'The Celia Mancini Tapes' Rarities Vinyl Compilation Announced

A vinyl edition has been announced for The Celia Mancini Tapes, a compilation of recordings by sadly departed King Loser member Celia Mancini, collecting together rarities from throughout the legendary artist's life. Previously shared online earlier this year (and now removed), the twelve tunes recorded between 1988 and 1998 are absolutely crucial slices of kick-ass garage rock and psychedelia sourced direct from the original crumbling four-track cassette tapes, and will be only be available on a shiny UFO-shaped slab of vinyl in an edition of 300 copies. Project co-ordinator Glen Brewer states about the collection due out this month, "Given the lo-fi nature of the music, the vinyl LP format is the ideal home to commemorate and celebrate her life and creative times, just as she would have wanted, and had often spoken to me about doing herself." Check out the tracklist here and listen to a stream of Mancini's 'Torpedo Wave' below, featuring an awesome and affecting slideshow of images from throughout her life...

The Celia Mancini Tapes tracklist:

Celia Mancini - 'Torpedo Wave'
The After Dinner Mints - 'Sunny'
Celia Mancini - 'Donny'
Celia Mancini - 'The Yellow and Purple Dress'
The Stepford 5 - 'Stolen Heart'
King Loser - 'Hammond Fu'
Celia Mancini - 'New Spy Theme Outro'
Snapper - 'Bad Girl (Lock & Load demo)'
Celia Mancini - 'Celia Goes Into The Void'
Celia Mancini - 'Wordless Control'
The Axel Grinders - 'Time To Die'
Mothertrucker - 'Mistress Christmas'

'The Celia Mancini Tapes' is out on vinyl on Friday 21st December via Leap Decade Records.