i think a good idea would be paper dolls. you know, an extra cardboard
insert (with the 12" and a smaller version with the CD)...especially if
the paper dolls were different. see, cos then i'd have to buy them both.
and of course i would never cut them out! it's like the concept behind
the sergeant's badge and fake moustache included in the original issue of
the beatles' "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band" album.
perhaps you should just double pack it with a photograph, extra track and
a tacky badge.
:)
michelle
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Last chance to e-mail me (or post to the list) your top ten B&S tunes.
I'll post the results on Sunday as the hangover subsides...
Thanks to all who have contributed.
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Frankly I'm sick 'n' tired of hearing about it, but I have to add my
idea anyway.
Why not rerelease it three songs at a time on CDsingles and 12"s?
Over the course of a year, everyone who wants it will have it in its
entirety; and it'll still be somewhat obscure because it'll be
"b-sides."
Aadam
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i've put off doing my top 10 for days coz i just couldn't decide
which i preferred but i think we should all put them in to make
the lovely averaged top 10 as averagey as possible. my fave songs:
1 seeing other people
2 lazy line painter jane
3 photo jenny
4 le pastie...
4 you're just a baby
5 mary jo
6 judy and the dream of horses
7 modern rock song
8 electronic renaissance
9 expectations
10 stars of track and field
there we go. i can't believe i've just made such a list; i haven't
really thought about it so the numberings probably aren't accurate,
if i did think about it i think madness would be the only conclusion
( ha ha, that's a joke, as in a "you don't have to me mad here, but
it helps" sort of ilk).
eagerly awaiting the big fandango results,
t'other kate
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>the first thousand copies come with a cd of tigermilk.....and only 1000
copies. no more. ever. that way we can get our hands on it, and it would
still remain a rare collectable sort of thing. i think i deserve a nobel
prize.
NO NO NO NO!
There are much more than 1000 fans of Belle and Sebastian now, those of
us who would want Tigermilk on CD might not get one of your
'special edition' releases...and so some of us would STILL have to pay
upwards of 100 quid for the thing in a collectors shop.
So, this is a STUPID idea.
that's my opinion anyway
JJ
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My thoughts on reissuing Tigermilk:
I don't have an LP copy of Tigermilk. I first started listening to B&S last September, and thought that the LP would eventually get imported to the US, and thus didn't bother buying it when I still might have had a chance. Although it would be nice to have the songs, I don't feel too much worse off since I have seen the artwork and story on the internet, and have a reasonably good copy of the songs (thanks Andy).
If anybody read the first issue of the fanzine I do, I wrote a section on bands who don't want to reissue their prior works. (The Field Mice are probably the classic example.)
There are three reasons an artist or band might not want to choose re-release: 1) They (along with a label) feel that they could make the money back. 2) They are not 100% happy with the songs. 3) They enjoy the fact the record is rare and unattainable. Probably #1 doesn't hold (although I don't think Tigermilk would sell nearly as well as the new LP). #3 is ridiculous I'm sure. #2 is probably the more obvious answer. You might feel perplexed that they weren't 100% with the album, but keep in mind that most of the songs were written when the band was beginning to get a feel for each other. They perhaps reflect a bit of immaturity (not so much in the songwriting but more in their execution). Besides, of course they'd rather concentrate on new material.
Now I feel that they should feel compelled to keep available a product in demand, and they probably will eventually. That being said, if for whatever reason they decide not to keep it in print, they have nothing to complain about when the Tigermilk bootlegs start rushing in.
As far as Jeepster is concerned with Tigermilk bootlegs, I can understand their desire to protect the band, but don't really feel it's any of their business considering that they don't have any rights to it (according to my impression please correct me if I'm wrong Katrina). Of course they could pay for legal fees on behalf of B&S blah blah blah although I couldn't see why it would be in anyone's interest (other than guarding an artificial "myth" factor which is an immoral interest as far as I'm concerned).
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it's always really nice to think of b & s being in edinburgh
coz they're such a glasgow band.... so near.. yet so far...
anyway, a mate of mine was down at a dingy little pub last night
called legends and so were stuart m, sarah and chris. he thought
isobel too but didn't know; our haircut comparisons matched but not
our weight estimations ( ugh, try not to be so anal please,
kakey)... um, there was a benefit gig for rape crisis with v-twin,
eugenie andddd somebody else whose name i can't remember.
i didn't actually know it was on (that'll learn ya to be a hermit) .
anyway, i'm sure lots of people have got their own gummy little
stories about when they last spied members of b & s so maybe this
isn't that interesting.... but my chum matt said that stuart's hair
was looking a bit disconcerted, like he'd taken the choppers to it
himself. probably had. pop trivia. i love it.
so it was nice to think of them all boozing away in that smoky biker
inn where i used to crawl to when i lived opposite in a nasty student
flat and sneeky petes (it's neighbour) was just tooooo busy. by the
pool table at legends; always a good place to get your arse felt.
and a great heavy metal juke box too. had a cigarette machine with
the cheapest fags; mind you , that was before...... do you know, in
the summer of-
sorry, i almost lost myself for a moment there...
more rubbish later
t'other kate
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eh,
I really like that bit on We Rule the School where someone sings
California as Cal-i-forn-I-A....
and its a lovely image, driving from the west to the east coast of
america
ah....
thanks,
neil H
PS Why is everyone so angry these days rond these parts? If you are
filled with rage why not visit one of the charming Manics or Smiths
pages where you can RAnDOmly CapITALize your rage away.
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In a message dated 97-10-23 10:02:41 EDT, you write:
<< it's also true that the very idea
of exclusivity within this context (belle &
sebastian's music is mass produced and accessable,
the 'rare' unreleased material is exclusive)
serves to heighten the experience. It IS to do
with feeling 'Special', and you can't deny that's
a Pop Emotion, surely? >>
Well then, "Pasties" all around!
Not to get into one of those psycho-, socio-, whatever- logical discussions
-- but I respectfully disagree. While getting one's hands on something that
is "rare" can heighten one's experience (or color it in a different way if
the rarity is different from the main), the appreciation should be based on
experiencing the rarity, not from being one of the select few to have it. It
brings to mind those who would order complete leather-bound libraries in
order to look cultured but, when opened, none of the books' pages had been
cut -- none were ever read. I just have a problem with feeling "special"
based on nothing more than other people's "non-specialness." I suppose I'm
just a product of my times and Catholic upbringing :) (to borrow a face).
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