LOVE AND LOUD COLOURS: Lyrics, Stories, and Fragments

Illustrated hardcover book with 4-song CD-single

Available now — an authorized lyric collection by Edward Ka-Spel, prolific vocal wizard of the Legendary Pink Dots and The Tear Garden. This illustrated book presents song lyrics selected from more than forty albums of Edward’s musical ventures — from 1980 to 2002.

In addition, the book comes with a CD-single featuring an exclusive four-part Ka-Spel creation, "090301," itself illustrated with an original work by New York artist Pieter Schoolwerth.

ENLARGE

* 160 pages, printed on high-bulk textured stock, plus black endpages
* 123 writings (lyrics, stories, and fragments) gleaned from more than 40 different recordings (Table of Contents)
* 67 black & white illustrations (Medieval and Renaissance etchings, line art, and woodcuts)
* Hardback, covered in a fine-quality black cloth cover, with stamping on front and spine
* Four-color gloss dustjacket, featuring a stained glass rose window from the Beauvais Cathedral and stylized stained glass saints crafted after Ka-Spel lyric characters: the Captain, the Bride, the Witch, the Soldier, the Lonely Figure, the Nurse, the Politician, the Lovers, Tanith, and Lisa
* Special features include lyrics linked with their art; lyrics linked with their page numbers, etc.
* Print run: 2300 copies, the first 834 of which were numbered and wrapped in a silver ribbon (numbered copies are available only through this site).

More information about the making of this book — in the form of an illustrated conversation.

Lyric book and CD-single: $35 U.S. dollars
(plus shipping & handling)*
     * NOTE: I must add 9.5% sales tax to your total if you live in California.
 

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Click on the images below to view sample pages from this book — with audio accompaniment.

“You’ve created something in print that is equal to the beauty of his songs or one of his live performances. Most fans of cult bands get a self-published paperback if they’re lucky — we get this. Unbelievable.” —Jared Butler

      * Additional COMMENTS from fans

      * LA WEEKLY review of this book

      * PRICK Magazine review of this book

The inspirations behind the lyrics in Love and Loud Colours.
(A work in progress; last updated: 31 October 2009)

I met Edward Ka-Spel back in 1991 when I interviewed him for KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM. Presented here are a few audio snippets of our conversation, as well as the complete INTERVIEW.

As the recording quality is rather poor (especially for the first one), accompanying text is provided for each portion.

Legendary Pink Dot ONLINE CENTRAAL — the official Pink Dot website — provides the latest news, tour information when appropriate, lyrics, images, music downloads, a photo gallery, complete Dots-O-Graphy, and contact information. It is also home to the Cloud-Zero mailing list. All at: LegendaryPinkDots.org. To order musical releases by the Legendary Pink Dots and others, visit their Terminal Kaleidescope and support them directly. (Please note that the Dots also sell UNNUMBERED copies of this lyric book; NUMBERED copies can be purchased only through this site.)

* Medley derived from latest full-CD release, PLUTONIUM BLONDE:

plutonium-song-snippet-medley.mp3

* Medley derived from recent, limited-edition, CDR release, THE MARIA SESSIONS:

MariaSessions-medley.mp3

"Back in 1991, every note played by the Dots was captured on a tape recorder which was literally never switched off. Some of the more inspired improvisations were worked on and turned into songs which found their way on the MARIA DIMENSION album. This CDR captures the very best of those sessions and features some of the most wonderful guitar work from Bob Pistoor that you'll ever hear. A perfect companion release to Maria Dimension itself, this literally brought tears to our eyes when we played the finished version recently. All tracks unreleased and unheard outside the Dots." (—from the TEKA website) **

Order directly from the Legendary Pink Dots at TerminalKaleidoscope.com

** Note that one portion of THE MARIA SESSIONS became the song "Stirred But Not Shaken" on Chemical Playschool, Volume 9.

(All tracks protected by copyright control)

* Literature
While part of another publishing company, MERCURY HOUSE, I worked on a many books likely to be of interest to the Dot fan.

* Music
BIG CITY ORCHESTRA — long-time friends of the Pink Dots
JILL TRACY — San Francisco’s very own “siren of the dark side”

The Edward Ka-Spel rollover image at www.saintrapunza.com depicts Edward in a drawing by Pieter Schoolwerth. This drawing, a gift to the tiny shining princess, was a study for his painting “Thee 83 Altered States ov Americka: Chapters 3 & 4,” which appeared in the ICA Boston GOTHIC exhibit.

Lyrics for this book were compiled mostly from liner notes and from faxes and emails from Edward — with undeniable assistance derived from the transcription efforts of numerous fellow Pink Dot friends, as archived by Alan Ezust and Lars Tängmark. With appreciation and gratitude, especially to Jon Whitney and www.brainwashed.com.

Jared Butler, who compiled the first printed collection of Ka-Spel lyrics, kindly interviewed me about the making of this book. 

This page last updated 2 November 2009.