May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Yesterday saw the release of the ‘new’ Sparkle In The Rain (belated) 40th anniversary box set release. You can see how it looks with this unboxing video by Paul Sinclair of Super Deluxe Edition. Even Paul was saying ‘But £75? Yikes!’ I actually would like it now I’ve seen the unboxing, but I’ll bide my…
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Box set…ya da ya da…blue vinyl blah blah…. A couple of nice t-shirts that are actually back to an affordable price point (rather than the £40 extortionate charge for tour t-shirts!) of £25. As for the prices of the music packages? Nope! No thanks. Sorry – this is of “I Saw You Coming” proportions. Anyway,…
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Due for release late next month “Shake The Foundations” looks like another well thought out Cherry Red release, focusing on what they’re classifying as “Militant Funk and The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984”. On CD One of the compilation is Empires And Dance album track classic, This Fear Of Gods. Other artists to feature on the set…
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This new “The Bowie Years” box set of Iggy Pop is looking really good. Considering how much I love Iggy, I have diddly squat of his music as a solid format right now. I think I’ll change that soon…
A couple of reviews of the SFY box set have been printed in both Mojo and Uncut magazines this week. The Mojo one is particularly scathing but the “fortune cookie wisdom” in regards to Jim’s lyrics in the Uncut review isn’t exactly complimentary, either! Although overall, it is a kinder review. The reissue lands in…
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Courting the controversy of what’s NOT included in the Street Fighting Years box set – something of this calibre is what some fans were hoping for. Just saying…
So…two of my recent posts to the SMO visitor wall get deleted for…whatever reason. Okay. Fair enough. But this gets to stay? No comeback from Jim? Nae nuthin’? Well, it’s “on topic”, I suppose. At least they’ve been allowed to express an opinion… To each their own.
It’s the one a lot of fans have been waiting for and well…it’s fairly disappointing, insomuch as there’s nothing to surprise. No previously unreleased material. Well the Verona audio is deemed “previously unissued” – whatever the fuck THAT’S meant to mean. Not previously in audio only format, I’m assuming? This new push for “edits” continues…
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Well, seeing as most days there is not much to report, I have decided to coin the SM “Slow News Sunday Summary”. A look at what morsels have been reported via SMO or other related avenues during the past seven days. Cherisse on tour with Kelly Jones in June/July Sir’s been to Sicily Sarah’s Saturday…
Well, the packaging looks amazing. I will invest ASAP. As for last night’s Stranglers gig? I suffered yet ANOTHER fainting spell. I felt unwell about 30 mins into their set. I sat down for a few mins, but was told to get back up for fear I’d be crushed. Bless his cotton socks! JJ saw…