Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:58:10 -0600 From: jtgayton@POLISCI.WISC.EDU Subject: 4AD UK 1997 Here's what I think is a complete list of 4AD UK releases (including promos) for the year. Please let me know if you know of anything I've missed or can supply either of those two missing cat. no's. TAD 7000 Tarnation -- There's Someone [7"] AD 7001 Tarnation -- Your Thoughts And Mine [2 X 7"] BAD 7001 CD Tarnation -- Your Thoughts And Mine [CD] GUS 3 Gus Gus -- Believe [promo 12"] BAD DP 7002 CD Gus Gus -- Believe [promo CD] BAD 7002 Gus Gus -- Believe [12"] BAD 7002 CD Gus Gus -- Believe (Disc 1) [CD] BADD 7002 CD Gus Gus -- Believe (Disc 2) [CD] Brook, Michael -- Albino Alligator [promo CD] CAD 7003 Brook, Michael -- Albino Alligator [LP] CAD 7003 CD Brook, Michael -- Albino Alligator [CD] CAD 7004 CD Tarnation -- Mirador [promo CD] DAD 7004 Tarnation -- Mirador [LP] CAD 7004 CD Tarnation -- Mirador [CD] Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [promo CD] GUS 5 CD Gus Gus -- Selections From The Debut Album Polydistortion [promo CD] GUS 6 Gus Gus -- Remix [promo CD] DAD 7005 Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [LP] DAD C 7005 Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [cassette] DAD 7005 CD Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [CD] DAD D 7005 Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [limited edition LP] DAD D 7005 CD Gus Gus -- Polydistortion [CD] BAD 7006 CD Scheer -- Demon [CD] TANYA 2 Donelly, Tanya -- Pretty Deep/Lovesongs For Underdogs [promo CD] TANYA 3 Donelly, Tanya -- Pretty Deep/Lovesongs For Underdogs [promo 12"] AD 7007 Donelly, Tanya -- Pretty Deep [7"] BAD 7007 CD Donelly, Tanya -- Pretty Deep (Disc One) [CD] BAD D 7007 CD Donelly, Tanya -- Pretty Deep (Disc Two) [CD] CAD P 7008 CD Donelly, Tanya -- Lovesongs For Underdogs [promo CD] CAD 7008 Donelly, Tanya -- Lovesongs For Underdogs [LP] CAD 7008 CD Donelly, Tanya -- Lovesongs For Underdogs [CD] CAD C 7008 Donelly, Tanya -- Lovesongs For Underdogs [cassette] JAD 7009 CD His Name Is Alive -- Nice Day [CD] AD 7010 Pixies -- Debaser Demo [7"] BAD 7010 CD Pixies -- Debaser Studio [CD] BAD D 7010 CD Pixies -- Debaser Live [CD] PIX 5 Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [promo CD] PIX 6 Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [promo 12"] DAD 7011 CD Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [CD] DAD 7011 CDGT Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [CD] DAD C 7011 Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [cassette] DAD D 7011 Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [limited edition 4X10" LP] DAD D 7011 CD Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [limited edition CD] DAD D 7011 CDGT Pixies -- Death To The Pixies [limited edition "golden ticket" CD] AD 7012 Donelly, Tanya -- Bright Light, The [7"] BAD 7012 Donelly, Tanya -- Bright Light, The (Part One) [CD] BAD D 7012 Donelly, Tanya -- Bright Light, The (Part Two) [CD] CAD 117 CD Various Artists -- Natures Mortes-Still Lives [reissue CD] K+A 1 Gus Gus -- Barry [promo 12"] GUS 7 Gus Gus -- Purple [promo 12"] GUS 8 Gus Gus -- Believe [promo 12"] GUS 9 Gus Gus -- Believe [promo 12"] Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:15:37 -0500 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: ...Buttercup, I'm coming home! 1997 proved to be yet another interesting year for 4AD... To start the year off, the label broke all the catalog numbering rules by issuing a 7" single with the number TAD7000. A CD single from scheer with the idea of it being sold only in Ireland and mail order came out, providing a taste of what to expect on album number two out in '98. Two of the label's first movie soundtracks came out this year as well - Michael Brook's "Albino Alligator" and the Ivo Watts-Russell compiled "Joyride" (featuring a 99% all-4AD tracklisting). Spring saw the release of two killer albums on the same day - "Polydistortion" from the Icelandic collective gusGus and "Mirador" from Paula Frazer's Tarnation. It's nice to see 4AD continue releasing Tarnation outside North America as well. The much anticipated solo outing from ex-Belly Tanaya Donelly gave the label a sparkling Fall offering along with a cryptic yet amazing mini album from Livonia's His Name Is Alive and the formal introduction of 4AD's book line featuring the amazing photography of Tom Baril. The label celebrated the tenth anniversary of signing the Pixies by releasing a lavishly packaged double CD affair featuring a disc of fave album cuts and a second disc of an intense 1990 concert. Much talked about "GT" versions of the limited Pixies CD box set provided a source of frustration for fans however. As a nifty pre-Christmas gift, the label reissued on CD for the first time their 1982 compilation "Natures Mortes - Still Lives" with five extra tracks previously only found on early eighties vinyl singles. More hard to find 12" only promos from gusGus and other bands were issued, causing further rabid collector stress. A couple of 4AD's artists releases were issued by other labels including a "Polyesterday" 12" from gusGus on the Shaken Not Stirred imprint and a single from Lisa Germano featuring remixes of "Lovesick" by Underdog. Hardcore touring from gusGus and Tanya Donelly wrapped up a year some may have seen as being slow but there was plenty of action behind the scenes with much of the roster in the studio prepping albums for a 1998 release. Kristin Hersh, scheer, Lisa Gerrard, Mojave 3, Lisa Germano and The Breeders were all recording throughout '97. Hersh's "Strance Angels" is out February 2nd while Gerrard's "Duality" is released sometime in March with more stuff to follow at a fast pace. Ivo has plans for a new project called The Hope Blister and already there are promises of a couple interesting new signings to the label. The new 4AD compilation "Anakin" (TAD8001) out next month should give us insight into what's up for 1998. Merry Christmas everyone (no file attached) and an advance Happy 18th Birthday to 4AD... JEFF "all sold out of VAD tapes" KEIBEL TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com