Three Day Week is excellent and strongly aligned to my interests. I fear it may have niche appeal, but hope I'm proven wrong.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:49 (five years ago) link
I think all of Bob Stanley's stuff for Ace is pretty niche. No bad thing obv!
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:05 (five years ago) link
State Of The Union is so good. This track is a bit on the nose (a common thread amongst the album's squares-doing-protest theme), and I don't think either waves or bombs go "zzzz", but it still kills me, such a simple concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wPbQoB_oU
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2019 11:53 (five years ago) link
I got my first working stereo system w/ record player in nearly 20 years and first thing I got for it was the 'English Weather' comp, it was a very good choice.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 19 April 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
Wonder what this'll turn out to be...
Working on a compilation album with @rocking_bob ; )— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) June 10, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 June 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
Available for pre-order on Ace - “THE DAISY AGE”. De La Soul, Monie Love, Jungle Brothers! Happy, summer music, compiled by Bob Stanley. Available on CD, 2LP and exclusive daffodil-coloured vinyl edition via Rough Trade https://t.co/4rALue1G41 pic.twitter.com/v3Lwxn1Azn— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) July 10, 2019
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 10:22 (five years ago) link
Cool
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 11:03 (five years ago) link
No PM Dawn but still, great idea.
― henry s, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
I kept this Frosties box (with flexidisc attached) almost 30 years knowing it would come in useful one day. pic.twitter.com/VWd3PWdex3— bob stanley (@rocking_bob) July 10, 2019
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
Tim Burgess posted a few days back saying he and Bob are working on a comp together, no indication of what it'll be yet.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
Ah, duh, as I posted upthread! Anyway.
Did you know they pulled the town hall down?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
That is a compilation of good records but a bad Daisy Age comilation imo
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
I listened to a Spotify playlist of Three Day Week yesterday, filling in some of the gaps via YouTube. Released in March, it's barely been mentioned on this thread. Sadly, it's not very good - too many raggedy, tossed-off B-sides - and thematically it doesn't live up to the claims made for it in the blurb. At best, it's a moderately interesting one-off listen, but you wouldn't want to return to much of it again.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 11 July 2019 10:52 (five years ago) link
Xpost
Curious to know what you think should be on it.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 11 July 2019 11:52 (five years ago) link
Hard to extract four sides under the umbrella of Daisy Age, Who Me? would have been a better KMD cut though.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 11 July 2019 12:08 (five years ago) link
I don't think it's missing "Delasoul" as that's like having a mersey beat comp and having the Beatles on, it's not really needed.
I'd have added "Wear your love like heaven" Definition of sound, but hey.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 July 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
Clearly its not missing de la soul at all. Ach.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 July 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
too many raggedy, tossed-off B-sides
A selling point!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
no he said raggeDy
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
I must insist
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
Bit odd not having any Arrested Development on it but I suppose they're seen as a bit naff
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
Fu-Schnickens would have worked in there somewhere too, imho.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
they're on the vinyl version but not the CD
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
You're all just moaning about copyright and budget issues though surely?
― kraudive, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
New comp done with Tim Burgess
https://acerecords.co.uk/tim-burgess-bob-stanley-present-tim-peaks-songs-for-a-late-night-diner
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Gotta say that's a really interesting net being cast there -- very ILMish in certain ways.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
There's something called "Tears of technology" coming up, I believe..
― Mark G, Friday, 11 October 2019 07:17 (four years ago) link
Tea & Symphony enhanced reissue on Ace, now available to pre-orderhttps://acerecords.co.uk/tea-symphony-the-english-baroque-sound-1968-1974-1
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
Better to say 'alternate' rather than 'enhanced,' I'm looking at my old copy and there are a number of tracks on that that aren't on this one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
"New and improved" is how it's described on the site. The first version went out of print pretty quickly, I certainly was never able to find a copy. Glad I'll be able to check that box off now. Has been something of a used-bin holy grail search for me.
― henry s, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
Yeah, hold on, this is almost a totally different release using the same name.
Here's the original via Discogs:
1 –John Kerruish Time To Wander
2 –Graham Gouldman Nowhere To Go
3 –Jon Plum Alice
4 –Vigrass* Stop
5 –Kate Strange Girl
6 –Lea Nixon Off To Find A New Land
7 –Honeybus For Where Have You Been
8 –Eddie Addenbury* Captain Jones
9 –Nimbo Maisie Jones
10 –Almond Marzipan Summer Love
11 –Les Payne Very Well
12 –David Reilly Nothing Else To Say
13 –Lori Balmer Here Before The Sun
14 –Consortium Copper Coloured Years
15 –Marc Reid My World Turns Around You
16 –Roger Charles Watching The Boat
17 –The Tremeloes Till The Sun Goes Down
18 –Graham Gouldman Growing Older
19 –Steve Elgin Seductress
20 –Julian Brooks Justine
21 –Junior Campbell If I Call Your Name
22 –Quiet World Of Lea & John* There Is A Mountain
23 –The Humblebums Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
24 –Tuesday Sewing Machine
And the new one:
01 Pictures - Ray Brooks02 I Can't Let Maggie Go - The Honeybus03 Off To Find A New Land - Lea Nixon04 Alice - Jon Plum05 When The City Sleeps - Bombadil06 Fading Yellow - Mike Batt07 Say You Don't Mind - Colin Blunstone08 The Seventh Hour - Gordon Waller09 Mary Jane - Erasmus Chorum10 Shapes And Shadows - Tandem11 Please Believe Me - Nirvana12 Forever Autumn - Vigrass & Osborne13 Oh Girl - Richard Henry14 Very Well - Les Payne15 You're Lovely - Sunchariot16 Pollution Song - Mike Sedgewick17 Epitaph (When Times Were Good) - Bill Kenwright18 Coathanger - Clifford T Ward19 The Race - Christopher20 Closing My Eyes - David McIvor21 Lifetime - The Bliss22 Two Sugars - Matthew Bones
There's only three specific tracks in common, at least on the CD version of this new one! I won't complain for that reason, but if you're hoping for a true repress with extras of the original, that's not what you're getting.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Hmmm, that's odd. Why not just tack on a "Vol. 2" at the end?
Of all the Stanley/Wiggs comps out there, this is the one that just cannot be found, at least at a decent price. I wonder if it got issued w/o officially acquiring the rights to some of those tracks - maybe that's why it disappeared so quickly and completely?
― henry s, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
Maybe? I always figured it was label collapse. (I did spend a pretty penny getting my copy a few years back.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
I wondered that too, but their other comps of that genre/era (Early Morning Hush, Gather in The Mushrooms) came out on the same label and seem to be readily available, not cheap but not $$$ either.
― henry s, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
Here’s that ‘Tears of technology’ 80s synth comp that Mark G referred to upthread.https://acerecords.co.uk/bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-the-tears-of-technology-1
― Jeff W, Thursday, 9 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
Nice range, and a whole lotta obscurities to boot (to me at least). Another one to order!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 January 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
That Turquoise Swimming Pools (David Balfe and I think Troy Tate?) song is great, glad to see it available on CD
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
Meantime, got the new Tea & Symphony today and the issues/questions raised are addressed by Bob in the liners, at least:
The first TEA & SYMPHONY collection was released back in 2007 on the now-defunct Sanctuary label. It was the first official compilation of its kind, but the sudden demise of the record company meant it hardly made it into the shops (this compilation has four tracks in common with its ancient ancestor)....To the delight of people who thought the mine was exhausted, previously undiscovered gems by the likes of Matthew Bones, Erasmus Chorum and Les Payne continue to be unearthed.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 February 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
Well, that 'splains that! Still leaves the original issue on my holy grail list...
― henry s, Sunday, 9 February 2020 00:57 (four years ago) link
... And now, everyone else's too
― Mark G, Sunday, 9 February 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
My Tears of Technology arrived today along with a card announcing the next comp he and Wiggs doing -- Occasional Rain, which based on the title, font choice and photo is some sort of sequel to English Weather.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 March 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
Would have guessed a symphonic-soul comp based on that title, but I suppose that's not exactly their wheelhouse. And I also guess that someday soon Stanley and Wiggs will do a comp with "wheelhouse" in the title.
― henry s, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:41 (four years ago) link
Dunno if Stanley has a wheelhouse, as a compiler. Recent releases include Baroque Pop, Glitter Rock and DAISY Age Hip-Hop, I don't think Symphonic Soul would be too much of a strech.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
First glimpse of Occasional Rain?
In this time of financial hardship all I ask is that @rocking_bob and @petewiggs stop releasing brilliant compilations through @AceRecordsLtd pic.twitter.com/CO3jlj00cu— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) March 4, 2020
― Jeff W, Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:56 (four years ago) link
Yep
https://acerecords.co.uk/bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-occasional-rain
― groovypanda, Friday, 6 March 2020 11:04 (four years ago) link
Mott's "Waterlow" is so pastorally out of character for those hustlers, and really wonderful.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 6 March 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
English Weather is like the ultimate comp for very early January, the sadness of the party being over, excited there's a sequel.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 March 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
really wish the vinyl versions of these weren't so expensive, i would pick up a bunch but £29 is just too much
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
The Rough Trade shops edition of The Tears of Technology is cheaper than the standard edition (at £24.99) and you get a bonus track. Very limited though so you’d need to be quick.
― Jeff W, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link