Television Personalities - Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out (Vinyl)
Television Personalities - Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out: The Television Personalities Radio Sessions (1980-1993) available on Ltd Double Black Vinyl inc. liner notes, DL card + bonus tracks.
This new collection brings together classic radio sessions from Television Personalities, the masters of DIY post-punk and indie pop. Featuring two 80s BBC sessions that aired on John Peel and Andy Kershaw, along with a super rare 1992 WMBR set, this double LP features covers of Buzzcocks, The Raincoats and Daniel Johnston with previously unreleased songs and a bonus download WFMU session from 1993.
“Catchy hooks and schoolboy wit are in abundant supply.” Pitchfork
The Television Personalities’ splendid DIY skills and loveable ramshackle persona led them on many a subversive trip both on record and playing live. But it was the radio that first introduced them to the world in a whirlwind of repeated spins. John Peel let outsiders everywhere tune in to their altered world. And, at the height of punk they parodied the new revolution, their single ‘Part Time Punks’ becoming a Peel staple, and the clamour to hear more eventually resulting in a session in 1980.
‘Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out’ captures this pilgrim’s progress to pop nirvana, a psychedelic wonderland shaded by dark and brooding memories, all played out through a crackling transistor radio secreted under the pillow so that these sketches of society remain perfectly personal, a direct line into Dan’s psyche.
Tracklist:
A1 Look Back In Anger (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A2 Picture Of Dorian Gray (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A3 Le Grande Illusion (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A4 Silly Girl (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
B1 Paradise Is For The Blessed (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B2 My Conscience Tells Me No (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B3 Salvador Dali’s Garden Party (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B4 I Still Believe In Magic (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
C1 Goodnight Mister Spaceman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C2 How does It Feel To Be Loved (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C3 I Get Frightened Too (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C4 Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C5 Gypsy Woman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D1 She's A Virgin And A Whore (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D2 Why Can't I Touch It (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D3 All My Dreams Are Dead (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D4 Wandering Minds (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D5 Three Wishes (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
Download Only Bonus Tracks:
1 Everything She Touches Turns to Gold (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
2 No-One's Little Girl (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
3 My Very First Nervous Nervous Breakdown (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
4 Honey I Sure Miss You (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
5 February (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
6 The Silly Things Lovers Do (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
Television Personalities - Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out: The Television Personalities Radio Sessions (1980-1993) available on Ltd Double Black Vinyl inc. liner notes, DL card + bonus tracks.
This new collection brings together classic radio sessions from Television Personalities, the masters of DIY post-punk and indie pop. Featuring two 80s BBC sessions that aired on John Peel and Andy Kershaw, along with a super rare 1992 WMBR set, this double LP features covers of Buzzcocks, The Raincoats and Daniel Johnston with previously unreleased songs and a bonus download WFMU session from 1993.
“Catchy hooks and schoolboy wit are in abundant supply.” Pitchfork
The Television Personalities’ splendid DIY skills and loveable ramshackle persona led them on many a subversive trip both on record and playing live. But it was the radio that first introduced them to the world in a whirlwind of repeated spins. John Peel let outsiders everywhere tune in to their altered world. And, at the height of punk they parodied the new revolution, their single ‘Part Time Punks’ becoming a Peel staple, and the clamour to hear more eventually resulting in a session in 1980.
‘Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out’ captures this pilgrim’s progress to pop nirvana, a psychedelic wonderland shaded by dark and brooding memories, all played out through a crackling transistor radio secreted under the pillow so that these sketches of society remain perfectly personal, a direct line into Dan’s psyche.
Tracklist:
A1 Look Back In Anger (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A2 Picture Of Dorian Gray (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A3 Le Grande Illusion (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
A4 Silly Girl (John Peel Session 20.08.80)
B1 Paradise Is For The Blessed (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B2 My Conscience Tells Me No (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B3 Salvador Dali’s Garden Party (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
B4 I Still Believe In Magic (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)
C1 Goodnight Mister Spaceman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C2 How does It Feel To Be Loved (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C3 I Get Frightened Too (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C4 Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
C5 Gypsy Woman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D1 She's A Virgin And A Whore (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D2 Why Can't I Touch It (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D3 All My Dreams Are Dead (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D4 Wandering Minds (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
D5 Three Wishes (WMBR Session 02.04.92)
Download Only Bonus Tracks:
1 Everything She Touches Turns to Gold (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
2 No-One's Little Girl (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
3 My Very First Nervous Nervous Breakdown (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
4 Honey I Sure Miss You (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
5 February (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
6 The Silly Things Lovers Do (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)
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