The Fat Angel Sings

As advertised… The wait is over. The clock has tick-tocked. The Magazine box set of all the studio album recordings (1978-2011) is now for sale. This super-duper deluxe Give Me Everything box set is yours for £200

Yes! The Magazine studio album recordings are refreshed and revisited. Coming to you on coloured vinyl with new interview / photo inner sleeves, along with various unpublished before extras…Taking care of business for the mighty Magazine; all things Howard Devoto and Dave Formula; Magazine’s guitarist Noko and Mary Byker’s latest project, Am I Dead Yet? Plus Manchester’s blues-rock quartet Federal Charm, and the glam-slam that is Rachel Stamp.

1. REAL LIFE : Recoil Red vinyl LP cut and pressed from the 2000 remastered recordings; photo inner sleeve featuring an interview with Dave Formula; a 12” x 12” art print based on Linder’s front cover monograph; and an unpublished contact sheet of photographs by Adrian Boot taken in 1978.

2. SECONDHAND DAYLIGHT : Permafrost Green vinyl LP cut and pressed from the 2000 remastered recordings; photo inner sleeve featuring an interview with Howard Devoto; a 12” x 12” art print based on Ian Pollock’s front cover monograph; and an unpublished contact sheet of photographs by Ebet Roberts taken in 1979; plus a replica 24” x 12” poster the original LP inner gatefold sleeve. 

3. THE CORRECT USE OF SOAP : Philadelphia White vinyl LP cut and pressed from the 2000 remastered recordings; photo inner sleeve featuring an interview with sleeve designer, Malcolm Garett; a 12” x 12” art print based on Malcolm’s original front cover design; an unpublished contact sheet of photographs by BC Kagan taken in 1979; plus a set of 9 oversize The Correct Use Of Soap postcards, wrapped around and secured with a Magazine emblazoned belly band.

4. MAGIC, MURDER and THE WEATHER : Poison Pink vinyl LP cut and pressed from the 2000 remastered recordings; photo inner sleeve featuring an interview with John Doyle; a 12” x 12” art print based on Malcolm front cover imagery; and an unpublished contact sheet of photographs by Jamie Morgan taken in 1980.

5. NO THYSELF : Of Course Orange vinyl LP cut and pressed from the 2011 recordings; photo inner sleeve featuring an interview with Noko; a 12” x 12” art print based on Odilon Redon’s front cover etching; a 12” x 12” two-sided lyric insert; a “No Thyself” carrier bag; and a replica Vive Le Rock press advertisement first published in 2011.

6. RAYS & HAIL 1978–2011 : Burn Again Yellow vinyl LPs cut and pressed from the 2000 remastered and 2011 recordings; photo inner sleeves featuring a personal overview by Rory Sullivan-Burke (author of the John McGeoch biography, The Light Pours Out Of Me); a 12” x 12” art print based on Damian Wayling’s original 1987 CD front cover design; plus a set of 21 oversize postcards featuring illustrated lyrics of the compilation’s running order, all wrapped around and secured with a Magazine emblazoned belly band.

NOTE 1 : This is a re-worked compilation as a double LP set on vinyl for the very first time, featuring a re-jigged and updated track listing by Howard Devoto of 19 songs from the Magazine back catalogue.

If it’s not that, then you must be here, out on a shopping spree. Crackin’. CDs, LPs, Ts, posters, books etc. lie ahead…A limited edition run of only 500 are being manufactured. The individual LPs are also available to buy separately too, but it’s cheaper in the long run to buy the box!

The page-turning memoir of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde, charting his life and legacy in music. As one-third of seminal band Cocteau Twins, Simon Raymonde helped to create some of the most beautiful and memorable albums of the ’80s and ’90s – music that continues to cast a spell over millions. This is the story of the band, in his words.

Beginning with Simon’s remarkable childhood and exploring his relationship with his father, Ivor Raymonde (the legendary producer, musician and arranger for acts such as the Walker Brothers and songwriter for artists including Dusty Springfield), the book will journey through the musician’s rise to prominence and his time with Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil.

It will also chart the successful career he has forged running his own label, Bella Union, for the past twenty-seven years, discovering and developing globally renowned artists like Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty and John Grant.

And the narrative will lead us back to the present day, reflecting on Simon’s most recent experiences in the music industry – all while going deaf in one ear.

A must-read for music fans, this is the incredible tale of Simon’s life and legacy