ANYONE GOT ANY FURTHER INFO ON THIS?

Yesterday's posting on Tindersticks leads to try and find out a bit more about a 10" EP that sits in the cupboard - something that I picked up on e-bay a few years ago when I acquired my first USB turntable and then set out to track down bits of long-lost vinyl as well as maybe a few other odds'n'sods.

I bought this EP simply as it had a track on it by Tindersticks that to the best of my knowledge wasn't available elsewhere. I didn't pay all that much for it - £5 including postage if memory serves me right - and in exchange I got something that is so mint it doesn't appear to have ever been played.

It turns out that the EP was something that came with a magazine called Purr, a short-lived venture that ran to just five editions in the early-mid 1990s. Crawling round the internet, I've established that , and I quote:-

Purr magazine was created and published by Simon Henwood in the early nineties. It was was distributed all over the world and became a small cult phenomena. The last issue appeared in 1995.

Henwood went on to publish Alice magazine and coordinate a series of exhibitions and conferences on the influences of childhood in art and the media.

Purr was the first magazine to attempt to combine art, comics , music and literature under one umbrella. Well known and up and coming Artists, Musicans and Writers were invited to collaborate with each other on projects for the magazine.

Each of the five issues feature in-depth interviews with as diverse subjects as Edward Gorey, James Ellroy and Russ Meyer.

Each issue of Purr was accompanied by (the now extremely rare) 10inch vinyl recordings.

Further digging tells me that Simon Henwood is nowadays a highly-rated and regarded director of pop promos, and his work with Kanye West on Love Lockdown in 2008 saw him nominated for all sorts of awards as well as leading to his appointment in 2009 as creative director for Rhianna.

The reverse of the sleeve for this EP makes for intriguing reading:-

CAPTURED HEREIN ARE FOUR CRIMES OF PASSION!

LOVE, LUST, REVENGE AND BETRAYAL. FOUR PERFECT BEDFELLOWS. WHILE THAT 'OLE BLUE MOON IS STILL UP IN THE SKY, THE STARS SHINE DOWN LIKE DIAMONDS AND THE WIND CALLS YOUR NAME...

ANGEL OR DEVIL. WHICH ARE YOU?

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS IS DANCING WITH THE ACE OF SPADES, WITCHCRAFT IS IN THE AIR. WHO WILL BE LUCKY TONIGHT? WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE?

SHUFFLE THE PACK AND PRESS PLAY...

mp3 : Tindersticks - The Girl On Death Row
mp3 : Strangelove - Wolf's Story
mp3 : The God Machine - The Devil Song
mp3 : Breed - Diamonds Are Forever

It also seems that each edition of the record was limited to 1500 copies (mine is stamped as # 0589), but I'm not sure if that was the case for the magazine.

As I say at the outset....anyone else able to add to the story?

Thanks.