Beautiful Pea Green Boat
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Beautiful Pea Green Boat consisted of Ian Williams
and Heather Wright
. Williams is currently in the band Gamine, and Wright went on to form the band Doris
in 1989. BPBG took their name from the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat
" by Edward Lear
.
Their output consisted of one album, 'Obsessions', a mini-LP 'Get Religion' (from which was taken a 7" edit of 'The Powerhouse', and three 12" singles, as well as being represented on various "Best ofs" and Samplers;
A compilation CD, 'Still Life', featuring most of the album tracks was released in the USA, and a similar compilation (with the addition of the tracks from the Maremma 12"), 'Maremma and Other Stories' was released in Germany. However, ALL editions had in common at least these 2 of their trademark works: THE VASE; and PAPERHOUSE;
There are 2 mixes of each- the more commonly found mixes (#2) are in an uptempo 'electrobeat' style; a listed "Goldcoast mix" cannot be verified as to being mix # 1 or mix #2 of the 2 songs;
"Future Tense
" contains the 2 same songs mixed in a very surreal, dreamy fashion, (#1 ) not, as of this writing, available in CD form
12" EPs and 7" 45 RPMs
Compilations, Samplers
Ian Williams
Ian Williams is an American rock guitarist. He became noted for his finger tapping guitar playing in bands such as Don Caballero, Storm & Stress and currently in Battles.-Biography:...
and Heather Wright
Heather Wright
Heather Wright is an English actress, noted for her performances in film and television. Her film credits include: Psychomania, The Belstone Fox, Shout at the Devil and Inseminoid. On television, she has been seen in the following series: Arthur of the Britons, Survivors, Return of the Saint,...
. Williams is currently in the band Gamine, and Wright went on to form the band Doris
Doris
- Geography :* Doris , region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians* Doris , region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland* Doris, Iowa, USA- People :* Doris, mother of Antipater...
in 1989. BPBG took their name from the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat
"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.- Background :Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds...
" by Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
.
Their output consisted of one album, 'Obsessions', a mini-LP 'Get Religion' (from which was taken a 7" edit of 'The Powerhouse', and three 12" singles, as well as being represented on various "Best ofs" and Samplers;
A compilation CD, 'Still Life', featuring most of the album tracks was released in the USA, and a similar compilation (with the addition of the tracks from the Maremma 12"), 'Maremma and Other Stories' was released in Germany. However, ALL editions had in common at least these 2 of their trademark works: THE VASE; and PAPERHOUSE;
There are 2 mixes of each- the more commonly found mixes (#2) are in an uptempo 'electrobeat' style; a listed "Goldcoast mix" cannot be verified as to being mix # 1 or mix #2 of the 2 songs;
"Future Tense
Future tense
In grammar, a future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet, but expected to happen in the future , or to happen subsequent to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future .-Expressions of future tense:The concept of the future,...
" contains the 2 same songs mixed in a very surreal, dreamy fashion, (#1 ) not, as of this writing, available in CD form
Discography
LPs and CDs- 1987 Obsessions http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" LP Third Mind Records TMLP 20 UK (not available on CD/no UPC)
- 1988 Get Religion http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" LP Third Mind Records TMLP 26 UK (not available on CD/no UPC)
- 1989 Still Life http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm CD/ LP C'est La MortC'est La MortC'est la Mort records was a small but influential independent record label that operated from the home of Woodrow Dumas in Baker, Louisiana. C'est la Mort specialized in ethereal, ambient, dream pop and darkwave bands, and operated from 1985 to about 1994....
Records CLM/CLMLP 009 (UPC......) USA - 1995 Maremma and Other Stories http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm CD; Slaughterback/Discordia, Germany; DSC 051; UPC: 04 017030 120703;
12" EPs and 7" 45 RPMs
- 1984 Chance http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" EP Boathouse Records BOAT 1 UK
- 1987 The Powerhouse http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 7" 45 RPM Third Mind Records TMS 09 UK
- 1989 Maremma http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" EP Third Mind Records TMS 46 UK
- 1990 Every Night With You I Die A Little http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" EP Third Mind Records TMS 54 UK
Compilations, Samplers
- 1987 Future Tense http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 12" LP Third Mind Records Sampler, v.1 TMLP 15 UK(not available on CD/no UPC); contains the tracks: Paper House (mix 1); The Vase (mix 1) -mix version number assigned by date of release only; contains the very surreal, dreamlike mixes of these 2 tracks; (comment: wonderous)
- 1987 For Your Ears Only http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm 2x12" LP Third Mind Records Sampler, v.2 ; [2TMLP 17/18] UK(not available on CD/no UPC); contains the tracks: And She Laughed, Too; Paper House;
- 1988 Une Saison En Enfer [One Season in Hell] http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm CD Third Mind Records Sampler, v.3; TMLP 33/TMCD 33 (UPC.....) UK; contains the tracks: The Powerhouse; Hammers of Islam;
- 1990 The Third Mind http://www.electrocity.it/Discografie/bpgb.htm CD/LP Third Mind Records Sampler, v.4 TMLP 50/TMCD 50 (UPC.....)UK/Belgium; contains the track: Paper House;
- 1989 Dr. Death Volume 3: Les Péchés De L'amant , CD, C'est La MortC'est La MortC'est la Mort records was a small but influential independent record label that operated from the home of Woodrow Dumas in Baker, Louisiana. C'est la Mort specialized in ethereal, ambient, dream pop and darkwave bands, and operated from 1985 to about 1994....
Records Sampler; CD/LP CLM/LP 007 USA; contains the track: Hammers of Islam; - 1990 Dr. Death Volume 4: The Marvels of Insect Life; CD, C'est La MortC'est La MortC'est la Mort records was a small but influential independent record label that operated from the home of Woodrow Dumas in Baker, Louisiana. C'est la Mort specialized in ethereal, ambient, dream pop and darkwave bands, and operated from 1985 to about 1994....
Records Sampler; 2xCD/2xLP 2CLM/LP 029 USA; contains the tracks: Nostalgia, -'
See also
- BPGB discography a far more comprehensive listing that that above;
- BPGB Discography at Discogs.com