Noise International WK45499. 1990
Back in my tape trading days (yes kids, it wasn't all mp3 and download ratios back then - padded envelopes, postage stamps and a shit load of flyers falling out of packages), this was one of the most requested recordings. Well, the original '84 demo anyway.
In its fuzzy 15th-generation tape-to-tape copy form it had a certain mystique about it. It sounded evil, as if Satan himself had shat it onto the tape and smeared his ass up and down it like a dog with worms.
Fast forward a few years and we have a nice, clean copy, and some of the magic dies along with the stench of Beelzebub's turd and iron-oxide mixture.
It's badly recorded (probably not their fault really), weakly produced (the bass drum sounds like someone blinking slightly too hard), and they can't really play their instruments. That said, I'll always have a soft spot for this, especially the poptastic catchiness of Horus/Aggressor.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D.
PJ Harvey - 4-Track Demos
Island IMCD 170/518 450-2. 1993
It's like a whole different album to Rid Of Me, though it's mostly the same songs. These raw takes show what a true talent she is.
I'm starting to kind of fancy her after all.
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Island CID8002/514 696-2. 1993
Even better than the last.
PJH and Albini are a studio match made in heaven.
PJ Harvey - Dry
Too Pure CD010. 1992
I wish I was feeling a tad more verbose today, as this is outstandingly super. However, I'm not, so may come back to talk about it later.
I'll just say, she has one of the few female voices I really like. (She may also have other voices, but I don't know.)
Just buy it. It's a classic.
Never did fancy her though.
Peter Hammill - Fool's Mate
Charisma CASCD1037. 1971
Another NF introduction - cheers buddy.
He sounds a bit posh, but has a pleasant voice none the less. I heard this long before I'd heard any VdGG, so had no idea who he was.
It was the crazy drums at the start of Imperial Zeppelin that grabbed me from the off. Unfortunately, a lot of the rest of the album shifts into much more straight-forward singer-songwriter territory after the, frankly, crackers start.
I don't have a great deal to compare this to, as there's not much else on my shelves that sound quite like it.
The only real low-point is the dreadful Vikings. Cack.
"Aaaaah - it's so imperial!"
"And I don't feel quite like dying......"
Home - XIV
Arena ARE00012-2. 1999
All the best bits from good-era Flaming Lips, less-angular aspects of Pavement, a smattering of Mercury Rev pomp, and a Grandaddy chaser.
Excellent, and I'd kind of forgotten about it. I'll immediately get everything else I can by them.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Hurricane #1 - Step Into My World EP
Hecker - IT ISO161975
Herbie Hancock - Man-Child
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Columbia/Legacy CD6512. 1973 (1997)
Laurel and Hardy - Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Hives - Your New Favourite Band
Telstar Records MC5055CD. 2002
Horizon 222 - The Three of Swans
Horizon 222 - Through The Round Window
David Holmes - This Films Crap Lets Slash The Seats
David Holmes - Lets Get Killed
Thursday, 19 March 2009
David Holmes - Bow Down To The Exit Sign
David Holmes - Don't Die Just Yet (single)
Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
Warner Bros 7599-25385-2. 1986
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
The Human League - Travelogue
John Lee Hooker - The Best Of
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Hollyfaith - Purrr
Rolf Harris - Sun Arise (single)
The Heads - The Time Is Now!
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
He Said Omala - Matching Crosses
World Domination Recordings WDM10095-2. 1998
Thursday, 6 November 2008
The Heads - Under Sided
The Handsome Family - Through The Trees
The Handsome Family - Milk and Scissors
The Handsome Family - In The Air
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
The Hafler Trio - A Thirsty Fish
The Hafler Trio and The Sons Of God - Resurrection
The Hafler Trio - All That Rises Must Converge
Thursday, 30 October 2008
The Hafler Trio - Intoutof
The Hafler Trio - Four Ways Of Saying Five
The Hafler Trio - Play The Hafler Trio
Heligoland - Heligoland
Calcium Chloride CaCl003CD. 2000