Dif Juz LP Extractions ‘85 4AD Vintage Indie Vinyl Robin Guthrie/Cocteau Twins

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Dif Juz LP Extractions ‘85 4AD Vintage Indie Vinyl 

Produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins

Mainly instrumental. Liz Fraser sings on one track, Love Insane. Really great.

Bought upon release. Still has the original cellophane sleeve. Listened to a few times and thrown on tape. Untouched for decades as I switched to disc. 

Original owner. Selling my record collection to pay off my student loans. Tough times..

Will combine shipping. Just ask for an invoice within 25 days of your winning bid. USA only as eBay doesn’t combine invoices for foreign shipments.

Tracklist

A1 Crosswinds 7:43 A2 A Starting Point 3:39 A3 Silver Passage 3:55 A4 The Last Day 4:01 B1 Love Insane Voice – Elizabeth Fraser Voice – Elizabeth Fraser 3:11 B2 Marooned 4:02 B3 Two Fine Days (And A Thunderstorm) 2:29 B4 Echo Wreck 4:37 B5 Twin And Earth 4:29

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ? – 4AD
• Copyright © – 4AD
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Recorded At – Palladium Studios
• Mixed At – Palladium Studios

Notes

Issued with a solid white glossy inner sleeve.

Recorded and mixed at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh, 6-20 April 1985.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): TOWNHOUSE MPO CAD 505 A¹
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): MPO CAD 505 B¹ TOWNHOUSE
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A British instrumental quartet, Dif Juz (a play on "different jazz") consisted of brothers Dave & Alan Curtis (both guitarists), bassist Gary Bromley and drummer/occasional sax player Richard Thomas. They released two seminal EPs; Huremics and Vibrating Air in 1981 on the then fledgling 4AD label. The band then departed 4AD for the label Red Flame in 1983 where they released an experimental mini LP Who Says So?, following this they toured extensively through 1984 and 1985 supporting Cocteau Twins and Wolfgang Press before returning to 4AD to record their first full-length LP Extractions which featured contributions by Cocteau Twins Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) and Robin Guthrie (production). Shortly thereafter Dif Juz were introduced to Jamaican dub innovator Lee Perry and served as his backing band for a series of shows before eventually attempting to make a record together. The five tracks that were recorded - including a nine-minute version of "The Mighty Quinn" - never quite gelled, despite Robin Guthrie's attempts to mix them and the collaboration remains unreleased.

With the exception of a reissued and re-recorded Huremics and Vibrating Air (respectively) in the form of Out Of The Trees and a contribution to the 1986 4AD compilation Lonely Is An Eyesore the band effectively disappeared, though the members remained active separately; the Curtis brothers and Ritchie Thomas both recorded parts for This Mortal Coil's Filigree & Shadow album, whilst Thomas would also appear that year on the Cocteau Twins/Harold Budd collaboration The Moon And The Melodies playing drums and saxophone. He and Dave Curtis also contributed to The Wolfgang Press' albums Queer and Funky Little Demons, respectively.
It is rumoured that the band's 'final' dissolution came when Richard Thomas became a touring drummer for The Jesus And Mary Chain, though the band never officially split up.

After many years of silence, the posthumous release by 4AD of Huremics and Vibrating Air appeared in the form of Soundpool in 1999. Coinciding with the album was the creation of a website which appeared to be created by the band. This page ran the banner "By us about us", as well as "More soon" though this never materialized.