US Tour Good News & Bad News.......

[remphish1]

I enjoyed last nights show but was very very dissapointed in NYC...They skipped READ IT IN BOOKS! The song I was looking forward to the most! It was supposed to be a Crocodiles Album show WHY skip it??????

[Ivan]

I enjoyed last nights show but was very very dissapointed in NYC...They skipped READ IT IN BOOKS! The song I was looking forward to the most! It was supposed to be a Crocodiles Album show WHY skip it??????

Read it in Books was not on the original UK release of the album.

[remphish1]

Uggh! I forgot US vs Uk release...one day I will hear it live!! 4th times the charm maybe! I really enjoyed Villers and Pictures! Don't get me wrong still had a great time!

[Ivan]

Uggh! I forgot US vs Uk release...one day I will hear it live!! 4th times the charm maybe! I really enjoyed Villers and Pictures! Don't get me wrong still had a great time!

Got Warner's yes-man, Rob Dickens to blame for it. He thought he heard profanity on "Books" and "Do It Clean", so he rearranged the tracklisting and removed those two tracks prior to pressing. (Though Warner tried to make up for it by putting them on an accompanying single). Still, somebody should've really punched Rob in the Dickens for that one. Has he not heard of freedom of speech and/or expression? Oh wait, there I go paraphrasing the Bill of Rights again... lack of freedoms is why we escaped limeyland anyway... so bands like MC5 could start off a record with the immortal words, "Kick out the jams, motherfucker!"

[remphish1]

Got Warner's yes-man, Rob Dickens to blame for it. He thought he heard profanity on "Books" and "Do It Clean", so he rearranged the tracklisting and removed those two tracks prior to pressing. (Though Warner tried to make up for it by putting them on an accompanying single). Still, somebody should've really punched Rob in the Dickens for that one. Has he not heard of freedom of speech and/or expression? Oh wait, there I go paraphrasing the Bill of Rights again... lack of freedoms is why we escaped limeyland anyway... so bands like MC5 could start off a record with the immortal words, "Kick out the jams, motherfucker!"

Ahh...that sucks... has anyone heard Read it in Books live before?? my first Echo show was the Ocean Rain Radio City show...saw them at the Kenswick Theater in PA too...

[Mr. Brian]

Got Warner's yes-man, Rob Dickens to blame for it. He thought he heard profanity on "Books" and "Do It Clean", so he rearranged the tracklisting and removed those two tracks prior to pressing. (Though Warner tried to make up for it by putting them on an accompanying single).

I don't think I ever knew this or I read it and forgot. Good band trivia!

[Ivan]

I don't think I ever knew this or I read it and forgot. Good band trivia!

That came from Chris Adams' book, Turquoise Days.

[Voodoo Billy]

That came from Chris Adams' book, Turquoise Days.

Ah yes, 'The Cut and Paste Chronicles'.

[Grumpy_Jimbo]

Ahh...that sucks... has anyone heard Read it in Books live before?? my first Echo show was the Ocean Rain Radio City show...saw them at the Kenswick Theater in PA too...

A couple of times, last time I heard was at The Crystal Day concert in 1984 don't think they've played it since.....

Mac sometimes sings an odd line or two at his solo shows..............

[Ivan]

Ah yes, 'The Cut and Paste Chronicles'.

predictable response

[black francis]

Being a review obsessive I thought it was awesome to get all those reviews and interview excerpts in one place plus it's about half original content anyways. I love reading what reviewers thought at the time as opposed to the modern day reviews now that it's widely acknowledged the first four albums are all time classics. Sadly I left my copy in a Madison hotel bar when we were called to a shelter during a tornado. I took that fucker everywhere. I hope whoever found it is now an obsessive Bunnymen fan.