Flying Saucer Attack: Classic or Dud?

bought the Telefunken collaboration from amazon.co.uk for very little money (both 25m+ tracks were 79p meaning it was 1.58 in total) - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Station/dp/B002EJTQ3M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1252069711&sr=8-3

BUT the middle of Part 1 is very crackly (only the middle, not the quieter starts and ends, and none of part 2). is this a problem with the cd or is it a feature of amazon's ripping and encoding?

http://theperfumedgarden.blogspot.com/2009/05/flying-saucer-attack-peel-session-5th.html

thought i'd post this as well. i don't think much of this ever made it onto records but i remember Resolution Island as being lovely.

It's been a LOONG time since I listened to DISTANT STATION. I don't remember it being "crackly" though. It is cold, alien, and distant as fuck, tho.
Thanks for the link! Never heard this stuff before, been a big FSA fan for years.

I don't remember the crackling, will try to listen to the CD when I get home though.

(I love Distant Station - kinda weird that a remix from a sometimes-frenetic IDM-rave dude would be 40 minutes of SOTL-esque ambience perfectly on the cusp between creepy and blissful, but there we go. Tele:funken posted on the John Peel quotes thread, meant to get his email off it before ILX went no-emails-on-posts and ask if he was still making music, but never did)

i've just had a look at the file in audacity and you can see it clipping left, right and centre. that whole chunk is just a solid mass of blue. 8(

tele:funken's discogs entry stops at 2004...

sounds crackly on mine, which is either a vinyl or cd rip

ok, thanks. it does look like a classic case of digital clipping based on the waveform and that's likely to be true with the physical cd too. a pity.

perfect for this weather in the northeast right now

hey, yeah. wait, NE USA or NE UK? i guess it doesn't matter. i finally got "chorus" a few weeks back and i'm stoked.

i was listening to new lands just this minute and was gonna revive this thread!!! weird. must be in the air.

chorus is so great.

all my flying saucer attack records are in new york. i will get to listen to them tomorrow.

Have been listening to the first album quite a lot recently. It might be wrong, but I fucking love the Suede cover.

i was listening to new lands just this minute and was gonna revive this thread!!! weird. must be in the air.

i love when that happens

I owned several FSA albums, and I think it was at that point that I stopped embracing everything my shoegaze guru suggested. To me, it was the musical equivalent of finger painting.

― derelict, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:12 PM

LOL is that nutrition nazi derelict?

new lands is awesome btw

further iirc.

its all good

new lands gets into skullflower territory almost

http://.imageshack.us/img367/6234/ustrees1972thechristtreefrontcoverxt6.jpg

i am gonna rock the fuck out of Further and Chorus today in honor of this revive.

chorus

+1

Man, how did I forget how great their s/t album is.

Weird, I was just listening to "Crystal Shade" this morning after having it pop into my head for no reason.

listening to the s/t album now. amazing how spacious these songs sound. they always seem to strike just the right balance of discordant and sublime.

revive:

Flying Saucer Attack - Heartbeat / Complete
Weltraumdiscs
03-LP - EUR 14.99

Compilation of rare songs of this
experimental, shoegazing, DIY, space rock band from Bristol. So far these
songs have been available on 7"s, compilations, etc. only. Compiled by Odd
Nosdam (Anticon) this selection also includes coverversions of "The Kursaal
Flyers" and "The Prisoners". limited edition of 500 copies, silkscreened
cover.

As long as there are no remixes by Anticon people I would buy this.

Also, no digital/CD release?

"cds destroy music"

Sweet, thanks for the heads up on this.

Out There: Flying Saucer Attack's Debut LP, 20 Years On

nice piece. i'm sure he made a list of his influences for some site that i remember reading ten or so years ago but haven't been able to find since, just remember he name checks alan stivell (who also did a great droney version of sally free & easy)

the one i remember from a peel session was Jeff Mills...

anyway, listening now.

> "unprecedentedly noisy debut"

er, jesus and mary chain anyone?

haha yeah as a Merzbow fan I would not describe the debut in those terms

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrzFl17OLkg/UCBLmIhASRI/AAAAAAAABWY/OwNd36RpAgU/s1600/fsa_new-lands.jpg

last week i happened to chance upon a 3cd set of AMP material in the archive.
dont believe i have ever given any of it a listen.
may have to revise that situation this weekend ..
however, there does seem to be a difference of opinion on this thread re that particular offshoot.

New Lands is a great record for winter!

when new lands and the second movietone album came out around the same time, i was conflicted. i thought domino/drag city was trying to break my heart

Heads up:

http://jessicabailiff.tumblr.com/post/116568842761/new-flying-saucer-attack-album

FSA always sounds best on vinyl, Dave’s intended method of delivery.

Ha, it's ironic then that it was a FSA record that first made me aware of vinyl mastering challenges:

Sally Free and Easy 12" EP, Drag City (DC109), late 1996.
``Previously issued in late 1996 only on CD, Sally Free and Easy
has now been brought to vinyl in the mono format, the only way
possible to keep the needle in the grooves. The stereo mix found on
the CD version is out of phase and could not be pressed into vinyl
without causing havoc on the turntable.'' Side one is ``Sally, Free
and Easy,'' rectified for vinyl by Jim O'Rourke, while side two's
``Three Seas'' is in stereo. Limited pressing.

Her tumblr post was deleted.

And the cat is fully out of the bag -- Instrumentals 2015, due July 17th

http://fsa.space/

ooooooh. very excited.

Love the new track. I haven't listened to FSA in a long time.

cool

Pastoral feedback is always welcome. Love this shit.

Hooray!

Given his stance on CDs I can't wait for his comments on digital downloads

pre-ordered on iTunes!