Colourbox-missing in action?

HELLO

I am a happy soul.

i own most of this on vinyl but would still buy this. cuz thats who i am.

Got mine in the mail today. It got destroyed in transit, but the CDs are still ripable, so I get to listen! It's a pretty little box, too.

Maaaan, I'm all over this. "Tarantula" is one of my all-time favorite singles, no joke.

yeah i love tarantula, so nice to have a proper reissue of it (both versions!)

Also, 4AD, what is with charging me $11 for UPS delivery and then sending it in a cheapo padded mailer via parcel post for $2.50? Come on.

Really loving "Arena II" and "Manic II" from the MAD 509 bonus album tonight... nothing like them before or since

Last time I looked, the box set was big money

wow you ain't kidding

yeah, i know.
i missed out and have regretted it ever since.
they do love their very limited runs of boxsets at 4ad.

yeah the Lush box set/book also goes for mad money looks like

I think the Colourbox set was a better way to go: keep it simple

just casually reading this.
then ... ooh hello ..

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/14/mahalia-irl-interview

An unexpected connection! But very cool, and I always did wonder a bit what her mom did in later years.

is that lorita grahame's daughter??

i can't read this thread. i love colourbox too much. something would probably make me mad. i think i'm the only person who never stopped listening to them. they are always current in my world.

She had been playing open mics, “in old man pubs” at home in Leicester before her mum, a former musician with the 80s band Colourbox, started sending her demos out. Meanwhile, her dad – a songwriter and session guitarist – came up with a tagline for his daughter’s music: “He called it psycho-acoustic-soul”.

as you can see it's kinda vague re details.
i guess it has to be lorita given that colourbox was her and the the blokes, however, it says 'musician' as opposed to vocalist, so could be an uncredited sessioner ?

breakdown/tarantula 12-inch had a different singer. more of a 4AD vibe.

breakdown singer was Debian Curry. doesn't look like they did much else on record.

good point, forgot about that.
been a long time since i listened to them.

Wow, thanks for that!

I was down on the LP for a while but listening to the box set totally recovered my love for this band. All the extra tracks and mixes are a vital part of the story.

yeah, rub it in re the boxset whydontcha ..

(see upthread)

Oh, I had to pay a pretty penny but it's worth it.

the u.k. breakdown 12-inch and the baby i love you so 12-inch should be owned on vinyl. the sound is amazing. huge huge sound. that you won't hear on cd. or on other comp versions of those songs. the u.s. breakdown single doesn't sound as good. world cup theme on 12-inch sounds nice too.