Sold Date: January 9, 2024
Start Date: December 29, 2023
Final Price: $139.99 (USD)
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Saint Etienne 2023 Christmas Bundle. Brand new and factory sealed. These are the extremely limited editions which were only available directly from the Saint Etienne site for a very brief window before selling out completely. This Bundle includes the rarities collection ‘Built On Sand - Rarities 1994 - 1999’ 12” LP (Only 750 copies pressed on white vinyl with red splatter effect) and ‘Music For Hermione’ 10” (Only 650 copies pressed on red vinyl).

As an added bonus, I’m also including five extra CDR discs which contain the following rare, out of print fan club only albums “Eric Random” (12 Tracks), “I Love To Paint” (12 Tracks), “Asleep At The Wheels Of Steel” (10 Tracks), and “Nice Price!” (16 Tracks) in their entirety, as well as the out of print “Surrey EP”, “Surrey North” EP, and all of the bonus tracks which were included on the exclusive 2CD U.S. Tour Only Edition of the “Words and Music” album (10 Tracks). Also the “Xmas 20” and Xmas 21” EPs, and the entire “Glimpse of Stocking” album. These all comprise exclusive tracks that aren’t on any other Saint Etienne release

Both records are brand new, unopened and are shrink wrapped with download cards inside. Please see release details below.

Saint Etienne

'Built On Sand - Rarities: 1994-1999'

Side One

The Clothes Show

Suburban Autumn Lieutenant

Jaydip Pharmacy

Tomorrow Never Dies

Nazi Jaloux

Please

Keep Nothing

Side Two

Russian

Blofeld Buildings

Ken

Are We Gonna Be Alright

Andrew McCarthy

We're In The City

The Clothes Show (sad refrain)

Originally pressed on CD only and mailed to members of the Saint Etienne fan club for Christmas 1999, ‘Built On Sand’ gathered together 14 previously unreleased nuggets.

Highlights include Suburban Autumn Lieutenant, recorded by Etienne Daho as Le Baiser Francais; a pitch for a new theme to BBC TV's The Clothes Show; Tomorrow Never Dies, another pitch, this time for a Bond theme; and the minimal techno-pop Keep Nothing. There are also outtakes from Good Humor and Sound Of Water, unavailable anywhere else.

Now available on vinyl for the very first time, the new Foreign Office issue of ‘Built On Sand’ arrives in a glossy card sleeve with printed inner bag and digital download card.

Music For Hermione

Side One

1. Facets Of My Life

Side Two

2. Did She Fall Or Was She Pushed

The two new recordings featured on this limited edition 10” single were specially composed to soundtrack ‘Kingdom Of The Sick’, an animated film by renowned artist Andy Holden that accompanied his ‘Full of Days’ exhibition. This was a tribute to the unknown artist Hermione Burton, whose collected work Andy had found left in charity shops scattered across Bedfordshire. The exhibition was a highlight of the British Art Show at Manchester's Whitworth Gallery last year.

Sarah appears as the animated figure in the film, and her soft-spoken narration - as well as her inimatable vocals - feature on the A-side, 'Facets Of My Life'. She also narrates on the noirish, jazz-tinged B-side 'Did She Fall Or Was She Pushed'.

The gorgeous artwork is by Andy Holden himself. The music was recorded with the estimable Augustin Bousfield at Saltaire Studios.

Please see pictures. NOTE: The first picture which depicts what the vinyl and inner packaging looks like in this bundle is a stock photo and is for reference only as a visual example of the contents within the sealed records. The rest of the pictures are of the actual records for sale in this listing.

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Please note that these records are factory-sealed, I cannot therefore provide a description (both cosmetically or the playback quality of the vinyl itself) of the condition of the vinyl, inner sleeves, or download card within the sealed sleeve. Due to this, I cannot guarantee that the inner contents which are not visible to me will be free of any defects, cosmetic or otherwise. This is being sold as is.