David Toop - Sugar and Poison Soul Ballads CD

Oh, thanks heaps, all! Been musing on the comp since Tom mentioned in this piece on The Weeknd (with a D.Toop comment) & on Tumblr re: a ballad discussion, and it seems David Toop revisited the area in a recent issue of the Wire which I'll have to track down.

For future reference, it also appears in his collection Exotica.

Greatest compilation of all time? Maybe.

Got my hands on the issue of the Wire w/his article - five pages or so! Talks a lot about the 2cd comp Mellow Mellow: Original Smooth Grooves & Chill Beats.

Great compilation. CD2 over CD1 though. Impress the laydeez.

anyone want to sell me theirs? can't find it anywhere (except for 30 pounds on amazon uk)

Wow, thanks for the revive! I am so filing this track listing.

i have this. i also sold an extra copy once for $150. i am not selling the one i still have.

Good on you!

$150! I picked up the CD in a sale in '97. Wouldn't sell it, $150 I might though.

i'm sure someone here would make the music, um, available somehow.

30 quid doesn't seem unreasonable - it'd take more to make me sell my copy.

Yeah, this is one of my holy grails; hopefully now I'm in Europe rather than the antipodes I'll eventually stumble across a copy second-hand. Though yikes, if it can fetch $150 ..

this thread makes me feel guilty that i have this compilation hidden away in a box not too far from where i am sitting, and not really giving it the love it deserves.

Don't feel too bad, Mark E. I only say it is any good to increase the value. I have a vague dream of retiring from selling off David Toop compilations.

x-post: have never seen a copy of this for sale in an actual, real-life shop, etc.

would love to scarequotes acquire this

Think I acquired this from Amazon.co.uk last year, used, at no more than the usual cost of a new double CD. Did I just get lucky or something? In any event, here's disc 1:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dv455h

And disc 2:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mku4qe

omg thx!

Wow, thanks heaps!

Finally bought this today

Also hi ILX!!!!!

I was bored and couldn't find the playlist on Spotify, so I went and made it: https://open.spotify.com/user/thepoacher/playlist/2OQ6SXw373C5XjPLKlH8EZ?si=VwRxYDDiRzaszRxBpD4dGg

It's fantastic compilation - thanks for the heads up!

Someone already did the (equally excellent) Crooning on Venus one: https://open.spotify.com/user/rom2u/playlist/6XFmkiSbB5fYLkyVmXaJwG?si=w20tpRmaSQqLizqe5-niOg

Nb the Tashan track is kind of irritating. Ymmv.

Amazon US has this listed in various formats and their Unlimited streaming, but all links lead to other albums, The Man In The High Castle soundtrack etc.