Folks, As I think I've jabbered about already, Russell gave me a "lucky bag" of some things from his attic on Sunday. I've been rationing myself as to what I can pull out of it, but the first finding was Russell's own gig and travel ticket to the Pulp gig in Fulham in 1985 that was cancelled due to Jarvis' wheelchair inducing adventures. I let my better half pick out tonight's bit of treasure and it's a ticket (presumably Russell's own?) for Pulp at Chesterfield Conservative club in 1986 - supported by Mark Webber's band. Lovely stuff! It has both sections intact - the one should be retained, and the one that should not. The tape of the gig is marked as existing, but under Mark's lock and key.
I do aim to share these things with the Wiki at some point as these things aren't on there, but I suppose if their uniqueness was of interest to anyone who had any uncirculated tapes or anything else of similar interest, then they should let me know.
More updates from the bag as and when it gets purloined!
As a side note, it's so very exciting to have this. I spent years loving Pulp but owning nothing contemporaneous or unique from their early years til I paid a silly sum for an original photocopy (!) of their first advertised gig (8th on a bill of 9, and the first time Russell saw them), so to have been given this treasure trove is just unbelievable. As stated though, needs must and if anything of this unique collection helps to dislodge any uncirculated tapes, then so be it...
-- Edited by Stephen on Tuesday 1st of December 2015 09:56:12 PM
Jean obviously I wanted to dig in...but it would have eaten up valuable interviewing time!!
I've got another one scheduled for later. I'll go with a bit of paper again and save the cd. I think I'm going to be disappointed by the cd to be honest, but if it had been a tape I'd have been straight in there...!
Eamonn, I'm deliberately not sharing the images of the two tickets just yet. They're not on the wiki so I was thinking it increases their interest given their absolutely unique (presumably) status. If keeping them under lock and key for now encourages previously uncirculated recordings to fall into my hands, then so be it!
It's just clicked that the envelope all the goodies are in - postmarked 17 July 1987 and addressed from Fire Records is the one that Russell's copy of the Suffocate 7" must have arrived in. And then remained in there, probably unplaced, for the next 28 years...
I think he just genuinely has no need for these things anymore, Jayjay. They were up on his loft hence, I suppose, "just gathering dust". I'm sure he's kept the things that mean somethings him. Gig tickets for 'special' gigs? Records he actually likes...? :)
And Eamonn I am at the mercy of autocorrect on this phone. I can view BA in two ways. One without the ability yo upload pictures, and the other which means I can't see what I'm typing properly!
Cheers, Scott. Possible, yes. Will five it a listen.
And tonight's specialty? Well, I dug deep for one of the small bits of paper and found the attached. It's a ticket for the gig that was released on Beat is the Law. 10th July 1985, indeed. Wow!
