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LEGENDARY PINK DOTS (LPD) - Chemical Playschool 10

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Soleilmoon Recordings SOL 57 CD Release Year: 1997 Note: for us one of the best LPD albums, extremely psychedelic and spacious... - *"A special collection of new and unreleased material (recorded between 1992 and 1997) which was created especially for sale at shows on the LPD 1997 North American tour. After the tour, it was put into general release as an edition of 2000." - US import, back in stock ! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 More Info "A special collection of new and unreleased material (recorded between 1992 and 1997) which was created especially for sale at shows on the LPD 1997 North American tour. After the tour, it was put into general release as an edition of 2000. The cover for this release was designed using artwork submitted by LPD fans from all over the world. “Glasshouse” is split into two separate tracks on the CD. When the Legendary Pink Dots first showed their faces way back in 1980 2 cassette releases were prepared. There was “Only Dreaming” which had a number of songs you could hum along with together with a few seriously “out-there” moments, and there was “Chemical Playschool” which was so out there , extra-terrestials phoned and complained about a lack of space. Most of that second cassette emerged on the 3 hour special “Chemical Playschool 1 & 2” but it planted the idea that here was a platform to really allow the Dots to let their hair down. We’re about to hit Volume 15 and we’re still enjoying these strange journeys. Number 10 was special .It collected many unfinished wig-outs from the “9 Lives ” and “Shadow Weaver” sessions and combined them with homeless Ka-Spellian songs .The wig-outs were “finished ” by EK , who created the voyage which is about as psychedelic as the Dots can get. Remastering is quite subtle here as the original master sounded very decent. The magnificent artwork was provided by Yol. Can this be the escape hatch from the Hallway? There she is, as beautiful as the first day I saw her." [LPD & Bandcamp] "The creatures who live in the Chemical Playschool are delighted to reveal this, the 10th episode, in their particular soap opera. The journey began back in 1981 while The Legendary Pink Dots were rehearsing in a small, dingy room in a squalled house in London. Unbeknown to the fumbling but enthusiastic few-piece band, their neighbor- -who will be referred to here as Dr. Bliss–was experimenting with snails, Molazien 55971, the fetus of the extremely rare Moldavien tree slug and a liter of Diet Coke. His diabolical plan was to make the slug whistle God Save the Queen while simultaneously blowing indestructible soap bubbles. However the experiment was proving to be a dull failure until the Silverman produced an irritating blurping sound on his synthesizer in the next room. The test tubes shattered. Formless, blobby “things” slurped across the doctor’s room, slipped under the door, into the Pink Dots’ rehearsal space and into the ears of the unsuspecting musical combo. The Dots immediately ceased practicing their not-so-daring cover version of Abba’s Dancing Queen and proceeded to make strange noises for the next three hours. The result was Chemical Playschool 1 and 2–a three hour cassette-only extravaganza. Having pledged to release everything they recorded; The Dot’s made 25 copies double hope and duly forgot about it. For the next two years The Dots continued with amiable, hummable pop-music until in 1983, the creatures of Chemical Playschool awoke once more. Blame it on the margaritas. Celebrating the release of their second album Curse, The Pink Dots went to their favorite Mexican restaurant. A pleasant social evening turned sinister as Edward Ka-Spel downed his fourth margarita and began howling like a werewolf. The other Dots simply couldn’t catch him as he darted out of the restaurant, and answered no phone calls or knocks on the door for three weeks. The result was Chemical Playschool 3 and 4–so far only on cassette. Let’s say it’s twisted. And so the story continued occasional possession, disturbing results. Nobody would release volumes 5, 6, or 7 on the grounds of public safety. Now we’re at number 10. Soleilmoon took a chance with this one. Hadn’t they heard about “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers?” They want our minds, goddamn it… The people must be warned." [press release] https://legendarypinkdots.org/c81-releases-lpd/chemical-playschool-10/