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Re: (TV) 1986 lost album



Would be interested in this as well.

Takes a long time to research and track down such things.

Would be a real time saver to benefit from previous successful efforts.

-A

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Dennis D <dend@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> I tried to find this on Hunger City but had no luck. Can you give me some
> info that may help me find it? I searhed under tom Verlaine and came up with
> nothing. Was it entitled Lost Album or something like that?
>
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>
>  Not sure, Phil. I downloaded this one from Hunger City a few weeks ago.
>>
>> Glenn C.
>>
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>> On 1/03/2010 5:49 AM, Phil Obbard wrote:
>>
>>> Are you listening to the one I assembled from b-sides ten years ago?
>>> Starts with "Sixteen Tulips"? That's not the entire "lost" album sessions,
>>> just the material that was released as b-sides between 1987 and 1990. I
>>> agree it's quite good, although I think FLASHLIGHT is stronger overall (even
>>> if individual tracks like "Anna" and "Vanity Fair" really deserved better
>>> than being b-sides).
>>>
>>> I'm 99% certain there was other material recorded during those sessions
>>> that did not make it to b-sides that may have made it stronger than
>>> FLASHLIGHT; who knows if we'll ever hear those...
>>>
>>> --Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Glenn Cooper<glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
>>> To: tv@obbard.com
>>> Sent: Sat, February 27, 2010 6:08:49 PM
>>> Subject: (TV) 1986 lost album
>>>
>>> Long time fan, but only now hearing the 1986 "lost album" in its
>>> entirety.
>>>
>>> Why the hell would the label reject this album? Sounds damn fine to me!
>>>
>>> Reminds me of the story Tom Petty likes to tell about when he first
>>> handed
>>> in "Full Moon Fever". The record execs told him they didn't like it. He
>>> went
>>> away for six months, didn't change a note, then handed it back in. "This
>>> is
>>> great!" they said. 4 top ten hits.
>>>
>>> I know Flashlight ended up being a  vastly different album to Vanity
>>> Fair,
>>> but it isn't better by miles, only by a little bit.
>>>
>>> Curious, to say the least.
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