CDCHE DIO TI BENEDICACGD IT92258.21993 14 TRKS 'DDD'
CDE SONA MO'CGD IT94253.21993 14 TRKS Live
CDFERRY BOATCGD IT98378.21985 10 TRKS ('94 issue)
CDx2LIVE - SCIOCGD IT98381.21984 17 TRKS Live ('94 issue)
CDMASCALZONE LATINAEMI IT793469.21989 10 TRKS
CDMUSICA MUSICA EMI IT746419.21986 15 TRK EMI Collection
CDMUSICANTECGD IT98380.21994 10 TRKS
CDx2NAPULE E' (Collection)EAST WEST IT385889.22000 34 TRK Collection
CDNERO A META'EMI IT746804.21980 12 TRKS
CDNON CALPESTARE I FIORI NEL...CGD IT99791.21995 13 TRKS 'DDD'
LPPINO DANIELEEMI IT064-183911979 12 TRKS
CDSCHIZZECHEA WITH LOVEEMI IT790972.21988 10 TRKS
CDSOTTO 'O SOLECGD IT76095.21991 10 TRKS 'DDD'
CDTERRA MIAEMI IT746791.21977 13 TRKS
CDUN UOMO IN BLUESCGD IT73310.21991 10 TRKS 'DDD'
LPVAI MO'EMI IT064-185501981 11 TRKS
CDYES I KNOW MY WAY - BEST OFCGD IT22818.21996 16 TRK Collection
I only wrote about Pino Daniele in 2/08, but I recently found some more of his titles!Of course, I am a big fan of Italian male pop vocals.Daniele is from Naples, I really like his voice and he is a decent guitarist, too.I first heard him in Paris, as I had a charming Italian lunch – the owner of the restaurant kept playing Side 1 of Daniele’s “Bella ‘Mbriana” LP, notably “Tutta Nata Storia” – I was hooked.I wrote the name down on a napkin, found the LP etc.Years later, I even found a CD of it – again, in Paris!
For a while, I was finding his stuff rather easily.It was being imported.I could talk with my Italian music friends about Daniele, Lucio Battisti and Adriano Celentano.At some point, I quit finding any new titles – only “Best Of” titles.Recently, I found 5 used CD’s, most of which were ‘new-to-me’.
I still also love his “Schizzechea With Love” album.There was a while where that was truly my soundtrack; I drove around listening to it a lot at the end of the 80’s.It may take me a while to get to the new CD’s I found, but I fully intend to.
I once found a PAL VHS video of Daniele playing live.Very cool.
Pino Daniele is exactly the kind of artist I like to follow.His discography is extensive, but manage-able.I have yet to hear anything by him that I didn’t like.When I saw the CD’s in the store, I knew exactly right away which ones I didn’t have.If he was ever going to play live in L.A., I wouldn’t hesitate.I wonder if he’s ever played anywhere in the US?
I don’t remember seeing his CD’s in Japan, but I haven’t been to Casa Bianca (the Tokyo Italian CD specialist store) in a while.
Checked my index, couldn’t find a blog about The Monochrome Set!I really got into them a few years back…I was there initially, but lost interest before album #3.I likely totally lost interest when they never came – in the early 80’s.I was pleased as punch when Mr. Bid came and played shows.
7"405 LINES / GOODBYE JOEDINDISC UKDIN 23
1980 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7"ALPHAVILLE / HE'S FRANKIRS USIR 9002
1979 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7"ALPHAVILLE / HE'S FRANKROUGH TR UKRT 005
1979 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7"APOCALYPSO / FIASCO BONGODINDISC UKDIN 26
1980 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CDB&W MINSTRELS (Collection)CHERRY RED UKCDMRED 118
1995 16 TRK Collection
7"CAST A LONG SHADOWCHERRY RED UKCHERRY 51
1982 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CDCHARADECHERRY RED UKCDBRED 102
1993 14 TRKS
LPCHARADECHERRY RED UKBRED 102
1993 14 TRKS
CDCOMPENDIUM 1975-1995 (Collection)CHERRY RED UKCDBRED 128
I would love to do the obsessive collector thing with these guys, but it doesn’t appear that the final two initial works by ‘em ever made it to LP format, “Trinity Road” and “Misere”.No, I don’t have all the 7” singles, either.
Mr. Bid came to Los Angeles a few year back, and that explains my autograph collection herein.His current incarnation trades as Scarlet’s Well.Both The Monochrome Set and Scarlet’s Well are popular in Japan.When I got so into them, I wrote to them c/o Cherry Red Records in England, and Mr. Lester Square wrote back!
This band proves to me that it’s possible I could be wrong about dumping / banning a band from my consciousness.
I have a set up on Flickr of my "Perfect Collection". Well, it's not perfect, but I thought I'd try to stay within the boundary of the 800 or so photos that Flickr allows per page of a set.
Please take a look at my "Perfect Collection" - I'd love to hear your comments, questions. Yes, I will consider removing some titles to be replaced with others. What's missing? What are you unfamiliar with?
Very soon, I will be taking a short break from blogging. I must change my internet connection at home - my dial-up is now too slow for many internet functions - Flickr among them.
These are all of the more-than-three LP boxed sets I keep.The Chicago is notable for being a quadruple live album with many inserts;the Philip Glass is a re-issue, with the original having been on Tomato Records;the Mike Oldfield has some interesting remixes, in a very old-school sense – as well as some otherwise unavailable on LP material;the Tangerine Dream also has some unique material;I eventually found the book that goes with the “Electric Muse” boxed set;Y.M.O. “Sealed” was a big “Best Of” with only one unique track;the Zappa is a pirate boxed set, which eventually got a legit issue;I got the Dylan as an LP box rather than a CD box, but now I think I’d like to find a reasonably-priced CD of it;I only recently found the Mo’ Wax / Major Force box, it’s very groovy – I love the works of Toshio Nakanishi;Percy Faith was a Thrift Store record – but sealed!; I found the Warner / Reprise 20th Anniversary Box at the Capitol Records parking lot swap meet, over 20 years ago – it’s a really super promo-only collection, with a huge book and a truly decent selection of material from that diverse label.
I last wrote about The Cure in 2004.I probably like them better now than I did then.Pretty much followed them from their beginnings, up to “17 Seconds”.Then I liked some of their singles, and “The Head On The Door”.I do not have an intense Cure collection, and I sold off some of my early singles at time when it was very profitable to do so.So, no “Cult Hero” 45 for me anymore, alas.
LP17 SECONDSFICTION UKFIX 004
1980 10 TRKS original UK issue
CDx217 SECONDS (Deluxe edition)RHINO USR2 74682
1980 25 TRKS ('05 issue)(15 x bonus tracks)
CDBOYS DON'T CRYFICTION DE815011.2
1979 12 TRKS
7"BOYS DON'T CRY (New Version) / PILLBOX TALESVAP JPN15007-07
1986 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7"CATCH, THE / BREATHEFICTION UKFICSP 26
1987 2 TRKS with pic sleeve, clear vinyl
12"CLOSE TO ME / A MAN INSIDE MY MOUTH / STOP DEADFICTION UKFICSX 23
1985 3 TRKS with pic sleeve
CDENTREATPOLYDOR UK843359.2
1990 8 TRKS Live, Wembley 7/89
CDx2FAITH (Deluxe edition)RHINO USR2 74683
1981 24 TRKS ('05 issue) (16 x bonus tracks)
CDGALORE - THE SINGLES 1987 - 1997ELEKTRA US62117.2
1997 18 TRK Collection
CDHEAD ON THE DOOR, THEELEKTRA US60435.2
1985 10 TRKS
LPHEAD ON THE DOOR, THEELEKTRA US60435.1
1985 10 TRKS
7"HIGH / THIS TWILIGHTGARDENFICTION UKFICS 39
1992 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
7"IN BETWEEN DAYS / EXPLODING BOY, THEVAP JPN15006-07
1985 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CDJAPANESE WHISPERSSIRE US25076.2
1983 8 TRKS 'The Singles'
LPJAPANESE WHISPERSSIRE US25076.1
1983 8 TRKS 'The Singles'
CDKISS ME KISS ME KISS MEELEKTRA US60737.2
1987 17 TRKS (one less track than the double LP)
LPx2KISS ME KISS ME KISS MEPOLYDOR DE832130.1
1987 18 TRKS
CD5LOVE SONGELEKTRA US66687.2
1989 4 TRK CD Single CD5
CDMIXED UPELEKTRA US60978.2
1990 11 TRKS remixes
CD5NEVER ENOUGHELEKTRA US66604.2
1990 4 TRK CD Single CD5
CDPARISELEKTRA CANCD 61552
1993 12 TRKS Live, Paris 10/92
CD5PEEL SESSIONS, THEDUTCH EAST USDEI 8341.2
1988 4 TRK CD Single CD5 ('78 recording)
CDSTANDING ON A BEACH - THE SINGLESELEKTRA US60477.2
1986 17 TRK Collection (4 x bonus tracks)
LPSTANDING ON A BEACH - THE SINGLESELEKTRA US60477.1
1986 13 TRK Collection
LPTHREE IMAGINARY BOYSFICTION UKFIX 1
1979 12 TRKS the version with literally no text on the exterior cover
CDx2THREE IMAGINARY BOYS (Deluxe edition)RHINO USR2 78895
1979 33 TRKS ('04 issue) (20 x bonus tracks)
LPTOP, THESIRE US25086.1
1984 10 TRKS
7"WHY CAN'T I BE YOU? (7" x 2)FICTION UKFICSG 25
1987 4 TRK EP; with pic sleeve, 7"x2
12"WHY CAN'T I BE YOU? / A JAPANESE DREAMFICTION UKFICSX 25
1987 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
Boy, do I ever remember a time when I met tons of people that collected ONLY The Cure!That was really a pervasive scene.When I used to sell at the Emeryville swap meet, I really made bank selling the old Cure 45’s (and even that was to another dealer!).
When the re-mastered Deluxe Edition 2CD sets starting walking down the pike, I snapped up a few of them, and I wouldn’t be adverse to a few more, if the price was right.
What really helped my Cure fandom along was all of their music videos.I had the Japanese Beta stereo hi-fi tape of “Tea Party”, which was about 30 minutes long and it had all of the clips of the day, approx. ’85.Later with got a “Live In Japan” (’87) tape that I dubbed.
I never did see them live.I barely missed them once in Paris – during a “Fete De La Musique” day.Or did I miss The The?I don’t remember that day too well, as I sit here typing.
I always rather found it amusing that Robert Smith joined Siouxsie & The Banshees at one point.I never really did them; I didn’t care for their debut LP when it was highly recommended to me, but I am good with some of the singles, like “Hong KongGarden”.Never heard “The Glove”, their thing with Mr. Smith.
And according to Word Magazine, Robert Smith is now 50 years of age.Hey, so am I!
Recently, I got two different live CD’s by The Cure, “Entreat” and “Paris” – maybe I am trying to make up for never having seen them live?I think the latest thing in my Cure collection is the 7” single called “High”, which was given to me with the batch of Thrift Store Records I recently described.
I definitely didn’t care for the LP after “Faith”, and I wasn’t even all that fond of “Faith”!But I did like the “Charlotte Sometimes” single, so nice to have it again, on the $4 copy of the 2CD “Faith” that I found at a Salvation Army store recently.