Other great comps like Scritti's "Early" and OJ's "The Glasgow School"

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you know, like where they collect all of a group's early singles/obscure EPs and present them in lovely packaging and you spend all your money on them instead of something new... i want to pick up cab voltaire "attic tapes," too.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 4 September 2005 17:43 (twenty years ago)

You know, that's a damn good question and I'd love to see what results from this thread. I can't come up with anything off-hand, though, except Gary Wilson's Forgotten Lovers but a lot of ilMers don't seem to like him and I do (and I thank babyalive for that).

― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 4 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Oh fuck! Disco Inferno's The Five EP's! Shame that it's only available for the Aussie mongrels and the Kiwi sheepfux0rs, though!

― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Sunday, 4 September 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

Ah-hah! So it does exist! I think I know someone that lives in Australia. Hm.... I'd also like to get my hands on that Slowdive comp of all their early EPs.. That Catch the Breeze comp didn't really stir as much interest in their back catalogue as it could have. Pygmalion is still wallowing OOP, too.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

The Nightingales-Pissed and Potless (most of the key singles and selected album/ep tracks)

Cabaret Voltaire-The Living Legends (attic tapes is earlier weird stuff, this is the Rough Trade singles and EPs)

The Fall-In: Palace of Swords Reversed (again, the Rough Trade singles)

Monochrome Set-Volume, Contrast and Brilliance (Rough Trade singles and BBC sessions that are superior to the same album tracks

O Level/Teenage Filmstars-A Day in the Life of Gilbert and George-Early/pre Television Personalities and friends type compilation including the seminal O Level single. Currently out of print though.

The Fire Engines-Fond-currently out of print, for now.

I've never heard of a Five EP's compilation, are you sure it's legit, and not just some bootleg somebody burned from a comp made by ilm's very own Ned Raggett?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

The Liquid Liquid comp would surely qualify, yes? Though I'm pretty sure it's well out of print.

Speaking of O-Level/Teenage Filmstars/TVP -- heard any word of The Times' record getting reissued, Dan? I love that one, sometimes more than TVP.

― I.M. (I.M.), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

The Loft reunion show last week was pretty fantastic. I imagine you could do worse than pick up their new compilation of 45s, live recordings & session tracks, "Magpie Eyes".

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

there's a dexy's compilation that has early singles, much off the first lp, sessions etc. it was called IT WAS LIKE THIS and has the original 7" vinyl label artwork on the cd! long deleted i think. came out in about 98/99.

someone should do an early all-butler era suede thing with like, the Goodier sessions, bits off the demo, b sides, live tracks and such.
i shan't hold my breath

― piscesboy, Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

there's an ACR comp called "early" on soul jazz which will be right up your street too.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

The Embarrassment gets (mostly) collected on the 'Heyday' collection, which is excellent.

Souljazz's ESG comp could've easily been a compendium instead of a compilation, but it'll do for now.

The Gordon's CD collects their best stuff.

The Blue Orchid's 'The Greatest Hit' compilation has the album and all the essential singles.

― I.M. (I.M.), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

fire engines comp imminent on domino

http://www.creepingbent.org/index.html?cmd=view&article_id=72

http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistID=211

live in glasgow next sunday!

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

tracklisting :
01. Sympathetic Anaesthetic 1:50
02. Get Up And Use Me 2:07
03. Hungry Beat 3:04
04. Everything's Roses 3:16
05. The Untitled One 2:36
06. (Clip) 0:13
07. Meat Whiplash 3:08
08. Discord 2:41
09. New Things In Cartons 2:41
10. Plastic Gift 2:37
11. Get Up And Use Me 2:03
12. Hungry Beat 2:23
13. The Untitled One 2:41
14. Insert Yourself 2:29
15. Discord 3:47

― zappi (joni), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

note: none of those versions are the same as was on Fond.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

What's the purpose of such a compilation? When an artist/bands entire oeuvre fits on a single disc--why not just release that?

What are they, live versions? Radio sessions?

Also, bands who have one good album and maybe some good EPs that would all fit on one disc--why release a 40+/- min "Best Of" (a la Family Fodder)?

― I.M. (I.M.), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

various contractual issues as well as an interest in sharing different versions of things. I think certain bands certainly benefit from that, even the original version of Fond had multiple versions of songs.

and I suppose different people have different ideas about how to present the music, in regards to Family Fodder, we'd have to ask Douglas but I asume that is how they wanted to present things, as a concise collection like that.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 4 September 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this new/old Fire Engines album, not having thought about them all that much in the twenty five years (or so) since I bought their first single and the twenty four since I last played it.
There must be hundreds but I can only think of that Pavement one right now.

― snotty moore, Sunday, 4 September 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

slowidve own all the rights to their records now, they are threatening reissues at some point.

flying nun was probably best at releasing comps of early material, back before they were the worst label in the world. stuff like goblin mix collection, juvenalia, great unwashed collection, kaleidoscope world, etc...

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 4 September 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Associates * Singles Dbl CD (1979-85, Wsm)
Be Bop Deluxe * Postcards From the Future (1974-77, EMI)
Chelsea * Urban Kids: A Punk Rock Anthoogy (1977-82, Castle/Sanctuary)
The Fall * It's The New Thing! The Step Forward Years (1978-80, Castle/Sanctuary)
The Fall * 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats (Beggars Banquet)
The Passage * Seedy: Best Of (1978-83, LTM)
Television Personalities * Yes Darling, But Is it Art? Early Singles & Rarities (1978-95, Seed/Fire)

Per the Orange Juice comp, I'd like the early Aztec Camera singles, please.

― Fastnbulbous (Fastnbulbous), Sunday, 4 September 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

LTM surely have cornered the market on this sort of thing with stuff like the Diagram Brothers compilation.

Concur that Flying Nun served their artists well in this respect - the Doublehappys comp is pure gold.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

is it true what someone said upthread that flying nun became the worst label in the world? that's so sad. how could that have happened?

― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:49 (sixteen years ago)

The got bought by Warner/Mushroom, I believe, and have been sorely neglected. It seems once a year they throw fans a bone and reissue a few things but not in any appropriate (i.e. deluxe or expanded) treatment.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:17 (sixteen years ago)

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