tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283406522024-03-07T03:36:59.080-05:00theblackenedairjoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.comBlogger423125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-41281046799985144532013-02-02T11:59:00.005-05:002013-02-02T11:59:46.764-05:00mediafire account suspended<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
sadly, mediafire have suspended my account, so nothing is available any more. will see if i can get it back. if not, may just call it a day (at last).</div>
joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-10361950450647928702013-01-22T19:37:00.001-05:002013-01-22T19:37:10.838-05:00the shadow ring | mouth on mouse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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very fine single, all the way from norway.<br />
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7" released by mykedroner in 1997.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?u5m2vjk746uousa" target="_blank">get.</a></div>
joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-82189914926408492962013-01-18T15:54:00.000-05:002013-01-18T15:54:35.177-05:00elevate | magic spill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the debut, self-released, hard-to-find, etched-in-ivory, wrapped-in-gold-leaf, true-love-waiting release by elevate. darker, less melodic, less structured than later releases.<br />
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thanks to peter tron for this!<br />
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10" self- released in 1993<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?cdsie4anf7dssxe" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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p.s. yes, first post in over a year. next post tomorrow or in 2 years. or somewhere inbetween.</div>
joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-17196849542145208012011-11-15T22:55:00.000-05:002011-11-15T22:55:00.230-05:00the shadow ring | city lights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhZnKxn59RK_IvN9dyHRccYyVN5KLblxAb8_S01c_yMkBlIsaukyLNpwMG5Ol8eHxtPCDovTyNihcMt2SjKkJwTWWrXcvMT5yoTI9JWLrT3eJzkYH9RycVpeRgIL12sKj24qS/s1600/shadowring-citylights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhZnKxn59RK_IvN9dyHRccYyVN5KLblxAb8_S01c_yMkBlIsaukyLNpwMG5Ol8eHxtPCDovTyNihcMt2SjKkJwTWWrXcvMT5yoTI9JWLrT3eJzkYH9RycVpeRgIL12sKj24qS/s200/shadowring-citylights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673211749622563842" border="0" /></a>first album.<br /><br />lp released by dry leaf discs in 1993.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xce29wn8pko9w35">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-2239725723311084022011-11-14T22:44:00.000-05:002011-11-14T22:44:00.073-05:0050holehead | climax tailings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTbKfM9V9diEANbW_Of1rBOktFTLwEtf_IbMuln5OVz0c3qV55St0-E_NGSEOmp1T86AN3eUy7J_m080GPdODHQSH9av8Sn3AT2DnItg4Z2uyxa3H_Y2_0Op2yTnsGE2EhNaG/s1600/050-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTbKfM9V9diEANbW_Of1rBOktFTLwEtf_IbMuln5OVz0c3qV55St0-E_NGSEOmp1T86AN3eUy7J_m080GPdODHQSH9av8Sn3AT2DnItg4Z2uyxa3H_Y2_0Op2yTnsGE2EhNaG/s320/050-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674883688613323586" border="0" /></a>...and suddenly 2 months have gone by... anyway, hopefully you've downloaded the may queen in july comp and enjoyed one of the standout tracks by 50holehead - in which case, here's a whole album of the same quality.<br /><br />tim whalen was an american living in tokyo. possibly he still is. i have no idea. at the time he had his own label (didn't everyone?), <a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/semiroar/">semi-roar</a>, releasing his own stuff alongside the likes of italy's onq, argentina's reynols and nottingham's warser gate. he would also send me little clear plastic bags that i used to package later releases in. handy.<br /><br />this was my 50th release.<br /><br />tape released by kylie productions in 1999.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6k2akzzyziifjr6">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-81797107013642510612011-09-03T22:28:00.001-04:002011-09-03T22:28:00.105-04:00new bad things | freewheel!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNDI6ZktwpBAvgyIrjjw7vGkOLmc4NaGTLJtGTGssW5HTm36-MDCMoB9VP_DuVkNCbz9TIH5yetFB6R4r1qyjJ3pH9DFKGSe4pqp7mYvlB7oSeLhtH0Ngn3ySoLDlevAsZwib/s1600/newbadthings-freewheel%2521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNDI6ZktwpBAvgyIrjjw7vGkOLmc4NaGTLJtGTGssW5HTm36-MDCMoB9VP_DuVkNCbz9TIH5yetFB6R4r1qyjJ3pH9DFKGSe4pqp7mYvlB7oSeLhtH0Ngn3ySoLDlevAsZwib/s200/newbadthings-freewheel%2521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647955446994400754" border="0" /></a>the debut album by nbts...
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<br />lp released by candy-ass in 1995.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?s5dqqxo2d5q5mx9">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-79758575354011005652011-09-02T22:23:00.000-04:002011-09-02T22:23:00.883-04:00various | the may queen in july<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcxx3siM16Sk7tzmdoCb_lb7NTmPfqV_d26AXXRlKPPNwgOpUsw0XtBP6lJC61XRf9uAic4B7BXXLdffFxQBRkDhs5lpZHxh9atYEExjm3gVtXL_bXOthBVFLDZ9MmODOYFsz/s1600/marilyn2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcxx3siM16Sk7tzmdoCb_lb7NTmPfqV_d26AXXRlKPPNwgOpUsw0XtBP6lJC61XRf9uAic4B7BXXLdffFxQBRkDhs5lpZHxh9atYEExjm3gVtXL_bXOthBVFLDZ9MmODOYFsz/s200/marilyn2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647952941049969074" border="0" /></a>this is the best tape compilation i did, and i never bloody released it. i spent 2 years compiling it, was very excited about it, but then its completion coincided with the collapse of my tiny empire in 2000. oof.
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<br />anyway, at 2 x c60 it's a monster - 42 tracks in all - and it's basically dedicated to four-track pop, so expect lots of hiss along with the tunes.
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<br />and there really are plenty of tunes to be had here, from:
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<br />::: charlie mcalister
<br />::: father
<br />::: southern charm pageant
<br />::: remora
<br />::: crayola summer
<br />::: inca eyeball
<br />::: girlboy girl
<br />::: mad planets
<br />::: courtis
<br />::: werewolves on hashish
<br />::: in tundra
<br />::: tegan fraid (age 3)
<br />::: hood
<br />::: caleb fraid
<br />::: 50holehead
<br />::: jalopy
<br />::: michelle glaw
<br />::: fink
<br />::: plundershop
<br />::: warser gate
<br />::: smirkworthy
<br />::: elk
<br />::: catkins of jazz
<br />::: food
<br />::: november 1959
<br />::: frank peck
<br />::: will simmons
<br />::: drekka
<br />::: i hail taxis
<br />::: cocker spaniels
<br />::: ring
<br />::: mandorris
<br />::: crosseyed
<br />::: my place in space
<br />::: shy rights movement
<br />::: swingset
<br />::: wagstaff
<br />::: princeton reverbs colonnial
<br />::: george willard
<br />::: fernando
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<br />2 x c60 nearly released by kylie productions in 2000.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?x7k08qn14c11boi">part 1.</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qt29ueqzazhygwy">part 2.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-48802168441165836782011-09-01T22:06:00.003-04:002011-09-01T22:12:52.898-04:00the shadow ring | the music of the shadow ring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitO3EjjAAR8UsbM-dQZYXA_5eH9d5C0zPnLMeXISDQZpuHwMY1TSDtA83OLpWWhhHM_KLMXuIwaGtXFN3e7woVGVwEpANRy3c_DUn1GM7tgVaN4ak4E-RKdm9eWpboM-xT6TLc/s1600/shadowring-musicof.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitO3EjjAAR8UsbM-dQZYXA_5eH9d5C0zPnLMeXISDQZpuHwMY1TSDtA83OLpWWhhHM_KLMXuIwaGtXFN3e7woVGVwEpANRy3c_DUn1GM7tgVaN4ak4E-RKdm9eWpboM-xT6TLc/s200/shadowring-musicof.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647578853496299058" border="0" /></a>debut 7" from graham lambkin and co. as intriguing as the cover art.
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<br />7" released by dry leaf discs in 1993.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?brg1wvoff15vf4h">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-76425082168959792742011-08-31T22:46:00.003-04:002011-08-31T22:52:57.563-04:00father | night classes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPux0wlVYBgdGdqDDm6Louy7t33RcxNH-PRWGqaENCFUDMO6hRJskvm2SP3W1fcPzh_s-p_o8NwiK3GTsjIj2oDIygBr0rMcBBcoxmAI3CqLdVyCRZ2JvJUlRbj7TTEgyFxa5/s1600/father-nightclasses.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPux0wlVYBgdGdqDDm6Louy7t33RcxNH-PRWGqaENCFUDMO6hRJskvm2SP3W1fcPzh_s-p_o8NwiK3GTsjIj2oDIygBr0rMcBBcoxmAI3CqLdVyCRZ2JvJUlRbj7TTEgyFxa5/s320/father-nightclasses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647218657498497154" border="0" /></a>as promised, here's a third father tape, and the last one i have, and indeed the last one i know about. anyone know if there were others?
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<br />the eagle-eared will spot a few duplicate tracks on this one to the other two, though slightly different versions.
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<br />quality.
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<br />at some point i'll rip the 555 7", though i suspect someone else has beaten me to it.
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<br />tape released by cakehole in 1996(?).
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hyuvf3heuzcuaft">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-71056506596056361772011-08-29T21:56:00.000-04:002011-08-29T21:56:00.037-04:00father | dancing major<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbA3VY6zNfs8aIPJDjr7_rrjb2KjEGHRpQN6NINH-rPxwjmx2z8QEcSR00g-VhtrG_XGnPbclcfswWY05bTXZgzh7uicoYvtTX3Jv-srXdo5EwELbbDochjhHYPOQMehMAb5Fn/s1600/004_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbA3VY6zNfs8aIPJDjr7_rrjb2KjEGHRpQN6NINH-rPxwjmx2z8QEcSR00g-VhtrG_XGnPbclcfswWY05bTXZgzh7uicoYvtTX3Jv-srXdo5EwELbbDochjhHYPOQMehMAb5Fn/s320/004_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646349062413755346" border="0" /></a>only just getting round to posting this one because for a long time i couldn't figure out the tracklisting, but finally i've realised where i was going wrong and now it's all sorted. give this a listen and you may understand my confusion.
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<br />anyway, i released this one, and very proud of that i am too. father were brilliant. if you've got the 555 7" of the same title then you should know what to expect: brilliant pop songs poking through a thick layer of hiss and warped time signatures.
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<br />sadly i did this rip a long time ago and it's only at 128k, but then somehow that seems appropriate anyway.
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<br />i've got some more father stuff, including the night classes tape and one or two tracks destined for a compilation that never made it. on their way.
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<br />tape released by kylie productions in 1995.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fycfaa0gj58nj6v">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-92162959323869780212011-08-24T21:25:00.000-04:002011-08-24T21:25:00.423-04:00inca eyeball | he has a brain the size of a fifty pence piece<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3-4En6EBnN7qsVWyyiONS1MmXoWMmTSRXGSDS4qv2Wzhq7kwuuI3-9bZlEkikWfzcLDt_Fq95UW3TPRkRPEGKorZ3dqMIwtl18CMfRmhFAmN2cflblJ1sxWI3Y0dPIr6XPu9/s1600/incaeyeball-hehasabrain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3-4En6EBnN7qsVWyyiONS1MmXoWMmTSRXGSDS4qv2Wzhq7kwuuI3-9bZlEkikWfzcLDt_Fq95UW3TPRkRPEGKorZ3dqMIwtl18CMfRmhFAmN2cflblJ1sxWI3Y0dPIr6XPu9/s200/incaeyeball-hehasabrain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644228581055255538" border="0" /></a>this record blew me away at the time just by its very existence - an actual 12" lp by inca eyeball?! they're an acquired taste i guess, one that i acquired on my very first listen.
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<br />"for best results, pretend that you like this record."
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<br />it has 117 songs.
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<br />lp released by fusetron/carburetor in 1995.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2f1gqmeiht0">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-29090792696094719902011-08-23T21:22:00.003-04:002011-08-23T21:24:02.933-04:00various | neon signs in a dralon sky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZBzREqTOLSO0tdSjxWsvNqlNIpuPWKUP-d4dJVJsExaTyx6ZYjXzqdCLaBUL7Ru_hBhZnFpeEXSBXOQfXrkkcCUUWbpfLipNP998Q1PxwBlNloT5wjh0ruSL4eVefUWMTXNS/s1600/neon-signs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZBzREqTOLSO0tdSjxWsvNqlNIpuPWKUP-d4dJVJsExaTyx6ZYjXzqdCLaBUL7Ru_hBhZnFpeEXSBXOQfXrkkcCUUWbpfLipNP998Q1PxwBlNloT5wjh0ruSL4eVefUWMTXNS/s320/neon-signs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644226198364564226" border="0" /></a>the first release from fisheye, the label from paul wild, who ran the distro of the same name. for a while there fisheye was the best source of decent underground tapes, records and zines in the uk. and the label released some quality stuff too.
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<br />unsurprising then that this cassette represents a pretty decent snapshot of that scene, with sounds both noisy and tuneful from the uk, us and down under.
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<br />it features: children at play, paste, tea culture, prick decay, brown tower, omit, the shadow ring, hood, scaredy cat, calvin party, goosewind, wizard ho ho, moist, refrigerator, polyp, 70 gwen party, derv, lichtenstein girl, superfluous, bucknalls, jack geek, my deviant daughter, earl + osram, the golden mile and w.o.r.m.
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<br />for a full tracklisting <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Neon-Signs-In-A-Dralon-Sky/release/635424">view the discogs page</a>.
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<br />tape released by fisheye in 1994.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?87yu47po7vfvd15">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-41709481164722526722011-08-18T14:52:00.000-04:002011-08-18T14:52:00.254-04:00into paradise | churchtown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M7q8tMi5S4P_GG_3YmWPbB2g2h77POZ7VDNaaFnhwl3kqespFMzaIu_4iQHO_12BGjZ_3d1UM9Ulm9oOoxcH6VYFlPJt8EHmnhNWj-MZcciZN5RNjVgc_mF5zAHEDv0gD1We/s1600/intoparadise-churchtown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M7q8tMi5S4P_GG_3YmWPbB2g2h77POZ7VDNaaFnhwl3kqespFMzaIu_4iQHO_12BGjZ_3d1UM9Ulm9oOoxcH6VYFlPJt8EHmnhNWj-MZcciZN5RNjVgc_mF5zAHEDv0gD1We/s200/intoparadise-churchtown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641159651709160530" border="0" /></a>probably their best album. "yesterday's men" has what i believe is normally termed a "killer hook" - and yet manages to remain delightfully miserable.
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<br />like many great records, i picked this up from the bargain bin of rival records in bath back in the day. good times.
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<br />cd released by ensign in 1991.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jye8cw5rmaf1ve4">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-11606188260513339452011-08-16T15:10:00.000-04:002011-08-16T15:10:00.475-04:00into paradise | for no one<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla1W6VtoCftQGhAruu-BzdazRsPJ1kqZ636bPeFegipNsfTfnkqaRMD3fTMOr5kvGXXuj2N4_XX8uopj2juS6ejCa5hkHfNwHZ963kzpD9uZKOqxAUFdUmBDQTB66W5JQJXKD/s1600/intoparadise-for.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla1W6VtoCftQGhAruu-BzdazRsPJ1kqZ636bPeFegipNsfTfnkqaRMD3fTMOr5kvGXXuj2N4_XX8uopj2juS6ejCa5hkHfNwHZ963kzpD9uZKOqxAUFdUmBDQTB66W5JQJXKD/s200/intoparadise-for.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641162486854166498" border="0" /></a>mini album of swan songs.
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<br />cd released by setanta in 1993.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0knzqg9a0vhbzyy">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-63584683182157775402011-08-15T15:00:00.003-04:002011-08-15T15:09:58.944-04:00into paradise | down all the days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoNnEhmVCoUPRoMrz3_ZtIQQ4Xca8B9_j9FZ9RjUmA6aU_yljT6A9TbN2Qani6m7Xz5gKWXugNEww4JiEgomyqcouqdUA9-CusAyJs9Wjj21yuX8jpuzINbRqaCKbrJ53B45l/s1600/intoparadise-down.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoNnEhmVCoUPRoMrz3_ZtIQQ4Xca8B9_j9FZ9RjUmA6aU_yljT6A9TbN2Qani6m7Xz5gKWXugNEww4JiEgomyqcouqdUA9-CusAyJs9Wjj21yuX8jpuzINbRqaCKbrJ53B45l/s200/intoparadise-down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641161781827705810" border="0" /></a>cd released by setanta in 1992.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g6095hrb9hvaip4">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-46619685121358012962011-08-13T10:14:00.000-04:002011-08-13T10:14:00.098-04:00into paradise | angel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_vvkGQRcHV6ba3rryzGYBGAJa4aJrTTSc6guf9ZSK_Dra7JowVY-aGGNrMB6USHM-YpCxTyA4KAW3HYC0ukl8hhQn7yhkEE87CNctbZWMO3K2wwswe4nRWLlLCobsah4VMYb/s1600/intoparadise-angel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_vvkGQRcHV6ba3rryzGYBGAJa4aJrTTSc6guf9ZSK_Dra7JowVY-aGGNrMB6USHM-YpCxTyA4KAW3HYC0ukl8hhQn7yhkEE87CNctbZWMO3K2wwswe4nRWLlLCobsah4VMYb/s200/intoparadise-angel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640160452499098002" border="0" /></a>b-side "sleep" is one of those songs that hasn't left my head since 1991.
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<br />cds released by ensign in 1991.
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7iiqih32qg7exvq">get.</a>
<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-73654940415650616462011-08-11T09:11:00.000-04:002011-08-11T09:11:00.488-04:00various | current affairs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIWIMCioNeNXXuO1OWgwv2m8vQd3SisAT74eE_HE-N8Ripp9oe1QBqGlOE68tHzUj6-CWhK8eoWPXyjQobduChKzbbMC5N8cSyTJe6J8ByLoxT9mxmRAaaQ0snfpaBgI4AFED/s1600/current-affairs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIWIMCioNeNXXuO1OWgwv2m8vQd3SisAT74eE_HE-N8Ripp9oe1QBqGlOE68tHzUj6-CWhK8eoWPXyjQobduChKzbbMC5N8cSyTJe6J8ByLoxT9mxmRAaaQ0snfpaBgI4AFED/s320/current-affairs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639406388656402578" border="0" /></a>this is a digital version of a compilation i put together for my own enjoyment in november 1991 of some of my favourite tunes at the time.
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<br />this of course was in the days before itunes and therefore the days before the shuffle button and the playlist, when you'd either have to listen to an entire album straight through or waste a lot of battery time fast forwarding on your walkman to your favourites. or you just made your own playlist on a trusty c90 instead.
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<br />mostly contemporary and basically fairly predictable for a dedicated nme-reading 17-year-old, listening to it now - almost exactly 20 years later - makes me glow like the ready brek kid. and i still listen to many of these bands and these very records today.
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<br />the above image is a scan of the cover i made for the original. i often wonder what happened to the kids in the photo.
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<br />::: my bloody valentine - lose my breath
<br />::: simon & garfunkel - homeward bound
<br />::: the wedding present - mothers
<br />::: chapterhouse - then we'll rise
<br />::: neil young & crazy horse - cinnamon girl (live)
<br />::: ride - unfamiliar
<br />::: daisy chainsaw - get real pleasure
<br />::: thousand yard stare - 0-0 a.e.t.
<br />::: tubeway army - are 'friends' electric?
<br />::: ned's atomic dustbin - selfish
<br />::: lush - sweetness and light
<br />::: kingmaker - when lucy's down
<br />::: power of dreams - does it matter
<br />::: ratcat - getting away (from this world)
<br />::: hole - garbadge man
<br />::: bleach - decadance
<br />::: the cure - pictures of you
<br />::: ride - chelsea girl
<br />::: neil young & crazy horse - cortez the killer (live)
<br />::: babes in toyland - the quiet room
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<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4oeh86772s9wyqx">get.</a>
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<br />joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-59176969923867267532011-08-10T10:24:00.000-04:002011-08-10T10:24:02.927-04:0070 gwen party | the optical glass empire<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXz3KkixsZBcal4JPCXE9ra1LX4JYAaHBdk53Zak1BGG_VRct4KkaGj_f7n-JycuinkrKqCKyezLLw7CLcEVOoig995qwCQpKb6gLiZdhXZELffBuPN5le9nmaTrxFmZrj7Lg/s1600/70+Gwen+Party+-+The+Optical+Glass+Empire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXz3KkixsZBcal4JPCXE9ra1LX4JYAaHBdk53Zak1BGG_VRct4KkaGj_f7n-JycuinkrKqCKyezLLw7CLcEVOoig995qwCQpKb6gLiZdhXZELffBuPN5le9nmaTrxFmZrj7Lg/s200/70+Gwen+Party+-+The+Optical+Glass+Empire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638305930043680882" border="0" /></a>the second and equally hard to find album.<br /><br />again, rip courtesy of <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/SirHenry67">SirHenry67</a> - thank you!<br /><br />lp released by snape in 1992.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qn5r2cimjxfc8in">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-75295727646171410982011-08-09T03:51:00.000-04:002011-08-09T03:51:00.423-04:0070 gwen party | devil wrapped & ginsung buried<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFVfG2T0IufxgKhIssBuNYddha-rzz7UNgLS35J15PRmMc0TQ7jNwP4m7U-P4a95luXwu9eNxdp436bfEXcNzGqRfoAJJc0RI7ijNUIwLX0xFwG7BnSChLATveymtx3JqMDLJ/s1600/70+Gwen+Party+%25E2%2580%2593+Devil+Wrapped+%2526+Ginsung+Buried.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFVfG2T0IufxgKhIssBuNYddha-rzz7UNgLS35J15PRmMc0TQ7jNwP4m7U-P4a95luXwu9eNxdp436bfEXcNzGqRfoAJJc0RI7ijNUIwLX0xFwG7BnSChLATveymtx3JqMDLJ/s200/70+Gwen+Party+%25E2%2580%2593+Devil+Wrapped+%2526+Ginsung+Buried.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638304496506267298" border="0" /></a>first album, second release, from victor n'dip and lurgin pin.<br /><br />rip courtesy of <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/SirHenry67">SirHenry67</a> - thank you!<br /><br />lp released by snape in 1990.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9t6qyw3fx648cvj">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-47011206344038651942011-08-08T08:54:00.000-04:002011-08-08T08:54:00.357-04:00animals that swim | madame yevonde<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR9UR65KHJ6grA6iGH5CUcFCnDYeUgkOyOqKyir8fdi6iSDXPg5IU0wEAei-hHNLjBKyPxmMNp3D0MG8weJuNfOYO6SL4iBHBz1BnR1coyHHeAPZkACg3d3808mexSFW0z_sh/s1600/animalsthatswim-yevonde2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuR9UR65KHJ6grA6iGH5CUcFCnDYeUgkOyOqKyir8fdi6iSDXPg5IU0wEAei-hHNLjBKyPxmMNp3D0MG8weJuNfOYO6SL4iBHBz1BnR1coyHHeAPZkACg3d3808mexSFW0z_sh/s200/animalsthatswim-yevonde2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637727038892453554" border="0" /></a>cracking.<br /><br />7" released by elemental records in 1993.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qbmjf42ok23808c">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-17801096262506789142011-08-06T15:09:00.002-04:002011-08-06T15:11:46.810-04:00back from the dead...... sort of.<br /><br />posts will be pretty sporadic, and may stop again after a brief flurry. but i'd like to get this going again. we'll see if that's physically possible, what with having zero free time and all that.joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-36579697125081645192011-03-22T17:32:00.000-04:002011-03-22T17:32:00.172-04:00pure morning | two inch helium buddah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbT7X1Fw2sc8LCfiVsxvtcDJN_geW8t3zEry4pp9z-a8i190IQEWz7QLUnnaTH1uC8TVXwL8ZKbnoX0hY2LV4HljDk1Q2DlyqgLEZ5PNBEQO5OFMLGVGDYwChuyLIdS5ytk3M/s1600/puremorning-twoinch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbT7X1Fw2sc8LCfiVsxvtcDJN_geW8t3zEry4pp9z-a8i190IQEWz7QLUnnaTH1uC8TVXwL8ZKbnoX0hY2LV4HljDk1Q2DlyqgLEZ5PNBEQO5OFMLGVGDYwChuyLIdS5ytk3M/s200/puremorning-twoinch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586943871989559154" border="0" /></a>before there was clinic there was pure morning. slightly less twang.<br /><br />i seem to remember hearing that john peel played this entire album on his show...<br /><br />cd released by radar in 1996.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dddlwqgj151x7vs">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-60678270338637193392011-03-18T15:05:00.001-04:002011-03-18T15:05:00.216-04:00kill laura | the glossy ep<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpP1CY6AnsWC6QE7BN5jQS2VfKi8HlfF1l1gl-Imvq33ylsAjZtq-kCGtUoTON8WjgfiwJ93C4cgjkdN-F0EzYbyVeMqrDECd0eiTQ3AVgamTuL4OdKlhnni85rBsiIEU278q/s1600/killlaura-glossy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpP1CY6AnsWC6QE7BN5jQS2VfKi8HlfF1l1gl-Imvq33ylsAjZtq-kCGtUoTON8WjgfiwJ93C4cgjkdN-F0EzYbyVeMqrDECd0eiTQ3AVgamTuL4OdKlhnni85rBsiIEU278q/s200/killlaura-glossy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584015468746069586" border="0" /></a>more excellent indie from the largely forgotten kill laura. this is more chirpy than the previous klee 12"s.<br /><br />cds released by manchester records in 1995.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?squtjj0dozyz2p4">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-6813892924147455742011-03-17T22:04:00.000-04:002011-03-17T22:04:00.418-04:00kill laura | unloverlike<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7izQjJQ3vcKZyBSCzC6tSVzp7COXJiD6Ffd1NdiPSCSLuM-ZEQksMrxPIDQNBcaLZz1MxF0Rut4wJSe3l5of5-XW0YIviGyO00-uJTkRB2wlIHoEwA4aGvMYPpY295i8zHbKf/s1600/killlaura-unloverlike.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7izQjJQ3vcKZyBSCzC6tSVzp7COXJiD6Ffd1NdiPSCSLuM-ZEQksMrxPIDQNBcaLZz1MxF0Rut4wJSe3l5of5-XW0YIviGyO00-uJTkRB2wlIHoEwA4aGvMYPpY295i8zHbKf/s200/killlaura-unloverlike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585204734168822674" border="0" /></a>2nd ep from kill laura, another belter.<br /><br />12" released by klee in 1994?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gco9mjj68gjale4">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28340652.post-78543393307941959662011-02-14T17:00:00.000-05:002011-02-14T17:00:02.523-05:00reid | rebreg extract<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJC2Vd_esc16h16ZZgkeMmGKeHGvEjsxXvHISjW-iEkRnDC31QRZJWXSd6ofQuib4N2oEAH-gyVV5yzyUhNHX0ytrxyrfBBFdopk0zXySVYpOFAOqHmH2_JRCzABH2R_jQ3i7/s1600/reid-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJC2Vd_esc16h16ZZgkeMmGKeHGvEjsxXvHISjW-iEkRnDC31QRZJWXSd6ofQuib4N2oEAH-gyVV5yzyUhNHX0ytrxyrfBBFdopk0zXySVYpOFAOqHmH2_JRCzABH2R_jQ3i7/s200/reid-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573616514582844146" border="0" /></a>second single from frog records, and i remember really rating this at the time, but now i'm struggling to get past the singer's voice. still, some nice elevate/slint style instrumentation. the drummer's next band was the wonderful ganger.<br /><br />7" released by frog in 1994.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f1yyimw55e5w7qt">get.</a>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08015368605850551342noreply@blogger.com1