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Jarvis Cocker narrates liner notes for The All Seeing I reissue


The All Seeing I’s Dean Honer, Richard Barratt and Jason Buckle – Image Credit score: Rankin

A brand new animated video sees Jarvis Cocker narrate his liner notes for the reissue of Pickled Eggs & Sherbet by cult Sheffield digital group The All Seeing I.

Set for launch on 25 April, the 1999 album has been totally remastered and might be obtainable for the very first time on double vinyl in addition to an expanded double CD model, which incorporates uncommon B-sides from misplaced CD singles, plus new mixes from All Seeing I’s DJ Parrot (aka Crooked Man) and pop alchemist The Reflex.

Watch the animated video under:

Stroll Like A Panther

In a brand new animated video, created by Jonny Sanders (aka Prehuman), Jarvis describes his awkward first efficiency of Stroll Like A Panther, the track the band requested him to put in writing for Tony Christie which went on to be the legendary Sheffield crooner’s first hit single for 25 years.

Having just lately returned from a protracted world tour selling Pulp’s 1997 album This Is Hardcore, Jarvis was visiting household in Sheffield and took the chance to fulfill with the All Seeing I to play them his demo of the track. Nevertheless, with no tape participant within the trio’s ‘studio’, they requested him to sing the track to them as a substitute.

“Was this an initiation ceremony?,” writes/narrates Jarvis. “A take a look at to see if I’d “gone tender” resulting from pop stardom? Simply as I used to be about to begin singing, I realised that I used to be now way more nervous than at any level through the tour of Australia I’d simply returned from. What may that imply? 4 minutes and 28 seconds later, I felt an entire lot higher: they appreciated it! I breathed a reasonably hefty sigh of aid – I used to be formally part of the group. Welcome residence, Jarvis.”

Later in his notes Jarvis writes: Listening again to the album now I’m struck by how a lot a number of the lyrics I wrote take care of my current brush with pop stardom and my makes an attempt to re-engage with my residence city.”

Metal Metropolis Sounds

The All Seeing I have been the manufacturing trio of Dean Honer, Jason Buckle, and Richard Barrett (aka DJ Parrot), previously of influential Warp Information signings Candy Exorcist. Initially lumped in with the late-90s Large Beat scene, there was way more creativeness to The All Seeing I, who joyously introduced collectively all of the disparate threads of the Sheffield music scene previous (after which) current on an album that would solely have come from the ‘Metal Metropolis.’

Beat Goes On, the lead single from Pickled Eggs & Sherbet , reached No.11 on the UK Singles Chart and No.1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 1998. In 2022, the track had an enormous viral second on TikTok and social media, changing into one of the crucial extensively used ‘Sounds’ lately, accruing 2.4 billion views and 162k creations.

Stroll Like A Panther went on to peak at No.10 and third single 1st Man In Area includes a sensible vocal from The Human League’s Phil Oakey, who’s uncharacteristically backed by flanged guitars.

Initially launched in September 1999, Pickled Eggs & Sherbet is the only real album by The All Seeing I, who break up in 2002.

Pickled Eggs & Sherbet vinyl reissue by cult Sheffield electronic group The All Seeing I

 Tracklistings

Vinyl:
A1. Stroll Like A Panther
A2. No Return
A3. Beat Goes On
B1. Candy Music
B2. Mary
B3. 1st Man In Area
C1. Drive Safely Darlin’
C2. Stars on Sunday
C3. Large Pecker
C4. I Peggio
D1. I Stroll
D2. Comfortable Birthday Nicola
D3. Plastic Diamond

CD
Disc One
01 Stroll Like A Panther
02 No Return
03 Beat Goes On
04 Candy Music
05 Mary
06 1st Man In Area
07 Drive Safely Darlin’
08 Stars On Sunday
09 Large Pecker
10 I Stroll
11 I Peggio
12 Comfortable Birthday Nicola
13 Plastic Diamond
14 Soiled Woman
15 Ethereal Armpits
Disc Two
01 Beat Goes Unsuitable
02 Sweaty Partitions
03 Pickled Eggs & Sherbet
04 Beat Goes on (La De Da De De Combine)
05 First Crooked Man
06 First Crooked Dub
07 I Stroll Crooked
08 Return of the Crooked Cat

Digital
01 Stroll Like A Panther
02 No Return
03 Beat Goes On
04 Candy Music
05 Mary
06 1st Man In Area
07 Drive Safely Darlin’
08 Stars On Sunday
09 Large Pecker
10 I Stroll
11 I Peggio
12 Comfortable Birthday Nicola
13 Plastic Diamond
14 Soiled Woman
15 Ethereal Armpits
16 Stroll Like a Panther (The Reflex Revision)
17 Beat Goes Unsuitable
18 Sweaty Partitions
19 Pickled Eggs & Sherbet
20 Beat Goes on (La De Da De De Combine)
21 First Crooked Man
22 First Crooked Dub
23 I Stroll Crooked
24 Return of the Crooked Cat
25 Jarvis Cocker Audio Liner Notes

Pickled Eggs & Sherbet is launched on 25 April and is obtainable on 2LP, 2CD and digital codecs, pre-order right here

*Featured Jarvis Image Credit score: Ben Rymer

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