Ghost Dance Stop The World
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This project started in late 2002 as a diary (of sorts) of when I bought or listened most frequently to a particular album. Kind of 'You are what you listen to'. As I look back I now realise that my entries soon became a big chunk of text as the weeks went. Because of this I decided to try doing this as a blog, with some comments about each album. I hope it will work out. My taste sometimes changes. Getcha pull a tribute to dimebag darrell. I can't stand some of the albums featured in this blogs earlier posts.
But many of them are among my 1000 all time favourites! I own all the albums I write about!
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(April 2009) Ghost Dance Background information Origin, England Genres Years active 1985–1989 Labels Karbon Records Associated acts, Past members Paul Etchells Steve Smith Richard Steel John Grant Ghost Dance were a British and band. Formed in 1985 by (ex- guitarist) and (ex- vocalist) as both were leaving their respective bands. The band were originally signed to Nick Jones' record label, Karbon Records, then were later signed to the major label, before splitting up in 1989. Contents. Members.
– guitars (1985–1989). – vocals (1985–1989).
Paul 'Etch' Etchells – bass (1985–1989). Steve Smith – guitars (1985–1986). Richard Steel – guitars (1986–1989). John Grant – drums (1986–1989) History 'River of No Return' Bassist Paul Etchells was hired, and with a drum machine nicknamed 'Pandora', the band set about releasing their debut 12' single, 'River of No Return', featuring a of 's song 'Both Ends Burning'. By Marx's own admission, the sound quality was poor.
Nevertheless, the single was released in early 1986. 'Heart Full of Soul' The second single to be released was 'Heart Full of Soul', a cover of ' song. It was backed with a cover of 's hit single '.
The 12' version of the single had a silver sleeve instead of the pale blue of the 7' single, as well as a bonus track on the, a cover of 's '. Steve Smith from had been helping the band live and occasionally in the studio, and on this single, contributed by adding backing vocals and extra guitars. After recording this single, he played some more gigs, until his final one in Wolverhampton, when he left the band to concentrate on his own project, Riprize.
The drums on this single were programmed by Etch, rather than Marx. 'The Grip of Love' 'The Grip of Love' was the third single by Ghost Dance to be released in 1986. With the departure of Steve Smith, new guitarist played on this single. The 7' single A-side was 'The Grip of Love (Bombay Mix)', and the B-side was 'Where Spirits Fly'. The 12' single omitted 'Where Spirits Fly', and added 'Last Train' to the A-side, and 'A Deeper Blue' and 'The Grip of Love (A Cheaper Blues Version)' to the B-side. All the tracks on the 12' version are in the key of D minor, hence the subtitle to the single 'Suite in D Minor'. The single's producer, also played harmonica on the 'Cheaper Blues Version'.
Leaving Karbon In 1987, Ghost Dance released their final Karbon, A Word to the Wise. They had recruited drummer John Grant, with Daniel Mass from ex- band Salvation providing backing vocals on the A-side track 'When I Call'. This track was recorded in Amazon Studios, proving to be the most financially demanding track the band had recorded. Nevertheless, it was one of the first tracks the band had written. The second A-side track was 'Fools Gold' (written by Etch, one of the few tracks in Ghost Dance's discography not written by Marx), and the two B-sides were 'Cruel Light' and 'Holding On'. Despite the success of 'A Word to the Wise', the band had reached the end of their time with Karbon Records. The final release on Karbon was Gathering Dust, a of all the singles they had released to date.
After leaving Karbon, their tour manager Simon 'Sparky' Parker became their manager, and succeeded in securing Ghost Dance a recording contract with. Chrysalis Records The first release on Chrysalis was the single 'Down to the Wire', which peaked at No. 66 in the in June 1989. The various issues of the singles included a live 'Gathering Dust Medley' for the B-side. This was a live recording of 'The Grip of Love' / 'Last Train' / 'Celebrate'. A promotional German release of this single was released as 'Introducing Ghost Dance'. The band released their debut album, Stop the World (some copies coming with a bonus live 12' single), despite the tensions in the band growing.
The Ghost Dance Book
The label had wanted a re-recording of the early song 'Celebrate', to be a new single, despite the label ignoring the fact that there had been a version of 'Celebrate' on the B-side of the previous single. The single's reception was 'disastrous', and despite demoing new songs, such as 'Rock It' and 'Adrift Without You' with new manager Chris Cooke, the band slowly disintegrated, playing their final concert in Amsterdam, on 4 December 1989. 1990–present As of 2009, Hurst had returned to music, potentially playing old Ghost Dance songs. Marx was in contact with in 1995, and wrote several tracks for a studio collaboration, but never heard from Eldritch again. In 2005, Marx released the tracks as the solo album 1995 and Nowhere.
He has also released his own debut album Pretty Black Dots and attempted to reissue Gathering Dust as a remastered CD-R, but it was soon withdrawn. Copies of Ghost Dance releases are no longer available. Stop the World occasionally appears on eBay, with the comparably scarcer CD issue often selling for over £40 (the exception is the reissue from can still be purchased direct, at retail price).
The official Ghost Dance website contains several mp3s of unreleased and rare songs, with extra tracks for forum members. Discography Year Title Formats Notes 1986 'River of No Return' 12' compiled on Gathering Dust 1986 'Heart Full of Soul' 7', 12' compiled on Gathering Dust 1986 'The Grip of Love' 7', 12' compiled on Gathering Dust 1987 'A Word to the Wise' 12' 1988 'Gathering Dust' LP, CR-r compilation of first three Karbon singles 1989 'Down to the Wire' 7', 12', CD title track on Stop the World 1989 'Introducing Ghost Dance' 12' German promotional single 1989 Stop the World LP, CD Some LPs come with bonus live 12' single.
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Live tracks included on CD issue. 1989 'Celebrate' 7', 12', 12' Picture Disc, CD title track on Stop the World References.