Rejected by Fontana UK, which begat
Flash Light. Loose and slightly goofy, many of these ended up as b-sides for
Flash Light and
The Wonder singles. The rough mixes of 'Sixteen Tulips' and 'One Time At Sundown' here end in breakdown instead of the usual fade, while 'Olive' has not circulated widely as far as I can tell. Although
Flash Light is more literate and more focused, guitar rave-ups like 'Call Me The' can hold their own against bratty Yardbirds b-sides like 'The Nazz Are Blue' and 'Psycho Daisies'.
Tom Verlaine
Dave Bascombe Sessions 1986
01 Sixteen Tulips 5.01
02 Caveman-Flashlight 3.13
03 Anna 5.09
04 The Scientist Writes A Letter 5.23
05 Call Me The 3.39
06 Circling 2.33
07 Smoother Than Jones 3.30
08 Vanity Fair 5.58
09 Olive 4.03
10 One Time At Sundown 4.53
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13 comments:
Hey Lucky, great to see you!
Uh, I'm not Lucky, who left the building early in 2012. I guess that makes me unlucky?
Thanks very much!
Just to say that Gamefront won't allow downloads to IP addresses in France. I'm sure there are other countries in the same situation.
Who knew? An alternative link has been posted. Thanks for letting me know...
But Zippyshare works fine. Thanks!
Can't wait for my phono preamp to come back from repair. My old Lp of "Flash Light" will be on the turntable pronto then.
Verlaine's best solo effort IMHO.
Flash Light is a wonderful thing indeed, way more accomplished than these comparatively lightweight curiosities. Hopefully everyone has seen the YouTube videos for Bomb and A Town Called Walker which give a taste of the guitar fireworks Verlaine was capable of in a live setting. Dodgy backup or no.
Incredible stuff, reservatory, many thanks indeed. For some great guitar fireworks from Verlaine, listen to the two recent (March-April 2014) gigs included on my list of Television weblinks (including an appreciation of your contribution in making Arrow). See the post and read the comments here:
http://floppybootstomp-ii.blogspot.com/2014/01/television-if-you-werent-paying.html?showComment=1397991216225
for my collection of lossless Television outtakes and gigs, see the posts and read the comments here:
http://floppybootstomp-ii.blogspot.com/search/label/Television
Cheers and thanks again, Dave Sez.
As this post of the Dave Bascombe Sessions has gone down, Tom Verlaine's Flash Light demos have been re-upped in FLAC at http://floppybootstomp-ii.blogspot.com/2019/05/tom-verlaine-dave-bascomb-london.html. The tracklists are as given in the comments; the "224" link leads to Vanity Fair; the "flac" link leads to The Dave Bascombe Sessions.
Cheers, Dave Sez.
And I have just spotted that only floppybootstomp-ii gets mentioned for my collection of lossless Television outtakes and gigs; also see the posts and read the comments here:
http://darkcircleroom4.blogspot.com/search/label/Television
http://darkcircleroom4.blogspot.com/search/label/Tom%20Verlaine
Cheers,
Dave Sez.
And the Dave Bascombe Sessions have also been re-upped in FLAC at http://darkcircleroom4.blogspot.com/2019/05/tom-verlaine-flash-light-demos-dave.html. Thanks for giving us them, reservatory!
Cheers, Dave Sez.
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