News Round Up
August 2003
Welcome to another page that collects together all the europeans and how we live
references, that I have come across in the last year or so. Again, due
to long list here (I was saving them up for such a page!) I have put them all
together here rather than clog up the News page. |
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AEIOU
Telephone Address Book |
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A rare Europeans
AEIOU Telephone Address Book recently came up for auction on the pages
at www.ebay.co.uk. The item was
won by fellow Euros
/ HWL fan Gina Achord who was kind enough to send me
some scans for the website. The book is adorned with images from the
AEIOU 12" cover and characteristic Daevid Western scrawl. It was
apparently given out free as a promotional item. |
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Click here to see the Front Cover / Back Cover / Inside |
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A&M
Records website |
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The splendidly named Leslie J Pfenninger has
set up a website / database containing details about the europeans' label, A&M
Records. The site boasts
"mini-biographies of the artist's career history on A&M Records,
followed by topics in the database with the number of entries in the database
today." The Europeans' page can be found at : http://www.onamrecords.com/artists/detail/Europeans. This page lists that there is 1 collectible
item in the database, 5 US Discography items, 20 International
Discography listings and 1 bibliography reference. However,
to view the actual entries, you have to buy an 'artist report', i.e a
downloadable pdf file. In the interests of completeness, I ordered a
full artist report for europeans. The site asks that I don't distribute the contents for
free, but I can report that there really isn't anything in there that hasn't
been documented here before... with the exception of a small picture of the
one collectible mentioned, a promo poster for the 1983 US Tour, which
itself can be viewed at :http://www.onamrecords.com/gallery/view/Europeans.
The site is being updated by the day, and Leslie has told me that
there are definitely more europeans items to come. Watch this space! |
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'Separated
Out' book |
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A decent Marillion biography has been long overdue, so Jon Collins' 'Separated Out - The Complete Marillion History 1979-2002' has been very well received. The book is very readable and contains lots of recollections from band members and fans alike. Europeans and How We Live are given very good coverage in an appendix on the members' previous projects (3+ pages including a few new comments from Steve and Colin Woore plus quotes from this website, and a full discography). The book is published by 'Helter Skelter' and is available from most UK Bookshops, and via the band's website at www.marillion.com . |
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Visit the 'Separated Out' book website at : http://www.separatedout.com |
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'Separated
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Marillion's
last album 'Anoraknophobia' contained a song called 'Separated Out'
that appears to have been written about the legendary HWL Edinburgh Playhouse
incident! Steve Hogarth explains: "It's loosely about a bad dope-eating experience I had
with How We Live at Edinburgh Playhouse (16/09/86). We'd had
this really long boring drive from Manchester and I'd made the mistake of
eating a sizeable chunk of resin at 2.00 in the afternoon. Now the thing
about eating that stuff is that nothing happens for two or three hours, so
you eat a bit more. By soundcheck I had officially left the planet and by
show time at 8.00 that night I had lost my memory completely and didn't know
any of the songs. The place was sold out and Colin Woore's mum and dad
were in the audience to see him play for the first time in his ten year
career - Nightmare, all round really. So the song is based upon that feeling
of isolation, terror and generally being at odds with the rest of
humanity." (Read
the full interview at: http://www.dprp.vuurwerk.nl/specials/marillion/h.htm) |
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Record
Round Up 2003 |
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Over the past year or so, I have managed to get my hands
on yet more Europeans
and How We Live
records. It really does surprise me that there is so much out
there! Many, many thanks to Andre Rostek, Simon Buckmaster, Paul Norris
& the many traders on ebay for these items: Europeans
- BBC Radio 'In Concert' 1983 CD-R
Europeans
- 'Captured on Chrome' Cassette
Europeans
- Recurring Dreams Cassette
How We
Live - Dry Land Test Pressing
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