Waiting For The Floods

 

The Armoury Show - Waiting For The Floods [ST-17163 USA 1985 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Conceived as a 'super-group' assembled by former members of The Skids and Magazine, The Armoury Show had a brief career, heavily promoted by EMI Records, adored by a loyal following however they never really broke through beyond their fan base to deliver on the expectations of the label.

Key players, Richard Jobson abandoned Scotland in favour of reading abstract poetic prose to Belgian audiences on Les Disques Du Crépuscule before a new career as a model and TV presenter and John McGeoch (likely the most important rock guitarist of his generation) stopped by between his careers with Magazine, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Public Image Limited.

Waiting For The Floods was their only album, rich in McGeoch's rock guitar textures and Jobson's overblown lyrical drama. This record certainly has its place in time, it has never been reissued except for a heavily compressed and loud compact disc from 2013. Enjoy.

A1 Castles In Spain
A2 Kyrie
A3 A Feeling
A4 We Can Be Brave Again
A5 Higher Than The World
B1 Glory Of Love
B2 Waiting For The Floods
B3 Sense Of Freedom
B4 Sleep City Sleep
B5 Avalanche




Comments

  1. Blogmeister18 October 2022 at 06:17

    https://mega.nz/file/DUwRXKJD#jg5RwpKIvk8nc7XPF1lJI_DAXtAwJBzqQpEXi675Pjo

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  2. Dream Remaster18 October 2022 at 12:31

    many thanks for this, looks interesting...

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  3. Dream Remaster18 October 2022 at 12:45

    Hi,
    Track 4 jungle of cities seems to be missing.
    Could you take a look as time allows.
    If I am wrong I apologize in advance.
    Best wishes, Colin

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    1. Blogmeister18 October 2022 at 14:35

      Hi. That track does not appear on the US version

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    2. Dream Remaster18 October 2022 at 14:54

      Thanks for clearing that up for me.
      Am enjoying this. many thanks.

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  4. Anonymous18 October 2022 at 14:09

    Many thanks, I have this and a Japanese pressing, I also wrote the sleeve notes for the 2013 2CD release...
    The demos sound so much better, they don't have that '1980s production sheen' that the official release has

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  5. Anonymous18 October 2022 at 14:31

    Also the UK / Euro and Japanese releases have 'Jungle Of Cities' as Side 1 track 4. For some reason the US version dropped it.

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  6. sleep19 October 2022 at 06:10

    thanks so much!

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  7. Anonymous27 October 2022 at 06:14

    I have both this American version and the 2013 2CD release which I picked up after my last turntable died. It will be great to hear "my" LP again! Many thanks.

    Brian

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  8. Anonymous31 October 2022 at 22:36

    Botheration, still don't have my rig together to have done this task myself. Thank you BM. Nice balance! It would be wonderful to hear the demos released to the wild...

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