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fredthe3rd


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How's about this? I'll probably read it in the morning and shudder but I'll post it anyway. I'm off to bed:
In October 2001 Pulp released their seventh studio album We Love Life, it had been two years in the making and it would prove to be their last.
Making the album proved difficult, there were various stops and starts, there were four aborted recording sessions before the band entered the studio with Scott Walker as producer and the album finally started to take shape.
Unfortunately some of the bands finest songs fell by the wayside, some were played live a handful of times, some were leaked as demoes, only heard by the most ardent fans, a few others have never been heard at all.
In 2006 the band's other three albums with Island Records (His n Hers, Different Class and This Is Hardcore) were released as deluxe versions, each with a bonus disc of rare and unreleased tracks.
We Love Life Deluxe was never released and based on what has been heard, it would have been superb. 
These songs deserve to be heard.
Please sign our petition


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Oh, you've done one too Stephen, maybe combine the two?

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Er, and what is wrong, or much different to the above for that matter, with what I put on the wiki?! *sniff*

Nah, Jazza has been the most creative with the flyer and video. Interesting, as when me and Will put the idea of a deluxe petition together one suggestion we had was putting a video on youtube with snippets of the demos and live stuff that is out there. Our concern was over the inclusion of demos in circulation, being as they shouldn't really be, and that Universal could well take a dim view of the whole thing if they knew about it.

I think Jazza's video is great, maybe if we could make one with bits of the live ''Flux'' versions of The Quiet Revolution and Cuckoo aswell as the Grandfather's Nursery demo (which was actually released, albeit in a curious way). And then put a bit of meat on the thing by adding in bits of My Body May Die and Born To Cry too and then have text similar to Jazza's on-screen. Stuff like the bit about Quiet Revolution from Jarvis' book.

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Eamonn wrote:

Er, and what is wrong, or much different to the above for that matter, with what I put on the wiki?! *sniff*

 The absence of "....blah....blah blah..."  wink.gif



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one thing that might help is a proper stand alone link for the petition, rather than a page on the wiki site. I personally feel that having the link on the wiki feels like its just a bunch of fans trying to get songs released biggrin, whereas a new link would feel more professional. The new link could always lead people back to the wiki to 'learn more about PULP'.

Facebook page, and twitter would work too.

 

 

 



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Stephen was pimping your write up I think as I suggested. Then after I suggested it I thought well theyll read that when they visit the site so I'll write something different. But if it's a direct link that doesnt matter. Do you want to do that video Eamon? Sounds good. Have you got the skills to do it? I know I haven't.

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I could do the video...but I've not got anything like the time required between now and the 27th to be able to pull it off, sadly.

The blurb could contain links to stuff like Jazza's video?

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Do we need an extra week for this?

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Even then I'd struggle with a video. I have a big extra-curricular project about to arrive on my doorstep this very evening, I think...

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Normally I would also be able to do a video but my exams start next week. If we still haven't got enough signatures by 23rd May then I will have 18 months with nothing to do, but until then I'm too busy revising

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I think we should go with the text with a link to any relevant youtubes, such as Jazza's.

Best of luck with the exams. Is it A Levels?

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Could anyone do it in that period or is it an impossible task?

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Stephen wrote:

I think we should go with the text with a link to any relevant youtubes, such as Jazza's.

Best of luck with the exams. Is it A Levels?

Thanks yeah it is - well IB which is an equivalent

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I can't do a youtube video but I've had a crack at the audio if that's any help.

Snippets of Cuckoo, Revolution (both live at Flux) and Grandfather.

It sounds alright to me (two left ears though) although Grandfather sounds maybe a bit muddy, went back to the original version and that suddenly sounded muddy as well so maybe I'm hearing things.

It's on the 2007 account, honest opinions please; we need to get this right.

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Maybe the petition page should have links to 20 second snippets of the choruses from the available songs...?

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Was it that bad?

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Ha, no - I don't know! I'm at work and don't get to download stuff here.

Or else they'll put me in a suitcase. In a bath.

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That's a strange and unusual punishment... it probably is that bad though.

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After seeing what is in the massive blur box set coming out. I wonder if Pulp's record co. would consider doing something like this? We would surely get all the We Love Life stuff if they were to do a box set that in depth into the back catalog.

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You mean this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blur-21-Also-Includes-Single/dp/B007SAKSF2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__1

I'd rather pay under £20 for the privilege of unreleased songs.



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It's odd though, isn't it. Pulp seem to be more universally 'loved' than Blur...but they never really had the record says or commercial longevity. I mean, look at the various similarly placed bands of that era's best ofs. Blur's 2000 Best Of got to No. 3 (with 43 weeks on chart), Suede's 'Singles' comp got to No. 31, and even Dodgy's 1998 best of got to No. 55. Yet Pulp only managed No. 71 with 'Hits'. I don't think Island would have the confidence that a box set would sell very well at all...

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How's this for a slide show?


Apologies for the poor sound quality...

The song you are listening to is a live recording from 1999


It has never been properly released

Which is a shame really...

In 2006 Island Records released Deluxe Editions of three Pulp albums:

His 'n' Hers

Different Class

and This Is Hardcore

They contained previously unreleased songs and were greatly appreciated by fans everywhere

...but We Love Life, their final album to date, never got a Deluxe Edition

Some songs were played live a few times, such as:

The Quiet Revolution

Roald Dahl

Cuckoo

Other songs were demoed, but have only been heard by the most ardent fans:

After You

Got To Have Love

Le Roi Des Fourmis

Grandfather's Nursery

Other songs have never been heard by anyone outside of the recording studio:

Darren

M'Lady

The Performance of a Lifetime

St. Just

Love You Baby

Six String

My Mistake

Last Song In The World

Medieval Owl

Dream Galaxy

That's a lot of music...

Want to hear more?

Then please,

Sign our petition

Maybe, with your help, they'll see the light of day one day soon

pulpwiki.net



-- Edited by fredthe3rd on Wednesday 25th of April 2012 09:20:08 PM

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Yeah,
Those are both good points.


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£120? F'ing hell! Mind you, what's £120 / 21 discs? £5.70 per disc? That's a bargain! In a way.

The Andy Partridge produced Modern Life stuff is very exciting...

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I think that blur boxset looks brilliant and I would buy without a second thought if I could afford it. Modern Life is one of my favourite albums.

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