04/02/10
A short post today, with one piece of news - Tim Linnell has unearthed a 'new' video, the Sprouts performing 'Appetite' at Barcelona's Primavera Festival in 1986, which you can see here. I did say 'performing,' not 'playing', but still worth a look.
It appears the tabs I posted in the previous update were the work of many people, Kev Tinsley reports:
'Jaime gave me the first two lines, Trist a corrected chord for line 2. I then tabbed the rest of the song. Then Brother John tidied that up with some corrections. Team effort.'
Inspiring, isn't it!
31/01/10
Some quite exciting news today, at least for anyone who can access the UK iTunes store. This link should send you to listings for twelve Prefab Sprout videos avaliable for purchase, two of which I've never seen before - so chances are you haven't either, at least recently. Thanks are due to Jeremy Stamps for spotting these.
For those without iTunes, or abroad, don't despair - Lee (or imarcopolo from the forums) has spotted that 'Jinski' have uploaded a new video of him/them live at the Sage, featuring the Sprouts' own Wendy. This is on facebook, and you'll find it here.
We've had a late review for the 'Let's Change the World' reviews page, from Rachel Gilbert, during which she points out the similarity of the intro for 'Meet the New Mozart' to the Postal Service's track 'Such Great Heights.' What do you think? Remember though, Paddy was doing his a decade earlier!
And to round things off nicely, we have a new set of tabs for 'Love Will Find Someone For You', deduced by Kev Tinsley and brother john. Best of luck with those!
21/01/10
A new interview has surfaced - originally posted on Fernando Higa's site in December, the original is in Spanish here, and in (slightly broken) English here. At time of writing, this is our most recent word from Paddy, and he claims to be still working on 'Zero Attention Span', whilst adding another lost album to the ever-expanding list: 'Enter the Trumpets.'
I have a few other bits to post - Tim Linnell sent in this article from 1990, which I can't remember seeing before. Juan Carlos linked to Thomas Dolby's describing the Sprouts' career here, parts of which I'm sure are new. And finally, this message board post (coincidentally the 2500th topic posted) made me smile a couple of weeks ago, definitley worth a quick look.
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NEW ALBUM - 'Let's Change The World With Music' - Out 07/09/09
1. Let There Be Music (listen)
2. Ride (listen)
3. I Love Music
4. God Watch Over You
5. Music Is A Princess (listen)
6. Earth: The Story So Far (listen)
7. Last Of The Great Romantics
8. Falling In Love
9. Sweet Gospel Music
10. Meet The New Mozart
11. Angel Of Love (listen)
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