| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2533 Registered: 05-2005 |
New year, time for a new list. The Mission - Gods Own Medicine. There's always been a goth element to my listening... Highlight so far is Garden Of Delight (Hereafter) which I don't think I greatly cared for when this first came out 23 years ago. I still have the vinyl too. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1888 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: The Sound -- Propaganda Today: Saltwater Band -- Gapu Damurruj | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 57 Registered: 10-2008 |
nick drake - bryter layter fcuked up(oh dear, censorship  ) - the chemistry of common life animal collective - merriweather post pavilion | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 58 Registered: 10-2008 |
Randy, your post count is beautiful, and so dear to my heart. i guess only padraig will get the significance, but only if he reads this before you post again | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2535 Registered: 05-2005 |
More beautiful than yesterday's result Kevin! Listening to Joy Division's Still right now. Bought it ages ago but this is the first time I've played it. I'm sure I heard it in the 80s a few times though. The sound isn't quite as bad as I'd heard it was, but not great either. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2537 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, now I'm onto the live tracks and the sound is pretty bad. Don't think I'll be playing these very often. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1348 Registered: 09-2006 |
Deep in b-side and early-days land: The Moldy Peaches - Unreleased Cutz & Live Jamz 1994-2002 Go-Bees - The Lost Album Love those haircuts! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1337 Registered: 01-2005 |
It's Sunday morning which means classical music for me. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" - The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus (Telarc) | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 99 Registered: 08-2005 |
Michael, surely with your surname you should be listening to... Nevermind, that's a really poor gag. I tend to listen to classical music (Bach played by Glenn Gould; guitar music played by Narcisso Yepes) when I go to bed, along with some jazz - Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - and Nick Drake. These are my regular go-to-sleep soundtracks, all played pretty quietly as I drift into dreamland. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 100 Registered: 08-2005 |
Randy, the sound, eh? Saw them live at university in 81 or 82, when they were promoting From the Lion's Mouth. I remember being impressed. A shame that Adrian Borland suffered such emotional issues and eventually took his own life. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2786 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lamplighter - Lamplighter | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1889 Registered: 03-2005 |
Simon, I never even heard of the Sound until Jeff turned me onto them maybe a couple years ago at the longest. "Propaganda" is their early 4 track demo recorded at home in 1979. It's actually quite good-sounding because it was done on reel-to-reel rather than cassette. Stylistically it's an amusing surprise: a huge homage to the Stooges and MC5 which Borland readily acknowledges in his notes. I love the Stooges but have never understood what the fuss over MC5 was about. Anyway this collection is great in a trash-rock kind of way but when they bring in the occasional drunken groovy Lori Logic-type saxophone and Borland starts sounding like a cross between Iggy Pop and Lawrence (Felt) minor classics pop out of the speakers. A couple songs were done again for "Jeopardy" which I haven't got (and now the Renascent reissue is going for over $100 US on the secondhand market!) and judging from "Night vs Day" I really want that album. Oh well, eventually I'll find one for a realistic price. When I checked the US Amazon Marketplace the other night somebody was trying to sell "Lion's Mouth" for $200! Fortunately I have that one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2538 Registered: 05-2005 |
Holly Throsby - Making A Fire. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 109 Registered: 10-2006 |
British Sea Power 'Do you like Rock Music' Augie March 'Watch Me Disappear' | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2787 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Durutti Column - Idiot Savants Felt - BBC Andy Kershaw radio sessions from 1986 Rilo Kiley - Under the backlight Euros Childs - Miracle Inn | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 391 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Folk Roots, New Routes" by Shirley Collins and Davy Graham, who sadly died a few weeks ago. A true maverick, who was an enormous influence on many guitarists. This record in particular pre-dates the great English folk-rock scene by about 5 years. I have it on vinyl and it sounds a little distorted. However a 5 year old child (who had never seen a turntable in his life, if that is any kind of excuse) recently grabbed the arm of my turntable and did some impromptu 'scratching' with a John Fahey LP. Result = ruined copy of John Fahey and a forthcoming search for a new stylus. And one small child reduced to tears when I shouted at him, as it was obvious that for his parents it was no big deal. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 392 Registered: 04-2005 |
And also http://www.myspace.com/aufgeladenundbere it for a listen to Davy Henderson's new outfit 'The Sexual Objects' (dreadful name!). From the ex-Fire Engines/Win/Nectarine No.9 frontman the usual mixture of T-Rex/Velvets/cryptic lyrics and none the worse for all that. Nectarine No.9 were sadly underrated and live could be simply stunning. One show from the old Cas Rock in Edinburgh sticks out in particular. Or pretty crap depending on the intake of substances and liquids. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 258 Registered: 10-2006 |
The holidays finally gave me time to catch up a bit...Fleet Foxes was certainly a highlight. On first listen I was so overwhelmed after the first few tracks I had to switch it off and relax for half an hour - breathtaking in the literal sense. Ryan Adam's Cardinalogy is another beautiful listen, despite some lazy lyrics. Jenny Lewis's second solo album is rockier and gutsier than the first and highlights her superb voice. The Accidental have some nice low-key tunes and harmonies on their last, whose title escapes me. CD86 whacked me back into the past faster than you could say Life on Mars...ah, those lost glorious days of dole queues and whiny boy voices and mad guitars. And lots of Mahler, soundtracking the first enormous volume of his biography, a demonic whirlwind of energy cutting through his often outraged & anti-Semitic critics as they howled at what they saw as his cacaphonic soiling of Germanic musical purity. The future will understand me, snapped Gustav, settling down to compose another mammoth symphony. And of course it did, rapturously. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1338 Registered: 01-2005 |
Count me in as a late to the party fan of the Fleet Foxes first album as well. 2008 releases I have on order but have not received yet: Portishead - Third Racounters - Consolers of the Lonely I have yet to order other 2008's: Jenny Lewis's second solo album Ryan Adam's Cardinalogy Drive By Truckers The Hold Steady Vampire Weekend | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 43 Registered: 05-2005 |
Where did you get the Felt sessions from Spence? They were so great and I have had to pacify myself with the occasional Tyde album in lieu of any new material being made available. There are some b-sides which they could/should have put on the reissues if Lawrence hadnt been such a miserable bastard. They even took a song off The Strange Idols Pattern | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1507 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - I'd love to hear those Felt BBC sessions!!! Cosmo - yeah, but the song they took off of Strange Idols was the one stinker of the bunch, imho - a pastichey spanish guitar instrumental that didn't fit with anything else and only disrupted the flow of what is an otherwise amazing and consistent album. I remember thinking it was a wise move to remove that track. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2789 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff - done! Cosmo, send me your email and I'll get them to you. Do you have Bubblegum Perfume? Yeah Lawrence, what a waste eh!? I was with a friend Nigel on Saturday whom I was once in a group with called Western. It featured Gary from Felt on drums and the name was conceived by Lawrence. Before I'd joined, Gary invited Marice D to play guitar for them, but when Nigel et him to discuss Nigel got put off, by the mullet hair, stonewash clad uncool jeans and jean jacket not to mention the Reebok trainers!! He never joined! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2791 Registered: 05-2005 |
I like The Sexual Objects track Andrew, thanks for mentioning it here. It reminds me of one of the songs from the Postcard mk11 era Nectarine around '92/'93. Win live were astonishing, they shouda been number 1 all around the world. Super Popoid Groove was the one for me, they never quite captured its T'Rex intensity on record though. I also like Wake the President from that same myspace, I rate em. Yes we've heard it all before, but its harmless. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 102 Registered: 08-2005 |
Spence, I too would be interested in the Felt BBC sessions (and just in case, my email is sfwithers@yahoo.com - just watch that spam come in...) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1890 Registered: 03-2005 |
Caroline Trettine--Be a Devil | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1891 Registered: 03-2005 |
Am I reading that right, Spence? Are you saying somebody rejected Maurice Deebank because of his clothes and his haircut? This is after Felt, so he knew what Deebank sounds like? | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 44 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence-Will send e-mail and thanks very much. Yes I have Bubblegum Perfume, what about Tuesday's Secret? or My Face is on Fire? they would have been great as extra tracks. Jeff-You are right that Crucifix Heaven wasnt much cop but it's on the album and I dont approve of the revisionist approach. Most of the albums I like could lose a track or two but wouldnt want to see reissues of gradually diminishing track totals. The reason alot of us buy the same stuff over and over again is to get more not less in the way of music. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1351 Registered: 09-2006 |
Cosmo, the strip hasn't been the same since you went and got yourself shot. Those shows you used to put on, with the girls...The Around the World Extravaganza, or something like that. Really classy stuff, not like you see nowadays... | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 45 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence My e-mail to you came back? You can find my e-mail by clicking on my profile Cheers | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 46 Registered: 05-2005 |
Allen, glad to see a Cassavetes fan on the board | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2793 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy - yes! And the fact that he wanted 10% of everything although he wouldn't have written anything. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 886 Registered: 08-2004 |
Kinks - Picture Book - a top heavy set of classics from Ray & co. Cat Power - Dark End Of The Street E.P. Marianne Faithful - Easy Come Easy Go - a slightly overlong CD with the usual suspects helping out, Nick Cave, Jarvis, Morrissey etc. A bit Jazz-lite at times. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1508 Registered: 10-2004 |
Cosmo - I agree that usually the revisionist approach to reissues is frustrating, especially when it seriously alters an album in a detrimental way. For example, I really dislike how Lawrence completely changed the cover art for some of the reissues. Strange Idols Pattern just isn't right without all those weird, dark, primitive historical images adorning its cover. I can see how an exact replica would be too small to translate well on a CD cover, but still, at least find some way to maintain the theme! Ditto replacing the wonderfully gaudy photos on Goldmine Trash with a simple illustration of a column. However, omitting Crucifix Heaven was a rare instance of a totally welcome revision, since it's the one song I always skip anyhow! Adding some bonus tracks might've been nice, though, like the inferior but still interesting single-only version of Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow that features a string quartet and female backing vocals. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2541 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dear Science - TV On The Radio. Great record and about to be added to my best of 2008 list. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1353 Registered: 09-2006 |
Likewise, Cosmo...cheers. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1892 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Seeds--Evil Hoodoo. I haven't heard this antho in years and totally forgot the fabulous and bizarre late single "Falling Off the Edge of My Mind" with its massive pedal steel. Classic and unique. The Smoke--The Best of Sugar Man | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1893 Registered: 03-2005 |
June Brides/Phil Wilson--2d disc to the "Every Conversation" antho Caroline Trettine--Be a Devil | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 289 Registered: 04-2005 |
Talk Talk - The Collection The Clash - Live At Shea Cheers Jon | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 442 Registered: 05-2005 |
Psychocandy - Wow: far beter than I remember! Zuma - I think John Cougar-Mellencamp based most of his career around rewriting "Don't cry no tears"! | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 87 Registered: 06-2005 |
Jon, I got a copy of Talk Talk Live at Montreaux '86 , which was released on DVD earlier in the year, really good stuff, the earlier material comes across much better live, some great musicians with them in full mullet glory! And they were still to record their best material, don't know if they ever played their last two albums in a live setting? That song "John Cope" off The Collection is one of my favourite Talk Talk recordings, think it was a B-side originally. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2798 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sudden Sway - Let's Evolve (Peel session) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2802 Registered: 05-2005 |
Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember. Though, I prefer the Monkees/Simon and Garfunkel version of Jaques Derrida that was the single version. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2551 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fireman - Electric Arguments. This really is a superb album, better than anything else McCartney has done in decades. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2552 Registered: 05-2005 |
Au Revoir Simone - Verses Of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation. It's alright. nothing too special. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 292 Registered: 04-2005 |
Padraig - I quite like Au Revoir Simone, its hardly life changing, but 80s synths a fine by me. The new Animal Collective album (Merriweather Post Pavilion) arrived today (thanks postie). 1st listen and its very decent indeed, don't want to put pressure on until its had a few more listens, it got a great Sunday Times review this weekend. Awaiting a bucketload of stuff which should arrive this week... Cheers Jon | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 443 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, Even better than Chaos and Creation in the Backyard? That only came out a couple of years ago but it ranks with me as one of his best - up there even with RAM. The single that they were playing on 702 sounded a bit like Cher so I have been very cautious! I've been suckered in too many times with rave reviews about late period McCartney albums only to find they are shit. e.g. Run Devil Run If it is as good as you say, he certainly is going through a good patch again then. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2553 Registered: 05-2005 |
Geoff, I genuinely think it's quite brilliant. There are some electronic elements which would no doubt put a lot of people off, but I think it's in keeping with some of the more experimental Beatles stuff. There is even some backwards masking on the hidden track at the end! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1360 Registered: 09-2006 |
I'm waiting on my copy from Amazon, and am definitely jazzed. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 444 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hmmmm...Backwards tapes...hidden tracks...Beatles...I'M HOOKED! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2807 Registered: 05-2005 |
Felt - The final resting of the ark Creation Soup - Best of Creation Records vol 1-5 Richard Hawley - Coles Corner Pixies - The Purple Tape (Here comes your man is awesome) | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 445 Registered: 05-2005 |
That Felt stuff is sure hard to find here in Auz Spence! I have just downloaded Crumbing the Antiseptic beauty and The Fear of Splendour from iTunes. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1896 Registered: 03-2005 |
Caroline Trettine -- Ten Light Years At last an official copy! Goeff, you can't get the Cherry Red reissues of the Felt albums in Oz? Bummer. I wonder if they're going the way of so many of the Renascent reissues of 80s British artists. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2808 Registered: 05-2005 |
Geoff, not even on Amazon? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1510 Registered: 10-2004 |
Many Felt CDs are currently available on Amazon.com. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 446 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah, it's there on Amazon but at a price.... and then there's the shipping and time delay...the scent might have gone cold in that time! Can't find it at Redeye, JB and the other usual haunts. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2809 Registered: 05-2005 |
I must admit, buying stuff over here now is shit. I still like to buy from shops etc, and they've nearly all gone! As much as its handy to buy from Amazon et al, I get absolutely fu*k all pleasure out of it. Buying music product is over, and its a a shame, it was bad enough when vinyl went but now this. Its like 28 Days later out there. Geoff, I did manage to get Felt albums from Amazon pretty cheap to be honest and from some of the ebay stores, dirt cheap infact. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1334 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ha! I like the "28 Days" reference, Spence. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 406 Registered: 01-2007 |
I bought the felt compilation whilst in New YOrk recently at Other Music they had an excellent selection. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 407 Registered: 01-2007 |
You can download them from amazon as well cheaper than iTunes as well | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2008 |
Felt. That was a band I could never get at the time. They sound even worse to me now | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2810 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fu*k off then Skully!!!! How you doin kev!? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 62 Registered: 10-2008 |
I'm great thanks Spence. Counting the days to the Magazine gig in Glasgow - 16th Feb. Cant believe nobody here apart from Jon is talking about the Animal Collective album. Whats wrong with you people, dont you like music that was made this century!!?? ;-) | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Ruts - The Crack (one of the most overlooked albums ever in my opinion) Babylon's burning, Dope for guns, S.U.S., ... and then "It was cold in the night..." deeper is not possible... and the classic "Jah war" of cause... to kevin: the magazine concert on the 16th? I am quite sure that I have a ticket for saturday, 14th. Did they extend ? All the best, cu Andreas. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2811 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev, great mate. Yeah, I am seeing Jon for the Manchester Magazine gig. I am looking forward to it. I will miss McGeogh, however, Noko is a great guitarist, so the really the whole occasion will blow me away and I won't worry about the missing piece too much. Animal Collective are good, but they are just another pop band as far as I am concerned,all clever n that, I find it hard to get excited, I really do. Its a bit Beck, its a bit Flaming Lips (if I hear ine more freakin theremin!, Freur, Hit Chip, its a bit Warp record label, its a little bit ugh!!!!! I heard it all before mate, Cornelius about 10 years ago!! ;) Maurice Deebank - Inner Thought Zone | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2812 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas you got the Manchester ticket my friend! kev's with the hard nuts in Glasgae!! Mind you ther'll be some hard nuts in manc too! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 58 Registered: 11-2007 |
have not forgotten, man looking forward to seeing you there! also hearing the magazine 3cd box set at the moment. I almost forgot how many fucking brilliant songs they have written! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2813 Registered: 05-2005 |
I always feel a bit hesitant about reformations, but this just feels right, same as Pale Fountains felt right, I could kick myself for not going, but the youtube's proved they were unmissable, I think the same can apply to Magazine. See you there Andreas! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 63 Registered: 10-2008 |
..... yeah right Spence, and Magazine are a bit Bebop Deluxe, a bit Chicory Tip ;-) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2814 Registered: 05-2005 |
They are kev! ;) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1897 Registered: 03-2005 |
Shit. I'm going to regret not somehow lining up the planets to go there, freezing in the English winter or not. No, Kevin, Magazine are a bit Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer! Among so many things I love about Magazine is the fact that Devoto's lyrics were actually very good. He was my exception that otherwise proved the rule that you didn't want to pay attention to the lyrics in pop music. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 409 Registered: 01-2007 |
I am intending to get it Kev ( the Animal Collective) it but been a bit sidetracked recently and bought alot of CD on my recent trip to NY so got alot to get through, so have been holding back. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1513 Registered: 10-2004 |
Felt - Splendour of Fear and Goldmine Trash The World is as Soft as Lace has to be one of the most beautiful songs in existence. Having a Felt binge this week. Winter always seems to be a good time for that (even though we're in the midst of global warming-induced summer weather here in SF this week. It was 80 degrees yesterday afternoon for christ's sake! [I believe that's 26 degrees celsius for the rest of the world]. That is just unheard of in January! What the hell happened to winter?). | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2817 Registered: 05-2005 |
Funny that Jeff, I was just thinking how Felt brighten my working day up too, its definitely indusive to helping you through the gloomy days of winter, that's for sure. Re what's happened to Winter, unfortunately its the same over here. When I was a kid, we used to play about in 2 or 3 foot of snow, even deeper and more awesome when I was in Scotland, (we were once blocked in by snow for a week solid at my grandparents farm at the foot of the Pentland Hills!) and my kids won't see that kinda snow now, unless we take them to the Swiss Alps. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1514 Registered: 10-2004 |
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave & Stone Flower Spence, that's quite a dramatic shift! And cause for concern, too. That's crazy that you used to get so much snow and a bit scary that you don't anymore. What's happened here is surreal. Usually (even last year) January is our coldest month. I know this is SF where we don't have "real" seasons, but it still usually gets down just below freezing, with lots of nasty, cold, stormy rain. This year, it's like summer. I'm about to go out right now for my lunch break in a t-shirt! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 447 Registered: 05-2005 |
On the turntable at the moment (though not on random for once) - Augie March - Sunset Studies: improves with every listen - Randy, you were right! Felt - Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty + The Splendour of Fear: Mexican Bandits must have inspired Ups and Downs The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: where does the pretense end and the wink of an eye begin? Steve Kilbey - Painkiller: Not as good as he thinks it is! No KILLER songs yet. Coldplay - Viva La Vida: STILL trying to get into this. Who's been listening to Sigur Ros then? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1364 Registered: 09-2006 |
Hey Padraig, just got Electric Arguments in the mail. Impressive on first lesson, looking forward to delving further into it. Also: Apples in Stereo - Electronic Projects for Musicians | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2007 |
@Geoff, on new years eve I watched the first dvd of the heima-2dvd, free concerts in iceland overlapped with interview snipplets and wonderful little films of iceland. It is just magic! Even my cousins and my friends loved it tho they have never seen or heared of sigur ros before! @spence and jeff: yeah it is unbelievable having 26 celsius in frisco january - but tho the global warming we had the winter here in germany with minimum 20 cm of snow all over the country for more than a week and we haven't had that for years. when you were blocked in snow, spence was it the winter of 78/79? this was a winter in which cars and trains stood still and many many houses could not be reached anymore! Nice weekend to all of you! Just hearing the sisters - floodland... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2820 Registered: 05-2005 |
Near enough Andreas, it was winter '76/'77, though from this period onwards I can remember same amount of snow right up to '93. From '93 onwards, there's been nothing like we used to have. Obviously, this is not strictly true for all parts of the UK, esp Scotland. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 294 Registered: 04-2005 |
Not many in work today, so we can take over the radio and put a few CDs on (not all my choice, if they're not cool!!!!). Depeche Mode - Singles 86-98 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am.... Sufjan Stevens - Michigan Radiohead - The Bends Something Happens - Stuck Together With God's Glue Elastica - Elastica Don't know what the rest of the day will bring, but its better than work! Cheers Jon | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1898 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Bats -- The Guilty Office. It does happen. Sometimes I buy a new release. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2560 Registered: 05-2005 |
How do you like The Bats album Randy? I really like it, though I'd love if they would do a straight out pop record like Silverbeet again at some point. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2561 Registered: 05-2005 |
TLC - Now And Forever: The Hits. The only group of that ilk I liked in any way. But I really did like them. Do you listen to TLC Randy? I reckon you'd like them. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 114 Registered: 10-2006 |
... The Stunning 'Milking the Hits'and Damien Rice | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 185 Registered: 05-2005 |
TLC, I only know 'No scrubs', a song I've heard everywhere in Kazakhstan (and I liked it too...). They seemed to be huge there. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2562 Registered: 05-2005 |
Having an Irish day then Charles? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2563 Registered: 05-2005 |
I drank with the Wall brothers from The Stunning in Austin, Texas the night before St Patrick's Day 2001. Lovely fellas. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2564 Registered: 05-2005 |
Right now, NME Awards Winners 2006 CD. Earlier, TV On The Radio - Dear Science The Triffids - In The Pines The Clash - Super Black Market Clash. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 66 Registered: 10-2008 |
Over the last few days. Postal Service - Give Up Animal Collective - Merriweather etc Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours Vampire Weekend - S/T Deerhunter - Microcastle Claro Intelecto - Warehouse Sessions Dennis Brown - A Little Bit More Hot Chip - Made In The Dark Sly and The Family Stone - Greatest Hits The Stooges - first two LPs Beck - Odelay Wailing Souls - Wild Suspense TVOTR - Dear Science AC Newman - Get Guilty Zombie - Where were U in 92? Lukid - Foma Bon Iver - For Emma, etc Radiohead - Kid A | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2006 |
Cheers Padraig,lol, my daughter is dating an Irish chap at the moment, he has just brought over 'Mundy Jelly Legs' and the Frames Set List, recorded live Dublin 2002. He just loves his music, he's now a BIG Go-B's fan, BF did it and OA he bought himself. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2567 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Essential Cheap Trick | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2569 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Chills - Male Monster From The Id | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2570 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bruce Springsteen - Life Itself. From his soon come new album. Oh, I like it! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 449 Registered: 05-2005 |
On the Beach - Neil Young No more shall we part - Nick cave and the Bad Seeds Archie Roach - Sampler Radiohead - Pablo Honey Strange Bird - Augie March The Splendour of Fear - Felt The Byrds - on shuffle on the computer; Just a season: what a great song. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1358 Registered: 01-2005 |
Geoff, Is Strange Bird as good as the last two AM albums? I have all the Byrd albums from Mr Tamborine Man to Farther Along. One of my favorite Byrds songs that is not well know at all is "Bugler" from Farther Along. It contains a great vocal performace from Clarence White and touching lyrics about a boy and his bluetick hound. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 450 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, I feel the last 2 Augie March are more "immediate" and more commercial. The first 2 are more alternative. I'd imagine that this will mean that you will like them, but just don't expect to be hit over the head/bowled over by the first 2 as Moo did for me. As Randy suggested, the first 2 are more subtle. Talking Byrds, I think the last Augie March gets a bit Byrdsian at times - the guitars anyway! Now I'M sounding like a Teenage Fanclub fan! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1899 Registered: 03-2005 |
Padraig, so far I'm liking "Guilty Office" a fair bit. Did you ever get Robert Scott's "Songs of Otago's Past?" I don't expect him to ever do a bona-fide pop record again. I've never heard TLC or OF him/her/them/it. I'm chuffed that Geoff is sticking with the first two Augie March albums. It's true they are less immediate, less commercial. Personally I usually expect the less immediate things to last longer. For example, I just came back from one of my periodic trips up the state to see my mom. The rental cars finally have inputs for an iPod so I had access to a LOT of music. At some point "On My Block" came on. I used to not get that song at all and I was just loving everything about it. I'd put a lot of Robert's music in that "less immediate and more durable" classification. The first song on "Strange Bird" that bowled me over was "The Night is a Blackbird." It still bowls me over. I came home to find my copy of Pigram Brothers' "Jiir" in my doorway. It's fairly conservative Australian country music but it doesn't sound American and therefore rates much better with me than the Sarah Storer record I tried a couple months ago. I'll probably be picking up a Holly Throsby record soon since two people I trust are liking her so much. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2572 Registered: 05-2005 |
TLC were an R&B/hip-hop girl group Randy. You must have heard Creep or Waterfalls surely? One of them died about six years ago and they split up. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2823 Registered: 05-2005 |
Can - Radio Waves The Triffids - Peel sessions Momus- Joemus (his best since Timelord) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (think kev is bang on, though i need to listen again!!) GoBetweens - Live on Snap Kevin Coyne - peel sessions | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 889 Registered: 08-2004 |
... and that No Scrubs thang of course. Bo Diddley - Rock 'N' Roll Legend Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills... Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy The Coral - Roots & Echoes | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 505 Registered: 01-2006 |
Neil Young - Time Fades Away Madness - Absolutely Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 186 Registered: 05-2005 |
Get well soon - Rest now... MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Dodos - Visiter Byrne and Eno - ? Caetano Veloso - best of | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2827 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry what's the Franz album like? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1521 Registered: 10-2004 |
Five or Six - various songs | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2574 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sloan - Smeared. Liking it a lot better than the last time I played it. Loved it back in the day. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 297 Registered: 04-2005 |
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too Rye-Ay (Deluxe Edition). I had this on vinyl, but it had become very 'tired' and go old Mr HMV had a sale on, so it was cheap as chips. Cheers Jon | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 890 Registered: 08-2004 |
The new FF is OK, Spence. Certainly a lot better than their last effort. Various - Titan-It's All Pop The Clash - Sandinista Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones & Is Is E.P. The Byrds - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2830 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, Five or Six, a great song on Pillows and Prayers, not heard anything else by em. Jerry, FF's last effort grew on me, it took time though. I am thinking of going to see them in March, might get it next week, I wonder if they are over now though? | ||
| cosmo offline Unregistered guest |
spence- five or six 'another reason' is great and was completely ripped off by death in vegas on 'dirge' - i think they even got some money in the end | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1523 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, that Five or Six song from Pillows and Prayers is awesome, but I've learned it's not at all representative of what they sound like. They were actually very experimental: quite droney, loads of atmosphere, sometimes tranquil and other times loud and discordant, sometimes lush and pretty and other times totally angular, and downright bizarre. But generally pretty UNpop. Very strange group. I almost wonder if they deliberately wrote that little guitar-pop ditty for Pillows and Prayers so they would have something that actually fits stylistically with the rest of artists on that record. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 50 Registered: 05-2005 |
five or six 'another reason' is great and was completely ripped off by death in vegas for 'dirge' on the contino sessions and jeans advert. i think that five or six may have got some money out of it in the end | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1524 Registered: 10-2004 |
Cosmo, I've never heard the death in vegas song you're talking about, but the Five or Six song 'Another Reason' is fab. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 300 Registered: 04-2005 |
Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis A quality album from a vastly underrated band (in my opinion), Cars & Girls is one of my favourite songs of all time. Cheers Jon | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 399 Registered: 04-2005 |
Brooooocie. "Life Itself" I kinda lost touch/faith after 'Darkness on the edge of town", but I like this. With some very 1960s sounding jangly and backwards guitars. The other evening I was disussing busking with my son and we ended up watching the clip of Springsteen (from 1988) in Copenhagen busking 3 songs. Whatever you think of his music, his heart is in the right place and he has a real fan's enthusiasm for music. I was in the pub once in Edinburgh when in came the (latterday) Clash, fresh from busking on Princes Street and proceeded to count their ill-gotten gains at the table next to us. God, Paul Simonon looked so cool... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2835 Registered: 05-2005 |
Meat Puppets - Up on the sun | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1525 Registered: 10-2004 |
Ah, the Meat Puppets. To be honest, I was never much of a fan, but a close friend of mine has always been fanatical about them, particularly their earlier albums. Some trippy stuff! Like psychedelic cow-punk, at times. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 53 Registered: 05-2005 |
jeff - check out the Death inVegas tunehttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFSblQkPM Y&feature=related wait for it to kick in and recognise the blatant theft in progress | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 54 Registered: 05-2005 |
I have no problem with sampling and talent borrows, genius steals as they say but I remember when Dirge came out being a bit surprised that the 'steal' was not acknowledged as either a songwriting credit or sample. The song featured prominently on television in a jeans advert and although I have no idea what the Five or Six members were up to at the time I am sure they would have appreciated the royalties and recognition. 'It's not the principle It's the money' as Tommy Cooper once said | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 55 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think they did get some money in the end as I remember a member of the Cherry Red staff telling me that it had not gone unnoticed | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 411 Registered: 01-2007 |
been giving the new Animal Collective a listen not certain what I think at the moment not overwelmed to be certain | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1904 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Attack -- About Time I ordered this the same time I ordered the Chords' antho but it took much longer to arrive. The Chords are ersatz mod and (IMHO) total crap. The Attack are from the original mod era and, five songs into this comp, they sound pretty decent. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2580 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kristin Hersh - The Shady Circle. It's a live CD I bought after her wonderful show last night. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 216 Registered: 02-2007 |
Dig! Lazurus Dig! - What a great album XTC - Apple Venus 1 - ditto | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1339 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Daddy's Highway" by the Bats, which I found for a mere $14 during a pilgrimage to Amoeba Records in San Francisco recently. It's terrific. I'm surprised how many songs are on it, though. Before CDs were widely available, the Bats were already experimenting with CD bloat. That's progressive. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1905 Registered: 03-2005 |
Rob I am SO jealous of your find. And for $14! No wonder Jeff is so enamored of his local Amoebas. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 134 Registered: 03-2007 |
Rob, the original album only had twelve tracks ( ending with Daddy's Highway. ) The additional songs ( Calm Before The Storm; Candidate; Made On You; Trouble In This Town; Made Up In Blue ) were added when it was re-issued. They first appeared on the three EPs the band released prior to Daddy's Highway. The three EPs ( minus one or two tracks the band were not happy with ) were subsequently released as 'Compiletely' which has been OOP for some considerable time. Daddy's Highway and Compiletely are my favourite albums by the band. Currently listening to Dear Hamlyn by Luluc. This young lady, who hails from Melbourne, may appeal to you Padraig. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2584 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'll check her out Hugh. Thanks. Compiletely is a great album isn't it? I have a proper cassette version and a burned CD copy. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 71 Registered: 10-2008 |
public image - public image public enemy - rebel without a pause dinosaur jr - freak scene stardust - music sounds better with you lemonheads - outdoor type vampire weekend - cap cod kwassa kwassa tony allen - afro funk disco hot chip - hold on sonic youth - any one of a hundred songs animal collective - my girls zombie - zombie dub talking heads once in a lifetime eryka badu - amerikhan promise drive by truckers - lookout mountain m.i.a - jimmy morrissey - something is crushing my skull tvotr - dancing choose hercules and love affair - blind scritti politti - the sweetest girl the slits typical girls the pixies - wave of mutilation wailing souls -row fisherman row husker du - could you be the one the replacements - cant hardly wait the damned - new rose donna summer - i feel love the fall = totally wired | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1366 Registered: 09-2006 |
Still more cassettes: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas Wondrous music that I never tire of. Sliver - soundtrack The movie was and is a real p.o.s., but I remember liking this comp at the time. I now think my attraction must've been completely due to the three excellent songs by Massive Attack, Heaven 17 and Neneh Cherry (all thankfully available on their own albums), because beyond the OK UB40 Elvis cover the rest is dishwater dull and/or hilariously bad examples of a techno moment whose time has thankfully passed. The KLF - The White Room Sounds a little dated, but still good fun. Wish it had the Tammy Wynette version on it, though. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 451 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh, I gotta ask, how is it that you, all the way across the other side of the world, are so all over the latest Aussie stuff? I've often noticed that stuff I've read something here in Auz one day will be commented on by you, first hand, the very next day!(or visa versa). Do you stream triple J or something???? Only the other day I read something about Luluc in the Drum Media! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2587 Registered: 05-2005 |
Was (Not Was) - Boo! | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 217 Registered: 02-2007 |
Yeh, tell us Hugh. You must have "sleepers" in every city here phoning in every half hour or somethin! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2588 Registered: 05-2005 |
I had always assumed Hugh was in Australia but a google search is pointing strongly towards Glasgow! | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 135 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, I reside in Prestwick on the West Coast of Scotland ( about 30 miles south of Glasgow.) 'Compiletely' is a gorgeous album which contains some of my favourite songs by the band ( Made Up In Blue; Neighbours; Chicken Bird Run; Jeweller's Heart; Claudine; Joe's Again.) I have the original ep's ( vinyl ) and was delighted when they collected all the tracks together and released them on cd. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 136 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, my interest in Australian/New Zealand music started in the late 1970's/early 1980's. I had no interest in a lot of what was being released in the U.K./U.S.A. at the time and went looking for something more to my taste. I checked out the music scene in Australia/New Zealand, discovered The Church, The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, The Chills; The Bats; The Verlaines and never looked back. I do not stream from or listen to the radio. I do keep an eye on the Playlists of Incoming on Triple RRR ( Melbourne ) which is hosted by Richard Moffat. The shows broadcasts every Wednesday between 1600 and 1900 hours. Richard Moffat was a member of Disaster Plan who are one of my favourite Australian bands. I also get recommendations from Scott Thurling from time to time. He runs ( owns? ) PopBoomerang ( home of the wonderful Aerial Maps.) My main resource, however, is the internet. I simply love searching for new music and check out artists and bands all the time. For example. Scott told me a couple of months ago that PopBoomerang will be releasing the new album by The Beautiful Few in March, 2009 ( I like the band and have all the albums they have released to date.) I headed on over to MySpace where I listened to some tracks. Each of the songs on the new album will have a guest vocalist and the two on MySpace feature Oliver Mann and Gregor Day. Mann's voice made a big impression on me and I checked out his MySpace page. Liked what I heard and purchased his two albums. Listed among his friends were Grand Salvo ( Paddy Mann who is his brother ) and Luluc. Checked out their MySpace pages and bought their albums. That is how it works for me most of the time. In addition to Australian/New Zealand music, I also purchase a lot of stuff by Swedish/Scandanavian artists/bands. Currently listening to 'Atlantic Edge' and 'Atlas From Home' by The Beautiful Few on MySpace. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1342 Registered: 08-2006 |
Thanks for the info on "Daddy's Highway," Hugh. I thought the record seemed a little long, especially since everything else I have by the band is short. It all works together nicely, though - if hadn't told me, I'd never have guessed the album wasn't all of a piece. And yeah, Randy, I felt pretty lucky to come across it so cheap. And Amoeba knew what they had - it was in a "staff picks" section of the store and was covered in stickers saying "out of print" and "classic." I guess they figured they'd be hard-pressed to find someone willing to pay $50 for a copy. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 72 Registered: 10-2008 |
Hugh, the late 70s/early 80s were boomtime for UK/USA music - each to their own though. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2008 |
The Bats - Daddys Highway (this has to be the most overhyped album that folks talk about on here. Its ok I suppose, but its all very nice and polite and samey to my ears) Kraftwerk - Radio-Active Can - Ege Bam Yasi Air - Moon Safari Ganggangdance - St Dymphna | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 137 Registered: 03-2007 |
Skulldisco, I suspect I am a bit older than you and the late 70's/early 80's were certainly not a boomtime for me as far as UK/USA music was concerned. I am sure there were a lot of good artists/bands around at the time, it is just that most of them did not appeal to me hence why I went looking elsewhere. Even today, I still buy very little music ( other than folk influenced/related stuff ) by UK artists/bands. The same is true of music by USA artists/bands although probably to a lesser extent. To each their own as you say. What works for one person does not necessarily work for another. Rob, my pleasure. I think the album does still work with the extra tracks although, in my opinion, 'Mad On You' and 'Trouble In This Town' are weaker songs than the other three. That said, I am sure there are people who feel differently. Currently listening to LP by Holy Fcuk ( swear filter.) A purely instrumental ( electronica ) outfit who hail from Toronto, Canada. Heard of them Skulldisco? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1343 Registered: 08-2006 |
Kev, no intent to overhype. I like the Bats well enough, and had heard some people here say they liked "Daddy's Highway," so I snapped it up when I saw it staring up at me in the Amoeba racks. And it's good, although I agree the Bats are, as you say, samey. It's not a life-changer, but I'm glad to own it. I'm a sucker for that 80s NZ sound. Right now, I'm diggin' on the latest Old 97s, thank you very much Mr. Belz. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1367 Registered: 09-2006 |
Once again, you're more than welcome. Glad to hear you're enjoying it... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 138 Registered: 03-2007 |
Rob, US$50.00 would have been a snip for Daddy's Highway. There are two used copies up for sale on AmazonCom for US$83.91 and US$128.91 respectively and one copy for sale on Gemm for US$79.60. I am sure Randy will take it off your hands for US$14.00 if you decide you don't like it. :-) Like you, I love the sound of a lot of the N.Z. ( Flying Nun ) releases from the 80s ( The Able Tasmans; The Chills; Tall Dwarfs; The Verlaines.) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2008 |
I bought it the other month for about Ł7, narrow escape eh :-) | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1344 Registered: 08-2006 |
Do people really pay those prices, Hugh?!? I've never thought of CDs as collectables, and I always thought those prices were kind of phony. Maybe not, though. Wow, I got a steal! You, too, Kev. And Randy, hands off. This thing is my ticket to easy street! Champagne's on me, folks, | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 139 Registered: 03-2007 |
Rob, I really don't know if people actually pay those prices but, where rare and hard to find titles are concerned, you quite often see sellers asking for silly money on Amazon and Gemm. There is now one on offer at AmazonCom for US$148.99. Skulldisco, persevere and you may grow to love it. If not, you can always sell it to Randy now that Rob has decided to keep his copy. :-) Where did you find it by the way? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1527 Registered: 10-2004 |
Rob - people do pay those prices. Sometimes. For CDs that were only issued once and are long out of print (and for which there is demand) it's not uncommon to see them fetch some pretty crazy prices. In many cases the CDs are much more sought after than than the LPs because fewer people listen to LPs anymore. Thing is, I know that if I preserver, I can usually find what I'm looking for for far less in a local record shop. As for Daddy's Highway, I think it's the Bats' best album, although it doesn't blow me away, say, the way the Go-Betweens do. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 452 Registered: 05-2005 |
I actually saw the Bats many years ago, I think they were supporting the Church at Selinas at Coogee. A mate of mine was really into them (we're talking 1990(?))but I agree with Scully that they were/are VERY samey. Talking about outrageous prices, I saw the Fireman's "Rushes" on Amazon for several hundred pounds the other day! The same thing used to happen to NDW cds - the second hand shops would sell CDs by them for over a hundred bucks. Then the band decided to re-release them and you could pick them up for less then $20. You'd think Macca would have the power to get a rerelease of his stuff! Or maybe he likes it - stokes his ego that one of his cds is "collectable". | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 453 Registered: 05-2005 |
.... and the weird thing is about "Rushes" is that you can buy if electronically for less than 20! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 75 Registered: 10-2008 |
hugh, got it from amazon.com. my mistake I thought I bought it in the UK for about Ł7, it actually cost $20- dunno what that was in pounds then Items Ordered Price 1 of: Daddy's Highway [Audio CD] The Bats [Audio CD] By: The Bats (Artist) Sold by: hooray_for_music (seller profile) $20.00 | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 140 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, they certainly have their own sound and I can understand the 'samey' references but I have always felt that, in the early days at least, the songs were quite different and that the 'sameyness' was more to do with the arrangements and Robert's voice/delivery. I don't think they had a Producer in the early days. I saw them perform live at The Halt Bar in Glasgow around 1986 and they put on a great show. The Bats supporting The Church!!! I would have loved that show. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 141 Registered: 03-2007 |
Skulldisco, probably a little bit more than Ł7.00 but still excellent value given some of the prices currently posted on Amazon. Randy is going to be disappointed that he missed out on yet another relatively cheap copy Currently listening to Sings by Oliver Mann. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2589 Registered: 05-2005 |
Chuck E. Weiss - Do You Know What I Idi Amin The Church - The Unguarded Moment, Almost With You, Antenna. Hugh, I've flown into Prestwick many times on my way to Glasgow. My only experience of it is the airport and the train to Glasgow though! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2592 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Clock just came on in an iTunes mix. I'd forgotten it was on this mix. I actually rarely play The Go-Betweens so it sounded brilliant to hear it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2593 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wide Open Road just came on in the same mix. It's the mix I made up to burn to CD for our road trip to see Leonard Cohen / Paul Kelly / The Triffids this weekend. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2594 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens - The Clowns Are In Town | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2849 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tom Verlaine - Words from the front | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 142 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, in that case, you have seen all the town has to offer. :-) Randy, if you do decide to pick up a Holly Throsby album then I would start with her latest ( A Loud Call.) I like all three but that one is a particular favourite Currently listening to 'The Possum Wakes At Night' by Oliver Mann. On first play, this is an even better album than 'Sings.' | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2595 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens - I Love You Still. Such a beautiful song. Hopefully some day the Botany Tapes will get an official release. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2854 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Orchids - A darker bloom. Thanks for reminding me how great they were Jeff! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2856 Registered: 05-2005 |
A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard and the Ballroom | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1363 Registered: 01-2005 |
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2858 Registered: 05-2005 |
My wife's arse, shes just farted! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1906 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, I seem to have a computer now. What's all this about everybody except for me finding cheap copies of "Daddy's Highway?" I've paid some silly prices for a few things. I shelled about about $50 for Microdisney's "Clock Comes Down the Stairs" and that was the cheapest I'd seen it (on CD). It's clearly worth it, as far as I'm concerned and I'm still hoping to locate a copy of "Everybody's Fantastic" for that sort of money (or less would be nice). On the other hand, I'll probably only pay about $30 for "Crooked Mile." I've paid $30 for a number of things. I think I went crazy and paid $70 for something but right now I can't remember what. My favorite is the Tallulah Gosh antho which I paid $45 for and the seller nicely sent it to me with the Amoeba $2.99 sticker attached to it! I've left it in place of course. Too bad Tallulah Gosh aren't nearly as good as their namesake song . . . . I've held out on "Daddy's Highway" but like the Verlaines' "Juvenilia" it's not been showing up for a reasonable price when I've taken the trouble to look. "Juvenilia" seems never to pop up at all. I want them both. I'd pay pretty big smackers for an official copy of the Chills' "Secret Box," all thanks forever to Andrew Kerr for sending me an unofficial copy. Hugh, your advice about Holly Throsby is noted. Tonight: Jiir--Pigram Brothers | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2859 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head Tubeway Army - Replicas | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2860 Registered: 05-2005 |
Next up... The Pop Group - Y. God this is good. What a group. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 520 Registered: 01-2006 |
The Smiths - The Complete Peel Sessions. Just found it on the computer, forgot I had it. Some nice renditions in this, especially Half A Person, London and Nowhere Fast (different to the Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me b-side I think). | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2865 Registered: 05-2005 |
Simple Minds - Empires and Dance | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1529 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - I love early, pre-arena-scaled Simple Minds. Empires and Dance is such a good album. I like Sons and Fasciation/Sister Feelings Call quite a lot, too. They were such an intensely creative and artsy band then. XY765 - I believe that Peel Session of Nowhere Fast which was included as a b-side to Last Night I Dreamt.. is the only Peel Session of that song. It's a great version, though. I love the Peel version of This Charming Man - I prefer it to the studio version. And This Night Has Opened My Eyes is one of my all time favorite Smiths tunes ever, and I love the stripped back sound of it. I wish all of the Peel Sessions could see an official release. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2866 Registered: 05-2005 |
And me Jeff. Ditto Sisters and Cacophony too. I must admit to liking New Gold Dream and Sparkle in the rain. I am fully aware that Mr Kerr and associates drew their pomposity pistols on their audiences during the transition between NGD and SITR, but there you go. I agree, Peel sessions and all the albums in one big box set or/and indivdual releases. REM Murmer | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1530 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, I like New Gold Dream quite a bit, and Sparkle in the Rain is admittedly a guilty pleasure. But I draw the line there! Oh, and did you hear that the Smiths have finally remastered their 4 albums for re-release this year? I read on Stephen Street's blog that they remastered them back in November or so. I'm curious to hear how they turn out. I've heard from various sources that the recent Sound of the Smiths comp was a little too hot, compressed, and modern, so I'm a bit leery. I've also heard that the snazzy 7" singles box set they released sounds and looks beautiful. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 521 Registered: 01-2006 |
Yeah that 7" box set looks nice Jeff but I have practically all the Smith's singles on 12" so no need. Must play the Last Night I Dreamt 12" again as well to see about Nowhere Fast, it sounds so good. And I also agree about This Night Has Opened my Eyes, for some reason it always really grabs and engages me, I never tire of it. Have you ever seen A Taste Of Honey? That film always reminds me of This Night Has Opened My Eyes..Sheelagh Delaney (Louder Than Bombs and Girlfriend In A Coma 12" cover star) is in it, is she the only cover star to appear twice on Smiths records? Speakin of Smiths cover stars, the still of Avril Angers for I Started Something 12" is from another very good film, The Family Way. The soundtrack was by Macca, one of his first I think.... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1531 Registered: 10-2004 |
I have the majority of the Smiths 12"s, and those sound positively beautiful, hence my own reason for not splurging on the 7" box set. It does look like a cool little package, though. No, I've never seen A Taste of Honey, but I've always wanted to ever since reading about it (and its apparently huge influence on Morrissey) in the two Smiths biographies. I believe Delaney might be the only person to appear more than once on a Smiths cover. She's on Louder Than Bombs and Girlfriend in a Coma, iirc. Actually, wait, no!!! The woman on the cover of Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - Viv Nicholson - was also on the cover for Barbarism Begins at Home. She apparently won a lottery in the 60s and received heaps of money, then blew it all in a frenzy and turned into a Jehova's Witness or something. The cover for I Started Something always cracks me up - Avril Angers' hat is outrageous. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2868 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, that's great news re Smiths remastering, can't wait! Talking about covers, I was once proclaimed as being the spitting image of the rocker / biker boy on the front cover of The world won't listen. I must admit the resembalnce at that time was quite uncanny. One Saturday morning I was doing a record fair, and one guy on a stall had a massive WWL poster on sale, my mate Baz bought it me and rolled it out next to me on the stall and was pointing at the poster and then at me and back agaon, continually, without saying too much and people were passing by wondering what the heck was going on! I played the Peel version of William last night, a much better version than the single release. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 522 Registered: 01-2006 |
Yeah there was a documentary years ago Jeff with footage of Morrissey and Viv Nicholson driving around Manchester in a convertible, very funny. I think my favourite Smiths 12" is the Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 'Hand In Glove'. Really rocking version of that one, wish there was a version with Morrissey singing it with that version. Shaw also sings I Don't Owe You Anything & Jeane, think it was on a French label. I should really convert that to MP3. I also have the New York 12" version of This Charming Man which is practically unlistenable, nice to have for the cover art though. Must listen to the whole Peel session Spence, just flicked through a few songs. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1366 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, Will the live album "Rank" be remastered as well? I'll pick up the 4 remastered studio albums for sure and hold off on the Best Of comp. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2869 Registered: 05-2005 |
Good question Michael. A guy I know, Lee who has a studio was once working at the BBC as an assistant engineer, and he actually found himself in a master mixing room with access to the master tapes for RANK. he was there for an afternoon and walked away with a slightly tweaked version all for himself. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1350 Registered: 08-2006 |
Raphael Saadiq - "The Way I See It." I lurve this record. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1907 Registered: 03-2005 |
Jeff, I can vouch for "A Taste of Honey" as well. But I have a weakness for the early 60s B&W kitchen sink film school. They're kind of like monophonic recordings--mysterious and evocative. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2872 Registered: 05-2005 |
James Dean Bradfield - The Great Western | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1533 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael - not sure about "Rank" as Stephen Street didn't mention any of the albums they were remastering by title, just that they were remastering all of them. Honestly I'm assuming it'll be just the 4 studio albums, but who knows? If there's enough money coming in from those, they might find it worthwhile to do "Rank," too. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 407 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey Spence re: The Minds Is "to draw one's pomposity pistols" a copyrighted phrase or available for general use ? Made me laugh... I saw the former Self-Abusers several times live in Glasgow before 'New Gold Dream' and they were amazing at that time. Shame (like U2) they then looked to the other side of the Atlantic and adopted those 'rockist' attitudes; interesting to wonder where they might have gone if they had remained true to their European post-punk influences ? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2874 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, ye can use it, royalty free, seeing as i know ye! ;) Andrew, I would've loved to have seen Self-Abusers. Su, a friend of mine saw them a lot too. As you say, if only they'd have stuck to a siliar path as their early records, you know, like Wire did I guess. Mind you, Jim has his pension now, and Colin Newman will probably be working til he's 75. I could be wrong... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2875 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, Van Dyke pars - Discover America. I only just discovered it, its amazing. I love it. Anyone else know it? I always loved Surfs Up and Sunflower by The Beach Boys, surfs Up had van Dyke working with them on certain songs.This is the reason I got Discover America. I still think Sunflower, or Surfs Up are the best beach Boys albums, much better than Pet Sounds. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1352 Registered: 08-2006 |
Those ARE great albums, Spence, although I'm also a "Pet Sounds" fan. I still think, though, my favorite Beach Boys album is "Wild Honey." It's just such a weird, wild record. I also like "Today," which is kind of a warm up for "Pet Sounds." Oh, and "Love You," containing shout-outs to both Johnny Carson and the Solar System itself. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 63 Registered: 11-2007 |
@The Simple Minds: I love their albums Reel To Real Cacophany and Empires And Dance but I never liked Sisters and Sons And Fascination. For me their rock attitude began with these albums... and Andrew - I also would like to know how they sounded today without the 'rockist attitude' as you call it! Two totally different albums at the moment: The latest Sigur Ros which I really like and Drop Out With The Barracudas with one of the 7"-es I always loved the most: Summer Fun I just say ba-ba-ra-ra-cu-cu-da-da ...now put it all together | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2878 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 306 Registered: 04-2005 |
Soft Cell - 12" singles boxset I really need to make this in to a CD or 2, but never get around to it. Cheers Jon | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 408 Registered: 04-2005 |
Several hours of Go-Betweens stuff - thanks a lot Pádraig !!! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1910 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Concubines--"Pining for the Fjords." "So Stentorian" is a great start. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1539 Registered: 10-2004 |
Thanks, Randy! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 64 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Cramps Off the Bone | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2888 Registered: 05-2005 |
Maurice Deebank - Inner Thought Zone. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1372 Registered: 09-2006 |
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1354 Registered: 08-2006 |
X - "Los Angeles" Iris Dement - "My Life" Franco - "Francophonic" The Embarrassment - "Heyday" Magnetic Fields - "Distortion" Ghostface - "Fishscale" Big music day today since I'm filing, not writing. Filing sucks. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1540 Registered: 10-2004 |
Marcos Valle - Samba Demais Carlos Lyra - Sarava | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 212 Registered: 05-2005 |
American Analog Set - Set Free Just discovered them - though apparently they've been round for quite a while. Really great album. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 80 Registered: 10-2008 |
The Heptones - Sea of Love | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 143 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Walkabouts - Rag & Bone + Cataract ( Two On One CD ) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2008 |
Psychedelic Jungle - The Cramps Tomorrow Today - Seeland Hold Time - M Ward Microcastle - Deerhunter Merryweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective Magazine - Real Life | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1912 Registered: 03-2005 |
Huh. There's something I don't expect to see on Kevin's list: M Ward. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1374 Registered: 09-2006 |
Calle 13 - Residente o Visitante Heaven 17 - Higher and Higher: The Best of | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 82 Registered: 10-2008 |
Randy, I'm a broad church for an aetheist :-) | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 66 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Smiths - 7-es Box wow - soooo many brilliant songs! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1913 Registered: 03-2005 |
Concubines--Pining for the Fjords | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1375 Registered: 09-2006 |
Pining for the fjords? What kind of talk is that? Yes, I know folks like me who quote Python at any given chance are annoying as hell, but I couldn't resist. I'll have to call my 12-step group now, but it was worth it. NIN - Ghosts I-IV Nelson/Haggard/Price - Last of the Breed Sugar Hill Records - The Definitive Groove Collection Macca - Off the Ground | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1376 Registered: 09-2006 |
I should've said I couldn't resist because obviously the makers of the above album are fans too... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1544 Registered: 10-2004 |
REM - Murmur I can never get over how stunningly perfect this record is. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2896 Registered: 05-2005 |
Agree Jeff, totally unique, full of mystery and beauty. Now to he abnsurd. Gary Numan - Telekon. Sorry, but its fab. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1545 Registered: 10-2004 |
Dude - I LOVE Telekon! Sometimes that's my favorite Gary Numan record. This Wreckage, Remember I Was Vapor, etc.. awesome stuff! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1546 Registered: 10-2004 |
Allen - the MP phrase has come to be more broadly used in a joking way to convince somebody that something dead is actually alive. That is particularly relevant to the Concubines, imo. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2904 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Kinks -The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society Utterly outstanding, a revelation. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1378 Registered: 09-2006 |
They've got a box set out now...anyone given it a listen? Track listing (for everything pre-72 or so, anyway) doesn't look too bad, though I've got most of it already. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2905 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff I gave this wreckage a blast today it was fab, shame numan is a tory nutta! |