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Squid Tempest Oct 19, 2013 18:04:31
Replying to keith a

keith a wrote:
I'd back up the recommendations for The Modern Dance. A genuine classic IMO.

I didn't know some of the early stuff until I got the Datapanik boxset which as others have said is great value, though nothing on its come close to The Modern Dance for me. I've got a couple of later ones - Cloudland is their pop LP and St Arkansas has some great moments on it.

Eh? Nothing on it comes close to The Modern Dance? But The Modern Dance is on it!

K keith a
keith a Oct 19, 2013 18:27:34
Replying to Squid Tempest

Squid Tempest wrote:
keith a wrote:
I'd back up the recommendations for The Modern Dance. A genuine classic IMO.

I didn't know some of the early stuff until I got the Datapanik boxset which as others have said is great value, though nothing on its come close to The Modern Dance for me. I've got a couple of later ones - Cloudland is their pop LP and St Arkansas has some great moments on it.

Eh? Nothing on it comes close to The Modern Dance? But The Modern Dance is on it!
Oops. Meant nothing else!

S Stevo
Stevo Oct 19, 2013 18:40:02
Replying to Squid Tempest

Was wondering if he'd got the original release by the title Datapanik In The Year Zero confused with the boxset for a while there. I think the first thing Ubu put out under the title was the original UK release for the Hearpen material which came out as a 12" e.p. as far as i can recall.
Since that material is to me at least as good as the first lp I'm surprised that he'd say that anyway. I think those first singles and the first 2 lps are all pretty [peak with New Picnic Time coming closely behind that. I don't overly love the overly arty material that came after that where Tom Herman gave way to Mayo Thompson and I do like Mayo elsewhere. Wish somebody'd reissue his Corky's Debt to His Father since I still don't have it.

But there you go

Stevo

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