The Marina and the Diamonds MySpace was created on June 13, 2006[1]. When signed to 679 Artists (formerly 679 Recordings) in October 2008[2], Marina used her website's blog that synced to her MySpace.
2006[]
A fan-site from The Family Jewels era, rockabilly.net, compiled a song timeline[3]. This is made up from comments first mentioning the songs, so please note that some of these songs could have been on her MySpace slightly earlier and due to a data wipe, and possibly Marina's team, these comments are now mostly inaccessible.
Marina had been writing songs since 2005, and started recording in 2006 after hiring an unknown producer via Gumtree.[4]
Timeline[]
- July 5: Troubled Mind
- July 5: Plastic Rainbow
- July 5: This Is L.A.
- July 19: Like China Dolls
- Unknown Date: Philosopher My Arse
2007[]
Marina eventually started producing her own songs in 2007, not the liking "awful prog rock band" production that the Gumtree producer gave her songs. She felt like producing her own songs allowed her to express herself better.[4]
There is one archived blog available from October 18, 2007.
Timeline[]
- June 3: Hermit the Frog (demo)
- June 22: Horror Pop
- July 7: Simplify
- October 28: The Common Cold
- November 8: Hermit the Frog (EP version)
- November 23: Mermaid vs Sailor EP
- Seventeen
- Horror Pop (previously posted)
- Hermit the Frog (previously posted)
- Daddy Was a Sailor
- Simplify (previously posted)
- Plastic Rainbow
- December:[5] Happy Meal
Unknown date[]
- Starlight
- Silver Walls
- Supermodel's Legs
- Lonely Bones
- Perfect-Oh
- Hubba
- Hot, Cross Bun
- Pancake Karma
- Where Diamonds Grow
2008[]
Marina was signed in October 2008[6].
There are four archived blogs from 2008, one speaking about the song 'Girls' they can all be found here.
Timeline[]
- January 17: We've Got Obsessions (demo) (played in December 2007[5])
- January 17: Simplify (Crown Jewels version)
- January: Hollywood Infected Your Brain (demo)
- January 27: Blindfold Me
- April 12: Bad Kidz (demo?)
- May 22: Seventeen (demo)
- May 29: Porn Does Good
- June 7: Starlight
- June 15: Girls Girls Girls
- July 2:[7] Are You Satisfied? (demo)
- July 23: Shampain Sleeper (demo)
- August 8: Not That Ugly (This song has yet to leak. It is thought to perhaps be Supermodel's Legs, though Marina tends to name her songs recognisably.)
- October 3: Mowgli's Road (demo/vinyl version)
- November 19: Obsessions Single
- Obsessions
- Mowgli's Road (previously posted)
- December 12: Obsessions (final/The Family Jewels version)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081224232034/http://www.myspace.com:80/marinaandthediamonds
- ↑ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/once-played-seven-people-aberdeen-1050381
- ↑ http://www.rockabilly.net/marina/discog/songs.shtml
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://youtu.be/Dh30Jf-89d4?t=380
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.invisibledragon.co.uk/notquiteareview.html
- ↑ https://youtu.be/xnk0Fadk3kw?t=120
- ↑ File:Marina Myspace archive June 2 2008.jpeg