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Just been shouting along to the above mentioned bootleg on my way to work this morning. Absolutely amazing set. It's been my favourite bootleg for many years and better and better copies just keep turning up. Which is nice.

Is this anyone else's favourite? To my ears, it's when Pulp first become truly awesome. Helped, of course, by the radio-broadcast quality of the recording. Really great, scratchy guitar from Russell, unusually loud keyboards, throbbing, driving bass and Jarvis on absolutely top form.

Coming soon, of course, to a Portfolio near you. But I'm fairly sure it's already been circulated pretty heavily by this point!



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The worrying part is that Stephen gets the bus to work.

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Boom boom

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Not heard this for years! I must dig out my copy. Is that the one where "Space" is just a short instrumental?

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It's shortish...but it is in French. Someone should translate Jarvis' French from the gig.

(In tape form) this one of the earliest Pulp bootlegs I got and I had it during my first year at Uni back in '98/'99. I had a walkman then too of course and it used to often accompany me on late night solitary walks around the North Wales coast. Sociably bugger that I was.

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Ah yes, it was pretty much the first Pulp bootleg I got too - bought it from Giraffe Audio / Video in late '95, early '96 with the '92 Black Session on the other side. Wonderful stuff (although it'd be even better if Jarvis had written some words to She's a Lady at this point).

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Yeah...but still fascinating hearing such an early version of it.

Good to finally hear Separations, too - my copy had always lacked that track.

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my copy doesn't have separations either...

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Unless someone uploads it in the meantime, hold on for a couple of Portfolios' time!

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Stephen wrote:

Yeah...but still fascinating hearing such an early version of it.

 Very much so, and the adlibbing is fun - "You've got no right to tell me to move your bike because it's parked against your fence" etc.



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I thought he was trying to do some abstract sexual imagery there.

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Really looking forward to this. I'm new to all these bootlegs but became addicted to the Portfolios, and have been excited about getting to this era for months. My new laptop is here so I'm going to get up to speed with the last few portfolios over the next week. I remember reading somewhere that you were going to stop around 94-time, is that correct?

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I was half thinking about stopping with the first gig at which they play 'Common People', but I'm not sure at this juncture. It'll be another year or so of work to even get that far, and I don't want to tie myself down either way.

'91 is indeed a good era and there might well be a couple of surprises along the way. I'm not quite sure how many of the '91 gigs have circulated widely before now, but I hope there's at least a couple that I have that haven't yet been heard...

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I only have three tracks of this - Space, Death II and Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) - so if the portfolio has more I'm excited to hear it. Certainly it's the best Death II bootleg in my collection.

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It's a few more tracks than that. As I said, I'm not sure this version circulates.

Before that though, I'm awaiting a couple of tracks for the next Portfolio. Hence the brief hiatus for now...

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luckily we are all very patient people... :)

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Well, we've waited twenty years for some of this stuff, so a few more weeks shouldn't hurt!

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Did someone post a link so you could download all the portfolios? I've just got a new laptop and it would be easier but I can't find the right thread.

Stephen, I don't think you need to be told, but you're doing a terrific job

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Someone did, yes. Not sure where the link is though, and Portfolio 001 has recently been updated with TWELVE NEW SECONDS of stuff.

The link to all of the Portfolios might well be in the last thread that was opened. A search on here for Portfolio tends to reveal where they're at.

And thank you. It is nice to know that people are enjoying them!

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Here's the link to the complete collection... though I haven't updated it for the extra 12 seconds! I'll wait til a few minutes worth of new material has been added before uploading it all again!!

http://tinyurl.com/coomq3z

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Ta!

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