{"product_id":"loft-ghost-trains-country-lanes-studio-stage-sessions-1984-2005-lp","title":"Loft - Ghost Trains \u0026 Country Lanes: Studio, Stage \u0026 Sessions 1984-2005 (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSealed. Tri-fold Gatefold sleeve. Each LP is a different color (1-white, 2-red, 3-green). Limited to 350 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the first crop of Creation Records bands in the mid-1980s, The Loft seemed the most likely to break through. Following the success of The Smiths, guitar-based independent pop was in vogue, Alan McGee's Creation label was turning heads - it's bands blending 60s psychedelia, the melodic end of punk and a new sound which would soon be immortalized on NME's C86 cassette. And in this London quartet, Creation had their answer to bands like Television, The Only Ones or early Modern Lovers, offering taut, off-kilter songs with an irresistibly deadpan cool. Sadly, after just two singles, 1984's downbeat debut 'Why Does The Rain' and the punchier sequel, 'Up The Hill And Down The Slope', The Loft dissolved, with various members founding new bands The Weather Prophets, The Caretaker Race and The Wishing Stones. They left behind seven studio tracks, a BBC Radio 1 session for Janice Long and one track from a Creation LP documenting the scene's roots in small club The Living Room. However, The Loft's legend endured, eventually prompting a reunion in the early 2000s with all four original members. Alongside various well-received live shows, that led to a new single, 'Model Village' (2006) and more recently a session for Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music (2015). The Loft's reputation as founding fathers of a new breed of mid-80s indie pop continues to grow to this day, with the band often cited as an influence. Compiled and coordinated by the band, Ghost Trains \u0026amp; Country Lanes expands on previous retrospectives of The Loft, adding those reunion recordings (including three previously unissued tracks), the Gideon Coe session and several live recordings from that historic performance at The Living Room back in 1984. (including many exclusive songs which were never recorded in the studio). With new sleeve-notes by Danny Kelly, this is the definite tribute to The Loft. And with the release on 20 March of Creation Stories, the film adaptation of Alan McGee's autobiography, the timing couldn't be better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A - The Creation Recordings\u003cbr\u003e1 Why Does the Rain\u003cbr\u003e2 Like\u003cbr\u003e3 Winter\u003cbr\u003e4 Up the Hill and Down the Slope\u003cbr\u003e5 Your Door Shines Like Gold\u003cbr\u003e6 Lonely Street\u003cbr\u003e7 Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B - BBC Radio 1 Janice Long Session (8\/12\/84)\u003cbr\u003e1 On a Tuesday\u003cbr\u003e2 Skeleton Staircase\u003cbr\u003e3 The Canal and the Big Red Town\u003cbr\u003e4 Lonely Street\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide C - Live at The Living Room (8\/8\/84)\u003cbr\u003e1 On a Tuesday\u003cbr\u003e2 Your Door Shines Like Gold\u003cbr\u003e3 Time\u003cbr\u003e4 Colours I See\u003cbr\u003e5 Emily\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide D - Live at The Living Room (8\/8\/84)\u003cbr\u003e6 The Nothing Box\u003cbr\u003e7 The Canal and the Big Red Town\u003cbr\u003e8 Why Does the Rain\u003cbr\u003e9 Over the Hill and Down the Slope\u003cbr\u003e10 Day's End\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide E - Bark Studio Recordings (5-7\/12\/05)\u003cbr\u003e1 Model Village\u003cbr\u003e2 Rickety Frame\u003cbr\u003e3 Beware\u003cbr\u003e4 Mad Old Woman Mad Old Man\u003cbr\u003e5 Ride\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide F - BBC Radio 6 Music Gideon Coe Session (24\/9\/15)\u003cbr\u003e1 Why Does the Rain\u003cbr\u003e2 I Can't Keep My Mind Off You\u003cbr\u003e3 Up the Hill and Down the Slope\u003cbr\u003e4 Your Door Shines Like Gold\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44165321687174,"sku":null,"price":79.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/2959\/9806\/products\/loft.jpg?v=1625146463","url":"https:\/\/www.parasolrecords.com\/products\/loft-ghost-trains-country-lanes-studio-stage-sessions-1984-2005-lp","provider":"Parasol Mail Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}