Blimey.

Not the Chesterfield stuff - I'd no idea that existed. Amazing what turns up!

Pre-ordered without hesitation or due consideration of the state of my bank account.

Cheers for that Mark. Will be great to see that, (obviously be better to have it all but such is the nature of us completists).

I never got round to buying Part 1 (80's Special) - I'm a bit confused with all the talk of changing the second part...is it still worthwhile buying the 80's DVD or will the new one contain most of that as an extra?

And I wonder did Pulp's reunion give them more levarage when trying to finance the new release and thereby focus this new part on Pulp. Also, interesting to note that although he's not interviewed, some of Webbo's personal footage is included, credited as ''Pulp home movies''.

The last post on this thread is by someone with the username TieMachine according to the front page but it's not appearing in the thread?! According to his profile he's from thebeatisthelaw website. Speaking of which, there is a podcast here

http://www.thebeatisthelaw.com/film-news/953/

of a chat between the director of these films, (didn't know she was a Dutch lady! Hardcore indeed) Russell, John Robb and the guy from Chakk taken after the premiere screening of Part 1 of The Beat Is The Law 17 months ago...the one Sturdy was at I think.

Anyway, it's well-worth a listen. Especially when Russell speaks so knowledgeably and humorously. Been a while since I've heard him talk at length and it makes you realise how much we/Pulp missed him. They are perfect foils for each other really, Jarvis and Russell. That blend of intelligence, idiosyncrasy, down-to-earthness and Yorkshire wit.

Interesting to hear him talk about the group's manifesto when in Pulp during the 80's - ''to make fairground music of the future'' as the podcast is named. And when they are comparing the differences between Manchester and Sheffield... very funny.

The website's twitter is being constantly updated, I've just seen. They're trying to get more info/do a piece on the ''lost tape'' - the live Pulp footage from '85 which the DVD will feature.

All great stuff.

Hiya - Yup, I'm Rob and I'm doing social media for The Beat is the Law. I dropped a line earlier in the week saying hello and replying to your post from Monday, Eamonn but it got marked as spam although, strangely. the topic was still showing me as the most recent contributor, as you noticed.

In an attempt to avoid getting marked as spam again I'll keep it short! Thanks for the interest and feedback everyone, which is a real motivator with such a huge project as this. The Lost Tape is indeed from the Gotham City Gig at Fascinations Nitespot Chesterfield and we'll be uploading a brief clip as part of a piece on how it was found, the restoration etc within the next week or so.

Cheers all.

No, but the set at the Hallamshire 4 months earlier was:

1. Hydroelectric Dam
2. Tillys Story (part 1)
3. Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)
4. The Will to Power
5. Fairground
6. There's No Emotion
7. The Mark of the Devil
8. Simultaneous
9. Back in LA
10. Breaking Down at My Door
11. Srpski Jeb
12. Life Must Be So Wonderful
13. Being Followed Home
14. Tillys Story (part 2)

(Tilly's Story being a spoken word piece by Mark Tillbrook).

So probably the old faithfuls for the most part, but there's always a chance they threw in something unusual - 'Breaking Down at My Door' was a one-chord thing that sounds like it was at least semi improvised, so maybe they tried something similar at Chesterfield.

The Beat is the Law's Twitter feed is a font of info today. Does anyone know what this is?

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The Beat is the Law's Twitter feed is a font of info today. Does anyone know what this is?

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Presumably an extended remix of this. Very, very good.

Hi All - Thanks for the interest in the Twitter Video DJ thing.  Head scratching is welcomed LeoVK - it's basically our friends at Playlist Club pretending to be a DJ and tweeting links to videos on YouTube, but we're pitching it as an attempt to recreate a night down the club without leaving your laptop.  That means encouraging people to tweet us song requests, virtually flood the virtual loos and do any other bits of storytelling they fancy.  The potential for re-enacting Jarvis anecdotes, rewriting history so you did ask that lass who smiled at you during the Jackie Wilson track etc is really exciting. It's like being in a play on Ceefax. TwitPanto is a good example.

We're also offering a complementary preorder for the best dressed clubber - so this is a good opportunity to scan those pre digital snaps you've had in the drawer for the last ten years - and yup, we'll be uploading a previously unreleased Pulp Studio recording as part of the aftershow playlist 'Horror Show at a Stagnant Water Bed'. 

Putting lots of time into this so we're going to push Podcast #2 back a week as part of a 'Lost Tape/Week' with this and an article on the website.

And for anyone who hasn't got into Owen Hatherley's writing yet, I can recommend it.  His blog is a good place to start.

Thanks for the support everyone.  Speaking as the person putting together the online stuff it's really heartening to see people interested!

Marked as spam again. If a mod was able to help with this that'd be great - I'm not sure if I'm using words that are setting this off, or if it's just a filter on new users...

Thanks for the interest in the Twitter Video DJ thing tho. Head scratching is welcomed LeoVK - it's basically our friends at Playlist Club pretending to be a DJ and tweeting links to videos on YouTube, but we're pitching it as an attempt to recreate a night down the club without leaving your laptop. That means encouraging people to tweet us song requests, virtually flood the virtual loos and do any other bits of storytelling they fancy. The potential for re-enacting Jarvis anecdotes, rewriting history so you did ask that lass who smiled at you during the Jackie Wilson track etc is really exciting. It's like being in a play on Ceefax. TwitPanto is a good example.