Ride - Leave Them All Behind [7", Promo]

Last weekend i've visited the bi-annual record fair in Utrecht again, and this 7" by RIDE was one of my best crate digging finds there. It's a pretty rare Spanish promo for the song LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND. Both the A and B side have the same lengthy (album) version of the song, by the way.
I'm so excited that this great band will be back together for a tour in spring 2015! There were already rumours that it was going to happen for quite a while. I actually heard it first when i was in London to see Slowdive getting back together in May this year, and i promised to myself i'd make a similar trip to the UK in 2015 if it would happen. But since they planned a show in Amsterdam i can simply hop on the train to see them over here. Bloody brilliant! After My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and now Ride, who else would i like to see getting back together? I'd say Lush, although i'd perfectly understand in their case that the reason for breaking up might perhaps be still valid for not getting back together anymore again. It would be different anyway. So perhaps Chapterhouse would be a nice alternative.

Label: Warner Bros.
Cat.nr.: 1503 
Year of release: 1992

SIDE A: 
01. Leave Them All Behind

SIDE B:
01. Leave Them All Behind

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic [12", 2LP]

EMBRYONIC was the first record i bought on vinyl by THE FLAMING LIPS. It's not their best album (i would say either Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots or The Soft Bulletin would qualify for that status) but nevertheless a very good one, with songs like The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine, Silver Trembling Hands, Watching the Planets and the amazing Worm Mountain. And besides that, their albums always look amazing. Weird artwork and beautiful coloured vinyl. This one had the album on CD included as well. Groovy.

Label: Warner Bros.
Cat.nr.: 1-520857
Year of release: 2009

SIDE A:
01. Convinced Of The Hex
02. The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine
03. Evil
04. Aquarius Sabotage

SIDE B:
01. See The Leaves
02. If
03. Gemini Syringes
04. Your Bats
05. Powerless

SIDE C:
01. The Ego's Last Stand
02. I Can Be A Frog
03. Sagittarius Silver Announcement
04. Worm Mountain

SIDE D:
01. Scorpio Sword
02. The Impulse
03. Virgo Self-Esteem Broadcast
04. Watching The Planets

The Flaming Lips & Stardeath And White Dwarfs - The Dark Side Of The Moon [12", LP]

This FLAMING LIPS album (collaborating here not only with STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS, the band of Dennis Coyne who's a nephew of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, but also PEACHES and HENRY ROLLINS) came out on Record Store Day 2010. It was a limited pressing of 5000 copies on both seafoam green and on clear vinyl. I've got a clear one, as you can see on the picture. The album is a complete remake of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, but in a typical Flaming Lips style with weird sounds, vocoders and funny noises. Some nice versions of these classic songs on this LP for sure; but as a whole, i prefer the original.

Label: Warner Bros.
Cat.nr.: 523541-1
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Speak To Me / Breathe
02. On The Run
03. Time / Breathe (Reprise)
04. The Great Gig In The Sky

SIDE B:
01. Money
02. Us And Them
03. Any Colour You Like
04. Brain Damage
05. Eclipse