Loop - RFD

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?
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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!

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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.

Yep, title track to Fade Out, this is it. Oh yeaaaah maaaaaaaan.

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

This Tuesday.

Four days to go...

I'll be at my local record store at 9am with money in hand; so excited!

I broke down and ordered all four reissues from Aquarius, cannot wait for that package to show up!

The first two are fucking great. Will be picking up the new ones this week as well.

ARRRGH. Just got an e-mail from Aquarius, they're out of one of the first two reissues from last year, so now I have to wait until that comes back in to hear any of this stuff. Dammit! I've also got the new Dino Jr and the new Wooden Shjips in that order.

Bugger! The reissue of A Gilded Eternity didn't make it to Maine. Was anyone else able to get a copy?

However, The World In Your Eyes did make it, and is absolutely fabulous despite lacking in information (just tracklisting and recording dates; what ever happened to liner notes?).

How does "Collision" sound??? Hampson said he could not locate the masters but said it sounds better anyway.

"Collision"sounds great; whatever source he was able to use must have been good. No obvious difference between it and the other tracks, at least through my stereo speakers. Might notice something listening later on headphones.

'Collision' is the one song I'm *really* looking forward to hearing again after selling the vinyl years ago.

One of the great EPs of the late 80s.

Yeah sure, 'Thief of Fire' etc. What a great format the EP was back then - AR Kane, Band of Susans, Loop, MBV...

Bugger! The reissue of A Gilded Eternity didn't make it to Maine.

Same goes for Texas...

I'm thinking it just didn't come out Sateside. Hope the delay is short.

I think it's on Reactor like the other three... I think just delayed?

I ordered them both from Aquarius and got an e-mail that they had both set aside for me, they were actually just waiting for one of the older reissues to get back in to send my order out. So apparently a few places got it.

Heard Fade Out for the first time yesterday and holy shit its good.

Yeah, that's the one to get, I reckon.

I reckon you need them all. Really.

Yeah, probably. Saw them on the Fade Out tour and it was all long-hair and loudness, thick smoke and strobes, and then those guitars just flailing out and ripping holes in the fog. Good times.

That sounds awesome. Sadly, I never got to see them, living in the sticks of the States when they were a going concern.