Comments on: “Bored Civilians” WAY Left of the Dial…

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:40:54 +0000

I guess I failed to mention that Kyle is one of my closest man-friends in the world. Proof? He’s got a tattoo of Elvin Bishop on his left inner thigh. He’s also the best guitar player I know (Kyle, not Elvin).

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:34:02 +0000

Jeez guys, it’s a small world in here. Same thing happened to me as did Rob. Was trying to find info about this, got here and saw reference to Kyle and the unamed rob. What a beautiful record this is.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:38:20 +0000

Just got a copy last night from my friend Greg (via Kyle, actually)–yeah, this record is a lost classic. Beautifully recorded, Dee Murray (in particular) really shines, and the songs are layered, fresh and sound like (really) they could have been written yesterday. In places, it’s got that sorta hermetically-sealed Richard Dashut style of production, in other places it has the same atmostpherics as Sister/Lovers or Paris 1919. I only stumbled onto this blog because I was rooting around for info on the album. Obviously, there’s not a lot out there.
For another lost classic, anyone ever heard Billy Nichols’ Would You Believe?

By: Pants Elk

Pants Elk — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:49:35 +0000

Playing as I type. Discovered it blogged somewhere about a month ago, and it’s been in pretty constant rotation (or equivalent) on my hard drive ever since. Stupid thing is, I remember passing this up SO many times back in the day I could have picked it up for nothing in the second-hand racks. TOTALLY inappropriate cover for such blissful, sunny music. Bad cover, bad name, bad title, FANTAAAAAAAAAASTIC music. One of those very few examples of Brits absolutely doing the Left Coast thing at least as well as the Merkins.
My vote for THE lost classic of all time. No contest.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:34:18 +0000

I think you can still pick up this gem at various places on the net and on ebay, til they release it here.

By: rob

rob — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:49:37 +0000

you know an album is way left of the dial, when you are still searching for it on vinyl, you google it, and one of the only hits you get refers to you yourself giving said item to your own friend kyle. that was me, indeed, that hit kyle with it. FUCK! where the HELL is my 12″ vinyl copy?!?! beautiful review my friend. it is one of the best albums i have ever come across either. now you need to start searching for downloads by “happy end,” the great japanese counterpart to these guys… the filth goes on forever. tell kyle that i’m still hung over from last saturday night.

By: Zac

Zac — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:04:30 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. This album is truly a lost classic, it anticipated in many ways what the legacy of 70’s rock was to be, and I find it hard to believe that with such a substantial community of record diggers out there that this one hasn’t been rediscovered (i.e. remastered on compact disc, written about in the back pages of MOJO, etc.), at least on any mass level.
Incidentally, there is an entry for the album on Amazon.com. It’s a Korean reissue that was put on very limited release, so of course they don’t have any copies available.

By: Kyle M

Kyle M — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:13:22 +0000

Boom!
http://rapidshare.com/files/29452783/newsun.zip.html