'Fiction Romance' and 'England 1994' are definitely from the same source. On PulpWiki I have indicated that this source is the Radio 1 broadcast from Aston Villa Leisure Centre. Reading this thread, I must admit that I may have been wrong in that assumption. However, the BBC broadcast does seem the most probable source to me. The recording is good quality suggesting either an FM radio or soundboard source. There are very few soundboard recordings of Pulp in circulation, and it just seems too much of a coincidence that one would exist for the Alexandra Palace show, when a whole concert from Aston Villa was broadcast on FM radio just two days before.

Also, in the past, when trading recordings, I have found that October 94 shows labelled as 'Aston Villa Leisure Centre' and 'Alexandra Palace' have turned out to be the same recording. If 'Fiction Romance' isn't from the BBC broadcast, does anybody have a recording of that broadcast? It's hard to believe it wasn't recorded and circulated.

Does anybody have any thoughts?

-- Steve, thanks for the upload.

Furthermore, I didn't hear the original broadcast, but didn't Radio 1 usually intersperse their live concert broadcasts with station idents or DJs going "You're listening to Pulp live and exclusive on Radio 1" or whatever?

Interesting, though.  I've never seen a copy of England 1994, whereas Fiction Romance was quite widespread (reviewed on the original Space) and with the reports of the dodgy slowed-down sound, I just assumed that Fiction Romance was the "original" and England 1994 the imitator.

I should also point out that the Fiction Romance box makes numerous other errors, both in a potted Engrish biography of the band (I think it was made by an Italian bootlegger?) and in the tracklisting itself (it claims She's A Lady is on there instead of OU, f'instance), so it's perhaps not to be trusted.

Edit: I meant She's A Lady, not Razzmatazz.  Razzmatazz is of course on there, seeing as how I've uploaded it and everything. Doh. Sorry about that, it was getting late.


-- Edited by Steve Devereux at 18:01, 2008-07-05

On my copy of "Aston Villa" it has both OU and Razz. My copy doesn't have a name either. It is just labed Aston Villa 1994.

Also i posted the MP3s in the baritailia2005 account not the 06 account.

I posted His n hers in the baritalia2006 account, but unfortunately it's 128 kbps, still better than nothing. I don't hear the difference, although i'm sure there will be...

Yeah, the boot just says "on tour in 1994" or something like that. No mention of Ally Pally.

agreed.  

-- Edited by Frisko2000 at 20:54, 2008-07-08