[kj] OT: UK Decay

[Antoni Adamiak]

Well, hi there Aleph ... thanks for the star billing but I'm probably no more clued up on UK Decay than Darren and others on here but I guess I have my own opinions ... my own copy turned up yesterday and I've had a brief listen although currently I can't stop playing The Piranhas (the Brighton lot from 77-81) ... I've knocked up my own CD from the Punk Brighton website (http://www.punkbrighton.co.uk/piranh.html) which has their 3 John Peel sessions up plus a couple of extra tracks (Feel Queer When You Ain't Here/Things Could Be Worse) and from another source I downloaded MP3s of their excellent but sole Virgin single Space Invaders/Cheap 'n' Nasty (live) VS314 ... anyway, sorry I completely digress ... I thought UK Decay missed a trick with Death So Fatal which was an "odds and sods" CD ... some old demos, some John Peel session tracks, live recordings, some newly remixed versions etc etc ... the expanded For Madmen Only is pretty much spot on but (if space allowed) I would have also included the Fresh Records single Unexpected Guest/Dresden ... Unexpected Guest is different enough to the album version to warrant inclusion so maybe both tracks should have been on the earlier CD ... then also Twist In The Tale (B side of the Sexual single) although there was a '93 remix on Death, So Fatal so okay, maybe not ... but had there not been the earlier CD, I would have loved to see a CD released with the two Plastic Records singles (including the "split" Pneumania side as Spon was in the band so it has that UK Decay sound) even if ripped from an inferior source plus the two John Peel sessions in their entirety ... but alas, it was not to be though the For Madmen Only CD is certainly worth snapping up ... I'm not sure whether I'll get to see them play live this year but I hope at least they play one show in London ... but I am likely to be on a family holiday in the run up to the Rebellion Festival, which itself I will be missing ... UK Decay may play a warm up date or two ... and though I missed the infamous Chelsea vs Barca game to see Killing Joke play @ Heaven, Chelsea FC will be at Wembley Stadium on 9th August 2009 playing Man United in the FA Community Shield with the likelihood of tickets being £20 or so I'm afraid I won't be up in Blackpool for what promises to be an interesting Sunday ... decisions, decisions ... good to see day tickets now available for the Sonisphere Festival but, again, I may also be away on a family holiday over that weekend (not that we've actually boooked anything yet !!!)

        
 


Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:01:56 -0700
From: blazingstar418 at yahoo.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: UK Decay


My copy arrived today and I'm listening to it now.


I don't hear any vinyl noise so far and there's no mention in the liner notes about remastering any of the tracks, so who knows?


It sounds great to these tired auld ears! :)


Where's Antoni in all of this?


I'm pretty sure that he's the Gathering's resident UK Decay expert. :)


A L P

On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:46 AM, "Darren A. Peace" <dpeace at bigfoot.com> wrote:






Still waiting for mine. How irritating that it hasn’t been prepared properly.
 
Once you’ve listened to it, I’d be interested to know if it’s been mastered from vinyl; I’d be surprised if the master tapes for at least the first couple of EPs still exist. Might explain why Abo was against a CD release of the UK Decay stuff for so long.
 
It’s a decent version (ie. not the one I converted from vinyl about 15 years ago) of” Jerusalem Over (The White Cliffs Of Dover)” that will be the high point for me. Is “Unwind” on the CD?
 
Darren
Hungerford, UK
 


From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Steve Hackett
Sent: 03 June 2009 6:44 PM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] OT: UK Decay
 

Received my cd today, not had the chance to listen yet, decent packaging and art but it really irritates me to read, throughout the artwork, "Rising from the Dead" - FFS, the EP wasn't called that!!

 

Breathes deeply.....

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