G STANDS FOR GO-BETWEENS

I MET EX-GO-BETWEENS MEMBER ROBERT FORSTER AT THE PUCH OPEN AIR 2023, WHEN HE WAS PLAYING ONE OF HIS RARE CONCERTS IN EUROPE WITH HIS SON LOUIS, AND HE TOLD ME, THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT COMPILATION OF »THE GO-BETWEENS« IN LONDON AND WAS STILL LOOKING FOR OLD PHOTOS. I RUMMAGED THROUGH MY ARCHIVES AND FOUND THIS OLD ANALOG HASSELBLAD PHOTO FROM 1999.

AND NOW, VOILÁ, THIS PHOTO ADORNS A MAGNIFICENT COVER OF AN ALBUM WITH A LIVE RECORDING OF A ZÜNDFUNK RECORDING BY BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK FROM MAY 27, 1999. HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY ZÜNDFUNK PRESENTER KARL BRUCKMAIER, ROBERT FORSTER AND THE NOW DECEASED GRANT MCLENNAN PLAYED THAT EVENING IN STUDIO 12 OF THE OLD BR RADIO STATION IN FRONT OF PERHAPS 20 HAND-PICKED FANS. AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING, NOW PRESSED ON VINYL IN AN OPULENT COLLECTOR’S COMPILATION WITH 4 ALBUMS, 7 CD’S, A 112-PAGE PHOTO ALBUM OF THE GO-BETWEENS AND A COMMENORATIVE POSTER BY BJENNY MONTERO.

IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO OWN THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION »G STANDS FOR GO-BETWEENS, VOL.3«, WHICH IS NOW OUT OF PRINT, YOU CAN CONSIDER YOURSELF REALLY LUCKY, AS THE COLLECTOR’S PRICES ARE NOW WELL ABOVE THE INTRODUCTORY PRICE.

»G STANDS FOR GO-BETWEENS« RELEASED BY DOMINO RECORDS, NY · 2025