I'm looking forward to hearing "In Little Ways" in Italian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Sutliff" To: Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Let's Active > There's a good chance that there's going to be an Italian Let's Active box > set that will contain all their released IRS stuff plus a good selection of > unreleased cuts. Let's Active were my favorite 80's pop band but I suppose > I'm more than a bit biased. The two months I spent with them as guitar > tech/auxiliary guitarist was as much fun as I've ever had in the "music > biz". If Jupiter and Mars align properly I'll be playing this years > Sparklefest with Mitch on guitar, Shalini Chatterjee on bass and former LA > drummer Eric Marshall in my combo. That should be way cool! > > Bobby Sutliff > NP - Charlie Christian Box Set > > >] > > Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:22:19 -0700 > > From: Brian Kassan > > To: > > Subject: Let's Active > > Message-ID: > > > > Just listening to the new Collector's Choice cd of both "Cypress" and the > > "Afoot" ep. Great, but too small typel liners--I never knew the band got > > its name from a Japanese t-shirt with jumbled syntax...I've seen those > > shirts before so it makes sense now. These tunes which take me back to my > > college days still sound great to these ears....the ever present Easter > > guitar jangle, great vocals from Mitch and Faye, lovely textural > production > > and art-rock has worn well and sounds timeless to me despite Mitch calling > > them "creaky." It's funny they mention that his prog sensibilities came > out > > on Cypress because I always did think Let's Active had a real complexity > to > > it that made them stand out along with the dB's and R.E.M.--my faves > during > > that time and still. A fantastic addition to my collection along with the > > cc dB's to fer...haven't gotten to the two bonus cuts yet, but I'm sure > they > > will be cool... > > > > Brian > > > >