THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 12: LOST GIRLS

On the twelth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN A TEST PRESSING FROM LOST GIRLS!


One of our most intriguing releases was a startingly good album that had sat unreleased in the vaults since 1998.

Lost Girls are Patrick Fitzgerald of Kitchens of Distinction and Heidi Berry who had released several albums on Creation and 4AD. Looking for a project, they got together in the studio and put together a remarkable set of songs which, when we got to hear them, we knew were too good to sit on that shelf for any longer. Our 2CD, LP and Download of the album has met with critical acclaim (scroll down to see!) and we have a competition for you to win a unique prize – a test pressing vinyl of the album.

For you chance to win it, head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share the Lost Girls post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting the Lost Girls tweet.

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

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EXPLORE THE WORLD OF LOST GIRLS!

Hold Me Down

Japanese
Needle's Eye
Listen to the album on Spotify

LOST GIRLS – LOST GIRLS


Order your copy of Lost Girls on 2CD, LP and Download at our shop.

“(Lost Girls is) somewhere between the 4AD ‘Sound’ and that of Kitchens of Distinction. The Lost Girls could have been just that, lost. On the evidence of this collection of their work, that would have been criminal.”
8.7/10 – Backseat Mafia

“an embarrassment of previously unreleased riches”
★★★★ – Record Collector

“Wild abandonment on collaboration between Patrick Fitzgerald, Heidi Berry and others”
★★★★ – Daily Mirror

“A stunning collection of songs”
★★★★ – Scottish Express

“The celestial Heidi Berry in stirring form”
Mojo

“An accomplished, expertly written and executed set of songs with a production as lush and welcoming as those songs deserve”
Louder Than War

LOST GIRLS CD1

1. All Fall Away
2. NYC
3. Japanese
4. Hold Me Down
5. Hovercrafts
6. Abduction
7. Forgiven
8. Opiated Self-Help Song
9. Needle’s Eye
10. A Reason To Live
11. Seen Before

LOST GIRLS CD2

1. Walk Like Giants
2. All Fall Away (Demo)
3. Hold Me Down (Demo)
4. Folk Fuck
5. Mountaineers
6. Forgiven (Demo)
7. Opiated Self-Help Song (Demo)
8. Bathing Song
9. Deja Vu
10. Lost Girls


LOST GIRLS LP

SIDE A
1. All Fall Away
2. NYC
3. Japanese
4. Hold Me Down
5. Hovercrafts

SIDE B
1. Abduction
2. Forgiven
3. Opiated Self-Help Song
4. Needle’s Eye
5. A Reason To Live
6. Seen Before

Includes MP3 download code with access to all the bonus tracks from CD2

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 11: BOB

On the eleventh day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. AN EXCLUSIVE BOB VIDEO!

As BOB prepare themselves for a return to live action next year, we want to share this with you – a clip from an intimate show at Southsea’s Pie And Vinyl shop around the promotion of the re-issue of Leave The Straight Life Behind.



This track is a cover of a Jesse James track that Simon came across on a Northern Soul compilation and we think it’s a belter!

BOB have announced that they are playing at the Gigantic Indie All Dayer on 23rd May in Manchester and are planning some other dates too, so watch this space.
All this and a new Anthology release in pipeline means 2015 is going to be a busy year for BOB!

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF BOB!

Leave The Straight Life Behind Album Sampler

Watch Convenience
Watch BOB's cover of Blue Boy

Explore Simon's Playlist

BOB – LEAVE THE STRAIGHT LIFE BEHIND EXPANDED EDITION


Order your copy of Leave The Straight Life Behind on 2CD Expanded Edition and exclusive t-shirts at our shop.

LEAVE THE STRAIGHT LIFE BEHIND EXPANDED EDITION CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Dynamite
2. Skylark III
3. Nothing For Something
4. Who You Are
5. Old Jean Blues
6. Take, Take, Take
7. Skylark II
8. Trousercide
9. Saying Goodbye
10. 95 Tears
11. The Belly
12. Leave The Straight Life Behind
BONUS TRACKS
13. Many Strings
14. Come Winter *
15. Bloodline *
16. Another Crow *

LEAVE THE STRAIGHT LIFE BEHIND EXPANDED EDITION CD2

THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS
John Peel Show #1 – 7th January 1988
1. Trousercide *
2. Kirsty *
3. Esmerelda Brooklyn *
4. Brian Wilson’s Bed *
Simon Mayo Evening Show – 2nd March 1988
5. Times Like These *
6. Just Like You *
7. Smelly Summer *
8. It Was Kevin *
John Peel Show #2 – 5th February 1989
9. Who You Are *
10. Scarecrow *
11. So Far, So Good *
12. It Was Kevin *
John Peel Show #3 – 3rd September 1989
13. Extension ‘Bob’, Please *
14. Throw Away The Key *
15. Bloodline *
16. Wild West 9 *
BBC Radio Humberside Session – 16th October 1989
17. Convenience *
18. Demons *
19. Uphill Down *
20. Scarecrow *

* previously unreleased


THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 10: BETH ORTON

On the tenth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN A FRAMED, SIGNED BETH PICTURE OF BETH ORTON!


One of our favourite re-issues this year is Beth Orton’s Central Reservation – it’s always been a stone-cold classic for us here at 3 Loop Music, and now it comes packed with even more fabulous-ness for you to enjoy. As we love to share our favourite things with you, we are giving you a chance to win the signed and framed Beth Orton picture straight from our desk!

For you chance to win it, head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share the Beth Orton post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting the Beth Orton tweet.

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

Good luck!

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF BETH ORTON!

Watch Beth on Later

Watch Stolen Car
Watch I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Watch Central Reservation

BETH ORTON – CENTRAL RESERVATION EXPANDED EDITION


Order your copy of Central Reservation on 2CD Expanded Edition at our shop.

“this is her finest hour, an album that deserves to be re-appraised” Scottish Daily Express – 4/5

“15 years on the album’s vaguely folktronica stylings seem coolly prescient” Uncut – 8/10

“Affecting, beguiling and a welcome breath of fresh air in a world full of artifice” Hi Fi Choice – 5/5

“What’s perhaps most amazing about it is that Central Reservation doesn’t feel like it has aged a day, and it is remains a stunning, filler-free album of nothing but the best set of songs Orton has ever penned” Pop Matters – 9/10

CENTRAL RESERVATION EXPANDED EDITION CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Stolen Car
2. Sweetest Decline
3. Couldn’t Cause Me Harm
4. So Much More
5. Pass In Time
6. Central Reservation (Original Version)
7. Stars All Seem To Weep
8. Love Like Laughter
9. Blood Red River
10. Devil Song
11. Feel To Believe
12. Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)

CENTRAL RESERVATION EXPANDED EDITION CD2

Sessions At West 54th Street
1. Someone’s Daughter *
2. Sweetest Decline *
3. Blood Red River *
4. Pass In Time *
5. She Cries Your Name *
6. Devil Song *
7. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine *
8. Stars All Seem To Weep *
B-Sides
9. I Love How You Love Me
10. Precious Maybe
11. Stars All Seem To Weep (Shed Version)
12. Central Reservation (Spiritual Life Ibadon Remix)
Demos and Rough Mixes
13. Love Like Laughter *
14. So Much More *
15. Central Reservation Band Demo *
16. Couldn’t Cause Me Harm *

* previously unreleased


THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 9: WORLD OF TWIST

On the ninth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN A WORLD OF TWIST T-SHIRT!


You can’t have Christmas without Quality Street, so do you fancy winning one of our exclusive, Jeremy Deller inspired World Of Twist t-shirts and a unique Quality Street test pressing LP?

Then head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share the World Of Twist post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting the World Of Twist tweet.

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

Good luck!

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF WORLD OF TWIST!

Watch World Of Twist on The Word

Watch World of Twist on SNUB TV
Watch World Of Twist on The New Sessions
Watch Jelly Baby

WORLD OF TWIST – QUALITY STREET


Order your copy of Quality Street on 2CD Expanded Edition and LP at our shop.

“I hate writing, it’s like having the life drawn out of me, so all I can say is World Of Twist were the Roxy Music of their time, I can’t think, or give a better compliment than that”
Jeremy Deller

“World Of Twist’s timeless music is ripe for rediscovery” The Guardian
“Quality Street quickens the pulse with agitating songs” Q
“Madchester’s answer to Roxy Music” The Telegraph
“In Quality Street’s junkshop glamour and playful retro-futurism you can hear a blueprint for Britpop and beyond” Uncut

QUALITY STREET EXPANDED EDITION CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Lose My Way
2. Sons Of The Stage
3. This Too Shall Pass Away
4. Jelly Baby
5. Speed Wine
6. The Lights
7. On The Scene
8. Sweets
9. The Spring
10. The Storm
11. She’s A Rainbow
12. Life And Death (extended mix)

QUALITY STREET EXPANDED EDITION CD2

1. Blackpool Tower Suite
2. This Too Shall Pass (chat)
3. She’s A Rainbow (12” version)
4. Sons Of The Stage (12” version)
5. Sweets (Barrett 200 mix)
6. Lose My Way (John Peel Session 25/6/91) *
7. St Bruno (John Peel Session 25/6/91) *
8. Kick Out The Jams (John Peel Session 25/6/91) *
9. Blackpool Tower (John Peel Session 25/6/91) *
10. I’m A Teardrop (Mark Goodier Session 22/9/90)*
11. Fire (Mark Goodier Session 22/9/90)*
12. Jelly Baby (Mark Goodier Session 22/9/90)*
13. Sons Of the Stage (Mark Goodier Session 22/9/90)*
14. She’s A Rainbow (Live at St Andrew’s University 21/10/91) *
15. Kick Out The Jams (Live at St Andrew’s University 21/10/91) *

* previously unreleased

QUALITY STREET LP RE-ISSUE

SIDE A
1. Lose My Way
2. Sons Of The Stage
3. This Too Shall Pass Away
4. Jelly Baby
5. Speed Wine
6. The Lights

SIDE B
1. On The Scene
2. Sweets
3. The Spring
4. The Storm
5. She’s A Rainbow

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 8: JACK ADAPTOR

On the eighth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE AND A FREE DOWNLOAD FROM JACK ADAPTOR!

Here’s Fred and Christopher with a little Christmas message for you!


A Christmas gift from Jack Adaptor

Jack Frost may be nipping at your toes but here come Jack Adaptor with a little track to warm you up on these wintry days.

To download the track just enter your details below…



EXPLORE THE WORLD OF JACK ADPATOR!

Watch Number One Record

Watch Get It Right First Time
Watch The Circle
Watch Burmah Gold

JACK ADAPTOR – J’ACCUSE! THE ALBUM


Jack Adaptor - J'Accuse!

Jack Adaptor - J'Accuse!

Jack Adaptor’s new album, J’Accuse!, is available now on CD, LP and Download.
Order your copy now at the 3 Loop Music Shop and get an exclusive, signed copy.



J’ACCUSE!

1. Number One Record
2. Get It Right First Time
3. The Circle
4. If Not Now, When
5. Zodiac Bones
6. Paper Thin
7. V.U.
8. Wall Builders
9. Antonin Artaud


Click here for all the details on J’Accuse!

Praise for J’Accuse!
“If you can’t find anything to enjoy on J’Accuse, you’re not listening carefully enough”
Backseat Mafia – 8/10

“An album that has left the past behind, and expanded its horizons. Indie is not the world.
You might not know and might not care that these songs share a creator with former indie chart hits like “River of Diamonds” and “Steamroller”, it’s great to hear old voices doing new things, and doing them this well, with a freshness and intelligence.”
Record Rewind Play – 8.5/10

“J’Accuse! is turning out to be something rather special”
Andrew Collins

“a rare beast; an album that bears repeated listening, that doesn’t treat you like an eight year old, that demands you come and meet it half-way. J’Accuse! is intelligent pop music with suss which maintains that there is still something of worth to be done with that form of expression… why is no-one else doing this?”
Louder Than War

“erudite, eclectic and enormously enjoyable… one of those all-too-rare quietly triumphant records; confident, fun, adult, fully formed and self contained.”
The Mouth Magazine

“there’s no doubting J’Accuse! is a mighty accomplished piece of work”
Isolation Records

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 7: ECHOBELLY

On the seventh day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN SIGNED ECHOBELLY ALBUMS!

Following the announcement that they will be playing electric and acoustic gigs in 2015, we are celebrating what is sure to be a highlight of next year by giving you the chance to win a copy of our re-issues of Everyone’s Got One and On, signed personally for you by Glenn and Sonya!

For your chance to win head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share the Echobelly post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting the Echobelly tweet.

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

Good luck!

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF ECHOBELLY!

Watch King Of The Kerb

Watch I Can't Imagine The World Without Me
Watch Something Hot In A Cold Country
Watch Echobelly on TOTP

ECHOBELLY: THE RE-ISSUES


Order your copy of Everyone’s Got On and On 2CD Expanded Editions at our shop.

EVERYONE’S GOT ONE CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Today Tomorrow Sometimes Never
2. Father, Ruler, King, Computer
3. Give Her A Gun
4. I Can’t Imagine The World Without Me
5. Bellyache
6. Taste Of You
7. Insomniac
8. Call Me Names
9. Close… But
10. Cold Feet Warm Heart
11. Scream

EVERYONE’S GOT ONE CD2

1. Bellyache
2. Sleeping Hitler
3. Give Her A Gun
4. I Don’t Belong Here
5. Centipede
6. Talent
7. Sober
8. Venus Wheel
9. So La Di Da
10. I Can’t Imagine A World Without Me (Live)
11. Cold Feet Warm Heart (Live)

STEVE LAMACQ EVENING SESSION BBC RADIO 1 SESSION – 2 FEBRUARY 1994
12. Father Ruler King Computer *
13. Call Me Names *
14. Taste Of You *
15. Give Her A Gun *

* previously unreleased

ON CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Car Fiction
2. King Of The Kerb
3. Great Things
4. Natural Animal
5. Go Away
6. Pantyhose and Roses
7. Something Hot In A Cold Country
8. Four Letter Word
9. Nobody Like You
10. In The Year
11. Dark Therapy
12. Worms And Angels

BONUS MATERIAL
13. Here Comes The Scene
14. God’s Guest List
15. On Turn Off
16. On Turn On
17. Bunty
18. One After 5AM
19. Car Fiction (French Version)
20. On Turn On (Acoustic)
21. Natural Animal (Acoustic)
22. We Know Better
23. Atom
24. Aloha Lolita

ON CD2

LIVE AT WETLANDS NYC – 9 SEPT 95
1. I Can’t Imagine A World Without Me
2. Car Fiction *
3. Close But *
4. Dark Therapy *
5. Father Ruler King Computer *
6. Give Her A Gun *
7. Go Away *
8. Great Things
9. Insomniac
10. King Of The Kerb
11. Natural Animal *
12. Pantyhose and Roses *
13. Today Tomorrow *

JOHN PEEL BBC RADIO 1 SESSION – 1 APRIL 1995
14. Four Letter Word *
15. Car Fiction *
16. Pantyhose And Roses *
17. Go Away *

* previously unreleased

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 6: THE AUTEURS

On the sixth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN SIGNED TEST PRESSINGS!

Today we are giving you the chance to win one of three test pressings signed by Luke Haines! Would you like to win the test pressing for Now I’m A Cowboy, After Murder Park or How I Learned To Love The Bootboys?

Just head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share The Auteurs post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting The Auteurs tweet.

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

Good luck!

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF THE AUTEURS!

Watch Luke Haines perform Home Again

Watch The Auteurs on Later With Jools Holland
Watch The Auteurs on  Hotel Babylon
Watch The Auteurs on The Beat
Watch The Auteurs perform The Upper Classes
Watch Kill Ramirez
Watch The Auteurs on Later with Jools Holland
Watch The Rubettes

THE AUTEURS: THE RE-ISSUES



Originally released in 1993 after The Auteurs had issued a demo cassette, landed a tour supporting Suede and had record companies fighting to sign them, New Wave was the vanguard of the emerging, post-Nirvana British music scene. It was justly nominated for a Mercury Music Prize though the gong was taken by Suede.

Mr Luke Haines says “Some 21 years later and the album still sounds great. There is not a note that I would change.”

The album features the singles Showgirl and How Could I Be Wrong and now includes key b-sides, live and session recordings and previously unreleased demos, taken from the actual cassette that got them signed to Hut Records.



THE AUTEURS – NEW WAVE CD1

Original Album
1. Showgirl
2. Bailed Out
3. American Guitars
4. Junk Shop Clothes
5. Don’t Trust the Stars
6. Starstruck
7. How Could I Be Wrong
8. Housebreaker
9. Valet Parking
10. Idiot Brother
11. Early Years
12. Home Again

Bonus Tracks
13. Subculture (They Can’t Find Him) – original LP bonus 7”/CD hidden track
14. She Might Take a Train – original LP bonus 7”
15. Glad To Be Gone – Showgirl b-side
16. Staying Power – Showgirl b-side
17. Wedding Day – How Could I Be Wrong b-side
18. High Diving Horses – How Could I Be Wrong b-side

THE AUTEURS – NEW WAVE CD2

Rarities, sessions and demos
1. Housebreaker – Rough Trade Singles Club 7”
2. Valet Parking – Rough Trade Singles Club 7”

3. Starstruck (acoustic)
4. Junk Shop Clothes (acoustic)
5. Housebreaker (acoustic)
6. Home Again (acoustic)

7. New French Girlfriend(BBC Radio Session – 2.1.93) *
8. Government Bookstore (BBC Radio Session – 2.1.93) *
9. How Could I Be Wrong (BBC Radio Session – 2.1.93) *
10. Junk Shop Clothes (BBC Radio Session – 2.1.93) *

11. Bailed Out (4 track demo) *
12. American Guitars (4 track demo) *
13. Showgirl (4 track demo) *
14. Glad to Be Gone (4 track demo) *
15. Starstruck (4 track demo) *
16. Early Years (4 track demo) *

* previously unreleased


Now I’m A Cowboy was released in 1994 and is home the smash hit Lenny Valentino. In reflection, Mr Luke Haines remembers: “After we had finished recording ‘New Wave,’ I was determined not to get caught out by ‘difficult second album syndrome’, so I kept writing. New French Girlfriend, Lenny Valentino, Government Bookstore and Modern History were all written at the end of 1993. There was a truck load of ‘English’ stupid on the horizon. Against conformity, I rashly called the album Now I’m A Cowboy which was exactly how I felt, and the opposite of everything that was about to come.”

The Auteurs - Now I'm A Cowboy

The Auteurs - Now I'm A Cowboy

THE AUTEURS – NOW I’M A COWBOY CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Lenny Valentino
2. Brainchild
3. I’m A Rich Man’s Toy
4. New French Girlfriend
5. The Upper Classes
6. Chinese Bakery
7. A Sister Like You
8. Underground Movies
9. Life Classes / Life Model
10. Modern History
11. Daughter Of A Child

BONUS MATERIAL – B-Sides
12. Lenny Valentino (Single Version)
13. Vacant Lot
14. Car Crazy
15. Disney World
16. Lenny Valentino (Original Mix)
17. Underground Movies (Alternative Mix)
18. Brainchild (Original Version)

THE AUTEURS – NOW I’M A COWBOY CD2

BONUS MATERIAL – B-Sides, Sessions and Live
1. Government Bookstore
2. Everything You Say Will Destroy You
3. Chinese Bakery (Acoustic)
4. Modern History (Acoustic)

BBC Radio 1 Evening Session – 27.4.94
5. Upper Classes
6. Rich Man’s Toy *
7. Underground Movies *
8. Everything You Say Will Destroy You

Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 1 Session – 9.5.94
9. Lenny Valentino *
10. Chinese Bakery
11. New French Girlfriend
12. Modern History *

Live at Leeds Town & Country – 13.12.93
13. How Could I Be Wrong *
14. Don’t Trust The Stars *
15. The Upper Classes *
16. New French Girlfriend *
17. Showgirl *
18. Lenny Valentino *
19. Modern History *
20. Early Years *

* previously unreleased


Recorded in under two weeks at Abbey Road Studios, After Murder Park marked a new direction and needed a new sound provided by the production of Steve Albini. Mr Luke Haines considers the recording sessions the high point of The Auteurs career: “My only regret is I didn’t know just how good this stuff was at the time. Sure, I knew we were on to something. But really, ‘After Murder Park’ …fucking Woah!”

The Auteurs - After Murder Park

The Auteurs - After Murder Park


THE AUTEURS – AFTER MURDER PARK CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. Light Aircraft On Fire
2. The Child Brides
3. Land Lovers
4. New Brat In Town
5. Everything You Say Will Destroy You
6. Unsolved Child Murder
7. Married To A Lazy Lover
8. Buddha
9. Tombstone
10. Fear Of Flying
11. Dead Sea Navigators
12. After Murder Park

BONUS MATERIAL
13. Back With The Killer Again
14. Kenneth Anger’s Bad Dream
15. Former Fan
16. Light Aircraft On Fire (Single Version)
17. Car Crash
18. Buddha (4 Track Band Demo)
19. X-Boogie Man
20. Everything You Say (Early Steve Albini recording) *
21. Tombstone (Alternate Recording)
22. Unsolved Child Murder (Early Version)

BBC John Peel Session – 9 March 1996
23. Kids Issue
24. A New Life A New Family
25. Buddah
26. After Murder Park

THE AUTEURS – AFTER MURDER PARK CD2

BONUS MATERIAL – The Black Session
5 March 1996

1. Starstruck *
2. After Murder Park *
3. Kenneth Angers Bad Dream *
4. Unsolved Child Murder *
5. Bailed Out *
6. Light Aircraft On Fire *
7. Buddha *
8. How Could I Be Wrong *
9. Married To A Lazy Lover *
10. American Guitars *
11. Junk Shop Clothes *
12. Kids Issue *
13. Early Years *
14. Lenny Valentino *
15. Showgirl *
16. Land Lovers *
17. Home Again *
18. Tombstone *
19. Housebreaker *

* previously unreleased
.



The Auteurs fourth and ultimately final album, How I Learned To Love The Bootboys was released in July 1999, a 3-year gap since After Murder Park. During that hiatus, Mr Luke Haines released albums as part of Black Box Recorder and under the guise of Baader Meinhof.

Mr Luke Haines says “On listening to …Bootboys again, I’m actually surprised how focussed it sounds. There’s a straightforward ‘pop side’ and an unstraightforward ‘experimental’ side. My only regret is not putting more on the album – really stretching it out and making it a sprawling double, songs like Breaking Up and Get Wrecked At Home were far too good for B-sides”.

The Auteurs - How I Learned To Love The Bootboys

The Auteurs - How I Learned To Love The Bootboys

THE AUTEURS – HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOOTBOYS CD1

ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. The Rubettes
2. 1967
3. How I Learned To Love The Bootboys
4. Your Gang, Our Gang
5. Some Changes
6. School
7. Johnny & The Hurricanes
8. The South Will Rise Again
9. Asti Spumante
10. Sick Of Hari Krisna
11. Lights Out
12. Future Generation

BONUS MATERIAL – B-sides and Rarities
13. Get Wrecked At Home
14. Breaking Up
15. Politic
16. ESP Kids
17. Johnny And The Hurricanes
18. Future Generation
19. School *
20. Essex Bootboys
21. The Rubettes (Acoustic) *
22. 1967 (Acoustic) *
23. Some Changes (Acoustic) *
24. Lights Out (Acoustic) *

* previously unreleased

THE AUTEURS – HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOOTBOYS CD2

NO DIALOGUE WITH CUNTS
The Auteurs Last Stand
Live At LSE November 1999
On CD for the first time

1. Baader Meinhof
2. Meet Me At The Airport
3. Burn Warehouse Burn / There’s Gonna Be An Accident
4. Back On The Farm
5. Baader Meinhof 2
6. Unsolved Child Murder
7. 1967
8. The Rubettes
9. How I Learned To Love The Bootboys
10. Your Gang, Our Gang
11. How Could I Be Wrong
12. Buddha
13. After Murder Park
14. Light Aircraft On Fire
15. Lenny Valentino
16. Future Generation



In 1995, Mr Luke Haines found himself with time on his hands after completing The Auteurs third album, After Murder Park.  so he headed back into the studio and recorded Baader Meinhof, an album art project recounting the story of the Baader Meinhof group, a bunch of 1970s West German urban revolutionaries. 

Armed with an array of synths, a head full of funk and a super-top classical Indian percussionist, the result is dance music for the brain, movies for the ear.  Just imagine George Clinton producing a malevolent KC and the Sunshine Band all jacked up on militant Last Poets bongo rhyme.

Mr Haines says Whack up the low end and dig with open mind and ears. All recorded on tape and executed with intent. Headphones on. Volume way up”.

As voted by The Quietus for their Re-issues Of 2014


Baader Meinhof - Baader Meinhof

Baader Meinhof - Baader Meinhof



BAADER MEINHOF TRACKLIST

Original Album
1. Baader Meinhof
2. Meet Me at the Airport
3. There’s Gonna be an Accident
4. Mogadishu
5. Theme From Burn, Warehouse, Burn
6. GSG – 29
7. ….It’s a Moral Issue
8. Back on the Farm
9. Kill Ramirez
10. Baader Meinhof

Bonus Tracks
11. I’ve Been A Fool For You – LP Bonus 7”
12. Baader Meinhof (Confrontation Remix) *
13. There’s Gonna Be An Accident (Fuse Remix) *
14. There’s Gonna Be An Accident (Muziq remix) *
15. Mogadishu (Dalai Lama Remix) *

* previously unreleased

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 5: KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION

On the fifth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. AN EXCLUSIVE PLAYLIST AND WIN A T-SHIRT!


The tracks of my year by Patrick Fitzgerald

Patrick has put together his favourite tracks from 2104 – a fantastic selection but as Patrick says “I’ve missed loads here – Tuneyards (which took time but I did end up liking), Warpaint (didn’t it come out last year?), Robert Plant’s record, Prince, Swans, Gazelle Twin, etc etc. Looking at the end of year lists there is so much to explore. Send me your lists!”

10/ Scott walker & Sunn o))) : Brando
From the album Soused. A good bash over the head. Cleansing, like turpentine. Oil spill black.

9/ Alvvays : Archie, Marry Me
Hair-grip pop from Canada. Sarah records, sunshine, fey girls hiding behind fringes. Smudged pastel pink.

8/ Beck : Morning
Loved this record – beautifully recorded. Palest sky blue.

7/ Future Islands : Seasons (Waiting on you)
That Letterman performance, reclaiming passion for the older man. Cringeworthy? Not really, just heartfelt it seemed to me. Fantastic pop song too. A lush Springsteen red.

6/ Jack Adaptor : Number One Record
Indie pop swings by. Reminds me of happy summers in 1987. A faded brick red with grass stains.

5/ Laetitia Sadier : Release from the Centre of Your Heart
Sultry and knowing, which is sexy. The sound of swaying politics and jazz. Indigo stripes.

4/ Ghostpoet : Dialtones
Ghostly indeed. Haunting tune, great acoustic version online too that’s worth seeking out. Really like his drawled delivery. Rainy greys speckled with streetlamp orange.

3/ Fingersnap : Blackbirds
McAlmont and Davies get it very right with this touching ballad. Not black, this is shimmering turquoise.

2/ Perfume Genius : Grid
For the screeching taunting voices. For the flaunt and courage. Colour me blood, not red, just blood.

1/ Perfume Genius : Queen
My absolute favourite music moment of the year was the first viewing/listening of the video to this song. For the flaunt and courage, the resurrection of T Rex as synth laden gender terrorist. Gold fucking lamé indeed.

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Kitchens of Distinction Extravagance T-Shirt Released to celebrate Kitchens of Distinction’s Record Store Day 2014 release, Extravagance, we have 2 of these limited edition t-shirts to give away.

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Watch Drive That Fast Session Version

Watch Tiny Moments Tiny Omens
Watch Japan to Jupiter
Watch Extravagance

FOLLY


“A literate, passionate comeback worth waiting for.” CLASSIC POP – 4/5

“Euphoric and uncompromising, Folly is up there with KOD’s best work.” Q MAGAZINE – 4/5

“KOD’s first album in 19 years reassembles the heady blend of poetics and lush textures that made them, secretly, one of the best British bands of the early ’90s” UNCUT – 7/10

“History rarely gets to be rewritten, but it seems that Kitchens Of Distinction may at least succeed in adding a new chapter to their tale.” THE QUIETUS

“a genuine stunner; the strongest, most breathtaking album I’ve heard all year. A noisy, beautiful masterpiece.” POP MATTERS – 9/10

“if you were to tie Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler of Interpol to chairs and force them to confess they would certainly be quick to admit to have found a good portion of their tracks by listening to Kitchens of Distinction” MUZIK EXPRESS

“Folly rivals 1991’s Strange Free World as their best – dazzling waves of multilayered/colored sounds… can we hope for more albums like this masterpiece?” THE BIG TAKEOVER

“I can listen to a British Sea Power record and think: ‘You know what? Kitchens Of Distinction were ahead of their time.’” STEVE LAMACQ, BBC RADIO 2013

FOLLY

1. Oak Tree
2. Extravagance
3. Disappeared
4. Photographing Rain
5. Japan To Jupiter
6. Wolves / Crows
7. No Longer Elastic
8. I Wish It Would Snow
9. Tiny Moments, Tiny Omens
10. The Most Beautiful Day


EXTRAVAGANCE EP

“’Extravagance’ is a career defining mission statement” [SIC] MAGAZINE – 8/10

TRACKLIST
A1: Extravagance (Album Version)
A2: I Wish It Would Snow (Live In Studio recorded for KEXP Radio)*
B1. Extravagance (Demo/Original Lyric Version) *
B2. Drive That Fast (Live In Studio recorded for KEXP Radio) *

* previously unreleased

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 4: LONGPIGS

On the fourth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHANCE TO WIN A LONGPIGS GOODIE BAG!

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Watch Longpigs on Top Of The Pops

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Watch the Jesus Christ video
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LONGPIGS – ON AND ON: THE ANTHOLOGY

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About On And On: The Anthology….
“On And On: The Anthology is the finest reminder yet that late-90s British rock wasn’t all Kula Shaker, Reef and The Seahorses – that it had slivers of finesse” The Guardian

“This compilation gathers together most of what they released – a lush, beautiful, enchanting and passionately delivered set of songs” – 9/10 – Clash Magazine


CD1 – Hits

1. She Said
2. Jesus Christ
3. Far
4. On And On (American Mix)
5. Lost Myself (Single Version)
6. Sally Dances
7. Happy Again
8. All Hype
9. Dozen Wicked Words
10. Blue Skies
11. The Frank Sonata
12. Gangsters
13. I Lied I Love You
14. Free Toy
15. (The Man Who Found) Elvis
16. In The Snow
17. Dance Baby Dance
18. Miss Believer


CD2 – Rarities

1. Tendresse
2. Sweetness
3. Vagina Song
4. Far (Sheffield Version)
5. Blah Blah Blah
6. Your Face
7. When You’re Alone
8. Floss
9. (The Man Who Found) Elvis – Radio One Session 16.8.1995 *
10. All Hype – Radio One Session 16.8.1995 *
11. Headaches
12. New York
13. The Frank Sonata (Rae & Christian Mix) *
14. Free Toy – Radio One Session 7.9.1999 *
15. Gangsters – Radio One Session 7.9.1999 *

(* – denotes previously unreleased track)

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 3: FIVE THIRTY

On the third day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. AN EXCLUSIVE FIVE THIRTY PLAYLIST AND WIN THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER!

Lee Rourke, curator of the Five Thirty website has put together a playlist of the tracks that influenced Five Thirty together with some tracks from their contemporaries in the early 90s. Here’s Lee to explain the choices.

Ray Charles- What I’d Say In 1987/88 Five Thirty were doing mainly covers with a few of their own self penned tracks thrown in. This Ray Charles classic was just one of many in their repertoire.

John Lee Hooker – Serves Me Right to Suffer The blues genre was an obvious influence on the early Five Thirty incarnation and again included in their own set list.

The Small Faces – Autumn Stone What great band has not been influenced by The Small Faces? One of their most beautiful tunes for me.

The Moment – Sticks and Stones The Moment were one of the leading Mod revival bands of the 80’s who certainly influenced the Tara and Paul as they started Five Thirty in earnest in the mid 80s.

Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train a Comin’ This trio of bass, guitar and drums certainly had an effect on Five Thirty’s and a number of Hendrix’s songs were in their cover bank. Hear My Train a Comin’ was one of the songs they used to cover around 1987.

The Who – Baba O Riley A band of great musicians, a boat load of tunes and a part of Mod history- what’s not to like (besides Rogers perm). The Who were often cited in Five Thirty gig reviews due to the energy, power and sweat the lads put into their gigs just like The Who did before them.

The Beatles – Day in the Life It’s a great song and legend has it that part of this song was sampled in Five Thirty’s only album Bed.

The Jam – Start There was a time when every journalist mentioned The Jam and Five Thirty in the same breath. Definitely an influence on Five Thirty – tight drumming, funky bass and cool guitars – see a link there?

Manic Street Preachers- Motown Junk A bit of a love hate relationship existed between the bands but worthy contemporaries nevertheless. Both bands appeared on the BBC live at the Marquee and managed to turn the air blue.

Ride – Taste Both bands were getting positive press attention at the same time in 1990, however being part of the “shoegazing” scene certainly helped Ride raise their profile. Personally, Ride were good enough not to be linked with any scene and this track in my case in point.

The Honey Smugglers – Listen Lesser known band The Honey Smugglers gigged quite a few times with Five Thirty. Shame they did not get the credit they deserved. Sounds familiar eh?

The Stone Roses – Fools Gold You might have heard of these. I think Five Thirty must have felt they had been robbed a bit when they heard this. Snaky bass and groovy drums accompanying funkadelic wah-wah guitars. Classic in all senses of the word.

Flowered Up – Weekender Another of Five Thirty’s contemporaries, Flowered Up gigged several times with them. They really raised their game when they released this song and epic video.

Five Thirty – Supernova I could have chosen dozens of Five Thirty’s songs, but I really like this video as it captures the lads so well (love the sheep too).

Orange Deluxe – Anti- Gravity Blues When Five Thirty split, Paul Bassett moved on with Orange Deluxe. This live version captures the band so well.

The Nubiles – Layabout Tara made new friends and formed The Nubiles when Five Thirty called it a day. Great schizophrenic track that has so many faces to it.

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Looking for that certain something for the person who has everything? This keyring was given away at selected stores in Japan with the Bed 2CD re-issue and we have three to give away!

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Phil Hopper's exclusive playlist
Watch Five Thirty Live on the James Whale Show
Watch the 13th Disciple video
Watch Gary Crowley interview Five Thirty and play Junk Male live

FIVE THIRTY – BED – 2CD EXPANDED EDITION

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About the Bed re-issue….
Classic Pop – 5/5 “One of the great lost bands of the 90s”
Q magazine – 4/5 – “Five Thirty could have prospered during Britpop – in 1991 though their snotty-nosed swagger chafed against shoegazing’s introspection. Had they been released (in 1994) they’d be familiar as chips today”
Louder Than War – 10/10 -“Five Thirty should have been huge! As big as the Roses, Oasis, The Libertines and Kasabian”


CD1

1. Supernova
2. Psycho Cupid
3. Junk Male
4. 13th Disciple
5. Strange Kind Of Urgency
6. You
7. Songs And Paintings
8. Womb With A View
9. Automatons
10. Wrapped In Blue
11. Abstain
12. Catcher In The Rye

Air Conditioned Nightmare EP
13. Air Conditioned Nightmare
14. Judy Jones
15. The Things That Turn You On
16. Mistress Daydream


CD2

1. Coming Up For Air
2. Hate Male
3. Out To Get In
4. Come Together
5. Still Life
6. Something’s Got To Give
7. Cuddly Drug
8. Slow Train To The Ocean
9. Judy Jones (BBC Radio One session – 1990) *
10. Air Conditioned Nightmare (BBC Radio One session – 1990) *
11. Abstain (BBC Radio One session – 1990) *
12. Strange Kind Of Urgency (BBC Radio One session – 1990) *
13. Apple Something (demo) *
14. Beseech Me Baby (demo) *
15. She’s Got It Bad (demo) *
16. Barbie Ferrari (demo) *
17. When I’m Stoned (demo) *
18. Song Of No Intention (demo) *

(* – denotes previously unreleased track)