THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Release date and tracklist

April 14, 2011
DVD (NTSC) Soleilmoon Recordings SDVD 8

1. Unlikely Event
2. Peace of Mind
3. Rainbows too
4. A World with no Missions
5. Cubic Caesar
6. No Matter what you do
7. Choke
8. Torchsong
9. Grain Kings
10. Isis veiled
11. Just a Lifetime
12. Hellsville

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel- Voice, Keyboards
• The Silverman- Keyboards
• Niels Van Hoorn- Wind instruments
• Martijn De Kleer- Guitars
• Raymond Steeg- Sound Engineer

Notes

The first 200 copies included a limited edition set of five postcards.

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Imagine a club packed like sardines in a can and three cameras hovering over the throng.  Possibly LPD’s finest, and most intense, visual document so far.

The show was recorded during the band’s November 13, 2009 passage at the Paris venue Le Klub. The Legendary Pink Dots played a two-night residency at Le Klub. It was this second night that was filmed by Johanna Barda and her camera team. The release of the DVD coincides with The Legendary Pink Dots’ 2011 European tour (which includes a night in Paris).

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Release date and tracklist

October 26, 2010
2xCD Beta-lactam Ring Records mt242a
4xLP Beta-lactam Ring Records mt242b

2xCD: 

Disc 1

1. Sandwich Abuse
2. A Crack In Melancholy Time
3. On Another Shore
4. Greengang
5. Siren
6. Fifteen Flies In The Marmalade
7. Nine Shades To The Circle
8. Premonition 13
9. Crumbs On The Carpet
10. Neon Gladiators
11. Love In A Plain Brown Envelope

Disc 2

1. Madame Guillotine
2. Bella Donna
3. Hotel Z
4. Tower 2
5. Crushed Velvet
6. Aarzhklahh Olgevezh
7. Encore Une Fois
8. Breakday
9. Lisa’s Party
10. Space Captain
11. Evolution

4xLP:

disc 1

side A

1. Sandwich Abuse
2. A Crack In Melancholy Time
3. On Another Shore
4. Greengang

side B

1. Siren
2. Fifteen Flies In The Marmalade
3. Love In A Plain Brown Envelope

disc 2

side A

1. Nine Shades To The Circle

side B

1. Premonition 13
2. Crumbs On The Carpet
3. Neon Gladiators

disc 3

side A

1. Madame Guillotine
2. Bella Donna
3. Hotel Z
4. Tower 2

side B

1. Crushed Velvet
2. Aarzhklahh Olgevezh

disc 4

side A

1. Encore Une Fois
2. Breakday
3. Lisa’s Party

side B

1. Space Captain
2. Evolution

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2010 (?)
NL MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

1. Sandwich Abuse
2. A Crack In Melancholy Time
3. On Another Shore
4. Greengang
5. Siren
6. Fifteen Flies In The Marmalade
7. Nine Shades To The Circle
8. Premonition 13
9. Crumbs On The Carpet
10. Neon Gladiators
11. Madame Guillotine
12. Hotel Z
13. Bella Donna
14. Tower 2
15. Crushed Velvet
16. Love In A Plain Brown Envelope
17. Aarzhklahh Olgevezh
18. Encore Une Fois
19. Breakday
20. Lisa’s Party
21. Space Captain
22. Evolution

Credits 

• The Silverman- Keyboards, Devices
• Niels Van Hoorn- Saxophone, Flute, Steiner Electronic Wind Instrument
• Marin De Kleer- Guitar, Bass, Drums
• Ryan Moore- Bass, Drums
• Raymond Steeg- Sound engineer
• Edward Ka-Spel- Voice, Keyboards

Raymond collated the material and then edited and mastered it in July 2010 with assistance from The Silverman.

Notes

Packaged in gatefold sleeve with folded insert.

4xLP box set- limited edition of 350

Could this be The Legendary Pink Dots’ finest live document? Collected from shows 
during a seriously spectacular tour of France back in 1994, there are chestnuts here which were never repeated. It’s a wild ride, but there are moments when you can hear a glass tear hit the floor.

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From the insert:

“It started with a dusty box of DAT tapes. Perhaps it was years since anyone had listened to them despite the tantalising labels,”Paris #1”, “Paris #2”,”Paris #3”… Indeed it was Paris where the Dots played their first residency in 1992. However, these tapes were a document of the Dots’ one and only 3-nighter from the 10th to the 12th of March 1994 at the delightful Theatre Passage du Nord Ouest.  For this special occasion, HOURS of material were prepared and delivered in the certainty that quite possibly the same 300 or so people would turn up each night. Backing up that theory was the traditional shout of “champignons” from a mystery member of the audience on each of those nights. That clarion call actually began in Montreal a few years earlier, and we STILL hear it whenever we play in that city. It was ambitious. Sometimes the band was a little shaky but songs were played that were never heard again on a stage. Even so, some of the best shows happened outside Paris. In Marseilles for instance at Espace Julien a few nights later.  A big venue and a surprising large turnout for another French city that The Dots simply fell for. What you hear on this collection is all from that 1994 tour culled from shows in the French capital, Marseilles and Toulouse (alas, nobody remembers the name of that venue).

Even so, the Dots’ French connection goes back to 1985 when they played in Strasbourg at Le Bandit. After playing in more sedatory venues in The Netherlands and Switzerland, this introduction to a French audience literally stunned every member of the band. Basically the crowd listened in complete silence as the notes were played, and would erupt like Vesuvius at the conclusion of a song. That show lasted for well over 2 hours.

We still love France. The landscape, the culture and most of all, the people. We’ll be back.”

Raymond collated the material and then edited and mastered it July 2010 with assistance from The Silverman.  Sleeve artwork by Jesse Peper JESSEPEPER.COM.  Design and layout by Chris McBeth

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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2009
CD-r  Trademark of Quantity

September 20, 2012
Remastered recording self released on Bandcamp

1. The Maria Sessions Part 1
2. The Maria Sessions Part 2
3. The Maria Sessions Part 3
4. The Maria Sessions Part 4

September 11, 2018
NL CDR Self-released on Bandcamp

1. The Maria Sessions Part 1
2. The Maria Sessions Part 2
3. The Maria Sessions Part 3
4. The Maria Sessions Part 4

February 3, 2015
(as part of The Maria Dimension- The Complete Recordings /
Soleilmoon Recordings SOLV 13)

October 21, 2016
US 2xLP Soleilmoon Recordings SOLV 13B
(includes The Maria Sessions Volume 2)

Side A

1. The Maria Sessions Part 1

Side B

1. The Maria Sessions Part 2
2. The Maria Sessions Part 3
3. The Maria Sessions Part 4

Side C

1. Lysverket
2. Yogi Talks To Betty
3. 1001 Strings

Side C

1. The Right Setting

Credits

• Bob Pistoor- Guitars
• The Silverman- Keyboards
• Edward Ka-Spel- Keyboards
• Niels Van Hoorn- Saxophone

Notes 

This plain white CDr came packaged in a white sleeve with laser printed stickers on front and back. A paper insert contained the following text:

“Back in 1991, the practise was to take a musical idea, a chord sequence, a loop or sometimes just a sound and explore it’s potential. Much of the “Maria Dimension” album was borne out of this process.

The Pink Dots was a 4-piece following the departure of sound engineer Hans Meyer early in the recordings, and each member built his own rig in the four corners of Niels’ barn while guitarist bob Pistoor’s cassette recorder sat centre stage with the red button always pressed down.”

This CDR release captures the secrets of one of those cassettes. Of course there has been sound enhancement and serious editing – listening to it should be enjoyable not merely educational. It is dedicated to Bob whose guitar playing still brings tears to our eyes and who passed away much to soon.”

2016 Soleilmoon 2LP:
The extra sessions from the Dots’ “Maria Dimension” were previously released in 2015 as part of the “Complete Recordings” box set. This is the first time the vinyl edition is available separately. The eight tracks that make up “The Maria Sessions” were edited and sonically enhanced by Edward Ka-Spel from the original cassette recordings made at Klaverland, Netherlands, in 1990.

Summer of 1990 was glorious. The Dots entered the studio on a high as “The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse” seemed to be embraced by a broad audience. Our label “Play It Again Sam” had been generous with the budget for a new record, and there was a spirit of daring adventure firing up the band. For the first month we pretty much jammed…and Bob captured many of these sessions on a small tape recorder placed in the middle of the studio. Bob had dusted off his sitar, Niels unearthed his monstrous kettle drums, Phil surrounded himself with synths and samplers. If it hadn’t been for the mosquitos we might have played through the nights. Driving to the studio each day was a challenge in itself, as the last stretch was just dirt-track with huge potholes to navigate around. There were other obstacles too: sand drifts, Highland cattle that stubbornly blocked the path and Konik horses – partial to nibbling the plastic wing mirrors and rubber tyres on Phil’s car. But…most dangerous of all were the nature walkers – they would shake their fists and rant about it being a nature reserve, and that cars were not allowed (always choosing to ignore that one board which read “except for residents”). The albums are presented in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with tip-on printing, with lyrics, tracklist and band photo printed on the inner sleeves.

The records are presented in a deluxe gatefold jacket with tip-on printing, and include printed inner sleeves with notes about the recordings.

2018 CDR:
released by itself- edition of 99
or the two volumes on CDr combined for a friendly price. Edition of 99