Hello,

Kev here - to answer Ian from a month ago, I did indeed repair the Flux 1999 'Blue Girls' recording using a few seconds from the first chorus to patch the gap in the second. Good to know the fixed track is still circulating!

BTW has anyone seen this? http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/pulp-le-bikini-toulouse-france-may-25th-2011-a-117860.html

I'm going to Wireless so am trying to keep up the excitement by listening to old bootlegs, but not spoiling it by hearing the new ones. But I'm hoping this Toulouse recording is a good one, for enjoying after 3 July!

I'm after a couple of upgrades to recordings that I already have if anyone can help:

28th March 1985 - Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield

17 November 1992  - Black Session (I am fairly certain a better recording of this exists because I have an MP3 of "The Night" on its own that is better quality than the recording I have of the full set)

23 December 1992 - The Powerhaus, London

"Live Bed Show" live at V96 (it was released on a compilation entitled "Long Live Tibet")

15/22 March 1998 - BBC Radio 1 - Do You Remember The First Time? (part 1), From Disco to Hardcore (part 2) Radio Documentary

I'll quite happily trade if the quality is good enough.

Yep, that rings a bell. He called them ''bankers from Basildon'' or somesuch. I think it may have been from a BBC Radio broadcast (Glasgow Apr '94, or Aston Villa Leisure Centre Oct '94?) or a bootleg from Keele Uni also springs to mind.

Thanks

Will, you're welcome. here is a link to the Comedown People bootleg http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L3LAHOY4

Black Session 1992: I have two sources for this one, here's a link to the best sounding one http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q8DGOIEW

Will wrote:

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Ian - I have that '98 documentary on the 'This Is Hardcore Radio Special' promo CD. I can upload it if you like (any preference over the format - MP3, FLAC?).

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Ooh. I'd love to hear this as well. My tape broke on part 2 and I was nearly in pieces myself. 

Freek, many thanks.

I was wrong about the source, it's actually an audience recording. They're playing in a French speaking country, so Les Eurockeennes Festival (France, 5 July) is quite likely. But it could be Torhout/Werchter Festival, Belgium (3/4 July).

Sarah - I'll upload the documentary for you.

Thanks Freek.

The BBC doc on Pulp above - the copy I have (which I think came from Ian circa 2002) cuts-off a bit at a crucial part when Russell is describing his departure from Pulp. Just before he talks about ''drinking far too much, smoking far too much...'' there's an interference from another radio station or something. Always bothered me a bit. Will, does the version you've posted have that interference?

As an aside, I'm just back from meeting a friend for a few drinks here in Madrid. We were in a bar which had a big picture frame, plasma TV-sized, full of thumbnails of classic albums. It featured cover-art of everyone from John Lee Hooker to The Jam. Straining to find Pulp I had just given-up when to my surprise the familiar cover of Intro appeared!
Felt quite chuffed at that. Not an obvious one to pick but undoubtedly a classic in its' own right :)

Eamonn wrote:

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The BBC doc on Pulp above - the copy I have (which I think came from Ian circa 2002) cuts-off a bit at a crucial part when Russell is describing his departure from Pulp. Just before he talks about ''drinking far too much, smoking far too much...'' there's an interference from another radio station or something. Always bothered me a bit. Will, does the version you've posted have that interference?

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I've checked and my copy doesn't include the interference you mention. It's from an official promo CD so it should be an entirely clean copy.

 

Does anyone have a live version of Help The Aged from V96??

SarahAWilson wrote:

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Cheers. Part 1 doesn't seem to be working though. Am listening to Pt 2 though. That bit about Mark and the Mercury Music Award is heartbreaking.

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 I've just tried downloading Part 1 and it is working for me. Maybe try again?