Name: Electric Landlady - Half Speed Master
Brand: Kirsty Maccoll

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Catalogue number

DEMREC1200

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Black

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180 Gram Vinyl with OBI Strip. Half Speed Master

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-08

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

Demon

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Standard:20

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5014797911048


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Black LP

Artist

Kirsty Maccoll

Genre GB

Classic

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Demon is a UK 80s New Wave label that was founded by Elvis Costello, Andrew Lauder, and the company behind the label in 1980. In 1998, the label was acquired by Music Collection International and merged with its Westside Records operation. Today, Demon forms part of the Demon Music Group Ltd.

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Kirsty MacColl was a singer-songwriter from England, UK. Born on October 10, 1959 in Croydon, South London, she began her music career as part of the band The Drug Addix before going solo. In 1981, she achieved success with her hit single "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis". Kirsty married producer Steve Lillywhite in 1984 and they had two children together. Tragically, Kirsty passed away in December 2000 while swimming with her children in Cozumel, Mexico.

Despite her untimely death, Kirsty's legacy lives on through her music. Her album "Tropical Brainstorm" was released posthumously in early 2001. Known for her unique style that blended folk and pop influences, Kirsty's songs continue to captivate audiences around the world.

If you enjoy artists such as Voice Of The Beehive, The Beautiful South or Tracey Ullman, then you'll definitely appreciate Kirsty MacColl's musical talent. With heartfelt lyrics and catchy melodies, she has left an indelible mark on the music industry.

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Wit, liveliness and crackling musical ideas, jumping between global genres with relish–Kirsty MacColl’s third album, Electric Landlady, has all of them. It also has quite the title, as her friend and occasional songwriting partner Johnny Marr writes over e-mail. “We spent a lot of time together [then] hanging out, listening to records late at night and then making our own records during marathon recording sessions. I lived in her flat in Shepherds Bush which is how we came up with ’Electric Landlady’”.

Travelling the world with her husband, producer Steve Lillywhite, had given her exposure to big bands like the Rolling Stones and Talking Heads, with whom she gladly sang backing vocals. But her friends and voracious appetite for new music is what drove her creativity. Electric Landlady also saw the love of Cuban and Latin American rhythms in her life, which had been fired in her childhood by her brother's record collection, beginning to bud and bloom in her work. World- renowned artists like drummer José Mangual Jr, trumpeter Angel Hernandez, timbalero Mark Quinones and bassist Sal Cuevas joined her band, enhancing and enriching her glorious songs. 

Many collaborations light up this LP. The defiant country swing of AllI Ever Wanted was a result of a writing partnership by post, exchanging tapes with American musician Marshall Crenshaw. He Never Mentioned Love, written with The Pogues’ Jem Finer, is a more mature, wry take on Kirsty’s earlier girl group-flavoured pop. The Hardest Word, written with her older brother, Hamish, is also about their late father, the renowned folk singer Ewan, with whom she had a tough relationship.

Electric Landlady - Half Speed Master 

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Discover Electric Landlady by Kirsty Maccoll. Wit, liveliness, and crackling musical ideas in vinyl format from Demon Records.