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The Caretaker Experimental Ambient 2002 UK
  • Performer: The Caretaker
  • Title: A Stairway To The Stars
  • Size FLAC ver: 1386 mb
  • Country: UK
  • Released: 2002
  • Style: Experimental, Ambient
  • Other formats: AU TTA MOD MP4 AUD XM ADX
  • Genre: Electronic
  • Rating: 4.7 of 5
The Caretaker - A Stairway To The Stars FLAC download
The Caretaker - A Stairway To The Stars FLAC download

Tracklist

A1 We Cannot Escape The Past 2:03
A2 Cloudy, Since You Went Away 4:12
A3 Emptiness 3:49
B1 Consigned To A Yesterday 5:13
B2 Masquerade Ball 4:02
B3 Malign Forces Of The Occult 3:20
B4 On The Edge Of Breakdown 2:06
C1 Robins And Roses 3:02
C2 Date With An Angel 3:10
C3 It's All Forgotten Now 3:03
C4 Each Today Doesn't Lead To A Tomorrow 1:50
C5 Home 2:06
D1 Friends Past Re-United 4:47
D2 A Stairway To The Stars 7:13

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – AE 32831
  • Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – AE 32832
  • Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – AE 32833
  • Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – AE 32834

Credits

  • Cover [Cover Images] – Andrew Cliff
  • Recorded By, Producer [Reproduced By] – The Caretaker

Notes

All tracks recorded and reproduced for V/VM Test Records.
Made in Northern England

"A Stairway To The Stars" is derived from reprocessed 1930s ballroom music and memories collated by "The Caretaker" from the haunted ballroom.

Issued in a resealable plastic sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): AE 32831/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): AE 32832/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, stamped): AE 32833/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, stamped): AE 32834/A

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
OFFAL07 The Caretaker A Stairway To The Stars ‎(CD, Album) V/Vm Test Records OFFAL07 UK 2002
none The Caretaker A Stairway To The Stars ‎(14xFile, MP3, 320) V/Vm Test Records, History Always Favours The Winners none UK 2011
none The Caretaker A Stairway To The Stars ‎(14xFile, FLAC) V/Vm Test Records, History Always Favours The Winners none UK 2011



Comments (4)

Foginn
An outstanding album. You really do get a feel for a modern ambient interpretation on 1920-30s ballroom and seaside fanfare music. The last track almost has an additional flavour of John Barry's Raise the Titanic Soundtrack. Also the first track, We Cannot Escape the Past, is the very first track used for Room 237. In regards to those critiquing the covers look and feel. This is an edgy album with an edgy feel to it. If anything, the album cover plays to that spectrum...
Jusari
I agree with BABYDIDDY's review. This is endlessly layered, arcane and mysterious music. But the imagery associated with V/Vm and the Caretaker is obnoxious and horridly disconnected from *most* of the music. A shame ... and I wonder why they choose to present themselves in this way. I feel that they would have more people purchasing their records if folks weren't repelled by this initial encounter. With such an abundance of music available these days, it's easy to write-off a label if one doesn't find it attractive ... and can just move on to the next.
Neol
absolutely beautiful and amazingly eerie ambient ballroom soundscapes make this THE definitive ambient album I have ever heard. Strikingly original and captivating from start to finish. Not what you'd expect from the V/VM camp at all and this should be a part of any decerning electronica fan's collection. 100%
Oso
Just as V/VM seem to have got to a point where only they haven't started to think putting Russ Abbot through the blender is funny and makes great music, they come out with this! This ranks with the KLF's "Space" LP as one of the best ambient records of all time, using as source material an old box of ballroom dance records they somehow obtained from somewhere. Its a shame that such a great work has been sadly neglected due to a couple of pig masks and some charity shop vinyl.

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