true, my copy of Bubblegum Perfume sounds terrible.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
my copy of Goldmine Trash sounds terrible and is pressed slightly off-center, Primitive Painters is a wobbly drone mess :(
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
a lot of b-sides are still original-release
only a few tracks have never been reissued on cd.
― new noise, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
yeah but that just proves they're scattered all over the place
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 22:57 (eight years ago) link
Ha I had no idea, I just always assume the worst when it comes to vinyl reissues
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link
Re: pressing quality
Anyways, the CDs sound great
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
granted but outside of two compilations (bubblegum perfume and absolute classic masterpieces) there are only about a dozen stray tracks and half of them are just alternative versions.
― new noise, Thursday, 3 December 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link
Hey, thanks for that link. I compiled their rarities myself but it helped me update and improve them. Who knew that "Crucifix Heaven" has been left off all reissues of "Strange Idols Pattern"!
They all play together really well, actually, so I hope they get an airing with the latest reissue series.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 3 December 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link
it would have been nice if he'd put a couple more of those strays on the reissue of bubblegum perfume, as with "female star" etc.
― new noise, Thursday, 3 December 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link
"[...] Primitive Painters is a wobbly drone mess" - faithful to the original, then.
― mahb, Thursday, 3 December 2015 10:47 (eight years ago) link
i have everything on vinyl but i would totally buy a cd singles box and a cd album box. if i had the money i would buy all the original japanese vinyl.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 December 2015 12:49 (eight years ago) link
the japanese cd reissues that came out last year already sell for godawful amounts of money. if you can even find them to buy.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 December 2015 12:52 (eight years ago) link
i totally would have bought that cherry red 3-cd box that came out in the 90's but i never saw one. i just saw the individual CDs back then.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 December 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
half of them are just alternative versions
yeah but the single version of Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow absolutely destroys the album version, so I want all those alternate versions to make sure I'm not missing out!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 3 December 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
disagree on "sunlight" but i do like the single version of "dismantled king is off the throne" better
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
"sunlight strings" is fun. on the 12-inch.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Sunlight Strings just needs the right sitcom to be the theme to.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
there was no "dismantled king" single!
― new noise, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
the version on gold mine trash was a demo.
― new noise, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
It's the b-side to Primitive Painters
― everything, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
Do the CD and vinyl version of Gold Mine Trash have different versions? I think maybe they do.
― everything, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
crucifix heaven is pretty neat!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
xps ah yeah it was on the 92 reissue of pp. not sure about differences between gmt cd and vinyl.
― new noise, Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
The GMT cassette release has the best tracklist: http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Gold-Mine-Trash/release/5610675
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
cathedral is the actual b-side to the primitive painters 12-inch.
― scott seward, Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
cathedral just came up on my ipod the other day after yob's catharsis and it sounded SO GOODsent me on a felt trip <3
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
played Sending Lady Load at twilight last night before leaving work and it was so life-affirming I am going to do it again today
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
lazy sunday...
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12342402_10154378531247137_2393306558948132317_n.jpg?oh=a5bfc9e5694de369689095adb815ba7a&oe=56E02F9A
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 December 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Brilliantly set up photo.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 6 December 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
gatefold?!?
― cw, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
it's two copies of the record side by side isn't it? front on the left, back on the right. Martin Duffy's slightly too wide face will be haunting my dreams
― soref, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
I''m partial to this one. http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Poem-Of-The-River/release/1988512
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
The long awaited release of Lawrence Of Belgravia is finally here.
― new noise, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
Where are the reissues?
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
LAWRENCE IS BACK!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddd9fQepK0I&feature=youtu.be
― PaulTMA, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddd9fQepK0I&
Reissues of all the Felt albums. Looks like Strange Idols gets it's original tracklisting and cover, unlike Crinkle which is now The Seventeenth Centuryhttps://www.cherryred.co.uk/felt-decade-music-first-five-albums-will-released-23rd-february-2018/Also Mozart's Mini Mart finally out in February!
― PaulTMA, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
uh-oh john rivers remixed ignite the seven canyons
― brimstead, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
and "edited"?? wth
― brimstead, Monday, 20 November 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
Serpent Shade appears to be gone
― PaulTMA, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
the second half of that album was always weird to me anyway. but that doesn't mean they need to fuck with it! oh lawrence
― brimstead, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
Damn, this is terrible news. I'll just splurge on the remaining originals I guess. I figured the long delay must be bad news.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 20 November 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
Boy am I happy I got the old 2-on-1 CDs last year, including "Crucifix Heaven".
Artists should either resist the temptation to tamper with their work or issue it alongside the original.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 20 November 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
Hmmm, I take your point about the slightly stalin-esque undertones of the Ignite the 7 cannons thing, but i'm pretty sure any reining in of the suffocating joss stick / victorian lace cocteau-isms will be to the benefit of the lp. It's by far my least favourite of these re-issues but would definitely be the first i would buy. Lawrence has been moaning about how much he dislkes the production & lack of symmetry almost since it came out. But, yeah, I would probably be peeved if i didn't have the original.
I'm much more upset that let the snakes crinkle their heads to death has lost its title. Now, THAT is taking revisionism too far. the reissue has the same cover as my 1986 copy, I think they realised early on the alice band wasn't working for Lawrence.
Those CD box sets look pretty ugly, what are thy about?
the depressed video is a hoot.
Moderately excited about all this. Shame captured tracks aren't putting out gold mine trash, my copies shafted.
― cw, Monday, 20 November 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
i'm all for the idea of a less messy/less submerged sounding Ignite The 7 Canons, i'm just fearful it'll end up sounding slick and weird or something..
the lack of symmetry befuddled me and i always assumed it was either intentional or they just ran out of money and couldn't record all the vocals
― brimstead, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:59 (six years ago) link
Hey cw, what's the issue with your Gold Mine Trash? I found a sealed copy last year, and the sound quality is horrible.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
So, the CDs comes with the 7" singles and the vinyl albums comes with CD singles? If I was going to pay that much for the vinyl reissues, I'd want the singles on the same format. I think I'll be sticking with the 2002/3 cd reissues that I already have. The prices are ridiculous too. Add in, Lawrence messing about with the albums and this is one big letdown. I've been waiting for these for years!
At least the new Go-Kart song is great. I was a bit disappointed with the last album. Hope this one is back to is Denim/Felt quality.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 05:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah what's interesting about this is that it's actually consistent with stuff Lawrence has said before. In addition to the Ignite stuff, when he named "Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death" Bobby Gillespie told him the title sucked and later on Lawrence voiced his regret about the title, so I'm not surprised about the change.
Anyway I'm not too upset about this. Now if he tries to fix up Mayo Thompson's production on Poem of the River...
― Isi, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 11:36 (six years ago) link
I don't remember seeing any talk on ILM of Martin Duffy's solo album from a few years ago. It's very reminiscent of some of his Felt stuff.
― mahb, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link