| Author | Message | ||
     Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 489 Registered: 04-2005 |
Olivia Ruiz - Elle panique (de l'album "Miss Météores") | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 110 Registered: 11-2007 |
Things have learned to walk that ought to crawl -The Room | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3138 Registered: 05-2005 |
Big Star - Thirteen (Alternate Mix) | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 642 Registered: 01-2006 |
Spectrum - Razzle Dazzle Mind | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 562 Registered: 05-2005 |
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey... You're inside is out when you're outside is in...Yoko?) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3354 Registered: 05-2005 |
Euros Childs - Horse Riding Andreas, love The Room, New dreams for old and ringing were real faves of mine, met them years later in benny profane. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 423 Registered: 10-2008 |
padraig, is that version of thirteen from the newly released box set? ive ordered the first 2 albums which have just been remastered and reissued, never actually noticed if there were any add ons. it always annoyed me that no1 record and radio city were on a twofer - albums as classic as these two should be separate. unless youre a skint student of course, where its incredible value for money!! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 424 Registered: 10-2008 |
any skint students on here just email me - you can have my twofer for zilch!! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 141 Registered: 05-2005 |
kev, do you know if the remastering is any good? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 425 Registered: 10-2008 |
will let you know james - still awaiting delivery. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1668 Registered: 09-2006 |
I was definitely grateful for that twofer way back when - it was the second CD I ever bought, and they were quite expensive back then. I wasn't quite a skint student, but close. And even though I have a little bit more money now I've got nothing against twofers, if they don't crowd out good add-ons...I still love all of my Beach Boys ones. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3151 Registered: 05-2005 |
It is Kevin. I have a two disc set of their three albums which I got in Red Eye records in Sydney in 1992. It has the first two albums on the first disc and the third on disc 2. I have never seen that package anywhere else, even on a Google search. I'm pretty sure it's legit. It certainly has sleevenotes. It was bloody expensive at the time, but I was always glad to have been able to get their three albums in one fell swoop. I don't agree with your anti-twofer stance Kevin (but I'll defend to the death your right to hold that opinion!). | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 225 Registered: 05-2005 |
M.Ward-Lucinda Williams - Oh Lonesome Me | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1437 Registered: 08-2006 |
I love the twofer. My very CD was a Smokey Robinson double - "Going to a Go-Go" and "Tears of a Clown." Those old Motown two-CD sets were a bargain, and a lot of times they bundled classic records together as opposed to pairing a great record with a so-so one. But it's true that, back when I bought it, the Big Star twofer was a small fortune (I think it was an import). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1629 Registered: 01-2005 |
Here's a great twofer that I've got: The 2006 remastered (with bonus ctus) I'm A Lonesome Fugative/Branded Man by The Hag! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2134 Registered: 03-2005 |
Back to song of the day: Revolutionary Spirit--Wild Swans | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 494 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Something Good" by Sarah Blasko. Eat your heart out Julie Andrews ! A song from 'The Sound of Music', covered on the bonus disc that comes with the excellent "As Day Follows Night". | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3357 Registered: 05-2005 |
Malcolm ROss n The Low Miffs - Josephine. live on BBC Radio Scotland, the middle 8 was pure Josef K at there very very best, a bit like the end of Adoration which was the last song they played at their final few gigs in '81. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1670 Registered: 09-2006 |
Song of the day: Genius Next Door - Regina Spektor Some other great twofers: The dB's - Stands for deciBels/Repercussion Millie Jackson - Caught Up/Still Caught Up Willie Nelson - In the Jailhouse Now (with Webb Pierce)/Brand on My Heart (with Hank Snow) Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo/New Wave Hot Dogs (That second album is far from their best, but it's good, and nice to have) Chic - Real People/Tongue in Chic Nils Lofgren & Grin - 1+1/All Out Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin/Burrito Deluxe B-52's - Party Mix/Mesopotamia | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1630 Registered: 01-2005 |
I saw the B-52's during the Mesopotamia tour in 1982. Some folks knocked the ep, but I though it was okay. It never came close to the greatness of Chronic Town or even the Let's Active ep Afoot. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3157 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Walls - Romantic Ireland's Dead And Gone | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 428 Registered: 10-2008 |
I have the dBs and Burritos that Alan mentions. I finally got the 2 Big Star albums yesterday. Its probably just me but I thought it was great having them individually on separate discs rather than a twofer. The sound is much better, although there is still no real "bottom end" to the songs which would have been the biggest improvement for me. O My Soul is still in mono, as is the single edit of it which is the bonus track. Nice sleeve notes from Kris Needs (writer for zigzag magazine, mojo etc) who appears to have been an early champion of the band in the 70s. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3358 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stranglers - Toiler on the sea | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2136 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kevin, I'm totally with you on the value of having individual albums packaged as such. First, the problem of listener fatigue has been acknowledged by others on here before. Long ago I adopted the practice of simply listening to one or the other of the albums on the twofer and leaving it at that. (I tended to favor Radio City.) And, second, the Big Star albums were exotic beasts never seen by most of us. Since you report them having better sound I'll plop down for copies for myself. I've been avoiding buying a lot of these reissues (including the Magazine ones) because they just seem to be a scam. Btw, if you've decided that the Magazine reissues have better sound than the originals, let me know. It's my recollection that you weren't too sure that they did. Some reissues, like "Tallulah" and the Triffids' "Treeless Plain" and "In the Pines" have been enormously improved. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 429 Registered: 10-2008 |
Randy, not played Magazine reissues for a few months. They were better but not night and day. On the subject of reissues, this month's purchases have made me realise that I'm a record companies dream. Off the top of my head - the 2nd,3rd and 4th Neil Young albums recently remastered by Rhino, the first two Feelies albums remastered, the first two Big Star albums remastered, and 5 remastered Kraftwerk albums from Autobahn through to Computer World. I have a nagging feeling there are even more than that, but I'm at work and cant check. What a saddoe!! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 430 Registered: 10-2008 |
I say I'm a record companys dream because I already have these albums on CD, and in most cases have the original on vinyl. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1671 Registered: 09-2006 |
I'm about half-and-half as far as listening to twofers - sometimes just one album or the other, sometimes (especially if I'm bingeing on a particular artist) straight through. Those Beach Boys ones work very much like that for me...like a seemingly boundless flow of great stuff. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3159 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear. Great song on a not-so-great album of the same name. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 705 Registered: 07-2006 |
a few i can't seem to skip past at the moment the big pink - velvet annie - songs remind me of you malcolm mclaren - madam butterfly prefab sprout - hey manhattan! royksopp - the girl and the robot | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3161 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey Manhattan is one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite bands Joe. I sang it out loud when I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time (the one in NY, not the one in the NSW Central Coast). | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 707 Registered: 07-2006 |
how perfect padraig! i've been on the mother of all prefab binges lately. should i make it over to ny, i'll make sure it's right up there on the to-do list. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3172 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Feelies - Sedan Delivery | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3363 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bill Withers - Harlem | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3367 Registered: 05-2005 |
Devendra Banhart - Baby | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 443 Registered: 10-2008 |
looks like devendra has done a marc bolan spence - from accoustic hippy to rock god. the performance on later with jools holland was weak, but ive heard the song a few times on the radio and its pretty good | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3369 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'd never heard him before this perfomance kev, i liked the groove of the song, i liked his casual delivery and the band looked cool, that was what grabbed me. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 446 Registered: 10-2008 |
actually spence, reading back my comment it didnt come across that well and was overly harsh. the performance wasnt weak, it was actually quite good and like you say had a good groove. what i should have said was "good song, well played but wait till you hear the single!" | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 159 Registered: 05-2005 |
I didnt watch that far through the Jools show but am definitely a fan of Mr Banhart. You are right Kev with the Bolan comparison, alot of similarities and the early stuff is very Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now That I Know from Cripple Creek is a song of exquisite beauty and manages to nail the Nick Drake vibe much better than a host of other imitator's attempts | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 456 Registered: 01-2007 |
On The subject of reissues I have the 2nd 3rd and 4th Neil Young, also Feelies, Trans-europe express, also Stone Roses, a Nick Cave-Your Funeral. My wife thinks I'm a sucker she may be right. She said Oh I didn't know you liked the feelies weren't you in to them at the time, I'd forgot how good they were.She's a dark horse sometimes | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1642 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lots of reissues this year with Big Star, early Neil Young, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave, The Feelies and R.E.M's Reckoning! Any update on The Smiths reissues? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1690 Registered: 09-2006 |
At Last I Am Free - Robert Wyatt | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 317 Registered: 10-2006 |
Amoureuse - Veronique Sanson Discussing "beautiful songs" with the wife, I started humming this Kiki Dee hit..."But that's Italian!" she objected. Actually, it turned out to be French; but pretty beautiful in any language. And she married Stephen Stills, apparently. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2165 Registered: 03-2005 |
A Man on the Make -- Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3204 Registered: 05-2005 |
Del Amitri - Not Where It's At. As good a distillation of The Byrds and Big Star as anyone has ever done. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3382 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pale Fountains - Unless. Such a completely unique song, there was nothing like it at the time and as jeff W says, nothing like it since. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 100 Registered: 06-2005 |
Fuck Buttons - Olympians A great driving tune that along with The Field's "Leave It" on a comp cd I made almost had me at work by the time that they'd finished. Should really have stuck Deep Purple's "Child in Time" as track 3 to get me there! |