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FILED UNDER: BauhausMonday January 16, 2012
The Bauhaus live album, This Is For When… is released as a download today (and can be streamed on Spotify). The concert was specially mixed for the Mask Omnibus Edition (which has now sold out) by Mark Wallis and captures the original incarnation of the band at the peak of their powers. Hell of a racket for just a voice, a guitar, a bass guitar and a drum kit. No backing hard-drive samples back then folks – what you saw played was what you got and all the better for it. A great show.
Incidentally, the title comes from a poem written by another Northampton resident, ‘Brilburn Logue’, better known these days as Alan Moore. His recitation of the piece (with backing sounds by David J) was used on stage to introduce the band, but this is the only recorded release. Ever graphic comic fans, the name Love And Rockets was a tip to the Hernandez brothers’ publication.
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Back In Stock
FILED UNDER: GeneralFriday January 6, 2012
One intention of this site is to let people know when CDs become available again and, following the fire at our distributors back in August, we’re finally working on replacing deeper catalogue titles. Initially we’ve located overstocks in Greece (including some titles that have been long unavailable) and these are being booked into our UK distributor.
If you’re interested in any of these get them now as there’s generally only 25 copies going to the distributor (some will sell out again quickly) and we don’t know when more can be located or manufactured.
Try ordering them from SISTER RAY
PS. The last copies of the This Mortal Coil Box set are going to the distributor this week so order it now or regret it forever!
Antony & The Johnsons – The Crying Light
M.I.A. – Kala
Charlatans – Songs From The Other Side
Cat Power – Jukebox
The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights
Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
Celebration – Celebration
Fifty Foot Wave – Bug
Lisa Gerrard – The Best Of Lisa Gerrard
Scott Walker – The Drift
Stereolab – Chemical Chords
This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears (last copies in Jewel cases)
This Mortal Coil – Filigree & Shadow (last copies in Jewel cases)
Various Artists – Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation)
Various Artists – 1980 Forward
Bob Mould – District Line (last copies)
John Cale – Artificial Intelligence (last copies)
Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw
Spoon – Gimme Fiction
Times New Viking – Move To California
Yo La Tengo -Prisoners Of Love 1986-2002
Arthur Russell – World Of Echo
Eddi Reader – Sings The Songs Of Robert Burns – Expanded
Masters In France – Mad Hatter
Electric Six – Fire
Giggs – Let Em Ave It
To My Boy – Messages
Go Betweens – Best Of
Antony & The Johnsons – Another World
Beck – One Foot In The Grave
This Mortal Coil – Blood (last copies in Jewel cases)
Cocteau Twins – Lullabies To Violaine (Volume 1)
Cocteau Twins – Lullabies To Violaine (Volume 2)
Bauhaus – Mask (Omnibus Edition) (last copies)
Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Hands
Bauhaus – The Skys Gone Out
Throwing Muses – Real Ramona
Belly – Sweet Ride – The Best Of Belly
Oceansize – Everyone Into Position
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard – ‘Em Are I
TV On The Radio – Desparate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes
The Charlatans – Some Friendly – Expanded
Fields Of The Nephilim – Revelations
Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year
Devendra Banhart – Nino Rojo
Super Furry Animals – Hey Venus!
Modern English – Mesh & Lace (last copies)
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Budd & Frazer & Guthrie – Moon & The Melodies
Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago
Layo & Bushwacka – Night Works
Bauhaus – In The Flat Field (Omnibus Edition) (last copies)
The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World To Come
Throwing Muses – House Tornado (last copies)
God Help The Girl – God Help The Girl
The Hold Steady – A Positive Rage
Electralane – No Shouts No Calls
Serena Maneesh – S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor
Throwing Muses – Hunkpapa (last copies)
Cave Singers – Welcome Joy
Shooting At Unarmed Men – Soon There Will Be…
Breeders – Mountain Battles
Hope Blister – Underarms & Sideways (last copies)
Robert Foster & Grant Mclennan – Intermission: The Best Of The Solo Recordings 1990-97 (last copies)
Jaguar Love – Take Me To The Sea
Matmos – The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of The Beast
Times New Viking – Rip It Off
Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years
Tapes n Tapes – Walk It Off
Various Artists – Serious Times
Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
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New year releases
FILED UNDER: GeneralWednesday December 21, 2011
We’re delighted to be issuing the Cocteau Twins’ compilation Stars And Topsoil as a double vinyl LP on 6th February. Based around the artwork for the original CD release, there are notes by the author Alan Warner (read this man! Try The Sopranos) and this first edition is pressed on heavy, white vinyl. Disc mastering is by John Dent
One thing that was never corrected from the original sleeve is the players’ credits. Robin is listed as ‘guitars’ and Simon as ‘bass’ but in reality both contributed piano, bass and guitars (and more) across the history of the recordings. So now you know.
In the USA the release is on regular, black vinyl but there will be copies of the European white vinyl edition available from the 4AD STORE
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DOWNLOAD NEWS
As regular readers know, we’re not fans of the quality of mp3 but the reality it’s uneconomical to make (and keep) many items available in physical format, so it’s a practical compromise. The first release has a story attached…
PARCHMAN SINGLES and PARCHMAN DYSTOPIA – Download only
Ivor Perry was in the band Easterhouse) who released albums on Rough Trade in the 80’s (and was considered as a replacement for Johnny Marr in The Smiths). Influenced by the Manchester club scene, he moved into a dark electronica, releasing two singles on CityBeat (from whence sprang XL Recordings) and, after the demise of CityBeat, a further two releases on the Vector imprint. Only a couple of these were on CD, so now all the recordings have been collected on a singles compilation. Earlier this year Ivor got in touch requesting digital copies of his recordings (he only had vinyl) and he also mentioned an unreleased album. If memory serves, there was a staff change at the label so the album was shelved. While sorting through the DAT’s there was seemingly a track called Dystopia but it transpired this was the potential title for the album, which was all there, mixed and sequenced. Consequently, nearly 20 years later, we are finally releasing the music.
BAUHAUS THIS IS FOR WHEN – Download only
Now that the MASK Omnibus box set has sold out, we’re making the live album available as a download. This was recorded in London in 1981, when Bauhaus were arguably at the pinnacle of their power, it is the entire show remixed by Mark Wallis with Pete Edwards in 2008 and featuring some of their most intense recorded performances. A treat.
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