Thursday, May 6, 2010

Velvet Elvis - s/t (1988, Enigma)

Received a couple requests for this album since I posted a less well known anthology of Velvet Elvis' earlier material before they made the jump to Enigma. Per the intro to that previous feature I did:

Lexington, KY's Velvet Elvis were one of a bazillion college-radio bands in the '80s to record for local record labels despite brandishing the quality befitting of a national, or for that matter international audience. Think "indie," "New South," dB's, Let's Active (who's Mitch Easter contributes on a track here), and even a little Tom Petty-esque jangle.

Several songs from their debut LP, What in the World turn up here in revised versions, all produced and tracked under the watchful eye of one Mitch Easter. Now if that's not a trademark of quality, I sure in hell don't know what else is.
 
01. When it Comes
02. I Got Everything
03. Privilege
04. This Could Be
05. Something Better
06. Something Happened Today
07. Ambition
08. Take It If You Want It
09. What in the World
10. Second Best
11. Don't Tell Me Stories
12. Over and Out
 
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10 comments:

  1. piratecyanMay 7, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    Greetings, I'd like to make a request and I'm not sure if this is the right place but anyhow. I just discovered a band called The Flys and their song Got You Where I want You. I've searched and haven't found it yet. I don't suppose you can point me in the right direction?

    I've noticed you've posted some Aussie bands lately.
    Have you heard of...
    You Am I
    The Crystal Set
    Porcelain Bus
    The Sunny Boys
    Radio Birdman
    The Moffs
    The Stems/Someloves/DM3
    Screaming Tribesmen
    The Eastern Dark
    The Trilobites
    Spy v Spy
    The Numbers
    Love your blog and discovering unknown bands (to me that is)

    Cheers

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  2. spavidMay 9, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    Will try to get to some of these piratecyan. I know a Numbers CD anthology was released a couple of years, which is actually pretty killer. Not familiar with the Flys or that song. Sorry!

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  3. UnknownMay 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    thanks, can't wait to hear this as i loved the previous velvet elvis post!!

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  4. piratecyanMay 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    Hey Spavid, Is this your blog?
    Regarding the Aussie bands I listed, I have a lot their stuff. I was just curiuos if you had heard of any of them thats all, seeing how you knew about Pollyanna and Mad Turks and Glide etc. It always surprises me where people have heard of our obscure bands.
    I have both the Numbers original LP's too and a couple of only 7 inch releases too. Saw them live before their first album by accident where they did Cheap Trick covers amongst others. It was a top night and me and a mate drank the bar dry, or seemed to lmao.

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  5. Swart GdeFebruary 28, 2014 at 8:37 AM

    Any chance of getting this download link re-posted? It has been removed due to lack of activity.

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  6. Swart GdeMarch 6, 2014 at 3:13 AM

    muy excelente! igracia!

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  7. UnknownNovember 24, 2014 at 8:57 PM

    Could you repost this album, please?

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  8. spavidNovember 27, 2014 at 11:32 AM

    Link has been fixed.

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  9. jkl4872July 22, 2020 at 8:21 PM

    Any chance you still have this one?

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  10. StefanoMarch 20, 2021 at 12:29 AM

    Can you repost this please?

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