Rachel Goswell - Coastline / Plucked Remix EP [12"]

Although i'm a huge Slowdive fan, i must admit i don't own a physical copy of the band's singer RACHEL GOSWELL's only solo album Waves Are Universal from 2004. But at the recent record fair in Utrecht i came across this nice 12" REMIX EP which features remixes by Ulrich Schnauss and Names On Records (a.k.a. The Earlies). It's been used as promo copy because it has a sticker from Beggars with some info about the tracks on it.
Especially the name Ulrich Schnauss caught my attention and i must say it's a beautiful remix that he made of the song Coastline. But also the versions of Plucked by Names On Records are really gorgeous. I guess it's about time to buy the album after all, one of these days.

Label: 4AD
Cat.nr.: TAD 2501
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. Coastline (Ulrich Schnauss Vocal Mix)
02. Coastline (Ulrich Schnauss Instrumental Mix)

SIDE B:
01. Plucked One (Re-Produced By Names On Records)
02. Plucked Two (Re-Produced By Names On Records)

Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn [12", 2LP]

AT THE SOUNDLESS DAWN is the debut album by RED SPAROWES. Instrumental post-metal at its best; slow-paced and epic. Their second, Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun is still my favourite, but this one's great too. The underlying theme to this album is the so-called sixth extinction: the extinction of species caused by humans. Heavy stuff. The version i have of this album is the third pressing (500 made) on white/blue "cloudy sky" vinyl. Looks gorgeous.

Label: Robotic Empire
Cat.nr.: ROBO-043
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes
02. Buildings Began To Stretch Wide Across The Sky, And The Air Filled With A Reddish Glow

SIDE B:
01. The Soundless Dawn Came Alive As Cities Began To Mark The Horizon
02. Mechanical Sounds Cascaded Through The City Walls And Everyone Reveled In Their Ignorance

SIDE C:
01. A Brief Moment Of Clarity Broke Through The Deafening Hum, But It Was Too Late
02. Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Turn Into Dust

SIDE D:
01. The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through The Shutters, As We Looked Back In Regret   

The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black [12", LP]

PRETTY IN BLACK is the second album by THE RAVEONETTES, released in 2005. Heavily influenced by 50's rock 'n roll and with some really great tunes on it, such as Love In A Trashcan and Sleepwalking. Also Twilight is a personal favourite, perhaps because it's the odd track of the album with a very danceable (almost disco) beat. It shouldn't be left unmentioned that The Velvet Underground's Moe Tucker plays drums on a few tracks, and Ronnie Spector joins in on Ode To L.A.
All in all a great album, and never released on vinyl until Music On Vinyl did that in 2013. The first pressing consisted of 1000 numbered copies on pink/black marbled vinyl, and my copy is one of those as you can see.

Label: Music On Vinyl
Cat.nr.: MOVLP 721
Year of release: 2013 (originally 2005)

SIDE A:
01. The Heavens
02. Seductress Of Bums
03. Love In A Trashcan
04. Sleepwalking
05. Uncertain Times
06. My Boyfriend's Back
07. Here Comes Mary

SIDE B:
01. Red Tan
02. Twilight
03. Somewhere In Texas
04. You Say You Lie
05. Ode To L.A.
06. If I Was Wrong

The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums [12"]

This 12" EP of SHE BANGS THE DRUMS by THE STONE ROSES is obviously not from the original year of release, 1989. This particular version was released in 2005 and features besides the original version also the Elephant Remix. Not really my cup of tea to be honest, but hey, i picked it up cheap in a record store in London last year. They had at least 20 more standing of this, and i'm not surprised of that actually because of the poor quality of the remix. But what a great tune, the original version!

Label: S12
Year of release: 2005
Cat.nr.: S12DJ-194

SIDE A
01. She Bangs The Drums (Original Mix)

SIDE B:
01. She Bangs The Drums (Elephant Remix)

The Knife - You Take My Breath Away [12"]

Looking really forward to the new album Shaking The Habitual by THE KNIFE, scheduled for April this year. Definitely one of my favourite electronic acts these days. This 12" maxi of YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY -a song from their Deep Cuts album- i've bought at the latest Utrecht recordfair in November. The remixes are decent dancefloor tunes; the MHC one being my favourite.

Label: Rabid Records
Cat.nr.: RABIDT023
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. You Take My Breath Away (Mylo Mix)
02. You Take My Breath Away (Original)

SIDE B:
01. You Take My Breath Away (Puppetmasters Club Remix)
02. You Take My Breath Away (MHC Remix)

Isis - Panopticon [12", 2LP]

PANOPTICON is to my opinion the best album by the mighty ISIS. On vinyl, it came out both on Trust No One Recordings with the same artwork as the Ipecac CD in the fall of 2004, and on Robotic Empire with alternative artwork a few months later. I have a copy of that version; of the 4th press / 400 on blue, from 2007 to be exact. I could listen to this album for hours in a row without getting bored. Excellent stuff.

Label: Robotic Empire
Cat.nr.: Robo-041
Year of release: 2007 (originally released 2005)

SIDE A:
01. So Did We
02. Backlit

SIDE B:
01. In Fiction
02. Wills Dissolve

SIDE C:
01. Syndic Calls
02. Altered Course

SIDE D:
01. Grinning Mouths

The Ocean / Burst - Split [7"]

A very fine release on Garden Of Exile Records. THE OCEAN are from Berlin and their post-metal is quite epic and bombastic; BURST were from Kristinehamn in Sweden and their sound was a bit more related to hardcore. They sadly broke up in 2009.
700 copies were made of this limited split 7": 350x blue, 350x clear. As you can see i have a copy of the clear version.

Label: Garden Of Exile
Cat.nr.: GOE05
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. THE OCEAN - Killing The Flies

SIDE B:
01. BURST - Flight's End

Baroness - Second [12", EP]

Before BARONESS got big with Red Album and Blue Record, they had a few EP's out and this is one of them - their second, d'uh. It's out of print these days and copies are going for big money, but what i really like about this release is that it has a great etching on the back.So it's single-sided.
Check it:

Label: Hyperrealist Records
Cat.nr.: HR 010
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. Red Sky
02. Son Of Sun
03. Vision

SIDE B:
etching