Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Ripped from a vinyl album released on 4AD Records (CAD 412) in 1984 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. I want to finish the current run of 4AD posts (there are more to come soon) with a Cocteau Twins album. Drawn between a choice of three, I went for my favourite Treasure as it just sounds so incredibly lush and intricate, and really this album was made for vinyl. Okay, I know in 1984 it likely was but shame on anybody who listens to this as an mp3.
The record builds up beautifully through the tracks, each wrapped up in its own little space, each one evoking the memory of listening to them for the first time back in 1984 ....I am waffling again! Maybe it's an middle age thing, perhaps if I was in my late forties back in 1984 I would have heard Treasure differently. Many will be tempted to dive straight for Donimo, oh go on ...I'll let you, hang on...everybody does that don't they?
A1 Ivo
A2 Lorelei
A3 Beatrix
A4 Persephone
A5 Pandora (For Cindy)
B1 Amelia
B2 Aloysius
B3 Cicely
B4 Otterley
B5 Donimo
I am indebted to all those who have contributed to the blog with either donations of rips (no mp3s here) or readies (£s $s or euros). You are all helping keep the ESWA musical vaults open.
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Woo-hoo.
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When my friend taped his copy of the vinyl for me when it was released he referred to "Persephone" as 'Percy Phone'. Cruelly - but very necessarily - I have NEVER let him forget it.
Four of the tracks of course started life as a previous John Peel Session under their original, very different titles.
- Penguinflight
Just bought a signed copy of this last week.One of the all time great albums.Thanks again (saves me the job of making an inferior rip)
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ReplyDeleteAnd landmark in 4AD's history, and in music! I cherish my vinyl copy baught second hand back in 87. For some reason it has aged very nicely, whiwh is quite uncommon for 4AD's vinyl judging by others in my collection ;-) and, thank you dear blogmeister!
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Haven't listened to this for ages, but I wought dive straight for 'Ivo', if memory serves correctly ...
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