I don't think fan club discs "I love to paint" and "built on sand" were incorporated, though
― brimstead, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
looks like they're about to re-release all the deluxe editions, too. which is good because they're getting expensive in the secondhand market.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
oh thank god
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/07/saint-etienne-10-of-the-best
― djh, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
the first 3 major fan club comps were re-released in their "boxette" set a few years back. i think their xmas songs were all compiled too, in 'a glimpse of stocking'.
i want to fill in the gaps on my deluxe sets. i've got foxes alpha/so tough/tiger bay/finisterre. the good humor one, not sure if i need that...i have the original 2-cd release w/fairfax high, iirc the deluxe is the same?
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
shit, i need to sell my duplicates real quick then
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
v strange that the deluxe Tiger Bay edition doesn't have "He's On The Phone" or "Grovely Road" from the superior 1996 Creation Records rerelease
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
Yeah last year I decided I finally need to get those deluxes (and everything else) and realized a number of them only go for crazy money. (Thankfully I had the cash; yay freelance work.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
deluxe edition of good humor has 4 or 5 more tracks beyond what's on fairfax high, yeah.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:04 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well idk how much the band had to do with that configuration so it makes sense to me; it makes an already-disjointed record way more disjointed, much as it's my preferred sequence
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
They're on the Continental deluxe edition.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
oh you meant it's weird that they're not on the bonus disc, sorry steve
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
ahhhh I see, it's "Groveley" on Continental and "Grovely" on Tiger Bay and it looked like it was literally only available on 1996 Tiger Bay and on no other compilation or deluxe ed
tbh with 2-3 versions of each album I like the idea of the deluxe eds presenting a "canonical" sequence on disc 1 and putting all of the other additional songs from other territories on disc 2
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
i guess i missed the US tour announcement
https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/03/saint-etienne-announce-first-us-tour-in-five-years/
still tix for NYC
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
why u hate third coast saint etienne, houston and new orleans want to love you
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
ugh I'm just going to delete everything I have when I get home and slsk all of the deluxe editions, Boxette, and A Glimpse of Stocking
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
WAIT HOLY SHIT HOME COUNTIES IS OUT ALREADY!??!?!?!
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
don't forget foxbase beta it's beautiful
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
Does anyone else have the urge to buy certain already-owned discs when seen used, to somehow correct the crime that these discs have been given up for cheap? The rarer Blue Nile singles and AMC (Johnny Mathis' Feet single w/ bonus live disc) cause this itch. Pertinent here, since as a Seattle resident, I regularly see the 2cd Sub Pop version of Good Humor with the Fairfax High bonus cd. Saw one last week at Easy Street for $4. Oh, the humanity.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Yup. And if you can, find the 2-disc version of that too!
Dude you missed the thread!
Saint Etienne -- Home Counties
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
There's some good stuff on the deluxe editions but they're boomy and over-compressed; Sound of Water particularly suffers, a lot of the subtle layered sounds get hammered into mush. "Dilworth's Theme" at the end of F.A. has lost its pleasantly ghostly "recorded surreptitiously on a Dictaphone outside the rehearsal room" quality.
"Blofeld Buildings" on disc 2 of S.O.W. has the music starting about a minute earlier in one channel, turning it into an overlapping mess. You'll need Boxette for the proper version (unless they correct it on the re-release). If you're a completist (bit of a futile but fun endeavor), the U.S.-only tracks from Turnpike didn't turn up on the deluxe version, nor did the Wooden Hills bonus disc songs.
― Dusklawn, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Easy Street has to sell them for cheap because who in their right mind goes to West Seattle? I can get music shipped to my house with less stress and effort than driving to West Seattle demands. I think I also bought my 2CD copy very cheap second hand. Also picked up the Sub Pop 2LP best of compilation that came out a while back. Shame about the art on that one though. It's pretty shit.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Do we have a source on the deluxe ed rereleases?
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Water-Saint-Etienne/dp/B06XSYJ35F/
Some available June 23rd, some June 30th. I can see Amazon getting one wrong, but not seven or eight... everything from Foxbase through Turnpike is listed.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
don't forget the two disc deluxe editions of Words and Music, nor the tour only edition of Words and Music.
also Nice Price, their rarities fanclub comp that is not included in Boxette.
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
christ i keep forgetting about the U.S. release version of Turnpike House...so the two disc deluxe version doesn't have the songs from that? i'm totally okay with spending more money on them, I want them to have chill and moneyed existences.
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Nice Price is just a bunch of demos and alternate versions, not essential unless you're a devoted fan.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:26 (seven years ago) link
But the Misadventures of Saint Etienne, their soundtrack album to the Misadventures of Margaret from 1999... none of that appears on any deluxe editions. Well maybe Jack Lemmon? Anyway some great songs.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
And that flexi of The Fall's "Chock Stock"
Not even kidding..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
I've got that somewhere.
Apparently it appeared on a comp, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7drvy1U5E
― djh, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
Did it? Never seen that..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
Ah, massive clue there..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link
£3.26 at Discogs ...
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Trademark-Of-Quality/release/1580744
― djh, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:17 (seven years ago) link
Plus whoa! Postage..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
shipping from the mid-90s is expensive
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Playing Sound of Water again for the first time in a long time, and so far, Side 1 has been perfect. Very lovely on a dreary day.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 16 June 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link
I think I've always found 'Sound of Water' difficult to love because nothing really lives up to the downbeat stomp of 'Heart Failed,' which may be my fav Saint Et track. 'Downey, CA' and 'Don't Back Down' are gorgeous, though.
PS Home Counties is stunning
― KevRus, Friday, 16 June 2017 03:36 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I played Home Counties on a loop Saturday. Doors and windows open, album blaring. It does get better with repeat plays.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 16 June 2017 03:50 (six years ago) link
Sound of Water is really great, esp "Boy is Crying" and "How We Used To Live"
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 16 June 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
Deluxe editions are now all available again! I finally have Sound of Water with the crucial four bonus tracks I hadn't heard before.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 30 June 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
Feel like even the regular editions of many albums were missing when I checked a few weeks ago
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
i'm tempted by the Tales from Turnpike House deluxe as well. the bonus disc appears to not feature anything from the Up the Wooden Hills EP, nor does it have the two songs on the U.S. release on Savoy.
definitely pulling the trigger on Continental and Sound of Water. Maybe Good Humor, though I already own the original two-disc w/Fairfax High. already have Foxbase Alpha/So Tough/Tiger Bay/Finisterre.
― nomar, Friday, 30 June 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CIiAP3C24
sounding great! 'Dive' and 'Sylvie' are especially great with the full band. Kind of bummed they haven't been giving any of the 2nd half of 'Home Counties' much setlist love yet, though.
― KevRus, Friday, 7 July 2017 01:15 (six years ago) link
lol at 4min54 you can see me in that video, on the right hand side in a stripey top. In the video the Quay Sessions uploaded of them doing Sylvie, you can see me very drunkenly dancing while spilling a pint of wine everywhere. Great night!
― boxedjoy, Friday, 7 July 2017 09:54 (six years ago) link
https://saintetienne.greedbag.com/
Love to Paint and Nice Price are on sale on LP right now. 1000 copies each, so be quick!
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
anyone have any favorite slammin saint etienne remixes? i play the 2 bears remix of tonight a lot.
― map, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
^ saint etienne remix of el perro del mars walk on by
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
ty
― map, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
MAW did a great mix of Only Love Can Break Your Heart.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
I hope Nice Price is good. Just picked that one up! A better version of Heart Failed? C'mon now.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link