Loop - Fade Out [12", LP]

This LOOP album is another find from the Utrecht record fair last weekend. FADE OUT was their second album (of only three, not counting the singles compilation The World In Your Eyes and a Peel Sessions LP), and the only one that was still missing in my collection. Just like Heaven's End and A Gilded Eternity this album's packed with psychedelic repetitive space rock. Great stuff. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, about which i wrote something a few months ago. The original release was in 1988 on the Chapter 22 label, but this is a 1992 reissue on the Reactor label. Limited edition, grey vinyl. Extremely happy that i bumped into this album on the last day of the fair when it was sold for less than half of the normal price.

Label: Reactor
Cat.nr.: REACTOR LP4
Year of release: 1992 (originally: 1988)

SIDE A:
01. Black Sun
02. This Is Where You End
03. Fever Knife
04. Torched

SIDE B:
01. Fade Out
02. Pulse
03. A Vision Stain
04. Got To Get It Over

Loop - Heaven's End [12", LP]

Originally released in 1987, this year's reissue marks the 25th anniversary of HEAVEN'S END by LOOP. A psychedelic masterpiece, this debut album, with bluesy droning riffs and howling guitar soundscapes, soaked by wah-wah pedals and drowning in reverb. Hypnotic from the first tones of Soundhead until the very last ones of Carry Me.
Great to finally have this on vinyl 'cause i've been looking for a second-hand copy of the original for quite a while, but never managed to find one. This is a numbered edition by the way, but i've no idea how many were made. My number's #1952.


Label: Reactor
Cat.nr.: REACTOR 01 LP
Year of release: 2012 (originally: 1987)

SIDE A:
01. Soundhead
02. Straight To Your Heart
03. Forever
04. Heaven's End

SIDE B:
01. To Real To Feel
02. Fix To Fall
03. Head On
04. Carry Me