wtf happened to those reissues? surely Lawrence needs some more heroin. he should be reissuing everything.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 18 February 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
The Cocteau Twins were fans of Felt and invited us to tour with them in 1984. We became friends and Robin Guthrie said he'd like to produce us.
― new noise, Saturday, 18 February 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
this interview is pretty exhaustive on how Guthrie came to produce Ignite, and the recording of Primitive Painters:
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/an-interview-with-lawrence-primitive-painters-was-this-great-big-statement-felt-were-going-to-be-massive-69839
― soref, Saturday, 18 February 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Over the years I’ve collected some of the master tapes and on the reissues that are coming out, I’ve tried to extract the Cocteau Twins from my record
hmmm...
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
i emailed cherry red about the reissues 6 months ago and they said it was looking like sometime in 2017, then i tweeted at them the other week and they said they had no news
― just another (diamonddave85), Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
Just checked earlier in the thread and it was last July when they first posted those tweets suggesting the reissues were on their way. I'm sure they even put up pictures of Lawrence signing them.
When the last Go-Kart album came out, my first order of the vinyl seemed to get lost in the post. When I contacted Cherry Red about it they said Lawrence would happily send out a replacement copy but "it might be a while to get it signed as Lawrence has disappeared on us again". I'm guessing that he's behind the delays.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for that Uncut link, exactly what I was looking for!
There are some days "Primitive Painters" is the most perfect song ever.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 19 February 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/WEEKEND_Festival/weekend-mixtape5-lawrence/
Many of the songs in this podcast, which Lawrence recorded exclusively for Week-End, will only be known to aficionados, yet they lay bare the foundations on which indie and Britpop was built. An unusual history lesson by an indie icon who rarely talks, but who turns out to be a very eloquent speaker.
― new noise, Sunday, 19 February 2017 04:40 (seven years ago) link
Listened to Felt all day today. Perfect for a rainy winter day.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:06 (seven years ago) link
just browsing France Castle's Instagram (love Clay Pipe & her artwork), and check out this post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNR-vtbhaw8/
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 19 February 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
https://mobile.twitter.com/wrongsreversed/status/802558977020198916
Another view of that incident, this one from a camera behind the goal.
― Tim, Sunday, 19 February 2017 08:19 (seven years ago) link
christ Lawrence Of Belgravia is really boring and awful-looking and depressing as all hell. if they showed it in schools to young musicians they'd all go off and do accountancy or something.
― piscesx, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
Totally agree. I thought it was a massive letdown after the long wait to see it. It really didn't seem as interesting as it could have been.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 1 April 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
"Felt reissues, sweet!"Oh... $40 LPs and $45 CD+7" boxes... no extra tracks... ok so downloads it is.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 March 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
Felt's entire discography in one place.
― giraffe, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
no singles *thumbs down*
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Yeah, weird
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
nah, just lazy
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
Why did they change the name of Crinkle, I wonder?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
Lawrence hated the name
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
I can think of at least a dozen other Laurence-related songs/band names that are more worthy of "hate"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Let the Snakes Eat Crinkle-Cut Fries
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
there's a bit that really stuck with me in the David Cavanagh book about Creation records where Lawrence talks about Bobby Gillespie asking him if the forthcoming Felt album had a title yet, Lawrence replying that it was going to be called 'Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death' and Gillespie responding with incredulity - "Crinkle? What sort of word's that?"
― soref, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
that's a bit rich coming from a Scottish dude
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/91/90112/full-1080x1350/5d48314c/60455432_2492647757656739_3307904735600062668_n.jpeg?resolution=0
― henry s, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
Never forgethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Primal_Scream_-_Chaosmosis.png
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
he changed the name and before that he cropped the cover art. was he embarrassed at his headwear?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
maybe just realized it was totally un-felt like to have an actual band photo for a cover
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
or ended hating one of the former members
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
RIP Martin Duffy
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10:36 (one year ago) link
Aww man RIP teenage genius.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 12:49 (one year ago) link
Awww, creator of some of the most beautiful music. Waaaaay too young.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Incredibly sad. Martin's playing sparkled over Felt's best records and added a lustre to every musical situation he was involved in. a true keyboard wizard.
― cw, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
Totally agree with that. The Felt albums he played on are the best. He was also one of the people responsible for bringing back keyboards as a "rock" instrument. There hadn't really been any fresh & distinctive keyboard players outside of synth-pop since maybe Una Baines.
― everything, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
I mean, come on!Here's the link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulTQW6oFoTs
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:04 (one year ago) link
Whoops wrong ling. I mean this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9bv1FO72A
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:05 (one year ago) link
Ling link whatevs. Ok I'm going to bed. RIP Mr. Duffy. A great keyboard player!
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
How rare was it for that generation of musicians to use organ rather than synth in the mid-80s? I can only think of Talk Talk as an example.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
It wasn’t super-common but also by no means unheard-of, most often involving acts who were more or less 60s / beat inspired - off the top of my head you can expect to hear organ on records by the likes of the Prisoners, Makin’ Time, TVPs, Jasmine Minks, bit later on the Sea Urchins, Inspiral Carpets.
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
Interesting, though if Duffy was using a Hammond, that's a lot more trouble to take on the road than a more compact "garage-rock" style organ.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
Identify the keyboard, nerds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuXIMylGQKo
― everything, Thursday, 22 December 2022 06:36 (one year ago) link