Coil s/d c/d etc

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So, the first time I hung out with one of my best friends, we got pretty loaded and he was playing music on his mini disc player. It was a copy of a Coil album and he didn't know the name of it. It was one of the most extreme things I have heard, although I'm not sure how much my state of mind played into that. But it sort of sounded like the speakers were tearing themselves apart. I've only heard a little Coil since then and nothing sounded like that at all. I don't remember much of a rhythm to the music, it sounded really shredded and brutal. Honestly, I don't know if I would recognize it again if I heard it but I've been curious as to what it could have been for a while. There's also the chance that it was mislabeled. I've asked him about it since then and the minidisk is long gone. Any idea what it could be?

Queens of The Circulating Library, I would guess

oh, or this, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_Shallowness_Leads_to_Evil

THAT'S IT!

totally

I've tried, I really have, but these two releases... no. And they're still my favourite band, if I had to pick one.

what? queens of the circulating library is sounding damn fine to me atm.

yeah I love that one

... I may be confusing it with 20 to 2000 (ELpH). There's two clamshells I never liked, that much I know.

I was just randomly checking jumping around the wikipedia entries for coil and came across this:

While the Black Antlers and The Remote Viewer re-releases were made available as announced, Christopherson was never to issue Moon's Milk (In Six Phases) in his lifetime. His passing makes it uncertain whether the package will ever eventuate as at this stage there have been no further Coil releases. Danny Hyde, who worked with Christopherson on the proposed reissue, eventually released the additional material that had been intended for the third disc of the set. Issued as Moon's Milk in Final Phase, the three tracks were credited to Electric Sewer Age rather than Coil.[4]

And then looked up "Electric Sewer Age" on Tidal and there are three albums on there (and presumably on all streaming services). So there's some additional Coil stuff out there I was not aware of and I might as well share the info here. I'm enjoying "Moon's Milk in Final Phase" right now.

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Not directly Coil, but Phil Legard and company with a sharp trio of live covers here:

https://xetb.bandcamp.com/album/coil-covers-coven

My fellow fans are sleeping on the job this morning!

(Directly) Coil, at last:

https://www.daisrecords.com/products/coil-moons-milk-in-four-phases

why on earth would they only use two of the original covers, smh

I already have all of this in two formats, but I'm glad it's being reissued

I'm just happy they're including the bonus disc

yeah, it's great

also includes the 4th track that was previously only on the Archives version

All but the most limited colored vinyl edition (330 copies) is still available as of 11EST

i snagged a red one even though i have it in 3 formats already (one is a bootleg). i'm usually pretty good at not doing compulsive purchasing these days but had a mega fail here.

yeah I'ma skip this one too, three formats already as well :-)

https://www.vod-records.com/

TO BE RELEASED MAY 2024

VOD 183: John Balance (Coil): The Art & Audio, Works and Writings of John Balance. 8Lp-Box with Book in wooden Box incl recordings of John as/with Murderwerkers, A House, Stabmental, Cultural Amnesia, as John Balance and as Coil ltd.666

only to be sold to previous VOD customers, fwiw

oh - okay, thx

(there may be some left for general sale. see their FB posts for more details. basically this is Frank's last project and he wants to prioritize his supporters.

can't access FB currently; did Frank give any detail of the book content?

all 7 issues of Stabmental, letters, art and collages, and magazine articles

thanks. i had better start saving.

there's also this book, which I don't think has been mentioned here before:

https://www.timeless-shop.com/product/the-cupboard-under-the-stars-standard-edition/

there were a slew of "special editions" but of course those are long since sold out

Anywhere a non-subscribing pleb can pre-order the upcoming JB box? (I also don't use Facebook but I sub to the VOD newsletter)

Pre-orders are not being taken anywhere at the moment. As noted above you can try your luck when it goes on sale direct at the VOD website but don't hang about. I wouldn't be surprised if a few copies go up for general sale, I've bought a few boxes from VOD before but have no interest in this one so the chances are you'll get one.

Listening to them for the first time (Music to play in the Dark 2). A touch underwhelming but will try a couple of other ones.

I have a slight preference for MTPITD1 over the second one but they had so many styles you're sure to find something you like. Most people would probably point to Horse Rotorvator as their best album.

Cheers, will try that one

personally i'd say that ape of naples is their most accessible (though that's a relative term ofc). depends what kind of stuff you're normally into really

first coil album i ever listened to was the new backwards i think, i remember being underwhelmed and didn't bother with them for another year or so

Moons Milk LP-box shipped today from Bleep.

hope postie brings it tomorrow.

Mine is supposed to arrive today. Very excited

mine was too but didn't. hopefully tomorrow.

any early reactions to this reissue? Mine arrived but I have not been in the right headspace to listen, an excuse that may be more acceptable when discussing Coil than perhaps any other band!

i have not checked the reissue yet to see how the quality is either. will maybe have some amethyst deceivers time later this week.

Digital hi res files are good, a little louder than before, but not painfully brickwalled. I had a version with 3 tracks in part 5, so there’s a track I haven’t heard before (Bankside), and it’s fantastic. (But I think it was included on the previous reissue as well.)

Also, a live version of Amethyst Deceivers is still tacked on to A Warning from the Sun as a hidden track (including minutes silence), so the first thing I did with the digital download is to split them and move Deceivers to the very end.

Bottom line: worth getting for Bankside, but not a sonic improvement (nor did it need to be).

yep Bankside was added to the Threshold Archives CD of the Moon's Milk bonus disc, glad they added it here too

Today I attended the second funeral I've been to where Coil's "Going Up" was played. It was played in its entirety while everyone sat in quiet contemplation. It was one of the most emotional few minutes of my entire life and the most intense (but beautiful) funeral experence I've ever known. Almost indescribable!

Wow. Remarkable indeed!

it's here

https://www.discogs.com/release/31031032-John-Balance-The-Art-Music-Writings-Of-Geoffrey-Rushton-Alias-John-Balance-The-Years-1979-1986

some of this music is really amazing, LP5 in particular (plus the incredible solo Sleazy track on LP4). It's wild how much Balance sounds like COIL right off the bat when he started messing around on Sleazy's gear (the demos on LP5). And the book is very welcome, I'm not sure how many of the record reviews in Stabmental JB wrote, but they are very thoughtful! I love love love reading contemporary interviews and reviews, so this stuff is ambrosia.

I've poked around a bit on my Archives discs trying to find matches, but the demos and unreleased tracks here seem exclusive to this release for the most part

also there is an EIGHT MINUTE version of "Boy In A Suitcase" <3 <3 <3

Maybe it's because I have yet to have ny coffee, but the VOD website is maybe the most frustrating label site I've ever visited

I'm assuming this is already sold out, because there is a graphic of this release on the site but no active links

correct (and remember, this could only be ordered directly, by previous VOD customers), Soundohm will have some copies

https://www.soundohm.com/