Some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight.

Dialogue North/South Tour, 1982


Flyer from a Les Disques du Crépuscule show at the Beursschouwburg in Brussels in 1982. Paul Haig heads the bill on a night that also featured Richard Jobson (former lead singer with the Skids and later TV presenter and film director), The Names (who would records some really fine discs with Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crépuscule), and Winston Tong from Tuxedomoon. This show was part of a tour that played 14 or so dates across Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. The tour "centered around a flexible core of The Durutti Column, Richard Jobson, The Names and Paul Haig. Also playing at various dates were Antena, Marine, Isolation Ward, and Tuxedomoon regulars Blaine Reininger, Steven Brown and Winston Tong."

A cassette tape live recording of the "Dialogue North/South" tour appeared later that year under the title of 'Some of the interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight' (TWI 081) and featured 5 tracks from Paul Haig as well as several from Richard Jobson and Tuxedomoon, The Durutti Column, etc. (see full tracklist here).

The tape is a valuable document from the golden era of Les Disques du Crépuscule and a must have for anyone who likes Paul Haig's music.

Flyer image: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/PaulHaig 
Cassette image : ©japanese forms

'Some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight' is available in CD format It includes a deluxe booklet with liner notes, archive images and facsimile tour programme plus several tracks by The Names not on the original cassette release. Download also available.

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Jim Reid : Fuck Fuck Fuck

Making a wee break form the recent flow of Paul Haig posts; Some more up soon. Here we have a pic of the youthful Jim Reid entertaining the punters at some JAMC show in 1984. Looks very much like a homemade-stencilled shirt there. Unless, of course, it was a shirt made by some overestimated, overpayed fashion designer cashing in like they all do nowadays. Doubtful. Fuck, fuck, fuck, indeed, Jim.
Love that so-awestruck-I-have-to-scratch-my-arm look on the (then) kid in the Joy Division tee.

Source : Suicidewatch
No idea who took or has © to this shot.

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Please, welcome this information.

Press information for the Seaside Festival held at belgian coastal resort, De Panne in August 1984. Apart from Paul Haig and New Order; Shriekback, Fad Gadget, and Echo & The Bunnymen also played this festival.

Image: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/PaulHaig

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Bernard Sumnner & Paul Haig, Tokyo 1985.

A somewhat startled Bernard Sumner (New Order), a blonde-bequiffed Paul Haig, and someone's bottom as guest star, chilling in Tokyo.
This was probably taken during the Les Disques du Crépuscule package tour of Japan in May 1985. Other Crépuscule label artists on this tour were: Anna Domino, Wim Mertens, Alan Rankine, Steven Brown, and Blaine L. Reininger.
  
Image: Courtesy of ROL UK/PaulHaig
Image : ©Sunny Lee

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Paul Haig : Master Bag

A very juvenile looking Paul Haig makes the cover of Master Bag circa his Les disques du crépuscule 'Heaven Sent' release. We're almost submerged by that giant blonde wave in his hair!

Image: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/PaulHaig
Original photo : ©unknown

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Postcard Records Hope To Update The Whole Velvet Underground

Postcard Records Hope To Update The Whole Velvet Underground

Now this is really an interesting document. Have never seen this before. Apparently it's a press release dating from around mid-1980 with Postcard (Alan Horne) presenting the label's three latest and what they hoped would be their forthcoming releases for January 1981. Unfortunately, the Josef K album never saw the light of day; the first vinyl issue of their debut album was finally released in November 2012 on LTM Recordings. Neither did the "new discoveries" Altered Images or Fire Engines singles ever appear on the label but that's another story. A story you can read about in Simon Goddard's recent 'Simply Thrilled:The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records' book.

Once again I'd like to thank Paul Haig (Josef K) for providing me with copies of such great documents.

Image: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/PaulHaig

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Return To Sender : Postcard Records

I've just been given access to some exciting documents by Paul Haig (Josef K). I'll be posting a few here over the next few days I imagine and would sincerely like to thank Paul for giving permission to do so. A good few of these documents are pretty rare; I don't recall ever seeing some of them before. First up we have a scan of a page of a Stuart Maconie article which dates back to the early 90s I imagine. There's no mention of which magazine it is but it might be from the NME, Select or Mojo. Includes the full Postcard Discography (released/unreleased) which I've reproduced in a larger format below.

Images: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/Paul Haig
Original magazine images : ©David Corio & ©Robert Sharp

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"Josef K should never ever get back together."

Update on this previous post on the Paul Haig / Josef K feature in Mojo 249 / August 2014.
If you want to read the article; buy the magazine.
Post title refers to Malcolm Ross's opinion on the possibility of the band ever reforming.

Image: ©japanese forms
Original images : ©Tom Sheehan

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Aztec Camera : NME / Rough Trade C81 Owner’s Manual

Aztec Camera: We Could Send Letters
NME / Rough Trade C81 Owner’s Manual (page 9)
NME/Rough Trade Cassette, 1981.


This is the third and final of three posts featuring the Postcard Records illustrations to be found in NME / Rough Trade C81 Owner’s Manual. Previous posts feature Orange Juice and Josef K.

Photo : ©japanese forms

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