Releases-LPD

Live in Hildesheim 1992

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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2003
CDR self released on Trademark of Quantity

March 12, 2013
MP3  self released on Bandcamp

  1. Evolution
  2. Casting the Runes
  3. The Ocean Cried “Blue Murder”
  4. Disturbance + The Safe Way
  5. Green Gang
  6. A Space Between + True Love
  7. The Death of Jack the Ripper
  8. Hellsville

Credits

  • Martin De Kleer- guitar
  • Niels van Hoorn- sax, wind instruments
  • Edward Ka-Spel- voice keys
  • The Silverman- keys

Notes 

CDR in card cover with home-made artwork.  LPD’s first self-made bootleg

First release on Pink Dots’ own “Trademark of Quantity” label .In fact a self-made bootleg.  Quality is variable but the atmosphere can catch the listener.

Possibly, something for the completist. The concert is from 1992.  -E. K-S.

 

 

Taos Hum

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March 8, 2013
NL CDr / MP3  self released on Bandcamp
US Cassette  BLRR mt287a (alternate cover)

  1. Salem
  2. Ash & Sand
  3. Divine Resignation Part 3
  4. No Time for Change
  5. The Piper
  6. Premonition 40

 

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Cover ImageMarch/April 2015
RU LP Brudenia 11933
Side A

  1. Salem
  2. Ash And Sand
  3. Divine Resignation Part 3

Side B

  1. No Time To Change
  2. The Piper
  3. Premonition 40 (abridged)

 

 

Credits

  • Edward Ka-Spel- Keyboards Vocals
  • The Silverman- Keyboards, electronic devices
  • Eric Drost- Guitar
  • Raymond Steeg- Sound engineer

Notes 

Recorded in 5 intense days as November turned into December and as fresh as a brisk desert wind that fries all who stand in it’s path. Close to an hour of songs, scapes  and colours so loud your neighbours will need guide dogs.  Spontaneity can be a wonderful thing in these oh so cautious times.  EK-S

LP version–
Freshly edited and mastered for vinyl, “Taos Hum” is being released by the Brudenia label from Kaliningrad, Russia in late Spring. The new Taos Hum cover is another splendid work by fractal artist Anita Hammer,who also created the C.P 16 & 18 cover, and more recently the slipcase images for the Maria Box. The LP is being released by our dear friends at Brudenia. Premonition 40 and The Piper have been re-worked to fit the LP format. Limited edition of 350 copies pressed on 180 gram vinyl, with printed insert.

Come Out from the Shadows (Volume 2)

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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February 21, 2013
MP3 private release on Bandcamp 

  1. Shadow Session 1
  2. Shadow Session 2
  3. Shadow Session 3
  4. Shadow Session 4
  5. Shadow Session 5
  6. Shadow Session 6

 

Expanded
January 4, 2019
US CD/MP3 Cleopatra Records  CLO0993CD

  1. Shadow Session 1
  2. Shadow Session 2
  3. Shadow Session 3
  4. Shadow Session 4
  5. Shadow Session 5
  6. Shadow Session 6
  7. Shadow Session 7
  8. Shadow Session 8

 

Credits
  • Edward Ka-Spel
  • The Silverman
  • Niels van Hoornblower
  • Ryan Moore
  • Patrick Q. Wright
Notes 

Material from 1992

A glimpse into how the Shadow Weaver and Malachai albums came into existence with this collection of raw, searching sessions where Patrick Q. was a guest on violin together with a mystery percussionist who took everyone’s breath away.

Sound enhancement is there but very subtle in order to give the listener the feeling that he or she is right in the room with the musicians.

Quiet pleasures are here, my friends.
Enjoy!  -E. K-S.

 

2019 re-release:
Finally available as a physical cd, “Come Out From The Shadows Volume 2” has been given a sonic overhaul and extra gems from the Shadows sessions in 1993 have been added. Released by Cleopatra Records, Los Angeles. 

Includes unlimited streaming of Come Out from the Shadows Volume 2 (Expanded) – A Teaser via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

This once exclusive Bandcamp release has been sonically enhanced, extended with extra tracks and released on cd and as a digital album by Cleopatra Records from Los Angeles. The full digital download can be found at the label’s webstore here: https://wearethelegendarypinkdots.bandcamp.com/album/come-out-from-the-shadows-ii …..but all who purchase the cd from us will also receive a code for the digital download in all popular formats. 

A glimpse into how the Shadow Weaver and Malachai albums came into existence with this collection of raw , searching sessions where Patrick Q. was a guest on violin together with a mystery percussionist who took everyone’s breath away. 

We kept this release raw in order to give the listener the feeling that he or she is right in the room with the musicians. 

Quiet pleasures are here ,my friends. 

Enjoy!

 

 

Come Out from the Shadows

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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February 10, 2013
MP3  private release on Bandcamp

  1. Stitching Time (1st version)
  2. Improvisation 01
  3. On the Boards (long version)
  4. Improvisation 02
  5. Window on the World (1st raw version)

 

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Cover ImageNovember 10, 2014
CD  Beta-lactam Ring mt149
CD  Beta-lactam Ring mt149slip

  1. Stitching Time (1st version)
  2. Improvisation 01
  3. On the Boards (long version)
  4. Improvisation 02
  5. Window on the World (1st raw version)

 

Credits

  • Edward Ka-Spel- voice, keys
  • The Silverman- keys, percussion, floorboards, devices
  • Niels van Hoornblower- electric and acoustic horns, flute
  • Ryan Moore- bass, drums
  • Martijn De Kleer- guitars, bass, drums
  • Patrick Q. Wright- violin
  • Cevin Key: drums (on track 04)

Vincent Hoedt: engineering; Ray Steeg: engineering. A big thank you to Chris for rescuing this from the virtual vault and to Alena for unending support.

Press Release

“1992 saw The Pink Dots anxious to find a new path. The pain of losing their inspirational guitar player Bob Pistoor to cancer, yet simultaneously enjoying an unexpected taste of success with the album “The Maria Dimension” saw the band plunged into a spin. Resisting the temptation of rushing a new album together and perhaps capitalising on the Maria momentum, The Dots instead decided on a long sojourn in the studio.

Guests were invited – namely former LPD violin player Patrick Q. Wright and old friend Steve Stapleton (Nurse With Wound), while the band also gained a new member in Ryan Moore who was a blistering bass player and a fabulous drummer. He was also bursting with new musical ideas. Ryan was the perfect foil for new guitarist Martijn de Kleer who had the unenviable task of stepping into Bob’s shoes. Marty also played bass and had his own style of drumming. Sessions sometimes lasted for hours over a period of 9 months. Engineer Vincent Hoedt oversaw the first workouts while Ray Steeg took over in the last months.

The result saw 2 albums emerge – “Shadow Weaver” and “Malachai”, and tragically the band’s record company at the time saw no potential in either album. In retrospect, both of these records occupied a place as left as it gets in so-called Alternative Music, but 20 years on they still have something truly fresh about them. Even so, what about the remains of all of those sessions? Much found it’s way on to the double cd “Chemical Playschool 8/9” and “Chemical Playschool 10” yet STILL it felt like the Dots had merely scratched the surface. “Come out From The Shadows” addresses this quandary through the first two volumes. The music presented here is pretty much untouched from the original improvisations in the studio…there has just been an amount of very necessary editing (anyone for 43 minutes of “On the Boards/Swords?”). There is also material from the other Dots album which largely emerged from long studio sessions – “9 Lives To Wonder”. Cevin Key flew in from Los Angeles to be the special guest on that one.”

‘Stitching Time (1st version)’ originally appeared on the Beta-lactam Ring Records ” A Bell is just a Bowl Until it’s Struck” V/A release in 2000.

Notes 

A slow trawl through a box of old DAT tapes can be worthwhile. Here are unreleased improvisations from the 90s together with rare versions of snippets from Shadow Weaver/ Malachai. Enjoy…. -E. K-S.

CD:
mt149-Edition of 499 numbered copies available Nov. 10 2014 and packaged in a six panel tri fold CD case and insert with artwork by Jesse Peper on French Black board stock with Pantone white ink.

mt149slip– Art edition of 50 copies available Nov. 10 2014 and packaged in a six panel tri fold CD case and insert with artwork by Jesse Peper on French Black board stock with Pantone white ink.  Includes a handmade art slipcase, numbered and signed insert.  Available from BlRR or direct from the LPDots Mailorder for those outside of USA.

 

Live at Café de la Danse

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2008
CDr Trademark of Quantity

2013
MP3 Remastered version on Bandcamp

  1. Intro
  2. My First Zonee
  3. Peace of Mind
  4. Faded Photograph
  5. Rainbows Too?
  6. A World with No Mirrors + Bad Hair
  7. No Matter What You Do
  8. Just a Lifetime
  9. Grain Kings
  10. I Love you in Your Tragic Beauty
  11. Princess Coldheart

 

Credits

  • Edward Ka-Spel- voice, keyboards
  • Niels Van Hoorn- saxes, flute
  • The Silverman- keyboards, electronic devices
  • Martijn De Kleer- guitars, bass
  • Raymond Steeg- live sound

Notes 

A good recording of a decent show by the Dots shortly before Christmas 2007.

The acoustics of Cafe de la Danse were nigh perfect and the Parisian audience respected the music enough to allow every note to be heard, yet give the band full-on encouragement. A night to remember.

This show was released on CDR by “The Trademark of Quantity” in 2008 and has been carefully remastered for this reissue on Bandcamp. – Edward Ka-Spel

2023- new album cover:

 

Live ’89 Volume 2

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March 9, 2014
MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

  1. The Talent Contest / Eight Minutes to Live / Black Castles / Thursday Night Fever
  2. Black List
  3. Waiting for the Cloud parts 2 & 3
  4. Even Now
  5. Green Gang

 

Credits

  • The Silverman- keys
  • Niels Van Hoornblower- saxes, horns
  • Edward Ka-Spel- vocals, spasms
  • Bob Pistoor- guitar, sitar
  • Hans Meier- sonix

Notes

A rough cassette that lurked, waiting to be played, in an Ikea basket for a couple of decades, this is the promised “Live’89 Part 2”. Sadly it isn’t the whole show (from the Bikini Club in Toulouse, France), and quality is shaky, especially with those drop-outs here and there, not forgetting a dose of flu for the singer- but enhancement has also brought it to life.

It’s important as it’s one of the first shows with Bob Pistoor and reflects just how the Dots transformed during that special year. A document, and some rare live songs too (just a pity the first part of “Waiting for the Cloud” is missing). -Edward Ka-Spel