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Stephen

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...could really do with some good 1984/85/86 shots. Anyone got any useful links to save me hunting them down...? __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Will

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I've had a look at what's available on the wiki. There's not much, but these might be usable: http://www.pulpwiki.net/pulpwiki/uploads/Pulp/David-Bocking-1.jpg http://www.pulpwiki.net/Pulp/Live8November1986TheLeadmillSheffield Leadmill 86 (on the page above, click on the photos to enlarge) __________________ www.pulpwiki.net

Stephen

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Thanks so much Will! Next Portfolio may take some time. If I get the permission for what I want to put on this one, it'll really ruffle some feathers. If you think a live 'Silence' is an oddity...then keep your fingers crossed for me getting the clearance for a couple of tracks on this! __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

liltman

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Is it an album's worth of sessions of Silence? __________________

Stephen

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Yes. __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Stephen

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No. __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Will

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Stephen wrote: Thanks for the images Will. I suppose a Dave Bocking shot would be good for this era. I seem to remember stumbling across a small collection of these somewhere (Acrylic Afternoons?) but can't find them at the moment... You may be thinking of the Acrylic Afternoons link below: http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/piaeighty.html There's an excellent collection there, including some I've not seen anywhere else. -- Edited by Will on Thursday 8th of March 2012 12:21:21 PM __________________ www.pulpwiki.net

Stephen

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The man from Del Monte, he say 'yes'. THUS... The next Portfolio will include no less than two December 1984 gigs. One of which is well circulated, the other is not, and does not yet even have a Pulpwiki page! Unfortunately, it's only half a gig that does exist (but I'm trying to investigate as to whether the full one's out there). However, what I do have is bloody brilliant! Thanks for the images Will. I suppose a Dave Bocking shot would be good for this era. I seem to remember stumbling across a small collection of these somewhere (Acrylic Afternoons?) but can't find them at the moment... __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

saw119

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I'm in serious danger of weeing myself in excitement! __________________ Where Pigeons go to die.

Stephen

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Even I'm excited. I hadn't expected to get the 'ok' for this. Two of the tracks at this gig haven't been heard as live versions before. If anyone wants to take some guesses over the next few days whilst I prepare this, then do feel free! __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Stephen

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I was indeed Will. Thanks for that! I can never seem to find that page from the AA homepage, though... __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Eamonn

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My Lighthouse live where on earth are you? __________________ Tell mester to fck off!*

Will

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Does the 'new' December 1984 gig include Snow? I'd love to hear another live recording of that. __________________ www.pulpwiki.net

Stephen

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Sorry you two! Isn't 'My Lighthouse' on the elusive Bath tape, perhaps...? And no, no Snow. And yes, that is a corker of a song! __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

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Wishful Thinking? __________________

Sturdy

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I'm not aware of any live recordings of My Lighthouse, or indeed anything else from It. __________________ "Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"

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Perhaps they'll oblige and play us a couple at the RAH... __________________ Everything just... seemed to fit

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liltman wrote: Wishful Thinking? About Snow and My Lighthouse being on it? Yeah, I know. (ba-dum...) I'm sure Truth And Beauty covers it in fine detail but looking at the wiki, the few shows played around the release of 'It' in spring '83 were all cancelled and Pulp only played the odd Sheffield gig that year. If too far back and removed from the current line-up for latter-day Pulp to bother with, you would have imagined 'My Lighthouse' maybe popping up on one of Jarvis' acoustic things over the years (the lectures on lyrics, the Sky Arts show etc.). Actually, I can't remember if the lyrics are in 'Mother Brother Lover'. __________________ Tell mester to fck off!*

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They are - the only lyrics included from it __________________ I'm not Jesus, though I have the same initials mixcloud.com/jasminelightfoot/

Will

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It is surprising that they didn't play live more often in 1983 to promote 'It' and the 'My Lighthouse' single. Also, there seems to have been very little press coverage: 'It' got a good review in Sounds, but almost nothing else. Did 'My Lighthouse' really get no press reviews at all? Old promotional copies of 'My Lighthouse' do seem to appear quite often, so I guess some attempt must have been made to drum up press attention. __________________ www.pulpwiki.net

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saw119 wrote: I've always thought that the lack of a fully functioning band was the problem with promoting It & My Lighthouse. I get the impression that Pulp became very much a solo Jarvis project around the '83 period. Yeah - there was a band, but it seems like they weren't readily available for gigs. David and Simon Hinkler were both playing with Artery at the same time, Peter Boam lived in Chesterfield and was involved in theatre stuff, Simon Hinkler was also off doing his piano tuning course in Newark... plus Jarvis seemed to lose interest once the album had come out. -- Edited by Sturdy on Friday 9th of March 2012 09:16:46 AM __________________ "Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"

saw119

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I've always thought that the lack of a fully functioning band was the problem with promoting It & My Lighthouse. I get the impression that Pulp became very much a solo Jarvis project around the '83 period. __________________ Where Pigeons go to die.

Stephen

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Cheers, Mr. Sturdy. I should have checked setlists before making that assumption! I note there is a 'Wishful Thinking' from the "possibly exists" gig of Feb '82 at the Hallamshire, though... Oh yes, and of course Blue Girls surfaces in Aug and Sep '99, but was only recorded at the August gig... "It is surprising that they didn't play live more often in 1983 to promote 'It' and the 'My Lighthouse' single. Also, there seems to have been very little press coverage" Easy to say it's "surprising they didn't play live more". Back in t'day, when my band was receiving amazing reviews from our then current album, we'd have loved to play live more to promote it...however there just weren't the opportunities. All the press interest in the world is one thing...getting people to show up to see you play and getting promoters to think you can get people to turn up to see you play are different things entirely... __________________ swaying slightly, drunk on the sun, I suppose

Sturdy

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Will wrote: It is surprising that they didn't play live more often in 1983 to promote 'It' and the 'My Lighthouse' single. Also, there seems to have been very little press coverage: 'It' got a good review in Sounds, but almost nothing else. Did 'My Lighthouse' really get no press reviews at all? There was also a really, really bad album review in the NME! Never come across any coverage of the single. __________________ "Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"

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Stephen wrote: Cheers, Mr. Sturdy. I should have checked setlists before making that assumption! I note there is a 'Wishful Thinking' from the "possibly exists" gig of Feb '82 at the Hallamshire, though... Oh yes, and of course Blue Girls surfaces in Aug and Sep '99, but was only recorded at the August gig... Yes, I was forgetting about Blue Girls '99 and of course the Pulp I period - Wishful Thinking was of course a regular part of the live set in '81/'82 so it's on that one from the Hallamshire. What I was getting at really is there's nothing from the Simon Hinkler era that's surfaced. __________________ "Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"