Best Go-Betweens Album

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I would also have voted Before Hollywood.

Austin, Tuesday, 30 July 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

This is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKxhevymXVM

yuoowemeone, Friday, 30 August 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

On Spring Hill Fair, celebrating its thirtieth birthday.

http://thequietus.com/articles/16322-the-go-betweens-spring-hill-fair-review

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 September 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link

Well done, Alfred. Though you mentioned they were sober and Grant most certainly was not.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 29 September 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link

lol -- sober in mien. I've only read speculation about McClennan's alleged drug use.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 September 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link

Oh, Steve Kilbey has more than confirmed it. Which is funny because he and Robert don't seem like the type (whatever that means).

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 29 September 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link

LP boxed set:

First 600 orders worldwide get a book from Grant McLennan’s personal library and a signed bookmark from Robert Forster

!!!

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link

oof that looks great ... and so expensive!

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link

Details and all

http://dominorecordco.com/gobetweens/

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link

Hmm, gonna have to look closely at the tracklisting of the CDs, I have all the expanded reissues from around 10 years ago.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, tons of tracks on those. I assume there must be more than a little overlap.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link

I'm glad Grant McLennan owned more than 600 books

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link

if the guest essayists are as sharp as the one I've read, then this box should be a treasure.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link

Forster: "I don't think anything has been done like this before for a band of our popularity or 'reach'. That's what I love about it - the blowing up and mythologising of the band to a size that is correct in regard to its importance, but not its record sales."

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link

forster and mclennan's high self-regard has always been oddly charming

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link

great piece on spring hill fair, btw alfred! though I like river of money.

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link

Wonder if Grant was a big annotator of his books? I'm seriously considering a pre-order, even though the vinyl lps are about as useful to me as 8-track tapes.

doug watson, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link

thanks, tyler!

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link

yr welcome.
would be great if grant's entire collection was made up of harry potter first editions.

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link

will never own the set, but wouldn't mind just looking through the list of book titles

alfred's piece is first on my reading list though

john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link

By my estimation, this box set has at least 40 (!) songs which have never been on CD, at least in these versions - 17 of them, going by the titles, have never been released in any form. Of course, the number of non-CD tracks could be higher - some of the songs listed were b-sides or bonus tracks on the 2xCD versions of the first three albums, but some of those may not be the same versions as these.

It looks like one complete Peel session is included, two others are not, and sadly it's the one that's already been on CD. There were other radio sessions, and some of the alternate versions of album tracks may be from those.

This is sort of a bad deal for the die-hard Go-Betweens fan who bought the albums as they came out, and later bought up to the expanded CD versions - 40 "new" songs for more than 200 dollars. But the book from Grant's collection is pretty intriguing, and the bookmark from Robert is a very funny Go-Betweens type of touch.

crustaceanrebelisback, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link

three years pass...

My picks!

The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 September 2018 05:10 (six years ago) link

I particularly like the Tallulah bit. I tend to be dismissive of it when I'm not listening to it, precisely because of "Cut It Out". (Plus, I seem to like "Right Here" waaaay less than many.) The rest, however, is great.

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 2 September 2018 07:03 (six years ago) link

Soto, I hate to be that guy again but just noticed you've accidentally listed 'A Bad Debt Follows You' as 'A Bad Debt Won't Leave'!

Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 2 September 2018 09:32 (six years ago) link

two years pass...

Listening to this live album called Fountains of Youth: Live at the Town and Country Club which sounds pretty good. Seems like tyler blogged about it.

Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 04:42 (three years ago) link


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