My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise

On back sleeve “thanks to Bill” could be Bill Carey from Something Pretty Beautiful. “Melanie” is the woman photographed on the front sleeve. It’s believed she lived near them. “Geoff” may be Geoff Stoddart who took photos of the band on their first US tour in 1988/9. He might have taken the cover photo. It’s similar to a 1923 photo by Edward Steichen - The Blue Sky- Dana [Platinum print] https://www.phillips.com/detail/EDWARD-STEICHEN/NY040113/48

from March 2018 Uncut Magazine
… says Ó Cíosóig. “But we wanted to rock out more. We were very inspired by the American scene – Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Hüsker Dü. Then Kevin got a great new guitar, discovered the tremolo arm and the reverse reverb effect. That gave him a whole new place to play in. A whole new sonic world.”

“I used reverse reverb all over the Ecstasy and ‘Strawberry Wine’ records to no great consequence, because I was using it the way it was meant to be used,” explains Shields. “Then in ’88, I discovered that it was extremely sensitive to velocity and how high you hit the string. You could make huge waves of sound by hitting it softer or harder. At the same time, my friend Bill Carey from Something Pretty Beautiful lent me his Fender Jazzmaster. It had a tremolo arm. I played it on ‘Thorn’. The second I did that, something jumped inside me. It allowed me to play in a way where I didn’t have to think about what I was doing, I could just feel it.”

Change came, and not a moment too soon. My Bloody Valentine showcased these exciting new developments in late 1988 via two EPs, released a few months apart on Creation Records, “You Made Me Realise” and “Feed Me With Your Kiss”.

“To me, the biggest shift was ‘You Made Me Realise’,” says Googe. “I when we were mixing it, Kevin said, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘It sounds like Jefferson Airplane.’ He said, ‘Fuck that!’ and started pushing things.”

Yes, we do need to have all four Creation EPs remastered on vinyl and done Fully Analog, just like Isn't Anything and Loveless. This is one case where the newer version could actually be better than the original pressing, if Shields gets around to it. Plus, Tremolo is so important, as the true companion to Loveless that it simply has to have a fully analog repressing. AND I'm not sure how to suggest changes, but if someone else wants suggest it, the name of the EP is untitled. You Made Me Realise is the first song, and that's what it's commonly called, but for the record, Shields has been clear that the name is untitled. And all their other records have the name on the side. Not this one. It only says My Bloody Valentine and has the catalog number. Maybe relabel it untitled (You Made Me Realise) EP. Not a real high priority in the scheme of things, just FYI.

anyway, just picked up a NM copy of this from a local record store (for around £90) to replace my VG one and i can confidently say this is one of the best sounding shoegaze records ever released. a brilliant pressing.

Anyone who is able to sell just the cover of this by itself, send me a message.

If you're interested in selling me the cover only please sent me a message!

This is my favourite MBV record. Are there multiple editions of this version? I see one for sale that states its a first edition because it has the correct run-out etchings. Do later editions have shiny covers, or are they all unlaminated?

We really, really need vinyl reissues of all of their EPs!

I owned a huge poster of this from like 1990... Now my ex-wife owns it.

am i the only one that gets an annoying pre echo before each track starts ?? its quite loud

Managed to randomly find a copy of this for $20 at Fantasyland in Atlanta. YES!