The Church ‎Hindsight 2LP 1987 Oz compilation (damaged sleeve)

 

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Original Australian pressing on Parlophone

 

This two-disc collection is a perfect introduction to the Church for new fans, given all the many singles collected from Of Skins and Heart up through Heyday, along with an album cut or two. As an overview of the band's evolution from catchy postpunk pop to its own thrilling musical recipe, along with some amusing liner notes from Kilbey song per song, it's a definite winner. But hardcore fans will want this collection as well for an even stronger reason -- the inclusion of many B-sides not collected anywhere else. Ranging from the randomly goofy to the sublime, they give a great peek into the band's diversions and experiments over its first few years. A clutch of B-sides from the Blurred Crusade era helps close out the first disc, including the thrashy, semi-surf touched "Fraulein," with some neat vocals (background) supporting Kilbey, and the slightly cinematic instrumental "The Golden Dawn," strings and/or keyboards helping out along the way. The rarities on the second disc are also an intriguingly mixed bag, starting with the Sing-Songs EP cut "The Night is Very Soft," a mysterious, slightly strange number. "Autumn Soon" has Koppes doing a quick but atmospheric sitar/guitar melody, though fighting through a slightly murky mix, while Koppes himself takes the quietly moody (and more than slightly echoed) lead vocals on "As You Will," a smart and brisk number. Willson-Piper gets a vocal lead himself with "The View," while the rarities wrap up with "Trance Ending," a nice blend of Middle Eastern percussion, vaguely Spanish guitar and sweet synthesizer.

 

 

The Unguarded Moment       

In A Heartbeat             

Too Fast For You        

Tear It All Away          

Sisters              

Is This Where You Live

              

Almost With You        

Fraulein           

You've Got To Go        

The Golden Dawn      

Life Speeds Up             

When You Were Mine

              

Electric Lash

The Night Is Very Soft            

Autumn Soon               

It's No Reason             

Someone Special        

A Month Of Sundays

              

Shadow Cabinet         

As You Will     

Myrrh

The View         

Trance Ending             

Tantalized

 

 

CONDITION:

 

SLEEVE: VG—  One corner has been chewed (!) off; promo sticker; one inner sleeve missing

 

RECORDS: Rec 1 is VG++. Some scuffs; Rec 2 is NM

 

 

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