Re: Wheres the new material

["Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk>]

Perhaps Gerard should have a chat with Mark E. Smith. He's kept The Fall 
going continuously since 1978 and over many, many record labels.

NW2
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Vearncombe 
  To: blueplanes@st...net 
  Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Wheres the new material


  Sorry chaps I'm catching up here...

  I had a chat to Gerard at his gig at the Cube where he was promoting his 
self-released LIT album.  I thought he might want to go the same sort of 
route for the BAs album but he said he was keen for a wider release of 
that and was trying to get a distribution company interested.  I can't 
claim to understand the machinations of publishers but I believe Gerard 
was especially concerned about signing away the rights to his work.  This 
was the case with some of the other albums, as you will all remember from 
the "Let's Buy Swagger Appeal"!  So I should imagine he's in a tricky 
spot, wanting to involve a major company to distrubute the album but not 
to publish it, thereby allowing him to retain the copyright.  Anyone shed 
any light on how it works?!

  Speaking of dates, I've just found an old flier from November 1996 which 
names such "new-recorded" songs as "Up In A Down World" and "Barfly".  Of 
these, the first is supposed to be on the new album and the second 
featured in the set at the Fiddlers.  So that's how old they are then!

  Speaking of Cavaliers, I think it's mostly great.  I agree that it's a 
weird package but I love the patchy and shambolic prog-folk of the title 
track and the relentless Krautrocking "Roundheads".  It's just the tracks 
in between that seem out of place.  I reckon it would have been better to 
have put C & R on disc one and a better and wider collection of b-sides on 
disc two - why not flesh it out with "Sweet Jane", "Love Is", and other 
bits and pieces.  Why not call it FLP3?!

  Speaking of Angelo, I don't think anybody recognised him at the gig. Has 
he regenerated?!

  PV2



  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: edward gay 
    To: blueplanes@st...net 
    Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 5:39 PM
    Subject: [Blueplanes] Wheres the new material


    Following on from all your associated mail it confirms the picture I 
have built up of an albums worth of material hitting the proverbial 
buffers over a distribution deal,plus poor communication and 
organisation.The website has been awful for a number of years.Thankfully 
its now resurrected.Gerard first mentioned the new album in the liner 
notes for Cavaliers.Further references were made to it when Gerard 
appeared at the 12 Bar Club in London promoting Record Player in October 
2001.He announced the band still had 2 tracks left to complete.When I 
contacted Art Star in April 2002 they informed me that the album was 
finished but that the band wanted a distribution deal to release the 
record in the Uk and the USA and were therefore touting labels such as 
East West.I even wrote a letter to the Aeroplanes at their contact address 
in April 2001 enquiring why such a great band were now stagnating in semi 
retirement.No response.I don! t know why bands put contact details on 
their CDs only to not respond when interested parties contact them. The 
Rough Guide to rock in 1996 described the band as  releasing a welter of 
back catalogue material
    and  presumed they were   defunct.Such a shame.I know someone who saw 
the Planes at York University in 1992 and described the gig as orgasmic.If 
only they could organise themselves play a few more gigs,communicate with 
fans and release more materia we,d all be happy.My other fave band the 
Mekons  have a great website and are enjoying more popularity now 25 years 
into their career than they ever did at the outset.All down to 
organisation and communication!


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