the first pain to linger (maxi), by Black Tape For A Blue Girl

the first pain to linger (maxi)

by Black Tape For A Blue Girl

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rikm Simultaneously majestic in bearing and delicately beautiful, "The First Pain to Linger" is a stunning collection of tracks from the early 90s that vividly capture the essence and ideal of Black Tape for a Blue Girl's work from that period.

Lush in sound and lyrically raw, these songs are perfect examples of the sounds that enticed and inspired me back then, music that helped to define a crucial era in my development.

Highly recommended...

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This maxi-cd was released in 1996 along with my (out-of-print) novel. It's a wallet cover, with the disc + a 4-panel insert. I found 25 of these in the storage space, packaged them up. No shrinkwrap. These are "new old stock" so there might be a few scuffs on the jackets, but they look pretty good to me (aside from some odd misprinting that happened back in the day). My apologies for the expensive non-USA shipping rates, this is really my cost!

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	1.	forbidden 06:08
	2.	the glass is shattered 04:01
	3.	pandora’s dream 03:13
	4.	overwhelmed, beneath me (with lucian & lyrics) 03:21
	5.	i no longer remember the feelings 06:01
	6.	a good omen 04:55
	7.	seven 05:48

about

The first pain to linger was released in early 1996. The material was recorded between 1991 – 1993, covering the period of the albums a chaos of desire and this lush garden within.

1 forbidden
for me, this piece perfectly captures the betrayal and anguish of this lush garden within’s cover. cast down. cast down upon broken shells of crystal dreams. defiled and destroyed. it was going to be the first song on the album, but then i replaced it with a different track. oscar provides some chant-y vocals. previously unreleased.

2 the glass is shattered
based around the backing tracks for this lush garden within “the broken glass”, this version focuses on the feminine perspective. recorded for the 1993 TEQ Music-label compilation ghafran. vocals by lucian.

3 pandora’s dream
years after the appearance of “pandora’s box” on a chaos of desire, this was recorded for the 1992 Hyperium Records compilation From Hypnotic…. when compiling the first pain to linger, i asked lucian to replace my vocals, which i had always been uncomfortable with.

4 overwhelmed, beneath me
this version, recorded for the 1993 Hyperium Records compilation Heavenly Voices Part 2, differs from the original in that i wrote lyrics for lucian to sing, while the original has wordless ethereal vocals. ryan lum plays additional guitar on this song.

5 i no longer remember the feelings
recorded for a performance piece by susan and peter strømsted from early ‘92, this begins with an early version of
“we exist entwined” and ends over a backdrop of “the flow of our spirit.” later released on the 1993 Simbiose Records compilation Borderline, A Collection Of Soundscapes.

6 a good omen
for the 1993 Hic Sunt Leones Records compilation The Promises Of Silence, i created these textures around a sample of lucian’s vocals from “the flow of our spirit”; which is where the title of this disc and the quote on the cover of this lush garden within originates.

7
i recorded this piece during the gulf war (23 january ‘91), in a very somber mood. my keyboard later crashed and took the sequence to the ocean floor. so this was rescued from a lo-fi audio cassette dub. previously unreleased.

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released April 5, 1996

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Black Tape For A Blue Girl Portland, Oregon

Black Tape For A Blue Girl creates darkwave, ethereal, neoclassical, ambient, goth albums. This page also includes my ambient/electronic music, as well as side-projects. Thanks for listening. Sam

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The Chaos Serpent Single

Apr 2022
The Cleft Serpent

Oct 2021
The Instrumental Serpent

Oct 2021
Eating Rose Petals (free!)

Nov 2020
Tim, where are you now?

Sep 2020
Live KSBR 1987

Jul 2020
Sunwashed evening fire

Jun 2020
Highlights (name-your-price)

Mar 2020
the gesture of history

Aug 2019
To touch the milky way

Oct 2018
Journey to Aktehi

Oct 2017
Isotope

Aug 2017
Blood on the snow

Jan 2017
These fleeting moments

Aug 2016
Limitless (ep)

Jun 2016
the "Bike Shop" EP

Apr 2016
Across a thousand blades (demos+live)

Oct 2015
Monolith

Apr 2015
Monolith (addendum)

Apr 2015
The Collection (Free!)

Aug 2014
Tenderotics

Feb 2013
Archive 01

Oct 2012
Forbidden Colours

Oct 2012
The Passage

Nov 2011
Knock Three Times (2010 live with Nicki Jaine)

Jul 2010
10 Neurotics

Aug 2009
The Pleasures Everlasting (ep)

Aug 2008
The best of (deluxe: 2008+1991)

Jul 2008
Anthology Archive

Jun 2008
POD

Jun 2007
Halo Star (deluxe - Disc 2)

Nov 2004
Halo Star

Aug 2004
with a million tear-stained memories (2CD)

Dec 2003
Black Tape For A Blue Girl sampler 2002

Jun 2002
the scavenger bride

Apr 2002
As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire (Deluxe)

Jun 1999
Kickstarter Holiday EP

Nov 1996
With my Sorrows (2012)

Oct 1996
Remnants of a deeper purity

Jun 1996
the first pain to linger (maxi)

Apr 1996
Of these reminders

Nov 1994
This lush garden within

Apr 1993
Terrace of Memories

Apr 1992
A chaos of desire

Mar 1991
Ashes in the brittle air

Aug 1989
ashes in the brittle air (2020 remaster)

May 1989
Mesmerized by the sirens

Oct 1988
Before the buildings fell

Aug 1986
The Rope (deluxe)

Aug 1986
Tanzmusik

Mar 1985
The Sleep of Reason (remastered)

Aug 1984
Round Trip

Feb 1984
the gesture of history (preview)

Feb 1919

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