どうやらリマスタリングは順調に進んでいるようで、
Heaven’s EndとThe World In Your EyesとFade Outの3枚は
いずれも未発表マテリアルを含んだ2枚組で発売される模様です!
何だか、全然動きが無いと思っていたら、
いざ動き出した途端、それまで溜めこんでいたマグマが一気に噴出しそうな勢いですね。
2008年7月17日
Heaven’s End Remaster
Dear All,
For the past two days, I have attended the remastering of Heaven's End. You will be pleased to hear that all went very well, the original master tapes were in very good shape and with the aid of the genius who is Kevin Metcalfe, got everything to sound very ship shape for the cd reissue. It's probably never sounded so good.
So, for the reissue, a 2 cd set will be issued with Heaven's End on cd1, cd2 will feature the only true outtake from the H E sessions, Rocket USA. Also found from the archive are two different mixes of Soundhead and Head On which have never been released in any form before, two for the collectors there and rounded up with the first John Peel Session - Soundhead, Straight To Your Heart and Rocket USA.
I have tried to keep everything in these reissues relative to the time frame and situations they were developed in, chronologically speaking, so I hope you will forgive if some 'extra/bonus' material seems scant. But, in all truth, there really was not that much - we never did outtakes and the like, never had the time or the money for excessive studio times. But I can reassure you that all is being done to make everything that is there available and to sound the best it ever has for cd.
One find from the archive, thought lost a long time ago, is the original Loop demo, mastered on a Metal cassette. Our first ever recordings in a semi-decent studio, so for good or for bad, you will get to hear the original Brittle Head Girl - thought by many at the time to be superior to the Spinning version (I couldn't say) - and the original Burning World. Sadly, Head On is also on the cassette, but will not be able to be saved with all the technology in the world, it's too badly damaged. But there's probably too many bloody versions of that track anyhow....So, these wil be included on The World In Your Eyes volumes to follow
意外にも、Heaven’sEndと同時発売予定なのがFade Outなんだそうで、
The World In Your Eyesは2009年にずれ込むそうです。
(・・・それよりも、本当に今年中に出るのか気になります。)
私は先日アルバム未収録のSinnamon Girlが聴きたくて、
ヤフオクでThe Bridge:A Tribute To Neil Young落札したんですが、
これも、今後再発されるボートラには収録予定ですね。
(ちょっと早まりました。)
2008年7月26日
Remaster update
Dear All,
Fade Out has now been remastered - again sounding very good too!
A full track listing will follow shortly, but I'm just waiting on some tapes to be baked, to see what I can salvage for bonus material.
Again, the reissue will be a two cd set, with Fade Out on CD1, CD2 will include 2nd Peel Session and hopefully 3 maybe 4 different mixes of Fade Out material.
There were some 5 demos of Fade Out recorded at The House In The Woods studio, but I'm afraid the master tape of these has long since disappeared, I can't even track down a cassette copy. There appears to be two surviving demos - This Is Where You End, on a different small tape reel and Pulse, which was used for a give away 7" with the Sniffin Rock magazine. For this we will have to master from the 7" and try to make the best of it.
Sorry....doing what I can here.
Heaven's End and Fade Out will be issued on the same day, sometime in October as far as we can tell.
The World In Your Eyes set will be early in 2009, we are waiting for the Loopflesh track master to appear for that.
Also included with the 12" singles, will be the Cinnamon Girl cover version, Prisma Uber Europa promo live 12", Spinning (Spun Out) from the Good Feeling compilation on 53rd and 3rd, the original demo versions of Brittle Head Girl and Burning World and maybe..... something else(?)
Full Track Listings for Heaven’s End and Fade Out re-issues
HEAVEN'S END
CD1
Soundhead
Straight To Your Heart
Forever
Heaven's End
Too Real To Feel
Fix To Fall
Head On
Carry Me
CD2
Rocket USA
Soundhead (1st Mix)
Head On (1st Mix)
Peel Session 1
Soundhead
Straight To Your Heart
Rocket USA
FADE OUT
CD1
Black Sun
This Is Where You End
Fever Knife
Torched
Fade Out
Pulse
A Vision Stain
Got To Get It Over
CD2
Black Sun (Feedback)
Torched (1st Mix)
Got To Get It Over (1st Mix)
This Is Where You End (House In The Woods Demo Mix no. 7)
Peel Session 2
Pulse
This Is Where You End
Collision
Fade Out Guitar Loops (House In The Woods Recording June 88)
I
II
III
IV
V
REACTOR present the long out of print albums by Loop remastered from the original analogue sources.
These two releases will be released on the same day, scheduled October 08 release.
They will be housed in a Mini Vinyl style card sleeve, which reproduce the original artwork which has been slightly modified to fit the gatefold format and including inner bags for both discs.
All due care has been taken to release everything that is available to us in some chronological order, sadly a couple of tapes have been too badly damaged or lost to make a complete edition, but these will be the definitive editions...there won't be any 'special editions' to rip you off with, that's a promise.
As for vinyl, it is planned to do a limited run of 180g pressings, but these will only be repros of the original lps without the bonus material.
The bonus material will only be available on the Compact Disc issues and not for digital downloads, mainly because of the costs of having to pay ungodly rates on the Peel Sessions.
So, the Compact Disc issues will be unique in their own right.
More to follow next year.
News on how to order these and also T-Shirts from Reactor Mail Order will follow shortly.
I can finally reveal that Reactor have struck a deal with Beggar's Banquet that will allow us to reissue A Gilded Eternity and Arc-Lite as part of the ongoing Reactor remastering program.
All three Arc-Lite mixes (Sonar, Radar & Radiated) and Sunburst will be available on the forthcoming The World In Your Eyes compilation and A G E will follow the pattern of a 2 disc set, completely remastered from the original analogue tapes.
Disc one : A G E
Disc two : 3rd Peel Session, The complete A G E House In The Woods Demo, Shot With A Diamond - The Nail Will Burn free 7" and possibly 2/3 alternate mixes.
Both The World In Your Eyes and A Gilded Eternity will be released early 2009.
Our thanks must go to Roger Trust and Steve Webbon of Beggar's Banquet for being the totally stand up fellas I always knew they were, and being so helpful in our quest to accommodate everything Loop - Thank You!
there are delays.
Loop "Heaven's End" and "Fade Out" reissues will now be available on November 17th 2008, sorry about that, trouble with sleeves, but now rectified.
The new cd for Touch has also been put back until November 2008.
Notes:
All re-mastered from the original sources with the exception of Collision/Crawling Heart/Thief Of Fire/Thief (Motherfucker), sadly due to the original masters going AWOL - or I suspect, STOLEN.
But, they still sound a damn sight better on CD than they did, so not all is lost.
Same with Pink Moon and Cinnamon Girl - they have also suffered the same fate, but as in everything, you can't have it always your own way.
Still waiting on the Like Rats master, but we are told that it's safe - just 'somewhere'...
and NO! Justin Broadrick does not play on it.
Spinning parts 1 & 2 are the edits of the split side 7" - we wanted to sound like Television Little Johnny Jewel crossed with Fripp on Heroes...bless us in our naivety.
Arc-Lite (Radiated) is from the original 7" B-Side - Daniel Miller wanted us to sound more like NEU!... bless him in his belief.
Head On from the 1st Loop demo was beyond saving, due to damage to the master - but how many more versions of that fucker do you need?
OK - uptightanouttasight
Best
R.
CD 1
16 Dreams
Head On
Burning World
Spinning (Parts 1&2)
Brittle Head Girl
Deep Hit
I'll Take You There
1st Loop Demo - House In The Woods:
Brittle Head Girl
Burning World
Spinning (Spun Out) Good Feeling Compilation
CD 2
Collision
Crawling Heart
Thief Of Fire
Thief (Motherfucker)
Black Sun
Circle grave
Mother Sky
Pink Moon
Cinnamon Girl
CD 3
Arc-Lite (Sonar)
Arc-Lite (Radar) Daniel Miller remix
Sunburst
Arc-Lite (Radiated) Daniel Miller remix
Prisma Uber Europa Promo Live 12":
Afterglow
Got To Get It Over
Burning World
Sorry, my mistake. They are officially out on Monday - with the US release date as Dec. 1st.
But seeing as some of you are writing in, then they must be sneaking out there somehow.
Thanks everyone for the nice feedback and general all round goodness with regards to the re-issues so far.
I'm sorry if I've not replied to the more personal messages, but I hope this covers everything and everyone.
I have to say that I'm very, very happy (surely not???) with the new editions of Heaven's End and Fade Out - you finally get to hear the real THUNK of HE and the VAST n FAST SIZZLE of FO, thanks to better technology and the pristine ears of Kevin Metcalfe.
I hope they cover all aspects to please yer ears with the extras and Peels, and I think the replica vinyl sleeves looking pretty fucking spiffy too - thanks to the talents of the divine Ms Bex, cheers m'dear.
My undying thanks are forever laid at the feet of the sublime Simon Keeler of Forte, for finally instilling in me the get up and go for doing these - I'm a very hard man to please.
But, with a passion and persistence, he talked me round and we managed to kill quite a few pints along the way - you are a gentleman of the highest calibre sir.
To all those that stayed with me and the ones that left, but came back - chin chin!
amazon.co.ukの請求はCDが2枚で£19.10。
それに梱包、送料£5.07を加えてトータル£24.17なので円に換算すると
¥3.280なのでこちらの方が早くて安いですね。
もっと早く頼めば良かったです〜。
でも来年は「The World In Your Eyes」と「A Gilded Eternity 」のリマスターも控えているので
次回は最初からUKに注文しますね。
60年代のサイケデリック・ロックを超越したヘヴィなトリップ音響を現代に叩きつけるループ。
86年にロンドンで結成され、これまでに3枚のアルバム(Heaven's End、The World In Your Eyes、Fade Out)と1枚のコンピレーションLPをリリースしている。
先頃Chapter22を離れ、Situation Twoと契約した彼らは12インチ「Arc-Lite」をリリース、4thアルバムはダニエル・ミラーをプロデューサーに迎えて90年代初頭に(国内盤は2/25アルファから)発売される予定。
ヴェルヴェッツ、ストゥージーズ、カン、ノイなどの影響を漂わせつつもこうした前時代的音楽を90年代に向けて更新する未来派サイケ・バンド、ループのインタヴューをお届する。
本日Amazon.co.ukからメールが有り
「The World In Your Eyes」「A Guilded Eternity」は当初のリリース予定
4月27日(本国発売)から遅れ5月25日になるとの事です。
とゆうことは日本に着くのは6月初頭ですね。
因みに「The World In Your Eyes」はジャケも新しくなってるようです。
http://www.amazon.co.uk/world-Your-Eyes-Loop/dp/B001RUDUCC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240103831&sr=1-1
2009年07月15日 (水曜日)
Into The Infinite
A last word on LOOP.
The reform or reunion WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Sorry, but that's it.
It ain't gonna happen
But Thanks to everyone who joined in at the live shows, good memories abound - some shit ones too, but fuck it...
For all the money in the world, it may pay off your house, but does it also sully?
Too much damage and debris to have the need or feel the responsibility... and how many walk away 'let down'?
No refunds anymore.
Someone lately keeps telling me time heals.... not on this ship Captain!
2009年07月15日 (水曜日)
Into The Infinite
A last word on LOOP.
The reform or reunion WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Sorry, but that's it.
It ain't gonna happen
But Thanks to everyone who joined in at the live shows, good memories abound - some shit ones too, but fuck it...
For all the money in the world, it may pay off your house, but does it also sully?
Too much damage and debris to have the need or feel the responsibility... and how many walk away 'let down'?
No refunds anymore.
Someone lately keeps telling me time heals.... not on this ship Captain!
Loop, Astoria, London, UK, 3rd December 1988
Posted by Fat Reg
Good quality recording that appears to be from the soundboard. The band were touring the 'Fade Out' LP at the time, but the final song 'Breathe Into Me' would appear on their next (and final) album 'A Gilded Eternity'. 'Mother Sky' is a cover of a song by Can and 'Thief of Fire' was originally by The Pop Group
01 Straight to Your Heart
02 Collision
03 Pulse
04 Fade Out
05 Fever Knife/Black Sun
06 Mother Sky/Thief of Fire
07 This is Where You End/Breathe Into Me