"In your smile there are many a ways to cut the pain."
The first single pulled from Mazzy Star's presumptive swan song (pun intended), Among My Swan, was "Flowers in December," a lovely country-tinged ballad that features Hope Sandoval on harmonica. The single was released in two parts in the UK, with each part featuring two non-LP tracks. The highlight of Part I is "Hair and Skin" written by Dan Stuart whose band, Green on Red, was a mainstay of the Paisley Underground scene. The song is a dark psych-rock slow-burner that hearkens back to the pre-Mazzy Opal days. Part II's highlight is "Had a Thought," a simple, straightforward acoustic song featuring one of Hope's livelier vocals. While not essential by any means, non-LP tracks were a rare commodity with this band, so it's nice to hear them work their magic in a slightly less polished context.
Flowers in December EP: Part I
1. Flowers in December (4:56)
2. Tell Your Honey (4:31)
3. Hair and Skin (3:42)
Flowers in December EP: Part II
1. Flowers in December (4:56)
2. Ride It On (Live) (3:09)
3. Had a Thought (2:24)
thank you man!!
ReplyDeleteneedless to say that all other mazzy star post are great(for sure better than this), but as I never had the chance to buy this one it was my missing piece.
some day I 'll requite your little gifts voix...
ranxerox, you're welcome! I have some more obscure Mazzy stuff coming, including some bootlegs
ReplyDeleteThanks (the second time ...)!! I haven't heard any of their EPs yet ... Did they record a lot? And (excuse the direct question...) will you post them?
ReplyDeleteReally looking forwart to the bootlegs. You don't happen to have a recording of the copenhagen 2000 show, do you? ;)
ReplyDeleteIssi, aside from the three albums, there is precious little from Mazzy Star. I have all of their studio recordings and have posted everything except for a few more items. I have some live bootlegs, which I will post very soon. There a rare Hope Sandoval solo demo from the late eighties (MP3), which I will post, and then of course all Hope's Warm Inventions material.
ReplyDeleteAnon. the boots I'm planning on posting are from the early nineties, but I'll look around for the later show
ReplyDeletehi viox, mazzy-sandoval stuff are always a welcome. looking forward to the others. gracias!
ReplyDeletemarioscafe, did the re-up of "So Tonight" unzip for you?
ReplyDeleteThank you for these rare gifts. I have all the proper albums from back in the 90s but I have never come across these before.
ReplyDeleteAnon. more surprises are looming in your future
ReplyDeleteThanks voixautre. And I quote "No time for the old in-out, love, I’ve just come to read the meter."
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of excellent unreleased Mazzy songs out there, a whole album's worth. There are 7 rare songs Mazzy performed on their 2000 European tour found in a well-recorded Copenhagen concert. Also,a 1990 concert, live at Woody's NYC, has 4 never released rarities.
ReplyDeleteThere are some rare covers out there too, such as Mazzy doing Bo Diddley's "Mona", at The Mint, LA, a song I believe Hope first heard on the Rolling Stone's first album (UK version)
-All songs mentioned above are available at You Tube.
Thanks Bobb999, any chance that you have these in FLAC???
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like the link works any longer. Any chance you can use a different site than Megaupload since it was seized by the gov? This album is impossible to find and I'd really appreciate it!
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