Please note this is a pre-order item due for release16th May, 2025

Dinked Archive #24

Triple colour 3LP (LP1 purple, LP2 orange, LP3 red) *
Robert Hampson (Loop) signed 12 x 12 print of new sleeve artwork *
24 x 24 folded poster *
Dinked Archive obi-strip & gold foil sticker *
Limited, numbered pressing of 500 *

*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition

Tracklist:

LP 1

Side A 16 Dreams

1. 16 Dreams
2. Head On
3. Burning World

Side B Spinning

4. Spinning (Parts 1&2)
5. Brittle Head Girl
6. Deep Hit

LP 2

Side C Collision

1. Collision
2. Crawling Heart
3. Thief Of Fire (Written-By The Pop Group)
4. Thief (Motherfucker) (Written-By The Pop Group)

Side D Black Sun

5. Black Sun
6. Circle Grave
7. Mother Sky (Written-By Can)

LP 3

Side E Arc-Lite

1. Arc-Lite (Sonar)
2. Arc-Lite (Radar)
3. Sunburst
4. Arc-Lite (Radiated)

Side F Prisma Uber Europa

5. Afterglow (Live)
6. Got To Get It Over (Live)
7. Burning World (Live)

First time vinyl pressing of these remastered 12/EP tracks. Originally released in the 80s / 1990, on the Chapter 22 / Head / Situation 2 labels.

16 Dreams 12 (Head) released 1986
Spinning 7 /12 (Head) released 1987
Collision 7/12 (Chapter 22) released 1988
Black Sun 12 (Chapter 22) released 1988
Arc-Lite 7/12/CD5 (Situation 2) released 1989
Primsma Uber Europa 12 (Beggars) released 1991 (Live Promo only)

Formed in South London in the mid-1980s by Robert Hampson, Loop blazed a trail with their potent mix of motorik beats and heavy guitar riffs, recording a trio of brilliant albums that set the indie charts alight before imploding in 1990 after the release of album number three, A Gilded Eternity. As critics enthused at the time, Loop were the sound of Suicide jamming with the Stooges aboard a spaceship built by Hawkwind and piloted by CAN. They were post-psychedelic, pre-shoegaze figureheads in a world of anodyne pop jangle and baggy rhythms,and even their closest contemporaries like Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine didnt plough such a distinctive furrow as theirs.

Twelves details:

Remastered from the original tapes by Kevin Metcalf and then reissued for the first time in 2009 as part of the WORLD IN YOUR EYES 3CD set on Reactor. Now re-mastered for vinyl and re-cut to lacquers by Shawn Joseph /Optimum Mastering and issued as TWELVES. (ref: the 3 x 7
set SEVENS released 2020)

Each side of this 3LP set has one of the 12s in full, 16 Dreams / Spinning / Collision / Black Sun / Arc-Lite..as well as the promo only LIVE 12 Prisma Uber Europa. The 12 cover of each LP has the relevant sleeve on each side to recreate the original sleeve image, and each 12 side will have labels as close to the original designs as possible.

Hear Loop expand their sound from the Stooges / Velvets / garage pyschout of 16 Dreams, into the Spinning era and then develop their motorik fuzzed-out nihilistic pummel through the Collision and Black Sun EPs to finish this set with the Arc-Lite side, possibly Loop at their most visceral. Unable to be pigeon holed like most bands of this time, their live shows also wiped the floor with everyone as evidenced on the Prisma Uber Europa 12.

Not reissued on vinyl when first remastered, now its time. PLAY LOUD

The 2009 3CD version will also be reissued tooAll the band’s 12-inches and compilation tracks in chronological order, with some demo tracks along the way, featuring tracks from the very first Loop demo, “16 Dreams” single, “Spinning”, “Collision”, “Black Sun” and “Arclite” as well as the Nick Drake tribute on Imaginary, the Neil Young tribute Comp on No. 6 Records, the “promo” Live 12″, and even the Godflesh cover version from their split on Clawfist.

Loop reformed in 2013 to headline /curate one of the last ATP Festivals, following the great response to the remastered reissues of2008/2009. Hampson then re-grouped wit ha new LOOP Lineup and recorded a new LOOP EP Array in 2015.

In 2022 LOOP released a widely acclaimed new album Sonancy on Cooking Vinyl.

*Limited to 1 copy per customer/household, multiple orders will be cancelled without notice.