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Disco Inferno Cant See Through It The Great! Society Love You Girl Suicide Cheree Television Personalities Stop And Smell The Roses Velvet Underground Ocean (Outtake Version) Felt Red Indians Julian Cope Laughing Boy The Durutti Column For Belgian Friends Charlie Feathers Mound Of Clay Mark Fry Song For Wilde

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MGMT All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (Exclusive Cover Version) Cheval Sombre Troubled Mind Dave Bixby Drug Song Jacobites Hearts Are Like Flowers The Chills Pink Frost Martin Rev Sparks The Wake Melancholy Man Spacemen 3 Lord Can You Hear Me? Pauline Anna Strom Morning Splendor Paul Morley Lost For Words Pt.2 (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)

Its San Francisco in 1966 and were lying in the long grass overlooking the bay realising that life might never get better than this. Same year, different location. Were walking down St. Marks Place in New York towards the Dom, where the Velvet Underground are performing this very evening. Postpunk London: pop possibilities, psychedelic outcomes, unsteady futures. Connecticut 2004, a collegiate idyll and meeting point for Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser whose primordial wigouts are released under the name MGMT. Lysergic mgmt diethylamide: this music is for those who know their Orange Sunshine from their Windowpane. Drenched in pop as much as psychedelia, they dont need a map and compass to find the tunes. MGMT formed at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and after some indie activity soon caught the attention of Columbia who have so far released the first two albums, the aptlynamed Oracular Spectacular and Congratulations. There have been Grammy nominations (and even a Grammy win for Justices remix of Electric Feel), though these are mere fripperies in the face of Owsley Stanley and his pals. Although their sound has morphed considerably over the first two LPs, their attitude has not. In Song For Dan Treacy, they show their affection for a

certain type of British songwriter (Treacys band TV Personalities are included here), while Congratulations producer Peter Kember is a former member of the Spacemen 3, the best psychedelic band ever to come from Rugby who also figure on this very compilation with the delightful Lord Can You Hear Me. They are firstly fans of other peoples records, those MGMT boys. You can tell by the impressive depth of their selections and by how sympathetic this music sounds when blended together. We cant overlook the tremendous contributions of the English psych aristocracy hereabouts. There is the Droolian himself Julian Cope whose song, Laughing Boy, is taken from his finest hour Fried. Then theres the unbearably cultish Felt, featuring the wonderful Lawrence Hayward, with Red Indians and Vini Reilly (aka Durutti Column) with the slinky For Belgian Friends. If Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and the Singing Policeman had been present, the eccentrics of Great Britain Society would have had a quorum. But that is not all. Oh no. That is not all Theres the other side of the pond, too. The Grace Slick-led Great Societys Love You Girl and Suicides Martin Rev who weighs in with the magnificently batty Sparks from 2000s Strangeworld. But then, just when you think

youve get them all figured they go and throw rockabilly hero Charlie Feathers into the ring. To top it all, theres also their reading of Bauhaus uncharacteristically beautiful All We Ever Wanted Was Everything for our now traditional Late night Tales cover version. TKO MGMT. Gently remove your I Was Lord Kitcheners Valet army uniform. Take a sip of green tea, lie back on the chaise longue and wait for the magic carpet to arrive. Lets take a trip. Bill Brewster

01. Disco Inferno.

Written by Disco Inferno. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by One Little Indian Records. p 1996 Second Wind Ltd. Licensed courtesy of One Little Indian Records. O to be wrapped up in a blissful blanket of paranoia! Lamenting the metamorphosis of humanity in the Discman age never felt so sweet. Sometimes you stay up worrying late at night and you just want to give that insomnia a big ol cuddly embrace.

Cant See Through It

02. The Great! Society.

Written by Minor. Published by Irving Music, BMI. p 1995 Rhino Entertainment. Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. What is the internal calling to ramble, to pierce the celestial film of youth with green thorns, felt by so many young men? Where does it come from? The ever-enchanting drive to do what one must do. What cosmic essence accords this compulsion the power to leave behind love and simple happiness, to forcibly twist the cables and cut the cords of comfort and bliss in order to maybe find some new truth or inner understanding? Strap on your high-heeled pre-teen shoes and leave a scribbled note on the kitchen table on a torn letterhead: Sorry babe, I gotta be goin. Me and my flute and my cheap chinese suit.

Love You Girl

03. Suicide.
Written by Vega & Rev. Published by Revega/Stanphyl Music Co. p 1996 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Blast First/Mute Records Limited. Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd This song belongs in a museum. No one should touch it or even get too close to it. Damn everything but the circus.

Cheree

04. Television

Written by Dan Treacy. Published by Fire Songs. p 2002 Fire Records. www.firerecords.com. Licensed courtesy of Fire Records. One of those songs you feel like youve heard before. Maybe you have. We were listening to this song one time while driving along a lonely stretch of strip malls in northern New Jersey and I have no idea at all whether it felt appropriate or not.

Personalities. Stop And Smell The Roses

05. Velvet Underground.

(Reed) Published by Virpi, Inc. p 1970 WEA International Inc Licensed Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd

Ocean (Outtake Version)

06. Felt.

This is the version of the song that was an outtake from Loaded. There is an earlier version of this song that has pretty different lyrics some stuff about Insects are evil thoughts, but no mention of Malcolms Curse.

Written by Lawrence & Deebank. Published by Cherry Red Songs. p 1981 Cherry Red Records. Licensed courtesy of Cherry Red Records. www.cherryred.co.uk I see better than anyone, that what I am writing here are only the reveries of a man who has, in youth only nibbled at the outer crusts of The Arts, and retained nothing more than a vague and rough image of them.

Red Indians

07. Julian Cope.

Written by Julian Cope. Published by Warner Bros. Music Co. Ltd. Produced by Stephen Lovell. p 1984 Mercury Records Limited. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Limited. So what if Im crazy? So what if I want to stay crazy? So what if I want to play with my toy truck in a sandbox while wearing a giant turtle shell? Fucking lunatic.

Laughing Boy

08. The Durutti Column.

Written by Reilly. Published By M24j Pub / Zomba / Movement of 24th January Publishing. p 1980 Factory Records. Licensed courtesy of The Durutti Column In Belgium, everything is strange.

For Belgian Friends

09. Charlie Feathers.

Published by Sony Music Publishing. The ultimate late night dance track. Grab yer partner and try to contort your souls out of the dumbing restrictions of the human form! Cant you just feel that cool clay piling on??

Mound Of Clay

10. Mark Fry.

Written by Mark Fry. All rights reserved. Produced by Laura Papi. p 1972 Sunbeam Records. Licensed courtesy of Mark Fry. Back before the Black Eyed Pees, this was the definition of Swagga. March on my Brother!

Song For Wilde

11. MGMT.

Written by Ash, Haskins, Jay & Murphy. Published by Universal Music Publishing. Mixed by Dave Fridmann. MGMT appear courtesy of Columbia Records. www.whoismgmt.com. p 2011 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited.

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

12. Cheval Sombre.

Written by Christopher Porpora. Published by Songs Reverie (ASCAP). Produced by Sonic Boom. p 2009 Double Feature. Licensed courtesy of Double Feature Records. According to google maps, as of July 2011, over two thousand bongs or glass sherlocks have been regardfully named Smokey Robinson. The tears of a clown. Flying blind in the eternal sunshine. Laughing all the way to the banks of the river, tail-tucked, rocks in your pockets. You DONT KNOW.

Troubled Mind

Man, it was kind of hard to cover a Bauhaus song. I mean, we dont really sound anything like Bauhaus! I wonder if any Bauhaus fans like MGMT. Should we have covered one of our more obvious influences? I dont know, isnt it cool when bands do a cover song thats somewhat unexpected? Probably isnt really that cool to analyze it after the fact. Better stop here.

13. Dave Bixby.

Written by David Bixby. Published by Guerssen Records. Produced by David Bixby. p 1971 Guerssen Records. Licensed courtesy of David Bixby. Sitting on a concrete curb in Santa Cruz. I used to play 64th notes on the bass drum. Think before you sink. Drugz are bad. I used to have 2 kinds of Dr. Bronners in my river rock tiled shower. Ive learned to love the smell of my own filth. Does a rotting brain give off any recognizable scents? Can you spare some change, Young Jeezus?

Drug Song

14. Jacobites.

Written by Dave Kusworth. Published by Complete Music. p 2002 Secretly Canadian. All Rights Reserved. Available on: Robespierres Velvet Basement (SC55). Licensed courtesy of Secretly Canadian. www.secretlycanadian.com.

Hearts Are Like Flowers

beautiful! Is this most exemplary use of wind chimes what finally pushed him over the edge?

15. The Chills.

Written by Martin Phillipps. Published by Mushroom Music. Produced by Terry King, Doug Hood, Chris Knox, Terry Moore & Martin Phillipps. p 1984 Flying Nun Records. Licensed courtesy of Flying Nun Records. I was alone at a restaurant yesterday and heard this song coming from the basement, or the attic. The waitress was asleep sitting up on a stool at the corner table. Across the street a black lab was drinking a strawberry milk shake. The song ended and the waitress woke up with a handprint on her cheek.

Pink Frost

James went nuts one night in Birmingham while we were listening to this album over and over again in our hotel room. Earlier that evening we had taken the iPod stereo into Sainsburys, blasting Sir Lord Baltimore while waiting in line to pick up a bottle of Famous Grouse. James had recently been lobbying for the inclusion of wind chimes on stage; his request had been curtly refused. Later, back in the room: Listen James, listen! Theyve got wind chimes on this song and it sounds so

16. Martin Rev.

Written by Martin Rev. Published by Copyright Control. p 2000 Blast First Petite. Licensed courtesy of Blast First Petite. How one man can so accurately capture the feeling of melting into a carpet with only a few drumb machines and a microphone I will never know. Effortless style. Fact: A single drop of Martin Revs pre-precum is enough to slowly and painfully kill 49 Justin Biebers.

17. The Wake.

Sparks

Written by Allen, Allen & McInulty. Published by LTM Songs. Produced by Oz. Originally released on the album Here Comes Everybody on Factory Records (FACT 130) in 1985. Available on the CD/download album Here Comes Everybody + Singles (LTMCD 2332). p 1985 Factory Records. Licensed courtesy of LTM. www.ltmrecordings.com. Put on a khaki-colored trench coat and walk around some shitty English village green on a rainy afternoon in November then don't ever listen to this song again.

Melancholy Man

18. Spacemen 3.

Written by Pierce. p 2003 GPO. www.spaceagerecordings.com. Licensed courtesy of Space Age Recordings. Damn you Spacemen for making the most heartrending last-ditch supplication ever set to three sweet guitar chords. This is what being from Rugby does to people. Can you hear the pain? Theyve seen the nettles and the scammage done, a little part of it in everyone.

Lord Can You Hear Me?

19. Pauline Anna Strom.

Published by Trans-Millenia Music Co. (ASCAP). p 1982 Ether Ship Records. My favorite type of tea. Perfect for those mornings when it feels like someone removed your brain and sent it coach class on an un-airconditioned bus from Lawrence Kansas to Tierra del Fuego with only spicy BBQ pringles to drink. The archetypal feeling of pink mindflesh on unwashed velour. Thank god the german psychtrance aliens came to the rescue roadside in Chigorodo.

Morning Splendor

20. Paul Morley.

Written by Paul Morley. Published by Copyright Control. p 2011 Night Time Stories Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Night Time Stories Ltd. A writer writing at night thinks so hard about words and what they mean that the words hes thinking about turn into ghosts. The words start to haunt him. They frighten him and inspire him. Out of nowhere something happens because of these damned words. The words turn into the ghost of the legendary French poet, rebel and adventurer Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud or whats left of him then helps the writer to put words in a particular order so that they tell a story about how thinking about words conjured up the ghost of Arthur Rimbaud. This ghost story takes the form of an hallucinated biography of

Lost For Words Pt.2

Arthur Rimbaud and is about how every word we speak or read or hear is itself a ghost of something or someone else. It is also about how we can bring the dead back to life using words. Without words we have nothing to say and no way of knowing. Or do we ? Paul Morley London 2011

MGMT are Andrew Van Wyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, James Richardson, Matt Asti and Will Berman MGMT would like to thank Steve Barnett, Sonic Boom, Katie Cooper, Henriette, Maureen Kenny, Nick Kramer, Peter Lewit, David Macnutt, Ken Marshall, Ashley Newton, David Rappaport, Andrew Ross, Peter Shershin, Mike Smith, Rob Stringer, Jeroen van der Meer, Matt Werth, Nina Webb, Dustin Yellin, Paul Glancy. MGMT management: Fenway Recordings and Death Or Glory LLC Late Night Tales would like to thank MGMT for their super unique take on the Late Night Tales trip that avoids all clasification, Mark Kates for all his help and patience, David Gottlieb, Nick Palmacci at Fenway Recordings, Paul Cheeky Morris for the best knob twidling in the business, Sam Chapman, Keith, Roger and Michael and all at EMI Label Services, Matt at Reptile,

Peter Ashworth, Arthur and all at Caroline/EMI U.S.A, Tom at Balance Australia, Edwin and all at N.E.W.S Belgium, Yoko, Shota and all at Beatinc Japan, Jeffrey and all at Southbound, Tommy and all Love Da Records Hong Kong, Simon Burd at Urban Outfitters, Ben & all at Outpost P.R, Paul Morley, Craig Dormer Red Light, Rachel Graham, Patrick & Sean at Material and last but not least all the labels that license us their great music to make these albums what they are. MGMT photograph by Dustin Yellin Paul Morley photograph courtesy of Valerie Phillips Cover Photography by Peter Ashworth (ashworth-photos.com) Design by The Reptile House (thereptilehouse.net) Mastered and mix production by Paul Cheeky Morris This Compilation p & c 2011 Night Time Stories Ltd

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