THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS AND ASSORTED FRIENDS AND RELATIONS

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Release date and tracklist

July 18, 2019
NL MP3 self-released through Bandcamp

1. Lost In The Woods
2. Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel- Mbira Mbira
3. Wuppertal
4. The Photographer (demo)
5. The Ka-Spellian Family Conspiracy-3001 – A Space Atrocity
6. Edward Ka-Spel- Call Me By My Name
7. An Afternoon In July 2010
8. Edward Ka-Spel- Mesmerise
9. Edward Ka-Spel- Glass Temple
10. The Unreleased Soundtrack For Godzilla 96
11. Patrick Q. Wright & Edward Ka-Spel- I Am The Way The Truth The Light 2019 (Rough Mix)
12. Edward Ka-Spel- Forest Poem
13. Edward Ka-Spel-The Lotus Position
14. Edward Ka-Spel- Lie
15. Edward Ka-Spel- Tuning In
16. Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel- The Waterphone Session (Abridged)
17. Edward Ka-Spel- Serene
18. Edward Ka-Spel- Arcade
19. Edward Ka-Spel- Devascape A
20. Red Flag (the demo)
21. Edward Ka-Spel- Sacred Cow (the demo)
22. The Girl Who Got There First (demo)
23. Patrick Q. Wright & Edward Ka-Spel- Geisha Mermaid 2019
24. Edward Ka-Spel- The Rippling River
25. Edward Ka-Spel- A Symbolic Gesture
26. Edward Ka-Spel- Straight Line
27. Edward Ka-Spel- Space Is Cheap 2019 version
28. Edward Ka-Spel- The Brown Acid Anthem
29. Edward Ka-Spel- Harbour Lights
30. In The Heat
31. Edward Ka-Spel- This Little Piggy
32. Edward Ka-Spel- London 4 am
33. Edward Ka-Spel- Reflection From A Puddle
34. Prism
35. Edward Ka-Spel- It Dropped From The Cherry Tree
36. Edward Ka-Spel- Midnight Mass
37. Improvisation 2013 (Pendulum Conclusion)
38. Edward Ka-Spel- Radio Free Venus
39. The Silverman- Drifting Way Too Far
40. Edward Ka-Spel- Sho Time
41. The 41st ANGEL
42. Edward Ka-Spel- Market Fog

January 10, 2020
NL DVD (R) self-released through Bandcamp

May 3, 2024
NL/UK 4xCD-R self-released through Bandcamp

Disc 1

1. Lost In The Woods
2. Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel- Mbira Mbira
3. Wuppertal
4. The Photographer (demo)
5. The Ka-Spellian Family Conspiracy-3001 – A Space Atrocity
6. Edward Ka-Spel- Call Me By My Name
7. An Afternoon In July 2010
8. Edward Ka-Spel- Mesmerise
9. Edward Ka-Spel- Glass Temple
10. The Unreleased Soundtrack For Godzilla 96

Disc 2

1. Patrick Q. Wright & Edward Ka-Spel- I Am The Way The Truth The Light 2019 (Rough Mix)
2. Edward Ka-Spel- Forest Poem
3. Edward Ka-Spel-The Lotus Position
4. Edward Ka-Spel- Lie
5. Edward Ka-Spel- Tuning In
6. Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel- The Waterphone Session (Abridged)
7. Edward Ka-Spel- Serene
8. Edward Ka-Spel- Arcade
9. Edward Ka-Spel- Devascape A
10. Red Flag (the demo)

Disc 3

1. Edward Ka-Spel- Sacred Cow (the demo)
2. The Girl Who Got There First (demo)
3. Patrick Q. Wright & Edward Ka-Spel- Geisha Mermaid 2019
4. Edward Ka-Spel- The Rippling River
5. Edward Ka-Spel- A Symbolic Gesture
6. Edward Ka-Spel- Straight Line
7. Edward Ka-Spel- Space Is Cheap 2019 version
8. Edward Ka-Spel- The Brown Acid Anthem
9. Edward Ka-Spel- Harbour Lights
10. In The Heat
11. Edward Ka-Spel- This Little Piggy

Disc 4

1. Edward Ka-Spel- London 4 am
2. Edward Ka-Spel- Reflection From A Puddle
3. Prism
4. Edward Ka-Spel- It Dropped From The Cherry Tree
5. Edward Ka-Spel- Midnight Mass
6. Improvisation 2013 (Pendulum Conclusion)
7. Edward Ka-Spel- Radio Free Venus
8. The Silverman- Drifting Way Too Far
9. Edward Ka-Spel- Sho Time
10. The 41st ANGEL
11. Edward Ka-Spel- Market Fog

Credits

• The Legendary Pink Dots
• Amanda Palmer
• Patrick Q. Wright
• The Silverman

Notes

The Archive of The Project of The Angels For The Angels. There were in fact 38 numbered angels, 3 carrying symbols and “The 41st Angel.” Each Angel featured a unique CDR, a lyric sheet relating to a song on “Angel In The Detail” (with the exception of “The 41st Angel” which had lyrics of its own), and unique handmade artwork. A selection of the artwork is downloadable with purchase.
EK created most of the artwork, but The Silverman also contributed 3 covers, Alice added another and Alena designed “The 41st Angel.”Later in the year, a DVDA featuring all the music here will be prepared for release for those who are still allergic to the concept of the download-only edition.

DVD (R) release:
The long promised DVD (Audio) version of this mammoth release, following numerous requests for a tangible representation of the project. 89 numbered copies of the DVD (R) have been created, each with a handmade cover and should be playable on any device that supports the DVD .The 4.5 hours of music is in wav format (16 bit/48khz). Although the release date is set for March 2020 (as the Dots are touring throughout February), some copies will be sent sooner as discs are being made in the next few weeks to come.

2024 4xCD-R limited release:
Released for May 2024’s Bandcamp Friday

At last “40 Angels” has the physical release it deserves with this 4 x CD-R package. Housed in gatefold card covers, numbered and signed, this replaces the ill-fated earlier DVD-A edition which came out on the eve of the pandemic (some disappeared in the mail as the post office wasn’t functioning, some caused problems with DVD players – the edition was aborted after perhaps 45 were sent out).

The new format is a 4 x CD-R set , all handmade, tastefully packaged and rather beautiful. A single copy takes quite a while to prepare so it’s necessarily limited.  After the initial limited edition sold out in minutes, another 20 were made available, then finally 5 more.  This edition sold out quickly.

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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March 26, 2019
NL MP3 / 2xCDr self-released through Bandcamp

1. Spike
2. Princess Coldheart / Aarzhklahh Olgevezh / Dissonance
3. Green Gang
4. Chasing The Shadow
5. Zoo
6. Black List
7. Saucers Over Haight Street
8. Fate’s Faithful Punchline
9. Pain Bubbles / Grain Kings
10. Casting The Runes
11. Just A Lifetime
12. Andromeda Suite

Credits

• The Silverman
• Niels Van Hoorn
• Edwin Van Wanrooy
• Ryan Moore
• Edward Ka-Spel

Sound: Frank Verschuuren
A GIANT THANK YOU TO EDWIN!!!

Notes

Lovingly made 2 x CDR set in an edition of 99 copies only. Card covers – no plastic beyond the inevitable.

And did those feet???
In the case of the Fillmore in San Francisco, the answer has to be “Probably”.
A legendary venue where so many greats had performed throughout the years, and the Dots felt a little overawed when they were booked to have their own show there back in 1998.
The hospitality was second to none and the equipment was of the highest quality for a Pink Dotted night which also encompassed a solo show from EK.
In reality, the band did play better shows on that tour of ’98 but it was a little devastating when the realisation came that they hadn’t seemed to have captured the performance on tape.
That’s why a shockwave went through this room a few days ago when our old friend and guitar player from the tour Edwin sent the band a recording made from the desk on his mini-disc player. Some first aid was applied here and there, but here it is….The Legendary Pink Dots Live At The Fillmore.

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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December 18, 2018
US CD Cleopatra Records CLO0992CD

CD-

1. All About Control
2. Shades Of Sorrow / The Oxygen Tent
3. In Search Of The Golden Crest
4. They Shall Not Grow Old
5. The First World Flag
6. Beside The Seaside
7. Weekend ‘Parts 1-3 
8. Basilisk 
9. Bling

MP3-

1. All About Control
2. Shades Of Sorrow / The Oxygen Tent
3. In Search Of The Golden Crest
4. They Shall Not Grow Old
5. The First World Flag
6. Beside The Seaside
7. Weekend ‘Parts 1-3 
8. Basilisk 3
9. Avebury
10. Bling

Credits

The Legendary Pink Dots

Notes

Beautifully packaged , this cd release combines the new out-of-print Cdr releases “Five Days & Five Days-The Instrumentals”.Released by Cleopatra Records and also available directly from their webstore. 

Includes unlimited streaming of Five Days / Five Days – The Instrumentals (A Teaser) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Unavailable for a year, “Five Days” and “Five Days-The Instrumentals” are now combined on single cd and released by Cleopatra Records. The full download can be found via the Cleo webstore here: wearethelegendarypinkdots.bandcamp.com/album/five-days-complete ….but all who buy the cd directly from us will also be sent a code by us.

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December 24, 2018
NL MP3 Self-released on Bandcamp

1. Chrystopia
2. Chrystopia 2- The Closing Credits

Credits

The Legendary Pink Dots

Notes

Chrystopia

December the 16th, it’s snowing outside but all is quiet in Cubicle 19 in the place they call Chrystopia.

Only a few months earlier when Santa 19 started his new job, the queue of children stretched around the block. But as the days and weeks passed, the crowds grew thinner and thinner as those kids preferred to line up elsewhere.

Quite simply, the word had gone around that the other Santas were more fun. They seemed younger, hipper, happier. If a child pulled on a beard, one of those guys would simply remove it, laugh and offer it as a trophy before reaching for the necessary replacement. Santa 19 merely howled in pain and pleaded for the naughty child to stop.

Santa 19 was too melancholy for seasonal fun.

He sat alone in the Chrystopia canteen while the other thousand or so Santas loudly shared anecdotes about the customers, raised beer glasses and irritated the waitresses. Santa 19 was out of place and out of season.

You see, in Chrystopia it was Christmas every day! When the ice had melted, the seas had risen and the cities had moved inland, upwards and divided themselves with high walls policed by homicidal cyborgs, a powerful American consortium decided that it was a good idea to revive Christmas. Not just on one day, but 24/7.The doors would never close.

For a considerable sum of money, the consortium bought Lapland, covered it with an acclimatised Dome, opened an international airport, built habitable reservations for the indigenous population further South, and loudly invited the rich and worthy to indulge at a place where time had moved comfortably backwards.

Chrystopia…It has a ring to it. Chrystopia is COOL.

Chrystopia is pleasantly cool. Although it snows all the time, somehow things never seem to veer out of control. There’s enough for that pleasant sleigh ride, but no-one will be smothered.

Obviously such an ambitious project needed real living breathing human beings to serve the unending flood of guests, as cyborgs and androids tend to frighten the children. Consequently the consortium held a lottery and the first lucky 5,000 names to be drawn out of the hat were offered jobs with reasonable wages and standard accommodation, subject to a vetting process.

Santa 19 was one of the lucky few.

After being inactive for what seemed like a century, Santa 19 had a purpose once more. He even looked the part.
Could there be a better escape from the squalor and destitution of a sad overheated Planet?

Unhappily it took Santa 19 less than an hour to realise that Chrystopia just wasn’t for him. Sure it had the right facilities and was comfortable, temperate and always cheerful. But it wasn’t REAL.
Santa 19 WAS real. As authentic as the Northern Lights that danced on the Chrystopian Dome. As real as the ever intensifying sun that never set in the Summer and was always on the periphery.

Santa 19 (can’t we just drop the number?) wanted his reindeers back, wanted the friendly feeling of a sack on his shoulder, wanted to see the faces of children as they peacefully slept. Santa wanted the joy and excitement to return.

In fact his reindeers had been rounded up and shipped to Pittsburgh Zoo many years ago, but Santa’s brief tenure at Chrystopia coupled with a Spartan lifestyle meant he was able to save up just enough for an air ticket.

December the 18th. Morning. Chrystopia International Airport.

Santa took the plane but it wasn’t easy. His modest sack of toys was confiscated when an eagle – eyed security officer found a pink water pistol. When he loudly protested, he was shown into a private room and strip searched for the bottle of water he intended to use for allegedly nefarious purposes.They demanded to see his phone, insisted upon passwords for Social Media accounts and accused him of wasting their time when he eventually showed them a little red notebook with a tree on it. Even so Santa made it through the gauntlet and for 11 long hours they left him alone, and it was better that way.

December 18. Early evening.

Santa found himself at the front of a massive queue for Pittsburgh Zoo arguing with a caveman who fancied himself as an officer of the law.The man in uniform seemed to know just 3 words which he repeated over and over again like a mantra.

“No homeless allowed!”

A very weary Santa remonstrated passionately, pointing out that he had a ticket, that he’d traversed the planet to visit the famous zoo. He fell to his knees, pleading…..to no avail.

“No homeless allowed”

The swelling crowd was growing ugly. Children were screaming, parents were swearing, casualties were swelling and a fight broke out.
This was a cue for Caveman who summoned up a fourth word from his stunted vocabulary.

“No fighting allowed, No fighting allowed…”

He piled into the mass never to be seen again and the seething sea of humanity burst through the doors of the zoo pushing Santa to his desired destination.

For there they stood. His precious reindeers. His partners in joy. His ticket home.

There was no fuss, no drama, no incident. It was like the old days when a determined child tried to catch Santa on his annual visit. They only witnessed the aftermath, the consequences.

This time no-one was even looking, but in an instant Santa was at home in his grotto with a fire burning and his reindeers in their comfortable stable. Indeed… (sigh) like the old days again except that nobody was waiting for him anymore.

There were no childish letters and the toy cupboard was empty but…..

But this was ultimately an existence as empty and as melancholy as that cubicle in Chrystopia and it just wasn’t good enough.

Christmas was simply too important to be consigned to the History Books.

December 24.The Witching Hour and was that a Shooting Star?

Santa is surfing the Night Sky with a sack bulging with seeds from his magical cupboard. Arms stretched wide, fingers pinching, fingers spread wide as the seeds are sprinkled.
And deserts bloom, Oceans retreat, the Earth drinks deep, brown turns to green but they’ll only notice in the morning.

Yet still there’s more as Santa whispers gentle words of encouragement to his tireless reindeers.They gallop faster as there is so much sky to cover and Santa tosses the seeds upwards, sideways, seeding the clouds and it sounds like the night is applauding as it rains and rains and rains.

December 25. Morning.

One Hell of a night and Santa lies on his couch listening to his radio, enjoying an avocado and alfalfa sprout sandwich. It looks good out there. It sounds happy out there. It sounds happy almost everywhere…

Almost….

Chrystopia seems unusually quiet except for the Departures Lounge at the airport. An emergency meeting of directors and shareholders has been called. It looks like a long cold Winter could well be looming in Lapland.

EK Nov 2018

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Release date and tracklist

November 4, 2018
NL MP3 Self-released on Bandcamp

1. On High / Spike / Citadel 20:34
2. Andromeda Suite / Poppy Day / Green Gang / Love In A Plain Brown Envelope 28:03
3. Destined To Repeat / Harvest Babies / Hellsville / Needles (Sirius) 30:06
4. Just A Lifetime / Grain Kings 16:05

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel- Voice, keyboards
• Edwin von Trippenhof- Guitar, bass
• Frank Verschuuren- live sound
• Niels Van Hoorn (Niels van Hoornblower)- Horns, flute
• Phil Knight- Keyboards, electronics
• Ryan Moore- Drums, bass

Notes

A high quality recording of a fiery Dots’ live show in Portland, Maine back in August 1997. Many thanks to Jon Whitney who recorded this and sent us the tape.

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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October 22, 2018
NL MP3 Self-released on Bandcamp

1. Introduction / Birdie / Wax & Feathers 15:27
2. The More It Stays The Same / 12th 15:00
3. When I’m With You / It’s The Real Thing / Stitching Time 16:15
4. Kill It 15:34
5. Our Dominion / Lisa Goes Surfing 10:52
6. Isis Veiled / Evolution / The Brightest Star 27:12

Credits

EK / The Silverman / Niels Van Hoorn / Martijn De Kleer / Raymond Steeg

Notes

As a taster for Hallowe’en 2018, this recording of the Pink Dots’ show at The Double Door in Chicago on October 31 2002 felt appropriate.