| From: MIME:annandrn@mbox3.singnet.com.sg
Sent: den 29 december 1997 16:58
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Great Job! !
Hi! I am from Singapore! Great fan of China Crisis! It;s the good tunes
and easy listening all round dat is really my cup of tea! I have known
them since 1982 when hit single Tragedy & Mystery was a big hit
in UK!
Their music basically cover every spectre of life! Do u know the song
"
Watching The Rainclouds"! My fav is "Animals in Jungle"
LOL! But the best
instrumentals of their have to be "Performing Seals"! So Tomas,
what do u
do for life?! I am a bookkeeper - MALE/33 yrs of age! Still single living
with my parents in an apartment! Have a dog who still doesnt know its
gender! LOL! Well dat is all I can write for now! Hope to hear from
u
soon! By the way I also made contact with a David Pinkis from your
guestbook who so desperately needs a copy of the collection cd! Well
take
care and Have a Good New Year '98!
ANAND R. NITCHINGAM
SINGAPORE
From: MIME:GMShark@aol.com
Sent: den 28 januari 1998 05:53
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: CC-Web site
Truely a masterpiece!!! What a great tribute to this great band!! Thank
you
for all your hard work. George
From: MIME:hugh.atkins@virgin.net
Sent: den 1 februari 1998 22:41
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Please, please, please...
...does anyone out there have a recording of the China Crisis session
recorded for John Peel 27/1/83 including the first versions of 'WISHFUL
THINKING' & 'A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE FOR EVERY DAUGHTER' ?
Look forward to hearing from
you !
hugh.atkims@virgin.net
From: MIME:Eofartions@aol.com
Sent: den 2 februari 1998 18:10
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: question
Great China Crisis web site dude!! There are acually people out there
besides me that love these guys!! YES ! ! ! ! I have a question though.
Any word on a new release by them anytime soon???
-Matt
From: MIME:EMIKATIE@aol.com
Sent: den 5 februari 1998 23:11
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Re: Re[3]: China Crisis site updated
Tomas,
OK. Here is what I have to
supplement what I saw on your discography site
about 2 weeks ago.....
12" "Wishful Thinking"
(same tracks as other 12")
#VSX 1187 Red Vinyl Canadian
3" CD "Saint Saviour
Square" (same tracks as the one you list) Mine is a 3"
CD
LP "Working With Fire
and Steel" #VL 2273 Canadian MIne has lyrics on
inner sleeve
12" "Working With
Fire and Steel" 9 20172-OA Warner Bros. 1983 US
CD "China Crisis Collection:
The Very Best of China Crisis" You have it
listed with an incorrect title, but I'm sure this is the one you meant,
here
is the info:
#Carol 1117-2 Caroline Records 1997 US
Cassette "What Price
Paradise" #CS 5148 A&M w/o Trading in Gold (I
believe this could be Canadian but there are no markings anywhere)
CD (double) "Wishful
Thinking" #SMD-CD 117 Snapper Music 1997 UK
Tomas, now I have a few questions
that I hope you can answer.
Is there a 12" (extended)
mix of Black Man Ray ?
Is there a 12" (extended)
mix of Highest High?
Are there 2 versions of Animalistic
? If so, on what items can I find each ?
Where is the normal version and where is the Day at the Zoo mix found
?
Are there 2 versions of The
Instigator ? If so, on what items can I find each
? Where is the normal version and where is the Italian Fuzzbox mix ?
You mentioned that some of the compilations have these tracks marked
wrong.
So I need to know where they are :-)
I don't know anyone else
who likes or has even heard of China Crisis. But I'm
glad you have a list of people that have shown some interest.
I have a Minidisc Recorder
and have put all my vinyl onto Minidisc. It sounds
amazing !!! I have one whole disc of 12" mixes but I'm still after
a few that
I don't have. (Tragedy & Mystery and original 12" of African
& White - I
have all the other versions of A & W :-).
Tomas, it was nice chatting
with you. Keep me up to date and stay in touch
!!!
John
From: MIME:TraceAce@aol.com
Sent: den 6 februari 1998 02:30
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: On your site
Just wanted to say that I cant believe your collection. I am at a loss
for
words when it comes to all the china crisis you have collected. My ultimate
respect to you!!! I wish they would come out with a new album. I havent
heard
anything though...have you??....Trace
From: MIME:TraceAce@aol.com
Sent: den 7 februari 1998 00:56
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Re: On your site
Hi Tomas. Thanks for the bit of info about China Crisis and their latest.
Bummer that they seem to be in Limbo again. If you could keep me on
your list
and let me know if you learn anything new down the road I would really
appreciate it. I promise to let you know if I ever hear anything new
as well.
Thanks Tomas. Hope to hear from you soon...Trace
From: MIME:marcosvicente@sol.com.br
Sent: den 11 februari 1998 21:32
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
I can't even believe this
is happening. Thank you very much, I think I'm
only one of the few number of New Romantics in Brazil, and one of the
3
or 4 that knows China Crisis by here. Thanks God, there is now a mailing
where I can talk about China Crisis. All the world fans. Unbelievable.
Loveable. and all ables ... imaginables. Thank you.
I have also the obligation
to invite you all China Crisis fans in the
world to know my 80's lyrics page. The first brazilian page totally
dedicated to the 80's. Midi files, Album covers, biographies (this
section only in portuguese version, once there are a lot of biography
pages of these bands in english around the world), I decided to make
some sections only in portuguese, but there more than 3000 lyrics
available about the 80's. More than 200 midi files and also 300 album
covers, I'd like to also invite you to take part in the election of
the
80 best of the 80's that I'm doing at my 80's page. China Crisis has
only one vote 'till moment. And I know there's not only one CC fan in
the world.
I can't believe you won't
put CC in the place they deserve. The top of
80's bands, songs, albums, album sleeves (covers), clips. Please go
to
my page and choose in your opinion the best bands of the 80's, best
songs, best albums, best album covers, best videoclips and best movies
of the 80's.
My China Crisis section is
not so complete, because here in Brazil it's
very hard to get their works, or any information about them, even lyrics
it's hard to get, once our mother-language is portuguese. Although CC
is
one of my fave ones. Really, one of 3 favourites.
I'm waiting for your visit.
And your voting, of corse, let's put China
Crisis at the place it deserves.
A big hug to everyone on
the list.
Thank you very much in advance.
>From the Brazilian fan.
From: MIME:poldark@iol.it
Sent: den 27 februari 1998 23:42
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Hello tomas
Just to say thank you for the wonderful cc site. it took me a while
to find
you but i knew there had to be some otherfanatic out there.. i've been
a fan
since day 1 (well day 3 let's say) and every album and song has a special
meaning for me.
i even met and spoke to gary and eddy in the early days over a beer.
such nice
chaps.
things haven't been so easy for them over the past few years, although
quality
music has managed to sign through.
anyway, perhaps we can keep in touch and exchange views.
regards
mark (italy)
From: MIME:Srk2045@aol.com
Sent: den 1 mars 1998 20:05
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Hi,
I was 14 when I discovered China Crisis and now I'm 26 and still experiencing
the same unconscious animism I inherited as a child . I was a huge Simple
Minds fan and I'd read that China Crisis was the support act for Simple
Minds,
so I checked out this song called "Black Man Ray," and didn't
like it, but I
thought the flipside, "Animalistic," was the strangest and
most wonderful
thing I'd ever heard. So I bought, "Difficult Shapes and Passive
Rhythms." I'd
never heard anything like it. I though it was gorgeously refined, pleasantly
snide, and hip in a way that a dictionary fails to explain. I played
it for my
friend. He was a smart kid, but he didn't get it. I said, "Don't
you thing
this guy's voice is beautiful?" and he said, "It's too British
and he doubles
his vocal tracks." Well, I said, 'Fuck You, go listen to your Rolling
Stones'
albums, that guy's got a great voice. I didn't play him any more China
Crisis
records. Anyway, I've been buying and listening fervently to China Crisis
records since. I was lucky find most of their rarer stuff when I was
in
England a few years back. I'm still missing a few items I've very much
like to
have. Does anyone have any live bootlegs that they'd be willing to lend
to a
nice American kid. I heard a live version of "Soul Awakening,"
from 1984. I
was super-impressed with the way Kevin Wilkinson and Gazza got away
with
playing this implied funk feel over the whole thing without ruining
the tune.
I played it for my girlfriend. She said, "This guy's got a beautiful
voice!"
Scott
From: MIME:pwhite@formet.com
Sent: den 19 mars 1998 19:31
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Lyrics help please!
Hi Tomas!
Great China Crisis site!
And I thought I was the only one who loved
this group!
I have one question that's
been bugging me for quite some time: what the
heck are the lyrics to the chorus of "African And White"?
It sounds
something like "Life is a fever...Israel"??? I loved the lyrics
page
you have, but noticed that this line is missing! And help you can
provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Paul in Canada
--
Paul White
pwhite@formet.com
From: MIME:AndrewJ992@aol.com
Sent: den 26 mars 1998 16:45
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: great surprise
Hi Tomas!
Greetings from sunny Florida. I was just wasting time on the web and
found
a great site, the Ultimate Band List, and thought I check one of my
all time
faves, China Crisis. Great job! I was pleasantly surprised about how
many
devoted fans there are out there. I certainly thought I'd be the only
fan in
Florida but you've had communication from all over so I may not be alone.
I
moved here from New York seven years ago. The China's were popular there
in
the 80's because of a great radio station WLIR. I saw them 3 times in
'86 and
was up at the front all three nights. I checked your personal collection,
damn
that's a lot of Crisis music! I have the same picture disc for "Tragedy
and
Mystery". That was my first record of theirs way back when. Anyway,
thanks
for memories! Andy (AndrewJ992@aol.com)
From: MIME:aconnock@nf.sympatico.ca
Sent: den 11 maj 1998 18:11
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: china crisis fan
hiya tomas,
after reading all the emails
from fellow fans, i can now finally say there
*is* Intelligent life on this planet!!
y'know... for the past 10-15
years there are 3 cassettes i own that i have
been able to consistently play over and over and over again - they are
Working with Fire and Steel, Flaunt the Imperfection and The Arizona
Sky...
i thought i was a lonely
sole out here in the north atlantic listening to
the best music
ever.
great to know i'm not the
only fan, and great to know i can start hunting
for releases i have never been able to hear.
thanks again,
-Andy.
From: MIME:PhilHemel@aol.com
Sent: den 23 maj 1998 01:55
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
And I thought I was a big China Crisis fan!!!!
Excellent page, keep up the
good work...
Phil
p.s. any idea if they are touring soon?
From: MIME:cundell.williams@cableol.co.uk
Sent: den 10 juni 1998 00:01
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Good site.
The critics always seemed to just judge the group 'musically' without
considering their lyrics and what they were saying overall. Perhaps
they
didn't understand any of their lyrics!
Do you know what Gary Daly is doing now?just out of curiousity.
Steve Williams.
From: MIME:DJJBudd@aol.com
Sent: den 31 juli 1998 01:51
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Collection B Side
I have been a great Fan of China Crisis since the early days.
I have seen them play live
5 times, 3 Times in Newcastle my home town and 2 in
Glasgow where I now live.
Can you answer me this question.
I believe there is an limited
edition cd which contains all of the B Sides,
including Scream Down At Me (my all time favourite CC track), dockland,
cucumber garden etc..
Does it really exists? and
if so how can I get my hands on it. I have asked
time and time again but with no result. If it does exist which i believe
it
does what is the catalogue number and where could I get a copy.
CC have been and will always
be my number 1 band. Carry on the good work
Dave Budd
Cheers.
From: MIME:RJAKSB@worldnet.att.net
Sent: den 20 augusti 1998 16:41
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Re: New China Crisis Best Of ?
Tomas I have found out about the Purple Pyramid Best Of China Crisis.
It's rather disappointing. First Purple Pryamid is a division of the
US
goth label Cleopatra and the album is being distributed by Caroline
Distribution.
This release is simply a
couple of tracks of of Warped by Sucess and a
couple of live tracks that's it! The track listing is as follows
1. hands on the wheel 2.
everyday the same 3. without the love 4. thank
you 5. hard to be around 6. wishing time 7. good again 8. real tears
9.
does it pay 10. everyday the same (club mix) 11. Africa & white
(live)
12. wishful thinking (live) 13.christian (live) 14. hands on the wheel
(live) 15. black man ray (live) 16.king in a catholic style (live)
I do not now where the live
tracks are taken from but i imagine that
they are from the live disc from last year. So all in all it looks like
it's all previously released material repackaged and re-released.
Doesn't anyone In the record
industry worldwide understand what China
Crisis fans really want is someone to re-issue the 2 disc A & B
sides
greatest hits, or hell even a single disc of just the B-sides!
I know people ask you all
the time but I'll ask again, do know of
anyone who has the limited edition 2 disc greatest hits and is willing
to sell it!. It would be the crown jewel of my cd collection. I have
been looking for this disc for nearly 8 years.I know you are in frequent
contact with other China Crisis fans if by any chance.... well you
understand, if you find one (any price!) let me know!
Well, keep in contact and
i'll get any new info to asap on any future
CC news or releases Thanks your friend Rick
From: MIME:ian.bratt@virgin.net
Sent: den 18 september 1998 00:17
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Forthcoming concerts
Tomas
Great site. I have been reading
through your e-mails for most of the
evening.
I have seen China Crisis
3 times so far this year and they have been
absolutely brilliant each time. I have been a great fan of the group
since they started (god, I feel old).
Anyway I have heard that
they will be playing various venues in the
North West and East Midlands towards the end of October. I know that
they are playing in Runcorn, Cheshire on Friday 23 October, followed
by
further dates in Birmingham. If anyone is interested I will try and
get
more info. If anyone already has additional info.on dates/venues please
please let me know.
Bye for now
Anna
From: MIME:EMIKATIE@aol.com
Sent: den 28 september 1998 21:08
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Re: China Crisis site updated
Hello Tomas,
John here. I see your discography
has been revised to include some of the
details I gave you. Nice job.
Do you know about the new
China Crisis release on the Cleopatra label?
Do you know if it is just
a sampling of Warped By Success and Accoustically
Yours?
It mentions "live bonus
tracks". I've got some of those tracks from their
old vinyl but Accoustically Yours is new stuff. Again, do you know ?
If the
live tracks are from their old vinyl, I might get the CD. If it's from
Accoustically Yours, well.. I have those tracks three times already.
I found the info at http://www.musicblvd.com
Thanks,
John
From: PC:Rick@badgers-set.demon.co.uk
Sent: den 30 september 1998 12:40
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Homepage
Hi.
I've updated my own homepage
and naturally included your updated page
stuff as a link. Please check mine out if you get a moment as I've added
a setlist from one of the Chinas gigs. Feel free to copy it and add
it
to your site if you feel it is appropriate.
http://www.badgers-set.demon.co.uk/music/china.htm
Cheers!
Rick Strang - Canterbury's
Pompey Exile
From: MIME:TraceAce@aol.com
Sent: den 1 oktober 1998 06:39
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Gazza Blvd
Hi Tomas. I was just going over your site tonight. ( which again is
the
best)...and I just thought I would throw in a quick little bit of trivia
to
you about the picture of Gazza on the back of the What Price Paradise
album.
He is standing under a street sign that says Gazza blvd. That street
is 3
minutes away from where I live here on Long Island New York. I go by
that
street every once in a while and wish I was driving by the day he took
that!!
Well...just something I consider to be very special to me!! Please keep
up the
great work on your site!! And keep your fingers crossed that they will
resurface someday!! ...Trace
From: MIME:GovDodge@aol.com
Sent: den 5 oktober 1998 22:32
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Just another fan
After finding your web page, I have yet to find an answer to a question
I have
regarding China Crisis and was hoping you could help me out. I have
been a
fan for several years now, after first hearing the song "Working
With Fire &
Steel" on a local Chicago radio station more than a decade ago.
I bought all
of the albums I could find in stores here in the US as well as their
recent
collection albums. (Very limited.) However, while I love the fact that
each
and every album has a different sound and texture to it, I am extremely
unfond
of their latest efforts presented in disc 2 of the Wishful Thinking
cd. I
don't mean to sound naive, but information regarding CC is extremely
limited
here in the heartland of America, and I don't even know any personal
information on either of the main gentleman aside from what's been printed
on
the cd insert sleeves. My question is this, because it seems that EVERY
song
that is on the second disc (Hands on Wheel, Always, Thank You, Without
the
Love, etc) is about finding love and being in love and finding the perfect
mate, I have come to the conclusion that 1) either Gary or Eddie just
came
out of the closet, 2) They've been out the closet since day one and
have just
found the love of a lifetime or 3) Neither, but have decided to move
away from
the geo-political influences of their earlier work. Any thoughts?
From: MIME:fabi_one@yahoo.com
Sent: den 31 oktober 1998 09:09
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
People!!!
China Crisis are an example of music not well sold!!!
They are very good but people are like monkeys.
What you show them continously they buy!!!
No problem at all because we are a few but lucky to listen to China
Crises.
Fabio
From: MIME:donavanc@visi.com
Sent: den 4 december 1998 18:29
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: existence
Greetings Tomas:
I haven't seen your name spelled that way since I took viola lessons
from
Tomas Strasser of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra!
Thank you for the information about China Crisis. I really love their
music,,,
it was good to hear that they still exist... Do they have a web site...that
you
know of?
I do wish they were here in the US... oh well.. everything costs money....
being an artist that fact is with me every day!!!
Later
Amy R. Handford/Cummings - artist
" To live and work among the animals is truly a gift from the Gods!"
"Through The Looking Glass" - Artworks by Amy Handford/Cummings
www2.visi.com/donavanc
amyrh@visi.com
From: MIME:cruise@mail.epic.net
Sent: den 10 december 1998 16:02
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Greetings
Hello Tomas,
I am from the Philippines, and was a former dj during the 80s. I was
a
collector since then the fire and steel album came out, went backwards
of
buying the previous albums and 12 inches...i miss my collection coz
it all
went up to smoke literally 5 years ago...were can i possibly get the
old
extended versions of hanna hanna..fire and steel extended came along
with
the cd album...anyway....nice web page
Jon
From: PC:atsu@globalnet.co.uk
Sent: den 11 december 1998 11:13
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Hello Tomas. My name is Atsuhiro Takeda and I, like yourself enjoy listening
to China Crisis. I recently missed a gig they played in Birmingham (I
live
in London) and I was wondering if you know what the best way is to find
out
when and where they are going to play next. The net doesn't offer much
in
that way unfortunately. Do you have contact with Gary and Eddie? Could
you
ask them? Or if you have their e-mail address, do you think they would
mind
if you gave them to me so I could ask them myself? Whatever, all I want
to
do is here them live as I have never heard them live before.
Keep up the good work with
the web page.
Regards
Atsu Takeda
From: MIME:bondst@amclelland.freeserve.co.uk
Sent: den 21 februari 1999 21:13
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Hi Tomas,
Great site, for a sadly missed band, I`ve been a fan of their`s for
many years
now and often wonder if they will release more singles, or some of their
best
songs remixed for re-release. I saw them play live here in Plymouth
in `97 and
they were excellent.......
They`re best song has to be `Wishfull Thinking`, a classic!!!!
Thanks for helping to keep them alive.
Andy McLelland
From: MIME:erictys@tm.net.my
Sent: den 24 februari 1999 17:39
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Hello!
This is Eric ....i try to get some latest news regarding CC on your
page
but sadly i can't find any....
I'm writing to you to find out if you know that they will have an album
out in 1999....as whta i've read in another site.I just wnat to
confirm with you..
It's been ages since i last heard of them ahving a new material...and
the last was the acoustic album which i think won't appeal to me.
It's very sad that they have lost the 80's sound .I hope the coming
new
album would be a comeback for the old fans world wide.
By the way i'm from Malaysia.
thanks for your time .
Yours fathfully,
Eric tai
From: MIME:bondst@amclelland.freeserve.co.uk
Sent: den 27 februari 1999 22:00
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: New album? Wishfull thinking.....
Dear Tomas,
Thanks for the email recently, lets hope China Crisis release the new
album and
it propells them back to the top where they belong!
Not sure what Midi capabilities
you have on your PC but here is a midi file I
found on the net.
I think I may have the youngest
China Crisis fan, a four year old daughter who
sings along to all of their songs in the car, in her own divine way!
Any chance of the password
to the guestbook?
I you find any more midi
songs from CC let me know!
All the best
Andy McLelland
From: MIME:mmeb@hinge.mistral.co.uk
Sent: den 2 mars 1999 00:10
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Hello CC fanatics
It is always good to read about people with similar music taste.
I have all the albums and have tried to pick up 7" & 12"
singles at record
fairs here in the SE of England over the years. They are hard to find
now,
although when they do show up, they are usually very cheap. I saw them
when
Warped came out and thought them great, if poorly supported. They did
do some
other gigs more recently, but I only found out about them after the
events!!!
Wishes to all, as always I'm interested in live tapes etc. I have only
one
audience quality one from Fire and Steel days.
Lets hope for news soon.
Best wishes
From: MIME:mark@chinsk.freeserve.co.uk
Sent: den 13 maj 1999 00:11
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: im a very happy feline
I fell in love with China Crisis in 1983 and I remember my brother taking
me to
my first concert which was them at the dominion theatre in London. It
was
fantastic and I took a bunch of red carnations for Garry aaahhhhhhhh
I was in
love and at a tender age of thirteen. I then saw them whenever they
played in
London, always as excited. When I moved to Stockton on Tees, I missed
them and
a couple of years ago they played in a pub in the town. Absolutely fantastic
as
ever and I still have and treasure the lolly pop that I got from Garry
for
answering the questi
me thirteen years to do what I'd always wanted and that was to kiss
Garry Daly
and I did that night, as you can imagine I didn't sleep properly that
night I'd
turned into a giggling school girl again.
I've got the records the
CDs the photos and signed stuff too.
Never miss them when they
play as they are an amazing band and great stage
presence.
love and whiskers
garrys sticky lollipop
P.S Mr Daly is May 10th -
trust me
From: MIME:neildfletcher@clara.co.uk
Sent: den 13 juni 1999 19:15
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Any CC News?
Hi there,
Finally got around to searching
the web for CC and discovered your site.
Are there any live dates
or new released planned? I'd be delighted to hear
of anything actually happening!!
Anyway, it was nice to see
that I'm not the only person still 'into' CC!!!
Regards
Neil Fletcher
Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen
From: MIME:Diane-Adams@equitable35.freeserve.co.uk
Sent: den 15 juni 1999 22:42
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Excellent concert
I was lucky enough to see China Crisis in concert on Saturday 12th June,
at The
Platform in Morecambe, and they did not disappoint! Gary and Eddie were
in
fine form, and the band were just excellent. The songs got the audience
up on
the dance floor, and it was just a brilliant night.
Can't wait for the new album
Diane Adams
From: MIME:andrew.dineley@btinternet.com
Sent: den 17 juni 1999 20:10
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Chinagreetings!
Hi Tomas!
browsing around and came
across your rather coool site. I am going to see CC in
Liverpool next week
and thought I'd check if any new material is iminent on the www. Couldn't
find
anything, but came
across your site, well done, it's really nice. I'll let you know how
the gig
goes and tell you if
there's any new material performed.
Actually, I have a friend
who is a friend of Gary's and he was round at mine
the other night and I
forgot to ask him about new stuff - too much Absolut! I'll get onto
it and let
you know!
Cheers!
Andrew and his iMac in Liverpool
From: MIME:Diane-Adams@equitable35.freeserve.co.uk
Sent: den 17 juni 1999 22:51
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Re: Re:Excellent concert
Dear Tomas,
Thanks for your e-mail. Yes,
they did mention the new album, which they said
would be out in the autumn. They played two or three tracks off it.
They
opened with one which I hadn't heard before - I think it was called
"Live a
blameless life", at least that was what the chorus was, and it
was excellent -
the lead singer on it was one of the band though, the keyboard player,
not Gary
- but he was good. Gary also used the melodica a lot in the concert
- I know
this, as I used to play it at school!
I wish they had done a couple
more old songs - Hampton Beach is my favourite,
but they didn't do it!. The crowd only really got bopping when they
played
King in a Catholic Style, which they played twice - they played it as
their
second encore. The slowies, such as Christian and Black Man Ray were
done
really well.
Where are you Tomas, and
when did you last see them play?
Regards,
Diane
From: MIME:ohall@oghall.demon.co.uk
Sent: den 25 juli 1999 20:11
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: china crisis tour dates
I am trying to find details on the rescheduled gig in Liverpool - can
anyone
help??. I attended the gig at Pacific Road, Birkenhead in June which
was
fantatstic - the new songs are going to be a real success - dates for
release would be worth knowing??
From: MIME:knut.skogstad@shf.no
Sent: den 26 juli 1999 10:02
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Kevin Wilkinson
Hei Tomas
Jeg fikk min ukentlige mail
fra DotMusic i dag, listene fra England.
Og der står en veldig
trist nyhet. Kevin Wilkinson har hengt seg - 41 år
gammel. Han ble funnet av kona Marilyn.
http://www.dotmusic.com/news/july99/99721news2040.asp
Jeg er selv gammel trommeslager
og Kevin Wilkinson er en av dem jeg har hørt
mest på. Han var usedvanlig dyktig, virkelig en nytelse å
høre noen som
spiller så enkelt - og som briljerte i veldig veldig små
doser.
Knut
From: MIME:philbarnard@clara.net
Sent: den 23 augusti 1999 20:41
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Paul Roberts
Hi Tomas,
great page. I saw the band this year at Guildford '99 festival and they
were superb. Wished I'd taken my MD along.
Anyway what I'm after if you or anyone else can help, is that apparently
Paul Roberts ( Stranglers vocalist) sung on some of the tracks during
the
recording of the " Accoustically Yours" Release. Those tracks
were omitted
from the CD but have they appeared anywhere else? Or does anyone have
any
bootlegs or tapes of the gig?
Any info much appreciated.
all the best Phil.
From: MIME:doraemi@pacbell.net
Sent: den 3 september 1999 08:17
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: RE: China Crisis
Hi!
What is the band doing these
days? I miss them, and I hope that they
might perform in the United States.
Thanks
Ericha
From: MIME:write2david@uswest.net
Sent: den 20 september 1999 07:21
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Sitting beneath the Arizona Sky
First, I'd like to thank you for this web site. So ... THANK YOU!
I've always realized that there is so much good music out there that
I don't know about and this group, China Crisis, I only came across
by
accident.
Back in the early 90's a
local radio station was playing a lot of
"Retro" music on holiday
weekends. (Retro music is stuff from the 80's that never got the
attention it deserved ... until the 90's).
Anyway, I taped a whole bunch
of what they played. Gradually over the
years listening to one of the songs
caught my eye - okay, ear. Probably because I live here in Arizona.
And
because it's great!
Cut to chase...
Six years ago I began a book, always tentatively titled: Arizona Sky.
Only now is it finally, almost,
100% done. This song has always meant a lot to me and today I searched
for it on the web to mention the year
it came out. Well, I never expected to find a web site like this and
I
can tell you that I will be
happily ordering CD's from this under known rock group.
It's a long story, just a
quick thanks again for this page. Actually
reading the real lyrics to Arizona Sky
is a moment for me. If the story gets published I'll shot over a few
copies to you.
Cheers from the thirst of
the earth!
David in AZ
From: MIME:DaveBudd@scottishmedia.com
Sent: den 22 september 1999 23:30
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Came across your site...read some of the letters, they appear to be
somewhat
out of date.
Is there any news on a new
album be produced this year, I most certainly
hope so.
I have been a great fan for
as long as I can remember. Have been lucky
enough to the band perform live at 8 or 9 times over the last 12 years
or
so.
I even had to go the extreme
of send a cheque to a chap in Australia in
order to purchase the limited edition 'Best Of' double cd including
all the
B-Sides. Of which 'Scream Down at Me' appears.. my favourite track of
all
time.
No matter how many CD's I
have.. alot.. China Crisis is played the most, I
don't know what it is about their music... I know... it's simply the
Best.
Any news, please forward
it on to me, to this address and DJJBudd@aol.com
Dave Budd
England
From: MIME:write2david@uswest.net
Sent: den 24 september 1999 05:06
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Arizona Sky
Hi Tomas!
The name Arizona Sky came
to me independently. I consider China Crisis'
same exact song title as
a coincidence, however, one of this books
themes
is about ... any guesses? ... coincidence. So, to me, it was a
confirmation that
I was going in the write direction.
The song was on one of 15
cassettes I recorded on that weekend and only
gradually
did it emerge more and more as a real favorite of mine. I'm extremely
lucky that
the D.J. was in a talkative mood, because after the song he listed the
group and album.
If he didn't mention them by name I could forever be wondering who did
that great song.
Only now am I connecting that this is music that I really need to have.
It's weird,
some things take time.
But are also worth the wait.
Later this week I'll order a CD or two of
theirs (through the link you provide).
I feel very lucky to be able to discover and enjoy some of this great
(hidden) music!
If my book ever gets published,
then turns into a movie (yeah, right!)
I'll be sure to see if there is any way
China Crisis gets the recognition they deserve. But I'm only dreaming
now!!!
But as CC says, "no
reason to give up on illusion," ...
Thanks again for the awesome site. It's bookmarked and I look forward
to learning a bit more
about this enigmatic group. I can't wait to hear what else they've
done!
Bye the way, speaking of
coincidences, a lead character in the book is
"Tomas." I never
thought of it as a Swedish name and you are the first Tomas I've ever
met!
Neat.
Your beer listings make me jealous!
David in AZ
From: William Logan
<waj@logan79.freeserve.co.uk>
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com <tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com>
Date: 30 October 1999 21:27
Subject: INFORMATION
HELLO TOMAS,
I HAVE BEEN A GREAT FAN OF THE CLUB OVER THE
YEARS AND HAVE SAW THEM PLAY LIVE IN GLASGOW, EDINBURGH AND CARLISLE.
I AM
WONDERING ARE THE BAND STILL TOGHTHER AS I WAS 1997 WHEN I LAST SPOKE
TO EDDIE
AT A GIG IN GLASGOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
" THANK YOU" ( JUST
FOR BEING THERE )
WILLIE
TOMAS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE BAND I WAS TALKING
ABOUT WAS "CHINA CRISIS". I WAS SO PLEASED TO FIND A LINK
TO THEIR MUSIC THAT I
FORGOT TO MENTION THEM. I WILL CONTINUE TO VISIT THE WEB PAGE FOR ANY
UPDATES.
THANKS AGAIN
WILLIE
From: MIME:stephan.hagenkord@wtal.de
Sent: den 16 november 1999 22:47
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: CC
Hi Tomas,
Great page on one of my all-time
favourit bands. Your lyrics page gave me some
hints on vocals I never was able to figure out. Now I can finally sing
along
with all the other guys here (We're four altogether who listen frequently).
Congrats on the job done. We are doing a Top-20 Chart for our Y2K-Party
and I
just could not decide what song from CC I could throw in. I finally
ended up
with "Working with Fire & Steel". A classy one with a
good groove, catchy bass
line and a definite 80's feeling to it. Any votes from you I might add?
Keep up the good work and we're all looking forward to a new album.
Regards from Schwelm / Germany
Stephan
P.S. "Törstige
Torsten" sounds like a good name for a pub. Check out "Otto"
if
you're here. Good beer, good food and cheap.
From: MIME:h.siebum@wxs.nl
Sent: den 19 december 1999 22:05
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Kevin Wilkinson
Dear Tomas,
At first I want to complement
you and thank you for such a nice China Crisis
Home page. I'm a fan of China Crisis since the release of Christian
and
collecting their records ever since. My collection is not complete unfornately
and I doubt on completing it. Maybe I will travel to London one time
to search
for records there.
I'm sorry to tell you some
bad news but I guess you've heard it already. Kevin
Wilkinson has died on the 17th of july this year see the following page
for
more info http://www.squeezefan.com/kevin.htm
The last email you received
was in the end of 97. I quess China Crisis is not
so hot anymore. I don't mind. I keep their music around as much as I
can. The
only thing that bothers me is the fact that so many talent is left unused
by
the China's by not making anymore records.
I hope to hear from you.....
.......Always making waves.......
Bst rgrds,
Harm Siebum
The Netherlands
From: MIME:mike_mcwilliams@digidesign.com
Sent: den 23 december 1999 07:29
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Well it's Dec. 22nd 1999 and I just searched out something on CC and
Viola! I found your site. THANK YOU! The reason I mention the date is
because I can't believe there have not been any e-mails to this site
since Dec. of '97!Is there no more interest in CC? Maybe you just
haven't posted any more e-mails or maybe you and all the fans out there
have disappeared and this web site is just a ghost , a remnant, a memory
of what once was? Sad.
Any way, if anybody cares,
here's my (When Did You First Hear Of China
Crisis?)
Let's see whenever Flaunt The Imperfection was released that's when
I
first heard of CC. I , at the time was a big fan of Carlos Santana and
he was going to be playing in Concord California. I kept checking the
entertaninment section of the paper to see if there was going to be
an
opening band. For several weeks there was no mention of an opening band
and I was thrilled! 'Cause that meant Santana would play longer. Well
a
week before the show I open the paper and it says "Just added:
China Crisis." opening for Santana. I was really P.Oed. I said
"What!
Who the Hell
is this, this, th- CHINA CRISIS !!!!
So I go to the show and I
fell in love with CC. What a great band. Most
folks at the show didn't really care for them, I mean they were polite
and all but I said to myself, hummm, this guys have something, and I
've
been a fan since. The way Eddie turns on his heel as he's playing guitar
I thought was pretty cool. I saw them a second time in San Francisco
during the "What Price Paradise" tour. i'll check out the
other links to
CC and see if you fans are over there. Happy New Year to all the China
Crisis fans everywhere. Bye now.
P.S. Keep your dreams, your
promises this Wishing Time of Year.
David
From: MIME:ETERNALUX8@aol.com
Sent: den 3 januari 2000 22:59
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: Hey!It's nice to see...
Hey!It's nice to see such a great site devoted to a truly thoughtful
band....Ive been a huge CC fan for years (up until the "Arizona
Sky" single) (I
havent been bothered getting into much after that)...but I just bought
the
Christian 7" and I have never heard the B-sides(s) - - -its pretty
exciting,
well anyway take care and thanks for the great site
Mark in San Diego
From: MIME:Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 4 januari 2000 20:20
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com; Tomas Olofsson
Subject: China Crisis
Tomas,
Happy New Year.
The band have just completed
another fantastic residency at Ronnie Scott's,
Birmingham (early December). They were as wonderful as ever but with
a twist -
new band members.
Don't worry, Gary and Eddie
are still around but a new drummer, keyboard
player and guitarist all played a tight set with new songs to the fore.
The new
album is due out in spring 2000 - look out for 'Sweet Delight' and 'Nothing
Changes' - absolutely beautiful tracks with immediate appeal. Other
great new
songs include 'Adorable Lie', Whiteside Drive' and the brilliant 'Blameless
Life'.
1999 was a very sad year
with the loss of Kevin Wilkinson.
2000 will be the year that
CC continue to make people sit up and appreciate
their terrific work.
Keep up the great site -
we CC fans like what you do.
P
From: MIME:Jeff.Spicer@worldnet.att.net
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 12 februari 2000 00:38
To: Olofsson Tomas; tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com at SEINETTPAK
Subject: soooo sorry
So Sorry to hear of Kevins
death. I just read of it today Feb 11.
I extend all my deep condolences to all the CC fans and families.
A very sincere CC fan of
all the albums, listened to Flaunt about
150 times in the 80's. A shame to see this happen.
sincerely, Jeff Spicer
San Jose, CALIFORNIA, USA
From: MIME:jmadden@golden.net
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 24 februari 2000 22:17
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: Picture on China Crisis new release
Hello,
Just wondering if anyone
out there knows where the picture on the new live
China Crisis album is from? It is a single tree with a dark cloudy sky
in the
background. I couldn't find the photo credit for it and I really like
the
picture.
Thanks,
Julia Madden
From: MIME:KrayZGreek@aol.com
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 27 februari 2000 00:13
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: Excellent site!!!!
WOW!!! I've been a China
Crisis fan since the 80's, and never thought of doing
a search on the web until now (how stupid of me!). Great web site!!!
Can't
wait for the new release!!! They are such a masterful band, and i've
been
playing them for years and years and am close to wearing out my CD player.
Kudos once again!
George in Ohio
From: MIME:mjl0013@unt.edu
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 3 mars 2000 07:37
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: China Crisis...
Hi,
I just wanted to tell you
how much I appreciate your China Crisis website. The
only album I have is "Diary of a Hollow Horse." I love it!
I've never been
able to understand the lyrics on Stranger By Nature, but with your help,
I was
finally able to figure them out, after 10 years. Are they releasing
new music
now, or is it just compilations? And how are the latest albums they've
released? I haven't heard them. Thanks for your site...nice work!
Kind regards,
James Lozada
From: MIME:bren.parki01@ic24.net
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 9 mars 2000 11:08
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: China Crisis
Hi there.
This is just a quick message from Leeds in the u.k .I have been
pleased to see the recent news about the new material and was wondering
if
there would be a completion date and when it would be released , I have
seen
the " Chinas " three times and they still remain my fave band
, I have just
about every release to date and am looking forward to the next one!
Would you
have any info on any gigs in the u.k ?
Thank you Brendan Parkinson
From: MIME:Glatanyard@aol.com
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 10 mars 2000 17:28
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: China Crisis
Tomas,
Just a note to say that your
CC site is absolutely wonderful.
Yes, the new songs played
at recent gigs in the UK are clearly fresh and
exciting - let's hope the world at large will once again experience
the Sound
of Kirkby!
I have found several old
reviews which I am hoping to send you soon. Also, I am
glad to see that the old Telegraph site (which I could never somehow
access)
used a review I wrote for 'Brumbeat' in 1996 (uncredited, of course!)!!
Keep up the good work.
Paul
Pembroke
Wales
From: MIME:Glatanyard@aol.com
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 13 mars 2000 21:35
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: RE: China Crisis
Hello Tomas,
Thanks for replying to my
message. I will send you further details soon.
I'm afraid that I don't yet
have details of a release date or label information
but I am trying to find out - when I do, I'll let you know! Let's hope
the
band utilise the web to advise all of us who are desparate to know such
information.
According to Steven Brown
in the US, he has heard 5 tracks over the 'phone (are
you as green as I am with envy?!) and says that Eddie has been working
with a
Dave Hinds who also appears on the new CC album - see UBL for more details.
Take care, hope to hear from
you soon
Paul
From: MIME:enquiries@cbi-freight.com
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 22 mars 2000 18:34
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: Tomas, you great bloke!
Dear Tomas,
I`m quite new to the internet.
I`m a huge fan & I`ve been searching for news on
the mighty Crisis. Now, thanks to you, I`m back in touch. Cheers. Here`s
some
trivia for you. My daughter, Emma, was conceived on the same night that
I last
saw China Crisis live in concert at the Neptune theatre Liverpool 18th
November
1996. Which was also my wife`s birthday. Not very interesting trivia
I admit,
but there you go.
If you are interested, I`m
in a band called Schmod. Please check out our web
site. http://www.schmod.com
All the best
Love
John A. Stewart
From: MIME:enquiries@cbi-freight.com
at SEINETTPAK
Sent: den 24 mars 2000 15:46
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: MP3/Trivia
Dear Tomas,
I`ve remebered another CC
related story.
Back in 1991 Suzanne and
I went on holiday to Ibiza. In our hotel bar there was
a somewhat antiquated duke box. To my delight the selection included
"Tradegy &
Mystery". As I had never heard the B-Side, "A Golden Handshake",
I immediately
put it on. To my further delight the duke box was not working properly
and
played the track in a continuous loop until the owners eventually came
and
kicked it. I took great pleasure in selecting the song as I enjoyed
a quick
drink before heading to the clubs leaving everybody else to enjoy the
magic of
CC all night long. It rem
favourite CC tracks to date.
John
From: Rene Driessen
[re.driessen@wxs.nl]
Sent: den 25 mars 2000 22:39
To: Tomas Olofsson
Hi Tomas,
Just a message to thank you for your new look CC pages. Have been looking
at it for nearly one hour. It's really brilliant. Just a pity that there
aren't any recent e-mails. Hope that the fans didn't forget them. Heard
from a UK friend of mine that they did a concert at a Birminham jazzclub
early this year. He tried to contact one of the bandmembers but he wasn't
succesful. Seems that this was just a special occasion concert. Pity,
otherwise I would have gone to the UK to see them.
Have a nice weekend
All the best
regards
René Driessen
From: antonio_dasilva
[antonio_dasilva@msn.com]
Sent: den 8 april 2000 04:42
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: played the mp3 over and over
Tomas
China Crisis has been a steadfast
element in my (musical) life since I first
heard them in in high school (coming on 20 years ago now). Maybe its
my
bias, but King in a Catholic Style sounds as fresh today as it did then.
Maybe all the old timers say this, bt I wish the usic today was as good.
Thanks for a great site and for a great memory.
Tony DaSilva
Stuck in the 80's in Atlanta, Georgia
From: maplecroft8 [maplecroft8@msn.com]
Sent: den 21 april 2000 22:39
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis
i knew that there must be
other people out there somewhere who have heard
China Crisis and think they're great. I first heard "Working with
Fire and
Steel.." back in 1982 and decided that 'Wishful Thinking"
was perhaps one of
the most powerfully sublime songs that I had ever heard. Ever since
"Diary
of a Hollow Horse", I've been desperately trying to find out what
was going
on with CC. Thanks for the great website!
From: Andy Lalino [alalino1@tampabay.rr.com]
Sent: den 23 april 2000 18:33
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Dockland Fan
Importance: High
Tomas,
Love the new look to your DOCKLAND site. In my opinion, you've got the
best CC site on the web. Thanks for the updated news regarding the new
CD. I also was moved by your Kevin Wilkinson tribute. Still can't believe
he's gone.
My name is Andy and I'm from
Clearwater, Florida, USA. CC along with U2, Big Country, Simple Minds,
ABC and The Human League, are my favorite bands, CC definitely being
in the top three. Some people say I'm "stuck in the '80s",
but what they fail to realize is that all the bands I've listed made
great music well into the '90s to today, especially CC.
I have all CC albums, and
many "best of" compilations, with the exception of the "unauthorized"
editions we've seen lately. I'd say my favorite has to be "Flaunt
the Imperfection" (traditionally), since it is the album that turned
me on to them back in the mid '80s. Been a HUGE fan ever since. My pride-n-joy
is my 2-disc edition of "Collection", which nowadays is difficult
to acquire. I also prize my VHS of "Acoustically Yours"
It's been fun 'chatting'
with you. Keep up the good work on the site; I'm particularly interested
in news about the new CD - it's about time, huh? In case you're interested,
I've started a China Crisis Fan Club on Yahoo! It's not big on members,
and I don't have a lot of time to keep up with it, but it would be great
if you perhaps you could post it in Dockland's "links" section,
this way we'll get more people interested in the band and eventually
get more information/adulation postings. In fact I have your site listed
in my club's "links" section. I like the BB concept and if
more people would join, there would be a lot more great CC discussion,
especially with the new album coming out. Here's the link to my Yahoo!
China Crisis Fan Club:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chinacrisisfanclub
Thanks Tomas for your dedicated
work on your site. The quality shows.
- Andy
From: graham stewart
[gstewart@fibertel.com.ar]
Sent: den 1 maj 2000 18:57
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Amigos de Liverpool....
Hi Tomas!
Fantastic site. My name is Graham Stewart, Liverpool ex pat based in
Buenos Aires, Argentina for the last two years.
I actually saw China Crisis 5 times during their best years...the last
time being at the Neptune Theatre Liverpool some three or four years
ago.
I like their music and I was reawakened the other day by Best Kept Secret
being paleyd in Patio Bullrich...a high class shopping mall in one of
Buenos AIres most exclusive neighbourhoods!
I'll be back in Liverpool during the summer and should be basedd there
in the future...but in the meantime I've created a link with your fantastic
page...on my Amigos de Liverpool site...I hope it works..I've had a
couple of problems with this link.
www.oocities.org/amigos_de_liverpool/ (amigos_de_liverpool)
Visit the site and please leave a message on my forum!!!!
Saludos
Graham Stewart
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 7 juni 2000 16:09
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Wow!!
Tomas,
I haven't written to you
in a while - I WILL send you those old reviews,
interviews etc; honest..........
This is just to say that
the Gary Daly Gallery is absolutely brilliant -
thank you for bringing them to your site - what a coup!! I have always
admired his stuff.
And on top of all this you
have details of the new album? Please could you
pass this on when you are ready to impart this gold dust-like information!!
Take care,
Paul
From: Paul F. Milelli
[paulfm@nettune.com]
Sent: den 22 juni 2000 15:52
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Re: China Crisis
Hello Tomas,
I'm writing you from Canada. Big CC fan
what an absolutely great web site. I', writing
you from Montreal Canada and not too many
people listen to them. I have question, i am
looking for tabs of China Crisis songs
particularly "working with fire and steel" I
play the guitar and I am trying to figure out
the three chord bit during the chorus.
Appreciate your help and as a drummer, Wilkinson
was brilliant. I was sad to hear of his
death.
Anyway thanks for the site!
kinds regards
Paul Milelli
Montreal
From: Walter McFarland
[dexrio@uswest.net]
Sent: den 3 juli 2000 03:46
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Excellent Job on the site
Tomas
I really enjoyed your site!!!!
Fanstastic work!!! I thought I was a fan
before I humble in your presence, dude you rock!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the work...
Walter
From: Tony Pendrey [tony@pendrey5.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: den 4 juli 2000 23:15
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
Really nice site - Very informative.
It is nice to see that a really good band are still thought of.
Tony P.
From: stephen ogorman
[stephen@sogorman.fsnet.co.uk]
Sent: den 8 juli 2000 09:21
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis gigs
hello tomas,just visited
your website for the first time and its excellent. i've been a fan of
the band since i heard afican + white in the early 80s. i have seen
them twice in birmingham and had a good conversation with gary last
year after a gig they did.i would be grateful for any information on
future gigs if you have any,many thanks steve
From: BLATZMAN@aol.com
Sent: den 15 juli 2000 20:51
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: crisis page
Great job!!!! Spent a long
time there. Nice to see someone else appreciates
Dockland. It is, after all, one of the best instrumentals ever recorded.
I once wrote Gary and told
him how much I love his instrumentals and he sent
me a few on tape. He even drew and painted the cassette cover. Man,
I love
it and it's really cool, but I never play it cause I don't want to ruin
it!!!!!!!
Dave
Phoenix Arizona
USA
From: Alex S. Garcia
[mvdbase@yahoo.com]
Sent: den 22 juli 2000 03:20
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis videos
Hi Tomas,
Thank you for an interesting
China Crisis site. I do have a question, though...
You see, I maintain a website
about music videos. My goal is to make an
exhaustive database, somewhat like the Internet Movie DataBase, but
about
videos instead of movies. The site is located here :
http://mvdbase.com/
Now, I would like to add
a page for China Crisis, but I only know of 5
videos (Christian, Working with fire and steel, Wishful thinking, Black
man
Ray & King in a catholic style) but don't know who directed any
of them. I
was wondering if you would have any such information, and maybe a more
complete list of the videos they've made ? Any help would be very appreciated.
Thanks.
Alex S. Garcia.
PS.
You would be credited for your help, of course :-)
From: Skogstad, Knut
[knut.skogstad@shf.no]
Sent: den 11 augusti 2000 13:13
To: 'tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com'
Subject: china cisis
Hei Tomas
Vet ikke om du har lest det, men jeg så på nettet for noen
uker siden at
China Crisis hadde brutt opp.
Jeg er akkurat kommet hjem
fra ferie på Gran Canaria og der møtte jeg et
ektepar fra Liverpool. Som vanlig ( ja, vet det er trist :-)) spurte
jeg om
de hadde hørt om China Crisis.
Det hadde de - og hadde faktisk
planlagt å gå på konsert med dem for et par
uker siden. De droppet det imidlertid da prisen var 30 pund ( riktignok
inkludert middag)
Noe nytt om CD-planene?
From: Paul Louis Stimson
[paulstimson@lineone.net]
Sent: den 13 augusti 2000 19:58
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Bass player pre 1985 china crisis
Hi . I wonder if you would
know who the bass player with china crisis was
I bought a Kramer fretless bass in `85 and the sales assistant said
that it had belonged to China crisis` bass player.
I would just like to get the history on this great bass.
ThanX Paul.
From: MASSIMO [jaymax@libero.it]
Sent: den 19 september 2000 03:16
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: WOW!
Hi Tomas! I'm a great fan
of China Crisis, I love their music. It's fantastic to find a site of
them and it's wonderful to know that soon will coming out a new album.
Your site is very good!
Hope to read about you soon!
Max from Italy.
From: Rafael Ruiz [inpelvis@yahoo.es]
Sent: den 24 september 2000 20:21
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis tabs
Hi, Tomas. No problem with
Gary's email. I understand
it. I've got a question for you: do you know if CC
have
ever been touring in Spain? Answer to it, please.
And now, another thing. I play keyboards and guitar,
and I have a band with some friends, called (you
guessed it!): IN PELVIS. I can play a number of songs
of China Crisis: Christian, Are we a worker, Fire and
Steel, Wishful Thinking, Wall of God, Tragedy and
mistery,Arizona Sky... I could send the chords fo some
of them and you could publish them in your Dockland
site. The problem is that I don´t know how to make the
tabs. Anyway, here are the chords for christian:
Bm A
This is emotion, emotion less war
Bm A
a torn shirt and a long dead cause
........ (the same in the
other verses)
CHorus: D A
I could lose myself in this honesty
Christian
D Bm A
repeat the same
(These are the guitar chords)
Bm: 2 D: 2 A: 0
3 3 2
4 2 2
4 0 2
2 0 0
2 0 0
My dream is playing all china crisis' songs with them!
Well, this is all today. Email me if you want me to
send you more "tabs" .Bye.
From: William Logan
[waj@logan79.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: den 3 oktober 2000 23:56
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: New Album ?
Hello Tomas,
I emailed you about a year ago asking if you had heard anything about
china crisis's new album, you said it was due in a few months. I have
since read the messages in the bullitin board and there is a lot of
gossip about the band saying they have split. Can you confirm this is
the case or is it just speculation.
I am a great fan of the band and long to hear some new stuff. If you
can give me any information whatsoever it would be much appreciated.
Many Thanx
Willie.
From: m7691 [m7691@Intranet]
Sent: den 5 oktober 2000 09:32
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Cc: jcstudent@freeserve.com
Subject: CC.
I need china crisis music
for my sanity but i do not know where to get it.
e-mail me at jerry.dolphin@btinternet.com with info.
pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssseee!!!!!!!
From: DEBORAH BUCHANAN
[wdka@lineone.net]
Sent: den 9 oktober 2000 19:43
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
HI TOMAS,
Just found your website on China Crisis.I've been a fan since 1982 and
have just about every CC record going 7'',12'' and LP.Unfortunately
I don't have the 'Shobiz Absurd' video.I've been to see China Crisis
five times. Mostly in the Telford Warehouse in Chester.I'm so glad you've
made this web site because I now know that there are people out there
who love China Crisis as much as me.
DEB
From: BRENDANBIRD@aol.com
Sent: den 13 oktober 2000 11:51
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis
Thomas, i must congratulate
you on your page! have you heard anything on any
new CC material, i have been a fan since day 1 and would like to know
any
forth coming info.
yours, Brendan
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 21 oktober 2000 14:30
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: (no subject)
Hello Tomas,
How are you?
Just as well that you didn't
travel to Wales for the gig in Narberth - it was
cancelled on the very afternoon that it was supposed to have taken place.
I was SO disappointed - perhaps
it was too good to be true that the band
would be playing close to home. Unfortunately, Eddie has been confined
to bed
along with 'the guitar player' according to the manager of the Queen's
Hall
in Narberth.
The road manager called yesterday
morning to say that the lads had been
playing on the Isle of Man of all places and returned with what sounds
like
the 'flu. The road manager himself was also unwell. Although they offered
to
play next week the venue is booked until Christmas......maybe I'll promote
another evening myself!! The manager of the Queen's Hall understood
the
disappointment as his wife is a big fan, apparently.
Therefore I couldn't impress
on the band the need to play in Malmo! However,
I have a poster for you if you want it (for the gig that never was).
Would
you like it? If so, please let me have your address (if you want to
pass it
on, of course) and I'll send it as soon as possible.
The site looks really impressive
by the way.
Paul
From: Arellano, Paul
(ELS) [p.arellano@elsevier.com]
Sent: den 2 november 2000 19:36
To: 'tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com'
Finally, I found a site for
China Crisis.
Im from NY and me and my
wife are huge fans of China Crisis since way back
in 1986 (if I remember). Like you, we're almost the same age so it's
no
surprise that most people who know China Crisis are from our generation.
Paul & Stella
From: Arellano, Paul
(ELS) [p.arellano@elsevier.com]
Sent: den 2 november 2000 19:42
To: 'tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com'
Subject: Im shocked
Hi Tomas:
It's me again. My wife and
I are shocked that Kevin Wilkinson passed away
last year. I just read it in your site. This is a shock for us. It is
really
sad. Really very sad.
Paul & Stella
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 12 november 2000 13:28
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Chart positions
Hello Tomas
Looking through your great
site at chart positions - 'Every Day The Same'
reached the heady heights of no.99 on the UK singles charts!
A local radio station in
Birmingham (BRMB) really gave the song a push and
even had the band playing on a bandstand in the middle of a busy shooping
centre...I bought 4 copies.......
Have you received the Narberth
poster? Not the best posters in the world,
admittedly, but I guess the marketing budget is pretty low att CC HQ.
Best wishes
Paul
From: Darren Morris
[darren.morris@totalise.co.uk]
Sent: den 12 november 2000 22:07
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
Tomas,
I have just come across your China Crisis website, it is superb. A big
thankyou for maintaining the site as there is very little China Crisis
info on
the web.
Do you know of any web-site that shows when China Crisis are playing
? I
have struggled to track any down. All i know at the moment is that they
are
playing at Butlins, Minehead at the start of December.
Where are you ?
Look forward to hearing
from you.
Darren Morris
From: Darren Morris
[darren.morris@totalise.co.uk]
Sent: den 19 november 2000 17:32
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: RE: China Crisis
Hi Tomas,
How did you get involved with China Crisis from Sweden ? Did they tour
over
there in the 80's ? I have to admin that although i have got all their
albums
and most of their singles & 12", i have never seen them live
! I did have
tickets once, a long time ago, but i was ill and had to give them to
someone
else !
The gig in December is at a holiday camp, and is titled 'Millenium Music',
there are about 10 bands playing over 3 days, of which China Crisis
are one.
I haven't booked to go yet as i might be in Florida instead, if i'm
not
i'll be sure to go and see them.
It was good to hear from you ...
Darren
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 6 december 2000 11:56
To: Tomas.Olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Tomas,
No, Butlins Holiday Camps
aren't really up there with the Liverpool Empire,
Ronnie Scott's or Town Halls - more like end of the pier shows, really,
especially when you are on the same bill as Dr and the Medics and 60's
has
beens..... still, Christmas is coming and I suppose they have families
to
feed.....
I think the band's agents
are based in Rochdale, Lancashire and specialise in
'nostalgia acts', so that's maybe the reason why they have been lumped
together with such other bands at Butlins.
Don't you just wish that
some A&R person would see the light. I am sure that
they would be successful - but if they no longer want it, as much as
we all
want it, we can't make them can we?
Paul
From: Marcus Mülbüsch
[muelbuesch@epost.de]
Sent: den 25 december 2000 15:20
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Just to say thank you for Dockland
Hi,
I did enjoy Dockland. Nice
to finally have found something ybout the
favourite band of my youth. Too bad I've never seen them live. Sigh.
Thank you for your work.
Marcus
From: Jay Hedblade [jrh@vidmon.com]
Sent: den 29 december 2000 18:16
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Review Information For Dockland Site
Hello,
I noticed this review on
your China Crisis site yesterday (see below). You
indicated that you weren't sure of the source, so I thought I'd help.
This review comes from the
Trouser Press Record Guide, a book published in
the US. They've published several revisions of the book over the last
15
years or so. As this review runs through Diary Of A Hollow Horse, I
suspect
that it came from the 1991 or the 1996 edition of the book. The 1996
version is the most recent installment.
Trouser Press was a monthly
magazine that was published in the US in the
late 1970s / early 1980s. The magazine's editor, Ira Robbins, folded
the
monthly in the early 1980s but continues to publish the book periodically.
Though he's not the sole writer for the book, I believe he is the author
of
this section on China Crisis. If you're interested, I can check and
get
back to you with the author's name. I am certain beyond a doubt, though,
that the review comes from this book.
Hope that helps.
I really enjoyed the Dockland
site, by the way. I had not heard that Kevin
had committed suicide... that was a sad bit of information.
I'm curious if any CC fans
have traded music through your site or if you
know of any fan-based "releases." Many of the band sites I've
visited have
thriving communities of traders. Recently, a lot of sites have offered
compilation CDs put together by fans containing rare and / or out of
print
material. I'd be very interested in any such China Crisis related items.
If you have any information, it would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Jay Hedblade
From: ETERNALUX8@aol.com
Sent: den 4 januari 2001 01:30
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Hello!
Huge CC fan here from San
Diego....I just recently saw a copy of Flaunt that
is Maroon in colour...not a difference in the tracks listed though.how
rare
is this ---didnt notice it mentioned in your excellent site..should
I pick
this up>?
Thanks, Mark
From: Dominic [squeeze@videotron.ca]
Sent: den 5 februari 2001 02:36
To: chinacrisis@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [chinacrisis] Sad news
Hi,
I learned something very
disappointing concerning the anticipated new
China Crisis cd while surfing on the Audio Paragon website. Here is
what
I found :
"Their new release isn't
going to actually happen - unfortunately. Last
I heard, both Gary and Eddie were going to release solo material, but
I
don't have a lot of info. As I learn more, I will certainly share the
knowledge". -Steven Audio Paragon
Extremely disappointing....
Dominic
Montreal
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 14 februari 2001 11:49
To: Tomas.Olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Hello Tomas,
Some trivia.......
On 28 June 1995, Gary and
Eddie appeared on VH-1's 'Ten of The Best' series.
You may have seen this but if not, here are their choices of favourite
videos/songs:
Gary - Crowded House 'Weather
With You' " 'cos it reminds me of when we were
in Hawaii"
Eddie - Tom Petty 'Don't Come Around Here No More'
G - Talk Talk 'Life's What You Make It' " Mark Hollis is a great
songwriter"
E - Tom Waits 'In The Neighbourhood'
G - David Bowie 'Heroes'
E - Talking Heads 'Once In A Lifetime'
E - Donald Fagen 'Tomorrow's Girls'
G - John Lennon 'Jealous Guy' " The Beatles would have been nothing
without
Lennon; sorry, Paul, George, Ringo" said Gary outside the Walker
Gallery in
Liverpool.
E - Neil Young 'Harvest Moon'
G - China Crisis 'Every Day The Same'. Could have been a canny ploy
to get
the video shown. I think this is one of the band's strongest songs lyrically
and was a real highlight of 'Warped By Success.
I remember watching the show
and thinking what good taste they had!
The lads were filmed walking through Liverpool and stopping at various
locations throughout the city.
Take care,
Paul
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 14 februari 2001 16:28
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: (no subject)
Hello Tomas
More stuff (which you may
already know)
Radio One sessions are, as
I am sure you will know, a big deal in the UK.
With the likes of John Peel legendary series of sessions a big factor
in
launching bands into the corrupt and shady world of the music business.
The China's have been involved
in the following:
1/4/1982 - John Peel 'Seven
Sports For All'; 'This Occupation'; 'Be
Suspicious' and 'Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives' Gary (vocals,
bass, keyboards), Eddie (guitar, keyboards) and Dave Reilly (drums,
percussion) Maida Vale studio 4 Produced by John Owen Williams
25/8/1982 - David 'Kid' Jensen
- Hanna Hanna; You Never See It; Animals In
Jungles; Reflections (recorded on 16 May 1982) at Maida Vale studio
4
Produced by Dale Griffin
27/1/83 John Peel - AGolden
Handshake for Every Daughter'; Wishful Thinking;
Watching The Rainclouds; Greenacre Bay; Gary, Eddie, Gary Johnson (bass);
Kevin Wilkinson (drums); Steve Levy (oboe) (recorded 15/1/83 at Maida
Vale
studio 4 Produced/engineered by Dale Griffin and Martin Colley
5/2/83 Janice Long - Scream
Down at Me; Red Sails; No More Blue Horizons; No
Ordinary Lover recorded in Manchester by Tony Worthington at The Playhouse
Theatre, Hulme.
25/10/83 - David Jensen -
Papua; No Ordinary Lover; WhenThe Piper Calls; The
Soul Awakening; all above band plus Derek Lovelady on synth and piano.
recorded on 20/10/83 at Maida Vale 4 Dale Griffin and Mike Robinson
engineered.
I remember listening with glee to this session - fantastic!!
18/3/85 - Janice Long - King
In A Catholic Style; Gift of Freedom; Strength
of Character; Wall of God. Band: Gary ,Eddie, Gazza, Kevin, Brian McNeill
(keyboards).
Recorded on 10/3/85 at The Hippodrome, Golders Green., London.
Engineers - Barry Andrews and Peter Watts.
The band also played a live
concert on Radio One in the middle of 1985 at
Bristol Colston Hall during 'Music Week'. I remember a bit of banter
between
Gazza and Ian McNabb of The Icicle Works during a pop quiz.
Peel, Jensen and Long were
all real enthusiasts; especially Janice Long.
Apologies if you already
know about this or have the information.
I just wish the sessions
could be made available commercially....for some
reason CC are one of the very few bands whose sessions have not been
released.
Take care,
Paul
From: Geoff Thornton
[Press@cdflgeoff.fsbusiness.co.uk]
Sent: den 19 mars 2001 23:46
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: A fan in England!
Hello!
As a fan of China Crisis and Sweden, I was very happy to find your site
(a bit late maybe!).
Just wanted to say, like the site, and glad to see they still have fans,
especially in Sweden!
Unlike everyone else it would seem, I am a fan of the first album!!
Zoe
redsleepingbeauty@hotmail.com
From: KingRandim@aol.com
Sent: den 25 mars 2001 03:03
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis Update
For many years I have been
a HUGE fan of China Crisis, and had the chance to
only see them once in a small club in Chicago during their " Arizona
Sky"
tour...But they blew me away. Ever since I first heard '"Flaunt
the
Imperfection" and the "Difficult Shapes" albums my passion
for the group till
remains. I was wondering if in fact there IS a new CD in the works,
release
date, tour info etc. I look forward to hearing from you soon...PS, I
really
enjoyed going through your website....
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 2 april 2001 13:04
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: (no subject)
Hello Tomas,
If the messages on the bulletin
boards are correct, it looks like that's it
as far as the band is concerned. Unless, of course, you have heard anything
to the contrary?
I suppose there's a possibility
of solo material but unless it's amazing
stuff, the market for it might be pretty slim.
Paul
From: J. Andres Arango
Londoño [andymedcol@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 7 april 2001 02:43
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Temptation's big blue eyes.
Hello there:
Yes, I'm absolutely sure that you won't answer this letter, people does
not feel interest about sharing music knowledges...
I got surprised when I could find a China Crisis' page, recently I've
bought their first album (Difficult shapes and passive rythms, some
people think it's fun), and I just falled in love about them, specially
hearing a what a beautyful song called "Temptation,s big blue eyes",
and so I could find and learn more about them.
What is the China Crisis' highlight along their career?
Recommend me an album please.
Best.
Andy
Medellín Colombia.
22 years old.
From: Emiliano Fiedler
[emiliano@fiedler.com]
Sent: den 19 april 2001 00:17
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: oh not this one again...
Importance: High
grüezi herr olofsson
did eye already write you recently or not, cannot find a trace......
just cause: meye question principale est:::::::::::
how are you
2ndly: cannot we try to figure out what the refrain is of this
charmante chanson??
African and white
Africana, African and white
you're closer than you really ever know
and we all run the risk of
to remain silent
I don't know
We need your faith and hostility
to be certain of a change
and could you ever recover from
forever recover from this prejudice
I have tryed for 13 3/45
of years with tears but no result:::
also eye understand:
life is a fever in three years ((cannot realllllllllly biiiiiin,
nietnichtnot?))....
live is a fever in...na what ever...
life is just a fever...
thank u 4 reply and helping
compile
second qweschtion: would
you have a clue about the intro to working with
steal and glory, i.e. as follows.......
Working with fire and steel
BLABLABLA**)
I could never keep a beat
too busy in my paradise
put a crocodile in high office
and something out of place ins
Blabla transcribed by a nobrain:
like miiii: yo watch this san ja ni
(mi?) (s?)is go how
eye know sounds terrible
but some guy from Perth down unter thinks its
Russian as to which I cannot agree, judging from my cousins who talk
rusky...
thanks 4 a gelegentlich reply
to meeeeeeiii
ciao
Emiliano
From: William_C._Diemer@lnotes5.bankofny.com
Sent: den 24 april 2001 18:37
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
I WAS WORKING IN NEW JERSEY
WITH A FELLOW FROM ENGLAND.
HE HANDED ME 'FLAUNT THE
IMPERFECTION' ON CASSETTE & SAID GIVE IT A LISTEN.
I READ THE CREDITS (AS I
USUALLY DO WITH ANY NEW MUSIC) & LISTENED.
THE ALBUM WAS GREAT FROM
START TO FINSH. I COULD HEAR THE 'STEELY DAN'
INFLUENCE ON EVERY
TRACK. I HAVE SINCE BOUGHT
THIS ON CD & A FEW OF MY FRIENDS WERE DELIGHTED TO
THIS GROUP.
WCD
From: Glatanyard@aol.com
Sent: den 4 maj 2001 20:22
To: Tomas.Olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Hello Tomas
I just remembered it from
a gig in Birmingham from a couple of years ago.
The band had to do two sets
per night starting at around 10.30pm and
finishing at around 1.00am every night. Due to the time involved, I
guess the
band felt relaxed enough to tell a few stories...the Edwyn Collins tale
was
duly told.
Another one you might like
to know is the existence of a Chinese cover
version of 'Black Man Ray' !! The version was played over the club's
PA for
all to hear - quite odd to hear the words and music to this rather fine
song
in a different language...don't think it sold enough copies for the
royalties to flow in.......
Take care
Paul
Pembroke
Wales
From: Kate Ho [sucklingpig@one.net.au]
Sent: den 18 maj 2001 16:01
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
Hi :)
I have just come across your
site. I am not a HUGE fan of China Crisis -
purely because I have not had the chance in my youth to get my hands
on
their music. But I LOVED one song which I was able to get a (not so
bad)
recording of from the BBC Top 20 Countdown in those days. I was brought
up
in Malaysia and it is of course a whole lot different there now.
The song was Black Man Ray.
It still sends shivers down my spine for some
reason and I actually made a file for school in black with their logo
and
the band name on it which everyone asked me about. It was a thrill,
but I am
still sad that I was never able to listen to all of their music.
Anyway, I have listened to
stuff like Arizona Sky and numerous others since
then. Nothing compares to Black Man Ray when that was on the UK charts.
It
made my teenage life :) Thank you for putting up your site!
Regards,
Kate Ho
From: Andrew Lewis [foxyboy944@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 20 maj 2001 17:14
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Eddie Lundon & 'The Light'
Hi,
Firstly thanks for a great site, just thought a quick e-mail was in
order to ask if you or any of your fellow fans have any info on what
happened to Brian Atherton aka 'The Light'. Eddie Lundon played on one
of his two singles back in 1986 I think. Any info you have would be
greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Andrew
From: BrutusLX@aol.com
Sent: den 20 maj 2001 21:09
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Thank You Tomas
greetings........it is so
great that this band is still creating and is
remembered so fondly. Here in the midwest USA, the band never became
well
known. Even MTV did not play them here. My fave song is probably Tragedy
and
Mystery. I only own one album. It is hard to find their music here.
I plan to
do more research! Thanks, Bruce
From: Silvia Ribera
[nemec82@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 8 juni 2001 21:21
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Chinacrisis
Hello my name is Ginés
and I'm from Barcelona. I would like maintain correspondence for exchange
information.
I have reference that you don't have in your list, like the australian
edition to long play Working With Fire and Steel, the UK edition to
LP-Flaunt the Imperfection( green cover). 12" African and White
Germany edition (promo) with the same reference that the US.
I have one video (Ltd) Showbiz Absurd to 1985. There are other video
to 1996 that is the same that LP Acoustically yours. I have flyer to
concert in Barcelona to 1987. If you are interested I can send you.
If you are interested in more information, you can contact with me through
e- mail nemec82@hotmail.com or letter at this address:
- snip -
PS:
I would like have the three concert ( BBC- Rotterdam- Los Angeles) and
12" The Highest high /96.8/orange mutt-mutt dance and the song,
It's never too late to 12" Black man ray, because is the last that
I don't have.
From: DAVID JOHN REILLY
Sent: den 30 juni 2001 18:36
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis
Dear Tomas,
I wanted to mail you to congratulate you on your site.
You have found some things i have not seen in many years! It's
the best China Crisis site on the web , I enjoyed it , tremendos!!
All the best; Good luck ,
Dave Reilly {China's 1st drummer!}
please feel free to post this , but not my mail address .
From: DAVID JOHN REILLY
Sent: den 10 juli 2001 01:44
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: RE: china crisis
Hi tomas,
I worked with Gary & Eddie before we became China Crisis
for about a year then left to do other things , then re-joined
and after about 6-8 months we landed our record contract with
Inevitable, I was only 16 at that time! After only a few months
we were 'sold' to Virgin . I spent about 3 years with the band
on and off but felt I had learned a great deal from them and
wanted to go in other directions to Gary & Ed.
I've never stopped playing over the last 20 years! I became
a well respected session drummer playing on many recordings
of very diverse artists, I travelled the globe doing concerts
as the drummer for The Real People,2a.m,The Immortal and for the
last 5 years played with England's finest tribute to The Beatles,
The Backbeat Beatles; some of whom were in the film Backbeat
and have just been Musical Director on a film for N.B.C America
called 'John Lennon-In his life'
That should clear things up!
Good luck,Good health
Dave.
From: Scouserste01@aol.com
Sent: den 6 juli 2001 19:02
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Great Page...
Hey Tomas,it was great to
read about everyones comments,i come from Liverpool
and have been a fan for 15yrs,since i was at school.All my friends were
into
the Stones and the Who,me,i was wearing the CC t shirts,on my own i
hate to
say,but i stayed loyal to the cause all this time.
I still play all their music,have the whole collection,except Difficult
Shapes on C.D.
It would be great if the China's released a new Album,i think if they
did,they would have to change theis style a wee bit,to keep up with
the
Jones's,dance,jazz,reggae maybe.Well keep up the god work and to everyone
else,happy listening.
Kev Wilko.....Faster than a falling star,ever so close and yet so far.R.I.P
Man...
From: rokford black
[rokfordblack@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 10 juli 2001 12:22
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis
Hello nice to see a good
site on the china's.I have seen them many times over the years being
a native of the great city of Liverpool you get to know these people.
I have a signed original copy of the christian 12''. But only signed
by Eddie.....keep up the good work ...Shaun
From: Mats Davidsen
[b-dav@online.no]
Sent: den 17 juli 2001 16:27
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: news on china crisis?
hej tomas.....
why haven't you updated the page since may.......?
you probably know about audioparagon.com.....of course..........
that's where i read about a new china crisis album/release.....
this must have been in 1999 or something......!!!!
do you have any fresh squeezed news on that matter that you would like
to share with
a young fan.....?
if you do.....then please let me know........
oh yeah......i bought the "tradegy and mystery" bootleg lp
in denmark a while ago.......it has the same catalogue number and such
as mentioned on your site.......but "when the piper calls"
is actually "seven sports for all".......and "tokyo"
is "animals in jungles".......?
the collector on audioparagon mention on the site that "tokyo"
is an instrumental.......
is my one mispressed or something.....?
i'd like to know.....
tack så mycket
cheers
mats ifrån norge
From: HL [hlucero@mediaone.net]
Sent: den 26 juli 2001 06:34
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: CC Site
Just a note of thanks for
your CC site. Very well done...I am a songwriter and CC have been very
influential at times.
Thanks again,
Howie Lucero
From: kirkdalton1 [kirkdalton1@netzero.net]
Sent: den 1 augusti 2001 06:25
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Just wanted to say thanks
for your website! I have been trying to pin down a China Crisis song
for a long time and I finally used your site to find it. It is Red Sails,
a song I heard a long time ago and couldn't get out of my head. Thanks
to your lyrics section, I was able to find the song.
Thanks again!
Kirk.
From: Gary Roberts [Nick.Balboa@btinternet.com]
Sent: den 25 augusti 2001 16:03
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: CHINA CRISIS
Hello Tomas,
Well my name is Paul Harrison and i live in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire,
England.I have always been interested in anything China Crisis have
done,i find them very good and interesting.I am also in a band,sometimes
a duo or trio,and we cover some C/C material.
I went to see C/C play a few years ago in a town called Chester,they
were great.
I also went back there a few months later to see them again,but this
time i took a video camera and filmed the whole gig,it was a good night.
Also at the time of African and White being recorded i was in the studio
with another band recording are selfs,and that was the first time i
ever heard of them and there music.
I have also met the band several times and on one occassion i told them
i covered some of ther songs myself,and Gary said that we probably do
the song better than them themselfs.It was great night.
While i was filming them Gary kept turning to Eddie and saying, look
theres a guy filming us, but he hasnt got his recording light on his
camera so its not working.They called me over and told me,we all laughted
and i told them ive turned the light off so that it wouldnt distract
them,they all laughted at Gary then.
Well i must go now,i hope you dont mind me sending this to you.thanks
for all the info on the band it was great to read all about them,thank
you. Paul Harrison.
From: Curtis McGill
[gorilla@totalnetnh.net]
Sent: den 23 juni 2001 08:51
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: hi
i have always loved china
crisis and i had the pleasure of seeing them here in new hampshire.
they played a small venue at hampton beach, club casino. i lost track
of them after the ''what price paradise" cd. i heard they have
an acoustic work called "acoustically yours". how was this
cd and should i try to find it? such a passionate band with great musicianship
and lyric quality. "african and white" is one such passionate
work.
curt
From: ralph murray [ralphamurray@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 29 oktober 2001 17:11
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis site
Hi Tomas,
Just discovered your CC site.
It is absolutely great. I have been looking for the lyrics for
'What price paradise' and 'Difficult shapes', so thanks a lot and
keep up the good work.
Ralph in England
From: Chamois [chamois@multiweb.nl]
Sent: den 10 november 2001 11:30
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: china crisis
Hi Tomas,
Read your piece at rocknpop about China Crisis.
> China Crisis toured with Simple Minds in Europe during 1984,
> not recieving that good reviews for their live performance (at
least not in Sweden).
Well then I think you had to be in the Rotterdam Ahoy during the first
night of their two days overthere. China Crisis were great. They got
a standing ovation, and had to come back for an encore. The next evening
they weren't allowed to do it again by the SM.
I recorded the show later from Dutch radio and the DJ was telling that
the band actually was much better that evening than the SM.
CC will tour again next year.
From: ursel mosquera
[ursel_m2000@yahoo.com]
Sent: den 11 november 2001 02:59
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: hello
um hello my name is ursel
winters im from nyc and im
30yrs old now i always knew or should i say herd of
china crisis and remember a little bit of their music
yet i really dont know much about them um a friend of
mine gave me the cd the best of china crisis and i had
it for a while. now just recently i started listoning
to it and it is really wonderful for some weird reason
they remind me of echo and the bunnymen. um pls could
you tell me a little bit about this wonderful english
duo and their music and what cds do you recomend that
i should have to start my china crisis collection.
thankyou
ursel winters...
From: Elaine Anelay
[mail@anelay22.fsworld.co.uk]
Sent: den 16 november 2001 13:38
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
A great website. What are
the boys up to today. Its great to see that they are touring in "Hear
and Now" in 2002. I hope to see them at Birmingham.
Where are they today! Please let me know.
Best Wishes
Elaine
PS I voted for "Gift of Freedom".
From: tkam@unison.ie
Sent: den 19 november 2001 21:45
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China crisis tour
Hi great site I am glad to
see that some people love the music of CC as much as I do. I only heard
yesterday that CC are touring on this Here and now tour. Do you know
if there are any plans to come to Ireland or if there is any new material
on the way or any place to find this stuff,like a record label site.
By the way my favourite song is Christian
Thanks Alan
From: John Relph [relph@sgi.com]
Sent: den 22 december 2001 02:34
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Best Kept Secret
Hi,
I heard a rumour that there
is a version of the China Crisis song
"Best Kept Secret" that was produced by a person calling himself
"Animal Jesus". It may have appeared in a film.
Do you know anything about
this?
-- John
From: David Maki [david.maki.ld3d@statefarm.com]
Sent: den 25 december 2001 22:11
To: 'tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com'
Subject: China Crisis
Hello Tomas
I was running a search on
google and notice your site on CC. Very good I had no Idea the extensive
amount of info about singles released by CC. I first heard about CC
when I was in Duluth MN going to school...songs like Soul Awakening
and Blue Sea captured me. Since the Midwestern USA was stuck on Prince
and Posion....we forgot about the bands that slipped
away from our narrow minded
magazine writers here. I still feel the same rush when I pop in a CC
CD on my drives by LakeSuperior...especially with Blue Sea.
Well enough small talk I
was wondering if you could let me know how I could purchase a copy of
the 1990 released China Crisis
Collection on the Virgin
Label......this 2CD set had a disc of B-sides that seem to be a whole
new world of CC that will be great to listen to. I think it's listed
under CDVX2613....you mentioned only 5,000 were made....sounds like
it is really rare.
Take care and thanks for
the great site on CC
Dave Maki
From: Rafael Ruiz [inpelvis@yahoo.es]
Sent: den 10 januari 2002 00:54
To: chinacrisis@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [chinacrisis] some questions
Hello and happy new year
to all fans and to the china
crisis themselves!
Two nights ago I was listening
to the B-sides (in mp3
format, of course) couse I could'nt sleep, and i
thought a number of questions that i would like Gary
to answer, if you (Tomas from DOckland) kindly passed
them to him. I think this will satisfy the curiosity
of most of fans. Here go the questions:
1) What happened with Dave
Reilly? Why didn't
Gary and Eddie continue with him in later albums?
2) How did they meet Gazza
and Kevin?
3) Where are Gazza and Brian from and how old
are they? Where was the great Kevin from?
4) Who was driving the car when they crashed
(as the booklet od Diary~A Collection tells)?
5) What did Gary and Eddie do for a living
after leaving school and before starting china crisis?
6) What does Gary do for a living now?
7)Could you get a recent photo from Eddie or
Gary?
8) Could Gary tell us some stories about
memorable concerts he can remember?
9) Where are Gazza and Brian now?
10) will be a new china crisis' album in 2002?
11) Are we a worker?
Please, answer this email although you could not send
this questions to Gary. (Sorry if you don't understand
my "spanish" english!)
Have a nice year
Best wishes, Rafael Ruiz.
From: Hasroh@aol.com
Sent: den 13 januari 2002 02:01
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: Residential Back Seat Band!
Hi,
Nice Site.
I've never been a great devotee
of popcharts (not since the Beatles days anyway, I'm 54) but a song
from the early eighties had stuck in my mind for years (about 20 in
fact!) since hearing it while on holiday.
From time to time I caught
sound of it , passing a pub juke box or on the radio. Somehow or other
I never could catch the title or any details. Even if it was on the
radio it would be one of those occasions when you miss the DJ's title
anouncement and at the end they move onto the news or a commercial or
whatever.
This got from being irritating
and a bit intriguing to being nearly obsessive, my version of the holy
grail! The only part of the lyric I could remember was "The residential
back seat (or street) band" and the refrain "wake up"!
Tonight I've just called
in at your site as part of a routine if infrequent trawl around the
net for info, and there it is!! And by a pretty well known band too,
even I've heard of them! The grail is found! Now I have to get the album.
You will see one of the reasons
I failed to find it. I had misheard "The residential Black Sea
band" (which may or may not make slightly more sense than my version!)
Lots of luck with yor site
and musical pursuits and ........thanx!
Harry Hamill
From: Ranjit Bhatia
[ranjitb@golden.net]
Sent: den 15 januari 2002 03:02
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
Ah one of my most favourite
bands, so unknown by the masses, their loss i
guess.
Saw CC at Leicester Poly
in 1989 (or was it 90?) just after Liverpool lost
to Arsenal last game of the season...great concert!!
Like the site.....wish CC
were playing in Toronto!!
Regards
Ranjit
From: Fozlar@aol.com
Sent: den 3 mars 2002 03:15
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis
Hello Tomas, Just thought
I'd drop you a line to say how much I enjoyed reading you web site.
I am a big fan of China Crisis and have seen them live many times from
when they played 'Pickwicks' in Liverpool to promote the single 'Scream
Down At Me' in about '82 right through to when they played the 'Kirkby
Suite' in '98 (I managed to get Gary ang Eddie to sign a poster for
my daughter). They truely are an outstanding live act.
I have African and White on the original Liverpool label (Inevitable
Records) signed by the lads which is a treasured possesion. They also
played a couple of gigs in the mid 90's at The Lomax Club in Liverpool
city centre which is a very small place and was packed out, They were
brilliant and had the place bouncing !!
Hoping to get to the Here and Now Show in Manchester (working permitting)
Let you know how it go's.
All The Best,
Vinny Foster.
From: Gary Lowe [galowe@us.ibm.com]
Sent: den 26 mars 2002 16:28
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: China Crisis site
Thank you for creating the
China Crisis website. It filled in some gaps in
my knowledge of CC and is much appreciated. CC is one of my favorite
and
much underappreciated bands.
Keep up the good work!
Gary Lowe
IBM
Interactive Marketing Specialist
galowe@us.ibm.com
From: carrie b [cbdeva@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 7 april 2002 09:56
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: a little update on CC...
china crisis - waaaaaay back
in 1981/82 there was one member Dave Reilly - know him? well i've a
little update - he's currently working in the UK in a band called Water.
They've just released a cd called Rainmaker, available at www.abandcalledwater.com
. if you'd also like to hear about the 'beatle' gigs they do - check
out www.backbeat-beatles.com *laughs* - if you'd like to know more -
you can email me and i can see what i can do...
from carrie
From: carlos hidalgo
[electro_hidal41@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 9 april 2002 05:38
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: from chile
hello thomas ! i am carlos
hidalgo from chile first to nothig congratulation
your page is the best of china crisis,you know like have contac whit
menbers
of the band? i dream have contac whit china crisis
thank you,and not forget
this message please
From: carlos hidalgo
[electro_hidal41@hotmail.com]
Sent: den 9 april 2002 15:58
To: Tomas.Olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: RE: from chile
thank tomas!but exist some
adress where i can writte to the band.
i dream for years some contac whit gary or eddie.
i live very far and in my country is very difficult have records,cd
of c.c,i
buy to a guy in a trade fair
, the gay tell me i buy in england ,is truht here is very difficult
have
music of china crisis i only have:collection,diary-a collection,diary
of a
hollow horse,what price paradise,and the great wishful thinking 2cd.i
tell
you that i have beatiful memorys listen c.c. partys whit my friends
in the
beach ,looking the star,walking in the beach,standing in sunset,all
listen
c.c you dont believe in chile so far! nobody loved c.c ?like you!i have
internet for litte time but this i dont not search you contac before,i
wanna
have contac whit you too and wanna be your friens if is possible.
feel a little jealousy you know to the band and you have all records
,ok my
friend thank you for your anwers ,sorry for my english,only talk spanish
and
if you have a possibilty give a thank you a CHINA CRISIS FOR YOUR MUSIC
and
tell they have a fan in this side this world,thank you again and good
luck.
From: paul martyn [mcp31uk@yahoo.com]
Sent: den 10 april 2002 13:41
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
Subject: CHINA CRISIS
Hello Tomas love the China
Crisis site. Was CC obsessed in the 80's and 90's and still am now!!.
Some help for you on chart
positions which I note have been omitted. Saint Saviour Square and Red
Letter Day reached UK No.s 81 and 84 respectively in 1989.
Kind Regards Martyn.
From: paul martyn [mcp31uk@yahoo.com]
Sent: den 11 april 2002 11:27
To: Olofsson Tomas
Subject: RE: CHINA CRISIS
Hi again Tomas have spent
my morning off looking at the site again...I was hoping to be superior
and maybe send you details of singles/albums/cds that you dont have
but off the top of my head it would appear you have the lot (and a couple
more besides!). I have made some dodgy bootleg tapes of some recent
shows however (ronnie scotts etc)......band were aware!
What I do have however is
a lot of memorabilia which I dont think you have from looking at
your collection details (I think it is still in my mums loft in Birmingham)
including letters from China Crisis Management (on CC letter headed
paper) loads of magazine articles, T shirts from every tour from '85
to last one in '98 a sweatshirt, a jacket! Loads of signed stuff
also, badges, live photos etc etc etc.
If you want this stuff (recordings
excluded) please let me know and I shall send it to Sweden so it
can then be included on the site for everyone to look at rather
than gathering dust. If not no problem.
I have also looked at your
top 50 albums and was amazed to note you have a lot of my favourites
in there also (spooky) when I tell people that "she was only a
grocers daughter" by the blow monkeys is one of the finest records
ever made they look at me like i'm a nutter! "Jordan" by Prefab
Sprout is arguably the finest album ever made. Recommend you check out
The Boo Radleys if you get chance.... awesome!.
Anyway will go now before
you think I am a stalker! The site is outstanding, so much wish
we had the net 15 years ago so I could of quenched my Crisis Thirst
in those days!! Have also met the band (and made a complete drunken
arse of myself in front of them) many times....if you want boring
stories i'm the man!!!.
Well done mate
Martyn.
From: niche [niche@tinyworld.co.uk]
Sent: den 22 april 2002 22:59
To: tomas.olofsson@tetrapak.com
hi, just to say although
im a punk at heart, (38 yrs old now) how much china crisis mean to me.
the highest high is in my top 10 desert island discs.its nice to know
their still around. best wishes , fog.
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