Rockband Remix of De•Luxe

Afternoon All! It's been a very busy summer here, so new updates are slow and sparse in coming (my apologies for that!).

There is something I would like to pass along now however, in the form of a very interesting mp3 link posted by Tom Aresto a few weeks ago on the PurpleVeinsScenicGreens group. It is a remix of Lush's 'De•Luxe' minus the drum track.

At first I had my doubts... I mean, NO Chris and NO drums?? After a listen though, I think I've converted over to the opinion that it's a great new alternate version of one of the band's best releases for ravenous fans always starved for fresh Lush recordings.

Here's a direct link to the file: Lush - DeLuxe (Rockband remix)

Tom explains that he came across the recording on a site called mp3skip, taken from the video game Rock Band 2.

Thank you again Tom for sharing your great find!

July '91 BNM On the Street

Lush are interviewed by Karl the korrespondent at BNM and reveal their answer for the following pertinent question:

Q: If you were each on a desert island, and had only one album to bring with you,
which one would it be?

Emma: An inflatable one.

AND, have their music compared with a Tommy-era, Who influence...

Emma: What?!?
Chris: Hmmmmmm...

See it Here, Live, Now! - July 1991 BNM @ Lush Remembered

Giessen, Germany :: June 30

Twenty years ago today, the band Lush put on another outdoor live performance for a festival, this time for the Bizarre Festival in Giessen, Germany.

Opening acts for the band are Iggy Pop and House of Love. Video exists of the performance (though I can't find out much more about this bootleg except that Neil has a brief review online: Neil's Lush Video Page).




Bizarre Festival
setlist
Thoughtforms
Breeze
Bitter
Leaves Me Cold
Covert
De-Luxe
Ocean
Sweetness and Light
Downer
Baby Talk

Kobenhaven, Denmark :: June 28

Twenty years ago today Lush plays in Kobenhaven, Denmark for the Roskilde Festival.
The band are opened by Sisters of Mercy and followed by Stereo MC's. Both audio and video recording were recorded for this gig, as well as photographed. You can view these over at Bill's site: Roskilde Festival @ Light from a Dead Star.

Miki, Emma, Chris and Steve seem to be enjoying the media attention as they pose for photos.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Today we would like to wish Miss Emma a splendid day celebrating her birth -
May it be the best ever!


Emma Anderson, originally uploaded by Tom Poston.
Emma plays at Powis Square Tabernacle, October 9, 1991

Lush :: Baby Machines Downloadable CD Sleeve

I've been sitting on this one for a while, another CD sleeve I made up for you to download. Its one-of-a-kind. A sleeve for a live recording I have, from the original line-up of Lush back in April 1988. The recording is believed to be taped from their second ever gig.

Ah, the miracle of Photoshop. I may have earned scornful rebukes, but before you purists start hurling your shattered beer bottles and bits of rock at me for this, hear me out first. There are no photos in existence, so far as I know, of Lush as a five-piece, pre-Meriel Barham's exodus from the position as the original lead vocalist for another band.

To fix that slight yet glaring detail I picked a fitting publicity photo taken soon after Lush (Miki, Emma, Steve, Chris) was signed with label 4AD, and combined in a pub-shot from the Pale Saints (specifically Meriel) from the approximate same time. Overall it isn't too much of an atrocity, is it?

To add a little more pseudo-authenticity, I also decided to use a historic name for the title: the Baby Machines came from the original idea that the mates started with for a band name, before a friend suggested that they go with 'Lush' instead.

And there you have it... my hopefully semi-accurate imaginary portrayal of Lush as they might have appeared together on a record sleeve when they were still a five-piece.

A Lush and a Push and the Land is Our's

Twenty years ago, this two-page center spread feature was published in New Musical Express (4th May, 1991).

I neglected to add closeups of the article photos in my post last month, so today probably would be an appropriate time to do that, eh?

Incidentally, for those of you who missed out the first time around (tsk-tsk), the title of the article is a takeoff from a popular release of the Smiths at the time. Actually, every word and breath uttered by Morrissey and Marr of the Smiths was popular.

But back to Lush, and the publicity photos shot while on tour in Los Angeles...

Lush's hard-core alter-ego: the band named 'Thrush'

A Phil Phest

With it being his birthday (so what if it has been a few days ago!), its a fitting time to share a bit of a bonus centered on Phil. The male half of Lush had to take a distant backseat to Miki and Emma, though for Phil it seemed a comfortable role for him more or less.

If one just digs around, there's quite a bit of Phil to be had available on the web. So let us kick off a mini phun-philled Phil Phest!


Select Youtube Videos featuring Phil King, Past and almost Present :

• Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday (playing drums)
• Felt - Primitive Painters
• Apple Boutique - Love resistance (Phil's own band, pre-Lush)
• J&MC - Happy When It Rains (August 2007 tour)
  

Warwick, RI :: May 1 1991

Twenty years ago...

Lush plays the Rocky Point Palladium in Warwick, Rhode Island, with Jane's Addiction opening.

And then its time to go back home.

Thus comes to a close a two-month long whirlwind tour of the United States. There won't be much time for a break back home in the UK – another tour begins in July to promote the upcoming Black Spring release.

On an interesting note, Lush made a definite impression on Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell. The following year he would personally request Lush for his new tour program (he was the organizer) - the inaugural Lollapalooza roster in 1992.

Fitchburg, MA :: April 30 1991

Twenty years ago...

Lush plays the Wallace Civic Centre in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, with Jane's Addiction opening.

New York :: April 29 1991

Twenty years ago...

Lush plays the Marquee in New York, New York, opening for Smashing Orange.

'Lush: The Early Demos 88-89' Downloadable CD Sleeve

There was some big to-do earlier today in London, wasn't there? To add to the celebritive festivities going on in the UK on this historic day, here's the new CD sleeve I made-up for Lush's earliest demo recordings... Actually, this post doesn't have a thing to do with royal weddings. But it does have everything to do with Lush's historic first 'official' recording (allow me enough words and I can make a Lush connection to just about anything - ha!).

If you're not already aware, there's a bit about the demo recordings I detailed here: The Early Lush Demos :: 1988, '89.

Incidentally, the photo of the band I chose for the sleeve originally appeared in the March 18, 1989 issue of Melody Maker, the first ever major write-up focused on Lush.

Happy Birthday to Phil!

Philip King celebrates a Birthday today, April the 29th. We hope he has a splendid 51st with family and friends...

Happy Birthday Phil!

Lush/Melting Lemon Downloadable CD Sleeve

Here's another idea using the lemon theme... told you I was having a creative fit today.