The Vaselines: V For Vaselines Tour.

Frances McKee, The Vaselines live at Thekla, Bristol (16th November, 2014)

The Vaselines have undertaken a 13-date European tour to promote their new album, V For Vaselines. The band will be setting out on a 13-date North-American tour beginning mid-January comprising of ten dates in the US and three in Canada.

Image courtesy of and ©Tim Ellis

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Stephen & Frances in the park.

Stephen McRobbie (The Pastels) & Frances McKee (The Vaselines) in the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. (circa ?)
Photo by & ©Eugene Kelly - The Vaselines via @Nippy Sweetie

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The Vaselines : 'V for Vaselines' acoutic in-store gig

 

 An exciting moment at Monorail in Glasgow this afternoon where The Vaselines did an acoustic in-store gig for their soon-to-be-released new album; V For Vaselines. 

Available on LP, CD, Download, and Cassette. Pre-order now!

Special thanks to Colin Clark and Lazer Guided Melody for images and info.

Image : Courtesy of & ©Colin Clark

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Vaselines : Straight of Yr Girlfriends Stomach (Press Releases)

 A couple of rather interesting documents relating to the first release by The Vaselines in May 1987 on the Scottish record label, 53rd&3rd. Label founded in 1985 by Stephen Pastel, Sandy McLean and David Keegan.
These are scans of the press releases that came with test pressings of their debut single "Son of a Gun" -though at that time it was still known as "Straight of Yr Girlfriends Stomach". For some unknown reason the title was changed before the actual release date of the 14th August, 1987.
Interesting to note that the Vaselines twosome, Frances and Eugene, are being sold as "fun lovin', normal, healthy, fuck-obsessed adolescents".
Artwork is by Annabel Wright (Aggi) of The Pastels.

Original scans ©FireEscapeTalking
Via Jenny Rollo

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the vaselines : dying for it

A very young Frances McKee let's it rip. From the mid-late '80s. (Source unknown)

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the vaselines : sex with an X

image: ©japanese forms.

the vaselines : sex with an X
45 rpm single / sub pop (2010)
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photo: wattie cheung
design: jeff kleinsmith

Sorry, folks but I've been severly neglecting this blog and have not been updating it enough. I really must take some time out and post and update more often. Anyhow, post featured here involves the latest single by The Vaselines -who also released an album with the same title: Sex With An X, on SubPop late last year. I must admit that I wouldn't have bought this if I hadn't come across it in a small independent record store the other day; a store that opened (hip, hip hooray!) just a few weeks ago apparently and that I'd never been to. Sounds like the usual Vaselines stuff of yesteryear to me... Which doesn't mean that it's bad but I rather tend to steer clear of bands that reform decades after breaking up. For followers, fans and faithful only. That's why I bought it; I suppose. Nice cover art. japanese forms

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