July, July!

Well, Well, Well. Hello KINGS and KINGS associates. Here it is again, the first of July, July, July-y-y-y-y. It is a beautiful day in Atlanta and I think I am going to go on a bike ride or a walk or maybe even both.

As a perfect compliment to such a sunny and hot day I received in the mail, from the hand of Phil himself, four beautiful black t-shirts, the PW Elverum & Sun "Shirt Series". They are lovely and supremely worth looking into. I think I was probably the first dork to order these, or at least the first to order ALL of them. Go me.

Anyway, the point of this post is to say hello and happy July, July to everyone. In commemoration of this, our fifth July 1st as KINGS, everyone's homework assignment, if they can manage, is to listen to one or all of the mixes on which a version of "July, July!" appears (though I realize I am the only one in possession of the latest one, alas.) Said mixes being as follows:

--002(Anlters) studio version from "Castaways and Cutouts"

--124a(Uh Oh! It's Morning Time Again) live version from "Live at The Beachcomber" (8/21/2005)

--184/186++(KARL BLAU/.............) live version from "Live from SoHo"

--207++(sreltnA/Antlers [or "Come With Me, I Love You"] [Live At Pete's Candy Store, 9-9-02] (10-27-09, night alone) live version from "Live, March 22, 2004, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA"


I recently purchased a copy of the super lovely red vinyl ultra limited pressing of "Castaways and Cutouts" for Jenn (it's, I think, sort of become our collective favorite one, we were listening to that one on the drive to the park the night that I proposed, I recall, and will again I'm sure, in later posts, the windows being down and it was warm and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" was on) and it wasn't until hearing "July, July!" on vinyl for the first time that I really noticed a lot of details that have escaped me the first million times I listened to this song. In particular the background vocals that Colin himself does on the "oh what a lonely thing in a lonely drain" part and on the chorus itself. Wonderful.


So

Help a brother out with some solidarity here, give one or several a spin and enjoy the hopefully lovely day wherever you are!

(there's no place I could be without you)









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xo