treasures

[mmmender]

so what are some of your most prized possessions in your cocteau twins collection?

[spanglemaker]

my box(no not that one), the vinyl underwater and soon the live Toronto video.........but first and foremost my taste for them!!!!

[zed]

MMMender............

why the vid you gave me.

what else!

[zed]

;) MMMender my dear...

you ever post those cocteau pix i sent you?

speaking of treasures..................

[Lucibelle]

Definately my box set and my vinyl, especially my 7" of Rococo (did I spell that right? I'm not looking at it to see)

[mmmender]

with all of this talk about the box set......is it just me or does anyone else think that the UK/CANADA issue of the box set is much nicer than the US version?

and zed - no, sorry i haven't had a chance to post the pix you sent me yet but i will soon.

[Victoria]

Hello:
It`s difficult to explain, specially how much work has meant to obtain each one of the works of Cocteau Twins for me, because no of the originals pieces of my collection has been obtained through internet.
The official LPs I complete theme in 1998 ... each one of them represents a little while special in my life.
Whe one lives in a as distant country as mine, to obtain nonmassive music is transformed almost into an apostolate.
Now tha exists Internet I have been able to record a pile of peculiarities that of another way could not have obtained...
If they ask to me which is my treasure, I believe that they are several:

* My vinyl of "Heaven or Las Vegas".
* My videotapes with live presentations, especially "Live in Toronto, 1990".
* A book that I made myself with all the Cocteau's lyrics , with letter "Cocteau" each one in his page... I alternated the albums
with beautiful photographies of Liz... That is my greater tresure, because he is unique and it represents all the love
of the music of Cocteau Twins has meant in my life...

[zed]

:)


Jeez...compleatly forgot!

my collection of original cocteau photos from the NME files!

hmmm.love 'em!

[dynamine]

this would be my:

1.)SPEAK NO EVIL 7"
2.)SNOW cd single

these come to mind first.

[mmmender]

i guess no one is going to answer my box set question then, huh?

;)

[zed]

:confused:


MMM...........


ummmm, just what is the differance?

i've only got the lowly regular box.

enlighten one?

[mmmender]

(1) UK/Canada box set has a darker cloth-like cover, the box is smaller than the US version and the jewel cases inside are slim-line (as for cd singles)

(2) USA box set is larger, cover is lighter burgundy than the UK version, jewel cases inside are regular sized jewel cases

(3) JAPANESE box set is made of cardboard, like a slide in sleeve (similiar to that of a VHS box that you'd get a few videos in). the text on the cds are mainly in japanese, catalogue numbers are different and the jewel cases are also slim-line. it also comes with a booklet, unlike the other 2 versions.

here is a picture of the japanese box set:

[zed]

:cool:

OOOOOOOOOhhhhhhh.

must have........

[mmmender]

good luck zed! i only obtained my copy of the japanese box set this past june, i'd been searching for a copy for over 10 years. warning: they're pretty damn expensive too!

[CocteauBoy]

My most prized possesion is my memory of "hanging out" with Simon and Robin in NYC after the show at Roxy and Simon lifting me off the ground with a hug when he realized I was the "Troy-Again" from so many posts at the old, original forum site. I was going to just finish saying hi and go on my way, when he said to wait because Robin and Elizabeth would want to say Hi. He found Robin, who then proceeded to flirt with my roommate, Cyprus, saying she was the source of lights for the show that night. I never got to meet Elizabeth that night because she ran out of the club before anyone could find her, but that night changed my life in ways I won't account right now.

Some things most precious I will never be able to touch, but they touch me profoundly.

TroyBoy

[Baba O'Reilly]

All of them!

[Souleman]

What is this Toronto video, and where can I get a copy?
I would greatly appreciate any info on this video.
Thanks,
Souleman

[mmmender]

What is this Toronto video, and where can I get a copy?
it was a bootleg video made of one of their live shows in toronto, i was at that gig and lemme tell ya - it's not the best bootleg video out there. it was shot from the balcony and it's a pretty poor representation of what really happened. but then again, their live magic can never be captured on video, can it?

[dynamine]

mmmender, is that the same video where some goofy lady in
audience asks LIZ:"how did you lose so much weight"?very
dark bootleg.also looks to be balcony shot.

[steven]

I believe the video where that lady shouts out that comment was Live in Vancouver, 1991, which is another rather lousy bootleg.

[zed]

:(

don't get me going...
spent far to much for much to little where boot vids are
concerned.

sigh.

oh..for a really GOOD one, ya know?

[Lucibelle]

Cheese and Rice!!! How could anyone be so insensitive as to ask Liz how she lost weight? And during a show no less?!? Geez! Makes you hope that this person can get fat just so someone who hasn't seen them in a while can say, "Geez! How did you get so FAT???"

Luci

[dynamine]

i hear you there lucibelle, and thanks for your reply as well
steven.



"things from the forest die here,but i don't"

[Souleman]

Anyone have any good live videos to recommend?
I have one from New Orleans, but it is shite.
How about high quality audio bootlegs?

Souleman

[zed]

crap.....

i keep remembering stuff..:)




of course it's gotta be my signed bbk cd.


what else!?

[spanglemaker]

as to not hurt his feelings, lol sorry fukka (what was I thinking?)

I have loads of postcards, cds(violet indiana promos and first copies), and emails sent by the man himself
Robin Guthrie.

we lovingly call each other fukka as in reference to Terrence and Phillips uncle fukka......

How's France Fukka?

thinking of you.....

shells
xx

[Lucibelle]

Do you know Uncle Dad?

[spanglemaker]

robin chats with me. is fukka your uncle dad too? lol

[anelan]

These two are the same video if I remember right. Correct location is Toronto if I remember right.

[anelan]

I said if I remember right twice, if I remember right!!

[anelan]

I think my fave treasure would be the Four Calendar Cafe presentation box which includes the CD, colour photo and mini -biog - what a sweet, perfectly formed thing it is.

[REPLICESS]

Hello :)

My most prized possession has to be a postcard Liz sent me in 1985, which is now framed. we were pen-pals for a while that year, but my sister tore up the letters after an argument !!!! :eek:

[zed]

R.......

i'm assuming that your sister is buried in a shallow grave buy the hedgerow in the back forty?

or in a maximum security ward for the deeply disturrbed?


beaten severly on a daily basis?

pick one, please.

great story...i sincerly hope it's a nice bit'o fiction!

i'm terribly excitable.

;) Z.

[REPLICESS]

It's true ! :D

I'll upload it and post it later :)

I hated her for MONTHS after ! *Grrrrrrrr*

Liz wrote long, 4 page letters too !
But then of course, she got all famous aand didn't have time anymore...... ;)

[Phil Lawton]

R

Start writing to her again...she has the time now. Don't be surprised if the letters are on the backs of old shopping lists.

"...So nice to hear from you again Blackcurrant cheescake, £1.49...."

[REPLICESS]

http://uk.geocities.com/replicess2000/postcard_from_lizfraser.jpg

Might work if you paste this url into your browser .... ???

http://uk.geocities.com/replicess2000/postcard_from_lizfraser.jpg

[zed]

Jeez R.....

you have that protected?

acid free sleeve? the air will deteriorate the synthetic ink it was written with in time.

you've got a great piece there!

and a very cool story!

do tell when you feel like it..i for one am all ears...

(phil...no no!)

:) Z.

[Phil Lawton]

Too late, Space Boy....

[Lucibelle]

Hey, I went to both links and it told me to try again later. Anyone know why? I wanted to see! (pout, pout) :(

[REPLICESS]

GeoCities ic CRAP! :mad:

[MCocteau]

Which one of you has MY limited edition of Milk & Kisses?????I love every cd, every single, every vinyl, every picture, every sound they made...I caress the vinyls ('cause I don't have a vinyl player :( and I wish I was born like 15 years sooner in London...The first time I realized what the word "fulfillment" meant was when I was listening to Atholl Brose, in a radio station studio, with my Cocteau Twin - Adia...I love you!!!

[REPLICESS]

Last Try .... Yayy!

[Phil Lawton]

Rep

Good Lord....you also have Fraser saliva under the stamp...scrape it off and sell it by the microgram on E-Bay. I know of at least one taker for it.

Hi, Lees.

[zed]

R........

like i said earier,... very nice!

and like me mate phil said...write her back.

she DID say,"stay in touch." eh?

you can get letters and stuff to her through
Bella Union, i believe.

ask our lovely hostess to be really sure.


thanks for the effort.!

go for it!

Z:D

[mmmender]

if you want to write to liz fraser:

Elizabeth Fraser
c/o Bella Union
14 Church Street
Twickenham
TW1 3NJ
United Kingdom

[Lucibelle]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

That was just too cool! You are a lucky girl! I'm quite green with envy, yet giddy with excitement!

Luci

[REPLICESS]

:D

If only I still had the letters ! *sigh*

[zed]

R.........

awh, jeez, that must get to you sometimes, eh?

i know it would me! but you're very lucky in that you've already established a sort of pen-pal thing with Elizabeth...

you have ANY idea of how many people would love to be in your shoes?
so..get off that couch, dry your eye's and get writting!

the lovely and gratutious MMMender has givien
you an address.....

go for it...!!:)

zed, the ossasionaly lucid.;)

[Lucibelle]

Yes! Go for it! And maybe mention to her that we are all here on this site, hanging upon her every 'word' (non-word?) and that she is well loved no matter what. Or not. You would know best what to say.

[Phil Lawton]

Oh, yeah, and tell her that Asda Wal-Mart are doing a ten-pack of Walkers crisps, buy one, get one free.

No, scratch that...she'll already know.

[someotherian]

of course, phil... after all, she is the Golden Wonder Throated One... :)

[Phil Lawton]

(sound effect of a short snare-drum roll and a cymbal crash)

[watchlar]

Originally posted by REPLICESS
:D

If only I still had the letters ! *sigh*


WHAT?????? why weren't they tucked away safely in a safety deposit box or a fireproof safe??????? :eek:

W

[REPLICESS]

I used to keep them under my mattress !!! :eek:

Well, I was only 15 ! :D

[watchlar]

True Replicess..i guess that would make a difference....I think the one item, although not really rare...is the FCC puzzle...i sometimes take it apart and put it back together again...just cause it's cute

W