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Records we bought 2011

Artist/Band - Album - Record label - City where it was bought

CS

Spiritualized- Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Dedicated) - Glasgow

Music From Twin Peaks (Jet O) - Paris

///TENSE\\\ - Memory+ (Desire Records) - Paris

Hans Edler - Jukebox Grafitti (Europe Record) - Gift

CD

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Rolling Stones Songbook (DECCA) Glasgow

Broadcast and The Soft Focus - Witch Cult of The Radio Age (WARP/Ghost Box) Paris

Thai Pop Spectactular (Sublime Frequencies) Glasgow

12" / LP

Talulah Gosh - Double live Gonzo 69 (53rd & 3rd, AGARR 8T) - Stockholm

The Slits - The Peel Session (Strange Fruit Records / BBC Records & Tapes) - Stockholm

The Smiths - The Peel Session (Strange Fruit Records / BBC Records & Tapes) - Paris

The Field Mice - Coastal (Sarah Records, 606) -Paris

Heavenly - Heavenly vs. Satan (Sarah Records, 603) - Paris

Bikini Kill - Reject All Amercian (Kill Rock Stars) - Paris

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars) - Paris

The Pastels - Suck on (Creations Records) - Orléans

Dolly Mixture - Remember This (For Us Records) - Glasgow

Chain & The Gang - Music is not for everyone (K Records) - Glasgow

The Slits - Cut (Island Records)- Glasgow

Nancy & Lee - The hits of Nancy & Lee (Reprise Records) - Glasgow

X-ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (EMI Records) - Glasgow

Patrick Fitzgerald - Grubby Stories (Small Wonder Records) - Glasgow

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (Capitol Records/EMI) -Glasgow

Vivian Girls - Share The Joy (Polyvinyl) - Glasgow

Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty (EMI) Paris

Ramones - End Of The Century (Sire Records) Glasgow

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Voices Of Wonder) Glasgow

Jad Fair - I Like It When You Smile (Paperhouse) Orléans

Tristram Cary - It's Time For Tristram Cary (Trunk) Paris

Crass - Penis Envy (Crass Records) Paris

Electric Wizard - Black Masses (Rise Above) Paris

The Feelies - The Good Earth (Coyote) Orléans

Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - A Retrospective (1977-81) (Rough Trade) Paris

Muscle Of Joy - Muscle Of Joy LP (Waits Of Goodwill) Gift

Stereolab - Peng! (Too Pure) Paris
Olivier Messiaen - 3 Petites Liturgies (Erato) Paris

Wire - 154 (EMI) Paris

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream (Polydor) Glasgow

Fad Goadget - Incontinent (Mute) Glasgow

Candlemass - Nightfall (Axis) Glasgow

7"

Velocity Girl - Seven Seas (Heaven Records) - Gift

Confetti - Haberdasher EP (Heaven Records) - Gift

Blueboy - Bikini (Aquavinyle Records) -Gift

Bouquet - Before I die (Aquavinyle Records) - Gift

Talulah Gosh - Steaming train - Limited edition of 500, Record Store Day 2011 (Damaged Goods) - Glasgow

The Pastels - Comin' Through (Glass Records) - Stockholm

Brighter - Half-hearted (Sarah Records, 56) - Stockholm

Shop Assistants - All day long (Subway Organisation label) - Stockholm

Vivian Girls - I heard you say ( Polyvinyl Record CO.) - Glasgow

Golden Grrrls - New Pop (Nightschool Records) - London

Gummy Stumps - Gummy Srumps First EP (Watts of Godwill) - London

Shonen Knife - Sweet Christmas (Damnably) - Paris

Terror Bird - Outside (Nightschool Records) - London

Nancy Sinatra - Jackson (Distributed by disques Vogue) - Gift

The Rollin Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home (DECCA) - Orléans

Jacques Dutronc - Les Play Boys (disques Vogue) - GIft

Monks - Pretty Suzanne (Red Lounge Records) - Paris

Patrik Fitzgerald - Improve myself (Small Wonder Records) - Stockholm

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Egyptian Reggae (Beserkley Records) - Paris

Elli et Jacno - Oh lá lá (CellulOid) - Gift

Josef K - It´s kinda funny (Postcard Records of Scotland) - Stockholm

Fuzzbox - What´s the point (WEA Records) - Orléans

Chain & The Gang - Privilege (K Records) - Glasgow

Chain & The Gang - Cry, Cry, Cry (K Records) - Glasgow

Patrik Fitzgerald - Backstreet Boys (Small Wonder Records) - Glasgow

Elliott Smith - Pretty (ugly before) (Suicide queers Records) - Paris

Elliott Smith - Division day (Suicide queers Records) - Paris

The Voice Of East Harlem -No, No, No/Right On, Be Free (Elektra) -Paris

Nico & The Invisible Girls - Procession (1/2 Records) - Glasgow

Josef K- Sorry For Laughing/Révélation (Postcard/Les Disques Du Crepuscule) -Paris
Jacno- Rectangle (Celluloid) - Paris

Jacques Dutronc - Un Disques Maxi (Disques Vogues) - Orléans

Orchestre National de Mauritanie - Kamlat/La Mone (Reissue Mississipi) - Paris

Minor Threat - Salad Day (Discord) - Glasgow

Divorce - Wet Bandit (Gravy Records) - Paris

Ym says:

Like you can see, not many record this year. Obviously it was a tough year for us, with a chronical lack of money. But to be fair, it was either a really interresting years. Execpt for Golden Grrrls, Divorce and Muscule Of Joy (and the rest of Nightschool), not a lot of good records were out this years. And most of stuffs I have been listening, outside of the Tasteles Squad (Death In June, Current 93, Derniere Volonte and Sol Invictus) been found in such wonderful blog like Toys & Technics, The Cottage Of Electric Hell, Holy Warbles (RIP), Ghost Capital. So a lots of fucked up world music, weird pop librairies, DIY electronics, various radiophonics and a few early XX century/post-impressionist music. The side effect of digging too far into Trunks, Sublime Frequencies and Ghost Box.

Also lots of Tumblr music, stuffs like the beautiful retro cyber goth witchian ballad △AIMON, the Afro-American Stereolab-like Jet Age Of Tomorrow, the WH Uffie HVCCI GVCCI, the wizards of doom post Berlin School Silver Strains, the sick post rave †‡†'s Ghetto Ass Witch, the post-Dubstep ▲NGST (and most of Tundra's records actually), the space disco Moroder style Stalllengrad, some stuffs from ODDOT are also worth checking.

For the rest (after all, a year is looooong!) a massive rediscovery of Coil and Uncle Sleasy (RIP again, mate) and his moving last project, the slow, spiritual and touching The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. YM

Di says:

I must say that Vivian Girls did a great year 2011. Their album Share The Joy is amazing! I saw them live once during the year in Glasgow and did a interview with Cassie Ramone (featured in the latest zine). As well they released the 7" I heard you say which include one of my fav songs I won´t be long. Otherwise I really enjoyed the Glasgow scene with bands like Gummy Stumps, Palms and Golden Grrrls. Nightschool Records have done some great releases as well. And not to forget, the great Ian Svenonius and the chain gang. DI

This list will be updated....

woopsi...

Ok, yesterday I read a bit in issue 3 and I just noticed quite a few mistakes (not only spelling and grammar) but other things, for exampel; John B McKenna haven´t been living in Glasgow for the past three days, but for the past three years. I guess that´s obvious! So for the next issue I think we need someone with good eyes for mistakes. Anyone? Of course you will get a free issue! x

3 x Glasgow

Gummy Stumps (featured in the latest issue of WIAL), just released a split vinyl with another Glasgow band. You can listen to the album here and as well, check out the Winning Sperm Party.

Three girls doing some kickass music! Just waiting for some recordings now. So for the moment, listen to this track

Golden Grrrls, a three piece band. 7" (pictured above) released on Night School Records (London). The drummer is amazing! Listen to them here (and don´t forget to buy the 7"!).

WIAL issue 3

Working in a Legend issue 3 is dedicated to Glasgow and DIY. With a help from Colin Stewart, Rob Churm and Stereo café bar this issue was possible. Thank you guys, you rock!

This issue contain inteviews with Ghostbox, Vivian Girls, Gummy Stumps, Nightschool Records, Richie Wohlfiel and John B McKenna.

Artwork is by Rob Churm (cover and inside poster) and Colin Stewart (inside pictures).

You can pick up a copy for £1 at Monorail in Glasgow. And also they will be for sale in Paris France, Detroit US and Sweden. So if you are not able to pick one up in Glasgow, feel free to contact us; workinginalegend@googlemail.com and we can sort it out.

Thank you and keep up the good work! X

Outtake by Mistake: Interview with Michael Kasparis (Nightschool Rec/Please/The Lowest Form)

Basically my mistake; I sent an old version of the interview to Diana who was in charge of the printing. See it as a complement/teaser to the print.

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Do you think you will release some of your project (Please, The Lowest Form, your solo stuff) on your label or do you feel embarrassed by this kind of attitude?

Um, its a weird one. The Lowest Form probably not as we started our label to release stuff (LOW Recordings). One of my favourite things about doing a label is mouthing of about other people's music. It's the ultimate fandom. Even though I love my own music I can never tell anyone else how great it is. Please as a band are the worst self-promoters I've ever come across. So anything I'd write about a Please release is gonna sound really humble and it'll probably defeat the object. So I'll say "no" and probably release a please thing in a couple of months.

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Over 10 years, I had the impression major labels (Warner, Universal, etc) signed/promoted less and less of rock-ish inspired act (even succeful act like Franz Ferdinand or Animal Collective) for more and more hip hop/R'nB group, leaving big indie labels acting as major (Mute, Rough Trade, Domino, 4AD) and label like yours or Upset The rhythm becoming the next indie.

Do you think it's a side-effect of 'illegal' downloading or because of rock scene is becoming a niche-market like jazz or classical can be?

Well firstly I don't really know what goes on in the charts really. I know that majors still sign rock acts and make money off them: kings of leon, glasvegas, vaccines etc. These acts still appeal to a demographic that buys things. The bigger indie labels act exactly in the same way as majors for the most part and it can be boiled down to trying to sell as many records as they can. UTR or NS aren't any different really, we're just releasing less popular music!! We'd all like to think that the indies care about the artists more than the "nasty majors" but who knows? I've met people who work for major labels that are lovely, enthusiastic people. I've met people who work for big indies or who run labels the size of night school who are absolute wankers. Personally I don't stigmatize anything because its on a major or whatever but I know people who do and that's totally understandable. To actually answer your question I think cd revenues are fucked because of downloads yes. This is a problem for the majors and big indies. I'm not going to be blowing any minds to suggest that the 'market' is splitting up like how you're suggesting. Majors will have to find new ways of making money because people just aren't consuming the most popular music the same way they were 15 years ago. The indie labels, like NS, are different because we produce things which a niche market desire and that shows no sign of stopping.

What are the chance of survival for small indie label in what becoming a collector market?

By their nature a lot of indie labels do small runs and if they're desirable then the price will go up, once you can't get them from the label. The collector's market is really volatile and not something indie labels themselves are particularly aggressive about, to my knowledge. I think as long as the industry exists in its current form there will always be collectors and ebayers picking at the remains. I'm not sure anyone will ever pay 1000s of pounds for an indie release from the last 10 years the way they do for 70s prog private presses or whatever. Maybe I'm wrong... If anyone buys the Outside single for a 1000 quid in 10 years I won't complain.

Do you have to turn to CDR (like Disaro or Phantasma Disques) and tape (like Night People) to be able to survive the cost and keep going?What is the financial strategy of Nightschool Records (the first release pay for the second, and etc)?

Its a balancing act. Certain things are more profitable for sure, like CDrs and tapes. It costs a lot money to release a 7" in relation to how much you can expect back. This is why the APPEAL comp will be a tape, to make the most money for charity. The "bottom line" for me and I'm sure a lot of other labels is that if you sell out you've recouped and you go towards paying for the next release. Personally I've stopped accounting for the first two releases as the initial costs were so numerous and large it just got depressing haha. I don't regret a bit of it tho. When I saw the finished 7"s and thought of the money and time and effort from me and Gina Baber, who helped with the screening and designed the Terror Bird sleeve, I realised it was all worth it a thousand times over. Sorry if that sounds cheese-ball!

Some years ago, I saw one of the first gig of Please before a Trans Am gig. By then, you were sounding like a cross between out-of-rhythm epic heavy metal (think Rhapsody rather than Iron Maiden) and crashing pop post punk (somewhat Fire Engines)

I always wander what was intentional in that and what was pure "luck"

Haha yeah, that was our third gig. When we started Keeby and I were into a lot of noise, underground metal and prog. Rowland was the sole voice preventing us from turning into Orthrelm or something. We weren't that confident in ourselves so we did stuff that was more, uh, numbskull or something. Instead of doing something interesting we'd just turn the guitars up and throw our hair about. We didn't have a real idea of what we wanted. I suppose we still don't but we've grown a balanced chemistry, if I can sound pretentious for a minute. We all like different things and now it feels what we do is a total convergence of what we all like. Personally I don't think there was anything 'intentional' about sounding like a cross between Rhapsody and Fire Engines (good god!) nor anything particularly 'lucky.' Unlucky maybe. My one thing I took from that show was that a member of a well-known noise-pop group really laid into us on a forum about the shirt I was wearing. I'd only lived in London for two years and that was the sort of attitude I had expected from the real trend-lord types. The guy said something like the music was like my shirt, gaudy and disgusting. I've never recovered from this and still judge all my dress and music decisions on what that one guy said on a forum in 2007.

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YM

Night School Records

You should all visit our friend Michael´s label, Night School, and buy a copy of the cassette compilation, Appeal.

You will not only support a small run indie label, but also all the profit will go to the Japan red cross. So hurry up!

And if you live in London or by any chance is there the May 1st, you should go for the cassette launch. It´s an all day event with live music, bbq and beers. All for free! You can find more info at the home page.

xDi