The Flaming Lips – Scratching The Door: The First Recordings Of The Flaming (Remastered) (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The loony Flaming Lips are diving back into their old material and, with it, releasing a remastered collage titled Scratching The Door, a sort of family album from their early days. It features recordings from 1985 to 1989, as they were still in their original formation: Wayne Coyne on the guitar, his brother on vocals, Michael Ivins on the bass and Dave Kotska on drums. The opus focuses on their debut and features their first self-produced EP, demos and a completely destroy version of the Who’s Anyway, Anywho, Anywhere. Now fifty something, they were just 20 years old back then and their already battered sound − a sort of raw post-punk carried by gritty and scruffy guitars, thunderous bass (Flaming Lips Theme Song), heightened by harmonica digressions (Handsome Johnny) − more so than their psychedelic convulsions was already spreading through Oklahoma City. In June 2018, they will follow up this album with Seeing The Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Flaming Lips 1986-1990: a compilation of their first albums, of their Restless Records period, before their move to Warner. Fantastic news for their early fans. – Charlotte Saintoin

Tracklist:
1. Bag Full Of Thoughts 05:36
2. Out For A Walk 03:14
3. Garden Of Eyes 01:56
4. Forever Is A Long Time 03:19
5. Scratching The Door 07:09
6. My Own Planet 04:11
7. Killer On The Radio 02:58
8. Batman Theme 01:47
9. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 02:32
10. Handsome Johnny 02:56
11. Flaming Lips Theme Song 03:53
12. The Future Is Gone 03:22
13. Underground Pharmacist 04:48
14. Real Fast Words 03:15
15. Groove Room 06:07
16. Jesus Shooting Heroin 07:05
17. Trains, Brains & Rain 03:25
18. Communication Breakdown 03:44
19. Summertime Blues 02:29