The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

The thing that makes me doubtful is that with the recent re-issues there was nothing in any of the press releases about them being analogue, normally that means they are digital transfers.

Also looking up White Chalk in Discogs, it was mastered at LoudMastering.com looking at their website they ...

Does anyone know which PJ albums were originally recorded to analogue tape?

Im pretty sure Dry and Rid of Me are analogue but I don't know about the rest?

John Parish is very into analogue equipment but he does also work in digital.

50ftTeclo wrote:A video i found about Polly’s beautiful White Chalk dress!

Heres the link
https://youtu.be/MLbn3auMLPQ?t=720

I hope she has a good lawyer, still the publicity is well timed - financially she will probably get more sales and end up better off, as long as they dont lock her up for 6 months!

This interviews's a must read
http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-o ... ermit.html

"She’d briefly married a French photographer several years ago, for complicated reasons."

A couple more good interviews

Pitchfork
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NYT
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Great one, what do you think of the new tracks?

I'm trying not to listen to the streaming copies - waiting to get the real thing so I can play it properly, its been 7 years I can wait a couple more weeks.

Havent been able to resist watching the ...

A couple more good interviews

Pitchfork
http://www.pitchfork.com/features/inter ... ona-apple/

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/arts/ ... wheel.html

This may give you nightmares!


PJ - The Shining twins

Yes good connection, I can almost hear Polly reading this

Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit
Here one can neither stand not lie nor sit
There is not even silence in the mountains
But dry sterile thunder without rain
There is not even solitude in the mountains
But red sullen faces ...

or you could just buy a brand new copy for less money!

http://www.amazon.com/WHITE-CHALK-Vinyl ... 000VUDT02/

'Polly and the Billets Doux' that is, a great little new band, currently playing really small venues but I think they could really blow up in the next year or two, I've paid a lot of money to see major bands that werent half as talented as this lot.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... +Doux&aq=f

Worth catching if you get the chance

I just saw this book cover which looks so similar, I wonder if that was an influence somehow? its from 2006

Oh the Glory of It All
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143036912/

Heres an old pic of Victoria Beckham from around 1990, that has to be a PJ inspired haircut


more here
http://www.bezbrige.com/index.php/Inter ... ckham.html

gigsandtours.com gives me this


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Why are all the websites that sell concert tickets so universally rubbish? [grumble] [grumble]

I just hope they don't compress the shit out of it like they did with the last album!