5AD: The Rest of Request

Fellow blogger Mooz requested Various - Shaving the Pavement

This is one I didn't have. 

I reached out to friends & thanks to Reb Jukebox & Cosmas, here it is in glorious FLAC. This was a compilation of 4AD artists. The cassette was given out at the "Shaving the Pavement" tour, spring 1996. 

 

Various - Shaving the Pavement cassette, 4AD PRO_C8096, 1996.
all decryption codes in comments

Side A -
Ladykillers
Tinkerbell - Lush
Where is the Love
Mercy (KCRW acoustic) - Mojave 3
Screaming
You Said (Electric version) _ Scheer

Side B -
Team Player - Liquorice
Small Heads - Lisa Germano
The Devil _ Heidi Berry
ESP Summer _ His Name is Alive
Halfway to Madness - Tarnation
Pacer - The Amps

 

 

 

 

Not a request but a suggestion from DownUnderground. Great fellow blogger that deserves these next three... 

 

Lush - Spooky, 4AD cad2002cd, 1992.

Stray   
Nothing Natural   
Tiny Smiles   
Covert   
Ocean   
For Love   
Superblast!   
Untogether   
Fantasy   
Take   
Laura   
Monochrome

 

 

 

 

Lush - Ladykillers CD1, 4AD BAD6002CD, 1996.

Ladykillers
Matador
Ex
Dear Me (Miki's 8-track home demo)

 

 

 

 

Lush - Ladykillers CD2, 4AD BADD6002CD, 1996.

Ladykillers
Heavenly
Carmen
Plums & Oranges

 

 

 

 

 

Longtime Frenz of NSS Five Guns West requested Throwing Muses - The Fat Skier.

For this vinyl, A side is 33rpms while B side is 45 rpms. Also, the version of "Soul Soldier" here is a different version from the one on their self-titled release.

Here's my best shot...

 

 

Throwing Muses - The Fat Skier mini-album, 4AD MAD706, 1987.

a -
Garoux des Larmes   
Pools in Eyes   
A Feeling   
Soap & Water   
And a She-Wolf after the War   
You Cage   

b -
Soul Soldier

 

 

 

 

 

Last one, made it just under the wire. Brian requested some 4AD Wolfgang Press which can be found here & here or one somewhere in this mess. But here's the Xymox - Blind Hearts 12" request.

 

 

 

Xymox - Blind Hearts 12", 4AD BAD711, 1987.

Side A-
Blind Hearts
A Million Things

Side B -
Scum (Dance mix)

 

 

 

 

 

Oops!

Jonder dropped his request after-hours, but because he's a personal friend of mine, I'm going to make this exception...

 

 

His Name is Alive - Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth, 4AD CAD2101CD, 2001.

Nothing Special   
Interlude   
Happy Blues
Solitude
Write My Name in the Groove   
Your Cheating Heart   
Our Last Affair   
One Year   
Interlude   
Karins Blues   
Are We Still Married   
Some Day My Blues Will Cover the Earth   
Last Time

bonus track -
Some Day My Blues Will Cover the Earth (Ectomorph Electro Storm mix)

 

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

3AD: Vaughan Oliver's Favorite Cover Art

One of the unique features of the 4AD catalogue was the beautiful cover artwork on their releases. If the 4AD sound was instantlt recognisable, so was the cover art of their line of output. 

 

Many of the best covers were the works of 23 Envelope. This is the name given to the partnership between graphic designer Vaughan Oliver (v23) & photographer/filmmaker Nigel Grierson from 1983-1988 although Vaughan contributed artwork much later. They artistically created a distinct visual identity for the label 4AD through their record sleeve designs for bands on the 4AD roster. 

 

In an article, Vaughan named these as some of his favorites...

 

Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox, 4AD CAD503, 1985
all decryption codes in comments

Tracklist Side -
A Day
No Words
Stumble & Fall
Cry in the Wind

Info Side -
Stranger
Equal Ways
7th Time
No Human Can Drown

 

 

 

 

Colourbox - Colourbox, 4AD CAD508, 1985.

Side 1 -
Sleepwalker
Just Give ‘em Whiskey
Say You
The Moon is Blue
Inside Informer

Side 2 -
Punch
Suspicion
Manic
You Keep Me Hanging On
Arena

 

 

 

 

Various - Lonely is an Eyesore, 4AD CAD703, 1987.

Side A -
Hot Doggie - Colourbox
Acid, Bitter, & Sad - This Mortal Coil
Cut the Tree - The Wolfgang Press
Fish - Throwing Muses
Frontier - Dead Can Dance

Side B -
Crushed - Cocteau Twins
No Motion - Dif Juz
Muscoviet Mosquito - Clan of Xymox
The Protagonist - Dead Can Dance

 

 

 

 

Throwing Muses - House Tornado, 4AD CAD802, 1988.

side one -
Colder
Mexican Women
River
Juno
Marriage Tree
Run Letter

side two -
Saving Grace
Drive
Downtown
Giant
Walking in the Dark

 

 

 

 

Ultra Vivid Scene - Ultra Vivid Scene, 4AD CAD809, 1988.

side one -
She Screamed
Crash
You Didn’t Say Please
Lynn-Marie #2
Nausea
Mercy Seat
A Dream of Love

side two -
Lynn-Marie #1
This isn’t Real
The Whore of God
Bloodline
A Kiss & a Slap
How Did it Feel
Hail Mary

 

 

 

 

Pixies - Doolittle, 4AD CAD905, 1989.

Monkey Side -
Debaser
Tame
Wave of Mutilation
I Bleed
Here Comes Your Man
Dead
Monkey Gone to Heaven

Other Side -
Mr. Grieves
Crackity Jones
La La Love You
Number 13 Baby
There Goes My Gun
Hey
Silver
Gouge Away

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. 

 

Next up: 3AD part 2

Enjoy,
NØ