Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:27:27 +0100 From: Andrew Norman (nja@LEICESTER.AC.UK) Subject: Re: TOP COCTEAU TWINS ALBUM Another Reason to Cut Off an Ear wrote: [Remixed "Wax and Wane"] > > If it was ANYONE, it would have been either the band or Ivo. Maybe > back in 1982 or maybe early 1983 the band would have let someone else > do it, but I doubt anyone but THEY would have remixed "Wax and Wane" > in 1985. By that time, the band were pretty much in control of most > of what they did in the studio. Ivo could have done it though, since > he was co-producer when "Wax and Wane" was originally recorded. Both "Garlands" and "The Pink Opaque" have Ivo and the Twins credited with producing that song. I can't quite remember why I think this, but I was under the impression that Ivo had remixed it with no involvement from the band. I do clearly remember that Robin dismissed TPO as "a K-tel album for the Yanks", a compilation of early stuff that Americans probably wouldn't have heard before, but which British fans shouldn't be too interested in (despite the fact that "Millimillenary" was only previously available on a tape). This was during the period when he would regularly slag off "Treasure", their most recent album and most people's favourite, so I'd take those comments with a pinch of salt. > > Does anyone else agree with me that the version of "Aikea-Guinea" > on The Pink Opaque sounds fuller and more clear than the original? > Sounds identical to me - I fished out TPO and the boxed singles last night specifically to make this comparison, and ended up listening to most of the EPs. Thanks! Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:23:33 -0700 From: Jens Alfke (jens@MOOSEYARD.COM) Subject: Re: TOP COCTEAU TWINS ALBUM In fact TPO in 1985 was the first Cocteau Twins thing to be released in the US (on Relativity) as well as the first CD release anywhere. As far as I can tell there had been basically zero word of the Cocteau Twins in the US until then; they were pretty much unknown. After TPO there were several reviews/articles in the US press (including a brief review in People, if you can believe that...) --Jens