FELT (Go Kart Mozart, Denim)... Lawrence is amazing!

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.

the japanese cd reissues that came out last year already sell for godawful amounts of money. if you can even find them to buy.

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.

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!

disagree on "sunlight" but i do like the single version of "dismantled king is off the throne" better

"sunlight strings" is fun. on the 12-inch.

Sunlight Strings just needs the right sitcom to be the theme to.

there was no "dismantled king" single!

the version on gold mine trash was a demo.

It's the b-side to Primitive Painters

Do the CD and vinyl version of Gold Mine Trash have different versions? I think maybe they do.

crucifix heaven is pretty neat!

xps ah yeah it was on the 92 reissue of pp. not sure about differences between gmt cd and vinyl.

The GMT cassette release has the best tracklist: http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Gold-Mine-Trash/release/5610675

cathedral is the actual b-side to the primitive painters 12-inch.

cathedral just came up on my ipod the other day after yob's catharsis and it sounded SO GOOD
sent me on a felt trip <3

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

lazy sunday...

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Brilliantly set up photo.

gatefold?!?

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

I''m partial to this one. http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Poem-Of-The-River/release/1988512

The long awaited release of Lawrence Of Belgravia is finally here.

Where are the reissues?

LAWRENCE IS BACK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddd9fQepK0I&feature=youtu.be

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 Century
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/felt-decade-music-first-five-albums-will-released-23rd-february-2018/
Also Mozart's Mini Mart finally out in February!

uh-oh john rivers remixed ignite the seven canyons

and "edited"?? wth

Serpent Shade appears to be gone

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

Damn, this is terrible news. I'll just splurge on the remaining originals I guess. I figured the long delay must be bad news.

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.

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.

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

Hey cw, what's the issue with your Gold Mine Trash? I found a sealed copy last year, and the sound quality is horrible.

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.

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...

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.

So, the CDs comes with the 7" singles and the vinyl albums comes with CD singles?

it looks like the vinyl doesn't come with anything extra, only the CDs have the extra single

I'm so glad Lawrence renamed that album to The Seventeenth Century. That is my favorite Felt Album by far, and generally one of my favorite albums to listen to all the way through.

I'm looking forward to going into my MP3s and retagging the album The Seventeenth Century. Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death is such a terrible name.

The new Go-Kart Mozart album is quite comfortably the worst album Lawrence has ever put out in my opinion. It's like Novelty Rock/Instant Wig Wam without the charm. Lots of songs where Lawrence is totally phoning it in. There are a few standouts, but none of those come anywhere close to the best Denim/Go-Kart moments. Interested to know if others will have a similar experience.

Looking forward to hearing it but expectations are modest because "a few standouts" - that's been every Go-Kart Mozart album.

And also, Back in Denim > Denim on Ice > Novelty Rock > Instant Wigwam > Tearing Up the Album Charts > On the Hotdog Streets (>this probably).

Back in Denim > Denim on Ice > Novelty Rock > Instant Wigwam > Tearing Up the Album Charts > On the Hotdog Streets

<3 this series of words in spite of the declining quality of the music

that lawrence could've gone from felt to denim (let alone go kart mozart) is so inconceivable that i cant even bring myself to spend any time with those records

I prefer them to Felt tbh.

And also, Back in Denim > Denim on Ice > Novelty Rock > Instant Wigwam > Tearing Up the Album Charts > On the Hotdog Streets (>this probably).

― everything

I'd put Tearing Up the Album Charts ahead of Novelty Rock, apart from that I'd agree. I didn't think Hotdog Streets was that great, but it's much better than the new one.

Love Denim (esp the 2nd alb), never cared for Felt at all.

man i LOVE felt
what's not to like!?

It just feels like they lived in a field and now they live in a tin