| Author | Message | ||
     Richard Higgins Member Username: Richard Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2005 |
Anybody else notice this on Ebay the other week?Went for £26!! Had "Ashes on The Lawn", "Crystal Shacks" and "City of Lights" as extra tracks alongside "Finding You". Quite a rarity... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1164 Registered: 10-2004 |
I've still never heard those non-LP tracks. Interesting... | ||
| Matsrep Member Username: Matsrep Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2005 |
I'm pretty sure that these are the same tracks that was issued as a download single. If that is the case, "Ashes on The Lawn" is not "Ashes on The Lawn" but one song from the BYBO b-sides. (That was a disappointment to many and some kind of marketing mistake.) Still, you never know. "Crystal Shacks" is an instrumental. "City of Lights" is of course a wonderful song Gbs vs Future Pilot AKA. | ||
| Lawrence Mikkelsen Member Username: Simplythrilledhoney Post Number: 85 Registered: 03-2006 |
I suppose it'd be seen as a cash in at this point, but over the course of the Go-Bs three-album reformation there were quite a few nice b-sides released. I have a playlist of them on my iPod and they stand up well. Here's the tracklist: Woman Across The Way The Locust Girls Haven't I Been A Fool [live] Clouds [live] Cattle And Cane [live] Instant Replay Taxi Taxee A Girl Lying On A Beach Erotic Sunshine Stone The City Of Lights [vs. Future Pilot AKA] Sleeping Giant Crystal Shacks That's 42 minutes of music, and given that some of this stuff has only every been available in a non-physical (ie. digital_ format I'm holding out hope for a nice little compilation album someday. | ||
| Richard Higgins Member Username: Richard Post Number: 13 Registered: 05-2005 |
one day eh? | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 811 Registered: 08-2004 |
When was Taxi Taxee released? Any good? | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 166 Registered: 05-2005 |
Side One: Have a look at the following link from this site: http://www.go-betweens.org.uk/discograph y/2003carolineandi/2003carolineandi.htmC aroline and I It lists the tracks on Caroline and I single as: Caroline and I Instant Replay Girl Lying On A Beach Released as a CD single: Australia: Trifekta HORSE029-2, 9th June 2003 USA: Jetset, June 2003 UK: Circus, February 2003 promo only The track listing is not accurate w.r.t. the Australian Trifekta release which includes the above tracks and also the track 'Taxi Taxee' to which you refer above. Is it any good? Who knows? I find it a bit of a jjokey number myself, maybe something of a kindred spirit to something like 'Little Joe', the b-side to Spring rain. "Train spotter anoraks of the world Unite and take over". | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2319 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was bored before I even began | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 813 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hmmm. I've got the Clearspot C & I single which doesn't have Taxi. Never mind. Cheers, for the info. | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 53 Registered: 07-2005 |
Maybe this is a related question. Does anyone here know where one can pick up the re-mastered/or whatever Ocean's Apart CD? I've got the double CD original release and have lived with the horrible sound long enough. I want to order the one with the good sound and I haven't followed that discussion around here. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2322 Registered: 05-2005 |
Actually good question, i've never heard the remastered/re-release, did it actually make for a less distorted (in places) album? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1175 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, Bryce - back in 2005, following the epic controversy of OA's distorted sound, Lo-Max re-pressed a batch of CDs with a slight adjustment in the mastering (they kicked the volume down a notch). They only pressed the actual CD, and the deal was that if you mailed in your CD (sans case, art, etc..), they'd send you a new copy. They were even nice enough to extend this offer to us folks in the US with Yep Roc copies, and I promptly took them up on it. It did make a difference, particularly with the last two songs. This Night's for You and Mountains Near Delray distorted pretty badly, and Lo-Max's 2nd pressing made a notable improvement with those. Overall, the sound is still "hot" and over compressed, just a little more listenable. For what it's worth, I thought the vinyl sounded slightly better, even though it came from the same digital source. I think the very nature of the vinyl subtly toned down the harshness a wee bit. (You can find info on all this if you search the older threads). As for whether or not Lo-Max's 2nd pressing is commercially available in the shops, I have no idea. It'd be a good question to ask them, though. | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 54 Registered: 07-2005 |
Wow. That's funny because I do have the vinyl and I never noticed the distortion on it. I've been listening to the CD though lately, via my Ipod, and I can really hear the distortion. Especially on Boundary Rider and This Night's For You. Anyway, I guess I'll just have to stick to listening to the vinyl at home. Or carry around a portable record player, but that might not go over too well on a crowded subway. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1176 Registered: 10-2004 |
Bryce, really? While the vinyl does sound better than the original CD (I have the vinyl on Yep Roc), it's still pretty "hot." But, I pretty much loathe contemporary recording fads (like making everything loud, overcompressed, and distorted), so my ears are particularly sensitive to that kind of thing. But the vinyl does sound less harsh and more natural overall. But I think the Lo-Max CD repressing is a bit cleaner still. |