i like the mythical quality of tigermilk remaining unavailable (and NO i don't have a copy on vinyl either...) , because actually i disagree with tim about collectablity not being part of Pop. I think it is... so pub arguments ahoy this weekend! However... i also think that Tigermilk is a great record and deserves to be heard. Given that there's a lot of growing interest in the band, i think it should be given a 'real' airing to the public, and i suspect that despite all the comments from the band, it WILL come out, but only when they think it's in their best interests for it to happen. It's a juggling act.... keep it back long enough to keep people talking and hoping, then unleashing it when they feel at a peak of publicity, or whatever. I don;t think it will see the light of day until they get a 'charting' LP and mass interest in the press. Then i can see full page ads pushing it as the 'great lost debut by belle & sebastian' or somesuch. And that's fair enough, because that's Pop too. Of course if they leave it too long they re-issue it and no one really cares that much anymore and they only sell a couple thousand anyway. Ho hum. And if it does come out, it wont have the same artwork... at least i'm pretty sure it won't. Don't expect Tigger would want his face plastered all over the high street, do you? the duke -- Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ Tangents On-Paper: PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@mail.zynet.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------