saint etienne

don't forget foxbase beta it's beautiful

Yup. And if you can, find the 2-disc version of that too!

WAIT HOLY SHIT HOME COUNTIES IS OUT ALREADY!??!?!?!

Dude you missed the thread!

Saint Etienne -- Home Counties

There's some good stuff on the deluxe editions but they're boomy and over-compressed; Sound of Water particularly suffers, a lot of the subtle layered sounds get hammered into mush. "Dilworth's Theme" at the end of F.A. has lost its pleasantly ghostly "recorded surreptitiously on a Dictaphone outside the rehearsal room" quality.

"Blofeld Buildings" on disc 2 of S.O.W. has the music starting about a minute earlier in one channel, turning it into an overlapping mess. You'll need Boxette for the proper version (unless they correct it on the re-release). If you're a completist (bit of a futile but fun endeavor), the U.S.-only tracks from Turnpike didn't turn up on the deluxe version, nor did the Wooden Hills bonus disc songs.

Easy Street has to sell them for cheap because who in their right mind goes to West Seattle? I can get music shipped to my house with less stress and effort than driving to West Seattle demands. I think I also bought my 2CD copy very cheap second hand. Also picked up the Sub Pop 2LP best of compilation that came out a while back. Shame about the art on that one though. It's pretty shit.

Do we have a source on the deluxe ed rereleases?

https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Water-Saint-Etienne/dp/B06XSYJ35F/

Some available June 23rd, some June 30th. I can see Amazon getting one wrong, but not seven or eight... everything from Foxbase through Turnpike is listed.

don't forget the two disc deluxe editions of Words and Music, nor the tour only edition of Words and Music.

also Nice Price, their rarities fanclub comp that is not included in Boxette.

christ i keep forgetting about the U.S. release version of Turnpike House...so the two disc deluxe version doesn't have the songs from that? i'm totally okay with spending more money on them, I want them to have chill and moneyed existences.

Nice Price is just a bunch of demos and alternate versions, not essential unless you're a devoted fan.

But the Misadventures of Saint Etienne, their soundtrack album to the Misadventures of Margaret from 1999... none of that appears on any deluxe editions. Well maybe Jack Lemmon? Anyway some great songs.

And that flexi of The Fall's "Chock Stock"

Not even kidding..

I've got that somewhere.

Apparently it appeared on a comp, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7drvy1U5E

Did it? Never seen that..

Ah, massive clue there..

£3.26 at Discogs ...

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Trademark-Of-Quality/release/1580744

Plus whoa! Postage..

shipping from the mid-90s is expensive

Playing Sound of Water again for the first time in a long time, and so far, Side 1 has been perfect. Very lovely on a dreary day.

I think I've always found 'Sound of Water' difficult to love because nothing really lives up to the downbeat stomp of 'Heart Failed,' which may be my fav Saint Et track. 'Downey, CA' and 'Don't Back Down' are gorgeous, though.

PS Home Counties is stunning

Yeah, I played Home Counties on a loop Saturday. Doors and windows open, album blaring. It does get better with repeat plays.

Sound of Water is really great, esp "Boy is Crying" and "How We Used To Live"

Deluxe editions are now all available again! I finally have Sound of Water with the crucial four bonus tracks I hadn't heard before.

Feel like even the regular editions of many albums were missing when I checked a few weeks ago

i'm tempted by the Tales from Turnpike House deluxe as well. the bonus disc appears to not feature anything from the Up the Wooden Hills EP, nor does it have the two songs on the U.S. release on Savoy.

definitely pulling the trigger on Continental and Sound of Water. Maybe Good Humor, though I already own the original two-disc w/Fairfax High. already have Foxbase Alpha/So Tough/Tiger Bay/Finisterre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CIiAP3C24

sounding great! 'Dive' and 'Sylvie' are especially great with the full band. Kind of bummed they haven't been giving any of the 2nd half of 'Home Counties' much setlist love yet, though.

lol at 4min54 you can see me in that video, on the right hand side in a stripey top. In the video the Quay Sessions uploaded of them doing Sylvie, you can see me very drunkenly dancing while spilling a pint of wine everywhere. Great night!

https://saintetienne.greedbag.com/

Love to Paint and Nice Price are on sale on LP right now. 1000 copies each, so be quick!

anyone have any favorite slammin saint etienne remixes? i play the 2 bears remix of tonight a lot.

^ saint etienne remix of el perro del mars walk on by

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MAW did a great mix of Only Love Can Break Your Heart.

I hope Nice Price is good. Just picked that one up! A better version of Heart Failed? C'mon now.

That reminds me, the Two Lone Swordsmen / Weatherall mix of Heart Failed is pretty damn good.

Love the remix disc of Words and Music - the first 7 or 8 tracks are all great.

Older remixes I like:
Cool Kids of Death (Underworld mix)
The Sea (PFM mix)
Angel (Broadcast mix)
He's on the Phone (Motiv-8 mix)

received the Nice Price/I Love To Paint twofer in the mail yesterday. I suppose I'll have to pull the trigger on any other future fanclub vinyl reissues as well...

So, coming through on an American tour celebrating Good Humour, could be fun:

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34365441_10155352266206536_7864344702504402944_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=AeEkYNYdYolVN8pwBjVMhN8NgOaPBTJ1AjNF8B-EpbOS-JPTb-IS0gyBxznAah1D6F48L5QnCifSPBt4YMvCISSG2SpoClmHN0FB9GPpWRaj3g&oh=043698626198847f343d4f047ed051c7&oe=5BC4ECE3

oh hell yes

wasn't that the time of their lowest American profile? If so, sweet irony.

Yes and no -- this came out on Sub Pop and I think there are a lot of American lifers who got on board then specifically.

Too bad no Seattle stop. We got shows for Good Humour and the Places to Visit EP back in the day (not counting later tours). Like Ned says, was aware of them prior, but jumped aboard fully with GH.

i missed them last time they were here and i love good humor so i guess it's time

I do remember Rob Sheffield's contemporaneous RS review of the album.

I got onboard w/Good Humor, that's an album that has a great deal of meaning to me. when i first heard it, it changed my life w/r/t the music i would seek out in the future.

this is like my least fav album but I still bought presale tickets and am going to have an incredible time

Mine too yet I may fly to DC or NYC.

that is a tiny room for them in SF. amazing. can't wait.

Good Humour is when they first started to get boring to me. Album is decent but it could be anyone. At the time it seemed like an attempt to sell-out that didn’t work.

that is a tiny room for them in SF. amazing. can't wait.

Tiny but the turnout at the Fillmore was far from a sellout. Still, it would be a bit crowded maybe; I could have easily seen them playing August Hall (saw Marr there a couple of nights ago, good venue).

Are they bringing along a full band for this? Not that I’ll get to see them.

sarah cracknell: “I’m so looking forwarded to touring Good Humor this autumn with our fabulous live band! I think it’s the best live line up we’ve ever had. Drummer Mike, the amazing Bennett brothers, Gerard Johnson and of course Debsey will really bring the album to life and add a certain je ne sais quoi!”

a weekend in SF to see them at the Chapel would be pretty good... hmm