This Is The Strapping Fieldhands Thread Cuz I'm Drinking Beers And Feeling Nostalgic

all fucked uuuuuup

Oh, Discus finally got reissued. I revisited it not long ago, and it still sounds pretty great. Definitely more worthwhile than like 95% of the GbV product out there...

I heard it got a remaster, too. Out on Shangri-La?
GOTTA GETIT

cd/downloadhmmmm

No vinyl reissue I guess?

Hey, we've had like 15 years to enjoy it on vinyl, haven't we...?

FWIW they were unhappy with the sound of the original lp.
(my bro does sound for TNV and he met the main fieldhand dude, is where I heard that)
I'm gonna buy a cd. So nineties.

Well has it been easy to get on vinyl? You assume I own a hard to find vinyl copy from 1994!

I got the Discus cd on a trip to Memphis last weekend. They have vinyl copies at Shangri La, too, fwiw. It does sound a little clearer, I suppose, and some details stand out more than on the lp, but I don't think it's necessary to replace your vinyl copy with this new cd. Unless you want to support Shangri La and the Fieldhands, which was the motivating factor for me.

PLAYING IN BROOKLYN ON SATURDAY FYI!!!!!!

with Ramble Tamble and Endless Boogie!!

I just listened to that "new" disc yesterday! Cool.

That sounds like a real cool time.xpost

damn that's gonna be a great show

yeah, holy crud, had i known about that in advance might have jumped a plane to NYC...

any ilxor coming to town to see the strapping fieldhands is welcome to stay up in my backyard all night drinking beer and playing with the cat & dog.

tonight!

Sad I missed the show... I mean I'm right here in Hoboken... but I did just find Discus on LP at Kim's!

free show in philly next weekend! (see festivals 2010 thread)

xpost- They played one of my faves from Discus at that show - BOO HOO HOO (with the whistlin'). also a pretty cool rawk version of "The Garden of Earthly Delights."

it was a fun time. them and Endless Boogie were solid.

attn DC, Chapel Hill, Knoxville, Nashville ilx0rs -- check this post via Goner board:

A rarity! The Strapping Fieldhands are making a bodacious return to the Southern route not taken in 14 years. Here is what they have:
9/21 Cleveland
9/22 Columbus
9/23 Lexington, KY
9/24 Gonerfest

Here is where they need help:
Shows in Nashville/Knoxville/Asheville/Richmond/Chapel Hill/Charlotte/DC or anywhere along that route on September 25, 9/26, 9/27, or 9/28.
Call (901)359-3102 for most excellent bookings. You won't regret it.

There's a pretty nifty club in Carrboro, NC too. It would also be sweet if they would tack on Greenville, Columbia, Athens & Atlanta. :-)

what a great fucking 1-2-3 punch "The Author in Her Ear" & "Song of Mourning Dove" & "Ben Franklin Airbath" is

truth right from the getgo in this thread.

and another good excuse to head over to memphis for gonerfest! excited.

Ya need uh Ben Franklin Airbath!!!!

Hey can anyone comment on whether "The Caul" is any good?

Funny there is evidence of me saying I missed seeing them play in 2010, but no word from me about the time I DID get to see them around the same time... was it just a dream?

have never heard^, but that gobs on the midway singles collection is full of goodness. never knew till today that david mitchell of the 3ds did the cover art for one of their 7 inches...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WIPCx-DJUn8/SRcLUarvhoI/AAAAAAAAAD4/e1kFb46AMfA/s200/Neptune%27s+World.jpg

i'm still looking into the sun