A must have for any Split Enz fan really. Great interviews, & insights into life as a member of the Enz. Lots of photos, & some great colour ones as well. An extensive list of live Enz Dates from 1974 till 2006 (ie the recent ones), & some hilarious interview moments. 5 stars!
If it was an amp, you'd want to turn it up to Eleven.

One of my favourite questions in the book:

PG: Noel Crombie Man Or Myth?

& the answer....you'll have to get it & find out now, won't you.

The Sydney Morning Gerald says "spectacular"
The Melbourne rAge says "a brilliant work"
The Bicycle Couriers Mail said "sENZsational"
Thee Land said "not a single sheep in it, but great anyway. refreshing"
USA Today/Tomorrow/& The Day After That Too said "whadayamean its still in the mail?! Well, that's just great"

Congratulations Peter, a fantastic book, & more than worth the wait. On behalf of everyone, i'd just like to take this opportunity to say
thank you, thank you, thank you.

So far my fav bit is Nigel's interview with himself. Top stuff!

Thanks Seany *GRIN* loved my newspaper reviews...you forgot the Wollongong Mercury .....
Cheers
PG

great book, loved paul and nigel's interviews and the collector's list, you made me buy one of those jigsaws! i also like the colour photo section cause it stopped me feeling guilty over cutting out the frenz application from the tour program. can i ask, is there anywhere i can get "sleeper"?

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Love it. Reading Paul's bits nearly made me miss my 9am tick over for the Bledisloe tickets!!
True labour of love.

Re: Sleeper, just email me privately, Nigel has given me a small amount awhile back so still have about 4 left (email: petergr@netspace.net.au)

Cheers
PG

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Originally posted by gryphon:
Thanks Seany *GRIN* loved my newspaper reviews...you forgot the Wollongong Mercury .....
Cheers
PG

Sorry Gryph,
Very remis of me.

The Wollongong (via Dapto) Mercury says "we agree with the Dapto review"
The Dapto Daily said, "If you buy only one book this year, make it this one. Suppurlatives could never do it enough justice...& we agree with the Mercury!"

The Tasmanian Times said "grab this book before it goes the way of the the Thylacine..ie not there anymore".

quote:

Originally posted by Seany.:
USA Today/Tomorrow/& The Day After That Too said "whadayamean its still in the mail?! Well, that's just great"

How true is this! Very funny, Seany.


Greatfox, I hope you get a copy of Sleeper. It's a fantastic album, in my opinion. It's not one I would have known to get had it been released to stores, the style being different than my normal listening, but I really enjoy it.

It is a fantastic book, all the interviews were great. I only got to have a quick read of it before I left Australia so already I can't remember many specifics.

I have left my Letters to my Frenz and my tour program back in Australia (to keep them safe from the heat/humidity) so I can't check but I think that I noticed in my quick reading of LTF that some of the band members Fav Split Enz albums were different from the ones in the tour prgram.

I wonder what the time difference between their answers were for LTMF and the tour program and if they were different because of the remasters. Do the interviews in LTMF have a date on them?

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I just finished reading"letters to my frenz'.I absolutly adored it.Thank you so very much Peter.
You are to be congratulated and adored.
Fantastic personal journey within those pages for myself.
I just can't get enough of the Enz even after 25 years ~ they still float my boat.
So thank you again Peter

The Interviews were done over a wide range of time...Phil's was probably the last to be done...Hessies a month or so before his death I think... Neil and Tim and Eddies around the recording of the Finn Brothers album, I think after the Visconti sessions but before the 2nd batch of recordings....done in NZ though..as I remember Neil having to run into the studio, and hey got to hear the Finn Bros stuff very early on so it was a reward in part......the rest scattered over a 2 year period. Nigel hadd been working on his Interview for a year on and off, and it just reads so well.

Thanks for the kind words Fab Forty as long as its' not a leaky boat you'll be fine (: The book is one of those things that just felt right, especially around the club....and the Frenz.

Cheers
PG

Originally posted by gryphon:

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The Interviews were done over a wide range of time...Hessies a month or so before his death I think...

Wow. I had no idea the Hessie interview was that recent. I had visions of it being done long ago - not too sure why though! I'm just thrilled to see that I was wrong.

What an incredibly precious perspective....thanks for sharing it (and the rest of the book) with us Peter!

Great review Seany!

I'm glad you got the book too!!

My copy arrived last night... Thanks so much Peter!! It's an awesome book! I loved "Codge's Tale"... and I really want a "Noel's Clay Head"!! The Enz sure had some awesome collectors stuff!!

that list has made me buy a see ya round jigsaw! and i'm going to get a copy of sleeper when i can afford one..... a good book always makes you buy more things i say

Best part of the book has got to be... well four things:
1. Neil's Q & A.
2. Paul Hester's interview - The part about how he started with Split Enz and about having Tim as a landlord...
3. All the pics both colour and B&W, and finally
4. Pages 96-97. Especially Noel's "Deer Frenz, Juz a kwik noit..." Wanna know the rest????? Well, you just have to get one of these books and find out for yourself!

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Sorry, five things.
5. Reading Tim Finn's interview whilst listening to 'I Hope I Never' on the Enz DVD last night. In my mind I could actually hear his voice saying the words as I read them only to have this video clip start. Oh well, nothing like having a private mental echo!
No wonder I ended up shuting the DVD off and muting the T.V just so that I could read the rest without having this annoying echo in my mind.

Fantastic work PG. 10 out of 10.

Got mine today! WOO HOOO!

Thank you, Peter! Would have arrived even earlier but their's some sticker on it about aviation customs checking it and delaying it. Why???? It says it's a book, and voila, inside is a book!

It's 5pm, do you think that's too early to go to bed with a good book?

our horrid PM is probably checking each and every one for WMD's sometimes a cigar is just a cigar....despite Freud...sometimes a book is just a book, but hey this one is MORE then a book *GRIN* maybe I should stop writing "more then a book' on the customs description (:

However it's likely to be because several hundred were mailed at the red roadside boxes outside the Kalorama General store at 3.00 in the morning, and it means the Aussie Post people didn't get ID from me (like they do when you mail across the counter). Oddly enough because of the size of the parcel/weight you probably dont even need to put on a customs form (same with CDS) I just do it so they know it's a cigar (opps I meant book) inside.... still it delays them by one day and you get a silly sticker on the front (for free from Aust Post).

So a few may have the sticker...

Mailed the very last lot of books an hour ago, including the first lot of Frenz.Com orders from Deb...(Phew).

As soon as the 2nd batch of Frenz.Com orders come in I will have an idea of how little stock we have left, for any late comers who are ordering.

Thanks and enjoy
Gryphon of Ailsa Craig.

What's flying up the "Best Seller" list, & isn't a plane?

Letters To My Frenz.

See what all the fuss is about. Read it today, before it takes off without you.