The Scars

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a scars comp is being put together by stephen pastel.

i see that one little indian have just put out a prats cd retrospective. who's have thought it?

dee - i don't use soulseek but if i remember, i'll yousendit some visitors and freeze.

stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Harvell I'm calling you out!

I'm assuming this Freeze I'm unfamiliar with is different from the Freeez I'm familiar with...?

Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, look up, dipshit.

Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 9 September 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, low and behold I didn't think I knew the Freeze, but my memory is better than I thought - they were indeed the ones that had to do with that guy who went on to be associated with Cindytalk later on. Yeah, I came across The Freeze's stuff about a year and a half ago. Doomy, gloomy stuff as I recall - but some of it was quite good.

As for the Scars, I agree Horroshow is an amazingly good track and I'd planned on including it in the 1979 compilation I've been working on. I remember going kinda mental over that about 10 years ago when I first heard it, then being rather disappointed in "Author! Author!" But I too would like to hear that album again.

Mr. Whirly, Please Don't Call Me (Bimble...), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:06 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...
Paul Research is playing at a Peel show (Oct 13th) at Edinburgh's Pineapple Club (which is, I believe, what was Aquarius on that flyer above). Sadly, a reunion is unlikely as Bobby King is (I'm told) an archeology professor in Tel Aviv.
Also on the bill - Malcolm Ross, TV21 and Boots for Dancing!
I should immediatey say that some of these are DJ sets, some ae full live sts. No idea what is what, and neither I suspect do they.
Also, on the Scottish indie tip: http://www.rolinc.co.uk/ has new material from Paul Haig.
I'm going to see if I can find a mail address for Gordon 'Cindytalk' Sharp - maybe he'll reform The Freeze for this gig too!

Stu, Friday, 7 October 2005 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Oops, I better tell D@r@ to change her bands name to the Scars UK or something.

Paranoid Spice (kate), Friday, 7 October 2005 12:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Boots for Dancing!

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 7 October 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link

four years pass...

I uploaded loads of of Scars stuff (released and otherwise) at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/scoorieboy

Enjoy.

Scoorieboy, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 07:37 (thirteen years ago) link

or you can wait and see if any legit Fast related compilations may be coming out.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 9 September 2005 19:37 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Did this ever happen?

a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 08:14 (thirteen years ago) link

"Author Author" was reissued on CD with extra tracks a couple of years ago.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link

Dang, looks like the CD is sold out and Amazon doesn't have anything available. I guess you'll have to watch eBay.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link

We spent a good deal of time discussing some sort of Fast compilation, but there was a bit of a snag and we couldn't sort it out to everyone's satisfaction.

I still think about it, and if we ever get going with regular vinyl releases, plan on looking into some of the lesser known Fast/Pop Aural acts.

dan selzer, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link

That Scars cd might be one of the more severely compressed remastering jobs I've ever heard. Almost hard to listen to. And it doesn't have the first single, of course. For that you have to get the (also way out of print) Rigour comp mentioned above.

Michael Train, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

Just heard them for the first time today. SO GOOD!

ENBB, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

Got the (not quite) Complete set this week and put it on the 3 changer for the last few days.
Sounds pretty great.
Not heard the other 2 discs yet

Stevolende, Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link

Tolchocked a babushka!

the thing that the angry Left forbids (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 24 December 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link

The demos are disposable but the live stuff from 1981 is great, it includes 4 or 5 songs that never got a proper release.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 25 December 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link

Am enjoying this set but am also aware that they may be another piece in the jigsaw of bands that led to U2 and that can't be positive.

Saw someone saying that the sound seemed really flat compared to the original lp.

But am enjoying it so glad i finally got to get a copy.

Stevolende, Friday, 25 December 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link


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