Graham Lambkin

[howsthatsound]

actually, there's a link to the Erst site right under the blurb on the NPR site, so I'd expect the bulk of people would go there, and anyone googling would also likely end up at my site pretty quickly.

i didn't see that at first glance. still, doesn't mean they will inquire even if they are interested. there are a good few barriers some real, some perceived to purchasing on your site that the uninitiated have to deal with. the lack of a shopping cart system is a big one for most users (fact not opinion). i'd imagine a sizable portion of the interested parties end up purchasing elsewhere.

again, little to no purchases on your site, do to this promo, does not mean there aren't elsewhere, or won't be in the future. you just can't correlate the two there are far two many factors at work.

a better barometer of the general interest would be click traffic to your site.

[jon abbey]

OK, since I brought it up, one new customer so far from this, who also bought EL005, EL001 and Duos for Doris (the latter two on my recommendation). every customer helps, thanks NPR...

[jon abbey]

always cynical me has been proven wrong on this one: four Breadwinner purchases from the NPR inclusion so far. the last one said "Thanks for the weird noise!", hehe.

[jon abbey]

The Shadow Ring Life Review (1993-2003) 2CD (KYE 03)

The Shadow Ring formed in the seaside town of Folkestone, England in 1993. Over the course of a decade, and through eight LPs Graham Lambkin, Darren Harris and later Tim Goss scraped out a unique musical pathway for themselves, armed with only the barest of tools. With each release the Shadow Ring presented themselves as a group in constant flux. Naive acoustic improvisations, dour bedroom sci-fi epics, cryptic D.I.Y. theatre and glacial electronic soundscapes all became fair game in their hands.
The group recorded for some of the premier underground labels of the era: Siltbreeze, Corpus Hermeticum, Swill Radio, and their own Dry Leaf Discs were all at one time or another called home. The Shadow Ring were also champions of the absurd - never playing live in their home country, they instead performed 23 shows across the US between 1995-97. The life of the Shadow Ring finally came to pass on the banks of the Hudson River in 2003.

Life Review offers a celebration of the Shadow Ring's oeuvre - from the green chaos of 1993's Don't Open The Window 7" on through to the austerity of 2003's I'm Some Songs LP. Featuring material from each of their albums: City Lights, Put The Music In Its Coffin, Wax-work Echoes, Live In U.S.A., Hold onto I.D., Lighthouse, Lindus and I'm Some Songs, alongside 7" A and B sides, comp appearances, and a clutch of previously unreleased live and 'studio' work, Life Review is an anthology that will serve both the aged fan, and the curious newcomer.

Expertly mastered by long-time enthusiast Bhob Rainey, Life Review flushes out the rich sonic detail of the Shadow Ring's music like never before. Housed in a deluxe six-panel digipak, with an accompanying 16 page color booklet of photos, flyers, sleeve art etc, Life Review also offers an untainted visual history of the group.
With 34 tracks - personally chosen by Graham Lambkin, and a running time of 154 minutes, Life Review offers the perfect chance to say a final farewell. One more time.

this is in stock now, whoo!

[meadowphantasm]

this is all well and good for the uninitiated but i could have used reissues of their complete works that have been long oop.

[Alastair]

If the compilation is successful enough perhaps that will come to pass. It's standard procedure to test the water with a compilation and besides, this gathers together stray tracks from comps, 7"es, unreleased stuff, etc. I'm tempted to suggest that you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth...

[i am the cheese]

I just picked up Life Review and it's an awesome compilation.
The rare material really makes this package special.

Some great pictures, too!

[Yii]

I just picked up Life Review and it's an awesome compilation.
The rare material really makes this package special.

Some great pictures, too!

[peteswans]

HM..

curious to hear if anyone has an opinion as to if this is worth picking up for someone who has most of the original releases..

the booklet/packaging look nice, but.. I've got all the albums and all the 7"s except for the first one and "Wax Work Echos".. are there are lot of unreleased tracks?

??

I'm a huge shadow ring fan, but.. yeah.. I kind of wish it was just a reish of wax work! I do think it's great that this stuff is getting another chance. I've always felt that Shadow Ring was severely underrated.

[mudd]

well extra material isn't going to be the major selling point on this. there are a handful of unreleased tracks but nothing that really reveals anything that the existing releases don't show. there are some live tracks that are good, but good enough not to differ a whole bunch from the studio material.

on the other hand, bhob rainey did a fantastic mastering job, and several tracks that i remember as being particularly scratchy on vinyl come across a lot cleaner without losing the shadow ring feel. some split tracks from 7"s are reattached as well. so if you're looking for a new ear on the existing material, this album has a niche.

and of course there's some material that's pretty hard to find. not all that much from waxwork, but if you're holding some of the lathe cuts this could spare a little needle wear, i think those tracks are here.

hope that helps a little.

m

[rlrds]

Drinking lots of Slivovic....nevermind...

[jkudler]

oh duh, the credits on "the breadwinner" are a reference to this:
http://www.lovely.com/titles/cd1001.html

[mudd]

all of the packaging of the breadwinner are reference to that. there's another packaging of the ashley that looks pretty similar.

m

[jon abbey]

I think that was all covered in detail earlier in the thread, although maybe not the 'Kris' part.

also, I think I mentioned it here already, but if I didn't or just as a reminder, there are two very rare Lambkin/Lescalleet shows happening next weekend:

Friday 27th Feb - Vassar College, NY
Saturday 28th Feb - Wesleyan University, CT

I'll be at the second one, really looking forward to it.

[jkudler]

all of the packaging of the breadwinner are reference to that. there's another packaging of the ashley that looks pretty similar.

m

yeah, i knew that, i just meant the "kris" part, which i was looking at the other day, wondering about. funny little continuation of the reference.. .

to jon's post: do i drive to vassar now?!

-j.

edit for typos. . . i need more coffee. . .

[Jason Brogan]

Saturday 28th Feb - Wesleyan University, CT

Who organizes these concerts at Wesleyan?

[jon abbey]

I didn't have anything to do with this one, but maybe PM joe foster, I know english did one there when they toured the NE.

[tristan]

Saturday 28th Feb - Wesleyan University, CT

Who organizes these concerts at Wesleyan?

I was searching for some further information about the Wesleyan performance (this Saturday!) and managed to track down the organizer (for this particular show anyway), Betty. Her Last.fm page can be found here: http://www.last.fm/user/theendofradio

I sent her a message inquiring about the show and received this back:

Hi,

I am organizing the Graham Lambkin / Jason Lescalleet show at Wesleyan. The show will be in our Center for Fine Arts Cinema and should start at 9:00 pm. I don't know where you're coming from but here are some directions to campus:

http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/directions.html

Also, here is a map of campus you can download since the venue is part of a complex and may be a bit difficult to find if you're not familiar with the layout of the campus:

http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/campusmap.html

Let me know if there is any other information I can provide you. Thank you for your interest.

Best,
Betty

I've also asked about cost and any age restrictions, which I can post up in case anyone else is interested. Really looking forward to this as I wasn't able to see them in their NYC warm-up show at the Montague Bookmill last year.


EDIT: The show is free and open to all ages.

Also, incase anybody happens to be in the mood for some Bartók and Dvorák string quartets beforehand, there appears to be a chamber concert at 8:00pm, though unfortunately not free. http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.html#crowell

[jon abbey]

yeah, I just found that out myself yesterday, thanks for posting it. also the Vassar show is only open to people with Vassar IDs, unless you get in touch with one of the musicians first and get them to put you on the list.

[jkudler]

Saturday 28th Feb - Wesleyan University, CT

Who organizes these concerts at Wesleyan?

I was searching for some further information about the Wesleyan performance (this Saturday!) and managed to track down the organizer (for this particular show anyway), Betty. Her Last.fm page can be found here: http://www.last.fm/user/theendofradio

this girl loves death in june.