Thursday was the new Friday last night as Mrs H and I stayed up late drinking red wine and playing records because we are grown ups and we can.*
So what I need this morning to cut through a slight fug and some squally weather are noisy-thick swashy guitars topped with sweet melodious vocals, I reckon.
I first had this on a C90 my good friend Dr Al made for me in a high-rise Toronto apartment; it also featured They Might Be Giants doing 'Roadmovie To Berlin' and some Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Damn I miss getting cassettes in the post.
Pale Saints - 'Sight Of You' (1990)
* thanks Colin
Word verification the absolutely tremendous 'fooliker'
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to like the Pale Saints.
Is there a 4AD covers book? As good as the blue note covers for sure...
....stunning aren't they? And sometimes better than the music therein (Lush!).
ReplyDeleteYeah, Lush were never quite as good as Miki looked...sorry covers looked...
ReplyDeleteDrinking on a school night, rather irresponsible, Mr H.
ReplyDeleteI agree that a lot of the 4AD covers were great and when you put on the vinyl at times it was quite a let down.
Really bored today!
'An intelligent person is never bored' Drew.
ReplyDeletei must be as thick as shit today then.
ReplyDelete23 Envelope was the firm that did the 4AD covers...I think there was a book released at some point...
ReplyDeleteVaughan Oliver. Not easily available (or cheap) but apparently here.
ReplyDeleteI miss the 'two sides' aspect - the way you could build a mood on Side 1, end with a cracker, open afresh on Side 2; and trying very hard to write small and neatly on the inset; and timing it perfectly so the last track ended and the Play button popped up and we're done; these and many other things of little consequence that Mattered Very Much.
ReplyDeleteJust what the doctor ordered...and darn if it isn't *Monday* - thanks for making it more tolerable. xo
ReplyDeleteAlways a pleasure, never a pain x
ReplyDeleteHaven't dropped by for a while and missed this one - fantastic.
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