Fair play. Stephen probably would have eventually got round to it as part of his portfolio project but he's got a baby to occupy him.

Radio sessions and soundboard recordings will have the best quality and there's plenty of relevant material to delve into between 1991 and 1994. The Mark Goodier '92 session is highly feted. The late-1993 one with Mark Radcliffe is interesting as the new songs performed (Have You Seen Her Lately?, His'n'Hers and Joyriders) sound fresh and exciting but also more like off-the-cuff demos than genuine alternatives to their album versions.

In my opinion Pink Glove in session on Peel is unbeatable. She's A Lady from one of the French '91 shows or any decent 1992/'93 recording with Russell's build-up and practically any live version of DYRTFT are far preferable to the overly-lacquered album versions.

I have a like/pissed-off relationship when it comes to Buller's production. He completely turned OU around from the flat demo it was and stuff like S:SC and Street Lites shimmer and breathe at the right times. On HnH though a lot of the songs are mired in reverb and the energy from some of the songs in live form is sadly lost (though that's true of a lot of records).

Pulp seemed to be unsure of him too. Razzmatazz was remixed for release by Phil Vinall (much to the chagrin of Luke Haines who thought of Vinall as The Auteurs producer alone) and You're A Nightmare was left as it was after the '93 Peel session and not produced in studio with Buller with the rest of the era's material. Their decision not to go with him post-HnH confirmed, according to Steve in the Martin Aston book on Pulp, after the band heard his work on the echo-laden Dog Man Star by Suede later in 1994. Bernard Butler seemed to agree.

It might not be studio quality but I'm asking for Acrylic Afternoons at the Heineken to be considered. It's a fab version that I have extremely fond memories of!

1. Babies...Mark Goodier session..30.5.92.
2. She's a lady...London Subterannia...15.10.91.
3. Live on...Black session...17.11.92.
4. Glass/Your sisters clothes...London Eqinox...4.3.93.
5. Acrylic afternoons...Sheffield sound city...5.4.93.
6. Lipgloss...The Word...19.11.93.
7. Seconds...Glasgow...24.4.94.
8. Have you seen her lately?   Black session...15.3.94.
9. Babysitter...London...15.5.93.
10. Joyriders...Radcliffe session...16.11.93.
11. Do you remember...manchester...11.11.93.
12. His 'n' hers...Sheffield University...29.4.94.
13. Pink glove...No stilletoes...12.8.93.
14. The boss...Norwich waterfront...4.6.92.
15. Happy endings...Sheffield leadmill...11.5.92.

I don't have any alternatives to 'Davids' last summer or someone like the moon' I know they exist but i dont have any. Anyways, these are my favourite versions.

-- Edited by DEF2 on Monday 12th of August 2013 12:45:23 PM

Hi Weej,

I have a question to your youtube-video. I've listened to it an found much more songs than "Space", "Death II" and "Live on". E.G. '"Countdown", Don't you love me anymore" etc. Why did you write only 3 songs in the description?

I like the "Sunrise"-version from the Eden Project and "Birds in your garden" from the same concert.

Or are they too young?

Ah! Sorry! I have to read better.
O.k. "His and Her's": I like all songs from "No stillettoes" and I think that Jarvis sings "Lyndhurst grove" better here than on the CD, especially the high tunes. And I like when he peels the tangerine at the beginning. Very cool! Tangerine is Mandarine??? Tss, why does a band calls herself "Tangerine dreams". Is it there favourite desert?

I wonder why I can't hear what Jarvis was saying in the first song from the youtube video clearly. I think I can only hear a couple of "oui"s in it. Is it a translation of the ( English ) lyric?

What about the lyric of the song itself?

My french, sorry