FELT (Go Kart Mozart, Denim)... Lawrence is amazing!

is this something you've heard about or just wishful thinking? there's no reissue news that i know of...

It's wishful thinking. I'm looking around for Felt LPs and considering forking out between 30-50 bucks for a few of my most wanted LPs but I wanted to ask if anybody had heard anything about them in line to get reissued before I made a decision. It would probably take about $400-500 to buy all 10 albums on Discogs right now.

Not heard anything about vinyl reissues. I have all those CD reissues from 2003/4 (some of which are already out of print) but I would buy vinyl copies if they came out straight away. I managed to get copies of Back in Denim on Denim on Ice on vinyl in the last couple of years (cost me about $40 for both) but I've had to stop myself from looking into Felt records because as you say it would end up costing a lot.

I try not to spend too much on vinyl copies of out of print albums now as record companies seem to be realising people want all their favourite albums on vinyl and so many things have already been reissued. Not sure how long the wait would be for Felt albums, they haven't done a great job of keeping their (or Denim's) albums in print. Also his whole career seems to be full of delays so it might be a while. Still wait on that next Go-Kart album and the movie DVD release.

I'm sure I remember reading something about this somewhere, all I can find is this, though

http://feltadeclaration.tumblr.com/post/18332516457/do-you-know-anything-about-future-vinyl-reissues

deebank's solo album got reissued on vinyl recently.

regarding the sound/remastering of the 2003 remasters, is it better/different/worse than the 90s twofers? i guess i'm interested specifically about the first two albums.

http://youtu.be/wMKNPheDuhs
a little more of the interview embedded upthread.

"do you think a sense of humour is very important in all of this?"
"no"

I've always loved "Primitive Painters" and a couple of other tracks but had never really delved into their albums. I made a Spotify playlist of everything and put it on shuffle and it's all really great.

felt playing live, as featured on a spanish tv show

five songs, appearing at 0:20-9:40 and 39:45-46:40

awww man. that has made my week. what a perfect, unlooked-for time capsule. god bless televisio de catalunya. Ballad of the band sounds amazing with deebank's relentlessly gentle soloing. in fact it all sounds kindof flawless through that wall of 6th generation vhs squelch. duffy looks 7!

Amazing footage, streets ahead of the "A Declaration" concert. Some gloriously bum playing from Lawrence on "The Stagnant Pool", although might just be the murky sound.

As far as remasters I'm certain that I've read an interview with Lawrence where he bemoaned Cherry Red's tightfisted reuse of master tapes, meaning that none of the early albums exist in multi-track form any more as they were recorded over. A bit like the BBC with ancient Dr Who episodes I guess.

I'm sure there was some rumour of Ignite The Seven Cannons being remixed at Lawrence's behest

On youtube now with the stereo channel issue fixed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcw_CkIkT8&feature=youtu.be

according to Mojo, Cherry Red are reissuing the Felt albums.
http://pub27.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2284341502&frmid=34&msgid=1072912&cmd=show

I've been thinking about Lawrence songs that borrow/steal from other people's songs - 'Space Blues' nicks from 'Telegram Sam', 'Internet Curtains' seems inspired by Yachts' 'Suffice To Say' - what else? I'm convinced that 'Bubblehead' takes its tune from something else, but I can't place it.

Fish & Chips - Let's Dance
Synthesizers In The Rain - Vienna
Great Pub Rock Revival - Shake Some Action ("everybody but me")
On A Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father

Job Centre = Getta Bloomin' Move On (Self Preservation Society) from The Italian Job

Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by er, Middle of the Road (too obvious).
Back in Denim - We Will Rock You

Shut up Sidney - Uncontrollable Urge

Anybody heard anything about the Felt albums being reissued? I want to start buying them on LP but they're fairly expensive.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 19 January 2014 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Looks like Captured Tracks is hoping to do vinyl reissues. Only "Gold Mine Trash" and "Bubblegum Perfume" comps announced so far on their Facebook page.

Yeah, i posted that on the 2015 reissues thread. I just bought the original pressings of both of those compilations in late-November. Terrible timing.

Wish they would do a compilation of non-album tracks, right now a lot of b-sides are still original-release only and the rest are scattered across what... five different compilations?

originals probably sound better anyway

nah, I have the original vinyl, the problem is a lot of it sounds like crap

true, my copy of Bubblegum Perfume sounds terrible.

my copy of Goldmine Trash sounds terrible and is pressed slightly off-center, Primitive Painters is a wobbly drone mess :(

a lot of b-sides are still original-release

only a few tracks have never been reissued on cd.

yeah but that just proves they're scattered all over the place

Ha I had no idea, I just always assume the worst when it comes to vinyl reissues

Re: pressing quality

Anyways, the CDs sound great

yeah but that just proves they're scattered all over the place

granted but outside of two compilations (bubblegum perfume and absolute classic masterpieces) there are only about a dozen stray tracks and half of them are just alternative versions.

Hey, thanks for that link. I compiled their rarities myself but it helped me update and improve them. Who knew that "Crucifix Heaven" has been left off all reissues of "Strange Idols Pattern"!

They all play together really well, actually, so I hope they get an airing with the latest reissue series.

it would have been nice if he'd put a couple more of those strays on the reissue of bubblegum perfume, as with "female star" etc.

"[...] Primitive Painters is a wobbly drone mess" - faithful to the original, then.

i have everything on vinyl but i would totally buy a cd singles box and a cd album box. if i had the money i would buy all the original japanese vinyl.

the japanese cd reissues that came out last year already sell for godawful amounts of money. if you can even find them to buy.

i totally would have bought that cherry red 3-cd box that came out in the 90's but i never saw one. i just saw the individual CDs back then.

half of them are just alternative versions

yeah but the single version of Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow absolutely destroys the album version, so I want all those alternate versions to make sure I'm not missing out!

disagree on "sunlight" but i do like the single version of "dismantled king is off the throne" better

"sunlight strings" is fun. on the 12-inch.

Sunlight Strings just needs the right sitcom to be the theme to.

there was no "dismantled king" single!

the version on gold mine trash was a demo.

It's the b-side to Primitive Painters

Do the CD and vinyl version of Gold Mine Trash have different versions? I think maybe they do.

crucifix heaven is pretty neat!

xps ah yeah it was on the 92 reissue of pp. not sure about differences between gmt cd and vinyl.

The GMT cassette release has the best tracklist: http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Gold-Mine-Trash/release/5610675