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#083: Luna - Indian Summer 12"

Posted by Andy on 2 November 2023

Indian Summer contains the first Luna recordings made with new guitarist Sean Eden and was released on an 12” by Rough Trade in 1993. Luna - Indian Summer Our first recording session with Sean was at Mixolydian Studios in Boonton, New Jersey, where we had gone to record a few...

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#082: Damon & Naomi - The Sub Pop Years

Posted by Andy on 30 October 2023

The Sub Pop Years was released in August 2009 and is a compilation of tracks from the albums Damon & Naomi released for Sub Pop starting with their second album The Wondrous World of Damon & Naomi and finishing with the “live” album Song to The Siren. Damon & Naomi...

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#081: Luna - The Days of Our Nights (Jericho CD)

Posted by Andy on 26 October 2023

Luna were dropped by Elektra on the eve of the release of The Days of Our Nights so its US release happened months after the UK/EU release on Beggars. This is the CD that finally made it out in the US on Jericho Records in October of 1999. Top left...

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#080: Galaxie 500 - Peel Sessions (CDR)

Posted by Andy on 23 October 2023

As I mentioned on my previous Peel Sessions post this was the major omission from the lovely box set and in between the release of that and the official release of The Peel Sessions nine years later, I took advantage of my employment in BBC Information & Archives to acquire...

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#079: Damon & Naomi - The Earth is Blue / Beautiful Close Double / A Song For You

Posted by Andy on 19 October 2023

Damon & Naomi’s fifth album was released in Spain on Madrid indie Acuarela with a bonus promo CD of the album version of Beautiful Close Double and the “Live” in San Sebastian version of A Song For You, the Gram Parsons cover. Damon & Naomi - The Earth is Blue...

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#078: Damon & Naomi - More Sad Hits

Posted by Andy on 16 October 2023

Damon & Naomi’s beautiful first album came used Man Ray’s Glass Tears on the front cover which just makes the album even more beautiful - also Macioce’s pics on the back cover mirroring somewhat Man Ray’s photo, are also perfect. Damon & Naomi - More Sad Hits (CD) Interestingly while...

Video: Damon & Naomi play The Robot Speaks 'unplugged' in Paris

Posted by Andy on 15 October 2023

I’ve just come across this nice clip of Damon & Naomi playing The Robot Speaks at their problematic show in Paris last month. Damon & Naomi - The Robot Speaks (Paris, September 2023) (play on YouTube) The show was ‘problematic’ because circumstances led to them having to perform their set...

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#077: Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

Posted by Andy on 12 October 2023

Blue Thunder was Galaxie 500’s second single and contains the love-it-or-hate-it w/sax version of the title track. I fall very heavily on the love side! Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder (12) Now, saxophones in rock are invariably a bad idea but the late Ralph Carney’s two contributions to Galaxie 500’s...

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#036: Everything's Swirling #3 - fanzine to download

Posted by Andy on 11 October 2023

I just noticed that I never shared a PDF of Everything’s Swirling #3 a fanzine put together for Luna’s 30th birthday last year. It was a very short run - I think just 50 copies - and was probably the lightest in terms of content but - seems a shame...

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