Lisbon Rarity

Big thanks to Chris H for submitting the following evidence of the Lisbon one-sided 12 inch!

And to think I bemoaned there were only 300 copies of the Helen EP!

Helen Info

Did you manage to get a copy? Personally, it was tricky and frustrating but in the end I paid the bucks and got a copy from ebay for twice the shop price. I could moan about the nature of Record Store Day but then maybe it serves me right for being vinyl collector scum! After disappearing for a week or so the mp3's do now seem available on Amazon and iTunes so the songs are out there. Sadly there's no download with the vinyl so more expense but.... what about the songs?

As we're now becoming accustomed to they are mostly excellent. The title track is terrific and a favourite of this batch, The Easter Parade has a lovely circling Spaghetti-like guitar line and Coconut Tree also bounces along. Red Cloud Road (Part 1) turns out to be pretty much the same song as Part 2 on the album, but with different lyrics. One By One is different to the version on the b-side to Lisbon but oddly seems to be more electric than that version (which was tagged "electric").

So another fine addition to the WP's catalogue. Maybe in a bizarre way, someone who's never heard of them will have picked up the record due to its limited status and has now become a fan.