Loop - RFD

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I have the sudden urge to hear the title track to Fade Out. I think that's the riff that's in my head anyway...we shall see.

Yep, title track to Fade Out, this is it. Oh yeaaaah maaaaaaaan.

Amazon is listing May 26th for the reissues of A Gilded Eternity and The World In Your Eyes. Whoo-hoo!

This Tuesday.

Four days to go...

I'll be at my local record store at 9am with money in hand; so excited!

I broke down and ordered all four reissues from Aquarius, cannot wait for that package to show up!

The first two are fucking great. Will be picking up the new ones this week as well.

ARRRGH. Just got an e-mail from Aquarius, they're out of one of the first two reissues from last year, so now I have to wait until that comes back in to hear any of this stuff. Dammit! I've also got the new Dino Jr and the new Wooden Shjips in that order.

Bugger! The reissue of A Gilded Eternity didn't make it to Maine. Was anyone else able to get a copy?

However, The World In Your Eyes did make it, and is absolutely fabulous despite lacking in information (just tracklisting and recording dates; what ever happened to liner notes?).

How does "Collision" sound??? Hampson said he could not locate the masters but said it sounds better anyway.

"Collision"sounds great; whatever source he was able to use must have been good. No obvious difference between it and the other tracks, at least through my stereo speakers. Might notice something listening later on headphones.

'Collision' is the one song I'm *really* looking forward to hearing again after selling the vinyl years ago.

One of the great EPs of the late 80s.

Yeah sure, 'Thief of Fire' etc. What a great format the EP was back then - AR Kane, Band of Susans, Loop, MBV...

Bugger! The reissue of A Gilded Eternity didn't make it to Maine.

Same goes for Texas...

I'm thinking it just didn't come out Sateside. Hope the delay is short.

I think it's on Reactor like the other three... I think just delayed?

I ordered them both from Aquarius and got an e-mail that they had both set aside for me, they were actually just waiting for one of the older reissues to get back in to send my order out. So apparently a few places got it.

Heard Fade Out for the first time yesterday and holy shit its good.

Yeah, that's the one to get, I reckon.

I reckon you need them all. Really.

Yeah, probably. Saw them on the Fade Out tour and it was all long-hair and loudness, thick smoke and strobes, and then those guitars just flailing out and ripping holes in the fog. Good times.

That sounds awesome. Sadly, I never got to see them, living in the sticks of the States when they were a going concern.

ATP or someone else with some influence needs to get a Loop reunion going...

How the FUCK have I never heard their version of Mother Sky before?

Just ... wow.

Actually, the better question is: how the fuck have I listened to so little Loop at all? One of those terrible teenage oversights that I've never quite made up for. I should try harder, I guess.

you've got a lot of things you've done wrong lately, grimly!

I've got a lifetime of 'em, dude. But surely listening to Loop is doing something right?

Cheers, anyway :)

as i've mentioned elsewhere, i spun my copy of a gilded eternity (only loop i know) @ 33rpm for a few years before noticing 45 RPM on the labels...

moral: you can listen to loop and still be doing something wrong :)

"However, The World In Your Eyes did make it, and is absolutely fabulous despite lacking in information (just tracklisting and recording dates; what ever happened to liner notes?)."

How about credits for all the freakin' covers? Music is great though and it's dirt cheap for a 3CD set (packaging is weak so I guess that's part of it.)

My package with all four of these reissues is due to arrive Friday! Can't wait.

Still hoping A Gilded Eternity shows up here one of these days...

It's arrived in my local shop. Will pick up soon.

I've got to call around tomorrow.

A Gilded Eternity finally made it to Maine today. Feels odd retiring my cassette version, but time marches on. I will say that nearly twenty years with a well-played tape means it is odd hearing these songs at the proper tempos without warping and slowdown.

My package ended up being delayed a couple days, but I now hold all four reissues in my hands. Cannot wait to dig into these. I still have only heard the odd song or two, but after hearing all the samples on Aquarius' website... I knew I needed this band in my life.

I can't imagine just discovering Loop and having these reissues at hand. I hope you enjoy, and have something light and fluffy to detoxify with.

Yeah, I'm really excited to dig in. I've always had Spacemen 3 pushed at me as THE band of this ilk to know and love, but I just really haven't been able to get excited about them. Loop, however, wow. The handful of songs I've heard have pushed a lot of the right buttons.

^ Yup: that's exactly how it is here. Just fucking fantastic.

Is there a Main thread? Hampson's post-Loop work is really underrated IMO.

I guess there is:

Search and Destroy: Main and related projects

a diamond bullet right thru the forehead

Was listening to the World In Your Eyes reissue the other day and loving it all over again.

You should be listening to World In Your Eyes everyday Ned. The other day is just not gonna cut it!

I've now made it through the three main albums and bonus discs and am still totally enthralled with this band. There have been so many highlights its hard to choose my favorite at this point, but I believe I'd have to mention the third Peel Session on A Gilded Eternity as a particular high point. I love the production on those tracks and I really like the texture of those three songs. Reminded me a lot of Jesu. Ready to dig into the The World In Your Eyes reissue next.

Time to fish out the Loop CDs again. That live album needs some more props.

The version of "From Centre to Wave" on there is currently doing my head in.

I hope that in the 20 year revisionist reshuffle of this scene, Loop and Thee Hypnotics come out ahead of Spaceman 3.

It'll take a mighty revision indeed for that to occur.

Can anyone give a comparison between these and the original vinyl? People are saying that they sound great (and I'm sure they do), but are they better than the old LPs? Sorry if I've missed such a comparison, but I think I've only seen references to CDs (and I confess to having skimmed). I've read Hampson talking about how the mastering is better, so I'm interested how they compare. And they're going for 9 pounds on Amazon UK