PJ HarveyIs This Desire? - Demos

Label:

UMC – 0898530

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Worldwide

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Alternative Rock

Tracklist

A1 Angelene
A2 The Sky Lit Up
A3 The Wind
A4 My Beautiful Leah
A5 A Perfect Day Elise
A6 Catherine
B1 Electric Light
B2 The Garden
B3 Joy
B4 The River
B5 No Girl So Sweet
B6 Is This Desire?

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗P J Harvey
  • Copyright ©P J Harvey
  • Licensed ToUniversal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Record CompanyUniversal Music
  • Record CompanyUniversal International Music B.V.
  • Mastered AtLoud Mastering
  • Published ByHot Head Music Ltd.
  • Published ByKobalt Songs Music Publishing
  • Lacquer Cut AtLoud Mastering
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media GmbH – BK12876

Credits

  • ArtworkRob Crane
  • Consultant [Mastering Consultant]John Parish
  • Executive-ProducerSumit Bothra
  • Lacquer Cut ByJasdaface
  • Mastered ByJason Mitchell
  • Performer, Recorded By, ProducerPJ Harvey
  • Photography ByMaria Mochnacz
  • SongwriterPJ Harvey

Notes

Includes a printed inner sleeve and a card.
Hype sticker on the shrink wrap.

On sticker:
The original demo recordings of every track from the album Is This Desire?, including A Perfect Day Elise, The Wind and Angelene
Previously unreleased

On rear cover:
An Island Records Release.
℗2020 PJ Harvey under exclusive license to Universal Music Operations Ltd. ©2020 PJ Harvey under exclusive license to Universal Music Operations Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
...
Universal International Music B.V. 's-Gravelandseweg 80, 1217 EW Hilversum, Netherlands. Made in .

On inner sleeve:
Published by Hot Head Music Limited (ASCAP)
istered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP)

Runouts are etched. Pressing plant's plating symbols may be inverted (e.g.: “1V” vs “Λ⇂”) and/or mirrored (e.g.: “1V” vs “Vᛚ”).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 6 02508 98530 0
  • Barcode (Scanned): 602508985300
  • Label Code: LC00407
  • Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): BK12876-01 A1 0898530 A1 JASDAFACE LOUD
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): BK12876-01 B1 0898530 B1 JASDAFACE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): BK12876-01 A1 0898530 2| A1 JASDAFACE LOUD
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): BK12876-01 B1 1V JASDAFACE 0898530 B1

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Is This Desire? - Demos (CD, Album) UMC 0898537, 00602508985379 2021
New Submission
Is This Desire? - Demos (12×File, AIFF, Album, 24-bit 44.1 kHz) Universal Music Catalogue none 2021

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Reviews

  • ddani's avatar
    ddani
    re: card issues, mine has one, so there must be a statistical chance of getting one (I hesitate to say I was lucky...)
    the physical record itself is I think quite fantastic. sounds exactly like demo recordings ought to sound, in fact quite good considering.
    it was a spur-of-the-moment purchase, and not a trace of regret! defo worth a listen if you like this album.
    • jbacus's avatar
      jbacus
      Posting here in case others, like me assumed all copies come with cards. I bought these 5 demo LPs just recently from a very large US-based web store. There is no pattern I can figure out as to which ones come with the sticker and card.
      1) PJ Harvey - Dry - Demos - HAS sticker. presumably card, no "Autorip" from merchant
      2) PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love - Demos - HAS sticker. presumably card, HAS "Autorip" from merchant
      3) PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? - Demos - no sticker. presumably no card, no "Autorip" from merchant
      4) PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos - no sticker. presumably no card, HAS "Autorip" from merchant
      5) PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her ‎– Demos - no sticker. presumably no card, HAS "Autorip" from merchant
      • alexgoodnycrecords's avatar
        Edited 4 years ago
        I’m not sure if the demos are worth the price of ission. I have been getting all of the reissues and their demos. I didn’t think that the demos of To Bring You My Love made me wish to return to it preferring the original record instead. This one is a little bit better and I agree with someone else that she managed to add a new dimension to The Garden. I also enjoyed an unplugged The River. I wouldnt replace them for be sure however. Did she record these recently or did she leave them? In some of the tracks the vocals sound a little more recent. There was some surface noise in this record, most noticeably with Catherine but this does not bother me. Record collectors doth protest too much in general. Mine did not come with a card or promo sticker. This has happened with every release in 2021 after to bring you my love reissue snd demos and it’s wrong, it’s ripping off the buyer.
        • elephantstone908's avatar
          Fantastic, like all the LP demos so far but my Side A with A matrices has the Side B label. The real Side B has the Side B label, too.
          • Vinny_L's avatar
            Vinny_L
            my copy had no hype sticker, no DL code, and there is lots of surface noise on the quieter songs, which distracts from PJ's beautiful voice....
            • SandstormG2's avatar
              SandstormG2
              Wife and I each got a signed copy from PJ's website. Not sealed, no hype sticker and no DL codes. Album arrived in a plastic sleeve instead.
              • eddieandrews's avatar
                eddieandrews
                Great as all the Demos have been.
                The particular highlight for me on this one is The Garden, sounds better in every way to the finished version.
                • Lencolack's avatar
                  Lencolack
                  Fantastic recording, great pressing too. Mine was a totally flat pressing, no pop's or klick's.
                  Hype sticker and card included.
                  Bought in Sweden.
                  • CassettesBkk's avatar
                    CassettesBkk
                    May have been unlucky. Having bought all the "demos" previously released on vinyl from 2020 and been very impressed with their mastering and overall sound quality. Upon listening to this album using my Pro-Ject Carbon/Ortofon 2m Blue I was very un-pleased with the loudness and a very heavy bass that caused distortion on certain tracks. I rate this as a very poor relation to all the other previous "Demo" releases.
                    • wild.fleur.'s avatar
                      wild.fleur.
                      Edited 4 years ago
                      An absolutely gorgeous record - quite possibly my favourite release of PJs' demos so far. This record can stand on its own as a more delicate, tender and subdued Is This Desire? The artwork reflects the delicacy of the record, so much that I'll be framing my signed copy (FINALLY able to get one!) and the inner sleeve.

                      Note: - I live in the UK and the unsigned copy came sealed with a hype sticker and both came with a DL code.

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