but fully agreed that they're all good
― imago, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
Terraform>1000 Hurts>At Action Park
Agreed. Terraform indeed clearly the best one, the tension of the longer ones and the short bursts works so well. I'll admit I've not heard Excellent Italian Greyhound, will correct that shortly.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 November 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
I would reverse that order. Here's my list:
At Action Park > early singles > Terraform > 1000 Hurts > Excellent Italian Greyhound > Dude Incredible
― Neil S, Thursday, 1 November 2018 10:06 (five years ago) link
oh and this live album from 1993 is really good too, not least for the awkward interactions with the largely silent Japanese crowd: https://www.discogs.com/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC/release/1041522
― Neil S, Thursday, 1 November 2018 10:33 (five years ago) link
both peel sessions rereleased today in super high quality. a joy to listen to!
― imago, Friday, 14 June 2019 07:46 (five years ago) link
The 1994 session is particularly welcome cuz I've only ever heard that in the terrible bootleg that's floated around for yrs, and man it really put me back to how they were when I first saw them in 96, so snarly and raw.
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 14 June 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
Always loved that 2004 version of “The End of Radio.”
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 14 June 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
^^^ my single favorite thing they've done, just above Doris/Wingwalker
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 14 June 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
'94 Crow an absolute monster
― imago, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
oh I bet, that's my other favorite Shellac track
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 14 June 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
btw are these on Bandcamp or???
s*****y for me, sorry
― imago, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
nah that's cool just wondering how to listen
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 14 June 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
Is this the one "John Peel was a hellava guy..."
― kraudive, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
yes
― imago, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
Awesome. It's the best version. I'm buying that.
― kraudive, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
If buy the lp vers (which is a thing of beauty) in classic Shellac fashion no dl code but you do get an unmarked cd vers stuck in there
The vers of "Billiard Player Song" on their is all time as well
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
Oof £30. But yeah, done.
― kraudive, Friday, 14 June 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
― circa1916, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
I have a totally horseshit sounding 45 I think? of the 94 session
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 June 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
I forgot (or more likely didn't know) that the '94 Peel Session predates the release of "At Action Park" by a few months, if Wikipedia is right which has it coming out in Oct of that yr which seems like it could be right
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 17 June 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
they sure kept Spoke in the barrel a while
― imago, Monday, 17 June 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
Esp cuz they played on the reg until about '98 or so, I sort of assumed they had forgotten abt it until EIG
On the 2004 set "Billiard Player Song">"Dog & Pony Show">"Il Porno Star" is absolute peak Shellac
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 17 June 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
I'd rank them At Action Park > the singles > Terraform > 1000 Hurts > Dude Incredible > Excellent Italian Greyhound, but I'd put Two Nuns & a Pack Mule above all of them
― nate woolls, Monday, 17 June 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
Terraform >>>>>>>>>>>>>> At Action Park > 1000 Hurts > Dude Incredible > Greyhound.
I'm aware I'm probably alone in this assessment.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 June 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
oh fuck it someone start a poll already
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 June 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
Nah that is the correct order
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 17 June 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
Oh and I saw someone point out this new set is Shellac #16 but Dude Incredible is Shellac #14...so whatever #15 is maybe that is coming "soon"? I realize in Shellac terms "soon" is 1-5 years.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 17 June 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
http://thatrecordgotmehigh.com/2019/06/13/s2e64-shellac-at-action-park-with-jay-reeve/#comment-20
― Stevolende, Monday, 17 June 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Terraform is my favourite too. I also really like Greyhound, somewhat controversially, but Terraform stands slightly above the rest
― imago, Monday, 17 June 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
FOR DECADES
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 June 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
BUILD A MONUMENT TO HIMSELF
― imago, Monday, 17 June 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
Terraform>At Action Park>90s singles>1000 Hurts>Dude Incredible>Excellent Italian Greyhound
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 June 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
^^ I'd swap the singles and Action Park but yeah pretty much
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Monday, 17 June 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
It's never quite gotten better than At Action Park but I'm always willing to hang in there to see what happens.
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 17 June 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
Oh and I saw someone point out this new set is Shellac #16 but Dude Incredible is Shellac #14...so whatever #15 is maybe that is coming "soon"?
I heard an interview with Steve recently where he said they're planning on releasing a comp of all the non-album material so I'm guessing it's that.
― woman in the dunes, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
nice! I had a shitty CDR, now long gone, with a bunch of odds and ends which included a cover of AC/DC's Jailbreak, I'd like to hear that again
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 07:30 (four years ago) link
it's on Youtube of course, wish fulfilled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImNv9IgJdb4
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 07:31 (four years ago) link
jailbreak was on a skin graft 45
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
I forgot how much I like Dude Incredible
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
After the first two singles and Action Park, Terraform was a big WTF for me. I just kept waiting for something to happen on "Didn't We Deserve..." but it never did. I get a bit more what they were going for now after you hear where they went, but that tune was kinda out of nowhere first time I heard the LP.
That said, the 'package' with the vintage paintings and the lush earth picutre on the interior and the record sleeves is really beautifully done.
The two singles had me hooked for a long time, they are some 7"s that I listened to a bunch. I also got the Drag City one and that Skin Graft double 7".
― earlnash, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
Earlnash - felt exact same about Terraform - but the Chesley Bonestell art was dope. They never topped At Action Park or the singles in my opinion, but certainly have never put out any kind of clunker.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link
I got to say that Dave Foley doomsday bunker rock-DJ sketch from the new Kids series has got some serious "The End of Radio" vibe.
I have to wonder if him or the writer knows the tune.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Csb9LEspJH4/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==🫡🫡🫡25 years of Terraform, unfairly maligned not so long ago in this very thread!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
Damn, already?
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:13 (one year ago) link
dogg, I know.... feels strange
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
their greatest
― imago, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
New album, To All Trains, out May 17.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:30 (two months ago) link
"How I Wrote How I Wrote Elastic Man (cock & bull)" is a song title so good I am pissed I didn't think of it myself
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:40 (two months ago) link
pre-covers?
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 18:50 (two months ago) link