NME's 'C86 Compilation'.... C&D, S&D, Say Something Interesting About, etc etc etc...

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The McCarthy track put me off them for far too long.

― Venga (Venga), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Gasp! You dare diss the McCarthy track! For shame!

― Bassment Jacks (Bimble...), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

C'mon man, it's far from their best.

― everything (everything), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

ex-heavenly peeps have a lock on this stuff:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1930836,00.html

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

nicky wire was in heavenly? what did he do, write lyrics for "i fell in love last night"?

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 07:53 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing Enrique means Heavenly records.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

(er, I might deserve some kind of whoosh for completely missing the irony there. lif so I'm sorry, I'm not really awake.)

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

haha

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 07:56 (nineteen years ago)

i met the something-or-other from heavenly-thee-band. very serious dude.

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

peter?

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:05 (nineteen years ago)

dunno.

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

C86 - Still Doing It For Fun

OK so you steal Bachelor Pad titles for your crappy "celebration" but you try finding their music on CD. Ya bastids!

― Dadaismus (Gives You The Big Reassure) (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:24 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone going to any of this? I suppose it is as important not to go as it is for the original bands not to have reformed. But it might be quite good.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I've just seen the price. As you were.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

last.fm is the source of much Heavenly amusement / confusion.
http://www.last.fm/music/Heavenly

cathy was last seen on tv crashing cars with henry rollins. which was funny. juxtaposition.

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I've just seen the Magic Numbers are playing at it. As you were.

― Dadaismus (Gives You The Big Reassure) (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:28 (nineteen years ago)

Says a lot about today's music scene that C86 gets revived whereas C81 does not (or did the, cough, post-punk "revival" cover the latter?).

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:31 (nineteen years ago)

yes... it did! i think the post-punk revival was fairly well covered.

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

But there wasn't a specific "sound" to C81, the music was all different

― Dadaismus (Gives You The Big Reassure) (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

And so much better.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)

Well yes, obviously, but a different thing altogether

― Dadaismus (Gives You The Big Reassure) (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:38 (nineteen years ago)

As different as the Brotherhood of Breath were to the Brotherhood of Man.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:42 (nineteen years ago)

I stayed at Amelia Fletcher and the other feller from Heavenly's house once. They were very nice.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 08:51 (nineteen years ago)

Did you see her in her knickers?

I ask that question as a public service, rather than for my own ends.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 09:53 (nineteen years ago)

Don't ask on my account

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

Soz, no.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

Nicky Wire reminisces, 'it were all 7" singles, when I was a lad'

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

Not the same Nicky Wire who plays in the Manic Street Preachers who used to go on about how shit and unambitious and grey C86 was and how the only two important groups in the world were Public Enemy and Guns N' Roses, then.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:36 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, funny that isn't it?

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:37 (nineteen years ago)

lex would have liked the early manics, i think -- wasn't all that stuff classic nme-bait? they were the ultimate interviews band.

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

Yes but guitars ew.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:41 (nineteen years ago)

Lex has better taste than that!

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://bani.anime.net/o_rly.jpg

― benrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 10:49 (nineteen years ago)

"OK so you steal Bachelor Pad titles for your crappy "celebration" but you try finding their music on CD. Ya bastids!"

Hear, hear!

Later period stuff is possibly forthcoming: http://www.eggrecords.co.uk/future.asp

I have Tales of Hoffmann on cd. But what about the Warholasound period?

― everything (everything), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

i'm sure i once saw a Bachelor Pad cd with all their early stuff on it.
i passed it by and have regreted it ever since.

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

It must have been the cd of "Tales of Hoffmann" on Imaginary. Albums of Jack/Do it for Fun etc have never been on cd.

― everything (everything), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article1932714.ece

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:29 (nineteen years ago)

There were also landmark albums that year from artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg, Miles Davis and Prince

Selective music history as David Cameron would appreciate it. No nasty Def Jam hip hop there!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:34 (nineteen years ago)

all history is selective, to be fair.

― benrique (Enrique), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:35 (nineteen years ago)

How an NME cassette launched indie music

No it didn't

C86, the unassuming mail-order cassette compiled by NME, through which the indie sound and scene first coalesced

No it didn't

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:35 (nineteen years ago)

Later period stuff is possibly forthcoming: http://www.eggrecords.co.uk/future.asp

It's been forthcoming for yonks, with no end in sight

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:37 (nineteen years ago)

It's the sort of record collection a Cameron voter would have ("Billy Bragg, oh that reminds me of my student days, his politics are a bit embarrassing now aren't they darling?").

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:37 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think the artists were "baffled" by black music either, but still...

I don't think many Billy Bragg fans defected to the Tory ranks. I could be wrong though.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:39 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think the artists were "baffled" by black music either, but still...

I don't think many of them listened to it either

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 09:41 (nineteen years ago)

I think a lot of black folks may well have been baffled by the C86 crew, if they ever got off their black asses to listen to it.

"Later period stuff is possibly forthcoming: http://www.eggrecords.co.uk/future.asp
It's been forthcoming for yonks, with no end in sight"

Hence the "possibly". Jim Kavanagh showed up on the "forthcoming from LTM" thread to talk about this a while ago:

"The Bachelor Pad
The track listing is still undecided for various reasons .. however it will have the original version of "girl of your dreams" (from original tape) as released with my fanzine of the time "simply thrilled" (and others). Warhola singles maybe (anyone know the whereabouts of Mike Stout), rarities maybe. There is so many.

I have the 7 songs from the "frying tonight" concert will possibly release at some point maybe as a download "EP"... thats one of the reasons the track listing is still undecided, there too many options!

Remember Fun

I have "re-mastered" the original "train journey" etc demo, sounds fine, there seemed to a story around at the time of the matinee single that masters where lost - I had some (but not all). The guys are recording some new songs (original band) 'cos they wanted to.

Even As We Speak

Possibly rare/unreleased stuff, watch this space as they say but it all takes soooooo long.

I couldnt say why Oz labels are not interested (hey they know where I am if they want to help!)

I also have plans for releases from Lets Go Naked. Not as well known as EAWS/Lighthouse Keepers but excellent.

Thanks for the interest and yeah I found the "chicken rhythmn" reference, Its a long thread!

Jim

-- Jim Kavanagh (inf...), October 28th, 2005.

― everything (everything), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

FWIW, Bachelor Pad's "Jack & Julian" is on the new comp. Dubbed off my actual 7" copy.

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

Good. I was wondering if they would use the album version or not.

By the way, the "Wot no love for the Bachelor Pad" thread is still getting no love, languishing unanswered for two years so far.

― everything (everything), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

What's the problem with finding the master tapes? They were all recorded at the same studio, somebody must have them somewhere? Where's Beanie gone??!?!??!

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

Did the compilers of this CD try to get in contact with people connected with the bands represented? Or is that a silly question?

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Dada), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Harvey, any idea how many of these tracks are dubbed from vinyl?

― everything (everything), Friday, 27 October 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

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