North London, UK
BBC Radio 1 Live Broadcast
June 17, 1996
FM capture (sound quality: VG+)
ROB SEZ: Over the years, many bands have called themselves Octopus. This Octopus is the Scottish group that recorded one album, the excellent From A to B, released in 1996. These guys were lumped in with the whole Britpop thing — presumably because they played rock, were active in the late 1990s, and are from that part of the world. If you know the album and think it's pretty good, you should hear them play live. Mick compiled the tracks and created the artwork for the live show, and Don is the guy to thank for the B-Sides & Rarities comp below. I'm the culprit who created the cover art for the latter.
B-Sides & Rarities
various recording info
sourced from singles & an EP
CD singles & vinyl rips (sound quality: VG to VG++)
14 non-album tracks from Octopus singles & one EP.
None is in print or otherwise available through official channels.
MP3@320
This is ASH Tuesday post #86
Learn more about Octopus' music
Learn more about Octopus' music
at Wikipedia
Hi, do you have links to these recordings please? Many thanks
ReplyDeleteYes. Simply click on MP3@320, and the download will start.
ReplyDeleteHi-where did you source this recording? I’m in the band and want to re-issue some of the tracks. Thanks
ReplyDeleteIt's been so long ago, I honestly can't tell you for sure. This much I do recall: the music fans I shared music with (guys in the UK who also were bloggers) were not big on high-quality (ie, lossless) files. At the time, computers generally didn't have a ton of storage space, and higher-quality audio files were considered unnecessary since an MP3@320 sounded great to most people. So even if I could figure out where exactly this came from, it would probably just be these same MP3's. My guess is that someone created an FM recording from a BBC broadcast, then added some of your B-sides to it.
DeleteYep-sounds about right. Thanks for the reply and great site👍
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