I think it was Switched On that had the distortion
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 27 October 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
Hey eatandoph, that link is great, but is there a thread there in particular that includes discussion from management about the quality of the pressing and the bands opinion / approval of them? I'm just curious how your reply is a response to my question. You've just linked to a generic forum board and not a thread or post that addresses my question. If you've already read those comments, perhaps you could summarize them.
I've gotten the reissues and haven't listened to them all that analytically. There's a little noise in some passages but nothing all that intrusive. My impression was that the new Switched On was preferable to my old CD (livelier, for lack of a better word). With the other two it was more of a toss-up; the old CDs always sounded good to me. Stereolab offered new (old) product and I shelled out! Though besides a Switched On Vol. 4 I'd prefer re-pressings of the single/EPs that were collected on Oscillons (the re-sequencing of which I've complained about elsewhere here).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 27 October 2018 11:14 (five years ago) link
all three of mine sound great, no weird noises, so perhaps I got lucky.
Aluminium Tunes smells amazing! what did they do here? It's like sandelwood incense or something.
― akm, Saturday, 27 October 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
hoping they do Dots and Loops, Transient, Ketchup, and Margarine. Those are the only ones I feel like I really need (I have tne 1972 of MAD, which is alright though nothing revelatory)
― akm, Saturday, 27 October 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
dots and loops would be amazing
― the late great, Saturday, 27 October 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Cobra and Phases with the restored side-length version of "Blue Milk" please
― flappy bird, Saturday, 27 October 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Aluminium Tunes smells amazing! what did they do here? It's like sandelwood incense or something.Screen printing ink – apparently the smell wears off after a while.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 28 October 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
that's sad. i'll have to smell it up while I have the chance.
― akm, Sunday, 28 October 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
My children gave me the CD boxset for my birthday so now I have two. And I couldn't be happier!
― everything, Monday, 5 November 2018 04:53 (five years ago) link
From their FB page a little while ago.
Stereolab will undertake an extensive reissue campaign covering albums from 1993's Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements through to 2004's Margerine Eclipse. All 7 albums will be reissued throughout 2019.
Keep ‘em peeled for news of the live return of Stereolab.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:10 (five years ago) link
Exciting news. Don't know what a touring band would look like. When they went on hiatus, Laetitia commented that she get Stereolab back together with Tim at some point, but that the entire rest of the band would be replaced. I have a hard time imagining them without at least Andy Ramsay, although it would be kind of neat if they enlisted Joe Dilworth on drums and did a double bill with Caverns of Anti-Matter.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:02 (five years ago) link
they posted a photo; I'm not hip enough to the rest of them to recognize anyone but Tim and Laetitia though. why would she say the entire rest of the band would be replaced?
― akm, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
I believe the original question was "Now that you and Tim have split, is that why Stereolab won't be reforming?"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
and her reply was along the lines of that she was fine with Tim, it was the rest of them she couldn't stand.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
Exactly
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
I think the pic they posted was from Chemical Chords era.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
tbh I like Stereolab a lot and I can't name any other members except for the late Mary Hansen. I don't really think it matters who else is in the band, Stereolab is Tim and Laetitia.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
I've seen them perform a lot of times, and some lineups were much better than others. Their drummer Andy is the only other member who played every single show I saw. It's hard to imagine them without him because he has a very recognizable style. I definitely have preferred musicians for the other instruments too, and I'd love to see them enlist a second female vocalist again.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
also i wonder if these will be duophonic reissues or handled by Too Pure.
― akm, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
I'd imagine all the Elektra albums would be Duophonic, just as they were originally. Too Pure wasn't in the mix after TRNBWA.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
get Andy Ramsay back and idk rope in Sonic Boom or something and I'm there
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
It'd be rad if they could get Sean O on a new tour. He played a few shows with Cavern of Anti-Matter, so you never known. I know half this board hates his influence but damn he was even on the old stuff as an OFFICIAL MEMBER, so c'mon.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
never saw them so down for whatever. I always thought it was weird though that Ramsay was never included in press photos, despite the fact that he was the only consistent member besides L & T. they'd have touring members in photos but never Ramsay.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
maybe he didn't want to be photographed? idk
O'Hagen in Stereolab was generally fine imo, it was all his non-Stereolab stuff that was garbage
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
I think he did not like being in photos.
Having Sean O'Hagan in a live band would be great. I'm totally down with a Stereolab all-stars tour.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
suppose so
tim with killer pants & shades
http://www.dominopublishingco.com/images/artists/stereolab/620_310/stereolab1.jpg
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
Good times, also my favorite Steteolab lineup.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
people hate his influence? they hate his solo work? news to me. There was at least one good High Llamas album.
― akm, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
every time i've come across a high llamas LP in a record store i've been too scared to get it
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
fuck that lounge act bullshit, I'm happy to hate - he's easily the worst part of the band
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
counterpoint. i love that lounge act bullshit.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
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Give Snowbug a shot. Nothing scary about it, and Mary & Laetitia are on at least a couple tracks.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
word, I love the Cobra era most so idk why I ever hesitated w/ High Llamas
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
always thought of cobra and snowbug as sister albums — didn't they come out pretty much at the same time?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
anyway, i feel like you could pick up like six high llamas albums on CD for about $12 ... worth the bucks.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
High Llamas rule, fuiud.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
Always wanted to like the High Llamas, but nah, they are rubbish.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
It's weird they're so polarizing.
Anyway.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
Count me in with the - not haters, but uninterested. I had High Llamas "Hawaii". Never took to it, sold years ago.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
They have a bunch of albums I like more than Hawaii, but all of their music is extremely mellow.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Best entry points: Gideon Gaye, Snowbug, Talahomi Way. Those are the most traditional and song-oriented albums, I think. It's the other albums that I think have earned them their reputation of being a band that's not about songs. I love everything they've done.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
I had that Gideon Gaye - it started off very songy, then it got overstuck on a riff for what seemed like hours. Brainticket/Cottonwoodhill be blowed!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
"track goes by" is one of the best stuck-on-a-riff songs ever
looks the 'lab are playing primavera next year ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
whoa
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
Can Cladders and Beet, Maize, & Corn are also quite good
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 6 December 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link
I dare say all of Stereolad* would be happy to join a touring lineup of Stereolab, but there should be a second female vocalist/etc as well
* !!! have toured as their own opening act, playing a set of Stereolab covers, with singer Nic Offer wearing a frock
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:11 (five years ago) link
I wish I could audition for Stereolab. I could knock out those bass riffs no problem.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:30 (five years ago) link
I wish I could audition for Stereolab
OK, new lyrics for Ray Davies to pen..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWGOtxSNhEs
― Mark G, Friday, 7 December 2018 10:09 (five years ago) link
The Aluminum Tunes vinyl release has really brought home for me what a massive collection it is. I think it didn't really sink in originally because I had been experiencing the various parts of it in bits and pieces as EPs and singles. But coming back to it now, it's just a monumental piece of work. It feels like a coherent whole, probably one of their better releases.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 04:33 (five years ago) link