OFF: Legendary Pink Dots
K Henderson
henderson.120 at OSU.EDU
Mon Dec 31 03:05:34 EST 2001
Hi Folks....
I've been meaning to do this for sometime now. If anyone thinks Hawkwind's
discography is totally FUBAR, then you need to spend some time trying to
make any goddamn sense out of the Legendary Pink Dots' Discography!!
They've been at it only 20 years, and have managed a staggering array of
variations, re-variations, compilations, re-recordings, half live/half
studio output, F&R type releases, exclusive tracks on all sorts of various
other compilations, split EPs/LPs/singles, you name it! A lot of this stuff
I haven't even included.
If you go to brainwashed.com/lpd you will find all the ugly details about
every single bloody thing the band has ever done. But of course, you can't
see the proverbial forest for the stinkin' trees! So...I took some time to
distill it all down to the minimum. This is sort of the LPD analogue to the
list that was recently put forth and discussed here for Hawkwind by various
people like Mssrs. Jarrett and Pearson (and others I'm sure - sorry for
forgetting who you were).
Anyway, I just wanted to have a list of those releases that if I were to see
in a store somewhere, I would know whether I had that already or not. I
think if you have these 44 titles, then you have somewhere over 90% of what
they've recorded. If you start buying titles that are not on this list,
then you're probably buying redundant things.
A whole bunch of these have just been re-released in the last year by
Caciovcavallo/Soleilmoon jointly, in nice packaging and with some attempt to
add as much bonus material as possible from the same time period.
If anyone cares, the ones I have are...
5, 13, 14, (17-18), (27-28), 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, and 44
and would recommend first...
29 > 44 > 34 > 38 > 36 > (17-18) in roughly that order. The other ones
aren't quite as interesting IMHO.
39 and 42 are ones that I intend to get sometime soon.
Grakkl (FAA)
Legendary Pink Dots - A Simplified Discography (CD unless otherwise noted)
ordered by initial year of recording/second year indicates most recent CD
No. TITLE(S) YEAR LABEL CAT. NO. COUNTRY
1. ONLY DREAMING (CS) 1981
also as ANCIENT DAZE (CD-R) 2000 Beta-Lactam Ring TEKA01/B-LRR US
2. CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL 1+2 (CS) 1981 (tracks appear on various CDs)
3. KLEINE KRIEG (CS) 1981 Mirrordot Tapes MD04 UK
4. ATOMIC ROSES (CS) 1982 Illusion Prod. IP 009 FR
5. PREMONITION (CS) 1982
also as UNDER TRIPLE MOONS CD 1997 ROIR USCD8231 US
6. APPARITION (CS) 1982 Ding Dong DDC 005 NL
7. PRAYER FOR ARADIA 1982/1996 Terminal Kaleid. TEKA 666 NL
8. BRIGHTER NOW 1982/1996 Soleilmoon SOL 39 CD US
9. BASILISK (CS) 1983 Third Mind TMT 08 UK
10.CURSE 1983/1996 Soleilmoon SOL 40 CD US
11.FACES IN THE FIRE (EP) 1984/1996 Soleilmoon SOL 42CD US
12.CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL 3+4 1983/1998 TeKa/World Serpent TEKA 945 UK
13.THE LOVERS (live/studio) 1984/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 14 US
14.THE TOWER 1984/1996 Soleilmoon SOL 41 CD US
15.ASYLUM 1985/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 14 US
16.ISLAND OF JEWELS 1986/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 16 US
17.UNDER GLASS (EP) 1988 (on CD with Any Day Now)
18.ANY DAY NOW 1988/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 17 US
19.DOT-TO-DOT (live) (CS) 1988 Teddy Bear Music TBM 001 GE
20.LIVE '85-'88 (live) (CD-R) 2000 Beta-Lactam Ring TEKA02/B-LRR US
21.TRAUMSTADT 2,4,5 (CS) 1988-89 (most material appears on the comp.
STAINED GLASS SOMA FOUNTAINS 1997 Soleilmoon SOL 46 CD US)
22.TRAUMSTADT 3 (live) (CS) 1988 Mirrordot no number NL
23.BLACKLIST (EP) 1989 (on CD with The Golden Age)
24.THE GOLDEN AGE 1989/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 18 US
25.GREETINGS 9 (LP/CD) 1989 (sometimes w/Premonition 11)
aka IT'S RAINING IN HEAVEN 1996 Soleilmoon SOL 43 CD US
26.LIVE '89 (live) (CD-R) 2000 Beta-Lactam Ring TEKA03/B-LRR US
27.THE CRUSHED VELVET APOCALYPSE 1990/2001 Caccio/Sol CAD 20 US
28.PRINCESS COLDHEART (EP) 1990 (on CD with Crushed Velvet Apocalypse)
29.THE MARIA DIMENSION 1991/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 21 US
30.THE MARIA DIMENSION BONUS CD3"1990 also appears on
CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL 8+9 1991 Play It Again Sam BIAS 184 CD R BE
31.SHADOW WEAVER 1992/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 22 US
32.MALACHAI(SHADOW WEAVER 2)1993/2001 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 23 US
33.FOUR DAYS (Ka-Spel/Silverman) 1994 Terminal Kaleidescope TEKA 999 NL
34.FAREWELL, MILKY WAY (live '94)2000 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 5 US
35.9 LIVES TO WONDER 1994/1995 Soleilmoon SOL 30 CD US
36.FROM HERE YOU'LL WATCH THE WORLD GO BY 1995 SoleilmoonSOL 28 CD US
37.REMEMBER ME THIS WAY (EP) 1996 Soleilmoon SOL 31 CD US
38.HALLWAY OF THE GODS 1997 Soleilmoon SOL 50 CD US
39.CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL 10 1997 Soleilmoon SOL 57 CD US
40.STERRE (EP) 1997 SPV Poland 056-150133 PL
41.PRE-MILLENIAL SINGLE (EP) 1998 Soleilmoon SOL 74 CD US
42.NEMESIS ON-LINE 1998 Soleilmoon SOL 75 CD US
43.LIVE AT THE METRO (live 1998) 1999 SPV Poland SPV 150112 PL
44.A PERFECT MYSTERY 2000 Cacciocavallo/Sol CAD 11 US
Official Personnel:
Edward Ka-Spel (various spellings) Vocals/Electronics ALL
Phil Knight (The Silverman) Keyboards/Electronics ALL
April Iliffe (Aradia) Vocals/Piano 1981-84
Roland Calloway (Rolls Anotherone) Bass 1981-84
Rik Chevrolet Guitar 1981-82
Sally Graves Keyboards/fx/Flute 1981-83
Keith Thompson Drums 1982-83
Barry Gray (Stet Majest) Guitar 1982-88
Patrick (Q. Paganini) Wright Violin/Keyboards 1982-89
Graham Whitehead Keyboards 1985-88
Julia Waller (Poison Barbarella) Bass/Keyboards 1985
Hanz Myre Sax/Flute 1986-91
Bob Pistoor (Father Pastorius) Guitar 1989-91 (RIP)
Neils van Hoornblower Sax/Flute 1990-
Martijn de Kleer (Edwin van Trippenhof) Guitar/Bass 1992-
Ryan Moore Drums/Bass 1992-
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