Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl [7"]

Nearly a month since my last posts on this blog. Batteries are re-loaded, and my writer's block seems to be over :)
One of the last things i wrote, was about the Piranha single by TRIPPING DAISY. Eight days later, it was announced that Benjamin Curtis whom i mentioned in that post, sadly had died of Lymphoma. He only became 35. Really, really sad.
This limited numbered 7" of I GOT A GIRL on clear vinyl i bought together with the beforementioned Piranha single, at the last record fair in Utrecht. This song is just like Piranha from the I Am An Elastic Firecracker album, and it was actually even their biggest hit. Personally, i like Piranha better though.

Label: Island Records
Cat.nr.: IS 636
Year of release: 1995

SIDE A:
01. I Got A Girl

SIDE B:
01. Margarita Tropendzando

Tripping Daisy - Piranha [7"]

In the mid 90's i got to know TRIPPING DAISY through MTV's 120 Minutes and i was immediately hooked. They had a really good psychedelic vibe which reminded me a bit of Jane's Addiction. This song, PIRANHA, was one of my favourite songs of the album I Am An Elastic Firecracker. I even saw them live in Amsterdam in 1996; great show. I bought all of their stuff on CD at the time (including the CD-maxi version of this single) and didn't have anything on vinyl until recently, so i was pretty thrilled when i bumped into this 7" at the latest record fair in Utrecht. I just had to have it, if only for old times' sake.

Interesting detail about Tripping Daisy: i did know that the band continued (in a very different way, musically) as The Polyphonic Spree after the death of their guitar player Wes Berggren in 1999. But what i only recently found out, is that their drummer from 1997 until Tripping Daisy disbanded, was Ben Curtis who plays in School Of Seven Bells. I really didn't know that; they are very different types of bands, yet still i like them both a lot. Sometimes these kind of things go unexpectedly "full circle". I've had that a few times before. It's one of those similar things like seeing your (then) current heroes Billy Corgan, Thurston Moore and Frank Black being invited to join the stage with all-time hero David Bowie at his 50th birthday celebration gig, back in 1997. Or Jeff Schroeder, guitar player for the awesome (yet unknown) indie band Lassie Foundation that i liked a lot, becoming a member of Smashing Pumpkins a few years ago. Suddenly all pieces of the puzzle are put together! Anyway, this 7" is regularly found on my record player since i bought it a few months ago. Tripping Daisy ruled!

Label: Island Records
Cat.nr.: 854 572-2
Year of release: 1995

SIDE A:
01. Piranha

SIDE B:
01. Creature

Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You [12"]

This was a pretty good find at the record fair in Utrecht last month. A 12" by CATHERINE WHEEL, still originally sealed and therefore in completely mint condition . It's a limited edition (part one of a two record set, it says) which comes in a screen printed gatefold pvc sleeve. The cardboard sleeve itself is plain white; all the info plus the cover photo of the dog is printed on the pvc. It was sealed with a sticker. The 12" contains 3 demo songs. Two of them ended up on their Ferment album while Wish's final version appeared on the She's My Friend EP. For demo recordings they sound very good, by the way. The other 12" that fits in the sleeve and was available separately, has a remix of the title song I WANT TO TOUCH YOU and some other songs on it. Would be cool if i'd bump into that one some day.

Label: Fontana
Cat.nr.: CWB 312
Year of release: 1992

SIDE A:
01. I Want To Touch You [Original Demo]

SIDE B:
01. Black Metallic [Original Demo]
02. Wish [Original Demo]

The Knife - Gender Bender [10"]

This GENDER BENDER 10" EP by THE KNIFE is nowadays a pretty rare item, and it goes for steep prices on sites like Discogs and eBay. I bumped into it at the Utrecht record fair a few weeks ago for a very reasonable price however, so it was hard to leave it standing in the crate. The only song that i didn't have yet was Manhood; the others are from the Deep Cuts album. It's a limited numbered release. I couldn't find anywhere online how many copies were made, but my copy is # 0986, so at least 1000 i assume.

Label: Rabid Records
Cat.nr.: RABID022
Year of release: 2004

SIDE A:
01. Handy-Man
02. Manhood

SIDE B:
01. You Make Me Like Charity
02. Hangin' Out

Death In Vegas - Satan's Circus [12", 3LP]

SATAN'S CIRCUS by DEATH IN VEGAS is pretty different from the other Death In Vegas albums, in that it is completely instrumental. Also musically it's not as diverse as the other albums: it's pure krautrock and not much anything else. Which is, when done properly like it's done here, not at all a bad thing of course. Perhaps a little cheesy for a krautrock album, but a lot of song titles are related to Germany: Ein Für Die Damen, Kontroll, Sons Of Rother (must be referring to Neu's Michael Rother), Reigen (a controversial play by Arthur Schnitzler) and Anita Berber (a bisexual drug-addicted and alcoholic actress/nightclub dancer from Berlin, during the Weimar period). I found this 3LP for a really good price at the record fair in Utrecht, a few weeks ago. It's been on my wishlist for quite some time so i'm glad i finally have it now.

Label: Drone
Cat.nr.: DRONELPONE
Year of release: 2004

SIDE A:
01. Ein Für Die Damen

SIDE B:
01. Zugaga
02. Heil Xanax

SIDE C:
01. Black Lead
02. Sons Of Rother

SIDE D:
01. Candy McKenzie
02. Reigen

SIDE E:
01. Kontroll
02. Anita Berber

SIDE F:
01. Head

Various Artists - And Suddenly It's Evening [12", LP, Compilation]

I've been looking for a long time for the 12" of "Primitive Painters" by Felt (or their "Ignite The Seven Canons" LP on which it's featured) but for some reason i never come across it. It's such a wonderful song. Also after last weekend's record fair in Utrecht i returned home Felt-less once again. At least: almost. Because shortly before leaving i ran into this compilation album AND SUDDENLY IT'S EVENING from Cherry Red, and there it was! At least i can play it on vinyl now. The album has some other fine tunes by the likes of Jane, Eyeless In Gaza, The Monochrome Set and Laibach - but it was the Felt song that i bought it for. The song in which Elizabeth Fraser joins in in the refrain only for the words "you should see my trail of disgrace" is hands down one of the best indie songs of the eighties.

Label: Cherry Red, Rebel Records
Cat.nr.: RE 0035
Year of release: 1986

SIDE A:
01. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Night And Day
02. MARINE GIRLS - On My MInd
03. MORGAN-FISHER - Geneva
04. BEN WATT with ROBERT WYATT - Walter And John
05. TRACEY THORN - Plain Sailing
06. GRAB GRAB THE HADDOCK - For All We Know
07. JANE - It's A Fine Day

SIDE B:
01. ANTHONY PHILLIPS - Esperansa
02. IN EMBRACE - This Brilliant Evening
03. FELT - Primitive Painters
04. EYELESS IN GAZA - Welcome Now
05. THE MONOCHROME SET - The Mating Game
06. LAIBACH - Die Liebe

My Bloody Valentine - Peel Session And Rare Tracks [12', LP, Unofficial]

Last week i was at the Utrecht record fair and obviously i came home with some good stuff again. That place really is heaven for vinyl collectors. MY BLOODY VALENTINE recorded a Peel Session on September 25th 1988 and it was broadcasted, but never officially released on CD or vinyl. This is actually the first time i come across a MBV bootleg with these tracks. The others songs on this compilation are "rare tracks" that were included not too long ago on the "EP's 1988-1991" 2CD, plus the excellent cover versions of Wire's "Map Ref 41°N 93°W" and Louis Armstrong's "We Have All The Time In The World", from the soundtrack of the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The first was originally on a Wire tribute CD called "Whore", and the second on the "Peace Together" charity compilation album.
Bootlegs are usually full of typo's and omissions, and PEEL SESSION AND RARE TRACKS is no exception to the rule. On the back of the cover where the tracklisting is, they simply forgot song #4 of the Peel Session ("Feed Me With Your Kiss"), and they spelled "Angel" as "Angle". But all in all, it's a decent compilation of songs that are otherwise unavailable on vinyl. It wasn't too expensive either, so a welcome addition to my MBV collection.

Label: none
Cat.nr.: none
Year of release: ?

SIDE A:
01. I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)
02. Lose My Breath
03. When You Wake (You're Still In A Dream)
04. Feed Me With Your Kiss
05. Sugar
06. How Do You Do It

SIDE B:
01. Angel
02. Map Reference 41 N 93 W                                                                               
03. Instrumental No2
04. Instrumental No1
05. We Have All The Time In The World