Stephen M.H. Braitman

Superb overview of the career: http://thequietus.com/articles/04676-strange-frightening-world-of-giant-sand-howe-gelb. I would have added "Arizona Amp & Amplifier," myself. 16:16 on Thursday July 22 2010 - San Francisco Bay Area

always wanted to visit Montreal....

Blurry Blue Mountain + North American tour dates up @ the Fire Records site, & a little picture that might be the album cover (?) BLURRY BLUE MOUNTAIN TOUR DATES: JULY 19: The Tower Arts Centre - Winchester 20: Picturehouse - Brighton 22: Barbican (25th Anniversary Show with Kristin Hersh) - London 24: The Sage - Newcastle OCTOBER 14 Middle East - Boston 15 World Café - Philadelphia 16 Rock n Roll Hotel, Washington DC 17 Bowery Ballroom – New York 18 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn 20 Cabaret – Montreal, Canada 21 Lee’s – Toronto, Canada 22 Black Box on Mershon Stage - Columbus 23 Lincoln Hall - Chicago 24 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis 27 Neumo’s – Seattle 28 Doug Fir - Portland 29 Geat American Music Hall - San Francisco 30 Ely Rey – Los Angeles NOVEMBER European Tour conrmed for November. Dates:TBC 14:30 on Wednesday July 21 2010 - neither here not there

Shaun H.

the signs are good that the 7s will be arriving in time for the Barbican show (just), am expecting to take receipt of them on the day. will be deposting supplies with the merch stall, and provided Howe has the means to there will plenty for him to take back to sell at future gigs. stateside orders are more than welcome though @ www.theorchestrapit.com/shop, but please be aware that it is only the tracks on the bonus disc which are not taken from the existing Live CD/DVD package. Fuzzy, i will start processing orders just as soon as i am receipt of copies, so there's a good chance it will be with you for the weekend. by the way, i have one spare ticket for the Barbican show...anyone wanna pay face value (£20) and i shall throw in a dbl 7" - contact me here if interested: vacilando68@hotmail.com. 17:13 on Tuesday July 20 2010 - E7

IanG

We shall see how Spain fare when they face the mighty Scotland in a couple of months time (we have a track record of beating World Cup winners, just ask England). Looking forward to the Barbican show very much, and sounds like we are in for some new songs, always a good thing. 16:11 on Tuesday July 20 2010 - N

fuzzy

Thanks for the extra detail Shaun... when do you hope to ship 'em out? 13:24 on Tuesday July 20 2010

Hey Archivist...

Any word on weather the Sno Angle 7" will be available via OWOM or other stateside means? These are different versions than on the Sno Angel Lp right? cool! 12:49 on Tuesday July 20 2010

Javi (In Seventh Heaven)

Hey Peter! Haven´t come down from World Cup Celebrations yet, still on Cloud 9.... Thanks in advance for the 7'', truly appreciated. Very excited about the re-releases and very envious of those of you that can attend the Barbican show...hopefully back in form for concerts after the summer! 11:36 on Tuesday July 20 2010 - Cloud 9 (7th Heaven)

richard

went to winchester last night. weird venue in strange out o town place but a good venue none the less. intimate. giant sand played a lot of new stuff and a lot of the provisions material, which i thought was slightly suprising due to the 25 year slogan the tour has 05:52 on Tuesday July 20 2010 - strung out

Archivist...

The new tracks on the 7" were pulled from the archives.. I mastered it up here in Tucson. A nice addition to everyone's vinyl HG/GS collection.. 16:41 on Monday July 19 2010 - Tucson, AZ

Shaun H,

Hi Fuzzy, thank you kindly for your order - my blurb, my pleasure: 7 inches of sno' - Howe Gelb 'Sno Angel - double 7" Single.....Two stand out tracks from the CD/DVD package ‘Sno Angel - Winging It’ - “Nail In The Sky” + “Worried Spirits”; coupled with re-renderings of a pair of Giant Sand numbers in “Neon Filler” + “Chore Of Enchantment”. All tracks feature Howe and his Canadian based ‘Sno Angel touring band backed by the Voices Of Praise choir. Lead track “Nail In The Sky” is pure Howe, playful lyrics, a subtle sigh in the voice and those chords picked out just so, providing that fine patina that coats the best of Howe’s sonic wardrobe, and with a chorus to rival Neil Young at his most populist. The remaining tracks finds Gelb and band taking a more bluesy rocking direction on a cover of Rainer’s “Worried Spirits”, whilst Howe’s Americana-beatnik persona is more to the fore on “Neon Filler”, and the Voices Of Praise provide a fitting crescendo on the closing “Chore Of Enchantment”. 15:28 on Monday July 19 2010 - Label HQ (aka home)

fuzzy

Hi Shaun, just orded the Sno 7". Can you tell us the tracklist whilst we wait for arrivals? 13:27 on Monday July 19 2010 - UK

Peter

I am just wondering if Javi has come down from Spains world cup celebrations? As Javi was kind enough to send myself and Ian G copies of Alegrias, I will try to get the 7" Snow Angel live and send it on. 06:40 on Monday July 19 2010 - Glasgow

Archivist

The release of Valley Of Rain is in a corrected order per Mr. Gelb. Also, the majority of the release is taken from the cassette with the original mixes. Any bonus material will come later separately or as online promotional material (free)... 16:48 on Sunday July 18 2010

IanG

Hope you get them in time to sell me one on Thursday night.... 15:50 on Sunday July 18 2010 - N

Shaun H.

...well, whilst there doesn't appear to be a whole heap of release activity upcoming! hope to be able to pass over copies of the 'sno angel live double 7" we are very proud to be putting out to the merch stall @ The Barbican on Thursday night, but is very much touch and go whether they will turn up in my eager palms in time...if sadly they don't, or for those not going to the show, you can place your orders via http://www.theorchestrapit.com/shop [P.N. don't believe our pay pal a/c allows for any kind of variation on the p&p, but wherever you are in the World, just round it up to the next pound, peso, euro or rupee, and we will ensure it gets out to you]. thanks, Shaun, The Orchestra Pit / Vacilando '68. 15:31 on Sunday July 18 2010 - body in east London, head n' heart mid France

stefan

Thanks for the fire records link, Mr. Archivist. So apparently there will be no extra tracks or bonus disc (on this one, at least)? The track listing seems to be reversed compared to the last CD release on zippo (which started with Down On Town and had Valley Of Rain as track 7). But I wonder if this is the version from the cassette of the original mixes Howe talked about? Probably not, because it’s billed as a re-release. I also wonder what fire records plan to put on these box sets? 12:31 on Sunday July 18 2010 - munich

shammy

graham, thanks for the link to the interview. 01:51 on Sunday July 18 2010 - 333

Archivist

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000000691 14:05 on Saturday July 17 2010

AAAA

Arizona Amp and Alternator is one of Howe's best... a true gem. Man, I hope that gets the vinyl treatment, because it deserves it. 09:05 on Wednesday July 14 2010 - AAAA

Jörg

With all these new releases and re-releases coming our way I hope the MARS-The-Movie-soundtrack will not be forgotten ("written by Howe Gelb and including performances by Howe Gelb, Giant Sand, Neko Case, Victoria Williams, Jason Lytle, Kristen Hersh, John Convertino, Bill Elm, Mark Smoot, Nic Koller, and more.") 03:14 on Tuesday July 13 2010 - earth

richard

I have a spare single ticket to the Barbican next week. It is about four rows from the front of the stage i believe. If anyone is interested please PM me at richardperrins@hotmail.com thanks 06:02 on Monday July 12 2010

yes!

right you are... here to hoping that this is finally rectified. sure would be nice to see and hear. i know it is nerdy, but i dig it. 20:09 on Sunday July 11 2010

tommy g.

well, not only AAAA is missed on vinyl. Glum and Backyard BBQ Broadcast has never been released on vinyl too. 12:52 on Sunday July 11 2010

yes!

hope fire records gives AAAA a nice vinyl treatment.... that is one i am missing from my collection... and what a great album. 12:05 on Sunday July 11 2010

PaulK

Well I've posted the news about the reissue campaign on several message sites and some folk are getting very excited at the opportunity to buy what have been some very hard to find albums. All power to Fire Records, bless 'em 19:43 on Saturday July 10 2010 - home

Ian G

Just to be clear, I was only having a we moan the other day, I was not fretting..... I suppose my joy at seeing all the forthcoming (re)releases is tempered by my skepticism about the economics of a box set. I want the box set, with bells and whistles attached, but I have my doubts as to whether we will ever see it. Realistically, how many people are going to be in the market for the box set? It surely won't be very many, unless you are The Beatles, Led Zep or Neil Young I'm sure these sort of collections don't shift in huge volumes. The GS one alone will have a minimum 17 discs and perhaps some bonus stuff. I'd guess it is going to retail at a minimum of £100, probably considerably more. I'd happily place my order for one today if I could, and I would even endure the deferred gratification of waiting until the schedule of releases was complete before I got my hands on my set if I was certain it was going to happen. I'm sure Fire Records have researched their market before committing to such am ambitious campaign and, quite obviously they know more about the business of selling cd's than I do ( I am an expert on buying them though). I hope they are rewarded for their efforts. On a positive note I am looking forward to the show at the Barbican in a week or two and Kristen Hersh's new cd/book/whatchamacallit is very good so that should be a great show. 15:31 on Saturday July 10 2010 - n

Jörg

si - thanks for the link. So Fire Records is really serious about that. Wow, hats off! Hope they have enough breath (or rather bread) to keep the reissue series up until the Blacky Ranchette section is reached (still tbc says press release below). Heartland would be on the top of my reissue wishlist (there has never been a proper, complete CD-version as far as I know), hopefully with liner notes , extra tracks and all. In my book one of the best records ever made, by anyone. Listened to it again recently & thought this is like Nashville Skyline and Highway 61 Revisited rolled into one. 05:02 on Saturday July 10 2010

richard

juat seen that the special guests at the barbican show are none other than howe gelb and a band of gypsies 11:22 on Friday July 9 2010 - hi tide

si

well, the news is there on the fire records website, so it sounds pretty official: http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=news&artistid=307 i don't know if this is a brave or foolhardy undertaking, but it's pretty wonderful and dizzying news! i wonder how they'll tackle it? will there be the full cd/vinyl/download options? and how heavy will that giant sand box set eventually be??? who knows, but exciting times ahead.... 08:52 on Friday July 9 2010 - uk

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