Vainica Doble exhibition

[babycart]

I probably won't make it but if anyone's in Madrid and likes Vainica Doble, there's an exhibition of art, photos, records etc to celebrate their 40th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Carmen Santonja's death at the Costello Club on C/Caballero De Gracia 10.

[DOKO*ENO]

wow!
that looks ace.

[Hayes]

That I would like to see. Just picked up my first Vainica Doble lp (El Eslabon Perdido) this summmer, thanks to Carlitos's contribution to the 2008 VG+ best of. Need to read up on them now and find out a bit more.

[DOKO*ENO]

not to be confused with the Las Grecas exhibition a few blocks down.

[kestrel blazer]

What a great record that 1971 debut is, picked up the Wah Wah reissue a few years ago (with the 7") from Steel Wheels £1 bin, knew nothing about the band. The exhibition sadly I guess will not make it to our shores.

[babycart]

not to be confused with the Las Grecas exhibition a few blocks down.

Ha!

That I would like to see. Just picked up my first Vainica Doble lp (El Eslabon Perdido) this summmer, thanks to Carlitos's contribution to the 2008 VG+ best of. Need to read up on them now and find out a bit more

the early lps on Opalo are impossible to find so it's reissues or, in the case of Heliotropo, you'll have to find an accommodating Spanish prog rock site.

The rest is a little bit easier to get, and the songs and lps have been reissued. I still need to hear Taquicardia. The 1997 comeback Carbono 14 was disowned by the group after the record company insisted on slicking up their sound.

[Hayes]

Thanks for the info... I'd guessed they were going to be pretty hard to get hold of (affordably or not). I'm regretting (a bit) not picking up the COLONIALES Y ULTRAMARINOS/ALAS DE ALGODON 7" for €30 but seeing as both tracks are on the lp I guess I'll survive.

[Carlitos]

I went yesterday to the exhibition but they told me that it had finished on Sunday...

[babycart]

I went yesterday to the exhibition but they told me that it had finished on Sunday...

Sorry about that, Carlos. I couldn't find any indication of when it was running till, and as it opened on 22nd July I thought it might last a while.

Still,if it's any consolation you can still see some tinned artist's shit at the Reina Sofia

[Carlitos]

No problem, Shaun. I was annoyed because I really wanted to see it but I came to Madrid on Sunday so I couldn´t have seen it anyway. Oh well, I think I will pass on the tinned artist's shit. Somehow it doesn´t sound so appealing

[babycart]

Gloria Van Aerssen of Vainica Doble died today in Madrid, 15 years after her partner Carmen Santoja.

[moecurlythanu]

Excellent group. So many from that era leaving us now.

[Carlitos]

Excellent group. So many from that era leaving us now.

Terrific band. "Alas de Algodón" is in my top ten songs of all times.