Revive partially cause a slew of Alison S.'s collaborative stuff has just been reissued via LTM. Never heard any of it before so it's been grand to hear how her vocal approach changed, just, over the years.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 January 2006 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Just got the Crepescule CD last week although I've had the records for a long time. Classic, of course, and "Final Day" really is perfect.
― sleeve (sleeve), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk/ltmhome.html
Darla distributes in the States.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
I have the 25 track CD thing with the bleepy stuff near the end, but as mentional upthread, Final Day, Salad days, Choc Loni etc; just wonderful.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 2 June 2006 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 2 June 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― jäxøñ (jaxon), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
They just sound so..........ordinary.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bernard Snowy (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
I've bought and sold this reocrd twice, and have given it a more than fair go. Only "Astral Weeks" has been persevered with longer for less reward on my cheap Czech turntable.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
The word "Dryness" has entered my mind for some reason.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm no Astral Weeks fanatic either, but it's hard for me to be objective about YMG.
― mike a (mike a), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
And if you're missing the bonus tracks, Phil, that may help to persuade you.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
also, has anyone heard Fools Brigade? sf indie/post-punk band that totally reminds me of this. there's no mention of them on the web at all?
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
I may give them one more try in the future (because of course one's tastes can always change), but for now, like gentlemen, we must agree to differ.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
On September 11, 2007 Domino are proud to re-release Colossal Youth and the Collected Works of Young Marble Giants, drawing together the band's album and singles for the first time ever on a 3 CD set with liner notes by Simon Reynolds. To mark this release, Young Marble Giants are reuniting for the very first time in 27 years for a worldwide exclusive performance on Sunday 27 May at The Hay Festival in Hay on Wye in the UK, with support from Kendal's wonderfully dislocated Wild Beasts. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth and Collected Works track list: DISC ONE: COLOSSAL YOUTH 1.Searching For Mr Right 2.Include Me Out 3.The Taxi 4.Eating Noddemix 5.Constantly Changing 6.N.I.T.A. 7.Colossal Youth 8.Music For Evenings 9.The Man Amplifier 10.Choci Loni 11.Wurlitzer Jukebox 12.Salad Days 13.Credit in the Straight World 14.Brand - New - Life 15.Wind in the Rigging DISC TWO: COLLECTED WORKS 1.This Way 2.Posed by Models 3.The Clock 4.Clicktalk 5.Zebra Trucks 6.Sporting Life 7.Final Day 8.Radio Silents 9.Cakewalking 10.Ode To Booker T 11.Have Your Toupee Ready 12.N.I.T.A. 13.Brand - New - Life 14.Zebra Trucks 15.Choci Loni 16.Wind in the Rigging 17.The Man Shares His Meal With His Beast 18.The Taxi 19.Constantly Changing 20.Music For Evenings 21.Credit in the Straight World 22.Eating Noddemix 23.Ode To Booker T 24.Radio Silents 25.Hayman 26.Loop The Loop tracks 1-6 TESTCARD E.P. tracks 7-9 FINAL DAY single track 10 taken from IS THE WAR OVER compilation tracks 11-26 SALAD DAYS album DISC THREE: PEEL SESSION 1.Posed By Models 2.Searching For Mr. Right 3.N.I.T.A. 4.Brand New Life 5.Final Day Recorded August 20, 1980. www.myspace.com/youngmarblegiants
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― electricsound, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― mike a, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Cunga, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― f. hazel, Saturday, 12 May 2007 08:33 (seventeen years ago) link
I just got this set. I haven't played it yet but I read the booklet.
There is no information at all about howcome they made a second album but never released it.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Same here! But that's why I brought it into work.
Second album? Did I miss something?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
CD2 has the singles (Final Day ep, Testcard EP) and the 'second' album.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I admit I never picked up Salad Days individually but I thought that was a collection of demos.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ode to Booker T is my all time favourite.
― I know, right?, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
that may be because they never recorded a second album! there was a rumor going round that the three of them reconvened in the '80s to release a 7" single, but it never happened. the only thing they've recorded post-colossal youth is one new track for the bbc radio wales special in 2004.
there was an unreleased gist album. perhaps that's what you're thinking of?
― mike a, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I HAVE NO INFORMATION!
ahem. I do not know.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a second reunion show planned for this october, btw. it's in france:
http://www.myspace.com/bbmix
― mike a, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I think they were also asked to play as part of a festival I'm loosely involved with in Cardiff in November, but I don't have any other info at the minute
― DJ Mencap, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
how did i miss this? colossal youth is way up there (top 5? 3?) in my favorite albums of all time. the obligatory comment about them seemed to be 'well, they only recorded 70 minutes worth of music, but, damn, how 'bout them 70 minutes?' defininitely will pick this up.
― poortheatre, Monday, 30 July 2007 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
You know, given the paucity of YMG and YMG-ish material, it might be worth noting that the *awfully* RIYL band Confetti's compilation album is up at Mutant Sounds right now:
http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2008/04/confetti-retrospectivecd1995ukjapan.html#links
I like this one a lot, esp. the Au Pairs cover.
― dlp9001, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
seeing confetti on mutant sounds is odd
at their best they had some great songs, but a full album of it can be hard going. incredibly twee, but generally well done twee
― electricsound, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree: it seems really outside of the usual MS aesthetic. Was very surprised to see it there. I guess they did feature Po! a while back...
― dlp9001, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i shall have to check that out, po! were great
― electricsound, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:28 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost to dlp
well, ya know, how many obscure kraut/jap/noise/improv/synth/whatever albums are there? after you've posted 3000 of them I would imagine you'd need to branch out a bit. and I'm sure glad they are.
― sleeve, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
this album is a good antidote for my occasional periods of thinking about life way too melodramatically. so modest, content, almost devoid of ambition, but not in a bad way. because it's also really cool. but without being even slightly flashy about it. what they did was probably a lot harder to pull of than it seems, wasn't it?
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I relistened to Confetti after seeing that Mutant Sounds link. I still like those tracks, but I was damn near obsessed with Confetti circa 1992, and don't feel anywhere near the same now. Perhaps I was pretending that the Confetti comp CD was Colossal Youth II instead of what it really was - a better-than-average twee-pop records with heavy YMG/Marine Girls influence.
― mike a, Friday, 22 August 2008 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
think of salad daaaaaaaaaaaayyys
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a nice album and all, a bit overrated here it seems. Perhaps the uniqueness of it has never registered for me. Still, something I'll put on once a year or so.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link