Sad news about David. I never met him or even saw The Chesterfields live, but my first band used to cover 'Ask Jonny Dee' in rehearsals. Kettle was a really...
Hello, I am looking for Orange Juice's first lp "You can't hide your love forever" on vinyl.. I know it isn't easy to find.. Any tips? Olwen PS Its for my...
olwen fowler
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Dec 1, 2003 5:46 pm
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The Nivens? The Siddeleys? Have I slipped into an alternate universe where my favorite bands of old have bizarrely taken on real existence, not just lonely 45s...
I recall a record by The Nivens called (something like) 'Yesterday Would Be Just Fine.' The flip was boring, but the A-side was really good. There were two...
One fan writes of the SAHB's first traditional Christmas gig: "It's safe to say that their Christmas season of gigs at the Glasgow Apollo in December 1975 saw...
... Can members of this list please refrain from using this mailing list as merely a means for advertising things? I'm happy for the discussions to stray...
Cool, thanks Lawrence. Funnily enough, we felt the same way! The truth is there are too many bands from that era that were overlooked. I'm sure Phil WIlson...
The A side was just called "Yesterday". Glad you liked it. I actually prefered the b side (I hope you'll always be my friend). yes there was another Nivens...
... it's interesting ... no offence to Phil, or to The Go-Betweens, but much as I love The June Brides and the Go-Bs, I can understand that there is a certain...
Robert Foster in my eyes is the definite teen idol (maybe I'm not the right one to judge about this for I'm way off my teens for more than a decade now). I saw...
Christian Steiner
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Dec 3, 2003 10:06 pm
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yeah, i'd have to agree. in fact, i've often theorized that if more of the focus had been on robert forster and less on grant in the mid to late 80s, the...
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Dec 4, 2003 8:58 am
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Hello All, Yes, a brand-new list member, although I hope a couple of you remember me from the Indiepop or Sha La La Lists of yore. Anyway, here's my question:...
Jennifer Robbins/Leon...
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Dec 4, 2003 2:27 pm
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There are several. Don't know them all, but I have: "Radio Drill time" Josef K (Hand coloured wrap around sleeve - "Blueboy" by Orange Juice has the same ...
Early editons of Aztec Camera's Just Like Gold included a postcard of the trio standing by a steam, looking meaningfully at a dog... Some people say the ...
The only one I own with a postcard is Aztec Camera...Just like Gold, It is in the Postcard die-cut sleeve. The postcard is black and white picture of Aztec...
... single ... the ... This would be "It's Kinda Funny". Don't own it but have held it in my hands...if anyone wants to change that (or supply me with other ...
slightly off topic, but I saw The Chills play on Friday and Saturday night at The Kings Arms in Auckland. Any fans here? I've always thought that Flying Nun...
I love the Chills! The latest info is at www.softbomb.com . Martin released a box set of unrealeased and rarities through the website recently in order to try...
I could never get wrapped around the Verlaines, too wall-of-noise for me, but the holy trinity of Clean, Chills, Bats, with their somewhat similar, somewhat ...
"Pink Frost" is definitely a peak, but also definitely a Chills peak, not a Clean peak! :-) ... From: Steve Thornton To: rip_it_up@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
STRAITJACKET FITS,,,,,YES!.....MELT WAS A GREAT ALBUM BUT "SPARKLE THAT SHINES" IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER.....PATRICK http://www.mp3.com/winteracademy...
i'll second steve's enthusiasm for "submarine bells." it's a truly marvelous record, and really my first exposure to new zealand's wealth of pop. that no one...
I'm an idiot. Crap. Again. Still. The mental database is a bit corrupted again. Try "Tally Ho", "Point That Thing Somewhere Else". Told you I couldn't tell 'em...
I love the Chills. I saw them at the Manchester International in 1988, that was Phase 11 Chills. Its a shame that they can't get a record deal because I'm sure...
yeah... wow did i love the chills -- still do -- count myself lucky to have seen them in d.c., nyc, london, richmond, va. the verlaines were great, too -- ...
yeah... wow did i love the chills -- still do -- count myself lucky to have seen them in d.c., nyc, london, richmond, va. the verlaines were great, too -- ...
oh yeah, submarine bells -- i dig it a lot-- and follow-up softbomb is the anti-shiznit, too. saw the illin' chills in new york (92, i think) when marty broke...
Point of order: There are plenty of labels that would love to put out a Martin/Chills record -- no problem, it's there for the asking. I suspect though that...
*Silver Bullets* has been the working title for the "next Chills album" for something like three years now. I'm guessin' you're thinking of *Sketch Book*,...
