Bill Baird - There Goes My Ego

Back to normal with this anthology. Bill Baird is a musician who deserves much more recognition for his fine releases over the years. My introduction to him was in the late 00's when he was going by the name of {{{Sunset}}} for his solo work. He released a few albums under this moniker, my favourite being 2008's The Glowing City, before reverting to his real name. Unfamiliar with his earlier work, I discovered he'd already recorded several albums. According to his wiki page: "Baird first achieved success as the frontman for Sound Team (2001–2007), which was signed to Capitol Records in 2005 but dropped from the label after the commercial failure of their album Movie Monster."

Most of his recordings, either solo or as Sound Team can be found on his bandcamp page HERE. Also, check out his website HERE. I noticed on bandcamp he's selling his whole (digital) discography very cheaply, so I decided to take the plunge, paying a bit more than the minimum price (it's up to you how much you wish to pay), despite already having several of his albums. It was still a bargain. 

Here's some quotes to be found on his bandcamp page:

"A testament to the failure of the American educational system" - Roscoe Mitchell
"Psych-pop master craftsman" -- Spin Magazine
"...modern psychedelia at its finest" - Exclaim
"One of the last of the living rock n roll geniuses" - Tiny Mix Tapes

For this collection I've decided to include tracks from his solo releases covering the years 2010 to the present day. Albums to recommend? This year's release "Flower Children's Children's Children" is as good a place to start as any, but "Earth into Aether" from 2016 is probably my favourite of his so far. Info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file, I hope you enjoy this latest collection, and stay safe!

  1. World Gone Deaf (3:44)
  2. Everything Explodes (3:40)
  3. Softly (2:06)
  4. Be Yourself (4:20)
  5. Empty University (3:24)
  6. Late Night Dawning (2:56)
  7. Home (3:01)
  8. Strigidae (3:34)
  9. Mister Treadmill (2:18)
10. Baby Blue (4:19)
11. Lake Eerie / Shave / Blob (6:50)
12. Caroline (4:53)
13. Insomnia Insane (2:30)
14. Spreadsheet Star Charts (5:35)
15. You're Fat (0:51)
16. You're Free (if You Want to Be) (4:02)
17. She Came and She Touched Me (3:49)
18. It Will Be OK (3:46)
19. Daily Dance (5:48)
20. Dear Friend (Collapsing Domino) (4:59)
21. Is Nothing There (3:26)

  Download FLAC
  Download mp3

Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 57

  1. Vinyl Williams - Soft Soul (4:02)

  2. The Burns Unit - Trouble (3:25)
  3. Anthony Moore - Wrong Again (2:35)
  4. Drab City - Working for the Men (2:03)
  5. The Soundcarriers - The Seventh Seal (4:42)
  6. The Heads - Trilogy Part 3 (5:29)
  7. The Monochrome Set - Espresso (3:10)
  8. Autumn - Falling (3:20)
  9. The Chills - Dark Carnival (3:35)
10. Matt Elliott - Guidance Is Eternal (3:18)
11. Kombynat Robotron - Fontäne (8:08)
12. Cloud Cashes Till - Time Has Gone Away (3:27)
13. Mick Ronson - Only After Dark (3:28)
14. The Human League - Dreams of Leaving (5:47)
15. Aphex Twin - Beetles (1:27)
16. Toco - Barracao (3:08)
17. Together - Henry's Coming Home (2:56)
18. Beaulieu Porch - Thorneywood Is Dark (2:14)
19. Mary Lorson and the Soubrettes - River (3:17)
20. Sonic Boom - Tawkin Tekno (4:51)
21. Shellac - Wingwalker (4:56)

  Download FLAC

  Download mp3

Kinks Kollektion 1965-1972

Followers of this blog will know most of my comps aim to celebrate artists who've been somewhat underappreciated over the years, and to bring them a bit more exposure. Well, with today's comp I guess many would think that's the total opposite! But, while The Kinks are widely appreciated for releasing several excellent singles over the years, there are many overlooked gems to be found on their albums. This collection features no (hit) singles, mostly album tracks or outtakes from album sessions.

Like many who knew of the band, I never really took much notice of the albums, something I didn't rectify until I bought in 2004 the deluxe CD reissue of their (to me) finest album, "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" which was originally released in 1968. I now have every Kinks album up to 1978's "Misfits" (I really didn't like any of their albums after that), though the quality in their albums dipped somewhat after "Muswell Hillbillies" in 1971. Maybe I'll do another comp, featuring tracks from the much derided mid/late 70s releases, as there are still plenty of excellent songs to be found on each.

For this collection I decided to concentrate on their peak album years. Eagle-eyed fans will notice I've picked no tracks from their first album. Like most artists in the early 60s, albums seemed like an afterthought, only brought out to promote the successful singles from them, and consisted of way too many cover versions. With each release The Kinks mastered the art of making an album, I have a couple of tracks from their second and third albums, but for me their first consistently good album was 1966's "Face to Face". My two favourite albums by them are 1967's "Something Else by The Kinks" and the aforementioned "Village Green", so unsurprisingly tracks from those albums feature the heaviest here.

The origin of this collection started back in 2008, for a music site on which I was quite an active member. One of the members made a request for others on the site to compile their own "best of" of certain artists, as an introduction for those who knew very little of their work. Initially I made 3 compilations, 2 were of The Fall and 1 was of Tim Buckley. Some other member made a Kinks comp and while it had excellent choices, for me it had way too many familiar singles and somewhat missed the point. So I decided I'd make my own compilation of their lesser known songs. The tracklisting here is almost the same as the original I made, but I've replaced 4 tracks which I'm not too fond of anymore (if anyone wishes to know which tracks I removed and replaced with, feel free to ask!) and kept almost the same track order.

As per usual, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. Once more thanks to Manerg for his advice with choosing the cover art and the title. Stay safe, and I hope you enjoy!


  1. 20th Century Man (5:55)
  2. Do You Remember Walter (2:23)
  3. Fancy (2:26)
  4. Love Me Till the Sun Shines (3:20)
  5. Where Did My Spring Go? (2:08)
  6. Denmark Street (1:59)
  7. Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl (2:43)
  8. David Watts (2:38)
  9. Rosemary Rose (1:58) 
10. People Take Pictures of Each Other (2:11)
11. Have a Cuppa Tea (3:42)
12. Lazy Old Sun (2:44)
13. The Way Love Used to Be (2:12)
14. Time Will Tell (2:33)
15. Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (4:09)
16. Shangri-La (5:19)
17. No Return (2:00)
18. Get Back in Line (3:00)
19. Little Miss Queen of Darkness (3:13)
20. Wicked Annabella (2:40)
21. Here Comes Yet Another Day (3:54)
22. Rainy Day in June (3:12)
23. Some Mother's Son (3:24)
24. Harry Rag (2:15)
25. Big Sky (2:49)
26. Muswell Hillbilly (4:56)

  Download FLAC
  Download mp3

Psychedelic Obscurities Volume 6

 

I received an email the other day saying my One Drive will be deleted due to inactivity... Totally forgot I had a One Drive so re-activated it and found a "short" list I'd made about 8 years ago of about 50 psych songs I'd put together for some comp or other. Some of them featured on future Oozings, and a good few of them are included here in the now resurrected Psychedelic Obscurities series. I don't think there will be any more Oozings, just not finding enough quality material from bands not featured on previous volumes. So, there'll be plenty more of these to come! Info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you're all still keeping safe, and enjoy this latest volume.

  1. Clear Light - They Who Have Nothing (2:32)

  2. Survival - The World Is a Bomb (2:26)
  3. The Freak Scene - Behind the Mind (2:16)
  4. Ro-d-Ys - Love Is Almost Everywhere (3:09)
  5. Christmas - Just Suppose (4:27)
  6. Earth and Fire - Seasons (4:06)
  7. Sam Gopal - Midsummer Night's Dream (2:12)
  8. Stained Glass - Soap and Turkey (2:35)
  9. The Twilights - Devendra (1:48)
10. Laghonia - Bahia (4:22)
11. The Merchants of Dream - (We Are) Dream Vendors (2:55)
12. The Blades of Grass - Satin Slipper (2:01)
13. The Changin' Tymes - Hark the Child (5:32)
14. The Damnation of Adam Blessing - Dreams (4:52)
15. Los Dug Dug's - Cual es tu Nombre (3:06)
16. The Baroques - Purple Day (2:48)
17. Snow - Song of the Sirens (4:07)
18. Mother Sunday - You Don't Understand (4:34)
19. Eden's Children - Sure Looks Real (4:25)
20. Gale Garnett and The Gentle Reign - The Trip Note Song (4:32)
21. Os Brazões - Espiral (3:31)
22. Salvation - Love Comes in Funny Packages (2:53)
23. The Tremeloes - Instant Whip (4:35)

  Download FLAC

  Download mp3

Willard Grant Conspiracy - Trail's End

Bio:
Willard Grant Conspiracy was an alt-country band based near Palmdale, California, USA.

Originally formed by Robert Fisher and Paul Austin in 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, the band operated as a collective, with vocalist Fisher the only permanent member throughout its existence. Up to 30 other musicians occasionally contributed to the band, both in the studio and during live performances. Fisher's voice and Americana style have been compared to both John Cale and Johnny Cash, with most songs being acoustic. He was a self-taught musician who followed his instincts—the main reason his music has such a unique sound.

The band toured extensively in 2005 and 2006 visiting 23 countries, including a showcase at the South by Southwest music festival. They continued to tour in the US and occasionally in Europe and the UK until 2016. The band's 2003 release Regard The End, featuring Kristin Hersh as well as Chris Eckman of The Walkabouts, received critical acclaim with Uncut magazine naming it Album of the Month.

WGC released 10 studio albums and 5 live albums between 1996 and 2018, their final release "Untethered" being released posthumously after Robert Fisher died of cancer at the age of 59 on February 12, 2017. He was the beating heart of Willard Grant Conspiracy, was loved by many, and has left behind a legacy that will never die.

This is another band I didn't consider at all for a compilation, until hearing a track by them on BBC Radio 6 the other day. I hadn't really listened to much of their work for several years, despite enjoying the posthumous album "Untethered" which was a surprise release in 2018. So I dug out all the albums, enjoying once more the fine body of work they had released over the years. This collection includes tracks from all studio albums, but for once I've included a live track to end on. The track in question, "The Visitor", is probably my favourite WGC song, I have several versions of it, but my favourite rendition is on the live album "The Green, Green Grass Of Slovenia" which came out in the year 2000.

As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. Stay safe (or alert!), and I hope you enjoy this latest collection.

  1. Bring It Down (6:36)
  2. Soft Hand (5:39)
  3. Massachusetts (4:00)
  4. Let It Roll (9:19)
  5. Painter Blue (5:23)
  6. Preparing for the Fall (7:43)
  7. Hideous Beast (1:55)
  8. No Such Thing as Clean (8:47)
  9. How to Get to Heaven (4:48)
10. Water & Roses (3:13)
11. Crush (5:42)
12. Incident at Mono Lake (4:13)
13. Untethered (4:21)
14. The Visitor (7:58)

  Download FLAC
  Download mp3

 

The Sound - Resonance (1979-1987)

For me, The Sound were one of the more important bands in the early 80s. Largely ignored by the record buying public, despite the wide acclaim for the band in the UK music press back in the day, why they never broke through remains a mystery.
For a full bio of the band, look here: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Sound/+wiki

When I was asked to make recommendations of certain albums for a music site as a "musicologist", picking their 2nd album "From the Lions Mouth" was a natural choice. Quoted below is an excerpt of what I had to say about my pick:
"I always thought 1981 was a rather special year for music, but one of the albums which stood out for me the most back then was The Sound - "From the Lions Mouth." I couldn't comprehend back then why this album was never a commercial success. Maybe because the band didn't have a charismatic frontman like Echo & The Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch, or even U2's Bono (remember this was 1981 when even U2 were considered part of the post-punk scene). In fact the lead singer and guitarist for The Sound, Adrian Borland, looked more like a bank clerk than a musician in a rock band.After the relative failure of this release their record label pressured them to come up with something "commercially successful" for their next release. Borland rebelled against that idea, and instead they released the album "All Fall Down" which was basically their "fuck you" to their record label. Thus ended their flirtation with major labels, and led to their eventual decline until they finally broke up in 1988. As Trouser Press questioned: "It's hard to understand why this London quartet never found commercial success. At their best, The Sound's excellent neo-pop bears favourable comparison to The Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen." For me, I found them better than those bands and it is indeed a tragedy they never found the success they deserved. Sadly, Borland committed suicide in 1999, after suffering for several years with depression."

After their 3rd album release, "All Fall Down" in 1982, I kind of lost track of them and never heard the later albums until many years later. It was thanks to a free CD featured on Uncut back in 2002, featuring a track from the recently reissued "From the Lions Mouth", that my interest in the band was reignited. I dug out my old vinyl copy of the album and fell in love with it all over again. This renewed interest had me seeking out the releases I had missed. While the later albums were not, for me, of the high level of their first 3 releases, they still featured many excellent songs.

This collection features tracks from all 5 of their studio albums, plus the previously unreleased album "Propaganda" (recorded in 1979), a few B-sides, one outtake from "All Fall Down" and one track from a BBC session. Not surprisingly "From the Lions Mouth" features the most heavily, with 4 tracks taken from the album. Thanks once more to Manerg for his help in choosing the artwork, plus a couple of track recommendations. As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy!


  1. Brute Force (3:18)
  2. Deep Breath (2:41)
  3. Glass and Smoke (6:50)
  4. Fatal Flaw (4:32)
  5. World As It Is (2:08)
  6. Shot Up and Shut Down (4:19)
  7. Sorry (3:42)
  8. No Salvation (3:12)
  9. The Fire (2:49)
10. Winter (4:16)
11. Unwritten Law (3:38)
12. Party of the Mind (3:55)
13. Whirlpool (3:59)
14. Judgement (4:58)
15. I Can't Escape Myself (3:44)
16. Coldbeat (3:19)
17. New Way of Life (4:37)
18. I Give You Pain (5:04)
19. Heyday (3:01)
20. New Dark Age (5:50)
 
  Download FLAC
  Download mp3

Can - Cannulation 1974-79

About 10 years ago I had a discussion with someone who said they hadn't heard much of Can's music after the departure of vocalist Damo Suzuki in 1973, and what he had heard he didn't like at all. While the band never quite reached the heights of the albums featuring original vocalist Malcolm Mooney and his replacement Suzuki, the subsequent 5 studio albums did contain some excellent music, some of which I have compiled here. I think most would agree the first release after Suzuki left, Soon Over Babaluma (released in 1974), was a fine piece of work. American music journalist Ned Raggett stated: "With Suzuki departed, vocal responsibilities were now split between (Michael) Karoli and (Irmin) Schmidt. Wisely, neither try to clone Mooney or Suzuki, instead aiming for their own low-key way around things. Musically, if things are a touch less intense on Babaluma, the sense of a band perfectly living in each other's musical pocket and able to react on a dime hasn't changed at all.", giving the album a rating of four stars out of five.

The album after, Landed (1975), was also very good, musician Barry Adamson included the album in a list of his 13 favourite albums, saying: "It's one of those albums where, in terms of production, there's something transcendental about the average rock song.... I believe that this one of Can's more poppier records – their earlier stuff was much more out there - and I must admit that I love experimentalism wrapped around pop and wrapped around catchiness and wrapped around things that you can remember but still with that avant-garde approach, if you like."

For me there was quite a decline with the next 3 albums, Flow Motion (1976), Saw Delight (1977) and Out of Reach (1978), but each album did feature the odd inspired moments. Saw Delight introduced two new additions to the band, Rosko Gee and Rebop Kwaku Baah (ex-members of the band Traffic), with Can's bassist Holger Czukay giving up the bass in favour of "experimental effects". Out of Reach is probably their most infamous release, Czukay leaving the band during recording. Being the only Can album that features no input from Czukay, it was disowned by the band for many years,  and was not listed as part of their discography on their official website. It wasn't until 2014 it saw an official reissue. 

Their final self-titled album (1979), also known as Inner Space, before the reunion album Rite Time was released 10 years later, saw Czukay rejoin the band, but only as a "tape editor". After the quite disastrous previous two albums this was something of a return to form, the first 5 tracks I think are of high quality, unfortunately the remainder of the album is rather dire. Michael G. Nastos said in his review of the album on allmusic.com: "While Can emerged in ensuing years with different lineups and further sub-developments, this last vestige of the initial band holds firm in resolve, and is at the least an intriguing aside to their more potent earlier albums."

I decided to compile tracks from these 5 studio albums for this collection. There are many good post-Suzuki tracks to be found on the Peel Sessions album and the box set The Lost Tapes, plus various live recordings, maybe one day I'll compile my favourites from those releases. Thanks once again for the comments, luckily no music was lost as I back everything up. Also a big heads up to my pals Manerg (for his continual good advice) and Moonglum, who very kindly helped me out in obtaining a replacement PC. Stay safe, and enjoy!

  1. Splash (7:43) From the album "Soon Over Babaluma", 1974
  2. All Gates Open (8:16) From the album "Can", 1979
  3. Red Hot Indians (5:37) From the album "Landed", 1975
  4. Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59) (5:16) From the album "Flow Motion", 1976
  5. Don't Say No (6:32) From the album "Saw Delight", 1977
  6. Sunday Jam (4:26) From the album "Can", 1979
  7. I Want More (3:30) From the album "Flow Motion", 1976
  8. Full Moon on the Highway (3:30) From the album "Landed", 1975
  9. Come Sta, La Luna (5:42) From the album "Soon Over Babaluma", 1974
10. November (7:45) From the album "Out of Reach", 1978
11. Half Past One (4:38) From the album "Landed", 1975
12. Safe (8:32) From the album "Can", 1979
13. Quantum Physics (8:28) From the album "Soon Over Babaluma", 1974

  Download FLAC

  Download mp3

Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 56

 

My PC died on me just after I finished this latest volume in the Spaghetti Tree series, I had to borrow a laptop from a member of my family so I could post, so thanks to them! Due to being absolutely skint, this will be my last post for a while until I can afford a new (or refurbished) PC. Hopefully sooner than later, as I have a few more artist anthologies I was working on and would like to complete. 

So, I hope you enjoy this new volume, stay safe and see you (maybe) soon!

  1. Muun Bato - Muun Bato (3:54)

  2. Tara King Th. - Shut Up Baby! (feat. Brisa Roché) (2:36)
  3. D, B, M + T - World (5:14)
  4. Euros Childs - Be Be High (2:11)
  5. Chris Joss - Terasonic Overload (3:35)
  6. The Kinks - Plastic Man (3:01)
  7. Diane - Bertrand Cantat (2:04)
  8. Kramer - You Don't Know (3:07)
  9. Momus - Howard Hughes (3:15)
10. Ambrose Campbell - Yolanda (3:11)
11. Diane Hildebrand - Early Morning Blues and Greens (3:12)
12. ROY - Is It You? (Sky Brother) (2:12)
13. Alan Parker - Maximum Thrust 1 (2:21)
14. Halo Noose - Fire (4:47)
15. Marvin, Welch & Farrar - Simplify Your Head (2:47)
16. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Waliyan Da Raja (4:20)
17. Gunesh - Girl (3:40)
18. The Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping? (5:32)
19. Carton - Deux Cafés (3:16)
20. Caleb Landry Jones - All I Am in You/The Big Worm (3:24)
21. Emile - I Krystalkuglens Skær (2:20)
22. Nice Strong Arm - Aberration (3:59)
23. Soft Hearted Scientists - Whatever Happened to You/The Sleepers in the Hill (5:20)

  Download FLAC

  Download mp3

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Murder Ballads & Happy Endings

Bio:

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci formed in 1991 in Carmarthen, Wales. Their best known lineup was Euros Childs (vocals, keyboards), his sister Megan Childs (violin, backing vocals), John Lawrence (guitar, vocals), Richard James (bass), and Euros Rowlands (drums). The band was formed by Euros Childs, James and Lawrence whilst still at school, and they have seen a number of lineup changes (perhaps most notably, the departure of Lawrence following 1999's Spanish Dance Troupe) during their existence. The band split in 2006.

Sounding like a bizarrely sweet and whimsical cross between progressive rock, psychedelia, and pure pop, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were one of the most original and distinctive bands to emerge from the vital post-Brit-pop Welsh scene of the mid-'90s. Gorky's music followed unconventional time signatures and structures, as well as instrumentation (boasting everything from droning moog synthesizers to slurring trombones and steel guitars) and melodic patterns. Furthermore, the band's lyrics were rarely about conventional pop/rock subjects, and they frequently sang in Welsh, which made their already odd music sound even more alien to most listeners.

With their 1997 album Barafundle, the wide-ranging instrumentation remained ("Diamond Dew" has a prominent part for the jaw harp) and there were still psychedelic touches, but the album as a whole was more laid back than their earlier work, tending more towards folk music. This gentler direction was largely maintained and refined in their later records, though the occasional poppier and rockier number, such as "Poodle Rockin'" continued to crop up.

This was yet another collection which took some time to compile, I originally had the idea of doing a Gorky's anthology 6 months ago. Several aborted attempts meant I kept putting it on hold until a week ago when I decided to have one last go. I honestly don't know where I was going wrong with those previous attempts, maybe I was just taking the wrong approach, but this time around I found it much easier to compile. This is in no way a definitive compilation, like Elf Power or Vic Chesnutt I had a large back catologue to choose from. For some Gorky's fans there'll be a few glaring omissions, but I could easily have picked another 27 tracks and come up with a collection equal to this one.

Thanks to Manerg for his suggestions/advice for the artwork, and for putting up with my endless ramblings whenever I need that advice! Without his help a few of these collections might never have seen the light of day or been somewhat inferior. As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. Take care everyone, hope you enjoy, and stay safe!

  1. Her Hair Hangs Long (5:00)
  2. Miss Trudy (2:41)
  3. Young Girls & Happy Endings (2:25)
  4. Don't You Worry (0:58)
  5. Fresher Than the Sweetness in Water (2:21)
  6. Barbed Wire (3:21)
  7. Bocs Angelica (1:56)
  8. Heywood Lane (2:51)
  9. Country (1:45)
10. Frozen Smile (1:20)
11. Un Hogyn Trist, Un Hogan Drist (3:10)
12. Poodle Rockin' (2:53)
13. Miniature Kingdoms (4:08)
14. Face Like Summer (2:55)
15. Murder Ballad (2:38)
16. Out on the Side (3:23)
17. Merched yn Neud Gwallt ei Gilydd (3:12)
18. Blood Chant (4:55)
19. Cân Megan (3:14)
20. Naw. E. Pimp (2:46)
21. Waking for Winter (3:19)
22. The Girl I've Always Known (2:26)
23. Diamond Dew (2:50)
24. Heart of Kentucky (4:12)
25. Tsunami (3:39)
26. No One Looked Around (1:49)
27. Hi ar Gân (3:04)

  Download FLAC
  Download mp3

Electrelane - Escape from the Lighthouse

 

Bio:

Electrelane, from Brighton, England, were formed in 1998 by Verity Susman (aka Vera November also making music under her own name Verity Susman) (keyboards, farfisa organ, lead vocals, guitar, saxophone, clarinet) and Emma Gaze (drums). In its last incarnation, the band was composed of these two plus Mia Clarke (guitar, backing vocals) and Ros Murray (bass) (aka Ray Rumours).

Sharing an equal amount of fondness for Krautrock, vintage equipment like the Farfisa organ, and modern production techniques, the band made their recorded debut in January 2000 with the "Film Music" single on Indenial. Following another single for Fierce Panda, the group set up the Sony-supported Let's Rock! label, issuing a pair of singles ("Gabriel" and "Blue Straggler") prior to the April 2001 release of the mostly instrumental "Rock It to the Moon", the band's first full-length.  A second album, "The Power Out", which was recorded by Steve Albini, added more vocals and structure to the songs. It was released on Too Pure in February 2004. A third album, "Axes", which was also recorded by Steve Albini, was released on 9 May 2005. The band's final album, "No Shout, No Calls", was written in Berlin during the 2006 World Cup, recorded in Benton Harbor, Michigan in late 2006, and released in May 2007 worldwide.

 

Of all the anthologies I've compiled so far, I found this the toughest yet, despite the relatively few album releases. I just wasn't happy with the finished result the first couple of times, but now I'm satisfied I've done this excellent band justice with the songs picked.  What inspired me to have one final go was a bizarre dream I had the other night where I was trapped on a lighthouse, along with the 4 members of Electrelane. Maybe their song "The Lighthouse" was at the back of my mind as I fell into this dream, where I helped the band escape from the lighthouse, thus giving the title for this collection!

It seems most fans of the band find the 2nd album "The Power Out" their favourite, but for me it's their 3rd release "Axes" which I most often come back to, followed by their debut album. The excellent cover artwork was once more found by Manerg, who again I sought for advice/feedback on this anthology. So many thanks to him for his help with this particularly difficult to compile collection. Info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. As always, keep safe everybody, and thanks again for all the kind comments. I hope you enjoy!

 

  1. Gone Darker (6:02)
  2. To the East (4:52)
  3. Only One Thing Is Needed (4:32)
  4. Film Music (3:56)
  5. Come On (4:49)
  6. Those Pockets are People / The Partisan (7:35)
  7. I Want to Be the President (4:45)
  8. The Lighthouse (4:19)
  9. Oh Bergina (1:09)
10. Long Dark (Albini version) (4:12)
11. The Valleys (5:18)
12. Eight Steps (4:51)
13. I'm on Fire (2:14)
14. The Invisible Dog (4:19)
15. Saturday (3:54)
16. John Wayne (2:37)
17. Oh Sombra! (2:58)
18. Spartakiade (1:40)
19. Two for Joy (5:49) 

  Download FLAC

  Download mp3