A Bad Diana

The Lights Are On But No-One's Home

Format: LP
Label: Optimo Music Archiv
Condition: (M /M-) (I'm stating this as used, but only because it's been opened - this is a brand new, un played copy - I graded the cover visually as mint, and the record as mint minus only because I can see under direct light just the very slightest haze of paper marks in one spot - I removed the "hype" sticker from the original outer plastic and taped it to the paper inner sleeve - I will mail the record separate from the cover to prevent any possible seam splits during shipping, and in an outer plastic sleeve)
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This vinyl edition was released in 2023 - includes an insert - originally released on CD only in 2007, and out of print, to the best of my knowledge, in either format

Notes on the "hype" sticker: For the first time on vinyl, Optimo Music Archiv presents A Bad Diana - The Lights Are On But No-One's Home by Diana Rogerson AKA Chrystal Belle Scrodd recorded with the help of Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter (of Nurse With Wound), plus Matt Waldron (of irr. app. (ext.)). Beautiful, magickal, visually poetic and reverberating.

"A Bad Diana is a project from Diana Rogerson, someone I first became aware of aged 12 when I read about Nurse With Wound and their United Dairies label in Smash Hits magazine. I was confused, mystified and intrigued in equal measure, and a couple of years later as a result I bought my first Nurse With Wound album. This led to an interest in all things NWW related. I guess Diana could be described as the matriarch of the Nurse With Wound world but she also had her own very distinguished pre-history with Fistfuck, an early-'80s extreme noise outfit. She then made two mid '80s cult classic albums as Chrystal Belle Scrodd, both far out there rollercoaster rides of audio wildness, highly recommended to anyone with wide open ears. She then moved to rural Ireland and raised a family. There was the odd collaboration and then in 2007 A Bad Diana's The Lights Are On But No-One's Home was released on CD. I feel this is her masterwork and it has become something of a cult favorite over the years. Now for the first time, almost two decades later it is available on vinyl on Optimo Music Archiv. Produced in association with Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter from Nurse With Wound and irr. app. (ext.)'s Matt Waldron, this is some seriously beautiful and strange listening. Next level sound design means this is an incredible headphone record but it is also a deeply warm and engaging home listening gem. Beautiful, magical, ultra hypno, soulful reverberations with the deep emotion of Diana's voice tones and bio-vibrations." --Optimo Music Archiv, 2023

Track Listing:
1. Behind the Curtain of the Sun
2. Cupboardie Re-Nude
3. Asphalt Kiss
4. Mirage Man
5. Notes from the Underground to a Crazy Girl
6. Mother
7. Chant D'Amour/Da Mort

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