zee - identity: found a copy!

J Ed · Post by **J Ed** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:00 pm

Zee - Identity, on CD
finally found this Floydian rarity last weekend
in a shop in Montreal, on the seediest stretch of Rue St Catherine

it was Ricks 2nd "solo" album, from ~1985, and is it ever weak!
maybe a little better than Profiles, maybe not (more songs, no Gilmour)

its classic 80s "beepbeep" music,
you know 80s dancetechno with programmed drums and minimalist repetitive staccato synths
but at the time there was actually good technodance music
like why didnt Rick collaborate with Cabaret Voltaire if this is the direction he wanted to go in?

maybe Rick was so traumatised by his firing from PF that he subconciously managed to find the dullest, most forgettable project to attach his name to?

in fairness some songs do hint at a Gabriel or Eno influence, if you really really try to listen for one,
but such hints quickly dissipitate back into more shapeless formulaic beep beep rhythms

still its a long sought rarity and you bet I'm geekishly ecstatic to have added it to my record collection!
thats why I gotta tell the world!

J Ed

rthresh · Post by **rthresh** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:26 pm

... so. Are you going to rip some of it for others to hear and dislike?

Flame-Sky Diver · Post by **Flame-Sky Diver** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:17 pm

I came to think that Zee isn't that hard to find if you know where to look, because I got one LP even here in Prague. I only like about three songs on the album, but that's worth having the LP, which was very cheap. I've seen a CD too later on, but I didn't buy that.

J Ed · Post by **J Ed** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:36 pm

rthresh wrote:... so. Are you going to rip some of it for others to hear and dislike?

well this relates to a debate from another thread
http://forum.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/vie ... php?t=9730

even if the consesus was that circulating copies is cool
I'm not sure how to go about it, technically speaking
Ive never uploaded anything myself

Post by **drafsack** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:54 am

The b side of the confusion single - eye of the gypsy - isn't that bad

Flame-Sky Diver · Post by **Flame-Sky Diver** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:34 pm

drafsack wrote:The b side of the confusion single - eye of the gypsy - isn't that bad

I agree, it would be one of the better songs on the album.

rthresh · Post by **rthresh** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:21 pm

Hey Flame-Sky Diver; I thought Zee was the only PF not to have ever been on CD? You got a copy?

Flame-Sky Diver · Post by **Flame-Sky Diver** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:16 pm

I have seen a copy, but I think it was a bootleg, not an official release. Like I said I didn't buy it (having the original LP). J Ed said in his post that he has it on a CD, perhaps he can tell if it's official or not.

J Ed · Post by **J Ed** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:59 am

its a silver CD with the Harvest logo
in fine print it says EMI Hayes Middlesex England
and printed in Holland
artwork is printed like a commercial CD
with shiny silver ink
probably not from a home printer!

it does not have the bonus tracks from the singles
which the bootleg supposedly does

think I should take it to sothebys or the antique roadshow?

J Ed

Flame-Sky Diver · Post by **Flame-Sky Diver** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:50 am

Looks good to me. I really had no idea if Zee was originally on CD or not.

Eclipse · Post by **Eclipse** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:07 am

its certainly better than About Face

omayyad · Post by **omayyad** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:50 pm

I have a Vinyl Copy of it....an Album only a hardcore PF Fan should buy, it's really bad, even the artwork

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:07 pm

J Ed wrote:Zee - Identity, on CD
finally found this Floydian rarity last weekend
in a shop in Montreal, on the seediest stretch of Rue St Catherine

it was Ricks 2nd "solo" album, from ~1985, and is it ever weak!
maybe a little better than Profiles, maybe not (more songs, no Gilmour)

its classic 80s "beepbeep" music,
you know 80s dancetechno with programmed drums and minimalist repetitive staccato synths
but at the time there was actually good technodance music
like why didnt Rick collaborate with Cabaret Voltaire if this is the direction he wanted to go in?

maybe Rick was so traumatised by his firing from PF that he subconciously managed to find the dullest, most forgettable project to attach his name to?

in fairness some songs do hint at a Gabriel or Eno influence, if you really really try to listen for one,
but such hints quickly dissipitate back into more shapeless formulaic beep beep rhythms

still its a long sought rarity and you bet I'm geekishly ecstatic to have added it to my record collection!
thats why I gotta tell the world!

J Ed

Funny how you get that deja Vu feeling looking at old posts. This one is from 3 years ago I think and yet echoes the content of the Zee debate of this week

Idisaffect · Post by **Idisaffect** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:00 am

Beowulf wrote:[
Funny how you get that deja Vu feeling looking at old posts. This one is from 3 years ago I think and yet echoes the content of the Zee debate of this week

Yes. We're all just swimming in a fish bowl, aren't we?

Circles.

Post by **snifferdog** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:46 am

Having heard the music on the Myspace page, it's clear that Zee didn't improve with age

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