LOOP - 'FADE OUT'

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• REACTOR03CD - 2xCDs

  5060446123874

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**Finally repressed / repackaged on CD format for these incredible remastered / reissues from 2008. NEW BARCODES, new packaging…**  Re-cut from the 2008 remasters by Kevin Metcalf; ?Fade Out? is re-released as it first came out, as a double 45rpm 12" set, in a gold gatefold sleeve. The LPs come in a numbered edition of 3000, complete with full album Download postcard. 2CD still available: Remastered from the original analogue sources, the first 2 releases, ?Heaven?s End? and ?Fade Out? will be released as double discs on 10th November and housed in a mini vinyl style card sleeve, reproducing the original artwork. Also, these albums will be available digitally online for the first time officially. Both will be released with re-mastered extra material from the relevant chronological time frame as the main album: The album in its entirety on CD 1, with the bonus tracks (including relevant Peel session material from the time) on CD 2, the bonus material will be available on CD formats only. Fade Out was originally released on Chapter 22 Records in late 88, the Peel session was recorded at that time too: Loop were loosely influenced by bands such as The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The MC5, but retaining an avant-garde and experimental edge from Can, Faust, Neu!, Rhys Chatham, Glenn Branca and minimalist systems music, to name but a few. As with Heavens end, Fade Out was remastered by Robert Hampson with Kevin Metcalfe at Soundmasters, with the original album on CD 1, and 4 unreleased demo versions, 3 peel session tracks, and the 5 guitar loops(!!!) on CD 2. full tracklisting / more info on onesheet / website.

Tracks

LP tracklisting:
A
Black Sun
This Is Where You End

B
Fever Knife
Torched

C
Fade Out
Pulse

D
A Vision Stain
Got To Get It Over

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LOOP - 'HEAVENS END'

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• REACTOR01CD - 2xCDs

  5060446123867

• REACTOR1LP - LP

  5060174954344

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REACTOR in conjunction with FORTE DISTRIBUTION is very happy to announce an overdue reissue programme of the long out of print albums / material by British band, LOOP. Remastered from the original analogue sources. Remastered by Robert Hampson at SoundMasters with Kevin Metlcalfe, Heavens End originally came out on the HEAD label in 1987, they recorded their first Peel session that year (on the CD bonus disc) and the album draws heavily from the likes of the Velvets, Stooges, and the MC5. Please note the vinyl versions being made will only contain the Albums as they were originally released, the bonus material is still only available on the 2CD format. NEW BARCODE ON CD

Tracks

CD1

Soundhead
Straight To Your Heart
Forever
Heaven's End

Too Real To Feel
Fix To Fall
Head On
Carry Me

CD2

Rocket USA
Soundhead (1st Mix)
Head On (1st Mix)

Peel Session 1
Soundhead
Straight To Your Heart
Rocket USA

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GOLD AND SILVER - 'AZURITE AND MALACHITE'

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• PSYCHOBABBLE109LP - LP & DL

  4046661642117

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*FIRST RUN COLORED VINYL* In 2013, DiSalvo was approached to do an acoustic performance at an art gallery in Providence, Rhode Island by friends from the local scene. Unsure of how to make quiet music, he enlisted the help of friend Michael Risberg - at the time not yet a member of Elder - to write some material for the gig. After a few songwriting sessions between Providence and Boston, Gold and Silver was born. What was originally intended to be acoustic was quickly amplified as the group formed a full live lineup and fleshed out their set. Two of the songs from this original catalyst concert make up the A and B sides of Azurite and Malachite, recorded in 2014 in a single day at a friend’s recording studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The album’s A-side Azurite is the lengthier of the two songs, moving deftly between passages of Mellotronladen, hypnotic rock and progressive breakdowns. On Malachite, a slowly developing, melancholy melody makes way for waves of increasing intensity crashing over it, concluding in a dirty and chaotic crescendo. Azurite and Malachite is a harbinger of the progressive and experimental elements in Elder’s modern sound, but remains very much its own unique project with its own voice. In 2018, DiSalvo and Risberg revived the band and began making plans for a new record and more shows. Accordingly, Stickman is re-releasing Azurite and Malachite, which has been out of print for some time. The record has been mastered for vinyl for the first time ever by Carl Saff and is available on 180 gram, tricolor marbled vinyl including download code.

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'MAN CALLED BLUNDER B/W SHE WANTS TO KNOW'

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• GBVI97 - 7"

  767870659775

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A-side “Man Called Blunder” - Robert Pollard says "the recording is perfectly executed, the best performance of a GBV song, ever...”. Non-LP b-side is a sparkling remake of "She Wants To Know" from GBV’s 1986 debut Forever Since Breakfast. A side is Track from forthcoming NEW album!!!

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'VOLCANO'

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• GBVI96 - 7"

  767870659676

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A-side “Volcano” plus non-LP b-side “Sun Goes Down” is a piano ballad written and sung by GBV drummer Kevin March, an outlier in the GBV canon. Volcano from the NEW album… get on it.. we will get 60-75 of each of these limited 7s

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