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See, I don't get this. Everything I've heard by Main was boring (to me) ambient drone. Loop was droney, but they rocked. I got into Loop when I first started driving, and will for the rest of my life associate Heaven's End with riding around in my car - just blasting the shit out of that tape over and over.

xpost- never really got into Spacemen 3 either.

It seems like Spacemen 3 were more well-liked, though, and I never could understand that. I found them pretty boring most of the time.

They're both good, but Spacemen 3 has this ... personality. Loop's always been kind-of faceless to me.

Loop's facelessness was part of the appeal! I love their strange anonymity, even Robert doesn't seem like he's entirely there.

junkie != personality

i like a gilded eternity now. i want reissues

for those interested...

"Loop News

Dear All,

The Loop reissue program has finally found it's feet and there will new remastered versions of Heaven's End, Fade Out, The World In Your Eyes out on REACTOR in late 2008.
All of these have been commercially unavailable since 1991 on any format."

down in the comments:
"I will do my best and try and contact Clawfist, if they are OK with it, then it'll be on - but please be aware that it will ONLY be the Loop cover of Like Rats, the Godflesh cover will have to surface somewhere else, like on a Godflesh comp."

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=88715813&blogID=409573350&Mytoken=5712B5F8-7C93-42ED-8B6B4AC125C6EC7472521234

WELL HELL YEAH

also time to put my copy of loopflesh on ebay har har

Holy shit they really are doing reissues??? Wow. Too bad A Gilded Eternity isn't one of them.

LOOP announce re-issues of long out of print back catalogue

REACTOR in conjunction with FORTE DISTRIBUTION is very happy to announce an overdue reissue programme of the long out of print albums / material by British band, LOOP.

Remastered from the original analogue sources, the first 2 releases, ‘Heaven’s End’ and ‘Fade Out’ will be released as double discs on 17th November (via Forte) and housed in a mini vinyl style card sleeve, reproducing the original artwork. Both albums will be also be made available digitally for the first time.

The band’s further two albums, The World In Your Eyes, and Gilded Eternity are currently being re-mastered for release next year with The World In Your Eyes being released as a 3 volume CD set, and Gilded Eternity as a double CD.

All due care has been taken to release everything that is available in some chronological order, though sadly a couple of tapes have been too badly damaged or lost to make a complete edition, but these will be the definitive editions...there won't be any 'special editions' to rip you off with, that's a promise.

Both albums will be released with re-mastered extra material from the relevant chronological time frame as the main album: The album in its entirety on CD 1, with the bonus tracks (including relevant Peel session material from the time) on CD 2, the bonus material will be available on CD formats only.

The LP versions of the albums will be released on a limited run as 180gr pressings in 2009.

Haha, I was just about to post that. But you didn't post the rest of the press release. ;-)

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A Few Words from Robert Hampson….
For the past few days, I have been attending to the re-mastering of Heaven's End. You will be pleased to hear that all went very well, the original master tapes were in very good shape and with the aid of the genius who is Kevin Metcalfe, got everything to sound very ship shape for the CD reissue. In fact, it's probably never sounded so good.
So, for the Heaven's End reissue, a 2 CD set will be issued with the original album on CD1. CD2 will feature the only true outtake from the H E sessions, Rocket USA. Also found from the archive are two different mixes of Soundhead and Head On which have never been released in any form before, and rounded up with the first John Peel Session.

I have tried to keep everything in these reissues relative to the time frame and situations they were developed in, chronologically speaking, so I hope you will forgive if some 'extra/bonus' material seems scant. But, in all truth, there really was not that much - we never did outtakes and the like, never had the time or the money for excessive studio times. But I can reassure you that all is being done to make everything that is there available and to sound the best it ever has for CD

Fade Out has also now been remastered and sounding very good it is too! Again, the reissue will be a two CD set, with Fade Out on CD1. CD2 will include the 2nd Peel Session and 4 different mixes of Fade Out material.

There were some 5 demos of Fade Out recorded at The House In The Woods studio, but I'm afraid the master tape of these has long since disappeared, I can't even track down a cassette copy.
Robert Hampson August 2008

TRACKLISTINGS
HEAVEN'S END - CD1
Soundhead
Straight To Your Heart
Forever
Heaven's End
Too Real To Feel
Fix To Fall
Head On
Carry Me

HEAVEN'S END - CD2
Rocket USA
Soundhead (1st Mix)
Head On (1st Mix)
Soundhead (Peel Session 1)
Straight To Your Heart (Peel Session 1)
Rocket USA (Peel Session 1)

FADE OUT - CD1
Black Sun
This Is Where You End
Fever Knife
Torched
Fade Out
Pulse
A Vision Stain
Got To Get It Over

FADE OUT - CD2
Black Sun (Feedback)
Torched (1st Mix)
Got To Get It Over (1st Mix)
This Is Where You End (House In The Woods Demo Mix no. 7)
Pulse (Peel Session 2)
This Is Where You End (Peel Session 2)
Collision (Peel Session 2)
Fade Out Guitar Loops I, II, III, IV, V (House In The Woods Recording June 88)

Where is "Thief Of Fire" cover version band?

Look in the post before mine -- that's due next year.

(At least I presume -- three CDs worth for The World In Your Eyes sounds pretty extensive!)

psyched. i wish i knew what the deal was with the "prisma uber europa" 12" we have at my station was. what i'm really saying is i want the extra-long version of "burning prisma" to turn up on one of these discs.

I still love Loop. And Main, FWIW.

I recall that they released a Can cover as a non-album track, either as a single or a b-side. Anyone remember which song that was? I'd like to go track it down again.

mother sky

thx

Aaaah, the wasp in a jamjar guitar tone on that version of Mother Sky. Beautiful.

Who hasn't covered "Mother Sky" these days? The reissues should be good, though. Even though I won't buy them since I have the albums.

Slight delay on the reissues: http://www.heavensend.org/news/index.html

September 13, 2008. Loop reissues delayed
The album were due for releases on October 8th, but now have been delayed to problems with the artwork. They will now be released on November 17th.

that better be some fine-ass muthafuckin' artwork!!

Robert talks Loop with the Quietus

A telling bit re: the breakup:

There’s reasons I don’t want to go into it. It was very difficult to move into Hydra Calm [Main’s first release], and what became the Main stuff. That’s where I wanted Loop to go and I was finding it very hard to think about that in a rock band format. It’s very hard to tell a drummer who is a very very good drummer not to drum.

Comments hilarious.

All y'all saw this, rite?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=159265653

Friday, October 10, 2008

A GUILDED ETERNITY REISSUE

A Gilded Eternity Re-Master

Hello all,

Please find the full track listing for the A Gilded eternity re-mastered cd set - due out in early 2009

CD 1

Vapour
Afterglow
The Nail Will Burn
Blood
Breathe Into Me
From Centre To Wave
Be Here Now

CD 2

Free 7" Giveaway Versions:
The Nail Will Burn (Burn Out)
Shot With A Diamond

Peel Session Three:
From Centre To wave
Afterglow
Sunburst

House In The Woods Demo:

Arc-Lite
Breathe Into Me
Vapour
The Nail Will Burn
Be Here Now

OK, news on the very extensive The World In Your Eyes Re-master to follow soon

Hope this finds you all well and swell weekends to the lot of you

as ever...

R.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

THE WORLD IN YOUR EYES REISSUE

The World In Your Eyes Re-mastered
Dear All,

Notes:
All re-mastered from the original sources with the exception of Collision/Crawling Heart/Thief Of Fire/Thief (Motherfucker), sadly due to the original masters going AWOL - or I suspect, STOLEN.
But, they still sound a damn sight better on CD than they did, so not all is lost.
Same with Pink Moon and Cinnamon Girl - they have also suffered the same fate, but as in everything, you can't have it always your own way.

Still waiting on the Like Rats master, but we are told that it's safe - just 'somewhere'...
and NO! Justin Broadrick does not play on it.
Spinning parts 1 & 2 are the edits of the split side 7" - we wanted to sound like Television Little Johnny Jewel crossed with Fripp on Heroes...bless us in our naivety.
Arc-Lite (Radiated) is from the original 7" B-Side - Daniel Miller wanted us to sound more like NEU!... bless him in his belief.

Head On from the 1st Loop demo was beyond saving, due to damage to the master - but how many more versions of that fucker do you need?

OK - uptightanouttasight

Best

R.

CD 1

16 Dreams
Head On
Burning World
Spinning (Parts 1&2)
Brittle Head Girl
Deep Hit
I'll Take You There

1st Loop Demo - House In The Woods:
Brittle Head Girl
Burning World

Spinning (Spun Out) Good Feeling Compilation

CD 2

Collision
Crawling Heart
Thief Of Fire
Thief (Motherfucker)
Black Sun
Circle grave
Mother Sky
Pink Moon
Cinnamon Girl

CD 3

Arc-Lite (Sonar)
Arc-Lite (Radar) Daniel Miller remix
Sunburst
Arc-Lite (Radiated) Daniel Miller remix

Prisma Uber Europa Promo Live 12":
Afterglow
Got To Get It Over
Burning World

Like Rats (Loopflesh) ?

OK, that's that...

What with this lot, the MBV stuff, and then World Dom in the pipeline, surely the God reissues can't be far behind.

The bonus track pairings with the original album tracks are so odd! However, I'm not complaining and look forward to hearing everything (although I may play them in different order). Also, "Arc-Lite (Radiated)" is AWESOME.

heaven's end and fade out reissues sound great

esp. the guitar loop tracks on fade out disc 2

Super wanting. Esp Gilded Eternity.

Apparently we'll have to wait till Feb/March or thereabouts for them though. At least, that's the last I heard.

Any further info on A Gilded Eternity or The World In Your Eyes? Love the first two reissues...

Looks like February slipped into March. Here's hoping they appear this month.

Why has Louis never heard Loop before?

too many bands

Don't bother, LJ.

Oh my god, are you kidding? I was going nuts over Arc-Light at the gym last week. I decided to listen to them on my run right after Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and it worked great. Loop forever!

Collision, Arc-Light, Black Sun, Thief of Fire (Motherfucker) - all these are Grade A wig-shakers.

libcrypt is wrong

Pfunk, would you say they were harbingers of stoner metal?

no

LOLOLOLOLOL

you did ask

*snap*

oh bootches, what hath ILX wrought

Bimble's gone Loop-y

Amazon is listing May 26th for the reissues of A Gilded Eternity and The World In Your Eyes. Whoo-hoo!

http://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/loop-on-the-cover-of-melody-maker-12th-november-1988.jpg?w=418&h=563

I have the sudden urge to hear the title track to Fade Out. I think that's the riff that's in my head anyway...we shall see.