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by Greeny
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Pete Bain Memoir Reading In London
Replies: 7
Views: 1443

Re: Pete Bain Memoir Reading In London

A crowdfund would be the best option for sure. I've seen them set up for unpublished books several times, and I've bought at least two books through such schemes, including this one: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/book-mark-hollis/mark-hollis-or-the-art-of-erasure It's no risk on both sides re...
by Greeny
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you got coming up?
Replies: 1733
Views: 1613495

Re: What gigs have you got coming up?

I got a last minute freebie for this Greeny (my friend was reviewing it for local paper) and was mightily impressed. Hadn’t even heard anything by either act beforehand but couldn’t turn down the invite having only recently discussed with my mate how gutted I was that I never got to see Radiohead b...
by Greeny
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you got coming up?
Replies: 1733
Views: 1613495

Re: What gigs have you got coming up?

The Smile supported by James Holden in Brighton tonight - very much looking forward to it!

Might be the closest my lad (who absolutely loves them) ever gets to seeing Radiohead in the flesh - even they don't actually do any 'head songs on this tour.
by Greeny
Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Brighton Festival
Replies: 3
Views: 300

Re: Brighton Festival

Think I'm more interested in the UNKLE show if I'm honest.
by Greeny
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: 2024 - Albums...what to look forward to etc
Replies: 14
Views: 1209

Re: 2024 - Albums...what to look forward to etc

Johnny Halifax follow up to Acid Bluus also due out this year too, I believe. This is on the top of my list. Has anyone made it to one of their shows? I stumbled upon them at one of the Iclektik closing shows, having never come across them before (we actually went to see Sculpture). Have to say the...
by Greeny
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: re: R.I.P. Shane McGowan
Replies: 7
Views: 1841

Re: re: R.I.P. Shane McGowan

When I lived in London he frequented/lived in my local, The Boogaloo in Highgate. They never had window blinds and often as I was heading out to the Tube first thing in the morning I'd glance in and see him asleep on one of the sofas, still in his tatty suit, socks but no shoes (he didn't wear shoes...
by Greeny
Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds
Replies: 9
Views: 1932

Re: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

I was just saying Lady Gaga stood toe to toe with Mick Jagger. Can't be easy. Oh, totally. I'm 100% in agreement with you. Gaga has one of the great female voices IMHO - I've long argued this with my sceptical mates even when she was "only" a pop star and they raised their eyebrows at how...
by Greeny
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds
Replies: 9
Views: 1932

Re: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

spzretent wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:45 am This video just dropped.

Jesus! Lady Gaga is something else. Five words I never thought I would say.
Jagger's no slouch with the vocals there either!
by Greeny
Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds
Replies: 9
Views: 1932

Re: Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds

Played the album in full last night - have to say it lived up to the hype. Impressive.

And yes, definitely a hint of "country Spiritualized" in Sweet Sounds of Heaven!
by Greeny
Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you just been to?
Replies: 1357
Views: 1042301

Re: What gigs have you just been to?

Roger Waters at the Palladium... what can I say??!! Sadly we went on the haphazard Sunday rather than the more coherent Monday, the biggest pity of which was missing a decent chunk of the Redux set as it was over-running so badly that we were in danger of not getting home to Sussex :( Monday I'm tol...
by Greeny
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:37 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you got coming up?
Replies: 1733
Views: 1613495

Re: What gigs have you got coming up?

Snagged a Twickets ticket to see Echo & the Bunnymen doing Ocean Rain with an orchestra at the RAH later this month. It completely passed me by when first announced, but that album is special to me... when I lived on my own, so could, I used to spark up a joint and go to sleep to that record mos...
by Greeny
Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you got coming up?
Replies: 1733
Views: 1613495

Re: What gigs have you got coming up?

Managed to score a couple of nosebleed seats for the Roger Waters DSOTM Redux gig at The Palladium!

No idea what to expect; I'm taking my lad as it should be a good musical milestone for him and his band are into Floyd.
by Greeny
Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New Slowdive Album + U.K. and North American Tour 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 3193

Re: New Slowdive Album + U.K. and North American Tour 2023

Can't believe that was the first time Slowdive had played Glastonbury!

For UK-based board members, and those with a VPN, the BBC iPlayer has their full set to stream for 28 days from now:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p ... y-slowdive
by Greeny
Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: What gigs have you just been to?
Replies: 1357
Views: 1042301

Re: What gigs have you just been to?

Did the Bassman/Flowers of Hell psych night at the 100 Club last night and boy, I'm glad we did! Pete came out first when the venue was still filling up and did a solo set of about five songs, starting with Mary Anne! It was lovely, although I'd have liked his guitar a bit higher and the backing tra...
by Greeny
Thu May 18, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: Midnight Sun Festival (Stornoway May 2023)
Replies: 14
Views: 3803

Re: Midnight Sun Festival (Stornoway May 2023)

Can anyone clarify this? I am coming in from Los Angeles and purchased the Friday show ticket, but now see that SPZ is slated for Saturday. Help. Thank you! Update: The director of the show messaged me today and SPZ is indeed on Friday. Have a great show, everyone. I sincerely hope you get refunds ...
by Greeny
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Live youtube vid- Spiritualized @ Quart Festival Norway 1993
Replies: 12
Views: 2221

Re: Live youtube vid- Spiritualized @ Quart Festival Norway 1993

Wow, what a delightful throwback in every way! Jason using the "3" guitar; no phones to be seen, and Kate looking pretty hot also! Couple of years after this I was in Kristiansand getting off the overnight ferry from Denmark. Was the middle of winter, though, so don't remember it looking l...
by Greeny
Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: 2022 Albums
Replies: 25
Views: 4155

Re: 2022 Albums

In no particular order: Alison Cotton - The Portrait You Painted of Me Richard Fearless - Future Rave Memory Rival Consoles - Now Is Andy Bell - Flicker The Utopia Strong - International Treasure Animal Collective - Time Skiffs 7FO - Music for Himitsu (probably my favourite from this list) Everythin...
by Greeny
Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Martin Duffy RIP
Replies: 10
Views: 1399

Re: Martin Duffy RIP

A brutal end to the year this is. :(
by Greeny
Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Keith Levene RIP
Replies: 4
Views: 800

Re: Keith Levene RIP

Did anyone ever see him live? I saw the Metal Box in Dub show he did with Jah Wobble at the Village Underground. Both men were on good form but the concept didn't really work as well as we'd hoped. For starters it wasn't very dubby! And the guy doing the Lydon vocals was quite annoying. But I'm sti...
by Greeny
Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:20 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mimi Parker RIP
Replies: 13
Views: 1963

Re: Mimi Parker RIP

I don't normally post in RIP threads - no-one cares what I think at the end of the day - but the passing of this wonderful artist and human being (at my age) is truly heartbreaking to me.

I absolutely adore Low. A real light has gone out in my musical life.

Godspeed Mimi.
by Greeny
Thu Sep 29, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: 'Ello, 'ello, 'ello - what's all this then?
Replies: 2
Views: 1999

'Ello, 'ello, 'ello - what's all this then?

Just had a mailer from Fuzz Club including a promo for a new film called Trip. Includes this blurb, and the emphasis is mine: The film features live performances and intimate behind the scenes footage of bands and musicians from the U.S, U.K, Iceland, Europe and South Africa. Experience the garage p...
by Greeny
Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 Town & Country Club, London -1989-07-23
Replies: 17
Views: 7207

Re: Spacemen 3 Town & Country Club, London -1989-07-23

Ugh - I can still so clearly remember seeing an ad for the Town & Country gig in the NME and wanting to go, but in those days I only really had one gig buddy and he wasn't bothered. The concept of solo gig-going was anathema to the then-21 year-old me.

Regrets, I've had a few...
by Greeny
Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:43 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Happy Mondays
Replies: 39
Views: 6479

Re: Happy Mondays

I guess the Roses are fully 'done' now? Haven't heard anything for ages.
by Greeny
Mon May 02, 2022 3:02 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022
Replies: 522
Views: 2062626

Re: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022

I must be the unluckiest guy around. Got a replacement pink vinyl from Kontraband... and it has a big gouge out of the edge of side 2, making an inevitably horrendous pop throughout the start of the first track. Jesus the quality control at that plant... I'm seriously thinking about borrowing a mill...
by Greeny
Mon May 02, 2022 11:38 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Brighton 30/4/22
Replies: 20
Views: 4395

Re: Brighton 30/4/22

. It's still the ending that i have trouble with, it looks like it just peters out after A Song. Funnily enough that was the last song we watched, albeit standing at the back as we'd already abandoned the seats. I knew what was coming next - two of my least favourite "oldies" and some oth...
by Greeny
Sun May 01, 2022 5:42 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Brighton 30/4/22
Replies: 20
Views: 4395

Re: Brighton 30/4/22

My first live Spiritualized experience since the (for me) disastrous RAH2 show, and I had high hopes despite some serious misgivings about the set list having looked at previous shows. The opening salvo was great, if a bit "Spiritualized noise by numbers" and Shine a Light was sublime. But...
by Greeny
Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:32 pm
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: European Tour 2022
Replies: 82
Views: 30510

Re: European Tour 2022

Bit of a bonus for us Brighton-goers (well, those of us who like that sort of thing!) - the support has just been announced as free improviser saxophonist John Butcher.

Definitely going to make sure I'm in there for that...
by Greeny
Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:40 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022
Replies: 522
Views: 2062626

Re: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022

Well, as I half expected the pressing of my vinyl copy is a total disaster. Perhaps the worst new vinyl record I've ever received, even worse than Pure Phase reissue.

Sigh. Back to Kontraband it'll have to go. It's totally unacceptable.
by Greeny
Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:49 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022
Replies: 522
Views: 2062626

Re: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022

So, is anybody going to press out and make their card boxes from the special edition?

Must say I'm tempted!
by Greeny
Sun Apr 24, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022
Replies: 522
Views: 2062626

Re: "Everything was beautiful" - New Spiritualized® Album 2022

Given its price, I have to say it's pretty mean not to include a download code with the box set vinyl.

Not had a chance to listen to it yet, but after reading reports it's already had a pre-emptive run through my ultrasonic cleaner! Fingers crossed it's one of the "good ones"
by Greeny
Thu Apr 14, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: 2001 BBC Radio 1 Session
Replies: 49
Views: 6040

Re: 2001 BBC Radio 1 Session

True. I think the phrase was something Jason was keen on at the time. If I remember correctly (this was now 2 decades ago.. damn i'm old!) you could buy tees just with that written on it, and J wore one himself the first time I saw them live. Oh, indeed. I managed to hunt one of those down at the t...
by Greeny
Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: 2001 BBC Radio 1 Session
Replies: 49
Views: 6040

Re: 2001 BBC Radio 1 Session

I've got that US release Amazing Grace 12" in my collection. I have a music night coming up as an after-show to the Spiritualized Brighton gig - must dig it out and give it a clean ready for an airing!
by Greeny
Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:11 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: LOOP to reform?
Replies: 133
Views: 36435

Re: LOOP to reform?

What a cock-up this album release is proving. First Fuzz Club send out their special editions too early, pre-empting the band's own issue (much to the chagrin of Mr Hampson) and now it turns out that some of those copies - my own included :( - instead of being vibrant orange are a kind of dirty gree...
by Greeny
Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:58 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Fail we may...
Replies: 5
Views: 1276

Re: Fail we may...

Loved that - wish it'd been a bit longer.
by Greeny
Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings
Replies: 59
Views: 19534

Re: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings

That documentary is fantastic. Beautifully made hour of TV. FWIW I agree with Alan McGee, the Memphis version is a masterpiece and it will stand as their towering achievement, but it would have been the wrong call to release it into the bombastic, coke-fuelled madness that was the mid-90s. I cannot ...
by Greeny
Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings
Replies: 59
Views: 19534

Re: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings

And as a little follow up, Rough Trade currently have the Run Out Groove 3xLP for a bargain £29.99

https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/primal-sc ... e98da24705

Unmissable at that price...
by Greeny
Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:35 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun Vinyl Me Please January 2x LP
Replies: 2
Views: 744

Re: Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun Vinyl Me Please January 2x LP

That is a stone cold classic to be fair. I remember reading about this album - I think on an early Radiohead messageboard - and ordered the original release CD direct from Iceland, before it came out in the UK. Then invited my best mate and his girlfriend over for a listening party. They just couldn...
by Greeny
Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings
Replies: 59
Views: 19534

Re: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings

Oh Jesus, this forum... that's another 50 quid it's cost me and I only logged in on Saturday to kill a few minutes while doing banking stuff!! :D As worth it as the VMP LAGWAFIS in my opinion. Run Out Groove is a fantastic label. Serious quality. Just wanted to give a hat tip to Spzretent for this ...
by Greeny
Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:16 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: LOOP to reform?
Replies: 133
Views: 36435

Re: LOOP to reform?

Nice Fuzz Club bespoke vinyl edition if anyone is interested:

https://fuzzclub.com/products/loop-sona ... ub-edition
by Greeny
Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:01 am
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: European Tour 2022
Replies: 82
Views: 30510

Re: European Tour 2022

UK presale in Ticketmaster doesn't seem to be working. Just sat there with a whirly wheel and now nothing!
by Greeny
Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: European Tour 2022
Replies: 82
Views: 30510

Re: 2022 UK tour is on!

Is there a presale code/link for Brighton?
by Greeny
Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:21 am
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: European Tour 2022
Replies: 82
Views: 30510

European Tour 2022

Just had an alert for a Spz gig at Brighton Dome on Saturday 30 April next year. Guess that means the 2022 tour is on! Update with UK dates: Thu, APR 28, 2022@ 7:00 PM The Forum Bath, United Kingdom On Sale: Fri, NOV 5 Fri, APR 29, 2022@ 7:00 PM Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge, United Kingdom On S...
by Greeny
Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:13 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: What Are You Listening To Now?
Replies: 5913
Views: 1246760

Re: What Are You Listening To Now?

I remember it being rammed, my wife and I had to stand on some seats near the back to be able to see anything. Amazing gig though, only time I saw them with Bickers. It takes no time to get from London to Brighton, and those of us on the coast make the journey in the other direction for gigs all th...
by Greeny
Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings
Replies: 59
Views: 19534

Re: Primal Scream : The Original Memphis Recordings

I am on my third listen of this new Run Out Groove version of this LP. I love this record so much but this pressing takes it to another level. It is sublime. All I can think of when listening to it is this is the organic Memphisized version of this LP that works so much better than the original rel...
by Greeny
Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

For any trivia nerds on here, L&G is at no. 43 in British album charts this week, and no. 11 on the Scottish album chart, kept out of the top 10 by Low. Possibly down to about 200 of us buying multiple copies in the hope we find one that's not fucked? Ha ha - if there was a 'like' button on her...
by Greeny
Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:12 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

For those asking/interested, this is what the original 12 Steps t-shirts look like, front and back:
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by Greeny
Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:26 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Aquarium Drunkard Interview / New Album
Replies: 29
Views: 4328

Re: Aquarium Drunkard Interview / New Album

"Whoever wants to pay a retainer to the major can make a reissue of it."

I had never really thought about this. How intriguing!
by Greeny
Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: new Aliens?
Replies: 39
Views: 9942

Re: new Aliens?

I mentioned this to Mark Runcible yesterday - if you’re into The Lone Pigeon (aka Gordon Anderson) you should check out this compilation/album on Spotify called Time Capsule 001-010 . Amusingly - it’s described as an EP. An EP that lasts 6 and a half hours and contains 159 tracks… 😳 It’s not all go...
by Greeny
Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:09 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: new Aliens?
Replies: 39
Views: 9942

Re: new Aliens?

Anyone buy the RSD release and get the extra tracks on the download? Seriously - what's that all about?! I kept thinking it had finished and then another tune would gently emerge from the silence. And then another, and another after that. It's very weird indeed! I also played The Aliens' Luna for t...
by Greeny
Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Vinyl Pressings
Replies: 1
Views: 698

Re: Vinyl Pressings

Seconded on Intervention Records. They're not overly prolific though, which is a shame.
by Greeny
Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bunnymen
Replies: 43
Views: 9511

Re: Bunnymen

Fab - thanks neil_jung
by Greeny
Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bunnymen
Replies: 43
Views: 9511

Re: Bunnymen

This is a fantastic bootleg of prime Bunnymen: https://www.discogs.com/Echo-The-Bunnymen-Do-It-Clean-Glastonbury-CND-Festival-23-6-85/release/3428431 My mate had a version of this which he got at a record fair. I taped it off him and played it to death all through the late 80s! EDIT: can also be se...
by Greeny
Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:28 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bunnymen
Replies: 43
Views: 9511

Re: Bunnymen

This is a fantastic bootleg of prime Bunnymen: https://www.discogs.com/Echo-The-Bunnymen-Do-It-Clean-Glastonbury-CND-Festival-23-6-85/release/3428431 My mate had a version of this which he got at a record fair. I taped it off him and played it to death all through the late 80s! EDIT: can also be see...
by Greeny
Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:49 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

Sigh. Got a black vinyl replacement (no postage fees but I had to send back the GITD version, so no opportunity to frame it on the wall, which is all it was good for!) It is better, for sure. But really not up to par. So much surface noise, even after an ultrasonic clean. Halfway through I just swit...
by Greeny
Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:57 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Spiritualized supporting Neil Young 1996 video
Replies: 12
Views: 2000

Re: Spiritualized supporting Neil Young 1996 video

Nice to see Jason break out the "3" telecaster. I recall Kate playing bass on These Blues when they played Glasgow on the Pure Phase tour. This vid kinda threw me as i thought she was long gone by '96, my memory is very fuzzy tho... her and Jason's relationship was long gone but i saw her...
by Greeny
Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:16 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Spiritualized supporting Neil Young 1996 video
Replies: 12
Views: 2000

Re: Spiritualized supporting Neil Young 1996 video

Couple of things struck me: Kate on bass! Guess that was a thing back then, but I only saw them once with her in the band and that was summer 97. She stayed resolutely behind the keyboards then as I recall... And the guy on the desk "playing" the riff for Electric Mainline. Anybody know wh...
by Greeny
Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

By the way, want to know how time flies, and how timeless Pure Phase remains?

The gap between its release and today is the same (26 years) as the gap between the release of The Beatles' Abbey Road and that of PP...
by Greeny
Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

I think the problem is more the high demand and limited pressing capacity, with maybe a few corners being cut along the way to rush the jobs along. After all, the VMP Ladies & Gents is blue and that sounds fantastic. I also picked up the new Sons of Kemet from VMP on a crazy marbled vinyl and th...
by Greeny
Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:48 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

Just ordered the black vinyl, hoping its a better pressing than the glow in the dark one, All Of My Tears is almost unlistenable, actually put it off twice now Far too many pops and clicks from my glow version. Intro to side A very noisy. Bit peeved. Rest sounds really really good though, which mak...
by Greeny
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:42 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

Got mine via Kontraband - GITD vinyl and CD. No badge though :( even though the invoice is marked "Please include free badge while stocks last"

Guess they didn't last that far...
by Greeny
Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:13 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Electronic Sound magazine with Spiritualized 7"
Replies: 34
Views: 4720

Re: Electronic Sound magazine with Spiritualized 7"

Once they go up in the magazine's website shop you can usually buy the magazine and 7" bundle on its own, with no need to subscribe (I've done this before). The good ones do sell out quickly though.
by Greeny
Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:09 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bizarre new local record shop experience
Replies: 9
Views: 1942

Re: Bizarre new local record shop experience

$500 records? What sort of stuff were they trying to flog for that?

It's a shame that, owing to personal circumstances, the 90s were about the only era I didn't buy lots of vinyl!!
by Greeny
Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

By the way, if anyone is looking for an art print with their PP it looks like Recordstore.co.uk have got them this time: https://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Pure-Phase-Limited-Edition-Glow-in-the-Dark-Vinyl-LP-The-Spaceman-Reissue-Program-Hand-Numbered-Art-Print/6YPU0000000?utm_cam...
by Greeny
Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:14 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***
Replies: 627
Views: 447219

Re: *** Spaceman Reissue Program ***

Ordered PP - glow in the dark vinyl for show, CD for go...
by Greeny
Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:21 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: JS & JC play the Red Krayola
Replies: 5
Views: 1307

Re: JS & JC play the Red Krayola

Anyone else struggling to get the clip to play on the HJ website?