Oh boy, the artwork for those demos. The back photo is pretty nice too. I was in high school when I got 4-track demos and I crushed on her so hard based on the music and that album cover. She still sends me into a cloud of pubescent longing.
I think I got this and Guyville within a month of each other and together they blew my mind. I had never been exposed to complex female perspectives before in music. It took me a while to realize that Highway 61 was a cover!
The Dry vinyl reissue isn't too great. Lots of background noise in some songs. Supposedly the Euro pressing is better.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 12 September 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
Sorry to hear that about the reissue.
I had thought about getting CD versions of the first two albums, which I own on vinyl. I haven't seen them yet anywhere.
― Duke, Sunday, 13 September 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
The Dry vinyl reissue isn't too great.
Yeah, the US one is kind of crap. The Rid of Me one is much better. Not sure if I'm gonna get any of the rest of what's to come.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 September 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
I bought the To Bring You My Love reissue yesterday, but haven't had the chance to listen to it yet.
― peace, man, Sunday, 13 September 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
Just FYI I have the European pressing of the Dry reissue and it sounds great, no problems whatsoever.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Monday, 14 September 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
listening on streaming to the Bring You My Love demos (bummer about the vinyl was just about to order it glad I clicked here first)
but wow, I love this, she's the master of demos
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 September 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
Finally got the chance to listen to the TBYML vinyl and it's excellent.
― 📺👁️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Stories.. demos etc
https://pjharvey.kontraband.store/products/stories-from-the-city-stories-from-the-sea-demos-lp
― piscesx, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
I'm happy to get the chance to have all the albums on vinyl (just need this and Uh Huh Her now), but I'm not forking out for any more of the demo albums. The To Bring You My Love demos have minor differences in arrangements, but in terms of song structure, composition, phrasing etc they are identical bar by bar to the final release. I can't imagine this will change with later releases. Is she going to put out Uh Huh Her and White Chalk demo albums? They already sound like demos! (Don't get me wrong, I like them, but still...)
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
It’d be nice if there were CD versions of these reissues.
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 8 January 2021 11:32 (three years ago) link
There's a CD edition of the just-released Is This Desire? Demos set--I just ordered a copy from my local shop; am really into the drum machine backings on pretty much this whole thing, and am glad that it's (at the time of this post) all up on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQxxfsns0ho
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Think he might have meant CD reissues of the actual albums.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
Her B-Sides, Rarities & Demos is fantastic in a way that (to me) the LPs haven’t been in a minute. Loving this.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 7 January 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it's a great compilation. There are a few bizarre choices and weird omissions―but that's to be expected with such big retrospectives―and the third CD (or LPs 5 & 6) is a bit of a mixed bag as it features everything from her early/pre-90s songs, soundtrack work, unreleased demos, to a Nick Cave cover and some one-off singles, but the first two parts are an amazing, surprisingly cohesive listen.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link