Ramzy
Bramley Apple Peel
- London
- Joined on September 7, 2007
- http://www.last.fm/user/turn_forever
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- Rating Average 4.69
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melancholy descriptions of simple 3D environments
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It's kind of a shame this is sourced from.the butchered US version - it bumps off the two darkest songs in favour of a rather inoffensive B side and the album is over almost before it began. Push Me Shove Me is the throbbing heart of this record and ...
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If anyone's got the cassettes I'm very interested in buying them! I had them back in the late 90s but at some point they were lost or given away. There's a couple of mixes on them that you can't get anywhere else and I'd really like to hear again...
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Sure, it's a picture disc, so it's got a fairly high noise floor, but this is a good sounding cut by Orlake in Dagenham, which specialised in picture discs and coloured vinyl. It's detailed and has a decent bottom end, despite the tracks being fairly top ...
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Agree the original sounds great, but the the MOV version is identical - it's pressed from the same plates as the 2002 cut. So they both sound equally good.
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You're v welcome - love this album so I was delighted to find it too :)
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Funny - I've just spun it again after a few years, a house move, a couple of stylus changes, a clean, a check of the downward tracking force - and it sounds loads better than it did to my memory when I wrote the above. Maybe I just had the setup slightly ...
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Can anyone share a picture of the back cover? I'm curious about how it differs from the regular edition!
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Amazon is still selling the LP new for something like £6 as of 16/12/18. I bought one the other week and it sounds pretty good - guessing it's just excess stock they never managed to get rid of in 2002.
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I don't usually like it when reviews on here get hopelessly carried away moaning about one specific, trivial observation as though it were the most significant thing that had ever happened in the history of recorded music. But hear me out. I'm a bit ...
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I'm sure you've thought of this, but it hasn't simply faded over the years as spines tend to do?
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Six LPs of remixes might sound like cynical overkill, right? Maybe for another band, but Depeche Mode have worked with so many remarkable musicians and DJs that this collection is nothing short of mouthwatering. It gets the balance right (sorry) between ...
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My copy is exactly as shown in the photos save that the inner sleeve is black and white - the coloured bars are missing, and the song titles are in black. Anyone know when the sleeve was changed, or whether one is a repress?
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But 1963 *was* released between Spooky and Crystal, in 1995. The new version puts the song in the right place!
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I seem to have a hybrid of the two pressings, with A2/B1 matrix numbers. That version, at least, comes with the original graphic inner sleeve rather than a plain black one.
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Having now bought the yellow press out of curiosity, I can say it's definitely from the same stampers, but that the problem isn't so constant as I thought at first. It mainly affects the big instrumental melody at the start of What Have We Done?, where ...
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Does this sound any better than the somewhat lifeless, over-compressed black vinyl pressing? I'm guessing it's the same stampers and therefore not...?
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Hmm that is odd - faulty copy then I guess? Good luck - there are good ones out there!
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A1 and B1 are fine over here. Could be a worn stylus? Maybe check your tracking and anti-skating are set up with the right weight?
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There are several versions of TPLP51H - this is a second or third run. You're referring to the first edition of TPLP51H, which has a separate entry. I compared that version with this one side by side before submitting the notes you're referring to. (I ...
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Near-silent background and a beautifully detailed, clear pressing with lots of body and bass. It's strange how varied people's experiences seem to be!
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Weirdly, the radio edit here sounds like it's been cut straight from the album master rather than the original track mixdown - the hiss from the start of Fluorescent begins at the end of the track before cutting off abruptly. And there's some surely ...
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It's not on Parlophone. Pet Shop Boys started their own label, x2, in 2013 through Kobalt Label Services.
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This pressing sounds fantastic! It really has made me fall in love with the album again. So, so pleased these first four albums were repressed, and done properly. And with the original die cut sleeve too!
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I'm playing the 2013 (?) pressing on a brand new ortofon 2m bronze and reckon I've got the same issue, just a little, on Lightness, and again in the left channel of Tiny Vessels now and then during the verse vocals. It's not a bad cut overall, though, by ...
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The Further Listening album really is an unmitigated joy, isn't it, even with the ringtones and the single mix of Numb, which will never be a particularly good song however many verses you chop out. The unreleased songs, especially The Performance of My ...
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Not quite as good as this one for the simple reason side two is almost twice as long as side one and therefore I think a bit lower and possibly less dynamic. Otherwise, a nice sounding record. Why they based the side split, tracklist and cover scan on ...
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I don't think there's ever been a folding booklet? I bought my 2LP on day of release in 2006 and it was a gatefold with two inners and a fan club postcard but no other inserts...
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Can't say I agree with this - no, it's not a loud pressing, but turn it up and it sounds clear, full and dynamic, with (to my ears) a touch more detail than the original 2LP. The background is pretty silent, so it can easily withstand being played at a ...
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Little bit quiet owing to the length of the sides, but crank it up and it sounds fantastic - so much punch and range with sparkling detail and a thumping bottom end. In short, a brilliant pressing (and you don't have to keep changing the sides over like ...
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Excellent pressing with loads of richness and clarity. Vocals, separation of instruments and stereo field sound fantastic right up to the end of each side. To my ears this is easily the better of the two vinyl pressings, the other being the Brazil ...
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Thank you! Don't think the songs would sound right without it after all this time anyway. :)
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A stone-cold piece of buried treasure in the St Et catalogue. This is up there with Built on Sand and More Words and Music as one of their very best "other" albums, but unique among those as having such a consistent sound. It's a strong hint at what was ...
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Anyone else think the top end is a little lacking on this pressing? It doesn't quite sparkle out of the speakers like I was expecting. I can't tell if it's strange EQ or extra compression but then I can't believe the LP would be more compressed than the ...
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Seriously, if you've got a duff copy of this pressing, exchange it. This is the one and it's breathtaking. The noise problems don't affect every disc and the mastering is exemplary. It's hard to imagine how this version could sound any better - it's just ...
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Paid £3.99 for this from a Virgin Megastore bargain bin in 1996 or 1997. There were two - evidently they were desperate to get shot of them despite how recent the album was. Think they might have left them at full price if they'd had a crystal ball! ...
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Well I mean, Winner wasn't that good to start with. But yeah the bonus disc is really enjoyable, the unreleased songs are a treat and the original album is a corker. Still think the missing strings are the most intriguing aspect though if only because ...
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Wondering if maybe it's been repressed - can I ask what matrix numbers you have?
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Actually I found DYSMC very well pressed, but agree this and the Leaving 7" sound dreadful. The artwork is really beautiful, though, so not entirely worthless!
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The orchestral strings have been - I presume accidentally - deleted from Winner altogether. I'll say this again. In remixing and remastering the lead single from this album, someone has managed to mute an entire string section without realising.
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A decent improvement over the 2009 pressing. The top end that was weirdly rounded off there, possibly because the master recording was so hot and compressed, has been reinstated, meaning details like the clicky hihat that drives Did You See Me Coming? ...
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Great pressing with plenty of depth and delicacy. Sorry to hear others have suffered with dirt and surface noise - no such problems here. If it's faulty, return it - still no shortage of these in stock around the country.
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Yeah, quiet is good - it's a dynamic and very clean cut with no distortion. It sounds fantastic. Just turn it up!
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How would you say it compares with the original 1999 LP?
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Yeah, I guess I meant the orchestra was newly recorded. I've not heard the ToT single mix - perhaps I ought to keep it that way...
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