^ these worry me—not a fan of the Epic Soundtracks reissues they did...
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
errrrr, scratch that—Mapache vs. Tapete—hopefully the Slapp Happys are great!
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Got a Herbie Hancock budget set in today's mail that combines 1974's Thrust, 1975's Man-Child, and 1976's Secrets on two CDs, but the really cool thing about it is that it includes all the singles from those albums as bonus tracks. Some of them just start like the album versions, then fade out, but others are more complex single edits which are pretty cool, and they've never been reissued before. (It sounds like they were remastered from the cleanest vinyl they could find, but again, you're not gonna find 'em anywhere else, period, so.)
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
As mentioned toward the end, all of this is in the 2001 LiliPUT box, but here's new vinylist refreshment anyway:
Kleenex/LiLiPUT First Songs 2LP compilation due 12/09/16
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“You can't dispute LiLiPUT's status as pioneers of feminist art-punk. Along with fellow travelers like the Slits and the Raincoats, this (mostly) female Swiss group took advantage of punk's anything-goes attitude and created jittery, spirited pop that was both in step with the times and completely singular. The early material is a riot of exuberant energy, taking stylistic cues from peers like Gang of Four and Wire-- propulsive bass, skittering pop rhythms, slashing guitars-- and adding distinctive overlapping vocal patterns, which are sung, shrieked, and hiccupped in three languages and made- up dadaistic slang. More than 20 years on, it still sounds fresh.” - Lisa Gidley
Kill Rock Stars is excited to announce the December 9th, 2016 release of First Songs, a 2LP set of recordings from the legendary punk bands Kleenex and LiLiPUT. First Songs combines all the pre-1982 material, all 3 Kleenex singles, the first 2 Liliput 7"’s and all the originally unreleased material prior to Liliput’s debut LP.
Click here to watch Kleenex perform the track "Hedi's Head":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYYe3T2IGk
The Ballad of Kleenex/Liliput
The fact that punk rock could capture the imaginations of young people around Europe and America in the late '70's was embodied in the five-year output of Switzerland's Kleenex (later renamed Liliput). The music meant empowerment for many people to take chances and not worry about consequences. This was especially so for women like guitarist Marlene Marder and bassist Klaudia Schiff, the two constants/mainstays of the group
When punk groups began springing up in Zurich, it was a very small scene with a handful of bands that all knew each other, not many places to play and virtually no support from radio stations or the press there. Marder (originally a saxophonist) had played with a group called the Nasal Boys. Two experimental film-makers, Schiff and drummer Lislot Ha had been bouncing around the idea of forming group before hooking up with the appropriately-named vocalist Regula Sing and a male guitarist who had much more ambitious musician plans. Marder liked what she heard from the band and was glad to step in to replace him. Indeed, the group's aim was to have fun, more than to become rich and famous. Armed with a repertoire of four-songs and three chords, Kleenexwowed the local crowds with their simple, child-like rock ditties, filled with joyful chants and nonsense words in the tradition of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" but musically more in the noisy, exuberant spirit of their British comrades the Sex Pistols.
Kleenex had local friends who decided to start up a label (Sunrise) where the band put out their first (self-financed) EP in 1978, which included the same four songs from their live sets ("Beri-Beri," "Ain't You," "Hedi's Head," "Nice"). The response was such that the first pressing sold out in weeks. A copy of the EP managed to get to John Peel, the famous English DJ, who fell in love with it and played it over and over for his radio listeners. Rough Trade got wind of their strange, wonderful music and signed the group to a record contract. Their first single ("Ain't You" and "Hedi's Head" from the EP) made a splash with the UK press and led the label to organize a group of dates around Europe with label-mates Scritti Politti and Red Krayola. Not even a year after their formation, the group was already an international sensation even though, at the time, they still held various clerical jobs back in Zurich.
Coming to England, they were unimaginatively dubbed the 'Swiss Slits' by the press and made their next single ("You"/"U", 1979) with Krayola leader/Rough Trade producer Mayo Thompson. Soon, they were off headlining an English 'package tourí with local favorites like the Raincoats, Swell Maps, Subway Sect and Spizz Energi.
After the tour ended in late '79, Sing left the group to be replaced by Chrigle Freund, a recent high school dropout, much younger than the rest of the group. With the loss of their original singer and threats to destroy all their records by the tissue company, which they took their name from, the group rechristened itself as Liliput in 1980, soon adding saxist Angie Barrack to their ranks. This five-piece line up recorded their next single 'Die Matrosen/Split' with its famous nonsense cheers/shouts ('Hotch-potch, Hugger-mugger, Bow-wow, Hara-kiri!'), making a splash on the UK indie/alternative charts.
Despite their success, Ha and Barrack left the group, reducing them to a trio. Their next single, 1981's politically-motivated 'Eisiger Wind' (with its Hugo Ball parody sleeve) caught the attention of noted American rock critics Robert Christgau and Greil Marcus, who praised the innovative trio. By the time the single was released, the band was in the middle of another personnel crisis with Freund now leaving the group. Marder and Schiff closed ranks and assembled a new band with singer Astrid Spirit, drummer Beat Schlatter and saxist Christoph Herzog. After a successful German tour, the later two left the band (though Schlatter continued to help on drums) and the group was a trio again.
After four years, the group finally released a full-length album ('Liliput') for Rough Trade in 1982, leading into another tour. After another single ('The Jatz'/'You Did It', 1983), Marder and Schiff were tired, not having fun anymore and ready to quit. Spirit rallied them to do another record with an advance from Rough Trade Germany. Their second album (Some Songs, which Marder thinks is some of their best work), with various guests helping out and Spirit now playing violin, turned out to be their swan song. Spirit decided that she wanted to raise a family instead of being in a band, spelling the end of the group in late '83. Marder had her own record shop, worked at a jazz club and had a band in the late '80's called Danger Mice. Schiff returned to painting, which she had done for many flyers and sleeves for the band.
First Songs tracklist
Ain’t YouBeri-BeriMadnessKrimi1978NighttoadHedi’s HeadÜYouNiceDC-10Die MatrosenSplitHitch HikeEisiger WindIgelTürkWig-WamThmlerdollTiskoTurn The TableDolly DollarI Had A DreamWhen The Cat’s Away First Songs is a vinyl only release. Kleenex/LiLiPUT's complete discography is available digitally on 2001's LiLiPUT compilation.
First Songs is a co-release between Kill Rock Stars and Mississippi Records.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
13CD Vangelis box, Delectus, coming in February 2017
A 13-disc boxed set which will see all of Vangelis’ classic works recorded for the Vertigo and Polydor labels gathered together and remastered in a lavish box with essay and many photographs. The discs are housed in two die-cut, gatefold disc holders within a rigid 242mm square slipcase and alongside a substantial (probably 64-page) book, much like the recent Steve Hackett ‘Premonitions’ set. Featuring the albums “Earth”, “L’Apocalypse Des Animaux”, “Opera Sauvage”, “See You Later”, “Chariots of Fire”, “Antarctica”, “Mask”, “Invisible Connections” and his collaborative albums with Jon Anderson as JON & VANGELIS; “Short Stories”, “The Friends of Mr Cairo” & “Private Collection”. Includes rare B-sides and previously unreleased tracks.
This is the first ever collection of music remastered under the supervision of Vangelis himself.
Tracklist:Earth:1. Come On2. We Are All Uprooted3. Sunny Earth4. He-O5. Ritual6. Let It Happen7. The City8. My Face In The Rain9. We Are All Uprooted10. A Song
L’Apocalypse Des Animaux:1. La mer recommence2. Apocalypse des animaux - Générique3. La petite fille de la mer4. Le singe bleu5. La mort du loup6. L'ours musicien7. Création du monde
China:1. Chung Kuo2. The Long March3. The Dragon4. The Plum Blossom5. The Tao Of Love6. The Little Fete7. Yin & Yang8. Himalaya9. Summit
Opera Sauvage:1. Hymne2. Rêve3. L'enfant4. Mouettes5. Chromatique6. Irlande7. Flamants roses
See You Later:1. I Can't Take It Anymore2. Multi-Track Suggestion3. Memories Of Green4. Not A Bit - All Of It5. Suffocation6. See You Later7. Neighbours Above8. My Love9. Domestic Logic 1
Chariots Of Fire:1. Titles2. Five Circles3. Abraham's Theme4. Eric's Theme5. 100 Metres6. Jerusalem7. Chariots Of Fire
Antartica:1. Theme From Antarctica2. Antarctica Echoes3. Kinematic4. Song Of White5. Life Of Antarctica6. Memory Of Antarctica7. Other Side Of Antarctica8. Deliverance
Soil Festivities:1. Soil Festivities: Movement 12. Soil Festivities: Movement 23. Soil Festivities: Movement 34. Soil Festivities: Movement 45. Soil Festivities: Movement 5
Mask:1. Mask: Movement 12. Mask: Movement 23. Mask: Movement 34. Mask: Movement 45. Mask: Movement 56. Mask: Movement 6
Invisible Connections:1. Invisible Connections2. Atom Blaster3. Thermo Vision
Short Stories:1. Curious Electric2. Each And Every Day3. Bird Song4. I Hear You Now5. The Road6. Far Away In Baagad7. Love Is
The Friends Of Mister Cairo:1. I'll Find My Way Home2. State Of Independence3. Beside4. The Mayflower5. The Friends Of Mr. Cairo6. Back To School7. Outside Of This (Inside Of That)8. One More Time9. Thunder10. Play Within A Play
The Friends Of Mister Cairo1. I'll Find My Way Home2. State Of Independence3. Beside4. The Mayflower5. The Friends Of Mr. Cairo6. Back To School7. Outside Of This (Inside Of That)
Private Collection:1. Italian Song2. And When The Night Comes3. Deborah4. Polonaise5. He Is Sailing6. Horizon7. Song Is
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 17 November 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
From Numero:
UNWOUND
The definitive Unwound. All seven of their studio albums, nine singles, 24 compilation tracks, complete Peel Sessions, original demo tape, original Fake Train recorded with Tim Green, Live Leaves (on CD for the first time), a disc of live rarities, and pre-unwound band Giant Henry’s complete recordings (including their 2001 reunion show), plus a 90-minute DVD filled with live footage, videos, and other detritus of the VHS era. Foil-wrapped hardcover book contains David Wilcox’s complete 40,000 word liner notes, reflections by Justin Trosper, Sara Lund, and Brandt Sandeno, map of Olympia punk houses, dozens of previously unpublished photographs, a flyer gallery, and annotated discography.Complete contents:
11 compact discs> Giant Henry> S/T> Fake Train> New Plastic Ideas> The Future of What> Repetition> Challenge For A Civilized Society> Leaves Turn Inside You> Live Leaves> Live Detritus1 DVD192 tracks256-page hard bound bookFoil-wrapped slipcase
This box set was manufactured in a strictly limited edition of 1000 and will not be available in stores. Pre-order guarantees a copy to ship by December 12.
― dow, Friday, 18 November 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Saturday Night In America, and what am I doing here, with my sort of life?Oh yeah:
The Magnetic Fields’ first two albums, The Wayward Bus and Distant Plastic Trees, will make their debut appearance on vinyl in December 2016, packaged together as a two-LP set.
Distant Plastic Trees, the Magnetic Fields’ first album, was originally released in England and Japan in 1991. Merritt’s accordion player, the novelist Daniel Handler, later noted that “this tinny and intimate recording, in quiet defiance of the reigning roar of pop music, recalls both the early, scratchy field recordings of folk music and the first experiments in electronic music—precisely the sort of stylistic balance the Magnetic Fields liked to achieve.” The album includes the early-’90s college radio single “100,000 Fireflies” which had earlier appeared as a single on Harriet Records and was later covered by Superchunk.
The album artwork on both Distant Plastic Trees and The Wayward Bus was created by watercolorist Wendy Smith. Her beautiful wrap-around paintings, now printed in a larger format, along with remastered audio make this two-LP set an exciting addition to the Magnetic Fields discography.
TRACK/SONG TITLE ARTIST DURATIONWhen You Were My Baby The Magnetic Fields 2:42The Saddest Story Ever Told The Magnetic Fields 2:13Lovers From the Moon The Magnetic Fields 2:53Candy The Magnetic Fields 2:32Tokyo Á Go-Go The Magnetic Fields 3:13Summer Lies The Magnetic Fields 2:59Old Orchard Beach The Magnetic Fields 2:54Jeremy The Magnetic Fields 3:01Dancing in Your Eyes The Magnetic Fields 2:57Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave The Magnetic Fields 3:19Railroad Boy The Magnetic Fields 3:00Smoke Signals The Magnetic Fields 3:29You Love to Fail The Magnetic Fields 2:30Kings The Magnetic Fields 2:15Babies Falling The Magnetic Fields 3:19Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You The Magnetic Fields 3:59Tar-Heel Boy The Magnetic Fields 2:26Falling in Love With the Wolfboy The Magnetic Fields 4:06Josephine The Magnetic Fields 3:08100,000 Fireflies The Magnetic Fields 3:20
view allThe Magnetic Fields On Tour11/19 North Adams, MA MASS MoCA12/02 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Academy of Music12/03 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Academy of Music03/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer03/16 Philadelphia, PA Union TransferView All Tour Dates (and other info)http://www.mergerecords.com/the-magnetic-fields-the-wayward-bus-distant-pl
trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obm4CNfyAzE
― dow, Sunday, 20 November 2016 04:01 (seven years ago) link
Let Them Eat Vinyl and Rock Classics is proud to announce the official North American release date for the following vinyl titles. Pick up these titles on December 2 at your favorite retailer.https://redirect.haulix.com//145280/PromoImage.jpg?width=100
DIAMOND HEAD / All Will Be Revealed is the 2005 comeback album by the NWOBHM legends. It was the band's first release since their 2002 Acoustic First Cuts EP and the first studio album since 1993's Death and Progress. It was first album to feature vocalist Nick Tart. RCV204LP Track Listing: 1. Mine All Mine, 2. Give It To Me, 3. Nightmare, 4. Fallen Angel, 5. Alimony, 6. Lost At Sea, 7. Broken Pieces, 8. All Will Be Revealed, 9. Dead Or Living, 10. Drinking Again, 11. Come Alive, 12. Muddy Waters
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DIAMOND HEAD / What's In Your Head? is the second and final album with singer Nick Tart. The album was produced by Dave Nicholls (Slipknot, Stone Sour). RCV203LP Track Listing: 1. Skin On Skin, 2. I Feel No Pain, 3. This Planet And Me, 4. Reign Supreme, 5. Killing Me, 6. Tonight, 7. Pray For Me, 8. Whats In Your Head, 9. Nothing To Lose, 10. Calling Out, 11. Victim
CHELSEA / Traitors Gate is the band's seventh studio originally released 1994. LETV499LP Track Listing: 1. Streets Of Anarchy, 2. Be What You Want To Be, 3. Traitor's Gate, 4. Power For A Day, 5. Fireworks, 6. S.A.D., 7. My Hotel Room, 8. Guns In Paradise, 9. We Dare, 10. Floating In The Dark, 11. This Is Now, 12. Nightmares, 13. Be What You Wanna Be, 14. Fireworks, 15. Floating In The Dark, 16. Guns In Paradise, 17. Power For A Day, 18. Build An Ark, 19. Streets Of Anarchy, 20. My Hotel Room, 21. We Dare
CHELSEA / Faster, Cheaper and Better Looking is the band's eighth studio album originally released in 2005. It was their long awaited new release since reuniting in 1999. LETV501LP Track Listing: 1. Living In The Urban UK, 2. SOD The War, 3. Bad Advice, 4. New Utopia, 5. Cosy Family Way, 6. Sliding Down A Stream, 7. K.X.L.U., 8. We Don't Want It, 9. 45 RPM, 10. Ritalin Kid, 11. And I Love You, 12. If We Knew Then, 13. Mr. Ferry's Son, 14. Home, 15. Answer To The Question (bonus), 16. I Fought The Law (bonus), 17. White Riot (bonus), 18. Do We Really Care (bonus), 19. Linoleum (bonus)
LAST IN LINE / Heavy Crown features guitarist Vivian Campbell, drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain, and renowned vocalist Andy Freeman. The debut from this mega-group takes its name from Dio's 1984 fan-favorite album. Track Listing: 1. Devil In Me, 2. Martyr, 3. Starmaker, 4. Burn This House Down, 5. I Am Revolution, 6. Blame It On Me, 7. In Flames (bonus track), 8. Already Dead, 9. Curse The Day, 10. Orange Glow, 11. Heavy Crown, 12. The Sickness
Watch for announcement on new vinyl titles for early 2017 shortly!
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― dow, Monday, 21 November 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
New compilation by legendary Colombian cumbia/vallenato accordionist Andrés Landero, Yo Amanecí, coming on Vampisoul. Track listing:
1. La cigarrona2. Mara del Carmen3. Tambó tambó4. Virgen de la Candelaria5. Perdí las abarcas6. Mi machete7. La muerte de Eduardo Lora8. Marta Cecilia9. Cuando lo negro sea bello10. Así se goza11. Cumbia en la India12. Que te vaya bien13. Por ahí es que va la cosa14. La mochila terciá 15. Rosa y Mayo16. La pava congona17. Yo amanecí18. Las mellas19. Mercedes Elena20. La Sanjacintera
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
http://www.fatbeats.com/collections/frontier-records/products/lilys-in-the-presence-of-nothing-2xlp-reissue
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― Evan, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Couple of interesting end-of-the-year items:
Punk 45: Les Punks, The French Connection (The First Wave Of French Punk 1977-80): https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/the-first-wave-of-french-punk-197780- The best review of French punk I've heard
Kollektion 06: Cluster 1971-1981: https://shop.tapeterecords.com/records/bureaub/kollektion-6-cluster-compiled-by-john-mcentire.html- Single disc career overview
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Also, this lovely 4CD box covering underground UK punk:http://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/action-time-vision-a-story-of-uk-independent-punk-1976-1979/
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 15 December 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
out today: WAXWORK RECORDS ANNOUNCES DELUXE VINYL RELEASE OF THE HOWLING ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORECOMPOSED BY PINO DONAGGIOwon't let me paste the artwork here for long, but link leads to that and other details of a lavish edition (a la others posted about upthread):http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a088e1e7fb68010cf6ad8ff4a&id=f55057ec3c&e=32e64a6326
― dow, Friday, 16 December 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for those links, Gerald. Would esp. like to check that French comp; the only ones I've heard on there are Metal Urbain and Metal Boys (when they featured China), both ace.
― dow, Friday, 16 December 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
"others posted about upthread"--others on Waxwork Records.
― dow, Friday, 16 December 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link