tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978265377483194125.post8232752481357586102..comments2024-01-01T01:02:39.544-05:00Comments on I Buy Way Too Many Records Dot Com: J Church - Arbor Vitae LPTim PopKidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876723928389562573noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978265377483194125.post-89742971379024931202017-04-24T14:38:39.183-04:002017-04-24T14:38:39.183-04:00From a collecting point of view, I imagine you wou...From a collecting point of view, I imagine you would be interested in some of the Snuffy Smile releases. "You think you're cool" is an early singles collection, and has interesting packaging, with four separate inlay cards that could all be used as front covers.<br /><br />I also own "Seishun Zankoku Monogatari", which is basically a compilation of tracks that appeared on maybe 6 spilt 7"s.<br /><br />Of course, there were other releases on Snuffy Smile (both vinyl and on CD), but I don't own em.<br /><br />Personally, I always fallback on "Cat Food" which, to quote from the now defunct j-church.com, is "[n]ot quite a 'proper' J Church album, [and] features a mixed bag of seven new tracks, four re-recorded and one - Violent Motions Created - rescued from compilation album obscurity. With a few days off around the time of their Reading Festival performance, much of the album was recorded in a single afternoon at RMS Studios in south London, where the Damned had recorded Machine Gun Etiquette. The session produced all the originals (except Asha Blake), five Electric Light Orchestra covers, of which Turn To Stone appears here, and the re-worked, re-titled (I Want To See) Faye Wong. That song was previously on the split 7" with Discount, where it was recorded to 8-track. The new version was named 'More' simply because it is a fuller recording. My Favorite Place gets its third re-working, this time with additional vocals from Harriet Scott. L.A. and A Well Earned Reputation are harder versions of the tracks from Travels In Hyper-Reality. Harriet additionally sings on The Heroic Trio and Turn To Stone. Manda Rin from Bis is also on those two, as well as All Girl Band and The Versace Killer".<br /><br />As you can see, there are a lot of guest female vocals on the record, maybe that is why I like it.<br /><br />As far as a "proper album", I love Arbor Vitae, and also "One Mississippi". Yes, at 26 songs and 72 mins it is long, too long really, although I remember reading it was never intended to be listened to in one sitting. Whatever the case, there are some awesome tracks on it.<br /><br />Cheers.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872851992808427267noreply@blogger.com