wow you ain't kidding
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 11 September 2020 06:16 (three years ago) link
yeah, i know.i missed out and have regretted it ever since.they do love their very limited runs of boxsets at 4ad.
― mark e, Friday, 11 September 2020 08:29 (three years ago) link
yeah the Lush box set/book also goes for mad money looks like
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 11 September 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
I think the Colourbox set was a better way to go: keep it simple
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 11 September 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
just casually reading this.then ... ooh hello ..
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/14/mahalia-irl-interview
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link
An unexpected connection! But very cool, and I always did wonder a bit what her mom did in later years.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:03 (eight months ago) link
is that lorita grahame's daughter??
i can't read this thread. i love colourbox too much. something would probably make me mad. i think i'm the only person who never stopped listening to them. they are always current in my world.
― scott seward, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:03 (eight months ago) link
She had been playing open mics, “in old man pubs” at home in Leicester before her mum, a former musician with the 80s band Colourbox, started sending her demos out. Meanwhile, her dad – a songwriter and session guitarist – came up with a tagline for his daughter’s music: “He called it psycho-acoustic-soul”.
as you can see it's kinda vague re details.i guess it has to be lorita given that colourbox was her and the the blokes, however, it says 'musician' as opposed to vocalist, so could be an uncredited sessioner ?
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:08 (eight months ago) link
breakdown/tarantula 12-inch had a different singer. more of a 4AD vibe.
― scott seward, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:11 (eight months ago) link
breakdown singer was Debian Curry. doesn't look like they did much else on record.
― scott seward, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:12 (eight months ago) link
good point, forgot about that.been a long time since i listened to them.
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:13 (eight months ago) link
Wow, thanks for that!
I was down on the LP for a while but listening to the box set totally recovered my love for this band. All the extra tracks and mixes are a vital part of the story.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:17 (eight months ago) link
yeah, rub it in re the boxset whydontcha ..
(see upthread)
― mark e, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:20 (eight months ago) link
Oh, I had to pay a pretty penny but it's worth it.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:23 (eight months ago) link
the u.k. breakdown 12-inch and the baby i love you so 12-inch should be owned on vinyl. the sound is amazing. huge huge sound. that you won't hear on cd. or on other comp versions of those songs. the u.s. breakdown single doesn't sound as good. world cup theme on 12-inch sounds nice too.
― scott seward, Friday, 14 July 2023 17:27 (eight months ago) link