06 April 2024

4AD: The Best of 4

Ivo Watts-Russell moved to Los Angeles in the mid 90s resulting in the label being largely run from California for the rest of that decade. Ivo sold 4AD in the late 90s to give himself time to further his interests in book publishing. Since then his involvement in 4AD has mostly been on a consultancy level, for catalogue releases. Ivo currently lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico with his dogs.

Here are some of my picks from 4AD up until the exit of Ivo. Let’s start with one he's in...

 

This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears, 4AD CAD411, 1984.
all decryption codes in comments


SIDE ONE -    
Kangaroo
Song to the Siren
Holocaust
Fyt
Fond Affections
The Last Ray


SIDE TWO -
Another Day
Waves Become Wings
Barramundi
Dreams Made Flesh
Not Me
A Single Wish

 

 

 

 

Cocteau Twins - Treasure, 4AD CAD412, 1984.
SIDE ONE -
Ivo    
Lorelei
Beatrix    
Persephone    
Pandora (for Cindy)
    
SIDE TWO -
Amelia    
Aloysius    
Cicely    
Otterley    
Donimo
 
 
 
 
 
this side -
De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow)
Ascension    
Circumradiant Dawn    
The Cardinal Sin
 
over -
Mesmerism    
Enigma of the Absolute    
Advent    
Avatar    
Indoctrination (A Design for Living)
 
 
 
 
Velvet Belly
The Jeweller
Ivy & Neet
Meniscus
Tears
Tarantula
My Father
Come Here My Love
At First, & Then
Strength of Strings
Morning Glory
Inch-Blue
I Want to Live
Mama K (1)
Filigree & Shadow
Firebrothers
Thaïs (1)
I Must Have Been Blind
A Heart of Glass
Alone
Mama K (2)
The Horizon Bleeds & Sucks its Thumb
Drugs
Red Rain
Thaïs (2)
 
 
 
 
Side A -        
Anywhere Out of the World    
Windfall    
In the Wake of Adversity    
Xavier
    
Side B -
Dawn of the Iconoclast    
Cantara    
Summoning of the Muse    
Persephone (The Gathering of Flowers)
 
 
 
 
 
Pixies - Surfer Rosa, 4AD CAD803, 1988.
Side One -
Bone Machine    
Break My Body    
Something Against You    
Broken Face    
Gigantic    
River Euphrates

Side Two -
Where is My Mind?    
Cactus    
Tony's Theme    
Oh My Golly!    
Vamos    
I'm Amazed    
Brick is Red
 
 
 
 
 
Way the World Is    
You Tear the World in Two    
Sea of Sound    
True Coming Dream    
Little Hammer    
Insubstantial    
A Deep Sleep for Steven    
Language of Flowers    
Fell from the Sun
Sight of You    
Time Thief
 
 
 
 
 

note: Because of the depth of the 4AD label & the length of time they have been around, I would like readers to chime in with any request they might have for anything I have not shared. If I have it I will share it in a final 4AD Requests post.

Enjoy,
NØ
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10 comments:

  1. NØ4/6/24, 12:03 AM

    This Mortal Coil - It’ll End in Tears
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    Cocteau Twins - Treasure
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    Dead Can Dance - Spleen & Ideal
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    This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow
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    Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
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    Pixies - Surfer Rosa
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    Pale Saints - The Comfort of Madness
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  2. Anonymous4/6/24, 11:38 AM

    Request for The Shroudettes – Victimized cassette thank you

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    1. NØ4/6/24, 1:08 PM

      Not on 4AD. Also, I don't have it. Maybe someone reading this will share.

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    2. NØ4/6/24, 9:51 PM

      check the third anonymous comment. A kind visitor shared a link to the Shroudettes, but be warned, it's on wetransfer so only good for a week. Grab it now if you want it.

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  3. Anonymous4/6/24, 1:49 PM

    Thanks again. Too bad there isn't a "coffee table" book (or is there?) of 4AD album art, giving history of the covers/pictures, etc.

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    1. NØ4/6/24, 9:56 PM

      Don't know about a book, but there's a great movie about 23Envelope the 4AD covers on Chewtube that Frenz of NSS Diego share on the second The Hope Blister post.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chmn0hjXSzw

      It's a great watch, & the reason I attempted this 4AD undertaking.

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  4. Anonymous4/6/24, 8:19 PM

    here's your shroudettes https://we.tl/t-sojKC7WmBB although i strongly suggest your time would be better spent listening to 'spleen and ideal'

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    1. NØ4/6/24, 9:52 PM

      Thanks for another share. Need a job that doesn't pay???

      As per Shroudettes, to quote mortis36 “Shroudettes...something which is more of a collector's item than it is a listenable experience, given the production quality of it is pretty low.”

      Dead Can Dance are top bongo, so don’t doubt the sentiment, but thanks for the share.

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  5. Anonymous4/6/24, 11:50 PM

    After a bit of thinking, it came back to me that originally discovered This Mortal Coil at a small record shop Go Boy Records in Redondo Beach, CA where I was living at the time. It must have been 1986 or 87. I was paging through the cds and the cover art of Filligree caught my eye. I asked the proprietor about the recording and he said that I'd like it. So I bought it without having any idea, Through that cd I learned of Dead Can Dance and the Cocteau Twins as well. A great discovery and a great day

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    1. NØ4/6/24, 11:58 PM

      Discovering new good music & artists is such a great feeling. Like love, I always remember the first time (that I heard that band or song or bought that unknown disc). Thanks for the memory share.

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