Entertainment For Lively Minds
Heroes Can Be Any Size
Posted by Fangie on 6 February 2012 - 12:30pm.
Just saying thanks for the Jackie Leven secreted away inside this month's issue. This is above and beyond the call of duty.
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CD - that is
Serves me right for not previewing my post
Cover pic.
My favourite modern pop star on the cover of my favourite magazine - thanks Word!
Seconded.
Just wish Cooking Vinyl had done this a while back; maybe JL himself didn't want to do it? All the same, I hope they shift shedloads of his CDs, he deserves to be much more widely appreciated.
Jackie Leven, Heroes Can Be Any Size
Thanks to all at The Word, especially Paul Du Noyer for his wonderfull and empathic tribute to Jackie in the new issue.
For those of you who do not know Jackie`s music listen to the CD given with the new issue and be enthralled. You can do worse than investigate further.
Jackie Leven - gone but never forgotten.
Don't suppose...
...anybody's got a nice hi-res scan of the CD cover have they? Need something to attach to the files....
Yep...
...but it doesn't look like I can DM you through the website for some reason. Drop us a line if you want a copy!
cover
It is a great image. Is Frazer going to put it up with the normal cover?
Yez,
I believe he iz.
Very Byronesque
and wholly appropriate.
Yes
We had to get permission from the label because they own the copyright, but it's available for download now: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/now-hear-cover-archive
Yes.
Thanks. That's a really nice touch.
Absolutely, a nice
touch, know little about his music so much appreciated.
Sounds good!
I too am new to Jackie Leven - but I like what I'm hearing, so many thanks.
Will the cd cover be downloadable along with the "Now Hear This" one?
EDIT:
just scanned it an put it here if anyone wants it:
skydrive link
(please let me know if I shouldn't have done that and I'll take it down straight away...)
Cheers
Ian
Can I just say;
Thank you.
Brilliant CD
Thank you so very much for giving us this amazing CD. I believe this is the first ever Jackie Leven compilation. It would be great to get a boxed set one day.
Anyone new to Jackie's beautiful music and wondering which CD to buy could do a lot worse than choose Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West.
artwork
i've scanned and cleaned up a 1024 x 1024 pixel version if anyone wants it visit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/6840379759/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Leven tribute
Paul Du Noyers tribute was heartfelt and brilliant. I had the impression it was written just for me which is a great feat for any journalist to achieve. I particularly empathised with Deborah Greenwoods comments that the fans really wanted the warts and all 'damaged' Jackie and I can relate a story that underlines that. I saw Jackie play the Mac centre in Birmingham around 10 years ago and during the interval I got chatting to him at the bar. I asked if he could play his song wrapped up in blue in the second half. As the second half got underway he announce 'some cunt in the audience asked for this song, not sure if I can remember the words but here goes'. Far from being affronted it was entirely in line with my expectations.
Over the years I became a big fan and his was the only fan club I ever joined. His Haunted valley colums were always erudite, funny and warm and I would love someone to collect them together in book form as he had a way with prose that compares with the best writers around.
I have a number of fan club only releases with some pretty interesting stuff on them. If anyone interested I am happy to share.