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The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes (UK Original 12" Single @ 45 rpm) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD-format

Posted By : Kel bazar | Date : 15 Nov 2011 06:35:07 | Comments : 8 |
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The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes (1981)
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz & 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC (Tracks), artworks | Stereo | 436 Mb, 129 Mb | 5% RAR Recovery
Styles: Cold Wave | Filesonic + FilePost
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Assumed wrongly by Polydor that this would be the Cure's first big hit, "Charlotte Sometimes" (recorded July 1981, released October 1981) was a single-only release (not appearing on a full-length until 1986's Staring at the Sea collection) that was more of its time than any other Cure single of the early '80s. A repetitive bassline coupled with gloomy keyboards and dryly produced drumming, "Charlotte Sometimes" was based lyrically on a children's book that Robert Smith was a fan of. What makes the tune notable (besides the downright embarrassing video) is its almost stereotypical gothiness, which the Cure never really saddled themselves with before this. While they had been merchants of gloom and doom extraordinaire for two previous albums, they never sounded so, well, maudlin. It has since become a fan favorite, and in the big picture fits in well between Faith and Pornography.--Allmusic



Track listing:


"Charlotte Sometimes"
"Splintered in Her Head"
"Faith" (live)

Personnel:

Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals, harmonica
Simon Gallup - bass
Lol Tolhurst - drums

The song "Charlotte Sometimes" is based on Charlotte Sometimes, a children's novel by British writer Penelope Farmer, published in 1969.

Lyrics include "she was crying and crying for a girl who died so many years before" and "sometimes I'm dreaming where all the other people dance". It has dream-like rhythmic and melodic structures; recurring modal transitions, numerous harmonic suspensions and lamenting vocals create a feeling of inevitable drift into darkness. Originally a non-album single released in between Faith and Pornography, the song later appears on the 2005 reissue of Faith. A powerful live take was included on the Concert album.

The B-Side of "Charlotte Sometimes" is "Splintered in Her Head", which is also based on the novel. The mood of "Splintered in Her Head" is overall more disquieting, with metallic, distorted vocals and heavy percussion, foreshadowing the next year's Pornography. The Cure released a third song based on the novel, called The Empty World on the album The Top.

The ten minute live version of Faith on the B-side of the 12" version was recorded at the Sydney Capitol Theatre in August 1981 by the then Australian Broadcasting Commission's youth radio station 2JJJ. This version is reproduced on Disc 2 of the deluxe reissue of album Faith.

The music video for the song was filmed at Holloway Sanitorium, the location of several other high profile music video shoots in the 1980s. It features the character of Charlotte recreating scenes from the story in the presence of the band, while Smith mimes the words of the song.

The cover of the single is a distorted picture of Mary Poole, Robert's then-girlfriend and now-wife. The same picture was used again as the cover of The Cure's 1990 single Pictures of You, but in that case the picture was clear and undistorted.--Wikipedia


Ripping Equipment:
TT: Technics SP 15 with SME 3009 tonearm & customized plinth
Cartridge: Ortofon Concorde 30 + OM 30 stylus
Phono amp: Pro-Ject Tube Box II with 2X JAN 12AX 7WA (General Electric)
Cables: Wire World Solstice 5.2
Computer: Sony Vaio VPCJ1
ADC: Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Software: WaveLab 5.01, ClickRepair, Redbook Resampled And Dithered with iZotope RX



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Posted By: fishanthrope Date: 15 Nov 2011 06:56:19
Thanks! Beautiful rip, more Cure is always appreciated!
Posted By: sixtiesfan Date: 15 Nov 2011 10:50:55
It's great to find the b-side "Splintered in her head" : to the best of my knowledge it's been ommitted from any comp or box set. I remember they ended a gig in France on the tour promoting the "Faith" LP with a stormy version of this track, it just left everyone including myself speechless. Pure psychedelic violence... At the time Robert Smith said he was listening a lot to "Saucerful Of Secrets" (he also confessed, to my surprise, he didn't like the Syd Barrett era very much...) and you can hear some influences in "Splintered".
Thanks for the rip !!
Posted By: Dr Debaser Date: 15 Nov 2011 12:24:58
Gosh Kel this takes me back! Having seen Bob filling in with Siouxie on the appalling 'Join Hands' tour I went right off the Cure.[I was a teenager nothing has to make sense]. Anyway I heard Charlotte Sometimes and was back on board as a Cure fan . This was a right Goth favourite - might even have been played down the Batcave .Thanks for this memory jogging rip.
Posted By: Kel bazar Date: 15 Nov 2011 12:39:23
@Dr Debaser

I've also having seen Bob filling the Banshees, but it was in december 82', great gig in Gent 'Voruit'...
Posted By: HiResFan Date: 15 Nov 2011 15:18:10
I can't get too much of The Cure... many thanks
Posted By: martwwa Date: 16 Nov 2011 20:38:17
Bloody great post, as usual, Kel. SUPER song! Thanks! :o))))
Posted By: nodpyn Date: 21 Dec 2011 22:52:34
Thanks for sharing!
Posted By: imaginario04 Date: 26 Feb 2012 19:16:37
Thank you very much for this rip!!
By the way: I hear some diginoises between 0:00 to 0:12 in track 1 (Charlotte). Could you tell us if it was vinyl scratches or something, please?
Thanks in advance!
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