[Buys Curios]

Now I've given up drugs the Cocteau Twins sound really shit. They sounded a bit shit before I gave up to be fair. Although I've got absolutely no recollection of buying them I've somehow got everything that they ever recorded. You can have the lot for £100. This is all I can afford to pay you as I'm on the dole.

[Ted Gardener]

I know my onions and your offer is way too low. Even the charity shops won't take this shit nowadays. You'd have to give me at least £200 to take these off your hands.

[Buys Curios]

Thanks a million for giving me a great idea TG. I took them along to this place and they accepted the lot no questions asked.

[Slushy]

Thanks for the heads up Buys Curios, they still had a copy of Tishbite CD2, and they gave me £475 to take it off their hands. I was holding out for £500 but they were as deaf as a post.

[T. Totale]

That charity shop is part of Iain Duncan Smith's emporium, anyone supporting it is a cunt for supporting a fucking Tory bastard.

[FlowerCake]

I saw a complete set (vinyl + CDs of each item) put out for trash today, including the almost unknown Whispers of The Mountainous Tarns. It was with great pleasure that I watched them being thrown wholesale into the hopper of the garbage truck. To stand there and do nothing was a delicious experience.

[The Cocteau Twins]

I saw a complete set (vinyl + CDs of each item) put out for trash today, including the almost unknown Whispers of The Mountainous Tarns. It was with great pleasure that I watched them being thrown wholesale into the hopper of the garbage truck. To stand there and do nothing was a delicious experience.

Ye thick cunt, even we haven't got Whispers of the Mountainous Tarns, ye could have made yeself a wee fortune .

[FlowerCake]

I saw a complete set (vinyl + CDs of each item) put out for trash today, including the almost unknown Whispers of The Mountainous Tarns. It was with great pleasure that I watched them being thrown wholesale into the hopper of the garbage truck. To stand there and do nothing was a delicious experience.

Ye thick cunt, even we haven't got Whispers of the Mountainous Tarns, ye could have made yeself a wee fortune .

I knew that. It was a deliberate choice.

[AsifFromHell]

Is this lot still for sale?

[The Cocteau Twins]

Is this lot still for sale?

Och laddie, dinnae bother with all that shite, oor brand new Fontana Years retrospective 4CD box set is oot the noo. Liz and the cunt Robin had split up by this time, ye can feel the tension and venom in their wee ditties.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Hidin ... ure+hiding

[AsifFromHell]

Is this lot still for sale?

Och laddie, dinnae bother with all that shite, oor brand new Fontana Years retrospective 4CD box set is oot the noo. Liz and the cunt Robin had split up by this time, ye can feel the tension and venom in their wee ditties.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Hidin ... ure+hiding

You can stick the CDs up your jock arses. It's vinyl all the way for me.

[The Cocteau Twins]

Is this lot still for sale?

Och laddie, dinnae bother with all that shite, oor brand new Fontana Years retrospective 4CD box set is oot the noo. Liz and the cunt Robin had split up by this time, ye can feel the tension and venom in their wee ditties.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Hidin ... ure+hiding

You can stick the CDs up your jock arses. It's vinyl all the way for me.

Fuck ye then, we can do withoot cunts like ye. Vinyl is fae Marillion and Andy Williams fans.

[Ted Gardener]

^^^ Never mind all that shit, I picked up the complete definitive vinyl collection yesterday at the Northampton Car Boot.

Complete Cocteau Twins Collection - Vinyl. 44 x 12" and 18 x 7" in total including rare and promo items. Original ultra rare Elizabeth Fraser Underwater 12". Lovers Are Mortal Orange Vinyl. German Marbled Scream. Four Calendar Café Original. Milk & Kisses Original. Dials. Pearly Dewdrops Drops Embossed cover released for 1 week only. 3 x Speak No Evil = original Dutch flexi disc, Original numbered marbled vinyl and another copy vinyl. Original triple-ultra rare Night Must Fall vinyl = a fan released item when C.T. were still I believe on the circuit doing small pubs & venues ( so 1982 ) ( In thirty years I have only ever seen two copies for sale and believe this was originally distributed as 500 copies world wide and of which a much lower number only survive in existence today! Red vinyl Frosty the Snowman. etc etc All the usual released Albums = Moon & Melodies, Sixteen Days, Treasure, Iceblink Luck etc etc plus Rerelease 180 gram box set vinyls. A lot of white label promos - eg - A Kissed Out Red Float Boat, etc....

TWO VOLUMES OF 7" VINYL are as follows :

Volume 1
1 Speak No Evil flexi disc with Dutch magazine "Vinyl" NM and magazine included NM 2 Night Must Fall - ( the mega rare jewel in the crown so to speak) NM NM 3 Song to the Siren 4 Sugar Hiccup promo 5 Peppermint Pig 6 Pearly Dewdrops Drops 7 Ivo NME Poll Winners 1984 8 In the Gold Dust Rush / Sugar Hiccup - Beggars Banquet SAMPLER 9 Aikea Guinea 10 Aikea Guinea VIRGIN promo 11 Orange Appled Melody Maker sampler 12 Speak No Evil 101/500 Black Vinyl 13 Speak No Evil 249/500 Purple/ Vermillion streaked marble vinyl
Volume 2
1 Loves Easy Tears 2 Carolyn's Fingers USA promo 3 Iceblink Luck 4 Evangeline 5 Bluebeard 6 Twinlights 7 Lifeforms picturedisc FSOL 8 Teardrop Massive Attack 9 Teardrop Jose Gonzalez ( ?) 10 Candleland Ian McCulloch 11 Roach BOM 37/300 limited edition
Now for the 12" Vinyl - Albums, E.P's, Promos, white labels etc
1 This mortal Coil Sixteen Days Gathering Dust/ Song to the Siren BAD310 G (some wear) G 2 Interview Picture Disc Limited Edition BAK2016 E 3 Moon & Melodies GAD611 NM NM 4 Head Over Heals CAD 313 G E 5 Sunburst & Snow-blind BAD314 M M 6 Garlands CAD211 VG NM 7 Unrealised Dreams Picture disc St.DaDa 34050 NYC NM 8 Aikea Guinea BAD301 G VG 9 Pink Opaque emc8040 G E 10 VERTIGO 4 track sampler/promo Vertigo DJV156 G VG 11 Peppermint Pig BAD303 M NM 12 Spangle Maker EMBOSSED Cover - (released for 1 week only this format|) BAD405 VG NM with promo poster 13 Spangle Maker BAD405 NM E 14 Lullabies BAD213 cover = G ~ (slight sign of removed sticker top right) VG 15 Echoes In A Shallow Bay / Tiny Dynamine Double EP COCT6/7 E E 16 Echoes In A Shallow Bay BAD511 E E 17 Tiny Dynamine BAD510 E E 18 Treasure CAD412 E E 19 Victorialand CAD602 E E 20 Victorialand JAPANESE VINYL with OBISTRIP & Poster Flyer Stereo 25VB1092 NM NM 21 Blue Bell Knoll CAD807 Gatefold cover = signs of sticker removal Vinyl = G 22 Blue Bell Knoll Gatefold (different style) USA CL 90892 cover G ( some foxing) vinyl = G 23 A Kissed Out Red Floatboat promo SPRO70512 G NM 24 Carolyn's Fingers promo SPRO79407 cover = signs of sticker removal & surface torn there vinyl = NM 25 Love's easy Tears BAD610 E E+ 26 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 G E 27 Iceblink Luck BAD0011 NM NM 28 Heaven or Las Vegas promo white label SPRO79415/79427 G NM 29 H or LA promo white label SPRO79427 plain black cover VG VG 30 I Wear Your Ring promo SPRO79564 plain black cover VG VG 31 I Wear Your Ring RED Stickered black sleeve cover promo white label SPRO79564 VG VG 32 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 cover - some wear on spine G VG 33 Four Calendar Café covcer some wear to edges G G 34 Bluebeard Limited Edition Gatefold Fontana CTX2 with RARE French Concert Flyer for 29 Jan '94 event E NM 35 Evangeline 948/5000 Limited edition + Mint Poster NM M 36 Dials box set promo SPRO79066 E E 37 Milk & Kisses 514 501-1 cover - E vinyl - has surface marks ( plays) 38 Violaine CTX6 G (some foxing) E 39 Otherness CTX4 VG E 40 Lover's Are Mortal Orange Vinyl LP006 VG ( edges!) vinyl = NM 41 Scream marbled vinyl slight crease to cover bottom left vinyl = E 42 Underwater 12" white label promo SAM00346 VG 43 Teardrops ( x2) Mark Eleson vs Massive Attack plain black sleeve VG 44 Moses Elizabeth Fraser NM NM 45 Bluebell Knoll remix Dh-002 46 Stars & Topsoil A collection 1982 - 1990 WHITE vinyl double gatefold M M UNPLAYED 47 Head Over Heals VIN180LP024 M UNPLAYED 48 Treasure VIN180L018 gatefold M UNPLAYED 49 Garlands still shrink wrapped - M UNPLAYED 50 Sunburst & Snowblind double gatefold VIN180P009 PURPLE vinyl M UNPLAYED Head Over Heals Black vinyl M UNPLAYED
Also included are a few bits and bats of empemera and four 12" square promo broadsides I think the Americans refer to them as = bbc Sessions, Four-Calendar Café, Heaven or las Vegas and Ble Bell Knoll. Also some concert tickets... Cocteau Fest flyers...


I'm looking to knock them straight back out, these should be of interest to the Americans here. Father Hasil Cocteau,SJ perhaps?

£2,750 secures the package.

[The Cocteau Twins]

There's a sucker born every minute.

[Father Hasil Cocteau, SJ;]

^^^ Never mind all that shit, I picked up the complete definitive vinyl collection yesterday at the Northampton Car Boot.

Complete Cocteau Twins Collection - Vinyl. 44 x 12" and 18 x 7" in total including rare and promo items. Original ultra rare Elizabeth Fraser Underwater 12". Lovers Are Mortal Orange Vinyl. German Marbled Scream. Four Calendar Café Original. Milk & Kisses Original. Dials. Pearly Dewdrops Drops Embossed cover released for 1 week only. 3 x Speak No Evil = original Dutch flexi disc, Original numbered marbled vinyl and another copy vinyl. Original triple-ultra rare Night Must Fall vinyl = a fan released item when C.T. were still I believe on the circuit doing small pubs & venues ( so 1982 ) ( In thirty years I have only ever seen two copies for sale and believe this was originally distributed as 500 copies world wide and of which a much lower number only survive in existence today! Red vinyl Frosty the Snowman. etc etc All the usual released Albums = Moon & Melodies, Sixteen Days, Treasure, Iceblink Luck etc etc plus Rerelease 180 gram box set vinyls. A lot of white label promos - eg - A Kissed Out Red Float Boat, etc....

TWO VOLUMES OF 7" VINYL are as follows :

Volume 1
1 Speak No Evil flexi disc with Dutch magazine "Vinyl" NM and magazine included NM 2 Night Must Fall - ( the mega rare jewel in the crown so to speak) NM NM 3 Song to the Siren 4 Sugar Hiccup promo 5 Peppermint Pig 6 Pearly Dewdrops Drops 7 Ivo NME Poll Winners 1984 8 In the Gold Dust Rush / Sugar Hiccup - Beggars Banquet SAMPLER 9 Aikea Guinea 10 Aikea Guinea VIRGIN promo 11 Orange Appled Melody Maker sampler 12 Speak No Evil 101/500 Black Vinyl 13 Speak No Evil 249/500 Purple/ Vermillion streaked marble vinyl
Volume 2
1 Loves Easy Tears 2 Carolyn's Fingers USA promo 3 Iceblink Luck 4 Evangeline 5 Bluebeard 6 Twinlights 7 Lifeforms picturedisc FSOL 8 Teardrop Massive Attack 9 Teardrop Jose Gonzalez ( ?) 10 Candleland Ian McCulloch 11 Roach BOM 37/300 limited edition
Now for the 12" Vinyl - Albums, E.P's, Promos, white labels etc
1 This mortal Coil Sixteen Days Gathering Dust/ Song to the Siren BAD310 G (some wear) G 2 Interview Picture Disc Limited Edition BAK2016 E 3 Moon & Melodies GAD611 NM NM 4 Head Over Heals CAD 313 G E 5 Sunburst & Snow-blind BAD314 M M 6 Garlands CAD211 VG NM 7 Unrealised Dreams Picture disc St.DaDa 34050 NYC NM 8 Aikea Guinea BAD301 G VG 9 Pink Opaque emc8040 G E 10 VERTIGO 4 track sampler/promo Vertigo DJV156 G VG 11 Peppermint Pig BAD303 M NM 12 Spangle Maker EMBOSSED Cover - (released for 1 week only this format|) BAD405 VG NM with promo poster 13 Spangle Maker BAD405 NM E 14 Lullabies BAD213 cover = G ~ (slight sign of removed sticker top right) VG 15 Echoes In A Shallow Bay / Tiny Dynamine Double EP COCT6/7 E E 16 Echoes In A Shallow Bay BAD511 E E 17 Tiny Dynamine BAD510 E E 18 Treasure CAD412 E E 19 Victorialand CAD602 E E 20 Victorialand JAPANESE VINYL with OBISTRIP & Poster Flyer Stereo 25VB1092 NM NM 21 Blue Bell Knoll CAD807 Gatefold cover = signs of sticker removal Vinyl = G 22 Blue Bell Knoll Gatefold (different style) USA CL 90892 cover G ( some foxing) vinyl = G 23 A Kissed Out Red Floatboat promo SPRO70512 G NM 24 Carolyn's Fingers promo SPRO79407 cover = signs of sticker removal & surface torn there vinyl = NM 25 Love's easy Tears BAD610 E E+ 26 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 G E 27 Iceblink Luck BAD0011 NM NM 28 Heaven or Las Vegas promo white label SPRO79415/79427 G NM 29 H or LA promo white label SPRO79427 plain black cover VG VG 30 I Wear Your Ring promo SPRO79564 plain black cover VG VG 31 I Wear Your Ring RED Stickered black sleeve cover promo white label SPRO79564 VG VG 32 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 cover - some wear on spine G VG 33 Four Calendar Café covcer some wear to edges G G 34 Bluebeard Limited Edition Gatefold Fontana CTX2 with RARE French Concert Flyer for 29 Jan '94 event E NM 35 Evangeline 948/5000 Limited edition + Mint Poster NM M 36 Dials box set promo SPRO79066 E E 37 Milk & Kisses 514 501-1 cover - E vinyl - has surface marks ( plays) 38 Violaine CTX6 G (some foxing) E 39 Otherness CTX4 VG E 40 Lover's Are Mortal Orange Vinyl LP006 VG ( edges!) vinyl = NM 41 Scream marbled vinyl slight crease to cover bottom left vinyl = E 42 Underwater 12" white label promo SAM00346 VG 43 Teardrops ( x2) Mark Eleson vs Massive Attack plain black sleeve VG 44 Moses Elizabeth Fraser NM NM 45 Bluebell Knoll remix Dh-002 46 Stars & Topsoil A collection 1982 - 1990 WHITE vinyl double gatefold M M UNPLAYED 47 Head Over Heals VIN180LP024 M UNPLAYED 48 Treasure VIN180L018 gatefold M UNPLAYED 49 Garlands still shrink wrapped - M UNPLAYED 50 Sunburst & Snowblind double gatefold VIN180P009 PURPLE vinyl M UNPLAYED Head Over Heals Black vinyl M UNPLAYED
Also included are a few bits and bats of empemera and four 12" square promo broadsides I think the Americans refer to them as = bbc Sessions, Four-Calendar Café, Heaven or las Vegas and Ble Bell Knoll. Also some concert tickets... Cocteau Fest flyers...


I'm looking to knock them straight back out, these should be of interest to the Americans here. Father Hasil Cocteau,SJ perhaps?

£2,750 secures the package.

Whilst I consider this overwhelming lode of "diamond cutter of excellence" music, I'd like to ask are there any articles of Elizabeth Fraser's underwear; and, if so, is there provenance?

[Freddie And The Dreamers Fuck Off]

^^^ Never mind all that shit, I picked up the complete definitive vinyl collection yesterday at the Northampton Car Boot.

Complete Cocteau Twins Collection - Vinyl. 44 x 12" and 18 x 7" in total including rare and promo items. Original ultra rare Elizabeth Fraser Underwater 12". Lovers Are Mortal Orange Vinyl. German Marbled Scream. Four Calendar Café Original. Milk & Kisses Original. Dials. Pearly Dewdrops Drops Embossed cover released for 1 week only. 3 x Speak No Evil = original Dutch flexi disc, Original numbered marbled vinyl and another copy vinyl. Original triple-ultra rare Night Must Fall vinyl = a fan released item when C.T. were still I believe on the circuit doing small pubs & venues ( so 1982 ) ( In thirty years I have only ever seen two copies for sale and believe this was originally distributed as 500 copies world wide and of which a much lower number only survive in existence today! Red vinyl Frosty the Snowman. etc etc All the usual released Albums = Moon & Melodies, Sixteen Days, Treasure, Iceblink Luck etc etc plus Rerelease 180 gram box set vinyls. A lot of white label promos - eg - A Kissed Out Red Float Boat, etc....

TWO VOLUMES OF 7" VINYL are as follows :

Volume 1
1 Speak No Evil flexi disc with Dutch magazine "Vinyl" NM and magazine included NM 2 Night Must Fall - ( the mega rare jewel in the crown so to speak) NM NM 3 Song to the Siren 4 Sugar Hiccup promo 5 Peppermint Pig 6 Pearly Dewdrops Drops 7 Ivo NME Poll Winners 1984 8 In the Gold Dust Rush / Sugar Hiccup - Beggars Banquet SAMPLER 9 Aikea Guinea 10 Aikea Guinea VIRGIN promo 11 Orange Appled Melody Maker sampler 12 Speak No Evil 101/500 Black Vinyl 13 Speak No Evil 249/500 Purple/ Vermillion streaked marble vinyl
Volume 2
1 Loves Easy Tears 2 Carolyn's Fingers USA promo 3 Iceblink Luck 4 Evangeline 5 Bluebeard 6 Twinlights 7 Lifeforms picturedisc FSOL 8 Teardrop Massive Attack 9 Teardrop Jose Gonzalez ( ?) 10 Candleland Ian McCulloch 11 Roach BOM 37/300 limited edition
Now for the 12" Vinyl - Albums, E.P's, Promos, white labels etc
1 This mortal Coil Sixteen Days Gathering Dust/ Song to the Siren BAD310 G (some wear) G 2 Interview Picture Disc Limited Edition BAK2016 E 3 Moon & Melodies GAD611 NM NM 4 Head Over Heals CAD 313 G E 5 Sunburst & Snow-blind BAD314 M M 6 Garlands CAD211 VG NM 7 Unrealised Dreams Picture disc St.DaDa 34050 NYC NM 8 Aikea Guinea BAD301 G VG 9 Pink Opaque emc8040 G E 10 VERTIGO 4 track sampler/promo Vertigo DJV156 G VG 11 Peppermint Pig BAD303 M NM 12 Spangle Maker EMBOSSED Cover - (released for 1 week only this format|) BAD405 VG NM with promo poster 13 Spangle Maker BAD405 NM E 14 Lullabies BAD213 cover = G ~ (slight sign of removed sticker top right) VG 15 Echoes In A Shallow Bay / Tiny Dynamine Double EP COCT6/7 E E 16 Echoes In A Shallow Bay BAD511 E E 17 Tiny Dynamine BAD510 E E 18 Treasure CAD412 E E 19 Victorialand CAD602 E E 20 Victorialand JAPANESE VINYL with OBISTRIP & Poster Flyer Stereo 25VB1092 NM NM 21 Blue Bell Knoll CAD807 Gatefold cover = signs of sticker removal Vinyl = G 22 Blue Bell Knoll Gatefold (different style) USA CL 90892 cover G ( some foxing) vinyl = G 23 A Kissed Out Red Floatboat promo SPRO70512 G NM 24 Carolyn's Fingers promo SPRO79407 cover = signs of sticker removal & surface torn there vinyl = NM 25 Love's easy Tears BAD610 E E+ 26 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 G E 27 Iceblink Luck BAD0011 NM NM 28 Heaven or Las Vegas promo white label SPRO79415/79427 G NM 29 H or LA promo white label SPRO79427 plain black cover VG VG 30 I Wear Your Ring promo SPRO79564 plain black cover VG VG 31 I Wear Your Ring RED Stickered black sleeve cover promo white label SPRO79564 VG VG 32 Heaven or Las Vegas CAD0012 cover - some wear on spine G VG 33 Four Calendar Café covcer some wear to edges G G 34 Bluebeard Limited Edition Gatefold Fontana CTX2 with RARE French Concert Flyer for 29 Jan '94 event E NM 35 Evangeline 948/5000 Limited edition + Mint Poster NM M 36 Dials box set promo SPRO79066 E E 37 Milk & Kisses 514 501-1 cover - E vinyl - has surface marks ( plays) 38 Violaine CTX6 G (some foxing) E 39 Otherness CTX4 VG E 40 Lover's Are Mortal Orange Vinyl LP006 VG ( edges!) vinyl = NM 41 Scream marbled vinyl slight crease to cover bottom left vinyl = E 42 Underwater 12" white label promo SAM00346 VG 43 Teardrops ( x2) Mark Eleson vs Massive Attack plain black sleeve VG 44 Moses Elizabeth Fraser NM NM 45 Bluebell Knoll remix Dh-002 46 Stars & Topsoil A collection 1982 - 1990 WHITE vinyl double gatefold M M UNPLAYED 47 Head Over Heals VIN180LP024 M UNPLAYED 48 Treasure VIN180L018 gatefold M UNPLAYED 49 Garlands still shrink wrapped - M UNPLAYED 50 Sunburst & Snowblind double gatefold VIN180P009 PURPLE vinyl M UNPLAYED Head Over Heals Black vinyl M UNPLAYED
Also included are a few bits and bats of empemera and four 12" square promo broadsides I think the Americans refer to them as = bbc Sessions, Four-Calendar Café, Heaven or las Vegas and Ble Bell Knoll. Also some concert tickets... Cocteau Fest flyers...


I'm looking to knock them straight back out, these should be of interest to the Americans here. Father Hasil Cocteau,SJ perhaps?

£2,750 secures the package.

Whilst I consider this overwhelming lode of "diamond cutter of excellence" music, I'd like to ask are there any articles of Elizabeth Fraser's underwear; and, if so, is there provenance?

Does it smell of rotting fish, do you mean?

[The Strange One]

Just goes to show what can turn up...alternative, and better quality recording of the L.A. Forum 04/04/1984 gig.

Those who are easily affected by music, try to stop yourself from quaking (in a good way) when she starts the "Silly silly saliva
Sassy shear near
She should've
She sighed the grove
Ska pop
Sa pum
Sa po" bit on Aloysius.

"Cocteau Twins* 1984-04-04 * The Forum * Los Angeles, CA * The Lost And Found Mike The MICrophone Tapes * Mike Millard 1st Generation * JEMS
Torrent file Cocteau Twins 1984-04-04 Los Angles Forum (Millard First Gen via JEMS).torrent (will be personalized for you upon download)
Downloads as Cocteau Twins 1984-04-04 Los Angles Forum (Millard First Gen via JEMS)
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Description Cocteau Twins, FFS.
The Forum
Los Angeles, CA
April 4, 1984
Mike Millard first generation cassettes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Vol. 16

Recording Gear: AKG 451E microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550
cassette recorder

JEMS 2019 TRANSFER: first-generation cassettes made by Mike Millard for Barry G >
Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted transfer > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0
24/96) capture > iZotope RX MBIT+ resample 16/44.1 > iZotope RX and Ozone mastering >
Peak Pro 6 (volume smoothing / edit / index) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

01 Wax And Wane
02 Hitherto
03 It's All But An Ark Lark (Liz does that bend over bit)
04 Blood Bitch (aborted)
05 *Robin takes group offstage*
06 In Our Angelhood
07 Sugar Hiccup
08 Strange Fruit (Robin seems drunk and unplugs Simon's amp)
09 Glass Candle Grenades
10 *Walk off*
11 From The Flagstones (no Liz)
12 Aloysius
13 Love's Easy Tears (acoustic, no Liz)
14 Ooze Out And Away Onehow (drum machine only)
15 Peppermint Pig (Robin smacks Simon firmly in the jaw)
16 Laugh Lines
17 Scotland The Brave (instrum)
18 500 Miles (Robin and Simon)
19 Outro


Known Faults:
- Bad edit @7m 31s

JEMS is pleased to reignite our Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone series,
presenting recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike the MICrophone,
best known for his masters of Led Zeppelin done in and around LA circa 1975-77. For
further details on how some tapes in this series came to be lost and found again,
as well as JEMS' history with Mike Millard, please refer to the notes in
Vol. One:http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=500680

Volume 16 is a special one indeed as it presents Millard’s excellent recording of
Cocteau Twins at the Forum on the Furry Blowdrops tour, a show made famous by the bootleg
Slaughter in the Air. As I began working on this project I did a bit of Internet
research, where it has been speculated that the Slaughter recording was a Millard
master, presumably based on its quality. To the best of our knowledge, previous DIME
torrents of Forum ’84 are vinyl rips of Slaughter and various other bootlegs sourced
from the same tape.

YouTube also has a second source of the show, vastly inferior in quality, but which does
include the opening song, “Wax And Wane” which is omitted from the bootleg sources.

Millard’s capture features “Wax And Wane,” and I assumed it had been cut for space on bootleg
vinyl. But when I did an A-B comparison in a couple of spots, I was surprised to learn
that Millard’s recording is not the one featured on Slaughter and is in fact a third
source. While I can’t say with certainty it is wholly uncirculated, it is surely new to
most and presents the best and most complete recording of this show to date. It offers
superior fidelity to Slaughter and is classic Millard in terms of clarity. There are some
potent whistlers present and close by, but thanks to mjk5510, we’ve tamed those for
maximum listening pleasure. Samples provided.

Furry Blowdrops is one of my favorite Cocteau tours, brilliantly mixing the art rock of the
Garlands records with a fresh take on the Treasure era and other contemporary goodies like
“Multifoiled" and “When Mama Was Moth” It sounds very fresh today.


Finally, cheers to the late, great Mike the MICrophone and to finding more lost tapes.

May he rest in peace, the tedious cunt.

[Jim Skidder]

Known Faults:

It's the fucking Cocteau Twins.

[Sonofsmegma]

Known Faults:

It's the fucking Cocteau Twins.

[The Strange One]

Known Faults:

It's the fucking Cocteau Twins.

first-generation cassettes made by Mike Millard for Barry G > Nakamichi CR-7A azimuth-adjusted transfer > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 24/96) capture > iZotope RX MBIT+ resample 16/44.1 > iZotope RX and Ozone mastering > Peak Pro 6 (volume smoothing / edit / index) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC is wasted on cunts like you two. :- (