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Eamonn


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I take it to mean the Nick and Candy songs were demo'd with other More material before they started working with James Ford but not taken any further apart from the mixing by Jason. Jarvis told Hot Press in May that they only had one tune left over from the album sessions, he couldn't think of appropriate lyrics and felt it didn't suit the mood of the album.

Presumably The Man Comes Around was done "properly", ie not during a demo session and more recently. Around the time of the Red Rock gig where they were going to play it live? 



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Bit baffled at the late Feb release date, combined with the 'albums of the year edition' tag.

I used to buy some of the albums of the year bundles, with exclusive bonus discs, but they always come out in the run up to Christmas, i.e. now, not 3 months from now. Described as a 'festive bonus'... maybe the date's wrong.

Dread to think what I've spent on Pulp this year, and I haven't even seen them live.



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Could just be a consequence of vinyl pressing lead times.

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we'll surely have the chance to listen the man comes around before this date, maybe as Christmas gift

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Surely they are preparing a new release for christmas with a bonus CD. I mean, it would be a mistake not to do it.

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Record Store Day..?

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Ive only just read about this! I assumed you were all still talking about the TV show so hadnt looked in!

Pretty exciting news (if its still news, olds)

 

(for some reason it removes a lot of my punctuation when I hit post)



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andy wrote:

Surely they are preparing a new release for christmas with a bonus CD. I mean, it would be a mistake not to do it.

 I highly doubt there will be a CD version until the lucrative 12" record business is over. I can't stand this business, but that's the way it is. I really miss the glory days of CD (DVD) singles/B-sides.



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pulped wrote:
andy wrote:

Surely they are preparing a new release for christmas with a bonus CD. I mean, it would be a mistake not to do it.

 I highly doubt there will be a CD version until the lucrative 12" record business is over. I can't stand this business, but that's the way it is. I really miss the glory days of CD (DVD) singles/B-sides.

Id imagine more people own record players now than have anything in their house that will still play a cd. 

 

I bought More on cd as well as vinyl, but i barely remember cd singles existing for over a decade now. I lie actually - Bluetones have done a few recently, but that's the one exception i can think. After You never got a cd release other than the dj promo, and that was 13 years ago



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HoltbyCity wrote:
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andy wrote:

Surely they are preparing a new release for christmas with a bonus CD. I mean, it would be a mistake not to do it.

 I highly doubt there will be a CD version until the lucrative 12" record business is over. I can't stand this business, but that's the way it is. I really miss the glory days of CD (DVD) singles/B-sides.

Id imagine more people own record players now than have anything in their house that will still play a cd. 

 

I bought More on cd as well as vinyl, but i barely remember cd singles existing for over a decade now. I lie actually - Bluetones have done a few recently, but that's the one exception i can think. After You never got a cd release other than the dj promo, and that was 13 years ago

 

Well its too bad really, people miss a lot of details, the streaming version does not even come close to the CD. So many bits cut even on the "lossless" version of apple music that's supposed to be like a CD.

 



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HoltbyCity wrote:
andy wrote:

Surely they are preparing a new release for christmas with a bonus CD. I mean, it would be a mistake not to do it.

Id imagine more people own record players now than have anything in their house that will still play a cd. 

 

 

 I'm probably very old school. I still own 4 CD players (Blu-ray player/car/computer and hi-fi system)... 



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 I'm probably very old school. I still own 4 CD players (Blu-ray player/car/computer and hi-fi system)... 

 Snap. Maybe CDs will come back, after all cassettes have, and that seemed vanishingly improbable. Can't see CD singles every returning though. Maybe (hopefully) people will turn away from streaming. I don't stream, but when visiting friends with TV streaming, the common habit of silently scrolling through loads and loads of stuff seems miserable, and little different psychologically from doom-scrolling. I'm told that music streaming services are getting clogged with AI pap, and we all know it doesn't work for for creators. I hope the whole thing collapses.



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Have cassettes really come back? I imagine that they are just bought as souvenirs of a gig attended or a merch memento to support the artist and admire the artwork/read the lyrics, credits and liner notes if there are any.

And I imagine the same applies to the majority of CD and vinyl purchases. Streaming from your phone or laptop is just too easy to do.



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I really dislike streaming. For me it completely takes the pleasure away from living with an album. Not to mention the soaring environmental costs, musicians I adore and want to keep making music not paid appropriately, not really wanting a machine to track my music listening and then have them recommend similar artists which I have no interest in listening to - just because I love the Cocteau Twins doesnt mean I want to listen to every single band doing their dream pop... its so passive -  and of course the horrendous ethics of those pushing these platforms. I am so glad I got off them - not that I was really on them. I used to play Music Leagues and became quite obsessed. But I purchased a very impressive hifi player - not the crappy ones you get at JB Hifi - one from a proper Hihfi shop so had to endure through a hifi man's tech specs but its slowed my consumption back to where I enjoy music again. Not trying to keep up with every release. Love physical media. So I hope these new tracks make it across to CDs.



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As with every human invention, streaming is being used the lazy and daft way. It's the equivalent of Youtube being used for cat and dance videos (when there are many content to learn new things).

I could only dream of having every song ever in my pocket when i was a teenager, it was very frustrating to not be able to buy every song from a band i love. Now it's all there, for very little money. It can be an incredible tool to discover new bands and let's be honest, test before buying the CD. Before that, we had listening booth in some music store. I use streaming exactly for that and also for bands who dont release their record on CD.

but they need to change the model. maybe raise the price a bit and include some kind of physical format along with it i dont know.

Streaming is not the problem, the people that make it and the people that use it are. It could be a tool to open your world to new horizon, but most use it to listen to **** autotuned music.

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Boom!

pulpmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-man-comes-around

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Blimey...well, it's certainly different which I guess is the point of a cover version. I love Johnny Cash's version so this is going to take getting used to. Not necessarily a bad cover version but I think it'll always be the original JC rendition for me.

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Eamonn wrote:

Blimey...well, it's certainly different which I guess is the point of a cover version. I love Johnny Cash's version so this is going to take getting used to. Not necessarily a bad cover version but I think it'll always be the original JC rendition for me.

 

I had the opposite reaction.  I listened to the Pulp one (which is fine).  Then thought I'd go and discover the original, and didn't like the Johnny Cash at all.  I've never got country music and that didn't convince me one bit.



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this is a weird one but i guess its a good sign that we'll get the other two on the streaming platforms as well

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Hmm, perhaps. I actually thought the opposite when I saw the B-sides weren't up: like Open Strings, they might be held as vinyl exclusives [or Japanese imports] for a while longer.

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Listened to the radio debut on Lauren Laverne this morning, she was very keen, but on first listen it was intriguing more than exciting. Will keep listening, sure it'll grow on me. Barely a song really, it's mostly spoken (what's the fancy word, something like sprechengesang?). Doesn't sound very Pulp-ish, or JARV IS-ish, reminded me of the Riton-Gucci Sound System 'Let's Stick Around' from a couple of years ago.

Jarvis is only 8 years younger than Cash was when he did his version, and he looked and seemed ancient.



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Not that it matters, but I didn't like it being referred to as "Pulps new single" on the announcement. Its a mild diversion but nowt more.



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I have had a listen and it is certainly a grower. Without already knowing that this was a cover version, I would have thought that it was a Jarv Is outtake or something.

I hope that the B-sides appear on streaming and to be honest, "Open Strings" belongs there too.

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Can't say I'm massively warmed to it so far, but there's time.

Is Mark on it? Haven't heard him so far.

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Eamonn wrote:

Not that it matters, but I didn't like it being referred to as "Pulps new single" on the announcement. Its a mild diversion but nowt more.

 

It's a weird choice indeed. Couldn't they have reworked an abandonned song from the session ? I dont really like covers, and especially with Pulp. Their songs are better. 



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