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Comment on 9. Palm Skin Productions – The sunlight on the garden by Pray for rain « A jumped-up pantry boy

Pray for rain « A jumped-up pantry boy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:25:22 +0000

[...] presence of New Order’s ‘In a lonely place’ with the majestically reflective moods of Palm Skin Productions’ ‘The sunlight on the garden’ and you arrive somewhere close by. Featuring a near-perfect vocal from Tunde Adebimpe of TV On [...]

Comment on 44. The Claim – God, Cliffe and me by awildslimalien

awildslimalien — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:51:33 +0000

I wasn't wrong about supposing Dave Read might have made a great folk singer - just stumbled across this on YouTube: Dave and Steve Webster playing Dylan's ‘Don’t think twice (it’s alright)’.

Comment on 31. Emily – Boxing Day blues / Rachel by awildslimalien

awildslimalien — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:43:50 +0000

Cheers Nic. Yes, I can see how your response to seeing Emily might lead to problems in the fiercely competitive world of local scenes!

Comment on 31. Emily – Boxing Day blues / Rachel by Nic Dafis

Nic Dafis — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:22:57 +0000

Thanks for this, great to finally catch up with what happened to Emily after I lost track of them in the late 80s.

In 1986, when they still went by “See Emily Play”, I booked them to open for my band, in our local pub in Chirk, N.Wales, having seen them a couple of times in Wrexham and Ruthin, and being in touch with Mark Williams through his fanzines. If I remember correctly, that was Mark’s first gig on bass, and they had a new drummer – Gruff Rhys? They were fantastic, though most of the crowd didn’t seem to think so, and I got kicked out of my band after the gig for telling everyone that Emily were far better than us.

Great to hear these later tracks, especially the Rub-Al-Khali album, which I’ve never come across before.

Thanks again,

Nic

Comment on 42. St. Christopher – The kind of girl by Harassed « A jumped-up pantry boy

Harassed « A jumped-up pantry boy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:01:11 +0000

[...] I was struggling to articulate all sorts of things in this excerpt from Pantry For The World, and Sarah Records got caught in the crossfire. A less violent, retrospective assessment of the label was delivered as part of B/w 42 on St. Christopher. [...]

Comment on 45. Last Party – English road film by awildslimalien

awildslimalien — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:47:39 +0000

Certainly a little bit of London that nobody else sings!

Comment on 45. Last Party – English road film by kevin p

kevin p — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:26 +0000

Splendid. I’m off to get my copy to replace lost or never gotten but should’ve vinyl. I have fond memories of hearing Last Party soundchecking with cover of Cruiser’s Creek at The King & Queen to an audience of one (me). The geographical thing always fascinated me. Vic Godard being from the same area. And the figure of Robert Lloyd (yet another postman in pop) figures somewhere in here I would suggest.

Comment on 44. The Claim – God, Cliffe and me by kevin p

kevin p — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:55:17 +0000

Nice one Dan. There was an interesting PS when Cliffe itself became briefly famous when there were proposals to build an airport in the area, threatening a lot of wildlife, and the RSPB led a high profile campaign against this which if I remember rightly was co-ordinated by Perry Haines who many years earlier had been involved with starting i-D, dressed Duran Duran, recorded a great single for Fetish, managed King. Speaking of King, I can probably claim to be the first person to tell Reggie King at length about how great The Claim were. I did have a secret plan to unite the two but somehow it never came to pass …

Comment on 43. The Psychedelic Filberts – Rain by 43b. The Beatles – Rain «

43b. The Beatles – Rain « — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:13 +0000

[...] now properly flagged for Beatles admirers, agnostics and abominators alike, the text is here. With all due apologies should you have already imbibed too much Fab Four-related media over the [...]

Comment on 24. Hurrah! – Flowers by Crazy rhythms, Way ahead « A jumped-up pantry boy

Crazy rhythms, Way ahead « A jumped-up pantry boy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:06:06 +0000

[...] presented on Tell god I’m here. Read up on the full-ish story of those recordings over at Backed with, complete in the comments with testimony from fans and the thoughts of the Very Reverend Paul [...]

Comment on 31. Emily – Boxing Day blues / Rachel by Leyton Williams

Leyton Williams — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:03:48 +0000

I was a friend of Gian Binelli’s many years ago, but I lost touch – I was trying to get back in touch when I found these references to his death. I’m shocked and saddened by this news – could anyone tell me what happened?

Comment on 31. Emily – Boxing Day blues / Rachel by Ruining it for the Kids « A jumped-up pantry boy

Ruining it for the Kids « A jumped-up pantry boy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:37:55 +0000

[...] That song, as regular readers of Backed with will know, is by Emily, and is available for download here. The words led into the next page, which reported on ‘Doing it for the Kids’, the Creation [...]

Comment on 30. Talk Talk – It’s getting late in the evening by awildslimalien

awildslimalien — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:17:29 +0000

Many thanks for your kind comments, Eric.

The link in the text should work, but in case not, I’ve forwarded the text of the Record Collector article to your email address.

Comment on 30. Talk Talk – It’s getting late in the evening by Eric

Eric — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:03:31 +0000

Great narrative summary of the band’s musical journey. Well done, and bravo.

I was unable to find the “Record Collector” article, but I’d love to read it if you’ve got an electronic copy.

Now I’m off to discover Elbow, Heligoland, and Out of Season.

Comment on 37. Revolving Paint Dream – In the afternoon by awildslimalien

awildslimalien — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:01 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Phil.