What happened to LUSH?

How does it sound compared to the originals?

no idea .. never heard the original cds ..sorry.

it's been 'tweaked' but not completely remastered supposedly so they're not shouting about it too much.
and from the unofficial facebook page here's a list of what is missing from the box

7” edit of sweetness and Light (4.14 instead of 5.19)
7” edit of Nothing Natural (4.02 instead 5.58)
Superblast! remix by Gil Norton from the US and Japanese promo cd singles.
Stray (The Choirmaster Mix) - Drum Club remix
Stray (Stray Groove Mix) - Drum Club remix
Stray (Hole In The Sky Mix) - Drum Club remix
Last Night (Hexadecimal Dub Mix)
Last Night (Latent Power Mix)
Last Night (Darkest Hour Mix)
Lovelife (Suga Bullit Remix)
Ladykillers (Demo-Ruff Mix ’95)
Plus there’s Flush’s version of ‘Single Bloke’ on the 12” promo of 500 (Shake Baby Shake)

Are the Drum Club remixes any good?

Was largely lukewarm on the whole thing, but Miki's "fuck the haters" letter has reignited a touch of my at-the-time intense fandom.

xp can't recall what the remixes sound like. fair dos that they didn't put all the variant mixes on the box. another disc would i guess mean another fiver on the price and i'm sure we can live without the stray bits and bobs.

hope this box isn't too limited as all the good reviews might make it scarce!

yeah i'm just really into hearing 90s ambient remixes of dreampop tunes (eg locust slowdive remix, bandulu slowdive remixes, global comm meets chapterhouse). the results are often not good, but i like the idea of it anyway.

Ha - remembering that I am in the company of many who've written about music professionally, here's an interview I did with Emma Anderson 21 years ago, just after Split was released. Ignore the callow phrasing and occasional fan-out. Full marks if you can read it through the eye-watering colour choices on the host site.
http://eyesore.no/html/interview/Lush.interview.kirkcaldie.html

That's a really good interview, MK. I love reading the little details of songwriting, like, right down to how they demo the songs.

Ta - she was very easygoing and willing to chat, not bad for a phone interview. I still have a cassette somewhere I think.

really good that. interesting to read about the songwriting process. i was never sure who wrote what in that band. had no idea Laura was about Laura Nyro nor what Etheriel was about!

Yeah, that was interesting.

I got partway through it. I'm going to have to c&p that into word to read the rest. But I'm glad someone answered that old question about what if Ronald McDonald was a music website.

(The new Firefox has a button that gets rid of graphics, sidebars, stylesheets and just displays the main text in b&w at a nice readable size. It's handy for stuff like this)

there's been a distribution balls-up on the box set front according to the fan twitter. very few copies seem to be knocking about so far, anyone on here got one yet?

i got one.

I bought one yesterday at a slightly higher price but I want this badly. Really hope it arrives soon.

http://www.discogs.com/Colourbox-Colourbox/release/3605246

Last Sold: 29 Mar 15
Lowest: $33.02
Median: $103.12
Highest: $151.78

http://www.discogs.com/This-Mortal-Coil-This-Mortal-Coil/release/3200556

Last Sold: 05 Sep 15
Lowest: $157.40
Median: $184.37
Highest: $300.00

Is "500" from the LP different from "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" from the single?

I believe so. Or they should be, anyway.

I had two TMC boxsets - the 1993 long-box version with the fourth disc of originals, and that 2011 remaster with the "Dust & Guitars" rarities disc. I sold the latter (after ripping it - though God knows where those WAVs ended up, they're not on any hard drive), and for a lot less than $150 :( I've still got the former.

box set sold out supposedly.

Amazon still has copies, better be quick though if you want one.

This makes me lack confidence in Amazon USA's release date on January 22nd.

whereas I decided not to wait for a relative to buy me one for my birthday and preordered

good idea. it's cheaper to order it directly from the UK anyway, turns out.

Looks like ilxors have snapped up all the remaining copies on Amazon UK following my tip-off. Says there'll be more in stock on Dec 20, but I wouldn't trust that.

blimey. glad i ordered mine when i did.
4ad love their (very) limited run boxsets.

Mine was dispatched recently, I was getting worried but I hope it will arrive soon.

I originally ordered through the Lush Sandbag store, payment was taken via Paypal but order was never processed. I'm glad I followed it up now or I'd be sitting waiting for something that'd never arrive! When they refunded me I ordered it from Norman Records instead and it is on its way.

I ordered mine from the sandbag store the day it went on sale and got it yesterday. Couldn't be happier with it!

You wanna know what happened to Lush?

Do you really wanna know?

Well,

I never stopped loving Lush completely.

That's what happened to them.

Back in stock at 4ad.com today, apparently.

So glad I got mine. Very nice package but I'd really prefer a regular box set with a big booklet that they could easier produce more of, so everyone could get it.

Are they going to reissue the albums individually? Do they sound different? Remastering 90s music sounds... dangerous

I've not done any comparisons but they don't sound particularly remastered to me.

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/rank-your-records-lush-emma-anderson

Correctly ranked.

Okay, we have a batch of US tour dates:

14th April - The Roxy Theatre, LA
16th April - Coachella Festival, Indio
17th April - The Warfield, San Francisco
19th April - Crystal Ballroom, Portland
20th April - The Showbox, Seattle
21st April - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
23rd April - Coachella Festival, Indio
14th Sept - Terminal 5, NYC
15th Sept - Royale, Boston
18th Sept - Vic Theatre, Chicago
21st Sept - 9:30 Club, DC
22nd Sept - Union Transfer, Philadelphia

Tickets go on sale at 11am CST on Friday 22nd January.

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/rank-your-records-lush-emma-anderson

Correctly ranked.

― how's life, Thursday, January 7, 2016 5:11 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i agree!

shit yeah! not what i was expecting at all. Spooky got a bit of a kicking when it came out but i loved it. Robin Guthrie.. yikes.

New EP news!

http://www.cristinarocks.com/2016/01/lush-return-with-new-blind-spot-ep.html

And new song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4O20ePnXo

so so so happy right now

yes.

oh wow, that's fantastic!

Man, smashing it back after twenty years with a gorgeous waltztime ballad = pure class. That is *beautiful*. Love the video too.

I am dying to listen to this and got no WiFi. Arghhh!

Love it!

September in Chicago cannot come soon enough.

Extremely great new interview with Miki.

http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/how-to-be-a-woman-in-a-band-with-lushs-miki-berenyi