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The Rocket Girl label. Rose phoenix-like from the (subsequent) ashes of Ché records with a clutch of fab 7" singles and an increasingly brilliant roster. Discuss. Likes n' dislikes. etc.

Fave RG moments: Coldharbourstores "all that matters now" 7", "Where The Fuck Is Kevin Shields".. Low/Piano Magic/Transient Waves 7"...

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Plus I've been hearing good stuff about the Pluxus album (which I have yet to hear)

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love Vinita What Runs the Label dearly, she's a most friendly person and I've had a chance to meet her several times now. I should say, "Where the Fuck is Kevin Shields" -- a brilliant song -- was actually licensed from another Stateside label. ;-) In terms of what she's put out that's her own baby, as it were -- search for the Spacemen 3 tribute, if only for the Low track alone, as well as all that there groovy Piano Magic material, plus Gnac and the EAR.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As a side note, does anyone know why Ché shut up shop?

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As a side note, does anyone know why Che shut up shop?

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Didn't Ché/Che/Ché merely have hella cashflow issues?

― Andy K, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

would be classik for low birth weight alone, but i'm relatively unfamiliar otherwise. anyone care to expound on the rest of the roster a bit?

― jess, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

RG has put out records by Füxa (far from essential these days but still occasionally worthwhile), Mazarin (fantastic psychy indiepop), Coldharbourstores (reminds me of that first Hood album on Domino), State River Widening (pretty acoustic-y instrumental post rock thingy), the oft-mentioned Gnac...

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is Slipsteam still there, or did they break up. I hope they release another album.

― A Nairn, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Slipstream were never on Rocket Girl. I think their last release was a 7" on Enraptured a couple of years ago, and before that the "Be Groovy Or Leave" LP from '97.

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It appears Mark Refoy is now in The Sunny Valley Dance Band with the rhythm section from the unfortunate Ultrasound.

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pluxus Pluxus Pluxus. I love Pluxus. Yes indeedy. I also really like the Fuxa stuff that I've heard, which is of course made even better by the Telescopes connection, wooha. I will have more to say on this after Tuesday, when I attend the Rocket Girl night.

― emil.y, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Help help! Is the Coldharbourstores record out yet? Is it any good?

― Andy K, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I quite liked the Mazarin album.

― jel, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Coldharbourstores album came out last week (or this week). It's in the mail, haven't heard it yet..

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ten years pass...

fuxa 'electric sound of summer' (no relation) on ausgang-designed pic disc out soon, finally

― real 69 for my sham friends (electricsound), Thursday, 12 April 2012 10:38 (thirteen years ago)

four years pass...

Curious, unexpected urge to play this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_es6FJTAA

(Possibly prompted by hearing Morrissey's "Boxers" on a compilation).

― djh, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:32 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

Book about Vinita coming out soon with a nice comp CD, looks interesting.

https://rocketgirl.co.uk/catalogue/rgirl120

― MaresNest, Friday, 18 January 2019 13:19 (seven years ago)

Wow, thanks for that! No second thoughts about ordering. Tracklist looks great. Rocket Girl was a very formative label for me, bring to my attention artists like Füxa, Transient Waves, the SP3 comp, Azusa, Piano Magic.

― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 18 January 2019 14:24 (seven years ago)

Yeah, same here, such a high concentration of great music from one little label.

― MaresNest, Friday, 18 January 2019 15:21 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

The book arrived today! And it's a stunner. She even threw in two 7"'s from the back catalogue for free. There's two 7"'s inside the book as well, along with the cd. Can't wait to play with this after work.

― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 17:57 (seven years ago)

Weird - I wonder what I had a curious urge to play two years ago (and if the link disappeared or if I never actually posted a link and everyone was too polite to mention it)?

I'm guessing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_es6FJTAA

― djh, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:06 (seven years ago)


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