Albums that shouldn't be out of print...

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I know it was meant to be of the moment, but there's some stuff on the Revolutions Per Minute compilation that I'd like to have on CD, so I'd like to see it back in print. (george gosset made me think of it, with his mention of Giorno Poetry Systems. I wish Giorno would forget about keeping his ego in check and put out a nice little set of his own recordings.)

― Rockist Scientist, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 12:46 (twenty-three years ago)

The Toop comps are indeed difficult to find. I paid an ungodly amount for Ocean of Sound on ebay. I can't find Sugar and Poison anywhere.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 14:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Be patient, Jazzbo, and they will appear. Also worth searching other online shops like www.netsounds.com or just putting the titles in search engines every now and again. I think I got 'Sugar and Poison' from a shop called Sugarball (www.sugarball.actinet.net/startup.html) but they haven't got a copy in at the moment.

I never thought I'd get them either, and wouldn't have if it was just a case of looking for them in bricks and mortar record shops. Let the net be your friend.

― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 14:37 (twenty-three years ago)

The Raybeats' It's Only a Movie. Excellent neo-surf/proto postrock-electronic instrumentalism, and long, long OOP.

― Lee G (Lee G), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Those two Harmonia albums, but they're only available from Japan for truly extortionate prices. Goddamnit.

― Jason J, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:33 (twenty-three years ago)

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― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:34 (twenty-three years ago)

GEMM is shit! It might be some use if sellers didn't advertise stuff that they don't have. I mean, what use is it to know that a record shop in Groningen will be 'looking for' something for you if you send them £20? Cheers - I might as well do it myself.

In the UK you're better off with Netsounds - at least everything advertised there actually exists.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Cardinal -- Cardinal

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Bob Wiseman's catalogue

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

"Scientist vs. Space Invaders?" Greensleeves re-released this a couple of years ago, try their mail-order section at: http://hosted.greensleeves.easynet.co.uk/

A lot of good calls already, especially Lick My Decals Off Baby, Mecicine Show and the first 3 Comsat Angels, however additional nominations:

Pere Ubu - 390º Of Simulated Stereo; The Tenement Year; Cloudland; Worlds In Collision
Pop Group - everything
Red Krayola - Soldier Talk
This Heat - 1st s/t

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Let's Active, Cypress.
ABC, "The Look of Love Part 2" and "The Look of Love Part 3," both of which shoulda been on the remastered reissued The Lexicon of Love.
Word to your mothers.

― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Neil Young On The Beach
Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better

actually come to think of it, I don't think there's a proper Lilys album widely in print. I think places have overstocks of some of them, but the only lilys records that show up in most stores I go to, both online and real, are the split with Aspera (demos), the Bliss Out Ep (good, but not really satisfying any Lilys jones), and the "Selected" EP (great, but only 5 songs).

so yeah, someone go ahead and make all that old Lilys stuff available...

― tinobeat (tinobeat), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:57 (twenty-three years ago)

The stuff that CB pointed out (though i didn't know that _The Medicine Show_ was out of print; even though it's a lesser follow-on to _Days of Wine and Roses_, it's still pretty fine).

I'd also add to the list:

Wall of Voodoo - _Dark Continent_
Oingo Boingo - The first EP. Yes. Oingo fucking Boingo.
The first Bevis Frond albums that came out in the US on Restless (or was it Reckless?) and as far as i know have been OOP for awhile.

-Matt, who grew up in the 80s. Obviously.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought Woronzow had rereleased all that Frond stuffage...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh. Well, then, a hearty "hipfuckinghooray!" is in order.

But they're still spendy imports...

-Matt, who's only thinking of the children.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Tin Huey's 1st LP, a whole BUNCH of punk comps, JELLYBEANS being the tip of the iceberg, the Plain Wrap LP, the Bizarros 1st one, Most Go-go music from the 80s/Early 90s (someone could make a small killing on this), DAWN OF THE DICKIES in an affordable package (not import-priced!), Sadistic Mika Band (ditto), FRIENDS by Elton John as a separate disc (it was in the box set, but poo on the box set), the 1st & 2nd Skafish (were there more?), the Avengers C/D album, Screamers (any), and, yup, Comsat Angels early stuff.

― matt riedl (veal), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Melodica by Blackalicious, which will fortunately be reissued this year!

― Orange, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 20:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Pop Group - everything

Rollins label reissued Y a few years ago didn't it? (Infinite Zero, I think) with "beyond good and evil" as bonus. Is that OOP now?

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Again, I'm always surprised when US ILMers talk abt how diff it is to find the first This Heat alb on CD, as it seems to be widely available here in the UK (Camberwell Now recs, on the other hand...)

And George G, wasn't 'Conquistador' reissued by Blue Note on CD abt 5/6 years ago, abt the same time as 'Love For Sale' and 'Unit Structures'?

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

"Rollins label reissued Y a few years ago didn't it? (Infinite Zero, I think) with "beyond good and evil" as bonus. Is that OOP now"

All I know is I paid far too much to get that one and We Are All Prostitutes on Japanese import!

"I'm always surprised when US ILMers talk abt how diff it is to find the first This Heat alb on CD, as it seems to be widely available here in the UK (Camberwell Now recs, on the other hand...)"

I'm not in the US and I'm having trouble finding it Andrew - do you know where it's currently available (All's Well by Camberwell Now, on the other hand was recently re-released and is available on mail order from http://www.rermegacorp.com/!)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry, that link s/be http://www.rermegacorp.com/

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:42 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, climate of hunter is a good one, too.

I have a copy of 'til the band comes in from, like, nineteen ninety.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 23:18 (twenty-three years ago)

AFX- Hangable Autobulb EPs

― lou (lou), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 23:45 (twenty-three years ago)

TY for the CN info Stewart - I dunno abt that first TH alb, maybe the CD isn't as common as I thought it was, but have you tried Rough Trade or These Records or that place in Highgate or Forced Exposure or Reckless in Islington or Soho or Selectadisc or Sister Ray or Record and Tape in NHG or Camden, maybe?

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Thanks Andrew - if I'm still drawing a blank I'll try those next time I'm in London

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 23:54 (twenty-three years ago)

stewart- these records should have it.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Only Made Available, Repeat and Health & Efficiency are available according to their website. ;~(

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

email and ask abt it. I reckon they only list half the items available (and none of the stuff on second hand LP rack).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Buckley's Starsailor and Young's On the Beach should be in print.

Scott 2, Scott 3, and Scott 4 should be in print here in the U.S.

Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson too.

Also that ultra-rare record by Bohack, It Took Several Wives would be a good one too.

― Polo Pony, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

The Scott Walker and Gainsbourg albums are pretty easily (and cheaply) available as imports.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Most of the Pop Groups stuff is very hard/expensive to get. Really wish you could buy one of their records for under $100. Also Mark Stewart's solo stuff is hard to come by. As is Amon Duul(early recordings), and Disco Inferno(Though I did track down a copy of Di Go Pop). It gets expensive.
Oh, and Manuel Göttsching. After getting a store to order it for me they never called back. Still without it.

― Juan (Juan), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)

"Most of the Pop Groups stuff is very hard/expensive to get. Really wish you could buy one of their records for under $100."

Blimey Juan - I thought IIII'd paid over the odds for the ones I got, but I didn't pay anything like $100 for either of 'em!

You can apparently still get "Y" on Japanese import for a relatively trifling £20 from http://www.101cd.com/

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 6 February 2003 09:22 (twenty-three years ago)

the whole Martha & The Muffins catalogue, w/ original album art.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 6 February 2003 10:12 (twenty-three years ago)

ClockDVA - Advantage
Virgin Prunes - If I Die I Die

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 6 February 2003 13:37 (twenty-three years ago)

AMAZED that nobody's mentioned 96 Tears yet.

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:15 (twenty-three years ago)

If you mean ? And The Mysterians, that could be because it is available (on import at least).

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I've said it before - not being able to get stuff = classic. There are far too many records around anyway.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 6 February 2003 14:57 (twenty-three years ago)

The Falling Joys "Wishlist"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:01 (twenty-three years ago)

It is?!?! Where?!

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Some others currently annoying me with their continued absence:

Kevin Ayers - Joy Of A Toy
Delta 5 - See The Whirl
Distractions - Nobody's Perfect
Mighty Ballistics Hi-Power - Here Come The Blues
Rip Rig & Panic - Knee Deep In Hits / *anything*
The Slits - Return Of The Giant Slits

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"It is?!?! Where?!"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000089U/qid=1044544204/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_0_2/202-0999284-8270212

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, yeah, I forgot. What about the group New Muzik, who I enjoyed greatly? Haven't seen any on CD.

― matt riedl (veal), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

unfortunately, the cd stewart linked is the not so good 90's reunion gig stuff. the original ? and the Mysterians stuff is still in print via http://www.acerecords.co.uk/">Ace in the UK.

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

I remember not especially liking this, even back when I liked the Talking Heads a lot more, but I think I remember preferring the version of "Drugs" here (and also liking "Psycho Killer").

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I did mention "96 Tears" by way of saying "Cameo/Parkway owns this thread." Everything on those labels is nearly impossible to find.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, Psychic TV's Live at the Circus. I know they suck and all, but there's still something oddly special about this album (aside from Paula's contribution).

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Do they suck? I like parts of Dreams Less Sweet.... (But yes, lots of PTV is OOP or available only in weird remixed versions from their dancey days. Much of what is in print is horribly mastered.)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Amateurist, not 100%, but I think most of what they put out is very bad. There are a few scattered good bits though, some pretty unusual. I say it partly to preempt others from saying it, and partly because I resent (slightly) having spent so much money on them at one time.

As I've said before, ad nauseum, they were a lot of fun to see live back in 1988-1991, and some of their videos are pretty good.

(As long as P-Orridge is in charge, the back catalog will be mis-managed.)

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 6 February 2003 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

((That was an honest question, BTW, since I have just two records (which I am decidely ambivalent about, some good things and lots of dross) and was skeptical of the rest.))

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 6 February 2003 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

See DeRayMi's comments SEARCH AND DISCIPLINE: throbbing gristle, coum transmissions, psychic tv et all.">here.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 6 February 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

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