Beau plays on Lionheart Radio...

Many thanks again to Chris McGranaghan for playing Beau on his “Influences” programme last night on Lionheart Radio – two tracks, actually; “Creation” from the original eponymous Dandelion album, and “Environment Knight Of The Puritan Woke” from the new “Bonfires Of The Soul”! 

And Chris, I agree; “Environment Knight…” is something of an ear-worm! 😊

Mark E Smith and Beau's "Creation"...

I’m sure, like me, you’ve wondered over time how Mark E Smith managed to maintain his street cred? Well, a December 1977 photoshoot from Mark E’s flat in Kevin Cummins’ 2022 book, “Telling Stories – Photographs Of The Fall”, reveals all!

We all judge people by their wall art, and here Mark E notably has on display the Beau “Creation” sleeve from ’71!

(Granted, he appears to have scrawled his Tesco shopping list across it, but you certainly can’t fault the man’s taste!)

Many thanks to Ian Green for flagging this one up!

Vinyl re-release of "Creation"...

Some interesting vinyl news!

The Italian Trading Places label have recently reissued the Beau 1971 “Creation” album on vinyl.
 
It’s been available in Europe for a few weeks now, but in the bizarre way Trading Places operate, it’s not slated for release in the USA and the rest of the world until Friday 27^th May (no, I don’t understand it either!).
 
However, it is literally listed all over the place – Google ‘Beau Creation “Trading Places”’ – including would you believe US supermarket chain, Walmart! I honestly didn’t think I was that middle-of-the-road!
 
One small but significant point; the album lists “sky dance (take one) (prev. unreleased on vinyl, 1972) as a “bonus”. First, this isn’t “take one” – it’s the original “sampler LP” release version of the track (which was in fact “take two”); and second, this take has by definition been previously released on vinyl, albeit way back in the mists of time.

 
Sadly, I had no input into the preparation of this issue. If I had, the mistake wouldn’t have occurred, but hey ho…
 
All that said, it’s a really nice presentation, a decent pressing on 180gm vinyl, and has an attractive custom label. All-in-all, an essential purchase I’d say, if you haven’t already got the album!
 
But then, I’m biased…
 
Enjoy!