Coil s/d c/d etc

More archival stuff from Thighpaulsandra -- a rerelease of the 2000 Royal Festival Hall gig

https://www.thighpaulsandra.co.uk/store/p232/Coil_-_Persistence_is_all.html

Plus another free archival download: Lodz 2002

https://www.thighpaulsandra.co.uk/store/p230/COIL_LIVE_-_L%C3%B3dz_2002.html

thx!

Really loving the new This Immortal Coil: https://thisimmortalcoil.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-ended-a-long-time-ago

randomly decided to listen to And The Ambulance Died In His Arms again, what a fever dream

England's Hidden Reverse available again

https://monorailmusic.com/product/englands-hidden-reverse-a-secret-history-of-the-esoteric-underground/?mc_cid=f66282abcd&mc_eid=26822179ef

nice that the Furfur material is included in this new edition!

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Well hey, look what made the Pitchfork Sunday review

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/coil-horse-rotorvator/

9.5 is too low.

actually, after further consideration i'm kind of over "Circles of Mania" so maybe it's just right.

the highs are so high but there are a few I've never clicked with tbh

Unless I am mistaken, I thought I read that Sleazy was in Thailand when John had his accident, and not in the house watching tv as the review states

Otherwise, great review

shame i know but i'm a coil newbie, just letting "fire of the mind" from the ape of naples sink in over the last few months, what a belter.

<3

So, the first time I hung out with one of my best friends, we got pretty loaded and he was playing music on his mini disc player. It was a copy of a Coil album and he didn't know the name of it. It was one of the most extreme things I have heard, although I'm not sure how much my state of mind played into that. But it sort of sounded like the speakers were tearing themselves apart. I've only heard a little Coil since then and nothing sounded like that at all. I don't remember much of a rhythm to the music, it sounded really shredded and brutal. Honestly, I don't know if I would recognize it again if I heard it but I've been curious as to what it could have been for a while. There's also the chance that it was mislabeled. I've asked him about it since then and the minidisk is long gone. Any idea what it could be?

Queens of The Circulating Library, I would guess

oh, or this, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_Shallowness_Leads_to_Evil

THAT'S IT!

totally

I've tried, I really have, but these two releases... no. And they're still my favourite band, if I had to pick one.

what? queens of the circulating library is sounding damn fine to me atm.

yeah I love that one

... I may be confusing it with 20 to 2000 (ELpH). There's two clamshells I never liked, that much I know.

I was just randomly checking jumping around the wikipedia entries for coil and came across this:

While the Black Antlers and The Remote Viewer re-releases were made available as announced, Christopherson was never to issue Moon's Milk (In Six Phases) in his lifetime. His passing makes it uncertain whether the package will ever eventuate as at this stage there have been no further Coil releases. Danny Hyde, who worked with Christopherson on the proposed reissue, eventually released the additional material that had been intended for the third disc of the set. Issued as Moon's Milk in Final Phase, the three tracks were credited to Electric Sewer Age rather than Coil.[4]

And then looked up "Electric Sewer Age" on Tidal and there are three albums on there (and presumably on all streaming services). So there's some additional Coil stuff out there I was not aware of and I might as well share the info here. I'm enjoying "Moon's Milk in Final Phase" right now.

bump coil thread to gain more treasure

Not directly Coil, but Phil Legard and company with a sharp trio of live covers here:

https://xetb.bandcamp.com/album/coil-covers-coven

My fellow fans are sleeping on the job this morning!

(Directly) Coil, at last:

https://www.daisrecords.com/products/coil-moons-milk-in-four-phases

why on earth would they only use two of the original covers, smh

I already have all of this in two formats, but I'm glad it's being reissued

I'm just happy they're including the bonus disc

yeah, it's great

also includes the 4th track that was previously only on the Archives version

All but the most limited colored vinyl edition (330 copies) is still available as of 11EST

i snagged a red one even though i have it in 3 formats already (one is a bootleg). i'm usually pretty good at not doing compulsive purchasing these days but had a mega fail here.

yeah I'ma skip this one too, three formats already as well :-)

https://www.vod-records.com/

TO BE RELEASED MAY 2024

VOD 183: John Balance (Coil): The Art & Audio, Works and Writings of John Balance. 8Lp-Box with Book in wooden Box incl recordings of John as/with Murderwerkers, A House, Stabmental, Cultural Amnesia, as John Balance and as Coil ltd.666

only to be sold to previous VOD customers, fwiw

oh - okay, thx

(there may be some left for general sale. see their FB posts for more details. basically this is Frank's last project and he wants to prioritize his supporters.

can't access FB currently; did Frank give any detail of the book content?

all 7 issues of Stabmental, letters, art and collages, and magazine articles

thanks. i had better start saving.

there's also this book, which I don't think has been mentioned here before:

https://www.timeless-shop.com/product/the-cupboard-under-the-stars-standard-edition/

there were a slew of "special editions" but of course those are long since sold out

Anywhere a non-subscribing pleb can pre-order the upcoming JB box? (I also don't use Facebook but I sub to the VOD newsletter)

Pre-orders are not being taken anywhere at the moment. As noted above you can try your luck when it goes on sale direct at the VOD website but don't hang about. I wouldn't be surprised if a few copies go up for general sale, I've bought a few boxes from VOD before but have no interest in this one so the chances are you'll get one.

Listening to them for the first time (Music to play in the Dark 2). A touch underwhelming but will try a couple of other ones.

I have a slight preference for MTPITD1 over the second one but they had so many styles you're sure to find something you like. Most people would probably point to Horse Rotorvator as their best album.

Cheers, will try that one

personally i'd say that ape of naples is their most accessible (though that's a relative term ofc). depends what kind of stuff you're normally into really

first coil album i ever listened to was the new backwards i think, i remember being underwhelmed and didn't bother with them for another year or so

Moons Milk LP-box shipped today from Bleep.

hope postie brings it tomorrow.