DEATH IN VEGAS The Contino Sessions V Rare Orig UK 1999 2LP set Deconstruction
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Death In Vegas
The Contino Sessions
Very Rare Original UK 2LP set released on Deconstruction Records in 1999. Comes in a Gatefold sleeve complete with printed inner sleeves.
The amount of hype that greeted this album upon release was notable even by U.K. press terms, leading to quite an unexpected amount of overall attention upon the band's second release. Justified? Not quite -- it's important to approach this album on its own terms, and on that level it's a good album, but not a great one. Claimed goals at being inspired by Primal Scream's Screamadelica aside, Contino doesn't achieve anything near the same sense of reach and sweep as that album did, not to releases like My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and other cited role models. The Richard Fearless/Tim Holmes combination here seems to restrict itself to production and arrangement, commissioning a variety of players, notably a key duo of guitarist Ian Button and bassist Mat Flint, to interpret their songs under their overall guidance. Button and Flint are quite good at what they do -- the two get to shine right at the start on the crawling build and freakout of "Dirge" -- but sometimes an overall mood is set without much being added to it. Slow, steady beats and breaks flesh out things reasonably enough. The band's ace in the hole lies with the series of guest vocalists, starting (perhaps unsurprisingly) with Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie. Jesus and Mary Chain singer Jim Reid, Scottish singer Dot Allison, and punk legend Iggy Pop also take a bow, the latter guesting on the album's undoubted highlight, the aggressive, energetic "Aisha." Perhaps the most interesting move, though, is on "Aladdin's Story," with the London Community Gospel Choir taking a bow in the same way they did with Spiritualized. At base, Contino is a reasonably entertaining and sometimes quite compelling combination of slower dance aesthetics translated into rock & roll terms and sounds. It just isn't the end of the world, that's all.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1 Dirge 5:43
2 Soul Auctioneer 6:00
Side Two
1 Death Threat 4:49
2 Flying 7:06
Side Three
1 Aisha 5:53
C 2 Lever Street 3:38
C 3 Aladdin's Story 4:44
Side Four
1 Broken Little Sister 5:49
2 Neptune City 4:43
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Released on Deconstruction Records in 1999
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Catalogue Number HARD 41 LP
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Record is in Ex ++ condition (couple of light surface marks from the inner sleeves)
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Sleeve is in Ex + condition (residue of sticker in top right corner)
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