Tame Impala - Live Versions [12", LP, Limited Edition]

Less than two weeks until it's Record Store Day again! For me, this LIVE VERSIONS LP by TAME IMPALA was one of the highlights of last year's edition. I don't buy a lot of live albums on vinyl, but since these versions are pretty different from the studio versions, i thought i'd make an exception. Besides, Tame Impala is simply a great band. They recently announced that there'll be a new album soon so i'm pretty stoked for that. I don't know exactly how many were made of the green vinyl edition like the one i have, because there are also black copies floating around, and the album also shortly has been available as regular release a few months later. But it sure looks and sounds good.

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 184
Year of release: 2014

SIDE A:
01. Endors Toi
02. Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind?
03. Sestri Levante
04. Mind Mischief
05. Desire Be, Desire Go

SIDE B:
01. Half Full Glass Of Wine
02. Be Above It
03. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
04. Apocalypse Dreams

Tame Impala - Tame Impala [12"]

The self-titled EP by TAME IMPALA has been on my wishlist for quite some time, but was pretty much impossible to find for a normal price. Luckily the people at Modular decided to reissue the EP (originally on 10" format, MODVL107) as a 12" with two extra tracks for Record Store Day 2013. They made 5000 copies on red vinyl, and since April 20th i'm the happy owner of one of those. The bonus tracks have been previously released on limited 2CD editions of the Innerspeaker album: Wander on the Australian edition, and Forty One Mosquitoes Flying In Formation on the UK edition. First time on vinyl for both, as far as i know.


Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL174
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. Desire Be Desire Go
02. Skeleton Tiger
03. Half Full Glass Of Wine

SIDE B:
01. Forty One Mosquitoes Flying In Formation
02. Slide Through My Fingers
03. Wander

Tame Impala - Mind Mischief [12"]

MIND MISCHIEF is the second single taken from TAME IMPALA's excellent Lonerism album. Besides the album version, there are two remixes on this 12": a very laidback Ducktails Remix and one by The Field, whose monotonous (in a positive way) distinctive sound fits very well with this track. Over 10 minutes to get you in a trance....

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 175
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. Mind Mischief
02. Mind Mischief (Ductktails Remix)

SIDE B:
01. Mind Mischief (The Field Remix)

Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? [12"]

Sometimes, remixes can be very cool and really add something to a song. Sometimes, remixes could've better not been made at all. I'm sorry to say that as far as i'm concerned that's pretty much the case with the remixes on this TAME IMPALA 12". Erol Alkan made a boring club version of the otherwise great tune WHY WON'T YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND? from the Innerspeaker album. What Pilooski did to Lucidity is slightly better, but the annoying squeaks in the beginning of the song really get on my nerves after some time. Luckily after a while they're gone and what's left is decent enough to be called a remix. Still not really my cup of tea though. Don't get me wrong: the band released some other remixes of their songs that are really cool. For example the versions on the Solitude Is Bliss EP, or of course the magnificent Rodd Rundgren remix of Elephant. But these? Nah.

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 139
Year of release: 2011

SIDE A:
01. Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? [Errol Alkan Rework]
02. Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind? [Errol Alkan Instrumental]

SIDE B:
01. Lucidity [Pilooski Remix]

Tame Impala - Lonerism [12", 2LP]

The long-awaited follow-up to Innerspeaker, and i must say that TAME IMPALA totally lives up to the high expectations. Killer tracks like Why Won't They Talk To Me?, Feels Like We Only Go Backwards and of course the smashing Elephant make LONERISM one of the best albums of this year as far as i'm concerned.


Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 161
Year of release: 2012

SIDE A:
01. Be Above It
02. Endors Toi
03. Apocalypse Dreams

SIDE B:
01. Mind Mischief
02. Music To Walk Home By
03. Why Won't They Talk To Me?

SIDE C:
01. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
02. Keep On Lying
03. Elephant

SIDE D:
01. She Just Won't Believe Me
02. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has BeenAnything We Could Control
03. Sun's Coming Up

Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss [12"]

One of the best tracks of TAME IMPALA's Innerspeaker, SOLITUDE IS BLISS, got released on a 12" maxi single at the time. It features 3 spaced out remixes of which the Midnight Juggernauts Remix is one that i still put on quite regularly.


Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 127
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Solitude Is Bliss
02. Solitude Is Bliss - Canyons 'Dow Jones' Mix

SIDE B:
01. Solitude Is Bliss - Midnight Juggernauts Remix
02. Solitude Is Bliss - Mickey Moonlight T.A.M. Remix

Tame Impala - Elephant [12"]

ELEPHANT is the first single taken from TAME IMPALA's upcoming new album Lonerism, that should be out in a few weeks. A track that's extremely promising for the rest of the album and i really can't wait until it's out. But in the meantime i'll just be spinning this 12" over and over, i guess. The remixes are rather good as well, and they really add something. Especially the Todd Rundgren Remix is pretty awesome.

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL 166
Year of release: 2012

SIDE A:
01. Elephant
02. Elephant (Canyons Wooly Mammoth Extension)

SIDE B:
01. Elephant (Todd Rundgren Remix)

Tame Impala - Innerspeaker [12", 2LP]

One of my favourite albums of the last couple of years, and a great live band as well. INNERSPEAKER still spins many rounds on my turntable every month. Here's hoping for a mew TAME IMPALA album soon; these guys really rock.

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL128
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. It Is Not Meant To Be
02. Desire Be Desire Go
03. Alter Ego

SIDE B:
01. Lucidity
02. Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
03. Solitude Is Bliss

SIDE C:
01. Jeremy's Storm
02. Expectation
03. The Bold Arrow Of Time
04. Interlude

SIDE D:
01. Runway, Houses, City, Clouds
02. I Don't Really Mind

Tame Impala - Sundown Syndrome [7"]

Not that SUNDOWN SYNDROME on the A-side is a bad song -quite the contrary- or that a single necessarily needs to have a full color sleeve instead of a generic label sleeve, but: the only reason for me to buy this 7" is because of the fantastic B-side. TAME IMPALA makes their version of The Blue Boy's hit REMEMBER ME completely their own. I played it once and somebody came up to my DJ booth and asked me if "this was the original version?", thinking it was some kind of sixties song.
This 7" is the only place where you can find this awesome cover version.

Label: Modular
Cat.nr.: MODVL115
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Sundown Syndrome

SIDE B:
01. Remember Me