Part Company' like a running thread during my morning commute, a layer of consciousness. But would I have appreciated the subtleties 10 years ago as much as I do now? | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 103 Registered: 05-2005 |
I noticed that too, Elizabeth, but more wondered if like me, people had been into the band for a long time, but couldn't get hold of the albums until they were re-issued? During Go-B's mk1, I was a schoolkid/student, with no money, and by the time I got out into the big bad working world in the early 90's, the albums couldn't be got anywhere. I searched 2nd hand places for years without luck, until the second happiest Go-B related day of my life - the announcement of the re-releases (the happiest of course being when they reformed). Curiously, I never knew of the existence of 78-90, Metal and Shells or even Bellavista Terrace, until I stumbled upon this board. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 737 Registered: 01-2005 |
Catherine, I didn't get into the G-B's until late 1988 when 16LL was released. Other than a muffled recording of Talluhla on cd, I couldn't find any back cat G-B's until the BB reissues of the mid 90's. | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 117 Registered: 10-2006 |
Spring Hill Fair, when it was released in 1984. The first one was Before Hollywood, thanks to a raving review at the time in a music paper. Part Company is probably my most-played Go-Bees song. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 491 Registered: 04-2006 |
my first album was spring hill fair at the time of his release. then i bought the back-catalogue. but i am not sure if i bought 'before hollywood' or 'send me a lullaby' as second. but i still know that i was so enthusiastic that i immediately bought the postcard singles via the german rough trade shop headed by michael ruff ( a big neil young, birthday party and joy dision fan at that time) which also played in a german band called 'geisterfahrer'. maybe the one or other heard about that band. but thta has nothing to do with the topic....sorry. |