rar@balungan.West.Sun.COM (Rob Rosen - N/W Region Consulting) (12/18/89)
Anyone heard the new Sylvian 12"? It contains three new poppish
songs, apparently. Of somewhat more interest (aside from the negative of the
naked woman on the cover) is the small print on the flip side which mentions
a soon-to-be-released '5 CD set' containing some of Sylvian's work 'never before
released on CD.'
Reviews appreciated...
Rob
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"As the dust settles, see your dreams all coming true; it depends on you."wingard@Columbia.NCR.COM (12/21/89)
In article <574@west.West.Sun.COM> rar@balungan.West.Sun.COM (Rob Rosen - N/W Region Consulting) writes: > Anyone heard the new Sylvian 12"? It contains three new >poppish songs, apparently. Of somewhat more interest (aside from the >negative of the naked woman on the cover) is the small print on the >flip side which mentions a soon-to-be-released '5 CD set' containing >some of Sylvian's work 'never before released on CD.' The new Sylvian single (it's in 3" CD too) is called _Pop_Song_. The three tracks are "Pop Song", "A Brief Conversation Ending in Divorce", and "The Stigma of Childhood". I don't know if I'd call the material "poppish", really; the second two tracks are instrumentals that sound (to me, anyway) very similar to the kinds of Synclavier noodling that Frank Zappa did on his _Jazz_from_Hell_ album. The title track has some of the same Synclavier sound, but since it's got lyrics there's more of a melody to hook onto. According to the person behind the counter at my record store, the Sylvian box set should be available any week now... and it costs $70 (ow!). "Pop Song" will NOT be in the box set, according to him. (Course, he COULD have just been prodding me to buy the CD single now. Between it and the used copy of Mick Karn's _Dreams_of_Reason_Produce_Monsters_ that I got for $10, I've got enough to listen to until the box set comes out.) -- Steve Wingard wingard@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM NCR Corporation, E&M-Columbia gatech!ncrats!ncrcae!wingard #include <disclaimer.h> hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrcae!wingard
michaelf@bhpese.bhpese.OZ.AU (Michael Freund) (12/21/89)
In article <574@west.West.Sun.COM>, rar@balungan.West.Sun.COM (Rob Rosen - N/W Region Consulting) writes: > Anyone heard the new Sylvian 12"? It contains three new > poppish songs, apparently. Of somewhat more interest (aside from > the negative of the naked woman on the cover) is the small print on > the flip side which mentions a soon-to-be-released '5 CD set' > containing some of Sylvian's work 'never before released on CD.' Rob, Hello, person who appreciates Sylvian music. W O W !!! A 5 CD set of never before released works!!! W O W !!! Since David has remained very quiet this year, I would greatly appreciate any enlightening information you could send regarding his recent musical/artistic activities/releases. I even heard a rumour that Japan were reforming! Do you know if this is true? Below is a list of the significant works in my Sylvian collection. Please let me know if there's anything I haven't got. I'm not realy concerned with 7" or 12" singles, unless they are new ones. Compact Discs ------------- 1984 - Brilliant Trees 1985 - Words With The Shaman (Mini CD) 1986 - Gone To Earth 1987 - Secrets Of The Beehive 1988 - Plight & Premonition (with Holger Czukay) Miscellaneous ------------- 1985 - Steel Cathedrals (Video) 1985?- Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities? (Cassette) 1987 - Trophies: The Lyrics of David Sylvian (Book) Regards, Michael.