The Adam Ant thread

Here were the details on said set:

As previously announced, a multi-CD box set is currently in the planning stages with Sony Music in the UK. This yet to-be-titled album will contain the DECCA demos, Putney tapes, Chelsea tapes, Muswell Hill tapes, Virtual earth demos and other rarities. This may include uncirculated tracks entitled "Hooray, I'm Hetero", "Bobby Baby", "London Sound" and many other never-heard-before tunes from the late 70s and beyond. The majority of this material will be from Adam's original tapes wherever possible.

Tentative release date for this is March, 2005. Andi Vaughan, Mark Alleyne and Marco Pirroni will compile this CD box set. In addition, production is the task of Marco Pirroni and Mark Alleyne.

That woulda been great.

Is the b-sides comp still in print? I used to have a copy but think I lost it in the last move. I wanted to play "Red Scab" and "Fall-In" and "Christian D'or" to refresh my memory of the studio versions and was sadly out of luck.

Available for $9.99 on iTunes.

Thanks! I always forget to check itunes. I've spent maybe $20 there in the near decade of it's existence.

Ned - did you catch him in LA on this tour?

Alas, had to miss it. Not the best of months there for me in terms of shows I'd love to see! But money's been very tight, as has my schedule.

Maybe he'll tour again early next year when the new album finally comes out.

Pre-DIRK first wave punk material isn't hard to find online, and is amazing; clearly the work of Pistols fans with talent to burn, and a 100% commitment to outrage. This is a sample, NOT included on the LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGGiEo3qAc

Saw him live last year, and his set concentrated on this material. Do NOT miss him. He's really going for it and, you will bore your grandkids about how you saw Adam plain.

Just bought a ticket for the Bath show in April. Sickly excited.

Marcello said some things.

That's what spurred me into buying the tix...

I hope it's good and not embarrassing. I hope it's nothing like the cool zombie video.

If it's like the show I talked about upthread it'll be amazing. If it's mainly material from Blueblack Hussar, I'm sorry.

Report: it was 1/3 brilliant old stuff, 1/3 tedious new stuff, and 1/3 pop hits. Pop hits mostly murdered horribly, esp. Prince Charming, but they did a surprisingly good job with Goody Two Shoes. Song of the night for me was Ants Invasion, which must have been killer in a live set back in the day. The recorded version is insipid by comparison.

This is a cool, weird thing https://t.co/UxiY2tY0Kx

— Paul (@mondosalvo) January 11, 2021