my excitement is tempered cos of the exact opposite reasons that Ward Fowler IS excited - won't be on record - its not a surprise because I know Mr Lambkins indifference towards the format but I can't help but feel a little bummed
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 29 October 2018 03:55 (five years ago) link
I mean, it would be like 20 LPs or something, I can't even imagine what we'd have to sell it for or what shipping costs would be, etc.
― jon abbey, Monday, 29 October 2018 06:33 (five years ago) link
fair enough - was hoping there might be some other version of this, stripped down 3-4 record set or maybe individual records considering the prices and availability the older ones go for - but great that its coming out at all, guess ill just have to think about modernising my listening habits and get into these new fangled 'CD' things people keep going on about
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 29 October 2018 08:15 (five years ago) link
As people are indicating above, I'm sure that nowadays it's an expensive proposition to acquire the original Shadow Ring albs, but things like I'm Some Songs have NEVER been issued on CD before - so that's why I'm excited.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 29 October 2018 12:41 (five years ago) link
Count me among those happy that this will be a CD set and not some exorbitantly expensive vinyl only thing
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 29 October 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
hurrah for compact disc. looking forward to remasters.
― meaulnes, Monday, 29 October 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
Excellent!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 29 October 2018 23:06 (five years ago) link
shameless plug, but what better thread - i put out a record w/ penultimate press this month. graham lambkin helped it come to fruition, and lent handwriting for the artwork. this was a big deal for me given that i grew up listening to PP & Kye. very limited copies. hope you enjoy
https://www.penultimatepress.com/product/parlours-who-will-listen-to-aches-that-everyone-has-7/
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
Oh wow, congratulations! Ordered it just now (I'd been meaning to order Timo van Luijk's new album too, so added that one as well) :)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
oh ty very much!
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
Any news on the Erstwhile mega reissue project? I've had and sold most of the Shadow Ring discography in the past but would love to have the definitive collection.
― Yelploaf, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
sorry, just seeing this...
it’s going to happen still, by next spring if not sooner. we had two other box sets to do first (Pisaro on Gravity Wave and Tsunoda on ErstPast), but those are done now.
― jon abbey, Monday, 26 August 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
also if you want to reserve a copy early and be alerted when preorders start, shoot me an e-mail at erstrecs gmail.
― jon abbey, Monday, 26 August 2019 05:47 (four years ago) link
I CAN HEAR PLANES COMING INI'VE GOT GATWICK EARS
― meaulnes, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
thanks for the update, Jon! emailing you now for pre-order alert info.
― Yelploaf, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
Related to the above discussion perhaps, noticed this just went up:
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/city-lights
Which mentions this:
Throughout their legendary, decade-long run, the Shadow Ring were an enigmatic force on the international musical sub-underground. Before their disbandment in 2002, this shambolic rock outfit, formed by a group of rowdy teenagers in southeast England, left behind a mighty run of eight LPs, a handful of 7"s, and a spate of raucous live shows and cryptic zine appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, all which have bolstered their enduring word-of-mouth mystique. Beginning this year with the first-ever vinyl pressing of the self-released pre-Shadow Ring tape The Cat & Bells Club (1992), Blank Forms Editions is conducting a systematic retrospective of the storied group, including a multi-year LP reissue effort and a forthcoming comprehensive CD box set and an over five hundred page book.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:15 (nine months ago) link
This is up as well
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/put-the-music-in-its-coffin
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:16 (nine months ago) link
awesome, I never got to pick any of these up back in the day
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:21 (nine months ago) link
And that Cat & Bells Club mention:
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/the-cat-bells-club
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:26 (nine months ago) link
Graham, BTW, had this out in June:
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/aphorisms
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:27 (nine months ago) link
oh right, I never updated here, sorry. Blank Forms took over the Shadow Ring box project just before Covid, glad to see it will finally emerge.
this really is the year of Lambkin, he turned 50 earlier this summer and we just put this stunner up for preorder last week:
https://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/gondolas
― jon abbey, Thursday, 10 August 2023 04:28 (nine months ago) link
All v nice
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 10 August 2023 10:42 (nine months ago) link
OK "City Lights" is what has finally flipped the switch for me to "get" this band
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 23 October 2023 17:09 (seven months ago) link
Okay here we fucking go
https://blankformseditions.bandcamp.com/album/the-shadow-ring-1992-2002
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 December 2023 04:57 (six months ago) link
Yeah baby
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 8 December 2023 06:57 (six months ago) link
very glad this is happening and while I think this is a good value for all they are offering, $200 is too rich for my blood. Normally I'd assume there would be a scaled-down edition, but I guess Life Review was that.
I may cave eventually. That book is going to be insane
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 8 December 2023 13:07 (six months ago) link
As a huge fan who owns all the records and cds, I can’t really justify buying fir myself. However, it would be a great gift for someone who has yet to drench themselves in their particularly cold and damp vibes. Lighthouse, imo, remains one of the best double albums of all time.
― ian, Friday, 8 December 2023 14:51 (six months ago) link
I’m guessing the book isn’t going to be available separately? I don’t necessarily need the whole set as I already have a good bit of their material in various formats but I’d def pay a fraction of 200 dollars for the book.
― Slim is an Alien, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:30 (two months ago) link
I may end up paying all of 200 dollars for the whole thing but I really don’t want to do that
― Slim is an Alien, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:31 (two months ago) link