[kj] 30 years of Brighter Than Thousand Suns

[jpwhkj at aol.com]

Not wishing to make your jealousy any worse... but yes, they were amazing.  The first one (at least in the UK) was the Reading Festival '86, which is available as an official release somewhere.  If you don't already have it, it's worth acquiring.  I taped it at the time on a massive ghetto blaster, and then spent the night sleeping in Reading station between a gang of bikers and a gang of football casuals, who seemed on the verge of WWIII.  I didn't actually sleep much.


Somewhere I have cassette bootlegs (not mine) of the Hammersmith Palais gigs from autumn / winter 96, which were also incredible.  (One of them had Big Black as an unannounced support band, and they were feckin amazing too.)  Aside from the Brighter material, the other tracks were absolute blinders as well (Requiem in particular was unbelievable - fast and furious) hence my comment about the line-up being at it peak then.

Jamie





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one of my top KJ albums, totes jealous of whoever got to see that stuff live!





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"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been postponed indefinitely..."


On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 12:28 AM, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:

I absolutely loved that album when it came out.  The gigs of that era were fantastic (possibly the finest hour of that line-up, for me) and of course the tracks were much harder-edged live.




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Ditto Adam, great bit of writing!
Btats holds a special place for me as and was the first tour I saw them live. 
I also love the album. I think sometimes one needs to remember it was released in 1986, at the time it was fresh and contemporary. 
3 tracks of the Cd version were initially B Sides (Victory, Goodbye and Exile)
While great songs, if you remove them the dynamic of the original album track list returns which was perfect. 
Would love to hear some of these live again.


On 22 Nov 2016 23:27, "The Stranger via Gathering" <gathering at misera.net> wrote:

                Holy moly, well done Oliver!  Great article and tons of great music clips and interview clips in there as well.  And that book cover!?


BTATS was actually the first KJ album I ever bought.  Based on my melancholy, gothy, wavey tastes, at the time, it was the perfect gateway drug for me that eventually led to my full on Joke addiction.  I still think the album holds up well..


Cheers,


Adam


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On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:21 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard <b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com> wrote:

I'd been thinking a lot about this album lately and decided to write this.

http://www.cvltnation.com/thirty-years-ago-killing-jokes-brighter-thousand-suns-exploded-onto-scene/ 


-0liver
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