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Nick Dastoor/BSHO/GB wrote:
> 
> I've just been informed by a kind correspondent that SM's working title for
> "Tigermilk" was the incomparably superior "Cock fun"

Ummm, actually it was "...Sinister" that was going to be called ...
well, you know.  I don't really want to repeat it.

Just wondering how the entry for the rough guide thing is going?  I
wrote a press release the other day for Record Collector which may be of
use to whoever types up the thing in the end, so here goes:-

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN BIOGRAPHY, NOVEMBER 1997

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN WERE FORMED IN AN ALL-NIGHT CAFÉ IN GLASGOW, JANUARY
1996.  STUART MURDOCH (SINGER/SONGWRITER) AND STUART DAVID (BASS GUITAR)
MET ON A GOVERNMENT TRAINING SCHEME AND RECORDED SOME DEMOS, WHICH WERE
PICKED UP BY A JEEPSTER SCOUT WHO WAS TAKING PART IN THE STOW COLLEGE
MUSIC BUSINESS COURSE.  THE COURSE, RUN BY EX-ASSOCIATE ALAN RANKINE,
PRODUCES AND RELEASES ONE RECORD EVERY YEAR ON THE COLLEGE LABEL
ELECTRIC HONEY RECORDS, USUALLY A SINGLE.  HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF BELLE
AND SEBASTIAN THEY HAD ENOUGH SONGS TO RECORD A WHOLE ALBUM, AND SO THE
ELUSIVE TIGERMILK WAS BORN.  RECORDED IN THREE DAYS AND ONE THOUSAND
COPIES RELEASED ON VINYL ONLY, IT NOW CHANGES HANDS FOR UP TO £200 PER
COPY.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN THEN SIGNED TO JEEPSTER IN AUGUST AND THE CRITICALLY
ACCLAIMED LP IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER  (JPRCD/LP/MC001) WAS RELEASED
NOVEMBER 18TH.  THE SUPPORT SLOT FOR THE TINDERSTICKS ICA GIGS, FOLLOWED
BY A HEADLINE SHOW AT THE BORDERLINE IN EARLY NOVEMBER BROUGHT THE JOYS
OF BELLE AND SEBASTIAN LIVE TO THE SOUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME.  THE BAND
THEN SET ABOUT WITH THE PLAN OF SPENDING THE SUMMER OF 1997 RELEASING
EP'S, THE FIRST OF THESE BEING DOG ON WHEELS ON 28TH APRIL.  THIS
RELEASE CONTAINED EARLY DEMOS OF THE BAND, PREVIOUS TO ALL THE CURRENT
MEMBERS JOINING, INCLUDING THE DEMO VERSION OF THE STATE I AM IN.  MARK
RADCLIFFE HAD PLAYED THE MASTERED TIGERMILK VERSION OF THIS TRACK
RELENTLESSLY, AND FOR THOSE WITHOUT A COPY OF THE VINYL MASTERPIECE, THE
DOG EP (JPRCDS/12/7001) APPEASED THE FANS THIRST ENOUGH TO PUT THE
SINGLE IN AT NUMBER 59 ON THE SINGLES CHART.  

THE SECOND EP LAZY LINE PAINTER JANE, WAS RELEASED ON JULY 28TH, THE
WEEK OF THE SEMINAL UNION CHAPEL GIG IN ISLINGTON, LONDON.  DESPITE THE
POOR SOUND, THE BAND HAD THE CROWD DANCING IN THE AISLES (AND PEWS) OF
THE CHAPEL. FOR MOST, THIS GIG WAS THEIR FIRST B&S GIG AND A RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE WAS SHARED BY ALL.  THE LAZY JANE EP NARROWLY MISSED THE TOP
40, CRASHING IN AT NUMBER 41, MUCH TO CHRIS GEDDES (KEYBOARDS)
AMUSEMENT, AS HE HAD MADE BETS WITH JEEPSTER BOSS MARK JONES THAT IT
WOULD NOT GET IN.  THE BAND PLAYED TWO MORE GIGS ON THEIR MINI TOUR OF
THE SOUTH-WEST IN OXFORD AND COLCHESTER, PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR
AMERICAN DEBUT. 

THE 
SINISTER LP HAD BEEN LICENSED IN NORTH AMERICA BY VIRGIN SUBSIDIARY
LABEL THE ENCLAVE SINCE FEBRUARY.  BELLE AND SEBASTIAN JOURNEYED OVER TO
NEW YORK IN SEPTEMBER TO TAKE PART IN THE CMJ (COLLEGE MUSIC JOURNAL)
FESTIVAL.  THEY PLAYED TWO GIGS AT THE ANGEL ORANSANZ FOUNDATION CENTRE
FOR THE ARTS, AN OLD CHAPEL IN GREENWICH VILLAGE. THE EXCITEMENT LEVELS
WERE SO HIGH, PARTS OF THE CEILING DECIDED TO JOIN THE BAND ONSTAGE, AS
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - LITERALLY - BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.

THE BAND WERE ALSO INVITED TO PLAY AT THE BARCELONA BAM FESTIVAL IN LATE
SEPTEMBER.  THIS TIME THEIR VENUE WAS AN ANCIENT COURTYARD AT THE PLAZA
DEL RAI, AND UNDER A STARRY MOONLIT SKY THEY CAPTIVATED, YET AGAIN,
ANOTHER AUDIENCE.

3..6..9 SECONDS OF LIGHT WAS THE LAST OF THE SUMMER EP'S RELEASED ON
OCTOBER 13TH, AND THE MUSIC PRESS FINALLY REALISED JUST HOW IMPORTANT
B&S ARE, WHEN BOTH THE MELODY MAKER AND THE NME MADE IT SINGLE OF THE
WEEK. DESPITE THE LACK OF RADIO PLAY, IT BECAME THE BANDS' FIRST TOP 40
HIT, DEBUTING AT NUMBER 32 ON THE CHARTS.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN HAVE SPENT THE END OF 1997 RECORDING THEIR THIRD LP
(AS YET UNTITLED) AND REHEARSING FOR THE CHRISTMAS GIGS AT THE
MANCHESTER TOWN HALL ON THE 27TH AND 28TH OF DECEMBER.  THE BEGINNING OF
1998 WILL SEE THEM RELEASE ANOTHER EP, FEATURING THE EPIC MODERN ROCK
SONG, WHICH WAS FEATURED ON AN EARLY MARK & LARD RADIO ONE SESSION.

 
 THE WORLD BECKONS.


BELLE AND SEBASTIAN ARE:

	STUART MURDOCH		VOCALS/GUITAR
	STEVIE JACKSON		LEAD GUITARS/VOCALS
	ISOBEL CAMPBELL		CELLO/VOCALS/PERCUSSION/KEYBOARDS
	CHRIS GEDDES		PIANO/KEYBOARDS
	RICHARD COLBURN		DRUMS/PERCUSSION
	STUART DAVID		BASS/SPOKEN BITS
	SARAH MARTIN		VIOLIN/RECORDER/BASS

STUART MURDOCH IS THE MAIN WRITER, HOWEVER STEVIE AND ISOBEL HAVE BOTH
WRITTEN NEW SONGS FOR THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM.


FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT KATRINA HOUSE OR MARK JONES ON 0181
964 9432

dunno why that came out in capitals, but i ain't doing it again so
please forgive me.

cheers,
Katrina.
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