Spiritualized

Greeny

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...

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Ordered PP - glow in the dark vinyl for show, CD for go...

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

Greeny

This is just too good. So many little references to music I love, including (in no particular order): That free jazz stuff Jason used to do live with people like Han Bennink and Evan Parker (very) early Kraftwerk Can Albert Ayler late 60s space jazz Art Ensemble of Chicago And a helping of psychedel...

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In fact I'd say I'm certain it is Brighton!

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Ian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:22 pm
Can anyone identify the beach that the presenter is standing on at the beginning? Would be nice to try and work out which gig they were playing on the day of the interview.

That's Brighton isn't it? Looks very much like Madeira Drive in the background to me. Shines, what do you reckon?

Greeny

The NME/Melody Maker and a programme on BBC2 called SnubTV which all introduced me to so much from late 80s into 90s (too many to mention). SnubTV was great! I still have a bunch of episodes on a VHS... must get them digitised at some point. There was also an Anglia TV show called Transmission whic...

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Please let this be of VMP quality... pretty please!

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Nice find Sunray! Loved that era of the band.

Greeny

A gig. Just a gig, with a plastic cup of crap lager, a ropey sound system and the usual post-smoking ban waft of BO stinging my nostrils.

And I'll be as happy as a pig in sh1t.

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Greeny

My albums of the year, in no particular order: Spiritualized - Ladies & Gents VMP - so good I built an entire new hi-fi around it! Alison Cotton - Only Darkness Now - absolute magic, it evokes a particular English landscape of damp mystery and mysticism, like Exmoor on an autumn morning Daniel A...

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Fuck they were good.

That version of Born Never Asked/Electric Mainline from 93... magisterial. Entirely my fault, but I still feel cheated at having missed out on seeing that iteration of the band live.

Greeny

This is gorgeous - really floating my boat at the moment:

https://denhollander.bandcamp.com/album ... a-lifetime

Discovered off a Talk Talk page and you can definitely hear some Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock echoes in there...

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I am surprised at the lack of posts about just how gorgeous this re-issue is. I am pretty certain a lot of people who post here managed to get a copy. It is a revelation to me. It sounds fantastic and as many have mentioned I am hearing things in this pressing I have never heard before. Much more e...

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Pat Garrett wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:54 am It's still available on the VMP site.

'tis true - how funny, yesterday it was coming up sold out for individual purchase!

They must have found a few more behind the sofa...

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Just ordered a copy from ebay. Excited to give this a listen based on the glowing reviews here. Same! Can't believe I've been suckered into forking out 50 quid for a non-collectable record, but the VMP site says sold out, so it was kind of "now or never". Only justified by the recent turn...

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A gig? Yes, really. OK it was a dinner show at Boisdale in Belgravia, and it was the music of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, so not really in keeping with this forum(!), but by God it was so good to witness a live music performance again. I absolutely adore Sinatra's music, and Stephen Triffitt, who...

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This now:

https://lukehoward.bandcamp.com/album/the-shadow

It's sooo beautiful...

Greeny

OK, here's a punt. This year is shaping up to be pretty extraordinary, simply because with no gigs possible artists are pushing the boat out with recorded materials, while music lovers are splashing out all that gig money on tons of physical product. I know I am - my Bandcamp has exploded! So while ...

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I'm mainlining this Verve Hultsfred recording - fuck it's good!

Can't believe I missed out on them at the time - 92-96 were such wasted years as I stuck by the indie guitar stuff to the detriment of most of the great psych/space rock/shoegaze going on...

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SpEnCeR1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:03 am Greeny! here ye go :

https://100greatestbootlegs.blogspot.co ... weden.html

Nice site - thanks!

Greeny

Laz, could you put up a link to the Hultsfred show? Would love to hear it! Thanks.

Greeny

Guess this kills the Intervention option stone dead - shame.

Do these have to be bought through VMP only, or do they make it out into record shops?

Greeny

norrin radd wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:04 pm A reissue of l.g.melodies and pure phase would be even better, both in desperate need of a proper mastered vinyl release

Ooooh - now you're talking.

Box set! Box set!

Greeny

XFM Session 2001 Not as good quality unfortunately (whoever recorded it off the radio did it a bit quietly) but good setlist and it's with the expanded ensemble https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o724ww8p0jge28l/AACYF5cuuioZTWwksM6DP2W4a?dl=0 Track 1: On Fire, Walking With Jesus, Come Together Track 2: Shi...

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I shall have to watch that Hammersmith gig.

Wonder if it captures one of my favourite Spz gig moments, when one of my mates (sitting in a different part of the auditorium) chose a particularly quiet moment between songs to declare rather loudly: "That's it; I'm never taking ecstasy again!"

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That'll settle the decision on a new turntable!

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I've got the Intervention version of Murray Head's Nigel Lived - they really are labours of love with no corners cut in sound or packaging...

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I know there are a few fans of "late period" Talk Talk on here. If you're one of them, you'll probably enjoy this:

https://zelienople.bandcamp.com/album/hold-you-up-2

Been spending waaay too much money on Bandcamp since the lockdown began!!

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Not been on here for ages, then when I finally reappear I thought I'd missed out on that Aliens live LP! But just a heads-up that what must be the last remaining copies are on the Aliens' Bandcamp page... Must have a listen to the new song. Gordon Anderson can do no wrong in my eyes, so the reaction...

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The London show is promoted by Kilimanjaro Live - don't know if that has any connection to Live Nation?

Greeny

Just recovering from back-to-back London shows by The The - no small undertaking for a man of my age and with the current disaster of a train service in and out of the 'smoke'. He/they are among my top three all time musical heroes, so these comeback shows were a must-see for me. And at the Albert H...

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Astonishing that there are still tickets available for this...

If I wasn't skint etc etc

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As of yesterday Resident Music in Brighton had stock of FUI. Might be worth watching their website when the online sales can begin.

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Could be of interest to people on here:

https://infinite-music.bandcamp.com/alb ... onte-young

I saw them do this at LSO St Luke's last year and really enjoyed it. Nice packaging too...

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Lucky US chums...

Wonder why they are so reluctant to play shows in... like... THEIR OWN FUCKING COUNTRY!!!

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

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Amid the chaff, there are a few RSD gems this year. A chance to finally hear The Isness in its original (and many say far superior) form makes that a must, while the Jah Wobble thing also appeals. The Sigur Ros LPs are a non-starter due to lack of availability and the Sp3/Spz/Spectrum releases appea...

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Regardless of Spiritualized that Primavera line-up is absolutely red hot

Cave
James Holden
Panda Bear
Art Ensemble of Chicago (!!)
The National
Ty Segall
Slowdive
Lift to Experience (!!)
Aleksi Perala

To name but a few.

Jeez - wish I wasn't totally skint just now...

Greeny

Right out of left field this one, but the release from 2017 that has gone straight into my 'desert island discs' is actually a reissue of a 1972 concept album that sank without trace when first released - Murray Head's Nigel Lived . To be honest, the only thing I knew about Murray Head was the hit h...

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I've snagged two tickets for this so my gig buddy from London can come along. Looking forward to it!

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All this talk of RIDE brings back the anguished call I received in the summer from my mate, who was at their show in London at the Village Underground but left just before the end, after which he later discovered that they played (for the only time to my knowledge) the Spacemen 3 song Revolution!! T...

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I can confirm that BP didn't play Brighton. Mind you, the support they did have, KGD (Kevin Doria), was excellent. Reminded me a lot of EAR... My lad enjoyed both sets, even though both were well into "challenging" terrain. It helped that I have finally found some earplugs that fit young e...

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Last night I went to the London premiere of the film about Matt, Inertia Variations . It really is a fantastic piece of work, very personal and very insightful, but also beautifully made by his ex-partner Johanna St Michaels. If any of you get a chance to see it, I'd strongly recommend you take it. ...

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I'm thinking the Troxy show is all about connecting with Matt's East End roots. He's campaigned to save some of the "old London" in that Whitechapel/Limehouse/Shoreditch area and the Troxy is the only major gig venue in this locale. I've been there a few times and as long as you get down t...

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The Albert Hall tickets were breathtakingly expensive - £130 for top price seats in the arena front!! I managed to grab a stalls seat in the end and that was almost a ton. Only got that through checking back again and again until the system cleared a few odd seats. By that time I had already snagged...

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Maybe it's an album of Christmas covers done in the Spiritualized stylee?

I'm dreaming of a white (line) Christmas
Hot rocks roasting on an open fire
Jingle pills

And other smash hits...

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Managed to get a ticket for the Royal Albert Hall comeback show of TheThe and a couple for the following night in Brixton. Can't believe there's been no comment about this on the forum so far... I know there are more TheThe fans than just me on here! Anyway, it's all very exciting and I personally c...

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Absolutely loved Husker Du, still do. Only 56, and with talk on the vines of a reformation.

RIP fella.

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Yeah, sorry angelsighs I meant to include Bristol in my post.

It's Brighton that is unfortunately the outlier in terms of dates - a full working week between it and Glasgow...

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No news... which is potentially bad news. I wonder if they'll just fly in for the 'long weekend' taking in Glasgow, Transformer and London.

Can't be a lot of £££ as a support at the Dome.

Greeny

You should try going to any major motorsport event on the continent (F1, Le Mans etc) if you want the full effect. You've not lived unless you've heard this sh1t blasted from 100,000 portable sound systems concurrently at four in the morning...

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I'm taking my 11yo lad to the Brighton show for a bit of father-son musical bonding.

I would have killed for such an opportunity when I was his age (by which time I was already heavily into punk, it being 1978) but I fear he may hate it...

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Without wishing to reopen old wounds, I'll note that at least it does show Jason has finally grasped the concept of "career spanning setlist", albeit six years too late...

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Crikey, they popped those UK tour dates up a bit sneakily! Got myself a couple of balcony seats for the Roundhouse, to spare the old back!

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Got some tickets to see GAS in Brighton and since it's all ages I'm going to give my lad his first taste of live electronica! Gives me a dilemma, though, because I already had a pair of good seats for his show at the Barbican the following evening... do I sell/return to save the hassle of a Sunday n...

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I use Video DownloadHelper, which I've found to be excellent. You have to pay a few bucks for a lifetime license to use the full un-watermarked version, but the images and sound it captures are top notch. If the source videos are in HD I regularly burn them to DVD and watch them on my telly, and the...

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I know exactly what you are saying, One Asian. I adore Radiohead and love a box set as much as the next man, so I've stumped up for all the recent Radiohead ones. But for a one-er I'm going to pass and just get the CD version to hear the new tracks. If they'd shown a bit more inclination to actually...

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I got the box set, and it is a very nice thing indeed. Probably not 50 quid nice but fuck it, I've spent more on less in my life...

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There will surely be more shows added once they can get them arranged, won't there? It cannot be worth them lugging everything over from the States just for the two already announced... Mind you, it is fairly typical of Josh's haphazard approach to life and music!! Finally got the new version of TJC...

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I happened to be in Brighton on Saturday morning and wandered past the big indie shop there (Resident Records) some time after 10am - massive queue and doing a one in/one out thing. Must have been a lot of local folk who saw more in the release line up than I did! I just walked straight past. Only t...

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There is only one album that needs to be on this list. It's in a class of its own.

Shame, Humility, Revenge by Skin:

https://vimeo.com/69471670

And if you don't believe me fast forward to track 9...

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Live session uploaded today:

http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musiq ... ces-245975

Enjoy!

Greeny

Six By Seven at the Maze in Nottingham. They're playing another gig in London next Sat. It won't be two sets, and I'm not going to that, but I'd heartily recommend it to anyone who can make it. I went on Saturday - it was excellent. Chris Olley will never be the world's most natural frontman (some ...

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Gotta say I absolutely love Farrow's graphic design work. Clean, clear and so pleasing on the eye. Edited 2/3/17: to add that I should have mentioned I was talking about the wider portfolio of Farrow's work that was shown in those links, not specifically Spz-related stuff. I can see that would not h...

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I really dislike the new cover as well, and the box set is a bit pricey, but I reckon I'll go for it to support the artists as much as anything.

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I wasn't really that taken with the Minor Victories stuff that came out last year - felt a bit less than the sum of its parts to my ears. By by God, they've come up with something special now. An instrumental take called 'Orchestral Variations'. Here's a taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYkTc...

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