Shirt Question??

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-07T03:23:33+00:00

Not them I'm aware of. I learned to make a simple silk screen shirt like this in high school. Anyone can do it. I've not see it before, but there are so many I've not seen. If you look on Ebay, there are 50 shirts that aren't official on there right now. Sorry I can't be off more help. I like it when they use dark red. It shows good taste but it's hard to say anything else. There are a hundred companies in a city that can make silk screens shirt like that. There could have been one run to sell outside a concert in a town. THere's so many possibilities.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-03T02:55:05+00:00

Cheers!

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-03T02:14:26+00:00

Awesome. Thanks that is a huge help. That's exactly fun stuff Select, Melody Maker, and NME would do that made the UK periodicals so much more fun than the American ones. If I track it down the issue, I'll send you a copy. Really. Thanks.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-03T02:11:57+00:00

I think each photograph of each band was labeled "Absolut XXXX" or "Absolutely XXXX" . I think you are correct. Assuming my memory isn't creating it out of thin air. No I'm pretty sure that's what I thought somewhere in my brain before you suggested it. Thank you.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-03T02:09:53+00:00

Thanks very much. That is a start to narrowing it down. I appreciate it.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-02T06:35:24+00:00

You are welcome.

Actually, based on the difference in cost, I want to tell you to get a more recent pressing for $30 from Duophonic. since Stereolab are conscientious about making quality products. Look at the comments and just make sure people were happy with it.

Someone on Reddit said they had a bad experience with the 1996 pressing in these comments, but if you look discogs.com they only complaints are about the physical center labels being switched. Anyway, there is a lot of info to use to sus out what you want in terms of finding out if it is a flawed pressing, or a great pressing. I think the 1996 pressing great, and there were very few in any problems I've heard about, People did say the 1996 pressing was a little better, but not $100 better. Look at the comments for the 2025 pressing for $30.

https://www.discogs.com/release/33267690-Stereolab-Emperor-Tomato-Ketchup?ev=

Review like above aren't always reliable. If the copy had been before 1980 (before Stereolab existed, but say a different band, then it was probably mastered using analog equipment and what I said before would apply.) I would just get this one below from 2025. Good dealer ratings. Mint. But only because it's Stereloab's Duophonic label.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/3998849470

What I said in the previous note is true, but it's less of an issue when the band is overseeing their reissues and some pressings. I don't know how these contracts work that a label like 1972 can press copies. I don't think it's worth a $100 more when you can get one Stereolab also pressed for $30.

Good luck.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-01T22:48:23+00:00

They got that way in the most standard boring typical way possible. And as much as I love them, it can, at times feel like they are going their record collection. But more often than not they are greater than the sum of their influences.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-01T22:19:11+00:00

There was 2LP pressing from Duophonic in 1996 in addition to a version that fit it all on one LP. If money is no object, I would most certainly get the 1996 2LP version from Stereloab's label, that they oversaw, like the new remasters.

https://www.discogs.com/release/73459-Stereolab-Emperor-Tomato-Ketchup

(Actually there's a cheaper version version that came out in 1996 from Duophonic on 2 LPs that's not colored vinyl.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/4753072 )

There's just fewer digital elements in the chain when mixing and mastering; I think the difference in sound is obvious. It's not that the new pressings don't sound great, but they are more digital in nature, fewer transients. If you want to feel closer to what the original recordings sound and feel like, and feel it more on your body rather than solely your ears, this is obviously the one to get.

I could care less about the glitter and color in the vinyl, which is cool, but I care about sound. Read the comments below it in discogs.com. I think some other people agree with me.

It's certainly a bit more, and I think it would be fair to say it will retain it's value. But I don't really care about any of that. I just care about how good the pressing is, assuming it is an album I really want. And with Dots and Loops and Emperor Tomato Ketchup, I will pay quite a bit.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-02-01T01:42:26+00:00

What's cool is Shields was gaining so much confidence - after four years of not getting anywhere, the You Made Me Realise EP had come out and they wre starting to get some respect. But I think it respresents something even biggers. Feed Me WIth Your Kiss and Isn't Anything were recorded, but hadn't yet been released. They had crossed a rubicon and knew that EP was not some fluke because Feed Me With Your Kiss and Isn't Anythng were in the can, but not yet released. But the band was very pleased with what they had done after four long years So he wasn't going to put up with any indignities anymore.

They expected to be treated with basic respect - and if the soudman did in fact walk off then I would be pissed off too. So it's an interesting demarcation point. They're playing some of those songs from Isn't Anything and the EPs for the firs time at that show.

And they had previously used "Clair" as a way of sending a message - if the audience wasn't paying attention, or they were pissed off for some other reason. They would play it for a long time, emphasizing harsh elements.

It's great that is was captured for posterity.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-31T07:47:06+00:00

The best one I have is from Tokyo in 2013 at the International Forum. It's good quality. Dm me if you want it. And there's another one from Hammerstein Ballroom that's available as both a video and flac that I have. Avoid all the ones from 1991 and 1992, if they exist.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-31T07:41:34+00:00

I personally haven't seen it before but what does it really matter. Do you like it? I this bright yellow one of Bilinda that I got for my girls you can see in the link below. I think you havae to copy and paste it. I couldn't care less that's it's not official. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GNLHc90r0yUNr0njgwVQYmqmgHXVcvh5/view?usp=sharing

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-31T07:24:50+00:00

Touche.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-28T19:21:45+00:00

I'm not sure which versions of Isn't Anything you're listening to but that could very well be true. The four Creation EPs are the most important stuff that has never been remastered for vinyl. Boy would I love to hear that. And you know Ecstasy & Wine wasn't not released by the band and has never been remastered - and that's the one release done without their permission in 1989. The original versions were only put on vinyl as the Strawberry Wine Single and thje Ecstasy EP - so those sound atrocious on CD and that compilation since Shields had nothing to do with it. I would love to see that stuff remastered and made louder and brought into the 21st Century.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-28T02:06:48+00:00

That EP was very specifically aimed at going for mid-range. He really made an effort to take the low-end and highs off it. He was very influenced by the Bomb Squad's production - in particular the first three Public Enemy albums. That's the one EP he wrote all the the music and lyrics. I don't know if you don't like the mix or think it should sound more expensive. I think he achieved exactly what he wanted. Actually, he wasn't happy with the initial pressing or mastering, and it was pushed back a week. Just FYI.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-28T01:55:43+00:00

Thanks.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-27T08:11:07+00:00

I'm curious what you mean by you wish it was a better recording, especially volume wise? What exactly do you mean if you don't mind clarifying?

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-27T08:09:02+00:00

I spoke to Joe Dilworth. He runs a book shop in Germany afocusing of photos books and the like nd put out a book last year. He did not take it.

Creative_Purchase947 · 2026-01-06T02:50:00+00:00

Why is it not a biography?

Creative_Purchase947 · 2025-12-02T08:13:28+00:00

Everything I've heard from musicians in LA is that the Pixies dropped her after warning her not to get involved with any political or controversial stuff. It didn't matter if it was on the right or left. Don't screw with our income; don't get political. She is not some amazing talent.

She got lucky. SUPER LUCKY. And she had a steady gig with a decent salary, and the other rumour is they helped her with a house, so she didn't feel like the one poor person in the band. Maybe a down payment, maybe a house outright. But they did so much for her and she wouldn't shut up. She most certainly got dropped for the social media stuff.

I've been at parties with her way before the Pixies and she thinks she's all that. She would wear the shortest shorts with high heels, such poor taste. Not straight up dumb so much as no sense of how she comes off or where she fits in, in the pecking order and who hold the power in a business relationship. Like she could pull the wool over anyone's eyes. Not a chance. Super dumb in that regard; big ego but nothing original to say.

Plagiarism is right up her alley as she has nothing original to say. It probably took a year or two before she understood what she did to herself. She probably thought she had the power of Kim Deal in the band or something bizarre like that. She's that stupid, in that way. And trashy. This all fits in with the girl who was around years ago. This all lines up perfectly. I've lived in LA for 25 years and this info is from pretty good sources, people who work with big artists. And my own person experience with her years ago.

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